RicoS321

Taylor hattrick

Aye, exactly the same as the Record story. Did he give the same interview to two journalists? Or was it in his press conference but not aired? McInnes, for all his shite tactics, is generally quite astute with dealings in the media. It wouldn't surprise me if this was a re-gurgitated interview from a year ago or something. It disnae sit right. Unforgivably stupid thing to say in the lead up to a match against the scum if true.

It's cool. It's in the Record. I won't provide a link. The stuff being written is in quotes, but it doesn't say when he said it and to whom. Or provide video linkage of him saying it. I'm not saying that the Record is a disgusting shite-rag that can't be trusted, but I would like to see it being said from our manager's mouth before I write to AFC in disgust. It's very JC that one like. Very JC indeed.

You're going to have to give a link for that quote.

True Detective Season 2, or perhaps True Detective Season 3? Bloodline good on Netflix for that line of programme. Amazon, Mr Robot been very good (if you can cope with Rami Malek's voice).

I wasn't counting you as a reputable source!

Aye. Although I'd probably end up playing Leigh in there too I have to admit. Mainly cause all of our midfielders are either dead or pap.

I've yet to hear a single reputable source that's quoted the £5-7M. The BBC reported "over £3.5M", which seemed more likely. I just don't see an instance where the dons would turn down 3-4 times their annual prize money for one player. It'd be insane. Especially as they could easily have finished 4th with Considine at left centre half instead of McKenna (would have been a worse team, but not significantly enough to warrant keeping McKenna).

I'm guessing there's a rake of defenders in the 6 too, given our lack of functioning midfielders.

Great analysis on twitter ayrshire, cheers for the link. When you look at other clubs, they tend to go through spates of player sales and generally it's better looked at over a decade. Obviously the last decade has been poor for us, but we're really only looking at Fraser that could have gone for mega-bucks (and he may still make us a similar wedge to that which would have been recieved if he'd signed a new deal with us). McLean made us £600K, but a player of that age is only ever going to look out for himself (as opposed to players of Fraser, McKenna, Cosgrove age) - we bought McLean (and Shinnie) as ready-made SPL players at an age where they weren't likely to make us a huge sum because their next deals were always going to be critical for them so there's little change that they'd have signed long contracts with us. Jack was disappointing, but he was also beginning to not live up to the hype too. A great player, and has improved further with age, but was never going to get us a few million after he signed his final contract with us. We're looking good for saleable assets at the moment though, with McKenna, Ferguson and Cosgrove all worth a chunk of cash. We'll need to cash in soon though as the market seems to be at a high point with ridiculous fees all over the shop. I'd happily sell all 3 in return for doing up the main stand.

The club as a whole has to take responsibility for the signings, not just Deek. If we're concerned that individual signings are causing us to make a loss then we need to either invest in scouting or reduce the budget for transfers. We need a system in place that transcends the existing manager (I've been saying this for years). A manager will often come in and use their knowledge and contacts in the first couple of seasons, which can often be fruitful. Beyond that, the manager starts to lose contact and knowledge because they've been at one club for that time, so they start to lean more heavily on the scouting network. That needs to be really strong, and I don't think it is. It needs to be more than a manager That said, I reckon we might get as much for Cosgrove as we've spent on transfers, so in terms of overall cost we might be break even on money spent/recieved. I know what you mean though, the transfers in the last 3 seasons haven't been up to scratch and that has caused us to lose a few important fixtures. However, a return to the duopoly status quo is a significant factor too. The fitba on the pitch hasn't been inspiring and neither have events off it. We'll still get a decent crowd tomorrow night like, but a shoeing will see a good thousand or two off the gate the next time either scum are in town. Overall, the loss is made up of a number of things. I think that a less risk-averse manager might have seen us get a greater return in Europe and the one-off games, but I doubt we'd be sitting third (and second in previous years). I think that is definitely a factor in the losses.

That doesn't happen anywhere in fitba these days though, does it? Nobody talks like that. They deliberately talk up their opposition as some sort of weird/pathetic tactical ploy so that the proverbial atricle pinned to the dressing room wall doesn't happen. If you look back to McInnes' quotes before the games last season in which we won, they were near identical. It had no bearing on the outcome. I'm surprised that anybody listens to pre-match interviews these days, it's like they've all been written by the same person. The biggest difference this season is that I think we've got worse and they have got better. I don't see a midfield that will contest theirs, and I don't see a consistency on the wings and behind Cosgrove that will produce anything against a superior team than we've faced recently. Our best midfield at the moment seems to include Leigh, which means Considine is left back. As bad as that sounds, it's probably better than a midfield where we're forced to play Vyner and Campbell, both of whom cover significantly less ground than will be required against the hun. The lesser of two evils perhaps, but not a great choice. The Bryson signing, especially, is looking like a bad bit of business but perhaps a tad unlucky with Ojo.

