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First win over United since Ambrose's late winner early in the Thelin era? Thought Gyamfi, Aremu, Geiger, Armstrong and Nisbet all had good games in the first half. Nisbet actually was playing off the left at times which was interesting, United didn't know who should be marking who and we were moving their defence about. Think all of them were a shadow of themselves in the second half though, and it took Shinnie and Frame coming on in particular to turn the tide back our way. If Olusanya can learn to finish he could be our next Shayden Morris. Can't fault his desire and willingness to run at defences. Chuffed he got a goal. Gyamfi and Frame offer a nice dilemma as to who should be playing. Gyamfi can't last 90 minutes just now though, but his physicality was a big attribute today, but Frame is a menace and is good at finding space. After the St Mirren defeat, I was genuinely worried for us, wasn't sure we had it in us to beat anyone. Since then we've taken 10 points from 12 with three clean sheets. He wasn't a popular appointment, and there's still sections of the support he has yet to win over, but you can't deny Robinson has done a fine job over the last five weeks.

A fair point. I guess Olusanya is proven chaos, whereas those two are unproven chaos! Olusanya has the physique (height, basically) that Keskinen lacks against big centre halves, and Bilalovic seems to be quite weak and lacks the diligence to even do the forward role. Bilalovic looks like the type that has the potential to be good, but will probably never fulfil it. Unless he has an amazing preseason, I'd like to see him go somewhere in Scotland on loan for six months to sharpen him up and get him putting the work in. What's most frustrating about the Olusanya situation is that he, and none of the other options, are actually as good as Esther Sokler. With a bit of work, he could have been a great asset when playing two up front.

Kids go to Pittodrie. Not sure you want to see Judas Cunt in the program, on the team sheet, and being announced over the tannoy every second week…

There was a valid question asked after Thelin was bagged and Leven got nothing out of this shower for weeks as to whether we’d have been better just sticking with the Swede. Fair question then, not now. Robinson’s got way more out of this lot than Thelin or Leven ever did. He’s got them setup much better, they seem to know what they are doing, and the giving away of stupid set piece goals has slowed considerably - I must say Morrison is growing on me, had a good game yesterday. We’ll never know for sure, but I think we’d have gone down with Leven remaining in place. He got absolutely no response from them at all. I think its very likely we’d have gone down with Thelin still in place as he was far too stubborn, his style of play was completely wrong for this league, his defence was an absolute joke, and frankly I don’t think the players knew what they were supposed to be doing most of the time. Robinson’s come in and achieved his one clear target for this year - and lets be honest, after that game in Paisley that looked pretty unlikely too. Can’t ask any more than that. He’s growing on me too, be interesting to see where he can take us from here…

I popped back into The Most Recent of the Auld Sites min, Jeff ye radgy fupper o Fupp min etc etc, to witness what carnage Mason visited on The Thickest Fans In All Fitba after yesterday’s welcome extirpation of the hoors’ abortions. The boy done good. I note that even my erstwhile raging stalker, the thick-as-stovies-in-a-flask wanker Stokiearab, has trained his pathetic peashooter fire in the direction of Dunbartonshire rather than Banffshire. I’m convinced, more than ever, that their collective IQ is not far ahead of either Livingston’s or Rothes’s points total. They still talk of some non-existent concept “the New Firm”. Ferguson 10 McLean 3. Fucking fannies.

Signing Olusanya is only a good idea if someone else in the league is signing Rubi. He has not managed goals in the MLS, League 1 in England and our league this season. Signing him is no different to signing Lazetic and Yengi last season. I was not in favour of Robinson’s appointment and nothing I am seeing is changing that view so far. I really hope summer will prove me wrong and we won’t just try to recreate his St Mirren team in style and possibly personnel however, I suspect I will be deeply regretting my decision to renew my season ticket.

That’s the beauty of a Club50 railcard. £15 to buy and they do flat fare deals. Travel anywhere in Scotland for £19 return. They are doing one from tomorrow for next 6 weeks.

