Tyrant

I don't mind the collar part. It's the rest of it that's a bit meh.

The Good Doctor. 3 seasons in. Nae too bad so far.

That was nae too bad a day oot. 

On 13/05/2025 at 15:30, RicoS321 said:

Bullying? Fucking hell. You're dislike of a particular poster (@Panda for the avoidance of doubt) led you to interject and berate him for replying to a comment. Take a look at the way you reply to his every comment, then come back and talk about bullying. We can all see it.

There was a xenophobic made on the site you're a moderator on, and you're castigating the guy who called it out. @OrlandoDon is doing the same. He hasn't said "aye, the comment was a little over the top, but I'm sure it wasn't meant the way it seems" (which is my position as it happens), he's essentially saying "you shouldn't be calling it out, that's political". Then doubling down again and again when it's pointed out. Delete the comments if you want, but don't pretend you're taking some moral high ground by doing so. I'd rather you left it here so that if a new Dons fan, maybe a non-native English speaker, wants to join this forum, they've got an idea of what it's about. Maybe talk to the other moderators to get their thoughts, because I think you're in the wrong here. 

Whenever you hear "Don't make it political" it's usually from a mental right-winger whose whole personality is being a mental right-winger. McInnes' policy of signing British and Irish players is all well and good. I understood why he did it but we were still getting smashed by the old firm regularly and more annoyingly (in my opinion) never trying to do anything against them. Jimmy has overseen a few hidings already but we take the game to them more which I'll always prefer. If you're going to go down you might as well go down swinging etc. I don't understand the issue with the players' nationalities. We had Considine for most of his career. A fine servant to our club. Spineless? I wouldn't describe him as such but 9 times out of 10 he came out second best against the better teams. Exposed for pace and a fair few red cards. Spineless? No. Just didn't have the quality required. Even though he wasn't foreign shite.

I'm worried that McInnes might do quite well at Hearts. Although for their sake I hope he gets more out of Shankland (Scottish shite) for Hearts than he did for Aberdeen. Never a better example of a one season wonder! 

I'll be on my way back up the road by half time.

On 21/03/2025 at 20:29, Kowalski said:

Completely agree. Loads of shite on Netflix but Adolescence was brilliant, absolute top drawer acting and production.

 

Oh, and…

 

 

He's in the latest season of Peaky Blinders too. Plays a football ref that refuses to be corrupted. 

Dons fan in real life seemingly. Wonder if he managed to get a SC final ticket. 

Doohan can go. Safe to say I won't be losing much sleep about that. 

Doesn't look anywhere near fully over the line to me. 

I caught "Ref Watch" on SSN yesterday. They included the "incident" where a free kick was awarded to Aberdeen after a brief goalmouth scramble for a foul on Mitov I think. Dermot Gallagher seemed to be of the opinion that there was no foul and that the "goal should have stood" (possibly paraphrasing) but for a goal to stand the ball would first have to cross the line and it seemed pretty clear to me from the replay from behind the goal that the whole ball wasn't even close to crossing the line. Fuds. 

I liked his remark about the Hampden attendance being vice-versa had the tie been played in Peterheid and he absolutely must push for a 50/50 ticket split. It is of course an absolute disgrace that any club out with the arse cheeks has to "push" for equality at a so called neutral venue. Whoever makes it to a final should be given every opportunity to sell half. That should be the default situation.

Easy for me to say as a fan but selling off your sporting advantage of being the home side isn't something that's worth it in my opinion. The double away section that the bigots used to get at Pittodrie seems unthinkable now and not just because we're selling more tickets to home fans. Even if we weren't I would rather have those seats empty than fill them with away fans that may help give our opponents any sort of boost. Fuck that. If I were a J I would indeed be raging. The only sort of mitigating circumstance that I could think of would be if the club (like ICT for example) are fighting for their very existence which, as far as I know no club in the top division is. 

Don't agree that he rode his luck. No fouls that he committed on Saturday were worthy of more than the single yellow card that he got. Motherwell players hitting the deck as soon as they're within spitting distance of Gueye doesn't constitute him riding his luck IMO. 

I thought Gueye was good at the weekend. I do note that I appear to be in the minority there right enough. I thought his play was mostly tidy and he causes defenders problems. And as you say I think we might need his physicality. 

On 20/03/2025 at 23:31, RicoS321 said:

I missed the Dons fan, was it the prison warden Scottish lad?

Anyway, probably like a lot of people, I watch a tremendous amount of shite on Netflix and other channels. Turgid crap that I sit through just to see what happens. Netflix, especially, seems to have a lot of terrible output. Adolescence was definitely not that. Probably the best thing I've seen on Netflix, and the best TV in years. Taking a subject and really conveying it. Great stuff, and the child actors were top quality, without exception. 

