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... unless yer Charlie Allan, in which case all Dons players get an automatic starting count of 6/10

Yeah give him a chance, aye! I mean he's just arrived, fresh in the door. Gie the lad a chance. And that goes for that lad Dempsey too. And Crawford. Wonder how Dunfermline will do against Ra Shellick the day!

I seem to remember that it wasn't too long ago that a consortium of businessmen existed that were determined to oust Milne and Co from the club. From memory, Willie Miller, Jim Cummings and then-CE Dave Cormack were ready to push Milne aside and, presumably had the cash to back up their promises. Now, I presume that Cummings and Cormack are still Dons-daft. There's no questioning whether Miller is or not. Would it be too difficult for these guys to resurrect this consortium? I was excited as hell when I heard about the consortium. Cormack was probably the most forward thinking board member we've had at the club since Richard Donald himself. But Milne got wind of the Consortium and ... well, the old "family reasons" excuse came out of Cormack. Cummings was not as well off as Milne ... but he still had a whack of cash in his back pocket. And Miller ... well I'm not quite sure what Miller would do apart from be the public face of AFC. I'm still not quite sure what Willie Miller does at the club, as the youth system is going backwards, the scouting network is almost non-existent and we're still no further forward in getting decent training facilities for the squad ... other than still playing that old song of hitching a ride from that fictional magic carpet known as the "Community Stadium". For being Director Of Football for the past three years, he's not really steered the footballing side of the business in any positive way. Perhaps he is really only good at being a defender, because his time as AFC Manager and AFC Director of Football haven't really been that successful. Sure, we're still in the UEFA Cup and the Scottish Cup. But who here believes we can get past Celtic or Bayern? And who here believes we can realistically close the gap above us? Motherwell are five points ahead of us with three games in hand. And despite losing Robson, United still don't look too shabby. The only club who have lost ground since the turn of the year is us. We've lost players, we've lost our drive, our manager has lost his motivation and the fans have lost patience. Time for sweeping changes, I believe. Hats of to JC for taking us this far. But I sincerely believe he's now out of his league when it comes to taking Aberdeen to the next level. We need a coach who has experienced management at a level that's above Aberdeen. Instead of having Aberdeen punch above their level, we need a manager who can bring Aberdeen up to his level. We need to start thinking OUTSIDE the current merrygoround of managers. Milne ain't gonna do that. Milne's too busy trying to service the debt that his mistakes made. We need someone who's gonna run the football club as a football club ... not a building firm. Someone who has experiece with different businesses. Dare I say it, a Trump-type figure. And with all but a couple of our first team players signed up on long-term contract, now is the time to sell and make some cash from our misfiring squad and invest the money in decent players who can actually get motivated for a run-of-the-mill match ... not just turn it on for when Europe's big-guns visit town. But something needs to be done at Pittodrie from the top all the way down to the bottom. Pittodrie has gone stale. The chairman is boring. The manager is boring. The players are boring. The fans are bored. Things are very stale at Pittodrie just now, and something needs to be done

Of the four competitions we were still in at the turn of the year (SPL, CIS, Scots Cup and UEFA Cup) this is the one I care about the least. I mean ... who remembers last year's CIS Cup winners? Infact, I cannae really remember who won it since we last won it thirteen years ago! If we're out of ALL competitions by the second week of March, I'll be pissed off. But right now, who really cares about the CIS Cup?

Fuckin hate loan signings. If they're shite, we tend to sign them. If they're any good for us we get told by the owner club that the player is a "valuable part of the future of the club" and we cannae sign him ... either that or friggin Preston offer sixteen times the wages that we can.

"Dossick" and "Ace-ick", just like "skill", are words of the Doric school playgrounds circa 1982.

Whilst yer bringing up old skool sayings from the early eighties .... dossick! Ace-ick!

Simple answer really. Our performances have gone downhill since ... well, since Copenhagen. But in actual fact, it's since JC and his band of merry men signed their new contracts. Those contracts were signed on the understanding that if everything went pearshaped this season, he and his men would not be held accountable. So, basically, he doesn't have to give a shit about the team. Regardless of where we end up in all competitions, he will be here next season. But I think Wiggy may think otherwise if the fans start deserting the team in their thousands over the next few weeks. Normally the final few matches are the busiest crowd-wise. I think this season will be different. I believe February will see an end to our SPL and UEFA Challenges, and March will see an end to our Scottish Cup campaign. If these all happen, the fans WILL turn!

