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WDLDDL 5 points, I'd love to be wrong, but faith has been damaged over past 2 seasons.

I can smell a work jolly if it's villareal

Could turn out to be a paella shit, and he's not going with us at all .

Edinburgh is practically england

Bet there isn't a queue to sign him running down Pittodrie street. Not fussed if he goes, rarely performed in the time he's spent at AFC. Let his contract run out, then offer less when nobody comes in for him .

Did you see QPRcelebrating despite a let gasp Norwich goal. They'll be gutted when they get to a TV. Also enjoyed Barry Nic's wee relegated coupon. The only way is down after Pittodrie, some of our current lot should learn this recurring lesson.

Great to see a guy with genuine talent repaying the club's faith in him.eh maguire???

Great news, I've had a few moans about the shop in the past. Hopefully with the club in control thngs will improve.

Won't be missed, I thought Paton was twice the player he is but wasn't given the chance to prove it. Hopefully now CB does the right thing and plays Pawlett out wide to show what he can do. Best we've had in years IMO. I can't see why CB doesn't see it.

My thoughts exactly.

Midfield exposed a lot when he goes forward and can't get back. Piss poor today! P.s blackman's rotten

I seen Tim Michin in Glasgow a year or so ago and the show was immense. He is back in April touring and I'd thoroughly recommend it

Would have come up a day early to catch the game, but the wife's been a nag. I'm hoping the boys don't have a mair.

Big game, It was inevitable that Langfield's bottle would crash. I hold him responsible for the 1st 2 and maybe even the 3rd ( unless view was obstructed ). Was right behind the goal and feel he misjudged the 1st and should've come for the corner instead of panicking hoping a centre half will clear for him. Every big game he's like a man down, lets get rid if we can as we'll never win anything relying on him. Otherwise I felt that the set up was a bit iffy, but a couple of safe catches would have settled nerves. Positives, 2nd half maguire and vernon did well, shame he couldn't take his chances and magennis terrified them everytime he got near the ball. Milsom was constantly trying to drag us upfield and take a hold of the game. I'd have liked to have seen young dropped and Pawlett given a chance to put some energy into the midfield, though young did ok todaybut, we struggled to get the ball down. Hartley did piss all today, passanger these days, has no legs or drive, must be his last season as he hasn't been up to the pace of the last 2 games I've watched him in and one of those was East fife where bobby linn ran circles around him. All in all disappointing but not surprising, you can train players to improve but you can't give them bottle or fighting spirit.

looking like a new team since broon's arrival. I'm now fairly confident that we won't get pumped on a saturday.

Totally agree, looked a natural footballer and waltzed through the game. Also great to see Pawlett back running at people. Apart from 2 passes to Jack on the wing though, I thought Aluko was anonymous AGAIN ! Also all credit to East Fife, they kept the ball well in the second half and Bobby Linn was the best player on the park for much of the game.

remember him tearing us apart at livi, if he's anywhere near the player he was then we should jump on him.

After asking my mum to get the kids some aberdeen stuff as part of their christmas, I recieved a phonecall. It went, " I'm on the website, but I have to open an account to buy anything, I'm no daen it, you'll have to go in when you're in Aberdeen next week. " I then had a look at the site, FFS aberdeen, do you want to sell stuff or not. Not everyone using the shop wants to register. All you need is card details and delivery adress, that's all. Then not only fans, but relatives can happily browse and pay !! piss easy ! I know it's one of my favoured rants but the shop is it's own worst enemy.n

