Dunty

Let's just have a go at them. If we lose, we lose, but fuck losing after playing six defenders and turning in an uninspired, insipid display. Get wired into them. If GMS and McGinn are out, then I'd go with.... Lewis Logan Arnason McKenna Shinnie Ball McLean Stewart Christie Rooney Cosgrove

Ah, okay. So what you're really saying is that you'll refuse to go to Kingsford. In reality though, you'll refuse to go at first, until you realise your little protest won't actually change anything and the stadium will still be staying in place. And so, eventually you'll go, just like everyone else who says they won't go.

Can I ask what will stop you supporting the club? Surely the location is irrelevant? When they're playing away from home do you refuse to support them?

Just one small correction. Had Falkirk's stadium been up to standard, it would have been a three-way playoff between Aberdeen, Dunfermline and Falkirk, with the top two teams in the round robin going into the top flight.

Without sounding like I'm part of the club's PR, Aberdeen's plan here is to invest heavily in a state of the art facility, with a modern stadium that is able to bring in income seven days a week, increase attendances, coupled with a training ground, all geared towards making Aberdeen a UEFA top 100 club. You're essentially saying that Aberdeen shouldn't bother trying to be ambitious and instead should play the "safe" option of doing nothing, because there's some risk attached. They can't do nothing. Pittodrie is a wreck, the cost of maintaining it is increasing year on year, we have no training ground, and despite some success on the pitch our crowds have fallen behind Hearts and Hibs - it's no coincidence they are playing in much more modern stadiums than we are. Aberdeen are not going to begin building the stadium until they have the money in place. It's not going to be another Valencia situation. As for "no-one knows where the money is coming from" - the club have said time and time again it will be from the sale of Pittodrie, naming rights, share issue, and private investment. The latter part they clearly can't reveal while they are in negotiations. They believe they can raise £43m, with the rest as a mortgage. If they can't raise it, they're not going to start building the stadium regardless, so there really is nothing to worry about.

The only lesson to be learned is don't start building your stadium until the money is in place.

3,972 tickets left on the ticket portal. Considering the away end is sold out, I make it 16,800 roughly sold for Saturday.

I hope not to be honest. We got the best of him and got good money for him. Now he's going to be coming back from a serious injury having barely played for a year, and is the wrong side of 30. Will struggle to hit the same heights he once did as regularly. A younger, fitter, Gary Mackay-Steven is a better option.

Don't change too much from tonight. McLean suspended means a forced change - but hopefully not O'Connor or Arnason into midfield who are both too slow and will be murdered by Allan, McGinn and McGeouch. Give Dean Campbell a chance, but if youthful exuberance will n there. I'm guessing Nwakali will still be injured. Drop May too. Doesn't offer enough of a goal threat. Rooney should start. Lewis Logan O'Connor McKenna Shinnie McGinn Ball Campbell GMS Cosgrove Rooney Saturday 3pm kick-off, and a big 90 minutes. Hopefully a big crowd, especially since Hibs are set to sell out the away end. Anything less than 16,000 would be disappointing.

I still have hope for McGinn and GMS. Reckon they'll both kick on next season. Mad that we have May on such a long deal, he's finished.

Aberdeen win and you let that bother you?

Thought Cosgrove did well. Not someone you would play as a lone forward but alongside May and Rooney (though May was poor I thought, let the game pass him by). McLean going to be a big miss v Hibs (suspended I think). Hearts, just an awful team and club. Bunch of cloggers. Call themselves a big club yet Aberdeen had more fans at last night's Youth Cup final than Hearts did tonight. Back to mid-table mediocrity, which to be fair is where they belong.

Aberdeen win and you let that bother you?

According to the ticket portal, not counting the upper deck and away end (about 5,300 combined), there are 2,386 tickets left for sale. Suggests about 12,500 sold. Can't see Hearts bringing much.

Dean Campbell was quite tidy I thought. Don't know if he usually plays that deep but was trying to link the defence and midfield, but we could have done with him more at the other end. First time I've seen him play, but have heard a lot of people talk very highly of him.

Hibs reckon they're going to sell out the away end at Pittodrie. Good on them, but about time. Hearts and Hibs regularly benefit from large Aberdeen supports down there yet bring hardly anyone up here. Trying to think of the last time any side other thank the Old Firm or Dundee United sold out the away end. My guess would've Dundee when Cannigia made his debut. Also trying to think when was the last time Hibs had 2000+ at Pittodrie. Probably not since the 70s.

I think we'll need seven points from the remaining four games. Rangers will lose twice; once to Celtic and, providing we beat them, they can only take six points maximum from the other two. They have a superior goal difference, so we'll need seven. Beat Hearts, draw with Hibs, beat Rangers. Play the kids on the final day of the season and get summer started.

Hearts pitch - yes. Celtic also installing one I think. £1m is the cost. Interesting to see if we'd then install it on the training pitches too since they're being designed to mimic the stadium pitch. Bristol City just rugby and football, and the pitch seems to hold up well enough. As for rugby, can't say I'm an expert on it, but Glasgow Warriors get around 7,000 and Edinburgh about half that. An Aberdeen team wouldn't get huge numbers, but enough to make it worthwhile and as above, its fans spending money on food and drink. Got to try and maximise Kingsford as much as possible.

Probably all true, however if there was an Aberdeen rugby team maybe pulling in 2,000 fans on Friday nights, with fans being allowed to drink (since its allowed in rugby) it.... A) brings in money to the Dons B) Of the stadium gets a licence to sell alcohol, then it helps Aberdeen push for drinking to be allowed at football, which would solve all the pre-match "where to drink" problems

That's the stadium officially approved by ACC. Interesting to note that no music concerts allowed, however they mention multiple times that the stadium may bring in other sporting events. Seems likely they mean rugby, which I'm fine with (would welcome Aberdeen having a team to rival Glasgow and Edinburgh, but hopefully they go with a desso pitch like Bristol City.

Not a chance it'll be anywhere near packed out. About 12,000 max I'd say. Hearts are such a negative, boring team. Hopefully we set up with a bit more imagination than we did at Tynecastle. GMS should start. He caused them problems when he came off the bench a few weeks ago.

Kilmarnock are our bitches. Big three points though. Killie are capable of taking points off Hibs and Rangers.

NKS claiming Aberdeen are considering alternatives to CPZ and footbridge. https://www.nokingsfordstadium.org.uk/2018/04/19/are-afc-planning-traffic-and-parking-chaos-for-westhill/

Section 75 agreed: https://t.co/nqwZqRjJny

Do you think Aberdeen will be able to put "spades in the ground" this summer?