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It's an interesting appointment. Is it a good appointment, I don't know. You could argue he couldn't have timed his arrival at Aberdeen any better. Craig Brown had fixed a lot of the mess from the Mark McGhee era, Rangers, Hibs and Hearts all fell off, even Celtic weakened with Lennon then Deila. He struck gold with signings like Rooney, Logan and Shinnie, and his loans all filled the holes he needed to. He never really sorted the defence post- Russell Anderson's retirement, but midfield and attack were solid. The last three years were chronic though. Was it all his fault? Did he just get unlucky when before he had the luck? Did the lack of a head of recruitment hinder him? Did managers just figure out his tactics, with McInnes unable to have a plan B? It all begs the question, how good is Derek McInnes really? Did his last three seasons show us the truth, a man unable to turn around a club on a downward spiral, or was that unfair on account Glass and Goodwin didn't fair any better? I don't think his Kilmarnock stint answers it either. He got them fourth with a very decent squad, but has struggled this season. Although I'm sure he still has some affection for Aberdeen, he would be desperate to go and finish above Jimmy Thelin, not just once but consistently, win trophies with them, and show that in all our searching for new bosses we never found better than him. Hearts are the club that can give him that chance. I think if he goes there (and should be said, while he's on the shortlist, he's not the only name on it), it'll be fascinating.

Agreed. If I do buy a strip I fully expect to get years out of it. I don't think grown adults really need to have the latest strip every season. The last one I did buy was the Stephen Glass / Scott Brown era one and it's still in mint condition. However, kids want the latest strip and you don't want little Hans, Eoin and Hicham running about in the old gear while their mates are in the new one. (Says the boy with no kids. I'm just angry on others' behalf).

I don't really buy strips unless they're retro ones or I really, really like them. However, bit annoyed at how regularly we bring out strips in order to continuously milk the fans for money. If you're paying £70 for a shirt - whether for yourself or your kids - the least I expect is that team actually wear it. Am I right in thinking we had an away strip once that we never wore for a single game? Think it was the black & gold number in 2012-13. Likewise, I also expect it to have a lifespan of at least 12 months (it used to be two years, now we're not even getting one year). We brought out the 'wasp' strip in July so that's been replaced already, and the granite strip was September so if we release a third kit in summer that'll be less than a year too. I also wouldn't be surprised if we bring a cup final shirt out now before Hampden, despite the current one being a nod to the 1990 strip, so would make sense we wore it in the final.

I presume this means Texo are renewing their shirt sponsorship. Hadn't read anywhere them agreeing to extend it beyond this season. As for the strip itself, not for me, but at least the club are trying to do something different with their away top rather than a catalogue template.

Technically, my 100% record of always being right is still intact as we didn't sell 21,000, but I shouldn't have doubted our support, and I apologise to the 1,200 fans who could have missed out on a ticket if the board had done what they often do and read my posts before making important decisions.

Presumably means Scott Bain leaving Celtic. Could do a swap for him.

Celtic reportedly want to re-sign Ross Doohan. No doubt for their European quota. He's out of contract in summer so sadly we can't demand an extortionate fee.

Not bad considering it's not even on general sale yet.

Looks like the sales are going well.

It's being played on Gothenburg Day. However, it's also being played 34 years to the day we needed a draw at Ibrox to win the league. Anyway... Was planning to go to this, but had a browse at the last remaining tickets there and it's £37 a pop. Can't be arsed paying that for a live TV game, when there's Tannadice and Hampden coming in the next few weeks. Barry Ferguson has to win either against us or Dundee United to avoid becoming the first Rangers manager in history to fail to win a home game. A win for us means we've got the better of them over the four games since, I dunno, probably some time ago. Do it for the poor fans who were there in 91.

Last time we won the cup in 1990, we lost 1-0 three weeks before the game...

I was making the point that the referee was throwing yellow cards about early for small fouls. Devlin specifically was very unlucky to be booked, so not sure stronger challenges or more physicality were going to help us.

