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Doesn't he mean, again, as in addition to us?

Losing Clark wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if it meant the likes of Touzani and De Visscher got a prolonged run in the team in their preferred positions.

K-9 on afc-hat has just said northsound have said it's moved to the 4th/5th March. Don't know if he's taking the piss but would hold off booking till it's confirmed.

That would be for the last 16?

I wouldn't bank on it. May be some fuckery with fixtures as all German sides are at home on 21st I think

Munich's quite far away from Hamburg and Leverkusen/Dusseldorf, we should be fine on that front I'd hope.

I've booked up on the assumption that the game will be on the 21st, waiting on booking the hotel just in case though.

EDIT - Allowed to cancel hotel up to the 19th, so went ahead and booked it. InterCityHotel Muenchen.

WHAT. THE. FUCK.  :o

No it hasn't?

He's only played for Hibs 5 times this season, all coming off the bench. Is he good enough to be a regular first team starter for us? I'm not so sure.

Nicholson for me.

Giving to to Diamond would put too much pressure on him I think, and he can do a captain's job on the pitch without a piece of elastic around his arm.

What the fuck is going on? 

All those just returning from injury or carrying little niggles should be rested until Thursday.

Q's

1. Where do you travel from?

2. How do you get there/back?

3. What do you usually do before/after the game?

4. Preferred location?

1. Top of Union Street

2. Bus/Bus unless it's a midweek/Sunday game, then you've sometimes got a 45 minute wait for the next available bus.

3. Nothing, go straight to the match then straight home again.

4. Not overly fussed, but if the club think Cove is the best place for it for the reasons they stated, then I'm happy to support their decision for the benefit of the club.

Parking is a nightmare.... at Pittodrie.

 

But we're talking about doing away with a golf course and the last time I looked you couldn't fit 18 holes inside a football stadium.

No we're not, we'd be building on top of what is currently the driving range and a couple of holes of the golf course at the very most. The golf course will still be there, they'll just be shifting the demolished parts further north. There wouldn't be that much scope for extra parking. And for the hardened drinkers, it will also mean the loss of the Broadhill Bar.

You was going well until the last paragraph...

 

You should structure a business around it's paying customers.

Yes, the majority of them, not those too stubborn to move from their comfy seat in front of the telly at the Pittodrie Bar. The percentage of those attending a match who drink in the pubs before the match and would be unwilling to travel to Cove because it's not handy would be quite low in my estimations. Low enough that the money saved from building on a brownfield site marked for development instead of digging up part of a golf course next to the beach will far outweigh that of the money spent from people willing to abaondon supporting their team because it means they'll miss out on having some pre-match beers.

Why should someone else get a shotty?  (that comment may have been tongue in cheek)

It was tongue in cheek, pointing out that he should be grateful for having the stadium on his doorstep in the first place, and it seems he's taken it for granted. He'll just have to do what thousands of other fans already have to do every other week.

Who cares where these people travel from in the country, it's a community stadium.  If they've came x hundred miles then a few more isn't going to stop them.  Whereas the alternative for the town's folk is 'out of sight, out of mind'.

 

It's going to be in a location where they'll be able to build all the facilities that will serve the community, it's a far larger area than the beach site and far more room for expansion to incorporate hotels, shops, offices, gyms, restaurants, etc, etc. They evaluated sites on all sides of the city and that was chosen as the most viable for a variety of reasons. There are always going to be people unhappy no matter what location is chosen, they've done their best to suit the majority.

And we do have a responsiblity to serve the rest of the country with providing easy access from other areas, especially if the Scottish government will be providing a lot of the funding and if we want to host national events.

Falkirk has worked quite well for them, the rest never really had much of a fanbase to start with.

And it's hardly out of town, it's a 5 minute drive from the train station on a normal day.

The bypass has been approved, it will be built.

I think he meant to say 2 buses to get from the east of the city to cove - and I dread to think how long it would take to get said bus - people moan aout the time to get away from the game? 

Yes, because there's absolutely no chance that they'll even consider introducing further public transport links to a new stadium, we're stuck with the current routes and timetables we've got for all of eternity.

There are only 2 (already overused) roads from the north to cove, it will be a bottleneck and a nightmare.

We have the A90, which is a dual carriageway, we have Wellington Road, which will soon be a dual carriageway all the way up to its junction with the A90, and by the time the stadium is in use, we'll have the WPR which is also a dual carriageway. How can that possibly be a bad thing?  Far better than the single lane King Street and the single lane Beach Boulevard.

I think us locals will still drink in the pitt bar - unfortunately it is unlikely many saturday regulars will leave to go to the game.

Their loss, you can't structure a football club, and a business around the drinking habits of a couple of dozen people. You've had a football stadium on your doorstep for the last 100 years or so, someone else is going to get a shotty now, stop being selfish. People travel from all corners of the country to come to home games, you're complaining about going a few miles to somewhere that will have plenty of public transport support.

Agree totally but id doubt the squad of NIMBY's would warm to it any more than in the past!

Would there be anyone to complain though?

All the local businesses would be happy, and the people who live in the area can't exactly say they don't want a football stadium near their homes because there's one there already. All the existing golf facilities would be relocated, so no harm?

Cove's fine with me though, it's close enough to the city centre, easy to get to, plenty of bus routes to go up that way, potential for a rail link and keeps the huns out of the city centre with a bit of luck.

Sounds fair enough to me, get on with it lads!

It won't be long before someone slips of some dog shit at Seaton Park and lands on a junkie's discarded needle and gets AIDS. Maybe.

Didn't we WIN 9 home games in arow under Plebbe?

Done

Good stuff, Nicholson was the one I was worried about most, most important player in our squad for me.

John Hughes wouldn't be a bad shout, but Aberdonians in general, are a bit more reserved that other Scottish people and I can't see his 'loveable oaf' personality going down too well.

I'd go with Eric Black, he comes across as very articulate and intelligent in interviews and sets his teams to go out and play attractive football. And he seems to have genuine contacts on the continent for finding good cheap foreign players. I've just got a good feeling about the guy.

I'd also be more than happy with Mark McGhee as well, and also, to throw another hat into the ring, Terry Butcher.

Appalling game, Calderwood needs to stop playing Clark in the centre of midfield, it always puts us on the backfoot, and he did much better in the second half out wide.

Mair is pish.

Will these immigrants stop at nothing to steal our jobs. Now they want to take footballing positions away from young scottish players  Next thing you know they will be phoning Pittodrie getting tickets for matches ahead of us.

And I'll bet they'll be willing to play for less than the Scottish kids too. It's politically correctness gone mad.