Ajja

Strikers go 2-1 up Only 28 to go now and both Mackie and Maguire off the blocks. Defence - 1 Midfield - 1 Strikers - 2

Very good against Ayr by all accounts and sounds like he was good again today ?

As I said in the triple swoop thread, I think that might be a decent piece of business. I think Andy will shape up to be a decent player when he eradicates the errors from his game. To get him tied up for 4 years means we aren't going to lose him for free if he improves significantly over the next 2 years.

Having done some very very shit research I came up with the following: 2006/07 our 6 strikers bagged 32 goals (Daal-2, Crawford-3, Lovell-9, Mackie-13, Maguire-1 and Miller-4) 2007/08 our 6 strikers bagged 27 goals (Aluko-3, Brewster-3, Lovell-3, Mackie-2, Maguire-4 and Miller-12) I don't think European goals are counted in these stats. Incidently, I think in 2007/08 our midfield got 17 goals with 8 players chipping in (Touzani, Clark, Foster, Nicholson, Severin, Smith, Young and JDV) If these stats are correct then it would seem that 30 goals from your strike force brings you a fairly average season in terms of convincing victories and real progress. 40 goals would probably feel like a consistently good season. The difference between 2006/07 and 2007/08 looks like a second striker who can pitch in with around 8-10 goals. We missed that last season.

Honesty is all well and good but sometimes you have to do a little bit of talking yourself up to build confidence. Its not like he was saying that they were on top of their game, he is just trying to use some positive, rather than negative language to provide some forward momentum for him and his team mates. The club badly needs it and I for one welcome the approach.

So do you suggest that they pushed out an article saying they were struggling to find any form together and it had been a huge mistake to put them both in our squad and they have discussed just leaving the club to save it from further disappointment. Players have to put out positive stories about the progress being made. Its an important part of confidence building and belief in the way they are trying to play. Lets be comforted that they are feeling some sense of progress and hope they can build on the lack of confidence that exists in the club and support. We certainly won't see progress if we kick them down at every turn.

Read in the press that it was Foster.

Why wouldn't it ? Its not like its a competition with rules. Its just a motivational statement sent out by the management to challenge his strikers. I'm backing them for 40 C'mon the front

Considine for 4 years looks like OK business. I think he might be a decent player in the future when he cuts out errors in his game

Dunfermline for me. Pies galore

Defence - 1 Midfield - 1 Strikers - 1 Off the mark now. 29 to go. Go strikers go

Thats what I said, only with a little less despair.

Blame is useless as a tool for change. It simply allows us to attribute fault without the authority to act to punish. sup·port·er Pronunciation[suh-pawr-ter, -pohr-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. a person or thing that supports. 2. an adherent, follower, backer, or advocate. Shift focus dude before you eat yourself from the inside out

I think he meant to say bag 30 gulls in light of AFC's new policy of wiping out the species single handedly

Lets keep score and see how it pans out. Currently: Defence 1 Midfield 1 Strikers 0 Looking good to date Anyone worked out how many Miller, Lovell, Mackie and Maguire got between them last season ? Was it about 20 ?

Was quite good fun at Ibrox last season and it has the added bonus that if you sing it loud enough and badly enough then it might be misconstrued on the radio/TV as a blatant disregard for the law and get those scumbuckets in the shit.

I think we will start calling you fucking Ivor or Thomas.

Spot on, I'm sure he shares a B&B in the KDY with Marvin & God

Looks like a big Dons support then

I bet the fucker can dance though

For 'If you do well against Rangers there is more chance of getting called up by Scotland' read 'I fucking love getting it up these hun bastards but I have to say something less inflammatory in the press don't I' GET IN THERE JAMIE

We could put Lee Mair up there. He performs a similar function in the back 4 (without scaring anyone, except us of course)

Does it not say they are a protected species (fuck knows why) so surely hawks are off the menu now ?

The smell from the away end might keep them at bay this weekend.

Packed in a bus with the stench of hunnery all around and no booze. Thank fuck I passed up this game