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Oh.. mememeMEMEMEME!!! I know, sir! We can't compete with the likes of Plymouth any more because we owe the bank around 12 million quid and we lose about a million quid every year. Ergo we've actually got LESS money than the Weegians who sell big Issues on Union Street. They, at least, have a few quid in their hippers.

"Once the great wild goose of Aberdeen's defence"?? What the hell kind of analogy is that? Strachan, once the rabid, hang-gliding weasel of Aberdeen's midfield. "Rougvie stuck to his task as only he could – beaveringly". And Hewitt scored as only he could - walrusly.

2-0 Bayern, and only because they'll be playing a typical European away mach. Then we'll get to Germany and we'll be good and fucked.

See oor arse? It's gonnae get handed tae us. And that's me wi my optimistic heid on.

Listening to some of the finest electronica available, my good man Mesu Kasumai Fatjim, think I sent you a copy of this yin, di I no? Still got some mair equally fabulous tunage for ye.....

Not sure what that has to do with what I said. They bring youth through, because they have a decent youth system. They then sell said talent at 1m+ a pop. They then either use their scouts (another thing they.. fuck.. another thing most professional clubs have, but we seem to think are unnecessary) to bring in replacements, or go get another youth player in. Now, compare that with our annual rummage through the buckets outside other fitba clubs for the players they don't want any more. I know which system I'd prefer, given the choice.

Generally they don't have to because they have a youth system.....

Supposedly we actually sold Ando for LESS than a million, 800k, If I recall correctly, being the number bandied about. I'd be surprised if we got more than 500k for him in reality. This club is, unfortunately, run by total imbeciles. Top to bottom, there can't be a member of staff with an IQ of more than double digits. Everything the club does is half arsed and an embarrassment, from failing to sign our players on realistic length contracts to allowing a drunken manager to climb into the boot of a car on the way out the door. Did that even seem like a good fucking idea? "What's Paterson doing"? "He's staggering over to that car... oh, he's getting into the boot". "Does that seem like a good idea? I mean, people will know he's bleezing". "Oh, perfectly good idea. He wants to leave with his dignity intact, you see"? "What's that on his breeks"? "He pished himself on the way oot ma office". "Ah, the dignity".

Only that he's going to be out of our price range if PNE, Dunfermline and Heerenveen are looking at him. He'd be out of or price range if Cove Rangers was looking at him though. We've got to live within our means, you see? And that means losing out on players to clubs like Raith and Gretna because we can't match their wages. I'm still hoping our strong ties with Jomo Cosmos is going to pay dividends, though. That'll be sweet... getting the "best young African talent". Any day now...

We didn't play badly first half, in fact I thought we were a better side. Then the second half came along and we stopped playing football like adults and resorted to humping the football up the park with no real attempt to find a red shirt. Seriously, the player would have time and space on the ball and he would just lamp it forward into areas with no red shirts. What this tactical switch was meant to do isn't clear, but that's when we lost the game. Didn't help that McNamara simply passed the ball to a Panny player for the second goal. But that was indicative of our second half game. No attempt to find a red shirt, just hit it into an area and hope a red shirt is somewhere in the vicinity when the ball lands again. So McNamara, like everyone else, did just that. We weren't so much outplayed, because the Greeks were no better than the Hibs team they looked like. We simply pissed the game away ourselves by playing like schoolboys when we were in possession. If Panathanaikos are one of this groups 'better' teams then if we play the way we're capable of playing, we'll pick up points in the remaining games, because I was NOT impressed by the Greeks, despite the scoreline.

Downloaded the vid and had it running in the background. Wasn't watching it, but when I heard Archie McPherson say, "There's Diamond. Oh, he's scored", he sounded so depressed that I said to myself, "Got to be one of the OF sides he's scored against". Switched screens, rewound the vid and, sure enough, he scored v the Tims. Ah, Scottish fitba is nothing if not completely predictable and transparent.

The problem with the 'selling off our young talent' idea is that while Hibs' young talent took in around 9.5 million quid, OUR young talent is worth about 50k, as per Little Johnnie Stewart. Hibs' young talent is worth 9 million because hibs took their youth programme seriously... whereas WE let our youth system fall into such a state of crapness that if we DO produce a good young player it's IN SPITE of our youth set up, not because of it. Selling our youth players won't bring in enough cash to even make a month's interest payment, let alone cover the debt.

I dunno why I keep buying the EE... Is it that you subconsciously want a good kicking for your total lack of good taste? Tell me you also buy The Sun and me and some of the boys will come give you the hiding you're clearly asking for. Just say the word.

