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Aberdeen 1-0 QotS Arnason 56 mins

Decent replacement though.

Yep, agreed.

To be fair, a couple of very good seasons at Valencia aside, his record in Spain is pretty hit and miss.

Just watched Ghana v Botswana and it was pretty dreadful stuff, especially the first half. Senegal v Zambia on Sat was a bit more interesting, Zambia deservedly beating a side who looked very strong on paper, if a bit imbalanced.

Aye, Murphy playing very well. Was expecting more from the Robertson - Trump semi though, some really poor play from both of them at times.

Stamped on Messi's hand when he was on the ground. Also a main culprit in some of the simulation that was going on.

ABERDEEN: Brown, McArdle, Considine, Reynolds, Robertson, Clark, Arnason, Jack, Fyvie, Vernon, Chalali. Subs: Langfield, Mackie, Fallon, Paton, Magennis, Megginson, Masson.

He oot? Chalali then.

Score: Forfar 0-3 Aberdeen Dons first scorer: Chalali Time of first goal in game: 29 mins

So two more centre-halves? Excellent. Could do with a striker to really balance out the squad though.

Cunt.

Would be a big three points if we can pull off a result here. Obviously our record down there is worse than terrible and all that, but the return of Pawlett and hopefully Chalali could give us a bit more creativity. They've only lost twice in the last eleven and are unbeaten in four, but the last team to beat them outside the OF was us. Here's hoping 2012 is a bit less shite. In/Oot: In Pre match: Driving doon Match: Shed Post match: Driving back Prediction: 1-1 Attendance: 8k

Yeah, we played about as well as we could have hoped to under the conditions. We were certainly the better team and had better chances, but nothing clear cut enough to say we fully deserved the win. Incredibly windy though, and that in terms of creativity we were essentially reduced to Arnason's long throws by the end is no great surprise. Good performances from Osbourne, Foster, Considine and Jack, while I think Arnason grew into the match. Milsom got a deserved sponsors man of the match; he was playing centrally as part of a midfield three and shows what we're missing by shunting him out wide for so long this season. Front three of Vernon, Fallon and Mackie were hugely unthreatening however. The latter two are just far too immobile to play together and Mackie was...Mackie. Going to have to be changed about for the Utd game. I dare say both Vernon and Fallon would fare better if we were getting good service and regular crosses from out wide, but this would require some actual wingers and full-backs.

In/Oot: In Pre match: Work Match: Main Post match: Pub Prediction: 3-1 Dons Attendance: 9k

I think Brown tried to address this on Saturday as we lined up in a sort-of 4-3-3 with Fyvie and Milsom playing far narrower and Chalali linking between defence and midfield. Obviously this was ditched when Chalali had to go off but it suggests he at least recognises this problem.

Interesting. Could finally provide some good news for attendances, if implemented correctly. Always a big 'if' with Scottish football.

Osbourne for me. The kind of player we've needed for games like this for a long time.

Off the bottom on goal difference.

Seems fishy to me.

Clive Tyldesley doesn't even attempt to hide his support any more. His embittered rantings made the result even more amusing.

Man City v Man U in the FA Cup 3rd round draw. Interesting.

Apparently threw the toys oot when he was asked to trim the wage budget, which was at something like 80-85% of turnover.

Hope they're prepared to spend a lot. Some of it on Heskey.