McLennan has been pap in nearly every game he's played for us. Also, we were playing a back 3 today with Gallagher supposed to be a wing back. We were significantly better when mcginn moved there in the second half mind you, but mainly because mcginn was shite in the middle and Gallagher's one attribute is his fitness and runs from deep to make space for others. Once again McInnes plays a back three ahead of a game against the scum, with the clear intent of playing that way against them. It was fucking awful. We clearly can't play that way and especially when considine isn't in the centre of the three, exposing his lack of pace out wider. We'll get destroyed by the hun if we attempt today's shite against them. Especially if Campbell plays too, he's nae close to being ready yet. I expect we'll see the back 3 again on Wednesday despite today's game proving it doesn't work. We're a midfielder short definitely. Vyner looked okay when he moved into midfield, but left huge gaps as he's nae nearly mobile enough.

I was just joking like, I expect they'd nae long finished (although I didn't see any cars either). I didn't think anyone but AFC were using the facilities though? Or am I mistaken?

Well when I drove past on Monday, it was after 18:30 and nae cunt was there but some fucker had left the lights on, on all the pitches. Nae wonder it's so expensive. Where does the £750K per year come fae like? How does that compare with the previous cost of various pitch rentals and so on? Does that figure include a loan repayment of sorts? Will we ever find out now that we're nae listed?

I'd say that it's "uncertain" times to be a Don rather than exciting (I quite like a bit of uncertainty however!). Let's be honest, we're all quite ignorant here. The sharing of business practices doesn't quite ring true to me - that didn't need investment, we're not direct competitors we could simply have set up a working partnership. I understand Cormack's involvement sort of - he's been here before. I don't understand Atlanta's involvement, nor do I understand what we gain from it. I don't understand if "investment" is new investment or just the purchase of some unwanted shares. I don't understand why a business man would think that moving to Westhill is a good business decision. I wasn't jealous when Romanov came into Hearts, nor Farmer to Hibs, so I'm not convinced many would be jealous of another rich business man buying up equity in a Scottish club. Ultimately, I think that the several mentions of "top-100 European club" over the last year suggests that the aim is some sort of European league type thing. I'm guessing it'll be a matter of time before the big teams setup a european premier league and I suspect that the aim will be for the dons to be on the fringes of a second tier of that when it comes round. That seems, to me, to be the only avenue in which these rich business men will see a return on their dough. Not my cup of tea, but I could see it selling well in the North East. But good luck to them, and I'm interested to see their plans, and I totally agree about the 90 day reflection. I would like to see Milne become uninvolved within that period so that the new board members are free to impart their own ideas without feeling that they're undermining him in any way.

What a cunt. About as self-absorbed as naming a training ground after yerself.

It is, but we need to be bigger than McInnes, and think beyond his tenure. We need a much better structure in place for scouting and recruitment so that everything doesn't fall on one man and his contacts. Obviously a new manager will have players that they know, but that list is usually limited to the first season or so as they lose track of players or simply get the level required wrong. We need folk at AFC who understand the SPL level and understand the type of players that fit in to the game up here. They should be presenting players to the manager based on criteria requested by him, nae the other way round.

If a manager can bankrupt a club then we've got far bigger problems than just the manager.

Good shout, think you could be right. Twardzik and Vujadinovic both came from Italian clubs. Don't remember any others. They clearly haven't done their research!

St Mirren v Broxburn Athletic surely? Fairytale.

When was the last time we signed a player from Eastern Europe (Cerny disnae count)? I'm not convinced by this like. Kingsford obviously being the main issue for me. On the plus side, we'll be able to get some more of their players to sit on our bench.

It is basic forum ettiquette to provide links ye ken. I'm not saying it's worse than what Salmond is accused of, but it's up there. I don't believe it is a setup, but I could imagine a situation where 10 of the complaints wouldn't have made it anywhere near a court but 1 of the complaints was evidenced enough to bring the others forward. If all else fails, then they'll at least get him on breach of the peace, which I assume is why it's in there (a certain charge, to bring the whole case forward)? I've nae idea how these things work like. Is Moorov the one they tried to get rid of a few years back Rocket? Corroboration of witnesses who didn't witness or some such?

If McInnes hadn't given him that unnecessary 5 minutes the other week, he'd have been celebrating his 500th game at Pittodrie with a hat-trick against St Mirren.

Does that mean we get their place?