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Draper is a fucking awful footballer. I wish folk could look past the need for a strong midfielder and get to the position of needing a strong midfielder that can actually play football. ICT aren't bottom of the league through poor fortune. Players like Draper (and Tansey for that matter) are a large part of that. It was the same bollocks we constantly heard from dons fans about Goodwin and Hamill. Two fucking atrocious players who were found out to be atrocious by being fucking atrocious, yet because they acted like dicks on the pitch folk were instantly attracted to them. Scott Brown manages to be both a dick and a good footballer. During his poor form last season for club and country he was found out, because being a dick on its own doesn't count for anything. As many players have proven over the years however, not being a dick doesn't make you a shite footballer. We need a strong player. He doesn't need to have "a nasty streak" or any of that other shite. He just needs to be able to play football and strong in the challenge and not get pushed off it. But he also needs to be mobile, which is much more important. Cunts like Draper let the game pass them by because they're too slow, we'd be as well putting O'Connor in midfield if we're considering Draper. Draper is Shite, Draper is shite, drAPER Is Shite. He's fucking shite.

I think it was a Leithethter rojo. I made chips, cheese and curry sauce/gravy for tea tonight. Sublime. Best meal of the year.

Shite against us in the final. Never a £20M player, whatever the fuck that is.

I know that, I was saying that that was the reason why people make the argument. There is often a distance between player and ball that would suggest they're not in control. Thus the ambiguity What seems to have creeped into the game is: when a player charging toward the keeper after a defender passes it back, that defender deliberately blocks the charging players path. This is obstruction - the ball has already been released - but seems to be allowed.

I think shopping in Tesco is minky....

It's ace. Although I was shitefaced. It was my stag doo. But good though, you should go.

How you can claim to have control the ball if you've not touched it? I think that's the argument, rather than not understanding. It's a bit of ambiguity, that's all.

Don't think it's for good though, I assumed it was just for training as we have no games for a few weeks? I'd be surprised if Norwich take him back like. Don't think he's ready for the hoofer championship yet. Another half season at us, wit him competing for his place, will do him the world of good I reckon.

I think he can be very good (Affleck), but tends to appear in shite films, it's like he hasn't got a quality checker. The accountant was cliched horseshite for example, but Argo was very good. However I nearly always try and catch his films as he's got a few crackers. There's just a lot of shite to wade through first. Watched War Dogs last night. Quite decent.

Maybe he just wants a change? We're not party to his personal life, perhaps he's fed up of Aberdeen and would prefer Edinburgh? I think this point is often overlooked when discussing footballers, we treat them as if they're in some way different to any other worker or young lad. A lot of folk want to move home and experience different things when they're young, footballers shouldn't feel obliged to stay in the same location all their careers through some perceived loyalty. Hearts would be a step sideways, but he might feel that the city of Edinburgh isn't. I don't think he's cut out - physically - for the game down South, so I think the SPL might be his only choice. Worse case scenario, and one I think might play out, is that he signs a pre-contract with them. He'll be accused of not giving his all, being a traitor etc. and his position made untenable. It'll sour an otherwise excellent dons career where he's done so much for us. It would be unworkable. Hopefully it won't happen.

Because he's shite at football.

Fits wi' the shitey lookin baps Malaga? I'd have thought yid have made yer ain? I made funcy soup and a veg pie and mash for my guests this evening. I didn't take photaes. It was pretty fine.

Weird like. I think the summer signings of show that he thought O'Connor was going to a commanding central midfielder. There really is no other explanation. It's a shame if that is the case as it's caused us a lot of hassle (and points). At least it suggests that McInnes is aware of the problem but just can't find the player to fill it. It's easy to see why he thought O'Connor might, but it's very clear he can't.

What was the silence for? George Michael?

Aberdeen stalwart Callum Morris has left his boyhood heroes to join Dunfermline. A great servant that will be thoroughly missed. All the best Callum (it is Callum, isn't it?).

