Reekie_Red

To be perfectly honest, I don't think Cannigia went to Dundee for the football. Dundee's probably one of the easiest ports in the country to smuggle drugs into. Why else would he suggested that Maradonna would be happy at home in that cold, smelly, depressing shithole?

I play in defence only because I'm chicken-shit of going forward and taking a bit of responsibility up front. I'm pretty shit in defence too, apart from moments of "nae-bad"ness. Therefore ... I am Tommy Solberg

Still one of the happiest days in recent times when Leighton came back to Aberdeen. I mind the day we signed him, my Killie-supporting flatmate said "might as well hand you guys the title right now then!". Leighton was the best keeper in the league by a mile, even at that stage. Unfortunately for him, he had Whyte, Inglis, Gary Smith (the second version) and Tzvetanov infront of him, hence why we most definitely did NOT win the league that year.

73. Snowballs made from the Pittodrie snow contain nails 74. A bit of a red plastic chair in your hand is easily mistaken for a razor blade or steak knife when your photo gets taken by the weejia 75. If you leave the Pittodrie Bar at 2.58pm on a Saturday afternoon, you can start the fifteen minute walk to your place on The Y, and still be there for kickoff

Alex Notman. That's the bugger!! Still, the link at the top definitely shows LEE BULLEN signed for ABERDEEN on 14/5/08. Bit of a worry. Maybe we're also set to move to our new stadium. Much to the delight of many stuck-in-the-muds, the new stadium will remain within the vicinity of Pittodrie, just to the east ... where the driving range currently is. To this end, the new ground will be named East End Park. And then another train station will be opened in Aberdeen ... this time, up in Bucksburn. Thus, Aberdeen fans will have a choice of two train stations to go to, but neither will be situated anywhere near the new football ground. And offshore rigging company Dietsman Engineering will be our new sponsors next year. The deal will be so huge, that the Dons will be taking on part of the sponsor name, thus becoming Dietsman Aberdeen Football Club (or DAFC for short). And because our new stadium will be wrecking part of the north-east's golfing facilities, the club have decided it'd be fitting to give itself the nickname of "The Pars", in honour of Aberdeen's golfing community. :hammer:

http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=19162 Here's me hunting for the name of the Man Utd kid we signed for about three weeks about ten years ago. So I browse to soccerbase.com, hit the "Aberdeen squad list" link, and see Lee Bullen at the top of the list. Did we sign him? Or can I rest my weary head and simply put this one down to an administrative error on Soccerbase's behalf?

Why splash the cash for a player who has still not really done very much. Sure, he's been on Liverpool's books. But then Ben Thornley was a product of Old Trafford.

Purely an opinion. In terms of statistics that FIFA can look at on paper, Maguire is probably only marginally below Glass' statistics in terms of the number of high-profile matches he's been involved in for both club and country at this particular stage of his career.

Plus, surely the fact that he is still under the umbrella of the FIFA ruling, then even Bosman compensation next summer would see us probably get more than £300,000 for Maguire. IIRC, we got more than that from Newcastle for Glass under the same rule.

They probably watched Soccer AM, and made a judgment on that performance alone. "What a character he must be in the dressing room", thought the Coventry City management team. "Aye", replied JC via facsimile.

Simple answer to this is: Back then, we were running on a POSITIVE bank balance, we were the SECOND biggest club in Scotland (cos Celtic were in absolute turmoil until around 1994/95, but most Celtic fans don't know this cos most Celtic fans didn't become Celtic fans until Fergus McCann took the helm), and we were one of the biggest draws for any player cos we were in the hunt for titles, were regularly in Europe, and cup finals were a bit of a common thing. Now, all we can hope for in the way of big signings is the hope that someone who ONCE was a big name decides to come to Aberdeen to see himself through to retirement. Someone of the caliber of Barthez, for example, would probably say yes to a year with the Dons in his twilight years. But back in the day we were capable of getting players in who had a reputation and who were also NOT past their best.

True about Hearts, in a way. But then, when Burley left, Hearts' dramatic slide began. This in itself is proof to me that, if you have players with the ability, then the right manager will get you the results you require. JC had a squad last season who, in the final game, showed what they can do. It wasn't Rangers who were off the ball, it was Aberdeen who were that bit better than their rivals. Problem is, JC keeps pissing around with his continental tactics, playing players out of position to accomodate his mates, and generally fucking up the easy games. If he took the same approach to every game as he took to the final six games, there definitely wouldn't have been a 20-odd point gap between us and the Old Firm. Might've even got that gap down to single-figures.

