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2001? Our captain? Wasn't our captain Derek Whyte back then?

Kurrant's lanky, isn't he?

I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Take Jess, for example. Just about every club he's been at he's been shite. But he was awesome for Aberdeen ... even when we were shite! Sometimes a player just needs to find the right squad, club and atmosphere to settle into before he clicks into gear. Gie the guy a chance at least to show what he's capable of. However, he's already gonna be grinning from ear to ear. He's nae even been on trial with us yet, and already there's dozens of kids wi "J Smith" on the back of their Dons tops.

Mackie's never been a natural goalscorer. A natural goalscorer at least hits the target every time (and it's up to the opposition keeper from there on in). Mackie hits the target with probably one out of every four shots. Nae good enough for a striker. I'd accept this from a defender or perhaps even a midfielder. But NOT a striker whose only job is to hit the target. Mackie's problem is he raises his game once every two or three years, and the manager at that point regains their faith in him. Then he slumps back into obscurity for a while. My strongest memory of Mackie was a game against Livi years ago. Thornley and Winters completely ripped a hole in the Livi defence and provided Mackie with the space to shoot. Thornley could've actually taken the shot himself, but Livi's keeper (I believe it might've been either Nick Culkin or Javier Broto) was in Thornley's way so Benny The Ball opted to pass the ball to the unmarked Mackie who was sitting five yards out from goal with no keeper between him and the net. Mackie SOMEHOW managed to hit the side netting instead. ANYONE who calls themselves a striker should've nailed that strike. Mackie's been given far far far too many opportunities. Thing is, do we keep him and let him have his purple patch every three seasons ... or do we move him on and live in fear of him coming back to haunt us BIG TIME??!!!

If Chris Clark is our best player ... we got some severe problems on our hands. Anyone see his game against the Huns a couple of season back? I'm talking about the 3-2 win over the huns at Pittodrie. We're on the attack, Clark in possession. The entire team is flooding forward and finding good spaces. Who does he pass to? Nobody! He gently taps the ball out of play to give Rangers the throw!! WTF???!! Sorry, but I just dinnae find Clark that inspiring, tbh. He's a good player. But there's no way in HELL he is our best. On his day, that accolade's got to go to Seve, surely! Closely followed by Derek Young.

Be interesting to see the Dons head off to somewhere like Australia. Decent level of opposition ... probably on a par with how the Dons are fairing at the moment. Don't think there'd be any walkovers for us, and likewise I don't think anyone is good enough to give us a royal horsing. The country actually has driving rules, unlike Egypt, and there's plenty of places for Jimmy to top up his tan. Might give the players some ideas on how to stay fit too, cos let's face it there ain't many country's around the world that have as high a "fit and healthy" population as Oz. Plus it's just a hop and a skip from where I am ... good excuse to go on holiday!

42!!!!!! Cannae quite believe he's scored that many. One in every three games, roughly. If only he got a bit wiser in his game, he'd easily make that tally once in every two games! Then we'd not be having this discussion about who to play upfront. Instead, it'd be "who do we partner alongside Mackie?" Seriously, I'd argue that list from Wikipedia. Wallace scored a shitload of goals for the Huns. He's got to be in that list somewhere. According to Soccerbase, he scored 41 in the league for them.

Lovell and Miller/Notphil

Kinda reminds me of the Kille fans humour when they played Motherwell the week after it was revealed that Gorum had mild schizophrenia. The Killie fans chanted "two Andy Gorums, there's only two Andy Gorums"

Anybody see young Schmeichel's performance against Manure at the weekend? Awesome goalkeeping!! Even though his auld man was in the crowd, it was awesome to see him play with 100% committment to the Man City cause. I guess that's us out of the running to sign him then.

Been a while alright. I think the last player we had like Phil McGuire was ... Phil McGuire.

I met Willie in Edinburgh one evening. He was out with his missus. Me and my mate were at some restaurant ... I think it was for someone's birthday. Anyway, digressing. Willie was having a romantic meal with his missus, when we were saying "hey look. There's Willie Miller! Shall we go over and say hi? Nah, he'll want to spend time with his missus" And whaddya know, another group of Aberdeen fans wandered straight into the restaurant after seeing Miller thru the window and went "hey Willie! How's it going??!! You're awesome, by the way". Willie's reaction? He completely ignored his missus, and started shaking the hands of the guys who spoke to him, and started signing autographs and talking Dandies folklore. Unbelievable, this man. Surely he's the biggest ambassador the club has ever known. He carries the club on his sleeve wherever he goes.

