Ajja

Surgery can only cover up the surface. You can rebuild a flaky old hole as many times as you like. Its still gonna be a shit experience.

A large %age of retailers have pretty much ignored the VAT reduction. Pie sellers are not unique in this. The VAT was not really reduced to allow the consumer to save 6p on their pie pruchase it was done by government to knock approx 2.2% off inflation overnight and provide the BoE with some much needed breathing space to reduce interest rates by large amounts. This guy is an idiot with his head rammed up his own arse trying to see if there is any sunlight.

I'll simplify it then. SATURDAY Hearts beat UTD We don't get totally horsed by Huns NEXT SUNDAY We beat Hibs by a few UTD lose at home to huns DONE AND DUSTED. I appreciate there is very little reason for optimism (Stubo) but you have to also agree that the set of outcomes required is neither complicated or is it highly improbable. While those circumstances exist I will keep my dander up. COYR.

I'm really looking forward to watching Helen Mirren going down. Helen Mirren has sucked constantly in this SPL and its time for her to just blow.

So, enough bickering people, let's get back to the 'arithmetic': Tues, May 12 Dons 0 Cheatin', hackin', divin', time wastin' scum 0 Celtic 2 UTD 1 Table Hearts 55 GD 0 UTD 53 GD +3 Dons 50 GD +1 Sat, May 16 Huns 2 Dons 0 Hearts 1 UTD 0 (or any 1 goal victory for the scum) Table Hearts 58 GD +1 UTD 53 GD +2 Dons 50 GD -1 Sun, May 24 Dons 3 Hibs 0 Celtic 28 Hearts 0 (Who gives a shit at this stage) UTD 1 Huns 2 (or any 1 goal defeat) Final table Hearts 58 GD -27 Dons 55 GD +2 UTD 55 GD +1 So the first gate is that if we assume that we lose (but not heavily) at Ibrox. Some may dispute this but lets err on the side of caution. The second gate is that Hearts beat UTD. The more goals the better but lets asusme 1 for caution again. These cretins play on at 3pm so will already know the result of our game which might play for us or against us depending on how we do. The Hearts UTD result is most critical as it puts us within a sniff of the Jutes going into the final bend. UTD win or draw and we get nothing at Ibrox and the game is up. The third gate is that we will probably need to stick at least 2 or 3 past Hibs without reply and hope the huns don't choke at Tannadice. I'm still confident that we will pass them at the line. C'MON YOU REDS.

He looked excellent last night but I am worried about the number of 'defenders' we are accumulating who are not really defenders. Mulgrew and Vidal are FBs who can't really defend and play better as sort of wing backs come midfielders. Foster is a midfielder who plays FB and apparently now CB, Mair is a CB who plays FB from time to time, Duff is a midfielder who sometimes plays FB, Seve is a midfielder who plays at CB. Have I missed anyone ? So basically Zander and Considine look like the only actual defenders who play in their actual positions.

I saw a cracking Samsung flat screen in M&S today for about £1600. Didn't catch the model but it was ultra thin and the picture was damn near perfect. It was a beautiful thing and I found myself stroking it without realising. My wife was worried.

We can (and probably will) lose at Ibrox and still finish third. No need to win 3 in a row

I'd actually prefer to see UTD in with us. The further down the toilet those scummy bastards from Grozny get the better. Even if it does mean UTD getting to piggy back our further European adventures, the 80's are back in fashion across the board anyway!

Arithmetic is an elementary branch of mathematics, ergo, it is still classed as mathematics. If someone called a dog an animal you wouldn't pull them up for not calling it a mammal or a canine. There has to be a sensible point where you cut off the detailed classification for the purposes of understanding and compensating for the environment you are having a discussion in. That cut off point in this instance would be where I am right and all others are wrong. Glad I cleared that up. Ajja

So, it must be time do the 'how its going to pan out' thread again ? I reckon: Tues, May 12 Dons 2 Hearts 0 Celtic 3 UTD 1 Table Hearts 54 GD -2 UTD 53 GD +2 Dons 52 GD +3 Sat, May 16 Huns 2 Dons 0 Hearts 1 UTD 1 Table Hearts 55 GD -2 UTD 54 GD +2 Dons 52 GD +1 Sun, May 24 Dons 3 Hibs 0 Celtic 2 Hearts 1 UTD 2 Huns 2 Final table Dons 55 GD +4 UTD 55 GD +2 Hearts 55 GD -3 I think it will end very close but we will sneak 3rd. If the Hearts v UTD game is to end in a winner then hopefully it will be UTD and we get 4th ahead of the Jambos.

