Holyjoe

Is there another league in the World that has taken similar action?  And you may well say it is up to Aberdeen to organise a friendly but I'd be furious if they shifted a league match for the sake of a friendly.  This rule is a work around for Celtic, to suggest otherwise is idiotic, however the rule itself if utterly ridiculous, whoever it applies to.

This came up in Korea in 2009 when Manchester United said they were touring Asia that summer and they wanted to play FC Seoul on one of two specific dates to suit their travel schedule, however FC Seoul had league matches on both of those dates. K-League officials initially told them to piss off (suggested playing second or third tier opposition instead if they were that desperate for a game), but the lure of money won out and the league match was shifted to make way for the friendly. Pish.

I'm with GS on this one - you fulfill league fixtures as scheduled or you forfeit the points.

Damn it...

Terry butcher having an epic rant on sportsound

Aye.. wants to smash a bottle of wine over someone's head 

Come on County...

Best Aberdeen Player of the Decade: Russell Anderson

Best homegrown player: Russell Anderson

Best signing: Markus Heikkinen

Best goalkeeper: Peter Kjaer

Best defender: Russell Anderson

Best midfielder: Markus Heikkinen

Best forward: Arild Stavrum

Best manager: Jimmy Calderwood

Pick an XI from the decade:

Peter Kjaer

Kevin McNaughton

Russell Anderson

Eric Delomeaux

Michael Hart

Barry Nicholson

Cato Guntveit

Markus Heikkinen

Jamie Smith

Arild Stavrum

Hicham Zerouali

Game of the Decade: Home leg against Bayern Munich

Biggest single disappointment of the decade: Only reaching two finals, both within the first five months of the decade

Best opposition player of the decade: Henrik Larsson

Can McGhee buy a few of the gnomes to bolster the squad?

Whisper when you say this but I seem to remember the likes of Darren Mackie, Stephen Payne, John Stewart, Scott Muirhead, Scott Morrison and  Ryan Esson. Being talked up by Aberdeen fans as players with potential. Wasn't it Scott Michie who broke all kinds of scoring records at youth and reserve level and big things were expected when he broke through (I may be thinking of someone else here). Kev McNaughton hardly helped service the debt with his big transfer and before that we had Phil McGuire, the Young brothers.

 

I really hope, like you say, this lot do achieve their potential but Aberdeen's recent history is littered with players not reaching their potential and/or Aberdeen not receiving the full "potential" transfer fee's for these players.

I remember being at Ibrox for a League Cup game back in 2000 or 2001 (Ronald de Boer's debut for the huns, I think) when we had about seven or eight youngsters in the side, and looked like a bloody useful team for much of the match. That was when folk like Esson, McNaughton, McGuire and even the Youngs (Derek scored a belter that day to put us 2-1 up) were all looking like turning into a fantastic group of players for us. Perhaps I was looking on with rose-tinted spectacles, and the old memory is certainly looking upon things a lot more fondly now, but I thought at the time we have a bloody great future.

There was an interview with Phil McGuire in one of the papers yesterday saying how much he was enjoying playing for Formartine. His star (not a very bright one) is well on the way down, but there's still time for Bagshaw to get back up the leagues. Good luck to him.

The AFC website has confirmed the home game on July 30th, but hasn't yet put up the date for the away leg. I'm assuming that's going to be the 6th, but I'd rather wait until that's officially confirmed before booking anything.

The older bloke in the picture at the top of that article looks like he's been away on holiday with JC...

 

He wasn't a nice guy when he refused to sign my boot years ago when I was a youngster in the Dons Youngstars. Eoin Jess happily signed my boot but Theo said "No no, No silly things." Was always a grumpy cunt. Decent keeper though!

He's got a point... most normal people bring autograph books or programmes to sign 

If anyone is interested, I think the game is on Bet 365.

Aye the stream from that site is pretty decent. Will be using it more often for live stuff

They did well then.

 

Wednesday, 04 March 2009

St Mirren v Aberdeen, 19:45

 

That one could well be the first time we go to their new ground, no?

I went for Theo, but the one sad, sad reflection I have on him as a goalkeeper is that I was once able to put a penalty past him in a "beat the goalie" competition. Even Michael Watt saved my effort a year later.

Let's just bring Mark Yardley out of retirement!!

Yes, please.

Read somewhere that he was going to be on 1/2 a million? Can that be right?!

I think Portaloo was on close to that when he came to Busan in Korea... I think that, like in Korea, most J-League sides are owned and bankrolled by major companies so it's easy enough for them to write off such expenses somewhere in their business accounts.

Apparently Steve Paterson was some sort of legend at Yomiuri FC (now Toyko Verdy) when he was a player, so I'm waiting for him to get a job over there now.

Red again?

Fuxache...

If they moved the final back more than a day that would put Queen of the South at a disadvantage. They already have a few weeks idol before the final as it is.

Pop Idol?

Billy Idol?

oh  FFS

 

That's hardly a bright new future, is it? 

Aye.. moving back to Scotland this autumn and it looks as if, almost seven years on, I'll be going back to watching Ryan Esson and the Youngs in Dons shirts.

Any room for David Rowson whilst we're at it?

Hadn't seen that "bead rattlers" article... tut tut.

Not sure about that as his latest moniker is slagging off the article on the Hat.

JazzerBett, I presume?

I've had my suspicions in the past...

I was checking out some information on Melbourne Victory ahead of their upcoming AFC Champions League game against Korean side Chunnam, and was reminded that Grant Brebner is currently playing there. Seems to be doing reasonably well and, if I recall (though this is going back a few years) he was a reasonably useful player. Could be tempted back but is under contract there so that might put paid to that.

Simon Lynch has just been released by Queensland Roar too - he was hardly great at Dundee, but is young and available for nothing and his agent will no doubt be firing his details off to Scottish clubs and seems like just the type of player that would interest JC.

Bryan Cooney

Any relation to Mr. Cooney of auld auld AFC Chat fame?

Sol Bamba signed ages ago...

Broadhill for most of us. But it is an undoubted shitehole and I've kinda lost my enthusiasm for ir after getting  chucked oot (thanks sheep_shagger! ).

 

Prefer the Bobbin tbh as the Pitt is just rammed pre-match and may well change to there pre-match now my mobility is improved to the point I don't need Padre to push my chair!

Always liked he Bobbin for a pint before games.. food was good too

McCarthy is the young dude who plays for the Republic of Ireland? I've heard he looks like a cracking wee player already.