I love beating those deluded arseholes in a fixture that is really their cup final. Their manager is a fraud, and their Funso Ojo-assaulting numbskull Fair Play award-winning losers-at-life supporters are fucking morons. I despise them almost as much as I hate those cocksuckers from Glasgow. They’re Grade A fannies. Apart from the foregoing, I have no particularly strong feelings on the matter. Yours in sport etc

And there we are. Mathematically safe with 2 games to go. Some achievement. Go us. That game had distinct end of season vibes. A familiar recent pattern too, decent first half then a rather ropey second. Fitness is clearly an issue, Aremu being a glaring example. Second half he ran like he was towing a caravan and was breathing out his arse - again. Fair play, Olusanya had a good game today and deserved a goal (even he couldn’t miss that). He does cause problems and offers a physicality we’ve been badly missing, but surely we can sign a striker who offers that and can also play football. While I give no credit to that bin fire of a squad after the shit show of this season, full credit to Robinson for getting enough out of them to get us safe. Fucked over the buds by coming here when he did which helped us out & got some structure in place at last to at least make that lot difficult to beat. Now, bin at least 80% of that squad, do recruitment this summer like the diets & well did last summer & lets never talk of this season again…

Labour are taking a hammering in Wales too. Sad to see a nation that has given us some great Socialist politicians and remained rock solid throughout the miners strike, vote for Reform though.

Then he's not good enough for us.

Why don't you marry Gogic....

Quite possibly felt in their fifties after watching the shite on show that night, Must have aged several years sitting through that

Lot of assumptions there Panda min. Wish I could feel so positive, but I just knew that was coming. I’ll be honest. They have got to be joking. The lad works hard and puts himself about - which is more than most of them have done this year - but there’s one small issue, he’s NOT A FOOTBALLER!! Seriously if this is the level we’re going for - backup or not (and I’d not be so sure on that one) - then we’re going nowhere. You think Hearts or Motherwell would sign that? Not a chance, and both of them have shown you don’t need to build a squad incrementally over time - one good transfer window with astute capable signings suited to your league and style can transform your team. Someone needs to have a word with Robinson, remind him he’s nae at St Mirren now and his budget stretches much further than Toyosi bloody Olusanya. Get a grip AFC ffs…

Keskinen could be far more effective at what Olusanya does if given enough of a chance. Especially if we're playing a 352 with no wingers, might as well use him there and leave whatever striker budget we have for someone who can challenge Nisbit for the number 9 role. Bilalovic also had a small handful of good games in the 2nd striker role earlier in the season and got a couple of goals out of it. Obviously the consistency was not there given his age and the level he'd been playing at, but another who's likely not to get a chance of playing on the wing every week that can be re-purposed.

Let’s be honest here, he shouldn’t be anywhere near our club and is probably worse than Yengi and definitely Ambrose. It would be a complete pisstake to take him in permanently after what has been a pretty shite stint at the club.

I felt if Hearts could take at least four points from Hibs & Rangers they would win it. They got six, and were behind in both games. They can afford to lose a game now and still win it. I've heard Celtic fans say if it's alive on the final day then Celtic will do what they need to do and score as many as they need, but I don't think they will. This isn't the Celtic side of old. It's one that has filled itself with project players and relied on previous title winners who have regressed from what they once were. I don't think Celtic will win their three remaining games. Honestly, I could see Hearts beating Motherwell and Celtic dropping points to Rangers, meaning Hearts can win it at home in midweek. Is it good for Aberdeen? Unlikely. It makes Hearts significantly stronger, especially if they reach the group stages of the Champions League. Maybe not enough to win it again if Celtic finally spend their vast reserves, but enough to make it more difficult for us to close the gap on them. However, I'm beginning to accept it. It stings, especially because it's Derek McInnes, but I have a few Hearts pals I'll be happy for. What's more important than anything though is that we sort ourselves the fuck out, because we need to at the very least be competitive again at the top end.