24. To people standing at the top of Section Y - the Pittodrie pitch is the most unique in that there is no corner at the junction of the Merkland and Main Stands. 25. If Aberdeen have to raise their game, they will win 26. If Aberdeen are favourites, they will lose

Hey mate. Both sets of Transformers are awesome ... especially the Decepticons. Therefore, if the Old Firm are gonna be anything, they'll be Go-Bots

Dunno. Probably something to do with the fact that we drew 2-2 in the home leg?!

Commonly known in sporting terms as the "Ian Durrant Manoeuvre": Make the most out of a situation so that, in case said player can possibly recover quicker, any chances of a quick recovery are eliminated by unnoticed actions from said player's management team, physios and doctors. Said player and respective club can then spend a lifetime harking on to apparent guilty club/player for the rest of their lives about how they wrecked the prospects of "Scotland's brightest talent"

Still think I'm the only person who thought Billio was a bloody good player who just wasn't given the time of day by Ebbe. Still mind his performance against Motherwell at Fir Park. Absolutely immense when he came on. Still probably the most wicked and powerful shot I've ever seen in my life. Just about split the Fir Park goalposts in half.

Fucked knee? Probably still recovering from his initiation into The Stone Cutters ... err I mean his medical before signing for Rangers.

I heard this was McNamara's reasons for quitting the Dons too!

If only Mackie was SPL-quality, he would've scored that goal But he's not an SPL-quality striker! Maybe if we ditched him for the first time in TEN YEARS we would have space for a striker who actually knows how to score goals ... no I don't mean off the back of his head when a keeper accidentally throws the ball against him Basically, my point is, Lovell IS a top-quality striker. Mackie is a good sprinter who just so happens to ping the ball off his feet in whichever direction he hopes. Sometimes the ball comes off his feet and hits the net. Mostly, though, it ends up in the RDU. But the sad matter of fact is, Mackie has been getting a wage from Aberdeen since July 1998 but has only scored 53 goals in that time for us in all competitions (excluding friendlies). I'm sorry, but less than a 6-goal average across all seasons is not a statistic that any striker should be proud of. Maybe a midfielder can get away with this sort of statistic. But a striker? The boy just turned 28 this month. If he hasn't peaked yet, then it's time to cast him off. In my view, it was time to cast him off about six years ago. But the Pro-Mackie Brigade will no doubt shoot me down for saying this. A fully fit Lovell playing next to a fully fit Miller would, in my view, be the most potent strikeforce in Scotland. Crazy idea ... what about a cheeky look at Naismith. Ever since I saw him tear us apart against Killie three years ago, I've been highly impressed with him. Cheeky as fuck. Dirty as fuck. Complete gadgie! But a bloody lethal striker. Do Rangers even know he's on their books? If not Naismith, then maybe Boyd! Both these players have more talent in their left toe than Mackie has in his entire body.

That's the worrying thing. Aberdeen ALWAYS seem to have one real nightmare result every season. If it's not being beaten 7-0 by the tims, it's being beaten 6-0 by Livi on our own patch. This season we got horsed by United in the cup. I thought to myself "okay, that's got to be our nightmare result out of the way. At least it happened in the pish cup, and not the bigger cup with the bigger spoils". How wrong was I? Why can't we weed out these shit results that make us the laughing stock of Scotland for seven days?

Genuinely quick? As opposed to "he said he was quick, but I've seen oil tankers go from 0to60 faster"

If it's an away game, either Hibs or United. If it's at home, Rangers. Rangers at home seems to be the only game that Pittodrie wakes up for. The other two purely cos they're awesome away days.

A pitty. Would've been awesome to honour Windass. He was one of the last legends I remember at Aberdeen. I think only Jess and Anderson have come close since him. But he was immense. I remember the days when we were 1-0 with ten minutes to go, and we could look to the bench and see Deano and Big Dunc sitting there. Both were capable of getting us injury time winners ... and time and time again, they lived up to their mantles of supersubs. ... and those yellow boots!

Therefore, Lovell must surely get a call-up for the England squad for scoring against Bayern. To be perfectly honest, I'm quite happy that no Dons are in the Scotland squad at the moment. Whenever a Dons player makes the Scotland squad in the past 10 or 15 years, they've either done next to fuck-all or have been so bad, it's quite embarassing watching them. Seriously, Anderson was quite shocking the few times I've seen him in a Scotland jersey. McNaughton's cap against Nigeria was only memorable for two runs up the wing which ended up in goal-kicks. I think the last two Aberdeen players I can ever remember doing something decent for Scotland were Robbie Winters scoring against Germany, and Eion Jess scoring against the Czech Republic. ... Talking of priceless Jess goals, I couldnae help myself wi' this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I_ICPGZ1_o Watch and weep, my fellow reds. Watch and weep ... with misty-eyed joy!