Dunty

Watched a few old Rangers v Aberdeen highlights from Hampden on YouTube. That fairly fired me up for Sunday. What was noticeable is that the ticket split on Sunday is no-where near as bad as it used to be. The 1988 LC final for example, in a crowd of 72,000, Rangers seem to have 60,000 of it, going right round to half of the east terracing. Though a year later for the Mason final we appear to have brought a lot more down for that. A small part of me glad we're outnumbered on Sunday. Siege mentality and all that. Bring them on, have no fear whatsoever, reckon we'll burst Gerrard's bubble.

You see, this is just paranoid shite, the sort of thing we used to laugh at Celtic fans for. John Beaton has only ever refereed two Aberdeen/Rangers games before - one at Pittodrie, one at Ibrox - and Aberdeen won them both. This "Rangers always get penalties against us, we'll definitely get red cards". We've both had one penalty each in the last two Dons/Rangers game. Rangers have also had two players sent off against us in the last three Dons/Rangers games at Pitttodrie.

You are barking mad, which is a good reason not to believe you. But, I never said you were lying or even suggested you were lying, so by saying I called you a liar, you have essentially just lied. Maybe your sources are wrong, for example. Secondly, I did offer an opinion on whether McInnes was worth 750k. You said I didn't. So you were wrong again. It's hard to believe you when you're wrong so often. Poor.

Where can we find these facts? Where is the proof? Why should we believe you - have you been right about anything else on here?

I wouldn't believe RS on anything related to McInnes - he has an obvious agenda and I've yet to see any clear facts to back up his claims. However, even if McInnes is on 750k a year, the prize money from finishing second last year, the cup semi-final last season - not to mention this season's, and money made from the Europa League in summer likely all add up to more than 750k, meaning he has brought in the money to pay for his salary.

What pubs are everyone heading to? I want to watch the Hearts/Celtic game but fancy a pre-match bounce too.

We've sold under 10,000 according to the ticket office.

Hearts have sold 5,000 tickets for their semi within the first hour of sales. Good to see a support actually up for their semi-final.

Stephen Craigan (why do BT still use him) called the decision "inventive and innovative". Don't think he knows the meaning of the words. There has to be some sort of protest.

Would start both Anderson and Cosgrove. Cosgrove is not a goal scorer, needs someone playing off him. Lewis Logan Devlin McKenna Lowe McGinn Gleeson Shinnie GMS Anderson Cosgrove Or, alternatively, Ferguson playing off Cosgrove.

The majority of people are paying in monthly instalments. So the answer to your question is 75% of the DNA money hasn't arrived yet, and the 25% that has, minis the costs in setting it up, freebies to members etc, means there's probably about £50,000-80,000 to spend. What sort of player are you expecting for that?

All of that has little to do with having a new stadium though. If Roma wish to price their fans out of going they could do it now, they don't need a new stadium to do it. They've a 14,000 capacity stand specifically for the ultras so not sure where you get all that from anyway. As for the capacity - Juventus are the biggest club in Italy with a smaller capacity than that, so don't agree 52,000 is too small.

Pittodrie, in match days, is concrete, seats and a club shop. So you're right, people don't visit it for any other reason than to buy tickets or something from the club shop. I'm not saying people from all over the city will be travelling to Kingsford Monday-Friday. But I'm saying there will be people there every day using various services - AFCCT, the community pitches, the bar, etc. People will go and watch Aberdeen train. There will be people visiting the museum. I don't buy all this soulless stuff. Souless means lacking character and individuality. Kingsford won't be that because it'll be more than just concrete and seats. That's just incorrect. You say they didn't involve the council - they did. The council suggested Loirston, then built a school there. They said Kings Links then said they couldn't do anything about the land still being on a lease. They accepted when making the Kingsford decision the club had no-where else to go. That's besides the point anyway. They've given planning permission, there's a £50m project now going ahead, next to a Prime Four development wishing to expand. Both of which are bringing money into the city and creating jobs. A council with any sort of vision would be sitting down and saying "Okay, how do we maximise this", which is exactly what the city of Rome is doing.

What, on your opinion, made Highbury capable of creating such a great atmosphere that they can't seem to do in the Emirates?

There's nothing soulless about it. Just Arsenal fans are shite. The stadium itself is absolutely fine.

Yes I've been to the emirates. Toilets too small but apart from that a very good stadium. Fans of other clubs voted it the best stadium in England recently and their favourite away day, for what it's worth.

The article wasn't really against new stadiums, just that it should have some character that makes it feel like home. They were saying the Emirates has it (rocket seems to have mid-read the article) but West Ham clearly doesn't, and neither does Wembley. I do support the new stadium. Not blindly, I want one that's good and that we're proud to call our home, not just a pitch and four stands. A lot of people say it'll be another McDiarmid Park. The thing is, turn up at St Johnstone at 2pm on a Tuesday, and there's nothing except concrete and some seats. Maybe a small ticket office and a club shop. That's not what Aberdeen's vision is. They want the whole club on this one campus, almost a community. So you turn up at 2pm on a Tuesday and the first team are training, there's events on at the AFCCT, kids are training on the community pitches, you've got the car, cafe, museum and memorial garden. It's Aberdeen's home, and it's buzzing Monday to Sunday with the focal point the match day. I'd like to see them go further, which is what you've alluded to in your post. If you look at Roma's stadium plans, they're actually building shops, restaurants, music venues, basically a "Roma village" - I'll post the video below. Would be good if Aberdeen could link up the council and either prime four or other developers wanting to build near the stadium, and like you say rather than just build houses and offices build something that actually makes that area a bit more interesting and gives it a bit of character. It shouldn't be all the club's job though - this is where the council should be showing a bit of vision and thinking "okay, how do we reap the benefits of this £50m private investment?" Roma stadium:

If that's written by the same Roger Mitchell that launched the SPL, then he's got some nerve.

Bit long-winded, but decent article about new stadiums. http://mundialmag.com/2018/08/14/stadium-architecture-wembley-millenium-spurs-new-stadium-2018/

You sure? His post was about Mulumbu.

Tomas Cerny is a foreigner.

I didn't say I watched him every week, I said I watched him on occasion. It's U20 level, it's a big step up to the Premiership. Like I said, he's done well in his two appearances so far, I'd like to see him get some more game time v St Mirren, but let's not go pinning all our hopes on him just yet.

He's out of contract next summer, so an outside chance that if he has a good season we'll sign him up permanently. On 30k a week just now though (Man U picking up the majority of that during the loan) so I wouldn't go getting Wilson on my shirt just yet.

He's done well in his two games, however having watched him a few times for the U20s last season I didn't think he was ready for the first team. It'll take one poor game for everyone to turn on him and decide he's shite.

Man U striker James Wilson joining Aberdeen on loan according to Mail. Others saying he's already in Aberdeen having a medical.