That'll be about the past fifteen ones then Exactly right, Al. This debt is a dead weight around our neck, and unless we start doing something about it then I seriously fear for the club's survival. Every spare penny needs to be put towards servicing the PRINCIPLE of the debt, thus bringing down our payments to the bank. The 'million' from Anderson and the circa 2 million from Europe needs to go right to the bank. We'll still be about 8 million in debt, but that's a hell of a lot better than 11.

Injured and out for about 3 months, Keane looking to bring in a couple of Man Utd defenders on loan. Get the distinct impression that this isnae going to happen for Anderson, and that he'll be back in the SPL sooner rather than later. With Keane preferring other defenders ahead of Anderson, and with the season well under way by the time he starts to get back to match fitness for the EPL, I reckon Keane will be thinking of cutting Ando along with the rest of the dead wood come season's end. Would be great if he could cut an acceptable deal with Aberdeen, rather than ending up at one of the Bigot Bros.

Someone on Donsmad says about 2 million quid for group stages. Sounds about right. I'd stick a million towards the debt and a million towards securing land for a training ground. No, none of it towards players or wages.

H'min Kelt allow some poetic licence you kent fit I meant. Generous serving of alcohol have been taken whilst watching game I'll be joining ye in a bevvy in aboot an oor. Mebbes less

A quick look at the table will tell your mate that the third best squad in Scotland is in fact Hibs. Happy to sort that oot for ye.

Only 24 games ago? Christ, my memory must be going, cause it seems like a lot longer.

Memories of that night are vague, was a young kid myself, but I remember fairly bouncing around for about a week afterwards. All the better because there were so many OF scum supporting glory-hunting twats at school who were sick as shit. That was magic. Watching the game again recently, and as an adult you can appreciate it all the more. As a kid I expected us to beat Real Madrid. I'd seen Aberdeen repeatedly rape all-comers, including the supposedly mighty Ipswich. Aside from one blip against a very good Liverpool side there didn't appear to be troo many teams that could beat us. So we went into the final and I think, like me, most of us actually expected a result.. despite the opposition being the biggest name in club football. Aberdeen was scared of no-one. I've heard a lot of excuses from bitter OF scumbags about this... ..Real didnae fancy the weather, they greet. Well, it was just as wet for Aberdeen as it was for Real Madrid. If the Spaniards wernae man enough to handle a bit of rain then it sucks to be them. we'd have played them anywhere in Europe, even in Spain if they'd wanted, and we'd still have beaten them. No doubts about it. Real didnae take it seriously, they try. If Real didnae take it seriously then they did a damn good job of pretending they did, what with them being interested enough to get to the final. Real took it seriously all right, otherwise they'd have been out in the early stages. If you watch that game now, as I recently did, Aberdeen take Real apart. It wasn't even nearly close. Real never looked like scoring aside from their penalty, whereas Aberdeen came at them again and again, and a combination of bad luck and desperate goalkeeping and defending was the only thing between Real Madrid and a serious hiding. As a kid I'd seen Aberdeen do that so often at Pittodrie and on TV, just dominating other sides like men against boys, and at the time I didn't appreciate that we were doing it against what was supposedly the biggest club in the world and one of the best sides in Europe. So if anyone tries to tell you that Aberdeen won because of a combination of rain and Real not being interested let me tell you they're full of shit. Aberdeen won because they were the better team. A far better team. Later on Hamburg would mouth off about how they were the best side in Europe, and Aberdeen would hand them their arse as well. On the way to those two European trophies Aberdeen beat Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and SV Hamburg. Probably the second, third and fourth best clubs in Europe after Aberdeen, And we didn't even invade the pitch and bring Scottish football into disrepute after we won the first of our two trophies, as a certain bunch of unwashed subhuman scum from Govan had.

Dnipro aren't exactly Real Madrid. I don't even think they're on the same level as the Tims. We can beat them on our day, and a score draw is very possible.

Aye, but WHO? We've no money to bring anyone in, not even tuppence ha'penny.... so we'd have to identify someone that was free and who NO-ONE ELSE wanted. Now, when you're looking at players who are free and no-one else wants you're not going to get any better than Miller, Lovell, Brewster, Crawford or Young. If a player has a fee attached we won't get him. If anyone else wants a player we want they'll beat us for wages, and I include clubs like Falkirk and Gretna (sad but true) So what are we left with? Players of the standard I mentioned. So what point punting Miller? *Addendum: We also have an absolutely terrible youth system, so I wouldn't count on bringing anyone through from the youth squad/reserves.

Separated from his 5 year old daughter, wife and son.. all of whom thought their father/husband was dead... and the British refuse him entry to the country. That's nice... People are fucking wankers.

Telt ye, Come tae Toronto. None o' this ither stuff would be happening... Then come to Cleveland, Not to far from Toronto. Then come to Detroit. Oh, wait, we hivnae got a fitba team here. Detroit sucks giant, giant monkey balls.