What? A midfielder playing in midfield? Surely not. Better get Tango back to Egypt, cos I think the sunstroke is gradually wearing off.

fuckin hate drums. That Livi drummer is probably the worst. Just as the Livi fans start to sing a song, he goes and kills the whole thing with "bang bang bang". But microphones are a definite go-er ... so long as you don't put an idiot like Alan "fans rep" Duncan at the controls. I saw a documentary a few years ago, and there's a Lazio fan who always has a megaphone at matches, and gets the fans going. He was like "are you going to let that filth sing these song? This is OUR ground, OUR home! Chant with me!" ... and off he'd go. Was quite effective. But the prawn-sandwich brigade of the Main Stand wouldnae put up with it, IMHO

Being honest ... BRUTALLY honest ... at least Young gives his all when he plays. Winter was lazy as fuck. He had the ability, just couldnae be arsed using it. This is a difficult choice to choose from. Kind of like what colour of shite would you like to eat? The darker one that's runny ... or the lighter one with the nutty chunks in it?

True. I'm not doubting the fact that he does give 100% effort. I recognise that from his original stint with us. But his 100% is unfortunately still not good enough to hide the fact that he just doesn't have the quality that the Aberdeen fans of 2007 expect from their club. Maybe 1997 we would've accepted this, but not any more!

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Again, this beggars belief as to why JDV was left on the bench. He was signed to solve our wing problems, and then Tangoman goes and leave him on the bench for the majority of our first game of the competitive season! :wheres-the-shrug-smiley-when-you-need-it?:

Just noticed that seven of your preferred starting eleven are what we may class as regular goal scorers. Quite impressed with that lineup, and it bemuses me as to how we lost last week! Really, we should've knocked half a dozen past Yooshited. Ho-hum!

This is not a reason to sign a player. I would give more than 100% to the Dons. But I'm the first to admit I'd be shite, regardless of how much effort I put in. If Young always gives 100%, yet still ends up drifting between St Johnstone and Partick Thistle for a year, something tells me he ain't SPL quality, and is struggling to persuade even clubs in the first division that he's worthy of a contract!!

And our forwards arenae really one-dimensional either. Admittedly, we're missing a real tall target-man. But effective and tall targetmen are already on decent wages with other clubs. But what we've got ain't bad at all: Brewster: old and slow, but has a phenomenal footballing brain on him, and knows where the back of the net is Mackie: quick as fuck, and a bit of an opportunist. Not that intelligent though Lovell: clinical. Probably the most naturally gifted striker we have. Quite strong too Miller: Good close control. Inconsistent though Maguire: not fortunate enough to have seen this boy yet. Maybe someone else can comment I don't think the problem is really with our personnel. I think it's more to do with where they are positioned around the park. I mean, defenders in midfield, and midfielders in defence. WTF? Those choices are all down to one man. If you've trained for years to be competent in a particular role, and then all of a sudden your boss says "right, today we're gonna put you into a different department", you're not exactly gonna take to it like a duck to water, are you?

Can't share your optimism . We're going down like a 2 dollar hooker! JC needs to Wake the f&CK UP and realize that the team needs better results. Cheer up, Drew. It's only the first game of the season. We're nae exactly gonna win every match of the season. There's been a fair number of upsets this weekend in the SPL. Who would've thought Falkirk would score FOUR goals against a Gretna side who had something to prove? Who would've thought Hibs would've beaten Hearts 1-0? Who would've thought reigning champions Celtic would've been held at home to a Kilmarnock side whose main goal threat is completely unsettled? We're nae gonna win every match of the season. How often to we win against Craig Levein's sides? Let's just hope this is the shock our boys needed and that they'll march out and trample all over Hearts and fire six past their reserve keeper next weekend.

Do the Toronto Maple Leafs play at Ibrox, or something? Cannae believe the amount of folk who leave Ibrox with 10-15 minutes remaining ... even when it's 1-1 and their team are on the up!