tom_widdows

The all new ghostbusters are put through their paces

Sky and ESPN think the SPL is worth 13million per season Old firm think its worth 12.5million per season well bugger me if thats a no brainer. Are they actually of the opinion that 2 years down the line sky will come crawling back pleading with the top 12 to accept a £100million + deal. Am I to understand that the glasgow bastards would rather fork out 12.5million instead of accepting 1million just so they could show their own matches at times that they think are suitable? Are advertising revenues really that good these days?

Ah yes THAT brondby game Postponed twice and eventually played in a monsoon that would have seen any other game cancelled At halftime they started moving those in the south stand to the RDS because the wind was driving the rain and sleet under the roof. Think they even moved some folk from the Merkland too. Belabed scored the equaliser with the last kick of the game -top corner 'hit hard and hope' effort from 18yards

Pre season friendlies are pish. The only good thing to come out of them is the chance to go to random small stadiums that you wouldnt normally even consider. (Like Hull). The ones at home are best forgotten before they are played Possibly the most boring football related afternoon I ever had was a pre -season match at pittodrie vs one of the Vienna teams (may have been rapid) in either July 2002 or 2003. Game coincided with Free at the dee and ended 2-1 to the austrians with a grand total of 6500 turning up. That was supposed to be a 'Glamour game'. Twas after that I vowed never to go to another 'home' pre -season friendly again

Gent for mcghee's first game! (home of 1983 semi final cannon fodder Waterschei)

The sunday mail has 84 pages???

So its your fault!

Since when did Lilly allen deserve more headline than primal scream, The Manics or the offspring?? Infact where exactly does she fit in with that line up? Tis like 2000 when they decided All Saints and Macy Gray should play T in the park. That was about the time the organiser started declaring each year to be 'the best line up ever' and about the time they started selling tickets before they even announced the line up, ergo they stung ya for the cash before revealing that the stereophonics, Manics, Franz Ferdinand, and Travis would be playing AGAIN!!! Im agree with Fat Jim.

Right club not clubs Each season there are fewer and fewer prepared or allowed to pay out stupid wages and ill hazard a bet those that can are thinking long and hard before they push the boat out on long expensive contracts. no longer are they going to push the boat out for some mildly average SPL player who once scored a goal against the old firm. I just hope all these footballers have been saving or investing their money wisely because the 'pubs run by ex pro players' trade isnt exactly booming either

Yes but several clubs have been put into administration in the last few years. Bournmouth, Rotherham, Southampton, Luton, Chester City, Wrexham, Boston, Leeds, York City, Huddersfied Town, Carlisle United, Stockport County, Port Vale, Swansea Watford , Cardiff & Coventry were only saved at the last minute. Unless they are going to the premiership (and how long will that last?) players are going to have to realise that like the silly house prices, silly footballers wages are coming to an end. Ill be interested to see what Severin picks up at Watford should the deal go through

I hope players bear this in mind when they (or rather their agents) are making statements along the lines of 'give me more money or im off'

Tom W's memory ages 13-15

Have to wonder the effect of possibly not having a proper TV deal in place could have on SPL crowds. With only BBC brief BBC highlights at the moment (will we even have those if Setanta's footage isnt available) we are almost back to the early 90s (the days when Scotsport was good and sportscene only showed 1 scottish game and 2 premiership games). Since the only way you can see your club properly will be to turn up at the games can we expect boosted attendances despite the credit crunch and expense? Or will this only lead to more Liverpool, Chelsea, Man United, Arsenal etc shirts being seen wandering around scottish streets?

Given the clubs (and indeed most other established SPL teams) attitude to Youth ie just have them to stick on the bench so we have our U21 quota, can we be sure that there havent been a fair few talented young scots players left by the wayside due to inadequate coaching in our country? In the days of Ebbe the press would often be touting a young player as the next big thing. Yes apart from Clark and Diamond i cant think of anyone else who eventually made it but at least there were sounds that there was potential in the ranks. Since Skovdahl left the only player I can recall ever being touted as a big thing in the media was Chris Maguire (I dont recall much being said about John Stewart). Was impressed with Pawlett and Patons contributions at Ibrox but dont recall any press coverage about them prior to that match. Was this a tactic by the club who were trying to protect the players or maybe Calderwood just wasnt interested in youth (which I have heard some people say was the case both with us and dunfermline), or is it perhaps that our coaches whilst being great players in their day aint good at developing young talent I have to admit that when I heard tell that Leighton was apparently favouring Esson over Preece a few seasons back I lost a bit of admiration for him. But in saying that langfield has come on leaps and bounds in the last couple of years so maybe that was a one off. Im interested to see if we start to see a few new young faces breaking into the first team under Mcghee and Leitch Who knows

We havent exactly had a reputation for keeping our young players in the last few seasons. Suppose it depends on how much these lads get paid down govan way and if they would rather end up playing for the likes of Airdrie, Clyde, Albion Rovers or Morton as opposed to Peterhead, Montrose, Brechin etc Only way to stop huns etc snapping young boys up at 16 from non old firm clubs is to 1) Keep them past the age of 18, and 2) At least try to develop them so they get a chance at first team football. Currently they may as well head south because they have about as much chance of playing first team football for the old firm as they do Aberdeen etc. Shout you mouth off all you want miller but until they see guys like Pawlett getting regular games they will be easy targets.

i just hope its better than the last time a new Aberdeen manager came up against a new celtic manager on the opening day of the season at pittodrie http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-new-era-starts-in-style-for-celtic-1110137.html The report kindly left out Eoin Jess missing a penalty :hammer:

One thing id like to see added to that list is a win at tannadice I know its not as big a deal as a win at ibrox but it really irritates me the fact we havent won there since january 2006 (or if we are talking league its march 2005)

is this their response to us picking up Aluko and Vidal? Pick random former english under 18 international from championship club? elaborate on how big a fanny he is

This 1 year rolling contract malarky concerns me is it a case that McGhee has eyes to fuck off at the end of the season if celtic etc come calling, or that the club are looking to avoid a compensation payout should they wish to punt him at the end of the season? Didnt we have Calderwood and Nicholl on a 2 year rolling contract to begin with? Id like to think that with this appointment we have seen the end of our manager praising the opposition for 50% of our post match interviews and then blaming players for not understanding the tactics Id like to see interviews like Fergie's at the end of the 83 scottish cup final (copy the youtube link below into yer browser to see it) -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoSiBq2Q0MU-

France v South Africa 1998 World cup In my Dads Discovery on an old skool LCD pocket TV...while driving Said TV was also used on several occaisons to watch world cup and champions league games while in the bath. Nothing like live electricity close to water to make things interesting ya really do stupid things when yer young

Wheres Stephen Payne these days?

Not too sure either way Yes he was a disaster at Fulham but he also took Northern Ireland from 127th in the world rankings to 27th in the space of 3 years and wycombe wanderers to the FA Cup semi final seems to revel being in charge of the underdogs and he can find better dutch trialists on teletext than any of Calderwoods 'contacts' can find in the dutch league

Nah Has to be Aidy boothroyd

Alex miller doesnt have the balls to come back to Aberdeen. Stewart Milne isnt stupid enough to let him near pittodrie Tis a pity yer too young to remember him Niall. You'd have seen a real fan protest that got the job done within 4 days instead of 3 months