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I am in no way defending him, but he did shoulder some of the blame yesterday without directly saying it. Which in itself is a rarety. Calderwood fumes at Dons players Calderwood was bitterly disappointed after the loss at Tannadice Aberdeen manager Jimmy Calderwood was furious after watching his side lose 3-0 at Tannadice. "The players need to look at themselves and I told them that there are always mirrors in dressing rooms," he said. "Sometimes you want to smash them and I was very close to that. You can only do so much though and that is not taking any responsibility away from myself. "But too many good players are not performing anywhere near their capabilities for this club."

Completely agree, the three and 1/2 year contract not only puzzled me, but also worried me at the same time. The club have well and truly shot themselves in the foot with the length of contract. I imagine they saw it as a back up, should things go really well, and dare I say it a league 1 club came in for him. There would be a substantial compensation package for the club. But obviously the liklihood of this happening are slim to none. We have made slow ( albeit very boring) progress. But I am just not happy to ditch him and then we could suddenly find ourselves back in the days of Ebbe and JK. No thanks. The football was just as boring and we frequently got horsed double the amount we did yesterday. But as I said, its how they bounce back from yesterday's result. I do have doubts myself but i'm not willing to join the bandwagon. I truly think Calderwood is a right dick, but he has brought some stability back to the club.

Katongo I think it was.

I think its probably because this is the most stable and potentially the most successful the club has been in all my time as an Aberdeen fan (bear in mind I started mid 90s). Part of me does this he has taken us as far as he can, and there are a lot of things that he does which really question his sanity at times. However, as I said, we are no longer a laughing stock. I've always said judge him come the end of the season, as I feel this is the season that will make or break it for JC. Things change in football very quickly, so we'll just have to wait and see. I do question his motivational skills after games like this, but its more important how the club as a whole bounce back from this. A very important 10 days coming up in the club's calendar which will determine if this is a successful season or not.

I'm glad I wasn't there, it sounded absolutely horrendous. It didn't sound like one of our players had a good game today. Did Macnamara touch the ball in the second 1/2? Don't think I heard his name once.

Someone was saying that they thought we would get humped today...alas, he was correct

Game over.

fucksake. What a nightmare.

Thats a bit embarassing! Slower than Latapy

I may have missed this, but where is Touzani? Is he injured again? That aside, and possibly I would have liked de Visscher to have got a game, it's probably our strongest fieldable line up. Only major concern is having Mair AND considine in the same team

Haha doh!

My housemate is a trainee journalist. He's not a cunt but he openly admits he's full of shit But he does read the Guardian, so explains a lot.

Well if its up till the summer, I have no problem with that. See how he does, if he fails to impress, move him on. Not exactly a mouth watering signing, but nevertheless, he'll get my support.

According to another forum, he will probably goto Preston NE as the former assistant to David Moyes is now manager there. Sounds promising if we do manage to get him in though.

I noticed that. I don't really know who to believe!

Will probably also give people a bit of a wake up call that no-one is indespensible at the club. Who knows though. But I do agree it is a bit exciting, which is a change compared to our usual January's.

If this is true, then absolutely great. Easily future captain material and plays by example.

God I hope not. That would be a disaster.

I hope he stays because he is one of the few players that visibly play for the shirt. I admit sometimes the game passes him by, but i don't think thats his own fault, possibly the lack of the skill of those around him. If he was asked to take a pay cut, I would not blame him for leaving. I get the impression he won't be leaving before the summer which is only a good thing. I hope no-one boo's him. You cannot blame him for wanting the best for himself and his family.

Big win for us with both Caley and Falkirk winning today. Just can't stop laughing at Hearts though

P&J reported today that Touzani has been playing with an open wound since he had to have the stitches removed from his goalpost injury. Makes sense as to why he's probably been a bit off pace. He also said he wanted to play on because its his first run in the team. I like the idea he's willing to do this, but I don't know if its good for the team if he plays as below par as he has been since the injury.

Probably not too far off the mark. Pisses me off he can get away with saying something like that in a "national" paper. I bet they enjoyed typing every letter of that. Cunts. Can hardly been seen as a threat either. Stupid, yes, childish, yes, which is exactly how Maguire behaves. We all know this, he is not ready for the first team.

Totally agree with you. Have always said, I think we'd struggle to find someone better within our price range. He is also showing guts for the cause which is more than can be said about some others

Its pointless. Yes it was a stupid thing to do, but did he act like that guy did at Celtic park? NO! We all understand why they did it and it happens. Why is it acceptable in other sports, but not this? Its a joke. Re: the simmy song, heard that on tv. But was glad the commentators didn't hear it!

Said the exact same thing before the game. WHAT the hell were they doing being all chummy with traitor smith and mccoist! Not what I wanted to see before a game against arguably our most hated rivals. Post match was just as sickening. My mates (English) were astounded a) they coudln't understand a word he was saying, then when I translated it b ) were shocked that he was arse licking so much. Then, I had to buy the Daily Retard today because I couldn't believe what I was reading. Seve defending that neandethal Mcculloch?!? What the hell is going on. They were lucky not to have 3 players sent off yesterday and I'm quite tempted to write to the SFA to complain about Fergahun. If he's supposed to be a role model for kids, does that mean I can go up to him in the street and strangle him, because I saw him do it so its ok?!!? Christ sake. This has made my blood boil.