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Really? In what way is it small minded? I've just read item 7 too, and I don't see anything small minded there at all. In fact, the concerns raised stand out like a massive fucking beacon and haven't been adequately answered. We cannot have fans walking alongside a dual carriageway, and the vague alternatives presented aren't good enough. It'd be completely irresponsible for a community council to recommend the development based on the current transport suggestions. They make an extremely valid point about the sustainability of the parking and general travel arrangements. It's about as sustainable as an out of town shopping centre, which they would definitely object to too. There are actually very few benefits to the local community from having the stadium there, so I'm not sure why you'd expect them to be in support of it? Airy fairy shite about it being great for the North East to have a successful team in a shiny new stadium are just as objectionable as the shite about hordes of hooligans destroying Westhill or the stadium lights blinding the locals. The community of Westhill doesn't owe AFC anything, and they certainly shouldn't feel obliged to accomodate them in anyway because of some sort of faux loyalty. If the club addressed some of the basic concerns, then they'd get a much easier ride from the community council. Expecting them to say nothing because it's AFC and it's great for the North East or some such shite and ignoring the overwhelming flaws in the plan - well that is where the small mindedness lies. Anyway, I don't think they'll hold any sway whatsoever. It'll go ahead, I'm fairly confident of that. It'll be down to the dons affording it.

Exactly. This isn't about the Rangers job, it's about every single job that he might choose to go for in the future as well as any future contract negotiations he might have with the dandies. He'll approach every piece of speculation in the same way so as never to show his hand. He'd be an absolute moron if he want near the huns in their current state, and he clearly isn't that.

Ace. I like Considine, been a great servant and a good solid defender.

Be interesting to see what we do here with Reynolds and Shinnie missing. The biggest dilemma for me is at left centre half. O'Connor was atrocious there against the Tims in the final and previously shaky there against der hun when he moved back from midfield. He couldn't cope coming out of defence on his left foot, it was like watching Taylor on his right foot. McInnes generally doesn't like to play a centre back on their wrong side too. If it were a better team and away from home I think we'd see Considine into centre back and Hayes drop into left back, but because Motherwell aren't that good I think he'll put O'Connor in. He needs to start getting game time again to get his confidence back up. I suspect it'll have taken a tanking after the cup final. I think that with Christie in the squad the midfield will be a bit more simple with McLean dropping deep and Christie filling in behind Rooney. We need a strong performance from McLean, but he's more than capable of playing there. The other option would be to put Hayes back into centre mid, but I don't think McInnes would trust Wright (who would be the most appropriate) to start on the wing. It's the midfield scenario we knew would happen in January when we didn't get anyone in, so we should be well prepared for this. I still think McLean dropping back to midfield is better than bulking our squad up with another no-mark (Tansey) that we'd end up paying off early and generally just have another guy on the bench that we feel obliged to give game time ahead of any youth coming through. We should still be strong enough to beat Motherwell.

I use steak rather than mince and cook it for ages, so that it is tender as a fud and shredded it with a fork afore whacking it in with the spaghetti (or tagliatelle, which I prefer). Similar sauce like.

McGinn looking good in the highlights again, fantastic effort early doors. Hopefully will sign a new contract shortly.

happy birthday.

Not convinced. Mcinnes is intelligent. That place is a fucking circus that's only heading one way. Their lack of activity in the window wasn't because they were uncertain about Warburton, it's because they've got nae money and they can't borrow any. They're a fucking shambles. They won't even be able to afford McInnes if he was willing to go either. Bunch of charlatan cunts, slowly heading back into admin.

It's nae really a worry though, is it? It's been obvious for some time that he's nowhere near good enough and won't be here next season. I'd add Cammy Smith to that too and even Storie given he's now 21. Shame like. Good reports though, a sterling effort on your part.

Fit channel?

The wife was watching it, so I had an ear to it. It wasn't great like. Very strange angle to take on it, from the point of view of the random friend. The idea being, I assume, to show the feelings in the community. It meant there were a lot of cringey scenes that looked severely dramatised. The actress who played the mum was quite bad, but to be fair to her you do get a bit of the actual lady who was really weird and almost a caricature of herself from what I remember. The kidnapped lass will be 19 now, and will soon probably feature in Big Brother and in turn a Donstalk WYOWYN.

One thing about McInnes, he's good at sorting out contracts. Reckon if he'd been here at the time, we'd have held onto Fraser. Edit: obviously he'd still be on the bench like...

I go annual international subscription at that price you mentioned and get decent quality for a lot of our away games as I dinna really go to many aways these days. Well worth it for me. I have a really shite broadband connection also in teuchterville that is next to useless on cric or any of the other streams.

It's not that interesting.

I didn't mean actual cunts. Hypothetical human cunts.

Aye, it stinks of cunts.

