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Graeme Young

'Derek McInnes is a bottler and Rangers dodged a bullet' Ewen Cameron lets rip at 'raging' Aberdeen fans

Ewen Cameron has launched an incredible blast aimed at Derek McInnes, Aberdeen and their supporters.

The radio host has let rip at the Dons boss in an all-out attack and claims the 47-year-old is a "bottle merchant" and he isn't a "big club manager".

McInnes is revered at Pittodrie for his telling impact at the club where he has transformed one of Scottish football's sleeping giants since his arrival in 2013.

During his tenure, Aberdeen have won the League Cup and finished best of the rest behind Celtic in four consecutive seasons, before a fourth-placed finish in 2018/19.

McInnes has also earned signature scalps in Europe. Famous wins over Rijeka and Groningen live long in the memory among the Reds faithful. Last season, Aberdeen dumped Rangers out of both domestic cups before coming up short against Celtic.

His enviable CV has led to offers from elsewhere. Both Sunderland and Rangers made moves for his services in 2017 but McInnes rejected their interest to remain at Pittdorie.

The Dons boss has added 10 players this summer as he deals with the loss of key duo Gary Mackay-Steven and captain Graeme Shinnie.

But Cameron is not a fan of McInnes and made that abundantly clear with his barbed comments on his podcast alongside Grado.

He said on Football Daft : "He didn't go to Rangers because he bottled it.

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"He's a bottle merchant. He isn't a big club manager.

"He knows he isn't a big club manager, Derek McInnes knows his place.

"It turns out, in my opinion, that Rangers actually dodged a bullet with Derek McInnes.

"Why? Because Aberdeen have won one trophy during that spell and that was when Rangers were on a world tour of Scotland, playing the likes of Peterhead.

"Hearts and Hibs were in the Championship and still Aberdeen could win just one trophy when those three teams were playing in the lower leagues.

"Since the return of Hearts, Hibs and Rangers, Aberdeen have found themselves going from second to fourth in the league behind Rangers and Kilmarnock."

Derek McInnes and Stewart Milne (PA Wire)

It wasn't only Aberdeen's manager in the firing line with supporters also getting it in the neck from the DJ.

Cameron claims the Dons faithful care more about fierce rivals Rangers than their own team and they should "know their place" within the Scottish football landscape.

He added: "Aberdeen fans cannot accept they are nothing special. They have to accept who they are.

"And what is really pathetic, in regards to Aberdeen supporters, is they hate Rangers more than they love Aberdeen.

"Their fans are raging that Rangers have gone from League Two to the only club that has a chance of ending Celtic's dominance.

"For me, Aberdeen fans have a chip on their shoulder.

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"They were once a force, particularly in the 80s, they are not now.

"They are not a force within Scottish football.

"That's the problem with Aberdeen fans, they are living in the past and can't accept that they are nothing really special.

"My message to Aberdeen fans is this, take a page out of your manager's book and know your place.

"Also, see the p*** you've been sending me on Twitter, up ye."

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