Ajja

The chat has collapsed under th eweight of numbers. lol

Soutar has not played badly so it does seem that JC is looking in the wrong area to make changes. However, we are losing goals and although the defence has been fragile, its possible clangers will provide some more familiarity and therefor stability ? Clutching at straws here!

Has he not been injured recently and is now just returning to full fitness having played a full 90 against Kille reserves ? I don't think its as cut and dry as him not getting to play for the first 6 games.

I wouldn't be sorry to see him go, especially if we make a small pot on him. I don't think he is good enough now to spark the team, he is nothing more than a solid professional who might bring a bit of stability and experience. Thats all well and good but can we actually afford that luxury in our squad ? As has been said, he was never going to be able to play the full back role due to his age/pace so a central defensive role or a sweeper was looking like the best options. From what I have read/seen he is not much good in central defence and we don't really play the sweeper game that often. Add to that this growing concern I have about players not being all that interested in playing for aberdeen and 'engineering' moves from our platform and.........

Net result = no great shakes. If he wants to go, give him a push.

Forget this guy. Todays SoS has made a cheeky wee link to us and Gary O'Connor so we have bigger fish to fry. I mean, Loco Moscow won't want any fee for him as they hardly paid a penny for him 

I don't quite see the connection with Scott McDonald leaving Motherwell. I'd have thought that would make M'well all the more determined to hold on to Kerr.

If the guy with his finger in the dyke pulls it out and you don't run then you're gonna get your shoes wet.

We should start a sweep on the ST renewals. I reckon around 4000. 

WTF? now -3!!!

History is catching up with you.

I reckon after Hibs have won their game in hand and wiped the LSC away in the derby they will be our main challengers for 3rd.

1. TheChimp (x 1000)

2. Nessie Nespa!

3. mg_don (I hate the Huns)

4. E-P-K

5. Mizer

6. wee toon red

7. topcorner

8. Drewsome

9. Shakey heid man

10. JimmyJimmy

11. Dandy_Don

12. PKAMH  - Signed : i hate those evil, ugly, retarded, racist, bigoted scum bags

13. BigAl - tbh I thought abody of a non Hun persuassion , hated them

14. Penfold

15. Things

16. Mini

17.Tuuubes-first post declaring my hatred for the scum,lovely stuff

18. RealRedArmy - its a no-brainer, really..

19. Madbadteacher

20. Craig_Don (And the Tims...and the Arabs...and the Jambos...in fact all non-Aberdeen Scottish league teams)

21. chief wiggum

22. dundee_red

23. K-9

24. Sooth_stander (with a vengence)

25. Ajja - Is there a stronger word ? Hate is too tame.

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FFS

Says the guy with the club myspace account in his sig 

I hear what you're saying Ajja but I think we need to cut JC a bit of slack here. He's pretty much improved us season on season since he arrived (with some minor blips!). I think that until we witness a downturn or stagnation in results we should keep faith with the guy. Sometimes I wonder what Calderwood has to do to win over some of the fans.

I am not against JC, as I said I feel he has done some steller work in putting us back in the frame for credibility and possibly real opportunity for minor honours. However, my rational mind tells me he is limited in where he can go from here. I think he is a decent man manager and that he has some skills in pulling together a group of guys who can play at a decent level. However, he is old school. He believes that if you get a bunch of competent footballers and get them to go out on the piss together then they will gel into a brilliant team. I don't believe that style of management has a place in the modern game. Players lives are far more complex and individualistic these days and the team spirit and community feel is only part of what makes a good team. We have to be turning over stones and looking for the uncut diamonds as well as developing our own. JC targets players who have already hit their best so a club like ours will not be able to make the step change required to genuinely compete for major honours unless we can improve players significantly.

I am delighted with the position we now find ourselves in after years of embarrassment after embarrassment but I also have to be realistic about where we go next. I agree steady progress has been achieved and steady progress is a good thing but the next stage is a very big step away in my mind. To get there I think we need a manager who has more tools in his box than JC, a manager who has tactical ability, modern man management skills, a belief in youth development and will take some risks with sourcing underdeveloped players to blend with some experienced ones.

While I wait for that I can only look to Saturday and hope we get it right up the scum.

Thats how to play the OF. Press everything, no room to play. Strikers hounding their defence. Brilliant stuff from Booth and Jess. Ten Caat put in some amazing balls. What a beautiful touch from Van der Ark to set up the second.

Did I spot a youthful Hugh Dallas running the line ?

I can only see us being let down next season. I applaud JC for what he has done over the last few years and I feel excited and proud of Aberdeen again.

However, I fear JC has taken us as far as he can. He has made us very hard to beat and put us at the top end of the league again. We may even get a brief flirtation with europe again. JC did exactly this with Dunfermline.

He is only interested in bringing in tried and tested players who cost small but significant amounts of money. He doesn't try to unearth players who are at the bottom of a curve and will deliver significantly more with coaching and management. He appears to have very little interest in our youth development. Net result is that we get a team who are very competent but are already playing at the top of their game, there is very little room for growth and development.

I suspect the only tangible progress we could make next season is a credible title challenge and settling for CL with a few rounds in the UEFA cup. This feels like a step change from what we have now and would require a better manager to deliver it. I can't see it with JC in charge.

All I see left in the tank is a good cup run next season, JC could probably still muster that up along with a top 4 finish and we would possibly feel content but not elated. Although a cup run would fill everyone temporarily with a sense that we had progressed, its a slight falsity if you examine the teams who have occupied the last 4 of our cups in recent years. Its no great shakes but probably the best chance of a smile we are gonna get.

Just  my thoughts.

A few conflicting things in my head about this game.

We have failed to really get to grips with crucial matches this season.

When we go to Ibrox with any sense of confidence we seem to falter.

The huns should be deflated after last night.

We are due something (not that that means anything in real terms)

We are incredibly hard to beat at the moment.

I don't have a clue how this one is going to turn out but I know I would like to see a snarling, hungry, passionate Aberdeen get ripped into these scumbags and tear them a new arsehole. I haven't seen that from us in a long long time.

STAND FREE.....Oh, and GET RIGHT FUCKING IN.

Dude, you need to get onto live chat on afc chat...you can talk to everyone else about the game instead of yourself.

Mackie has to play tomorrow as I have predicted he will score his last two goals of this season in this game.

Can't have a laugh at hearts thread without the picture.