I think we're ignoring a huge part of his game here though. He does a lot of tracking back which goes completely unnoticed. We're not privvy to the stats, but I expect his distance traveled in a game is quite high. I thought he was our best player in the first half last night and looked up for it. Even saw him shouting at someone for not playing him in earlier, which is unusual for McGinn, he's usually very reserved. The fact that he's stolen a large part of Colin Farrell's face doesn't help him I think. When McGinn's not performing it's obvious and he just needs to be taken off. McInnes manages this poorly. I like him, and I'd like to see him stay. He's not cut out for the hoofer English lower leagues, he'll just get booted in the air so I struggle to see where he'd go that's better suited to him than us so I think he'll stay. Good luck to him either way, he's done very well for us over the years.

Aye, he's fucking ace. Not quite sure how we've got him. Best keeper in the league in my opinion. That free kick in the first half by Walker (I think) was straight at him, but it was similar to the pish that Scott Brown spilled last year in the equivalent fixture. Alexander is actually a better keeper than we've had in a decade too, I feel a bit sorry for him sitting on the bench.

Aye, I thought it was just me. Could hear the commentary like. Fucking annoying. Had to turn on BT sport on my phone (can't get it on my TV because of the poor internet here), but missed the goal. To be fair, Redtv has been pretty good for me in the past.

Great win. Well deserved. Good battle and great pressing. Great away performance. Spot on Deek (other than the jittery last 5 perhaps!).

Is it a chocolate cock with fully functioning jizz pipe?

As long as it's defrosted you'll be fine. Dinna bother frying, just re-heat. There's a certain line of thought that says you shouldnae re-heat turkey or chicken, but they can get fucked, they're spikkin shite.

^^^This. He's more of the same of what we've got. Can't believe McInnes was after him last year. And Reynolds is fucking awful at left back, because he doesn't like having a football anywhere near his feet.

I was about 30 yards fae it, with a great view. Clearly better than the refs. It was never a pen. He took the ball, hence why it flicked up into the air. It was a terrible decision fae the ref, who wasn't in a position to see whether Lewis got the ball or not, he just guessed. Incidentally, it was never a sending off either, that ball was going too wide. I think he gave it because he made a cunt of one a few minutes before where their centre half (on a yellow) pulled back Hayes - he gave them a foul.

I'm not sure it is to accommodate Taylor and Reynolds, I think it is to make up for the obvious weakness in our midfield. I'm still not sure which I am more comfortable with. I think Shinnie is an excellent left back, but the same question still arises as it did at the start of the season: is Shinnie a bigger loss in midfield than he is at left back. At the moment (as I thought at the start of the season, but changed my mind later) I think Shinnie is best in midfield. I think that Considine is better at left back than anyone of our other available midfielders is at the pressing game that Shinnie does when playing in midfield. Ergo, Shinnie is a bigger loss to the team in midfield than left back. I do not think that Shinnie is a better midfielder than he is a left back however, just that we don't have adequate replacement in that role. Also, I'd bench Maddison for the hertz game too (and I think McInnes will). The door was unlocked several times against Hamilton (we had already scored one), but for poor finishing we'd have tanked them. Until we get that pressing, strong midfielder I think it's McLean or Maddison for that one role, and I think McLean shades it at the moment. McInnes was right to change it last night, but we sacrificed a good portion of midfield on the counter because of it and I don't think Hertz will let that go. Maddison needs to up his work rate if he's going to make it. With that and a bit of physical development he'll be a fantastic player, but I don't think he's there yet and I don't think he should be an automatic starter for us (I'd play him at home against weaker opposition, where we have less defending to do).

Disagree, I thought Rooney had a good game, was one of our best players. Some neat touches and brought others into play, whilst working hard. As always, was miles ahead of everyone in reacting to Maddison's shot. Thought we played well throughout, we had about 800 corners too. McLean, Hayes, Jack Shinnie and Rooney were good. McGinn worked hard. Thought Lewis dithered for the pen, but definitely won the ball. One of the worst ref performances I've seen since thon Muir cunt went off at half time against ICT. Really poor. So many bad decisions. Although I think he got the Maddison one right (the dive), he threw his leg into Imrie (think it was him) and fell over. If he'd looked to go forward rather than cheat he would have been through on goal. Little shite. Every other decision the ref got wrong, and he poofed out of sending off the centre half when Hayes skinned him for pace.