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... and then there's our glorious tie-up with Melbourne, or was it Brisbane? Or perhaps it was Perth? Keith Wyness used his contacts in Australia from his "Olympic Company" days to foster ties to bring Australia's best talent over here. Who did we get? David Friggin Zdrillic. If that's Australia's best ... how come they made the World Cup finals and we didnae??? Melbourne? Paff!! Brisbane? Haevers!!! Perth? Dinnae make me laugh! We might as well have official ties with the Rabbit Flat Creek in Aussie's Northern Territory. Cos that tie produced the square root of fuckall for us. Whatever did happen to "Captain Africa", thon chappy who demanded that we sign him or he'd take his services elsewhere? You remember, the guy who seemed to play for every team we faced in our South African pre-season? The guy who couldnae afford an agent so just used himself as his own agent? The guy who whored himself to us, Dundee Utd, Livingston and Luton Town? I still think he's looking for a club ... but I cannae find his name

Just read this on TribalFootball Anybody know anything about this loon?

All very well. But Hibs are now running at a complete profit! They have NO debt. This is a direct result of them selling their best assets for ten times their value! Us? We're the first non-Old Firm side to see European football past Christmas in God know's how long. But all the financial benefits from our most successful season in aaaaaaaaaaaages will still mean squat when we are still in the red and still servicing a huge debt. We desperately need a spin-doctor at Pittodrie who can up the value of our players using words alone. I'm of no doubt that the likes of Hart and Anderson are inifinitely better players than Murphy. Yet I was gutted when Anderson went for 1million. He was a player that we did NOT want to lose, a huge Aberdeen fan, and by a long long way our most consistent player. Yet we lost him for 1million. When Brown left for Ra Shellick, he didn't want to be at Hibs. Hibs didn't want him. And Hibs fans didn't even rate him as their best player. Yet how much did he and his mate go for? And don't even get me started on Craig Gordon. Yeah he's good. But 9million good? When we were looking to offload Langfield to Rangers, we were hoping for a ballpark figure of around 150k for him. For all his mistakes, I'd probably rate Langfield in the top three keepers currently playing in Scotland ... perhaps top two after his display against Dnipro. If both JC and WM have stated that we now need to be a selling club in order to operate at a profit, surely we should start actually SELLING our players instead of giving them away (a la Hart). We should not be waiting until 5 months before a player's contract is due to expire before we start talking to them. We should be speaking to them AT LEAST a year before their contract runs out. That way, if they do not sign a contract extension, we can place them on the market without fear of them signing a pre-contract agreement or losing them to the Bosman ruling in the summer.

You'd look twice yer own age too if you'd been forced to live and work in Dundee since 1999!

But he already charged about and gave 100% in his initial stint with us. Of that there was no doubt. But it wasn't his commitment and effort that made us nae too fussed to lose him. It was more the fact that, no matter how much effort he put into his game, he was still lacking in the quality required to play for AberdeenFC.

Is this the same Chris Clark who, during our 3-2 win over Rangers a couple of years ago, was in full knowledge that Rangers had just clawed back a two-goal deficit to draw level and looked the more capable side of scoring? We had a rare counter-attack and had men flooding forwards into the box. He had a choice of about five open players to pass to so, in his infinite wisdom, he punts the ball into the Main Stand thus conceding possession back to Rangers. Maybe Sturrock is getting CC mixed up with ZZ or Cisse, cos I'm one of many many Dons fans glad to see the back of Chris Clark. Only thing is, who is JC gonna pick first in the team now?

This is the best news I've heard since Dunfermline took BOTH Young brothers off our hands

Haha. Just_Chalky cracks me up. We're in the top six and only a couple of wins off top four. We're in the semis of one cup and still in the other. Last 32 of the UEFA Cup. And this spasticated jellyfish decides he has had enough of us. Is he all there? I mean, if he's as big a Dons fan as he says he is, then he must've been through the Aitken, Miller, Skovdahl and Paterson years. And he decides that NOW is the time to stop supporting the reds?? We'll kindly do without your support ya fuckin retard

Nah nah, this must surely win "Post of the Week"

Duff? I still hope the roadblocks are being manned! Dobie? A bit more promising. But giving him credit for his Scotland international status? My uncle's dog got a cap for Scotland thanks to Bertie Vogts ... and that dog has its hind legs on wheels! Please take him! Worst acquisition we've made since Michael Bird.

But that was vs Shellick! This is vs Yooshited!!! Regardless of how shite Clyde are now in comparison to then, sure in proportion they are equally up to the task of bumping those arab minkers out of the cup as they were to beating the tims.

Do the fans get a say in where they want to go to see ABERDEEN Football Club play the games? I'm nae going to Porty for any fuckin game. This will be the death of Aberdeen FC if it goes ahead.

Of course we've nae seen the best of Lovell. Anyone who saw us play Dundee when he was at Dens will vouch for that. When he's on-form, he is devastating. Problem is we've yet to see him on-form yet.

ouch! that's seen the end of many a footballer's career!

Stuart Duff isn't! We'd be better signing Grampian TV presenter Steven Duff!

We've never liked Clark. The club got offered silly money for him and accepted it. What we gonna do? Let's boo the player!!!! Proof that there are numbskulls in the Red Army too!

Versatile??? A nice word to say "so shite, we cannae find a position for him yet"

I read the article "Nic Bemuzed by Dons Offer" or whatever it was on the Beeb. He's keen to see if Aberdeen can come back to him with something. It's clear he wants to stay. And with Che Willie about to head back to his agent with an improved offer, it's clear the Dons want him to stay. I think he'll end up staying with us for another three years.

Yeah but who wins caps playing for Aberdeen? Barry Ferguson would get dropped from the international scene if he signed for us ... and the SFA think the sun shines outa his erse!

You would?

True. He builds boring sides. People want entertainment. Yes Ebbe's sides were just too erratic ... brilliant one week, bloody aweful the next. But JC's sides are boring. The crowds want a win, yes. But they want to be entertained too! Playing Clark every week is NOT entertaining. Bringing De Visscher off the bench on the 87th minute every week is NOT entertaining. Scraping through 1-0 against Smurren and having the manager saying "I'm happy with the result" is NOT entertaining. Sam Allardyce, however, is entertaining. I have fond memories of watching him on the tele when watching some older Cardiff matches. He was entertaining! I reckon the crowds would come if Sam was JC's replacement ... which, let's face it, we'll need a replacement during the summer. JC is on his way out, of that there is no doubt.

It seems a shame that taking the club to higher and higher levels has resulted in our squad being asked to take pay CUTS. And this after Willie announcing there'll be 1.4mill in the kitty. Something nae right here, me thinks. On one hand, it's good that the Dons are sticking to some sort of wage structure (a factor that was clearly missing when we started getting ourselves into trouble when signing the likes of Kiriakov, Winters and Hignett). But on the other hand, Hart and Nicholson are two of our more consistent performers over the past couple of seasons. Although we shouldn't be pushing the boat out, we should certainly be doing what we can to keep them here ... especially when the likes of Barry Nic has expressed his desire to stay here!!!!!

I will have to hunt that one down and see if I can steal the .swf files and upload it to the DTArcade. If you see it, Drew, let me know.

Gauntlet? You mean the old D&D game? That was an AWESOME game. Probably one of the best games from the ZX Spectrum days of the mid-80s

So long as I can download the game's shockwave "flash" files, I can pinch them