Aye, yer right Elgin, Jack started the season very well alongside Shinnie and is now playing well again. I'd say that Jack has had a decent season overall, with a poor spell when he came back from injury which coincided with Deek chopping and changing the midfield. A good, predictable, dependable midfield partner brings out the best in Jack. He's too disciplined and cautious when playing alongside a player who isn't those things (McLean, Flood etc). He's a very good midfielder who could go a lot further if we go a lot further with him.

It's because you Spaniard fucks have ruined it all with yer shite weather. As I get my lettuce fae a local fairmer, I've got plenty.

Aye, I'm normally very critical of Deek's subs (cause they're usually pish), but he changed it up properly yesterday. The wind was terrible and everyone was struggling with very few players getting above a 5/10. It really needed something radical, and he went for it with the double sub and two defenders coming off, in a timely manner too (normally waits for the last ten minutes). He still did the 8 minute dither when bringing on O'Connor, which he normally reserves for the youngsters, where he ends up giving someone 3 minutes game time instead of 10. Jack man of the match for me if I had to choose anyone, although I'd probably give it to Deek for the changes. I wouldn't read too much into the game because the players really struggled with the conditions and they all had an off day. It was reassuring to win a game with such a poor performance, which is a positive. One thing was slightly worrying form yesterday which was Rooney's performance again. He didn't get into any good positions and was barely in the game. That's a few games now. I'm not convinced by Stockley, but on yesterday's performance he deserves to be in the team with a goal and a good assist.

Was that their left back? Good player like, very much stood out.

I like cricket.

Yas min Rocket, that's perfect ranting. I have to admit to having watched a good bit of Scotland rugger over the last few years and quite enjoying it as a sport. I see it was I do English fitba. I'm now at the stage where I am so comfortable in my understanding of what it is and who it's for that I can happily watch it objectively without the hatred that I held for so many years. With the commentary off obviously. It's like how I can happily interact with gays without constant fear of being bummed. Or watching the dons secure in the knowledge that the game in this country is a complete carve up and dead as far as sport is concerned, which I'll be doing the morn for the Partick game. Quite looking forward to it actually. Think we'll tank the cunts and Johnny Hayes will be like a new signing, and Niall McGinn will be like a new signing and Shinnie will be like a new signing...because we didnae sign anyone.

Their back 3 really didn't help us, it meant Tierney played really high up the pitch, nullifying Hayes completely. It worked well for them. We had the choice of matching up or staying with our tried and tested formation, and we sort of did neither for large parts. Like LADon says, McGinn and Rooney cut out the distribution to the fullbacks, but I thought they could have narrowed in a little and given us something to aim for on the break. McGinn has been playing really central of late and it's no coincidence that he's scoring more, but against a 5, we lost that width. We could have matched up with Considine dropping more centrally and Hayes and Logan as wing backs, but we always seem to fuck that one up for some reason (although it worked at Pittodrie when Quinn got the winner a while back). I think a 3-5-2 was our best bet. I can see why McInnes setup the way he did and it could have worked. The ball didn't stick with Rooney at any point in the game, and when he doesn't have Hayes belting in crosses, the weaknesses in his game (pace) really come through. If Stockley or Storey were just that little bit better at what they were brought in to do, I'd probably start either in this type of game.

I think Jack is a better midfielder than Shinnie, and I also think that he's been fairly decent in a lot of games this season. When he's been played consistently alongside Shinnie in that 2 he's been very good - that was the start of the season and in the last 6 games. When played alongside someone who is liable to go AWOL (McLean mainly, but previously Flood), his movement becomes much poorer and his distribution slower - it's very noticeable, to the extent that I reckon McInnes must tell him to do it. He has to be more cautious due to his partner being the opposite. I think we could get a lot more out of him here still. I think you're right though, his improvement has stalled and he could be doing better but I don't think that is relevant as he's still a good player. Shinnie looks fine to me, looked very fresh in recent games. A week off against Motherwell will do him good too! Your right, we're possibly thin(ish) on coverage, but my point was that we do have cover and unless we were going to get a player good enough for the first team I don't see the point in buying more. Pawlett, McLean, Hayes or even O'Connor in midfield wouldn't be first choice, but they can more than hold their own and wouldn't be the difference between winning and losing in that position. It's a question of risk I suppose. To me, the risk of not getting centre midfield cover is a risk worth taking (unless somebody brilliant was available). Focusing on a striker - May - was also the right call as he's likely to win us games. That it fell through was disappointing. Last January, if we'd missed out on May, I'd have been happy for us to go out and sign anyone just about as we really needed numbers. This season, I don't see that as a problem. The type of player available in January is probably along the lines of Tansey etc. (who are no better than playing Pawlett, McLean) and we'd probably have to pay money for them, and be landed with them for 2 seasons. Better to wait until summer in my opinion, shed some of the crap (Storey, Storie, Stockley and Pawlett for example) and get in one or two decent replacements.

This should be interesting. Either a fake leak, or some a pretty horrendous exec order. Either way, should bring things nicely to a head. At least we declared our interest nice and early with the offer of a state visit. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-executive-order-christian-pre-marital-sex-same-sex-marriage-abortion-wrong-religious-a7558691.html