Agreed. I was actually put off when I heard it was a Netflix thing because as you say much of their stuff (recently at least) is shite but there is the odd exception. This being one of them.

Also watched A Thousand Blows recently too. Another Stephen Graham one (Although I think this one is Sky Atlantic rather than Netflix? Could be wrong). It's OK. A genuinely struggled with the Jamaican accents at times though. 

On 21/02/2025 at 13:31, redordead said:

I'm all for sivert being skipper. He sets a standard for work rate and fight and will bollock those not up to expectations. With shinnie on the pitch he takes a back seat. 

I mean why the hell did he swap the arm band with shinnie for ten minutes.?

Shinnie is a grafter but he's not a leader and the last couple of years have proven that. 

As he ages the physicality is taking a toll as he's not the biggest and can be swept aside in some games.

I'll admit that Nilsen has had some sticky games but he looks to be back to himself and he's the man for me to get the boss' message across and the man who controls the tempo.

Either shinnie has to move on or accept a lesser role in the squad. I'm not sure the latter would make for a good dynamic.

I'd prefer to see Polvara get time as the third midfielder.

That said Nilsen probably needs replaced season after next as he slows down.

Problem with this is that more often than not he is the one not up to expectations. Passing often very slack and gives the ball away a lot. But you're right about him bollocking others (for doing the same thing). I'd still rather have Shinnie as captain. Unless his role is to change to a bit part one. 

6 minutes ago, wee toon red said:

A four year deal for an influential 28yo wouldn't have been ridiculous - but I don't consider him influential and clearly the club doesn't either so it's the right move for all parties.

A good player and signing but one who should be replaceable.

That was my thought once the feeling of betrayal subsided. A very replaceable player. Now it's up to the club to make that replacement happen and I'm confident that they will. 

On 22/11/2024 at 21:37, RicoS321 said:

Ryan Duncan unused sub for QP tonight. Shame, it's not really working out for him. He's still only 20, and has some good attributes, but he'll need to do something special if he's going to make it for the Dons. It's a pity that none of our young players are benefiting from the minutes being shared throughout the squad. I think we could have carried someone like Duncan in games this season to try and build his confidence. It does seem to be a confidence issue, as he's not a terrible footballer. 

Ethan Ross looking good again. A very strange career so far, but still plenty of time for him to give it a shot in the top league. Looks like he might be one of those that will stand out in the championship but might not cope with the move up a division.

I have never seen anything to back up this unfortunately. 

On 20/11/2024 at 10:38, Reekie_Red said:

He's a decent player. Was probably their best when we best them a few weeks ago 

I was at that game and never even noticed him.

2 hours ago, BigAl said:

John Alfred Tinniswood whilst not really a celebrity is worthy of mention here.

Recognised as officially the oldest man in the world by the Guinness Book Of Records @ 112 years of age, he has passed away peacefully in the nursing home in Southport where he has lived for over twelve years.

Thoughts to his beneficiaries. 12 years in a nursing home will take a heavy toll on their inheritance! 

Hibs have been fucking rank all season. Shite manager and clueless board. Polar opposite of us this season. But something tells me that it's not going to be the routine win for us that the teams' forms suggest. JMG. 

BBC Gossip column saying that the cost of the new grun is no longer £50m but £80m. I will not name the "source" out of principle but that's Duk's price tag gone up drastically. 

On 24/11/2024 at 09:41, Stewart said:

Hopefully David Gray is still in charge on Tuesday and we can get a win. 

Then JT will still be this year's love.

On 14/11/2024 at 23:33, RicoS321 said:

Fantastic. Might even get a seat. The one major downside of the recent upturn in attendances.

The traffic has been a pain in the arse too. Can't wait until we're shite again so we get hame quicker. 

On 12/11/2024 at 19:34, BigAl said:

Thought you'd have been in mate 

The last away game I was at (not including away games at Hampden ) was Killie away in the Scottish cup aboot the day before Covid closed the world. It was a good one, admittedly!

I'll step aside and let the real fans get their tickets sorted for this one.

On 09/11/2024 at 14:14, Elgindon said:

....and the fact she lied about having black heritage to appeal to the black vote,when in fact shes of Indian/Irish descent(we'll ignore the former slave owning aspect of her family for now).Candace Owens(like her or not) did a very good expose of Harris' actual roots

 Citizenship to illegal migrants,(ahead of those waiting in queue legally),sanctuary cities,decriminalizing crime,defunding the police,explicit literature in kids classrooms.

   Self destructive stuff

Got a source for any of that stuff?