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I think it should be scrapped too , and replaced by "last goal the winner" if the scores are level on aggregate In the event of a tie at the end of 90 minutes in the second leg , whichever team scored the last goal , even if that was in the first leg ,goes through. If both games were goalless , then 30 mins extra time , then pens if necessary I think this would keep ties "alive" more than the current away goals rule...eg when we played Real Sociedad a few years ago we lost the first leg 2-0 , but were leading 2-1 in the second leg. At that point , just one more goal for us under my ingenious last goal rule, would have seen us going through , whereas we needed two more goals under the away goals rule.

Off the top of my head , Andrew Dallas was the ref. First off , Tansey's challenge was ungainly and ill-advised , to say the least. But it was just as much a foul on him by the hun (can't remember who) as it was a foul on the hun. A sort of messy tangle of feet and legs near the ball. Just before half-time GMS was through on goal , goal-side of Tavernier (I think) who couldn't risk putting in a tackle as he'd have had to go through GMS. Instead though , and whether it was deliberate or not , by Tavernier , he clipped GMS foot just as GMS was shooting , although he managed to get a sclaffy shot off, so Dallas was able to bottle out of awarding a pen and sending Tavernier off for denying a clear goal-scoring chance. Apart from those two specific game-changers the main problem with the ref that night was that he applied different standards to us for run of the mill challenges. We weren't allowed to compete as our lot were booked for challenges that the huns either got off with altogether , or escaped without any booking. I don't actually like criticising refs too much , because , having done it myself at a very low level, I can appreciate how difficult it is ....and must be even more so at the level of a Rangers-Aberdeen game !....but that cvnt was shocking that night

I mind being at a Scotland game there , against Latvia about 20 years ago, when we qualified for the World Cup finals. Me and the missus we in the North Stand that day and I can vividly rememer the crush on the ground floor in the area beneath the stand when the crowd was leaving at the end of the game. We were literally moved along by the surge of the crowd , and would have been unable to stop or change direction even if we wanted to. I can mind thinking that this must have been the norm due to the crowds the Tims got most games would have been about the same as the size of the crowd that day. I was surprised at not having heard of that sort of problem before. From memory , I think there was a big iron fence/gate that was closed ,or had only a very small open bit which seemed to be the cause of the problem We were back in the North Stand for the LC final in 2014 , with our 11 year old loon. We made sure that we hung back longer than most of the crowd before leaving our seats that day.

The ref at Ibrox had a massive influence on the result. I'm not saying he was the only reason we lost , because we started the game so poorly we'd have had an uphill battle even with a reasonably fair ref. We'll never know, but the dice were loaded against us from the off. You are allowed an opinion. Same as the sort of knob-ends who bang on about not being able to say anything against Muslims still manage to freely spout their views about Muslims. But others are allowed to rubbish your opinion, or , as in this case, pick you up on comments that I dispute. And for what it's worth , I wouldn't argue with you about the second game against the huns , which was a worse performance from us ,in my view

The two games against the huns weren't even the worst consecutive performances last season , let alone in AFC's history. The 2-nil defeat at Tynecastle followed by the cup-semi capitulation to Motherwell were worse performances in my opinion At least in that game at Ibrox we actually made plenty good chances and could point to a ridiculously biased ref going above and beyond the call of duty for the huns.

Bullshit. Not even close.

Nae sure if your comment relates only to the current transfer window , or the whole time McInnes has been our manager. If it's just this window , then it's surely too early to say that none of the midfielders we've recently signed are any good ,although Ferguson has made a very promising start. If it's over the last few seasons then Kenny McLean is the obvious example of a very good midfielder signed by McInnes. And before that Robson and Flood were exactly the type of players that were identified by McInnes as what we needed at that time.

Why would you be against that ?

Reidzer, I’m interested in A bit of land. The owner wants £500K for it but he can GTF. Fit do you think be a fair price ?

What are our strengths .

Well he has actually. First full season under McInnes he played Anderson and Reynolds in central defence most of the time , and , generally , only changed that when Anderson was injured or needed a rest After that Ash Taylor and Reynolds was the usual pairing (or certainly Deek's preferred pairing) when both were fit , as Anderson featured only occasionally

The sheer noise a few minutes after Hewitt’s winner against Bayern. Obviously it was bedlam in the immediate aftermath......”Pittodrie goes berserk” as Jock Brown put it But my abiding memory is the racket that built up over the next few minutes. Initially different sections were singing different songs , but gradually onee song built up louder and louder with the different sections joining in until the whole stadium was belting out “Here we go !” Here we go !”. Even the likes o my old man . I’ve never heard anything like that before or since. The atmosphere literally , and I mean literally , crackled . Like a thunderclap or a sonic boom The hairs on the back of my neck are standing up even now as I think about it

Really ? Admit it , min . He wasn’t even on your radar , if you’d even heard of him , until about a week ago.

Why not Steve Clarke ?.....the best manager in Scotland according to you a few days ago

Aye. Fairer than th.... Fairer than th...... Fairer than th...... Ah , fuck it !

Very lucky ? Really? The only team that have outplayed us or dominated for most of the match was Hearts. And we were extremely unlucky not to be a goal up and and playing against ten men from the first minute

I think I saw a few years ago that HMRC were pretty much using this as a test case , hoping that if they won it would set a precedent that they could then use for going after other organisations that had used EBT's. I'm pretty sure there were comments that a good few English football clubs would be anxiously hoping that the Huns won

A nice wee short term jolly for him and his family before going to the Huns

Can't agree with that min. Since the 7-2 we've come up against Boyd of Killie , Boyce of Ross County , Scott McDonald and Doolan. All competent strikers in my book

See ya later, arse Got to go to work at the AFC stooge police HQ

Well at least you've found an appropriate way to sign off the end of your posts. Lucky enough to have been supporting the Dons since the Ally Macleod era. And unlike you , I haven't deserted them during the bad times Read my post again , arse

Aye , sure, you were only joking . I'm nae claiming too know better than everyone else about this. Only the AFC officials responsible for reporting the crowd figures can claim that But I know enough to call out your bullshitting

Make your mind up , min You've rarely thought the crowd was under-reported but yet said previously that the crowd WILL be under-reported because it's what Milne does I'll trust the club on this rather than you and your mates' guesstimates And do you actually think that Milne personally prepares the attendance figures that are reported ?

Myth. The electronic turnstiles have put paid to the option of giving false figures for gate receipts to the relevant interested parties .ie the tax authorities and , for Cup-ties , the opponents The idea that Milne is personally over-seeing some sort of scam like this , where there's nothing to be gained personally by him, is ridiculous As for the Celtic game you mentioned , where were you sitting that day RS ? I find that From my usual seat in the SOuth Stand I can't say how full or empty it is , although I can tell how busy the other stands are. But I well remember that day that there seemed to me to be far more empty seats round about me that would normally be the case. It had been a talking point on the message boards before the game about how embarrassingly low the crowd was going to be And that game came straight after a truly dire run of 8 games without a win , two draws (one against Bayern , incredibly !) , 6 defeats including a humiliating 4-1 semi loss to the Jutes , and two 5-1 defeats , one of which was at home to the Tims given also that the cup game was at a Sunday lunchtime and live on tv , the official figures seem right enough to me. AFC Heritage has the total crowd at 10,909 with the away support being 3,472