Reekie_Red

Each to their own.

My way of figuring out my age when i was young was "take my brother's age and subtract 4". Problem now is I dinnae ken my brother's age. I know I'm in my 30s, but really not sure where.

Was it? I'm nae so sure. Ryan Fraser was defending on the goalline, and Nicky Law never crossed that line until his celebration:

Green (funny name for a hun) is whinging about how some SPL clubs would've voted to keep Rangers in the SPL, had they not been bullied. Bullied by who? The fans, he claims! His evidence? "there was a glint in some of their eyes" Charles, that's not a glint of sorrow. That's tears of joy that the nation's most corrupt football club has been found out and has been properly dealt with by the taxman, by the SPL and by the SFL. Maybe if you put as much effort into beating 3rd division teams as you are whinging about being hard done by, you wouldn't be struggling for wins in the 3rd division, and might still be in the Ramsden Cup.

Well there's one of the batch of kids that emerged in the late 90s (ie McGuire, Mackie, McNaughton, Michie, Clark, etc) who is from Inverurie and one from Kemnay.

Nice one, Beano. Hopefully he signs Mackie and the Kemnay kid makes a good name for himself state-side. Was it Mackie who was from Kemnay? Or was it Chris Clark? The above article says Mackie's fae Inverurie, but I'm sure he's from Kemnay

It's easy to get distracted by just how tight an angle Hignett scored from. But Jess' through-ball must've cut out about five players. When he was on form, Jess was magnificent to watch.

Some numpty hun fan has posted a video on YouTube of their second goal going in. I wonder if he knows the huns got beaten?

Depends how your glass is. Alternative is that we've only lost once in the past eight games!

Aye. Craig Burley dived for one of them, but Big Jim totally psyched Burley out and made him miss.

Mark Perry! Haha, I still mind that cracker of a goal he scored against the Tims. Oh check this video out! Perry's goal was sublime (i remember him trying that same strike the following two games, and the ball ending up in Row Z). Gould's face is a peach after the own-goal. And what an angle from Hignett! I really did have bloody high hopes for the Dons that season - Jess & Hignett destroying all other midfields! Alas, this combination only worked for two games before HeWhoShallNotBeNamed went back on his promise to Hignett:

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I only saw as much of the game as YouTube's highlights showed. But reading some of the match reports, it looks like Hayes and Fraser (the latter in particular) were being cited by Inverness' cavetroll players. Foran was lucky to be only yellow-carded, and Butcher should really have no complaints about Tudor-Jones' smash. Perhaps all the focus put onto silencing Fraser and Hayes distracted the Inverness players from Smith?

Can't believe Butcher is whinging about the red card on Owain Tudor Jones. I suppose, given some of the "tackles" Butcher dished out in his time as a player, events at 1:43 would've been "just a nudge":

He's just as prolific now he's gone as he was when he was here

You forgot Shearer and Stavrum. Most consistent strikers we've had in the past two decades. Two decades? FFS, wthe last prolific striker we had was twelve years ago!

Fallon is capable of scoring match-winners out of nothing. But he's not a striker who should be playing week-in week-out ... simply doesn't have it in him to score regularly. I'd be keen on Faddy playing, even for a season. He's completely different to Vernon, and he's a bigger and much more physical player than what I've seen on McGinn

Good move. Scott did some brilliant work at Dens Park a few years ago before Dundee shafted him. Welcome home, Jocky

To be honest, I've not been bothered with Scotland since France '98. Scotland have constantly shunned the Aberdeen squad, and our last Scotland regular was Bandy Jim. Jim was treated shambolically by sections of the Tartan Army after France'98, and the Scottish FA failed to support him whatsoever. I really haven't given a shit about the Scottish football team since then. Complete unknowns and dross that can't get picked by weaker nations than Scotland are being given caps ahead of Scottish-born Aberdeen players who are performing well! Anderson has been brilliant for us in both stints, yet he gets no more than bit-parts in games that have little or no meaning to Scotland's chances.

Ahem. The CURRENT currant buns haven't played Motherwell yet!

Yup. I think he's too professional to let his allegiance get in the way of doing his best for 'Well

If any team is gonna rip Mercenaries XI apart at the moment, it's Motherwell

It's not as if we're not hitting the target either! I've only been watching the (pretty friggin awesome) Youtube highlights, but can see we are hitting the target frequently every game bar the opener against Celtic. Whether someone starts hitting the back of the net, or we come up against a keeper in poor form ... I get the real feeling that someone is gonna get an absolute pasting from us soon. Infact, a quick look at our home form: Aberdeen vs Helen 12shots vs 3 shots 3 on target vs 1 on target Aberdeen vs Hearts 7shots vs 3 shots 2 on target vs 1 on target Aberdeen 0-0 Ross County 11shots vs 4shots 5 on target vs 1 on target

Seems to me that when the ball is out on the left wing, Hayes is creeping in to help Vernon upfront. When it's on the right, Fraser is coming in to the middle to help. Like I say, though, my biggest worry is that Fraser & Hayes will get a reputation soon. All it takes is for some unrelenting thug wi' nae skill but heavy feet to take one of them out for a couple of months and we're screwed. We MUST take these opportunities that these two are providing before one (or both) become injured.