Our two "hard" players - Shinnie and Devlin - were both booked in the opening 25 minutes and were walking a tightrope after that.

That's third gone now I think. Even if Hibs contrive to lose all three remaining games, we'd still need four at least from Rangers away, Celtic home and Dundee United away. And, we'll probably need at least seven as Hibs won't lose all three. It's not that we're not capable of winning any of those games individually, it's more we don't have the squad to get positives results in all three within seven days. Today was just like the last game in Paisley; passed it around nicely but rarely looked threatening in the final third.

Jensen not in the squad which suggests an injury. Okkels maybe as the number 10?

Nilsen confirmed to be out for the rest of the season. Tobers back training but won't play.

Kudos to starting this after the player of the year awards have not long finished Young player was Topi Player's player was Nisbet Fans' player was Shady Mo. Goal of the season was Sokler v Hibs. For me, my vote goes to Shinnie. Put in some fantastic performances early in the season, had a poor spell as did most of the team, but has bounced back strongly (not bad for a guy whose legs have gone) and has now switched to a new position. Morris is arguably the most improved player, but has been an impact sub for a lot of the season and hasn't been consistent. Nisbet has been really good recently, but struggled for a huge part of the season and had fans wanting him sent back to Millwall in January. Shinnie been more consistent, a leader, and hopefully a trophy winning captain in three weeks. We'll miss him when he's gone. Enjoy him while you can.

Technically my original post was an example of being unbiased, and your correction breaks the BBC guidelines. I'll probably be sacked now. There's zero tolerance on these type of things.

If we win it we shouldn't bother entering it again. Just dump the trophy in a bin on the way out and start entering the Swedish Cup or something. Semi-final in Stockholm at 12.30pm will be a pain right enough.

Aye I meant I don't understand why we had to underwrite those South Stand upper sections though, ie could they not have been left free and if we didn't sell out then they could be handed to neutrals who wish to experience a Scottish Cup final and have agreed to wear red on the day. But, I think I answered my own question in that presumably they can't be segregated.

I don't understand how our initial allocation for the semi-final was 19,000 for the north stand, east and south lower, yet this is over 20,000 with similar sections. I can only guess that it includes sections of the south upper that they can't give to Celtic due to segregation, so the SFA probably wanted to give Celtic the whole of the north stand. Fair play to the club for not standing for it. If we only sell 18,000 then so be it. We shouldn't be handing over the whole of the north stand for a 'neutral' cup final, it's the only stand that will have vocal fans on top of the action. I won't cry many tears for Celtic fans who have seen their team win 24 trophies in the last 10 years missing out on a ticket for yet another cup final. They'll get plenty of chances over the next 10 years to see more finals.

With Jota's injury I think we're probably favourites to win it now.

Interesting debate trying to be raised by Pep Guardiola about Man City not selling out their semi-final allocation, and questioning why all the semis are down at Wembley. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvg7ljpyv7yo A different conversation in that they have suitable stadiums elsewhere to use. But some of the ticket prices are shocking, some up to £150. For me, semis should never be at Wembley or Hampden anyway, unless there's little alternative (ie Tottenham v Arsenal or Rangers v Celtic). Again, the alternatives up here probably don't help us much - we'd have had to play Hearts at Murrayfield, Ibrox or Celtic Park. Anyway, despite Pep standing up for the little guy, I hope the two-time European Cup winners Forrest beat them. Not because I particularly give a shit about English football, but because before the semis I put on a Forest & Aberdeen cup double at 40/1 odds.

That, the women's Six Nations, and quite a few other things.

Should be said, Jensen has played previously as a wide midfielder. Maybe but so much a winger, but he hasn't always been played as a full-back. Milanovic and Keskinen will be occupying those spots next season anyway. As it goes, appears we're unchanged from the Hampden triumph. Mackenzie back on bench which I don't think he has been for a few weeks.