We've aimed for better before and ended up with Sokler, Yengi, Ambrose, JET and all sorts. Olusanya isn't the greatest footballer in the world but we know what we'll get from him and he's undeniably effective. As long as we get another striker in to backup Nisbet - or Bavidge gets a chance, which seems overly-hopeful - then Olusanya is an absolute no brainer of a signing.

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Neil Simpsons autobiography is released tomorrow Looking forward to reading this one. Launch do at Pittodrie on Thursday night. Details are on his website neilsimpson8.com

I wouldn’t be adverse to Olusanya signing. From memory he’s gotten 3 players sent off, won a penalty, won the free kick at Livi for our second goal, set up at least one other chance at Livi for Armstrong or Geiger, assist and goal yesterday. His pace and physicality is something we’ve been lacking this season. He’s contributed more than Topi since he’s been here (maybe that’s a low bar over the last few months).

I watched most of the Hearts game last night and watching the jambo cunts twirl their scarves above their heads, before kick off, convinced me a bottle job is incoming. I think this would be a bigger failure than 86 was. I would take comfort from our own miserable season, that us inflicting their first defeat of the season, could cost them the league in the end. A beautiful thought and that's what makes fitba so great.

Are you asking for you, or the entire BBC?

I'm happy for them to go down as they have been our bogey team, particularly in Paisley, for about 5 years now

Was thinking about Robinson today too, not who I wanted but he’s passed the first test. We’re better defensively, getting clean sheets, creating chances, scoring goals, and winning games. And we’re now safe and can relax and sleep a little better. It’s by no means a great watch but it isn’t awful either. Keen to see players linked now that we’re safe, pre contracts, players being told they can leave etc. out of interest, can Marshall play in the last two games? Maybe 20 mins each game to get a look??

No but one of the PJMs had their shoe thrown on the pitch and when the steward was refusing to return it, it looked like it was going to kick-off in the away end.

Only Cormack…

Totally agree. It’s going to be really interesting to see how this rabble actually govern. Hopefully it shines a light on what a useless crowd of power hungry morons they have assembled before the next GE. The people of North England have been let down so badly by Thatchers Tories destroying manufacturing and sense of community and then by Cameron/Osborne and their austerity. Blair did little to mend the wounds and these people are so disenfranchised they would vote for Mr Blobby if he said the right things. They need someone to blame for how shit their lot is and Nigel has that story book.

I’m trying to put a positive spin on it. There is no way all those voted in yesterday will actually want to do the work & theres no way the company could’ve properly vetted all those standing. All those racist Facebook mums and former Combat 18 members will not want to fix potholes. Hanging out of Trumps arse might be a poor look in the not too distant future as well.

Jackie Baillie getting back in feels like Aberdeen giving Mcinnes a contract extension to me mind boggling stupidity

Craig Broon wid be ashamed

Local elections used to be what they said on the tin, but now they seem to be about the national picture. Load of bollocks really. Long gone are the days when a good independent candidate could get in because they knew how to get a library re-opened or sort out the pot holes in your area. As for Reform, they have a horrific record running some councils in England but still the happy clappers are voting for them. Right wing media is hugely complicit in this.

The Restore Party is just Reform on steroids. I know I go on about it but the mistake Rupert is making, is that he thinks Facebook bots are real. His pages have thousands of him praising his common sense policies He’s a senile racist wanker.

My mother in law is an Ayr Utd fan. I completely agree

Nobody ever comes to my house. I have the kettle filled and ready. Sometimes it's just nice to talk to someone.

I thought it was the snooker thread until it was too late. I'm not really a practice what you preach kind of guy to be honest, I'm much better at glaring hypocrisy.