As long as the SFA have control over the decision I can't see them removing the rule about cup runners up. Anything that will detract from the Scottish Cup as a tournament is bad for the SFA. If they close the door to a potential Europa league spot for teams outwith the OF then it would reduce the appeal of reaching the final and thereby weaken the tournament as a spectacle affecting sponsorship, TV revenue etc. For the record, I would scrap the rule in a heartbeat. Too many humiliations in Europe because of it. I mean, next season we might potentially be sending Falkirk, Motherwell, UTD and fucking Hearts into Europe to represent us. What an utter fuckpile of horseshit to go up against Europes finest (admittedly, second tier finest). Red faces all round.

Speaking to a Hibee mate today he said that Hearts were awful on Thursday and we should take them to pieces. He thought us and UTD were the only teams he had seen this season that were any good I have felt for a long time that Hearts, while being well organised, are a terrible footballing side. If we step up to the plate then we should beat them comfortably. We have played some decent football against both Celtic and UTD in recent weeks and at Pittodrie we are hard to beat. I'm confident. In/out: IN Pre-match: Free bus with the Livi Reds Match: SS - the only place to be Post-match: Bus as above. 2-0 Dons. Miller double.

Did we not utterly humiliate ourselves when we went through as cup runners up, against the Bohs or some bullshit like that ?

Creeping ever closer to that magic golden target. A Miller hatrick at Ibrox would be nice. If we make the 30 do we just get handed the league trophy as a matter of decency ? The helicopter will be heading to Pittodrie.

I thought I heard the down market forum posters singing 'two Sone Aluko's'

It's brilliant isn't it. Its like breaking into someones house and claiming damages for getting cut on the broken window. I'm sure the authorities will be looking to question Riordan, or was it Mr Tickle as his arms must have been a fair length to strike the boy from that distance.

Where do you guys find the time ? I barely know the starting 11 of the top 6 SPL clubs names let alone whether they are good enough or not. I get my two daughters names mixed up for fuck sake.

Was a good game to watch and thought we did well. We were ripping them when Kerr got pinged and would possibly have gone on to win the game. The last 15 was very even, it was hard to tell we were a man down. I though Vidal was superb going forward, put in some lovely balls. Unlucky not to end up with 3 points but an encouraging display.

Fair point, and not without substance. However, it possibly indicates the real position of a club like UTD when they are playing with a never say die attitude and their manager is being presented as potential manager of the year throughout a season where they are struggling to hold onto 4th best. Clearly I carry much bias in this view but I think UTD are severly over-rated as a team at present. We, on the other hand, are playing beneath ourselves most weeks with players who excel in apathy and our fans are screaming for our managers head on a stick yet we are still challenging UTD for 4th best. That is the main reason why I would never see a trip to Tannandice as any sort of foregone conclusion. Far from it. Thats not to say that UTD won't be hungrier or simply better than us on the night but the fact still remains that on the day, if we play how we should, we can take 3 points. No question.

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Last 20 fixtures: Dons - Won 8, Drawn 8, Lost 4 UTD - Won 6, Drawn 9, Lost 5 I'd say they are every bit as shaky as us, if not more so. Don't believe the hype that surrounds UTD and Avril Levein. Just because they give Rangers & Celtic a game every time they play them doesn't mean they are the team you read about. The myopic media view every team through how they play against the OF without taking any time to understand how banal and shite they can be outwith.

3 points on Thursday (we should always believe that is a good prospect) turns everything around. We go into two home games against Hibs and Hearts (lets forget Ibrox as a spectacle) and should be looking for 6 points in those. I can't see UTD getting more than the 3 from Hearts. Its all down to Thursday. Surely you can retain some degree of optimism for a result against a shaky UTD side ? You'll feel so much better when we have dispensed with them this week.

I'll be there. This is a cruncher for us, if we don't take three points the season is cooked. Still hoping the OF take care of their fixtures against Hearts and UTD so we can sneak it. If we play like we did on Saturday I think we will take them. 2-1 us

You are too easy dude.