United and Rangers in the same stadium in the final??? Might as well blow the fucker up and make the SPL a happier ... and cleaner place!

I ticked the "end of season" option. Unfortunately he has a clause in his contract basically removing the chance of him being fired if everything goes wrong this season. So, basically, he's got nothing to play for this season. There's no reason why he should continue to push his side this season, because he's got a job regardless of the final results come May. Which sucks!!!!! Because ever since he signed his new contract, we've been gash!

Was it that bad? I mind Andy Goram rubbing his erse at the Dons fans once.

Walker's ineligible to play on Tuesday anyway. He wasn't a Dons player when the original match was supposed to go ahead. This is the very reason Brechin got dumped out of the Scottish Cup.

League: 3rd (Murderwell and You Shite Head are gonna freefall in the next two months) CIS Cup: Winners Scottish Cup: Semis UEFA Cup: Last 16 (2-0 at Pittodrie, but we'll lose 3-1 in Munich and go thru on away goals)

TBH has Lovell ever been in-favour with Jimmy? Let's face it, he's never really been given a decent crack of the whip.

I don't quite get what you mean, mate! Explain

I was excited when I heard of Hammell originally wanting to move to us. Despite the fact he's done jack shit down in ... wherever it was. Was it Luton? No. Swindon? Where the hell did he go again? Anyway, I'd still have him in a Dons shirt. Quality defender, imho! Easily a step up from Hart

Of course! But even my good friends Terrence, William and Godfrey don't know what a Habbo is. I asked them when we shared a spa the other day.

Hmmmm. Deano was kinda on the verge of being this sort of player. He was more of a scrapper. He kicked and tugged his way into the box. Shearer just bulldozed everyone out of his way. And Deano was played in midfield way too often for my liking. But it was awesome when, with 4 minutes left, we could go to our subs bench and both Deano and Big Dunc were sitting there. You could pretty much guarantee that, if either of these two were chucked onto the field, we'd either get an equaliser or a winner.

Get a grip, min. This is the Scottish Polis yer talkin about!

Is that a kind way of saying "Hearts are a right load of pish"?

... and just as we begun to realise what sorta damage Di Rocco could do, he was gone as quickly as he arrived. Seriously, there's nae been anyone like Shearer since the big redheaded man himself. I mean, every shot was on target. It was up to the skills of the goalkeeper to decide whether it went in or not. Compare that to todays Aberdeen strikers where one in 6 or 7 shots is on-target. Old or not, I still reckon Hartson would do a bloody good job with us. None of this itchy-bitchy scratchy scratchy shite that Miller uses against Berra. I would much rather the opposition defenders KNEW our strikers were there by wearing a few bruises.

Like his "copper mate" is gonna tell him where the roadblocks are being set up!! These roadblocks are decided upon on the same day as they are setup. And why the fuck would a Lothian Polis enforcement be set up on Tayside? Thick as mince!!!! But then, why on earth would any You Shite Head fans start 'thinking'? I mean, evolution hasn't really been Dundee's best friend.

Half-empty attitude, min! To belittle the UEFA Cup and SPL because we ain't gonna win it is ridiculous. If that's the case, the UEFA Cup might as well start at the last 16 ... cos the previous rounds are just a waste of time. And the SPL? Might as well have a one-off match at the beginning of the season between Rangers and Celtic, where the winner gets that season's title. There's a hell of a lot more to a competition than just winning it! Celtic are in the Champions League. Who the hell thinks they are honestly going to win it this side of the year 4000??? But at least they're there!!!! Just like we are in the last 32 of the UEFA Cup. Hell, a few years ago I wouldn't have given 32-1 odds of us winning the CIS Cup, nevermind the UEFA Cup! But hey, those are now our odds!!!! And the SPL? Whilst the league title may be ever so slightly out of our grasp this season, who's to say we cannot get third place and have another season full of glorious trips to Madrid and Munich?? Look again at your beer glass, min. It's actually half-full if you look at it from our perspective!!

It's nae like any football gets played on the Tynecastle pitch these days anyway!!

Trying to think of the last striker we had who had a bullyish physical presence about them. And no I ain't talking about the cat scratches that Berra got from Lee Miller. I'm talking about a no-nonsense striker who does one job and one job good ... smashing his way into the box and taking a few bruises in the process. Am I seriously looking all the way back to Big Dunc? Surely we must've had this sorta striker since then?!