I don’t actually recall us trying to replace either of them properly for years. Certainly for goalie it was usually stop gaps and injury cover (and yes they were horrible in the main). Instead we took the easy option of new contracts and stuck with the status quo as making up the numbers was good enough for Milne. But hey, as the late queen once said, recollections may differ. I agree with your last paragraph which also describes Gogic perfectly, a guy who’s been a far better performer in this league than Olusanya will ever be. More Gogic types to steady the ship please, and way less Olusanya’s…

That's all very good, in theory, but the reality was that every time we tried to replace Langfield and Mackie, the replacements ended up being significantly worse. Some of the atrocious goalies we got in to replace Langfield especially. Olusanya is a much worse footballer than Mackie was too, as is Yengi, Ambrose and many others. Mackie actually made intelligent runs, watched his striking partner and made space for them. He knew how to play fitba, he just wasn't very good at the bits involving the ball. Olusanya basically gets ordered around by Nisbet and plays on the shoulder as instructed by the manager. The problem that we've got, is that we've got Darren Mackies all over the pitch that need replacing, so we're going to have to be a bit pragmatic and take in guys that aren't good enough for the long term and give them simple instructions with limited scope. Something Steve Clarke was excellent at with Killie. Robinson's style of fitba can easily cope with a player like Olusanya and utilise him effectively as a bit part. Get a proper replacement once we've sorted out defence, midfield and wingers.

If there was a law passed that everyone on an internet forum had to use their real name and have a photo of them as their profile picture, stripping everyone of their anonymity, that entire forum would change overnight.

I'll be spreading similar joy and happiness throughout the summer transfer window

You guys realise just how shite we've been for years, aye? As @RicoS321 says, there will have to be signings like Olusanya and Morrison or their ilk so that the manager/coach at least knows what he's working with as a minimum level. It'll be then up to him and Lutz to find potentially better players than those two but that doesn't come without risk. Ideally we do sign another striker to go with him and Nisbet but if we need to sign two it's, on balance, better that you at least know for sure what you're getting from one of them. A squad isn't built by signing 20 good players, it's by incrementally improving what you have over a period of time. We've been a better team with Olusanya in it than we were before he signed, even if as a player he's very limited. I read an interview with an ex Everton player the other day and he was saying that with David Moyes, what you do off the ball is equally if not more important than what you can do with it. Now it's one thing having that approach with top class players but if you accept that he must know what he's doing, then it isn't a criminal offence for us to have a player or two in the squad who contribute more off the ball than they do on it. If Olusanya and Morrison were to be our only signings then I'd get the outrage but considering Robinson has said "some" of our signings won't be "sexy" then it's also fair to say that some others also could be - for whatever that's worth.

That’s a bloody good deal. So there are benefits to being 50 after all

As someone who watches from afar, the fan support has been outstanding the last couple of seasons from what I see. Seeing sellouts at home and the numbers that travel, plus the reaction after games when we have won, when you hear a manager or player comment on the amazing support, it’s not just them saying that, it’s a definite thing. def need rewarded with a winning team!

I'd forgive a lot of this seasons ills, if we can send them back down the road to their caravans, with zero points. I hate this lot and their very deluded fans with a passion. It's their big game too and I know it won't be easy, but beating them is worth the price of a season ticket alone.

The folk that executed Jean Charles de Menezes, strip searched school kids, employed Wayne ‘The Beast’ Couzens & David Carrick, secretly filmed arrested women in the toilet & ripped the pish out of murdered sisters in a group chat, want the Green Party to turn it down a notch

As an outsider, I’d question that. If they actually wanted change, and one that wasn’t bigoted or self serving, surely you vote green? The media always does a good job on portraying them as incompetent, but all the other parties have either been in power and failed, or in reforms case, are crooks?

Olusanya should be trying for a different career after his attempt at Livi The standard in the league is shite. Surely we’ve got a youth player who fancies scoring a few

Higgins O'Sullivan was up there with the greatest matches ever too. I thought Murphy was playing so well he would overpower Yu but it's not turned out like that. Could be a late one!