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About time Sean Dyche got a crack at one of these top jobs, he’d be a good fit there.

Adam Rooney James Wilson Sam Cosgrove As we are becoming a feeder club for Gary Neville do you think he would take Matty Kennedy?

I agree 17th has to be the goal sheepheid. Trouble is, you say next season they can get top players in if they stay up. In order to get top players there instead of Man City, Man U, Liverpool and the rest, they are gonna have to sign 11 wage thieves otherwise you just wouldn't go there above these top teams. It's a real dilemma for anyone with a bit of ambition to try and break into the top 5 or 6 in that league that you have to just pay stupid money to get anyone of a good standard into the club. It must be crap for team moral though, at the moment they will have a right back who is probably earning twice what anyone else is on.

Hedges is worth more to us for the rest of the season than getting whatever Blackburn are willing to pay to get him now rather than signing him on a Bosman. Would leave a gaping hole in our team for the remainder of the season if we were to sell him in January. Him leaving could be the difference between finishing 6th and potentially challenging for 3rd, if he stayed fit that is.

The signings look peculiar based on their dire predicament in the league. 19 games to go and all they can really hope for is to catch Watford because the other teams above them are 8 points in front. Why you would want to prioritise a right back in their situation is a bit strange, it's almost the area of the pitch where you could chuck anyone in. You would not think Trippier will change the team all that much. Wood looks a competent striker but I agree with you BigAl, if you had all the money in the world would Chris Wood really be high up on your list?

Funny you should say that. Just been reading up on this and apparently he had offers from Juventus, Valencia, Dortmund and Man City. Turns out he opted for the Dons due to his love for butteries, Irn Bru, shortbread and freezing temperatures. Seemingly likes a buttery cut in half with bacon in the middle

How long before we see Sam Cosgrove on loan at Rugby Park?

I guess a defeat to Cambridge was not part of the master plan

It’s about time one of our signings was successful, been a lot of duds taken in over the last couple of years (Ramirez apart). Here’s hoping this guy is the one which bucks the trend and we end up with a real player on our hands.

I think it is time for Lewis to move on. He has been absolutely immense for us and the best keeper we have had for a long time but he's just reached that point where his best years are behind him and for the last year or so just has not been good enough and thrown in too many bad mistakes for my liking. He may be settled up here but you have to be ruthless and our squad needs a real shake up in order to move forward. Lewis is symtomatic of what is wrong with the squad in general, too many players in a comfort zone, bimbling merrily along earning a decent wage but lacking hunger and desire to really push on. Clark looks a really good keeper, at 29 is at a decent age and is likely to be in contention to be the next Scotland keeper once Gordon and Marshall finally call it a day. Sign him up.

That was a really good final BigAl, thought Wright was a bit fatigued after the semi against Anderson but those last couple of sets were just phenomenal. Showed a bit of class with his reaction afterwards as well, seemed genuinely gutted for his opponent. Nice to see a bit of proper sportsmanship compared to those diving, cheating jessies we see on the fitba pitch.

The glaring difference from a few seasons back when we had a decent side is that side had what I would call hungry players. Players at an age where they were looking to better themselves and in some cases, move on to bigger things like Shinnie, Hayes, McGinn, McLean, McKenna, Logan, Maddison, Christie, even Cosgrove. It’s no coincidence that our best talent at the moment is Ramsay, Ferguson, Hedges, McCrorie, guys looking to improve and move on. The rest of the team is littered with players who are either topping up their pension or for whom the Dons is their pinnacle. We have very little sell on value in the team. Lewis, Hayes, McGinn, Considine, Gallagher, McGeough, Ramirez, JET. None of these players are playing for their next move. The exception being Brown who is an outstanding pro.

With the break approaching this seems like a good time for reflection. Glass has had a good crack at it now, brought in his own men (both playing and back room) and has been in charge for a decent number of games. I am struggling to see where we are going this season. Heard a few people saying “Cormack will give him until the end of the season no matter what”. It’s almost like we are prepared to totally write off this season which I don’t quite understand. We haven’t been as low in the league as this for a number of years but it seems from the outside like the manager is under no pressure at all. Cormack must have formed a view by now whether Glass is the right man to lead us long term. Is he just a stubborn guy, unwilling to admit his mistake and make a change, or does he really think Glass is making us better?

Looks like this will be David Bates last game for a while as Nicola Sturgeon has stated no spectators allowed from 26 December

Aye, getting rid of a respected manager who knows what he is doing and appointing someone who has never managed and has not been near scotttish fitba for about a decade What could possibly go wrong?

This is where Cormack is going all a bit too Americany for my liking. Looking at the bare facts you would say 90% of our fans are season ticket holders but in reality the season ticket holders are not actually the majority of the supporters. The two or three thousand pay as you go fans at each game are a different two or three thousand each time so there are actually thousands of these but they maybe only go to half a dozen games each during a season. These people don't want/cannot afford a season ticket for a variety of reasons but they still want to have the option of going to games. Why centre it all around season ticket holders? If you do not have a season ticket and want to go to a Rangers game, you don't want to have to wait until the Friday to see whether a season ticket holder can be bothered to turn up before you know whether you can get a ticket or not, you want a bit of warning. Also, if we draw a decent side in Europe, does he not want the option of getting a bigger crowd in than usual? What about hosting the odd Scotland international, concert or boxing match? Also cannot believe it would cost another £16M just for another 4,000 seats in stands that you are already building anyway. The whole reason for moving away from Pittodrie was that the existing site could not accommodate a re-developed stadium of more than 12,000 fans which was "not enough for the ambitions of the club" yet we are now talking about a stadium which is not an awful lot more. One of the main reasons that a 16 team league has been shot down is that the provincial clubs would miss out on revenue by only being able to host the old firm for two games each season. Now we are planning to have a stadium with only 500 away fans in it anyway. We might as well just lay a plastic pitch while we are at it or maybe just play our home games at Cormack Park instead.

Spot on BigAl, he was training with us for a while which led to the inevitable speculation that he would be signing. I always get the feeling with these guys that move clubs every five minutes that they are always only one bad night out away from a crisis. Watt has changed clubs more than Rory McIlroy.

I wouldn't leave Robbie Fowler in charge of running his own bath

Number one priority has to be a Hedges replacement, cannot see him being here after 31st January. We seem to lose a lot of our attacking threat when he is missing.

I find it so funny when pundit ex-players in particular get incensed about diving, saying that it is cheating, which of course it is. The amusing bit is that the game is full of cheating and they seem to wash over that but get incredibly upset about the diving aspect. All through every game we have players trying to con the referee over claiming throw ins, corners, offsides, the time added on for injuries, whether the ball crossed the line, pretty much every aspect of the game.

up to 7th in the league

I know there are a few injuries but that lineup has a very square peg in round hole kind o look to it

Aye, get a tenner on wee Bruce Anderson for the first goal

If I am reading that right, looks like either Italy or Portugal will miss out on the finals. Matthaus obviously did not grab the warm balls

I see they are appointing an interim manager until the end of the season. It is staggering that they are effectively writing off the season after just 12 league games of a 38 game season. Can't see why a massive club like Utd would need to wait until the end of a season to poach someone else's manager. If they want someone like Rodgers, Pochetino, Simeone etc, just pay the cash and get him in. Also why you would you sack Solskjaer but leave his assistant in charge for the next few games and expect things to improve is just stupid.