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This looks like a struggling manager trying to shift the blame for things not going well away from himself to me.

I hold you responsible as well if I'm honest. So does your wife.

Fatboy Slim is the sort of cunt you are supposed to hate but I've seen him twice in recent years and he is entertaining enough.

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I think what I'm suggesting there is at some point we have to come to the conclusion that this debt is going nowhere. How long do we have to trundle along putting up with shit. The most exciting thing about Fraser Fyvie is if we sell we'll get some money to pay off some of our debt. How depressing is that? The most exciting prospect since Jess and Booth and we're not thinking "WOW we could win the the league with this guy", we're thinking "WOW he could be worth £5 million, that's almost half our debt in one fell swoop".

 

 

This is a football problem rather than just an Aberdeen FC problem.

I couldn't imagine McGhee handling the pressure at Parkheid.

Just on the bus home from the fulham game tonight. Cracking game, great atmosphere, no doubt helped by the burnley fans who were magnificent. Good banter with them and and the second half they didn't stop singing the whole time. Amazing stuff. Well worth my 6 quid

Really?

Loyalty to his players is commendable. I'm sure he is clever enough to use this sort of situation in his motivation of the players. I would prefer to see the talking done on the park though.

Fair enough. But in the same light, would you shun Alex Di Rocco based on the fact that he only played seven games for us?

I personally didn't think Alex Di Rocco was anything special.

Ah right loon. I've still got that copy of Restless Natives ready to send to ye. Just cannae mind where I put it.

 

Anyway, I was a very fresh Aberdeen fan when Jazzer Bett was running the show for us. My knowledge of the Dons was pretty limited. As such, I didnae really have many memories of Bett (unfortunately). Although he only performed to his capabilities twice for the Dons, Hignett had such a devastating effect. Powerful, skillful, intelligent ... and scored from an absolutely unbelievable angle versus Ra Shellick. I've absolutely no doubt that he would've gone on to become a truly legendary player for the Dons if it hadn't been for the fallout between him and Alex Miller.

 

As for Bisconti, I've not seen an Aberdeen player in the past two decades who had ball-retention and possession-retrieval rate like Biscontis. My only grumble about Bisco was that he never seemed to want to play against the Old Firm. Oh yeah, and the fact that he sighted his kids' inability to settle in a non-French-speaking Aberdeen. There's a dedicated international school out at Bieldside, ffs.

 

But I lost count of the amount of times I turned to my pals in the stands and said "what a machine!", as Bisconti loses the ball, tracks back, smashes the opposition player with a crunching tackle, and strolls out the other side with the ball at his feet ... only for him to pass to a mesmerised Darren Young who is so amazed at what he's watching, he forgets he's in the field of play.

You may as well huddon before sending. I'm moving to Singapore at the end of month, you'll get to spend a wee bit less on postage!

Fair do's. You're making me feel old now. I was lucky enough to see Jim Bett throughout his Aberdeen career and he is, in my opinion, the best Aberdeen midfielder I have seen in the flesh. Without a doubt he was the best passer of the ball. Hignett is more of a disappointment. I remember the Dundee and Celtic games and whilst he did play well I wouldn't put his perfomances in the genius category. The fact that he bailed out so quickly leaves me with an overall feeling of disappointment.

Fit like Reekie? It's all about personal opinion and all that...but I am interested to know why you would pick Hignett who had a couple of good games for us over a player like Jim Bett who had seasons of producing top drawer performances? Likewise, Bisconti was a very good ball winner, enforcer etc. but he didn't have the talent to win a game like Bett could. Not having a go, just interested in your reasoning.

He was abducted by aliens.

Makes sense I guess.

I was thinking the same. What ever happened to Smokiedon?

Why are Rockets posts being deleted?

http://www.zoukout.com/

Cheers for the tip off Manc.

Smith was a centre half and an awkward full back. In his prime way better than McGuire. Kombouare shouldn't be up there.

Time to give the other boy a shotty?

So you only like 'cities' that are, in your opinion, aesthetically pleasing to the eye?

Put your hands up for Inverness.

I love that city.

Keep. Bring in more talent around him.

Fun and games in the Egypt Algeria ACN semi. Two soft bookings, the second for a debatable foul to give Egypt a penalty, see Algerian centre half sent off. Resulting penatly the Egypt player seemed to take a pause in the run up before slotting it away. Algeria keeper deems this illegal and chases the ref up the park before putting his head toward the ref's head and he only gets a booking.

You cannae beat a good derby. The fitba is pish mind.

Callum Melville. He was keen on investing in the Dons. But the thought of his money being spent as Wiggy wanted was enough to persuade him to invest in Dundee, rather than invest in the club he supports.

 

 

Where do you get that from? I thought he was widely quoted as saying he didn't invest in Aberdeen as he didn't want the hassle that would come with it. Nothing to do with Stewart Milne.

Rocket min, I think there are loads of mitigating factors that also have to be taken in to consideration. Finance and geography will be factors on whether players like McLean fancy a move to Aberdeen. I assume the margins are very tight these days so that every penny will count. We are in a shitty position where we run such a tight ship that we cannot afford to take risks by handing out the length of contract that players like McLean want.

It now appears that one of the skills that Aberdeen managers need these days is to be a magician in the transfer market. I think the club are a victim of circumstance (no redistribution of wealth in Scottish fitba, the English Championship can easily outspend us) and no one individual is to blame for the situation we are in.

I think Nadal choked there.

The Bible: A History. Tackled creation tonight. Howard Jacobson tried to find a middle ground between the religious and the athiest fundamentalists. Reasonably interesting.

The last 'Big Question' this morning was, 'Does the Haiti earthquake prove that God does not exist?' Lots of pish debate but the answer is simply, no. I've yet to hear any evidence that the fucker does exist though.

Even if he was the best?