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I think a lot of people, myself included, turned up expecting a fairly routine home win to brighten a grim Sunday afternoon and were a bit peeved it wasn't going that way at the half time whistle. Someone mentioned in the match thread the stadium was a bit gurny in general the first half and I think this is why. I suppose we are streaky team under JT but my feeling is we are all really going to enjoy the second half of the season as this team is starting to look like it has real potential. Europe has been a real hindrance (though if we started the season with the team as it is now I think we would have done loads better) but without it and, touch wood, some astute in's and outs in January (cometh the hour, cometh the Lutz perhaps) I think we will be in great shape. One thing I think bodes particularly well is the 6-0 we have got this season doesn't seem to have affected us even remotely like it did last season. For one thing that was at our lowest ebb this season as opposed to riding on the crest of a wave with our best start in our history. It's also bodes well the way we have scrapped our way out of this hole we were in.

For the first time this season we have a positive goal difference. Also worth noting that despite our grim start to the season we have actually now won a game more than the three teams above us. Hibs have played the same number of games, the huns 1 less and Motherwell 1 more.

Molloy would have been great to be available for this OD but Dorrington is our only cover for cb at the moment.

Wow! Wonder if we have ever had a Dibbly play at Pittodrie

This Was speaking to a good pal who's a St Mirren fan earlier to offer my congrats and said to him I was actually looking forward to playing at the San Giro for once. They are there for the taking.

Quite the poisoned chalice County have become.

Just watched the extended highlights on RTV there. Re our pen there didn't appeat to be an angle that shows the actual incident clearly so not surprised VAR ignored it and went with the refs decision. First half we looked miles off it but came into it a wee bit toward the end. Good save from Mitov at 1-0 to deny wee brucie but he was probably just offside. Second half was defo better but I still felt we laboured for spells and it wasn't really till Bilalovic came on that I felt Killie started to look a little worried. I was really impressed with the kid I have to say. When you consider the lack of game time he's had it was surprising to see him have such a breath of fresh air quality about him. He took his goal really well too, he proper had to fight to get on the end of it I would hope/expect to see a lot more of him going forward now. I said I would take any win but ideally a comprehensive one for added momentum. A come from behind win when you've been a bit shit for a large part of it is almost as good.

We have been clunky as hell that first half though I'll give credit to Killie who have looked well up for it. Defo a few changes at half time needed imo

Aye i would not be surprised if they already had moves lined up.

Defo expecting Polvara back in tom

I imagine Pittodrie isn't cheap to upkeep these days, there would likely be some significant savings to be made by moving to a modern building (heating bill springs to mind). I would also hope there would be enough financial benefits (e.g. we have no club museum but I bet we would in a new place) that would eat into the rental costs to make them fairly negligible. The downside to it all is we never own the ground, we'll still be paying rent long after the stadium has been paid off and will not be able to profit from our home ground the way our rivals can.

I'll take any kind of win 2bh but it would be nice to get a convincing one and up the momentum a wee bit. The red tinted specs podcast had a Killie fan on and he sounded thoroughly depressed with all things KFC which bodes well. In Main 3-0 Polvara, Lazetic and Nisbet

The only thing I would say here is hospitals, schools and roads will never pay for themselves. It doesn't seem unreasonable to assume that any loan taken out by the local authority for this work would not be getting paid by tax payers, it would be getting paid for by the profits of it's use which won't just be from rent from the Club. I don't disagree that the club needs a stadium more than the council but the council needs Aberdeen fc in the city more than the club does. The club moving to the outskirts of the city would be devastating to the city's finances which is why the LA approached the club in the first place a few years back. It's not like the Dons haven't brought billions into the local economy over the past 120 years if you added it all up and applied inflation. I say all this as someone who has no horse in the race other an AFC as I don't live in Aberdeen. My opinion on this is at best uninformed but on the face of it from the outside looking in it does seem like all parties would win.

My very favourite player of all time. When he played the masters last year I genuinely welled up a bit seeing him score for the dons one last time.

I wouldn't say I was getting excited but it's no bad thing after the recent war of words for all parties to be coming out of a meeting of this ilk smiling, no? It's probably about as good a next step as could be hoped for all things considered. That said it is, of course, an election year and the councilors could just be playing the game. It's hard to look around the political lanscape of Scotland and find a politician that isn't a coward and shyster regardless of rosette worn these days and the only way to motivate them is to make them fear for their position at the trough.

I think most likely your phone, I can't see any kind of setting for that under the bonnet anyway.

Indeed, that sounds positive.

If he has he won't be playing when we play them in January. On hand that makes me happy as seeing him play for them in the flesh will be a really sore one. That said I was thoroughly looking forward to giving the traitor rat bastard dogs abuse so swings and roundabouts.

Lobban reminds me of Ramsay but with less flair and more teamwork. Agree his game time needs managed in December and Gyamfi being fit enough to be making it onto the bench last night is no bad thing.

Scandalous allocation for 65k stadiums

I can live with 1-0. We gave a solid account of ourselves against a really decent side. Ultimately though we are still a work in progress but I don't think we lose any momentum we have built up with this loss. Mitov putting in his best performance of the season was probably the most pleasing point for me and I was even remotely surprised when he saved the pen.

God loves a trier Rico Thanks btw, I've had a grade A cunt of a day and that made me chuckle.

Never going to happen sadly

Decent watch?