RicoS321

Nit. Look at the last video put up by Jess. That pass should have been dead on the 6 yard line, that's where Rooney would have run and so would every other good striker. You want to just stick your foot out and prod it goalward with as little to do as possible. Not have to control it and be faced with an on-rushing 'keeper. McLean should have been in a position where he had nothing to think about other than connecting with the ball. There's a gap of about 1 metre past Brown's foot when he's at full stretch, there was heaps of room to pass that into. He's almost played it square. If it had been 7-8 yards out (that'd be the tolerance here), McLean would still have been able to adjust his feet and get a shot away, but it was near on 10 yards out. That would have meant him stopping completely and probably having to take a touch. I'm nae having it, a square ball with that much room to play it wasn't right.

And McCann not staying on at Dundee.

Standard practice for internationals I think. Happened to Rooney and Hayes before. They start with 30 and reduce it to 25 or so. Bit weird, but in fairness to Strachan not entirely unusual. Obviously, he'll have text McLean at 14:30 on Saturday.

I'd say your picture and video there says it all. About 1 metre between the ball and Brown's foot with the pass from his left foot obviously bending towards - or into - the six yard box. Hayes hits it almost directly square. Still McLean nearly gets there. Any striker would tell you that the six yard line was where to hit it in that case, it gives them the minimum opportunity to fuck it up, they just have to direct it goal-ward. Just to clarify, I'm not having a go at Hayes here, he'd made a hell of an interception and run and was just unlucky. Just think yer assertion about McLean is entirely wrong and by the way you stated your case sounded more like a hatred of player rather than an objective view of the incident.

Bollocks. Your images above miss the key moment. The first shows McLean when he receives the ball, your second shows a jumpy image when he was square and then when the ball reached (behind) him. Show the video in real time and you can see there was a gap for the pass. Hayes does hesitate as TheDeeDon says. It's just a slight misunderstanding between two players who've run the length of the park to get on the end of something. Your nonsense about McLean doesn't stand up to even simple scrutiny. He had two or three attempts on goal, coming to meet at least two corners with his head. Neither of which he hid from, clearly, or else he wouldn't have got the attempts away. You can accuse McLean of lots of things (being a fanny in the tackle perhaps), but he never hides. He's constantly shouting for the ball and making himself available. If anything, he has too many attempts on goal too.

Aye, it'll be classed as part of the deal for Hayes I expect, so almost a swap. I wouldn't take less than £1.5M for Hayes to those cunts though. I'd also be pushing back as much as possible on any Christie add-ons. They're getting shot of a player that they don't give game time too, they can get fucked if they think they can short change us. Fair enough we can't stop players leaving, but lets be strong in the negotiations with the fuckers - they can afford it, we can't.

Have you tried a jobby in the post?

Horseshite. Look at it again on the BBC highlights, particularly the second replay. There's a massive gap for Hayes to play into, and he blatantly plays it behind McLean. At the game, I thought McLean had run too far, but there's at least 1 metre or more of a gap to play it round the defender, and a good couple of metres in front of McLean to aim for. It's a poor pass. Your comment shows that you clearly just don't like the player. McLean had several headers on goal and was always looking for the ball as he has done for the entire second half of the season. The evidence doesn't back your nonsense about him hiding. That said, he should have been off around 70 minutes as he was clearly knackered.

