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I'd rather be reading that Seve is hoping to persuade the club to offer him a new deal than the other way. The climate has changed markedly and guys like Seve should be delighted to be offered a deal rather than believing he can carve out something more lucrative elsewhere. If he stays then fair enough we can get a decent CB for a season or two, if he goes then we will have a wage to offer to someone else. I'm indifferent.

I assume we are doing this through necessity rather than preference. There is no money in this economic climate and so we have to look to where we can compete for players, this is an avenue that may have frustrated in previous times but regardless of how many lumps of shit get stuck in your pan its always worth panning the river.

Ah fuck it. I'll take any cunt, anywhere, anytime. Get stuck into the pish in the top six and finish with a bang, bring it all on.

Calderwoods interview on BBC says Mackie and Miller are only two missing but I'm sure Kerr had a 3 match suspension and has only served 2 matches (Well & ICT).

Is this reference to my business acumen or my passion for the pie

A finer detail might be to stop them winning the league also Surely Hearts are the 'new boys' to top 6 ?

I think we can win at Ibrox....is that overly optimistic ? Are we not supposed to get the rub because we have been top six last season. Is it not the new boys who get shafted in the fixtures ? Motherwell look more likely to get top six so we should get 3 home and 2 away. Most important thing is we get Hearts at Pittodrie and if we get Motherwell then it gives us a good chance at 3 points too.

Brians constant tinkering with the time of the protest has just shown up his incompetence. Why did he have to try and match the plans of the club to stage its own event ? Also, so many of the big players in his movement just didn't turn up on the day and thats on him to motivate them.

Aye, was disappointed he didn't clarify the importance of that one but you can't win them all. Also, updated position is: Considine 1 Diamond 4 Mulgrew 4 Vidal 1 MacDonald 6 Young 1 Aluko 4 Duff 1 Severin 1 Maguire 5 Mackie 6 Miller 10 Wright 2 Non-strikers 23 goals Strikers 23 goals -- After ICT game 11/4/09 MacDonald matching Mackie's tally now......in case nobody noticed

Just pleased to see Sandy gets the rules, even if nobody else does

Its absolutely the sensible position to take up at present. Remember that the guys that are being held up as examples of our apparent restrictions on wages are high earners who are long in the tooth. They are absolutely prime candidates for cost cutting, large outlay for little return. ROI ratings are poor on these guys at present. If the management are in any way on their game then they will be putting everything on hold right now and concentrating all energy on landing this bitch of a season with minimal damage.

If nothing else, at least that article reinforces some very important thinking, namely: • Aluko is NOT a striker, even when he is playing as one. • Goals in the cup DO count

Next time, JMG should just set up one of these and save themselves the burner:

Cheeky goal by Liverpool to go 1 up against Chelsea.

That is so fucking embarrassing. I have seen games of top trumps that looked more animated when holding up their cards. The Stooge article on MAD is excellent.

Damn, how do I fight that

you not a bit old for this childish nonsense mate ?

Our youth set up is a disgrace. Only 6-1. Not good enough. http://www.afc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/clubNewsDetail/0,,10284~1623399,00.html

Damn, that's the flood of goals expected at Timothy Park foiled

Lets hope there are no spastic colon comments required

Fair point and well made.

False sense of security me thinks. Claderwood is probably out and about trying to jolly up the other managers rather than motivating his own players.

There are some very nice bottles of red out there for £5 and some utterly terrible Bulgarian efforts for £3.50. A small difference in price but an ability to spot a good grape and the right territory can get you an awful lot more for your money.

Don't think he should be written off. There is a wider concern though that players coming from the Dutch league are used to a different style of football than we have in the SPL. There game is slower, they look for more time on the ball and expect to be given it. This doesn't mean that they will not be able to adapt, clearly there are several examples of excellent players who have managed it but there are many who have not. Particularly at the lower end of the scale where we have seen the likes of JDV or Touzani, who were clearly technically competent players but really struggled to make a major impact. This guy could be exceptional for Aberdeen but he may struggle, evidence so far would suggest that he will struggle. For me, he looks like a £9 bottle that might have been kept at the wrong temperature

One key point. There is no way you can manage the quality of a bottle of wine once you have purchased it. There can be varying perceptions as to whether it is of a high or low quality but you cannot alter its performance in any way shape or form. It is what it is. Ergo, its a shit analogy.