BigAl

Fuck sake min, where were you

Your point is correct of course, but this is always the problem when you start doing polls for "greatest" whatever. It is always heavily influenced by more recently remembered players. The same applies when you question people on greatest ever song. A load of great (in my opinion) tracks from years ago get lost.

Tom, on the right is photo of Guns founding fathers or original team or some shit like that. On the left is a t shirt put on sale in Burton's shops. The writing on it is what makes it. The Zombies are in melt down over it and have created a boycott Burton's and been e mailing them. Unfortunately the item appears to have been withdrawn from sale now on their website.

Feeling dirty, but had a sneaky look on RM ( initially to read the post about Burton's t shirt) and there is three pages about them signing him. Arrogant fuckwits don't even acknowledge the fact that Shinnie might go elsewhere. AFC should buy out contract in January and chuck in someone like Joe to sweeten ICT. Thing is, if we put cash on the table then Zombies are going to struggle to match.

Bastard.. was going on my Xmas list for a certain friend of mine

No such thing Mr Brown, and to think they accuse us of living in the past.

Ditto. Eleven goals for us in those appearances including our first ever goal in European football.

Christ Bobby, nae easy to do this, but here goes in no particular order: Snelders, Miller, McLeish, McMaster (scandal he never got a single Scotland cap ) Buchan, Harper, Weir, Gillhaus, Bett & Jess

Filthy rag, but cracking article in the Record today. Just love the bit about the Zombies greeting in their cornflakes ABERDEEN’S annual accounts used to get shoved through the shareholders’ letterboxes every year and land with a thud. Folk would be terrified to open them up because the contents inside were getting more gruesome every 12 months. Not this time. This year’s report looked so good it could have come off the top shelf and delivered in a brown envelope. Congratulations, your club? is debt free. Talk about a pre-Christmas bonus. There’s no better feeling than that final mortgage payment (so I’ve been told), paying off the car (so I’ve been told ) or that last standing order from your loan (so I’ve been told). Even your pal telling you to forget about that score he chucked you the other week is pretty nice (so I’ve been told). But to have nearly £15million wiped from the accounts in one fell swoop is cause for another parade down Union Street. The Dons lifting the League Cup last season was pretty special. Lifting the debt is absolutely huge. They might not have gone on about it but Aberdeen were being crippled by their borrowings. Having to stump up half a million every six months on repayments was like trying to run a marathon with a sumo wrestler on your back. Sooner or later the strain was going to tell. The club was balancing the books but the dirty great big debt beast was dominating everything. The new stadium was in development hell, the training ground on ice, and Derek McInnes’s budget couldn’t budge. Now they are free – and more importantly they’ve got out of the hole without having to sell their souls. No stadium rights, no merchandise deals, no car park securities or henchmen in the boardroom. Aberdeen secured their financial boost the good old fashioned way – from local people who have the club’s best interests at heart. Stewart Milne has received a kicking over the years but he’s taken the hits and continued to bankroll the club. Along with Aberdeen Asset Management they have ploughed in the dough and instead of waiting to be repaid they have continually transferred loans into shares. Those guys have managed to keep the club afloat but now it will be full steam ahead thanks to a couple from Stonehaven. Willie and Elaine Donald have sunk in the dosh to allow Milne to clear the £10m loan with the bank and wipe out the £15m club debt. In return? A chunk of shares but not much else. Certainly not the family gold or control of the boardroom. We‘ll have to wait to next month’s agm to discover if they want to rename Pittodrie the Willie and Elaine Area but somehow I doubt it. The couple were determined to put something back in to the club and community but wanted to do it on the quiet. Not because they are shadowy figures looking to pull the strings in the background for their own gains. They’ve only been named because under financial rules they had to be. They just wanted to continue to have a quiet life, supporting their team and their region. No doubt there will be Rangers fans greeting into their cornflakes reading this as it’s impossible to ignore the contrast. The soaring success of last term shot Aberdeen’s turnover through the £11m barrier and boosted the wages kitty to more than £6m. That won’t be going unnoticed in boardrooms all around the country. Celtic aside, those figures blow the rest of the Premiership out of the water. It’s also not a kick in the backside off what Rangers are spending right now. The Dons are in place to really lay down the gauntlet in the next couple of years. There might even be more scope for investing in the team. Rangers have been so focused on working out how they can eventually compete with Celtic they’ve taken their eye off the ball. It looks like it will be hard enough for them to compete with Aberdeen.

http://m.stv.tv/sport/football/clubs/inverness/299481-graeme-shinnie-closer-to-inverness-ct-exit-after-rejecting-new-deal/ Graeme Shinnie has moved a step closer to leaving Inverness CT after turning down a new contract. The 23-year-old's current deal expires in the summer and so far the defender and the club have been unable to come to an agreement on fresh terms. Aberdeen expressed an interest in the player over the summer and Shinnie's agent Clive Hart confirmed to STV that the player looks likely to depart the Highlands. He told the Daily Express: "I have spoken to to the Inverness chairman Kenny Cameron and told him that it looks like Graeme Shinnie will be leaving at the end of his contract. "Inverness have offered Graeme a new contract but we have turned it down. "Graeme has had some great times at Inverness and is really enjoying his football under John Hughes, but feels he is now at a stage of his career where he wants to try something different, whether that be in England or Scotland."

Officially announced that Shinnie has confirmed that he will not be extending his stay in Inverness. Keen to further career either elsewhere in Scotland or south of the border

Welcome on board Tommy and thanks for your insight into the Donald's background

Looks like there might be a bit more to this than first meets the eye. Donald's invest hard cash which goes straight to the bank. Bank takes said cash and in return write off agreed level of funding greater than value of cash given to them. This is the same principle as both Arabs & Killie used. AAM & Stewart Milne convert debt to share holding and hey ho the club are debt free and no longer have the burden of seven figure debt servicing hanging round their neck Armagedon eh ? Fucking loving it

Tyrant The Donald's have put up the "bulk" of the money and become major shareholders in return. AFC debt free and the inherent servicing costs GONE

Oh ya beauty Fantastic news Well done to all involved

Christ out of the frying pan and into the fire

Nolberto Solano set to be named new Motherwell manager with a South American consortium taking over ownership. (Daily Mail)

Bardsley withdraws Callum Paterson replaces him Dear God..

Seems fair Manx Hurting like fuck watching these minks giving it large in our backyard.

Embarrassing scenes at Pittodrie yesterday, pre and post match. The carry on during the minutes silence was expected. What wasn't expected however was the Victim FC players and management reaction at full time. Let's put this into context, this is a club with TEN times the budget we have and a mere third of the way through the season they deem it necessary to carry on like that. Victim FC at it's very worst. Completely classless and without a single ounce of dignity AFC and our support will not forget this.

Good result at Fir Park tonight. Could be joint top by Sunday afternoon

Tonev Delia Brown 24 carot gold cunts That's all folks

Still expect the fuckers to raise their game against us as per usual. We simply must get right in about them from the first whistle.

Never saw Celtic game. Are they there for the taking if they play the same way on Sunday ?