JIMMY CALDERWOOD returned to Pittodrie a couple of months ago and was met by an atmosphere so sterile it was if he'd just walked into Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Gone were the smiles. Gone was the laughter. And gone was the banter. It wasn't, he claims, the same place where he had worked for five successful years. Instead, it was like someone had just died. And on Wednesday night metaphorically speaking it seemed like someone did. The man who replaced Jimmy Calderwood was axed just like Caldo was in May, 2009. Only this time, Mark McGhee left the club in disgrace. McGhee couldn't walk out of the old stadium with his head held high. McGhee hadnt secured a top-six place for every season he was at the club. McGhee hadn't just returned the Dons to Europe. And McGhee didn't have the fans again believing their club was Scotland's third choice. But Calderwood received the same brutal outcome. And he knew right there and then that chairman Stewart Milne was making a massive mistake. The 55-year-old said: "I certainly feel I was sacked unfairly and it gnaws away at me all the time that I was never told why I was being sacked. "I'm proud of my record at Pittodrie. Sure there were defeats to lesser sides we should have beaten in the cups, but overall, our achievements far outweighed the disappointments. In my last week there, people avoided me or wouldn't look me in the eye and you have been long enough in the game and streetwise enough to realise that something was going on. "I demanded a meeting with the chairman and asked him straight out, 'Are you planning to sack me?' When he never answered for about 45 seconds which seemed like an eternity I knew at that moment it was all over. "The day my sacking was announced was emotional, with me, office staff and players all in tears. "I think the reaction to the news of my sacking took Stewart by surprise. He didn't realise we were just one big, happy family. I told him he had made a mistake and it is for him to judge whether he did or not." Was it one, big happy family under McGhee? More like a dysfunctional one as Calderwood was to discover in October. He said: "I was up at the Hearts game as corporate guest and the change in the atmosphere about the place was noticeable. "There wasn't the same warmth or friendliness but I don't know the reason. You must go to work with a smile, if you have a frown then you have no chance. "Apart from when I first arrived at Pittodrie, I've never been at a club where the negative outweighed the positive and where I didn't want to stay. Aberdeen are now in a difficult position with half the season almost gone. "Fighting relegation is a new experience for most of the players and it is vital they start picking up points immediately because the longer this run goes, the more the pressure will intensify." The atmosphere wasnt the only change Calderwood noticed. He didn't utter McGhees name as he outlined just how far Aberdeen have fallen. But then again, he didn't have to. Calderwood said: "What was my legacy? I left Aberdeen a much stronger club than when I took control. There was a balanced, happy squad which had come from bottom of the league to qualify for Europe which took character and ability. "We'd made top six in the SPL every year, qualified for Europe three times and reached the last 32 in the UEFA and that is something which will never be done again by any club outwith the Old Firm. "Apart from results, every manager is judged by his signings. We got Scott Severin, Jamie Langfield, Craig Brewster, Lee Miller, Mark Kerr, Jamie Smith, Stevie Crawford, Jackie McNamara, Alan Maybury, Derek Young, Gary McDonald, Jeffrey de Visser all for nothing. Dundee United must have been sick at the sight of us for taking their best players north. "If I could have picked a select from that lot along with the best squad I had, it would have been good enough to win the championship. "I can hold my head up with pride but it's sad to see Aberdeen in this plight because I still view them as Scotlands third biggest club. "I bumped into one of my old players a few days ago and he brought up the fact that it was only a couple of years ago they were playing Bayern Munich in Germany. "That's how far the club has fallen recently, which is quite staggering." Calderwood rubbished the reasons that were put forward for his axeing. He added: "I told Stewart Milne to sort out the contracts for myself, Jimmy Nicholl and Sandy Clark although he did say he'd put the matter before the other directors. "I asked Willie Miller what his take on it was. He muttered that he didn't know if I was the right man to introduce youth into the team, which was crap. "I'd coached these kids, knew their ability and gave Peter Pawlett his debut at Ibrox and Chris Maguire and Sone Aluko were part of the squad, so that didn't wear with me. It was only an excuse because they wanted me out to bring in Mark." Bitter ?? Hell yeah, p.s it must be easy for someone THIS good to get a job, no ??

Let's get fenlon in, just to upset the arabs

Yip Daven MMG was a total catastrophe. That's what you get for shipping a mate into the job without properly checking your options ! Doesn't make Jimmy's final period any better. KGB, sadly you are correct

Am I the only one to notice that stark is being banded around everywhere for the past couple of days. Scotland today for instance. Interviewing fans ( randomers doon union st ) who only knew one name, the one they have seen all over the papers. Though I'd prefer Newell who they had at 3 to 1.( my choice before MMG debacle ) I really hope AFC do the full process this time, but have a horrible feeling that Stark will show up before the end of the week as the FANS favourite. The whole thing reeks of the old boys network and I hope I'm wrong. On an aside JC in the retard on Saturday, bumping his gums about how Milne made a mistake, how it was a happy group, how they'd been in europe, how surprised he was to get the boot. 3 wins out of 15 ya feckin eedjit, if you didn't see that coming you're a monkey son

none of the above, let's do it right this time. Actually interview candidates and appoint the most impressive one ! If any of the above are that man then fair enough, but I think there would be more interesting applicants. Steve Clarke is quite interesting, great connections and proper training ground coach ( may see an improvement in our developing youngsters like Mackie and Diamond at last ). Someone has to give him a go and it honestly couldn't be any worse could it??