Agree with most of this. In fairness to McLean, I think he thought Hayes was going to shoot and made the decision to run in on the keeper for the rebound at the moment Hayes played the pass (which was over-hit too). If that was Rogic or Griffiths (and not Hayes), they'd have been passing that in the bottom corner. I'm really surprised Hayes didn't take it on. Also, like 100%K, I understand why he took O'Connor on for McGinn. Shinnie and McLean were really tiring and they were beginning to run through us. What I don't understand is why he chose to address this issue, but ignore the others. At 80 minutes we were throwing ourselves into last-ditch challenges and riding our luck completely. The goal was inevitable, and it would have only been through luck if we avoided it. McInnes should have seen this and taken matters into our hands by making another sub. Even just to slow the game down and change the shape a little so the Tims had something to think about. McLean and Hayes were breathing out their airses. I'd have taken McLean off for Pawlett or Wright for some fresh running for the last 8-10 minutes. By not doing this, he's effectively saying that a 70% fit McLean (at that point) is better than 100% fit Pawlett/Wright. I don't think that's acceptable. It's a question of weighing up risk, and the risk of them scoring was huge at that point. Whereas the risk of taking on a squad player with fresh legs is negligible at best. It's very unlikely that that individual will lose us a goal, but would go considerably further to helping us avoid one than a struggling starter. I've said it before about McInnes that he is very reactive with his subs. He waits and waits and rarely makes the changes required at the right times. Bringing on Wright after the goal was an embarrassment. You have to be proactive and positive in these situations or you end up losing. However, his decision to play Jack was the correct one, he was very good yesterday. Gave his all and was clearly gutted when that goal went in. Here's hoping he joins some English team next season so he can go with our best wishes. Anyway, a cracking effort from the team.

Yes. 2am isn't really that late for a Saturday night is it? You'll regret it if you don't. You can turn it off when we go 3 up.

Was Considine not linked - by the media - with der hun in January?

Yep. Ridiculous. Surely the fans can just have one anyway?

And armed and funded by who? The side doesn't really matter does it? That can be flipped on it's head overnight as the recent support of Al Qaeda (Nusra front) shows in Syria. Perpetual war is lucrative, and having an enemy helps. Best if you can do it on multiple continents too.

Great plan. 100% behind this.

The argument of stupid people. You can do better than that. Plenty of good reasons for postponing, and the club doesn't seem to be complaining. That's how things should work. Do your application correctly and provide all the detail, or be asked to come back with more.

You'd think this would be a time when our esteemed supporters group DST would pitch in and ask for clarification from the club? Maybe not, but I would like to have seen something. They don't have to be dicks, just say to the club that: they have concerns that many supporters will not give the team their full backing if one of the players is perceived to be joining der hun. As the issue has been made public, it cannot be ignored etc etc. Ryan has been a good servant etc and as an Aberdeen loon he should know the ill feeling that would be caused by moving to the scum. His career choices are, of course, entirely his own but out of respect for the fans and his teammates clarification of his intentions either way should be forthcoming due to the magnitude of the event. I assume this type of situation is exactly that which DST was designed for? The difficult questions that represent fans concerns.

I wouldn't read it. Bet they went for "weak on defence". Whatever the fuck that means. Trident would have that cunt metres before he could reach the arena. We should bomb Syria now.

No need for tests, I'll freely admit to be being smacked off my tits while registering my points prediction.

If Christie was available, I'd agree. However, as McLean will play further forward, a Shinnie and Jack midfield is the best option I think we've got. Obviously, if it is known that he is to join the hun, then Shinnie and O'Connor should be the preferred option.

Suicide bomber like, pretty much says it all. Sounds like it was some sort of nail bomb, so obviously well organised. Clearly a muslim like. Will be interesting to see the response like. Expect to see some pretty cynical language coming from the election campaigning in the next few days.

Sexist.

Wow. This is my biggest achievement in my life to date. Couldn't have gone to a more deserving winner.

85 83 82 81 - MBT 80 79 - Oxford Don 78 77 - Tyrant 76 - RicoS321 75 74 - Nellie The Don 73 - BigAl 72 - Edinburghdon 71 - 70 - 69 68 - Thomsod 67 - Jute 66 - Manc 65 - rocket 64 63 - Tom_Widdows 62 61 And the list updated to cement the claim

Totally forgot about this again. Did the same last season. I would like to take 76 points please if nobody else has taken it?

I dinna suspect that. I don't have a clue. I think it's very unlikely that he'll go there, but that's opinion based on nothing.