Reekie_Red

Bullshit. He has been working his best to try to get the likes of Hughes, He tried his best to negotiate deals for Hughes, Paterson and Maclean. Hell, he even missed one of our pre-season matches to go to Paris to try to thrash out a deal with Reda Johnson. As Willie Miller stated towards the end of July, Aberdeen and the SPL in general is no longer an attractive option for players. The SPL's talented players have gone to Championship teams. The SPL's half-decent players have gone to League One teams. All we can hope for is to try to pick up the best of League Two equivalent players. Even then, we are struggling to match the wages of some League Two sides. This is not McGhee's fault. But then, you wouldn't see this as your knives are already out for him.

From what I saw of us in the 2nd half against Celtic, I reckon we've got a good chance of taking 9 points from the next 3 games.

So it was McGhee's fault that he has Young, Duff, Maguire, Mackie and Considine in his squad? It was McGhee's fault that he couldn't afford his 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th choice signings? Get a grip, min. We fielded an Aberdeen side that had lost three first-team players and gained only one. We happened to play the team that were not only pipped to the SPL title on the final day last season, but have spent close to eight figures hiring a Premiership-class manager and building a squad that they hope will NOT be beaten to the title this season. At least McGhee figured out early doors that Duff was being skinned at every opportunity and decided to, firstly, move him up the park and, secondly, take him off completely. I doubt we'll see Duff play very much in the future tbh.

Exactly. Despite playing over 550 games, Willie Miller only managed 20 goals in a red shirt. Nobody doubts his captaincy. I'm willing to give Kerr the benefit of the doubt. There were only two or three players worthy of the Aberdeen jersey today, but I'd like to reserve my better judgment for the team once they've played everyone else.

Agree wholeheartedly with that. Langfield, Aluko and Paton were superb in an otherwise completely inept performance from the Dons. Aluko took his goal brilliantly. Paton showed Maguire what a footballer looks like, and had a hand in just about every effort we had on goal. But Langfield's saves kept the score semi-respectable. It could've been a LOT more considering the commentator mentioned that Celtic had 28 shots on goal.

Bobby, wtf is going in with your connection. You've logged in and logged out of the chatroom 20 times in the past minute

http://www.donstalk.co.uk/messageboard/chat

Sorry for my ignorance, as we don't get much Highland League coverage in New Zealand. Who are the three new HL teams?

Me too. Utd invested heavily in players last summer. However, despite us having a shite season by most Dons fans accounts, we still managed to finish above the Arabs! There's not actually that much that has changed this season, other than Seve departing, Ifil coming in, and Kerr becoming captain. If McGhee can figure out when 4-3-3 isn't working and switch to a 4-4-2 in a match, I reckon we should be okay this term.

Unfortunately the money men in the city of Aberdeen who might be tempted to chuck some cash in the direction of Pittodrie are probably put off by the fact that so much money, including potentially lucrative share initiatives, have all been pissed down the drain over the past 15 years. Common ground throughout all these years and all the pissing down the drain is Stewart Milne. But there's the catch-22. Do we keep Milne, our benefactor, and risk losing out on so much investment from money-men who just don't trust Milne? Or do we ask Milne to step down and get new men to lead the club, and risk realising our worst fears that, with or without Milne, there really is nobody interested in investing heavily in Aberdeen FC.

Good choice. My first choice would've been Zander, but Kerr is a very good choice nonetheless.

Got to be Jerel (is it me or does that name sound like the name of some goblin king, or something?) But the only half-decent performance from Consi of late just so happened to come when he was paired with Ifil. Coincidence? Lets have Consi on the bench and make him realise that he's actually got to do something spectacular to get a starting berth this season

Sounds too good to be true. How the fuck did we manage to land this player without Dundee Utd, Hearts or Plymouth beating us to him?

This is Wiggy's club yer talkin aboot, min. Nae more than a haepenny will be available for him. And opened wotsits? Again, on the cheapo side it'll be a bag of scampi fries that's been left open for four days.

Sm "Anyone seen The Crying Game? The one with the woman with a ... with a ... a tadger? What'll be the sequel? A man with a fanny?"

Yeah I'm trying to get to the bottom of the problem right now. Looks like a glitch in the system, as I've already disabled the flood system on the site ... yet heaps of people (myself included) are getting this error.

If only we'd played Hull BEFORE we played Sigma.

I was wondering what would've caused the rapid decline in a player's ability and confidence. And then I read the next bit .... Jeeeeeez. Might as well have Alex Miller as yer boss. I think I would top myself if Malpas was incharge of the Dons.

How did Windass fair when he played for us? Could he still do us a good turn?

Didn't Jeffrey de Visscher have a personal fan site?

I can back that up too. Whilst people have cut back on their after-bill spending, two things that commonly do NOT get cut back on are peoples television subscriptions and peoples broadband connections. Infact, a recent study by Epitiro highlights that international broadband subscriptions are actually on the rise during the recession. People can go to budget food brands and can find cheaper ways of getting to and from work. But when it comes to the crunch, we're reluctant to give up those luxuries that keep our sanity.

I'll say. Shambles on the pitch. Shambles off the pitch. The Sigma matches are definitely to be consigned to history ... NEVER to be brought up again.

Well I love those flares. I think they add an awesomeness to the atmosphere, and would love to see them incorporated more often in matches. And as for the guy who stands with his back to the game, trying to start bounces with 15 year olds ... at least he's trying to get a song going at the games. Pittodrie is a miserable enough place without people telling song-starters to sit down and shut up.

As much as I can't stand the man, if Milne goes, so does Aberdeen Football Club. Let's face it, there's not exactly a queue of millionaires waiting to take over from Milne, is there?

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but he's the man who is keeping the banks from closing Aberdeen Football Club down.