RicoS321

27 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Vinnie has been told he is free to go subject  to the  inclusion of a sell on percentage with any club that want him.

Disappointed for him as a player that I had high hopes for.

Goes with best wishes for the future and hopefully he can keep himself injury free going forward

Right call I think. Got a nice touch and quick feet, but it was clear after a couple of months that he was just going to be a bit below standard. Was never quick enough to get away from players, or strong enough to hold onto possession. A good finisher and technically good player. He'd probably do a good job for likes of county in previous seasons.

Can't be arsed looking, are Ipswich part of the big time in England (biggest league in the world, richest etc etc)? Or are they lower league pish? Will they attract the sky sports pant-pishers for a sellout? 

1 hour ago, BigAl said:

Saw that one coming a mile off, surprised it took you 38 minutes though 

Busy morning 

Had to finish my coffee, then a twenty minute yap to the coffee shop staff and regulars. Important stuff.

37 minutes ago, BigAl said:

A rumour to start the day:

Aberdeen are monitoring a move for Cape Verde international midfielder Ilano Silva Timas.

The Scottish Cup winners have already brought in Nicolas Milanovic, Emmanuel Gyamfi, Nick Suman and Kusini Yengi this summer.

And reports in the Netherlands have stated they are in a battle with newly promoted Excelsior to land Maastricht ace Timas.

Timas, 22, went from playing amateur football to international football within the space of a year in a remarkable rise.

He was snapped up by Maastricht in the second tier of Dutch football and scored six goals and made seven assists during the season.

That earned him a call-up to the Cape Verde Islands and he made his international bow last month in a friendly against Malaysia.

He has a year left of his contract and the Dons have reportedly enquired along with Rotterdam club Excelsior.

Hopefully we can reach a treaty with Maastricht. 

57 minutes ago, Panda said:

What's everyone's views on the club World Cup? Gonna be watching it? Think it's going to be shite? Think there's a future in it? Hope it crashes and burns?

I don't think there's an clamour from fans to proclaim a world champion. I think PSG fans are happy enough to say they're the best in France & Europe, and proving they're better than some Brazilian team won't bother them.

The World Cup is special because everyone can qualify for it. This is just another competition Aberdeen can forget about ever being in.

And it's not the best 32 club teams in the world. It's not even the best European teams going.

Hope, just for Infantino, it's a disaster.

I'm very glad that I can watch the Dons most weeks and then switch off to all other football (Scotland aside). I do watch the occasional game on the telly (rarely a whole game), mainly the BBC Friday night championship, but there's not a single game in any competition that I feel I must watch. I often think that people (colleagues etc, rather than folk on here) think that I'm pretending when I say I couldn't care less about English football or champions league pish. Because I'm a football fan, I must automatically be attracted to the biggest league or tournaments (I do watch international tournaments, it still holds some enjoyment for now). They'll reel off some name of some famous English based player, and I genuinely won't have a clue who they're talking about. With this world club pish, I have no idea what it is and who it involves (I have some idea, but it's guesswork based on the name and your post).

Football mirrors the rest of the world in that it views quantity as progress. More games, more money, bigger transfer fees, fitter players, stronger players etc etc. It's safe to say that football hasn't progressed at all in the last 35 years (bookended by two famous cup wins). It's just that the measures of progress are abstract and hollow, and have absolutely nothing to do with what sport means and its enjoyment. Hopefully this shite will be the tipping point* that starts the much needed collapse of the game (again, mirroring society). The saturation point reached. 

*alongside VAR of course 

Surely it can't be long until they ruin this tournament? How about an East of Scotland league format, where each of the 16 teams plays one another four times. West of Scotland just plays three times because their side is rainier. With the scum playing each other twice in a separate "Champions" division. Winners from East division play each of the West division top four a further seven times (and vice versa), with the top three from both sections merging with the top two in the champions division to setup the quarter finals. Those quarter finals will take place on a Tuesday at midnight to suit Yemeni television - with whom the SFA have signed a lucrative deal said to be worth in the region of 1M Yemeni Rials. The winners will proceed to the semi finals, but not before the losers go through the Plate path, where there's a second chance for those clubs to play for the Scottish Plate. After last year's debacle, ticket allocation for the final will go through a fairer route, with allocation calculated based on proximity to Hampden. The closer you're home ground is to Hampden, the larger the allocation - last season's Scottish cup would have seen a far fairer 97% allocation for Celtic for example. This method will also be used to decide a winner in case of a draw, rather than the ridiculous lottery of a penalty shootout. 

Decent game. Keskinen played well, although I thought he should have read the situation better for their equaliser, but he had run himself into the ground for ninety minutes, so maybe a bit harsh. Couple of the Finnish lads looked good. 

1 hour ago, Reekie_Red said:

Dons and Jambos are interested in Iraqi international winger Marko Farji, who currently plays in Norway for Stromsgodset

I remember there was a bit of hype when he first came on the scene in Norway, it'll be interesting to see who Farji has come.

2 minutes ago, Panda said:

He has three years left on his contract. Would make sense to loan him to Aberdeen for a year then you'll get a better Miovski next season once Girona have sorted themselves out from the shit-show they were last season.

Keskinen (who I think will really come alive next season), Milanovic and Miovski as our front three next season would be mouthwatering.

Anyone have an email for Girona where I can submit this idea to?

It's very clearly Miovski politely saying that he won't be coming to Aberdeen anytime soon. He worked very hard between his first and second season at the Dons and came back twice the player. I hope he does the same for Girona. I'd like to see him being the best player he can be, and I don't think he does that here.

16 minutes ago, Jute said:

Would like to see Bowie get 45 in place of Hirst. Not impressed with him.

Maybe give Hirst five minutes...

7 minutes ago, Jute said:

Would like to see Bowie get 45 in place of Hirst. Not impressed with him.

I didn't watch the first half, but Hirst is basically Chris Martin to date. Good that he should be given an opportunity with Adams, which would likely be the best possible setup to accomodate him, to finally prove that he's pish. The biggest problem with Hirst is that he doesn't do the big lad bit well enough (like Chris Martin). Dykes (and Simon Murray, I should add) do it well because he is aggressive and plays on the edge, which is what we need. Hirst is too passive for international fitba, even if he is playing well at club level. Arguably so is Adams, but he brings pace and workrate. Hirst is just average across the board, is English, and plays in England.

Bowie looks a decent prospect. Would be interesting to see what he can add. Inconsistency at club level is fine at his age.

19 minutes ago, Jute said:

 

Doohan gets first and probably last cap. Ralston in for Johnston who I thought was one of better players on Friday. Adams and Hirst is an interesting pairing.

A much better balance to it than on Friday I'd suggest. A back four for a start. The front two is what we should be going with at home against teams like Iceland. Miller and Gilmour sitting, with two from McGinn, Ferguson and McTominay the right choice. 

He doesn't sound very good at football.

2 hours ago, OrlandoDon said:

And first picks who are gassed and half checked out. Play an entire experimental team of players trying to impress and a point to prove. Yesterday was a total waste of time.

Yep, guys like Simon Murray.

In fact, we should have fielded an SPFL Scottish select team. Would give players in the SPFL a chance they might never get otherwise, and showcase some of the leagues players. Reckon they could have gone out and got a draw, unlike the useless cunts who turned up. 

Doohan 

Devlin

Souttar 

Findlay 

Taylor/Penrice

Shinnie 

Barron 

Cameron 

Keskinen 

Murray 

Shankland 

1 hour ago, BigAl said:

Called it last night.

Doohan winning first cap on Monday 

Legend for Aberdeen, best keeper in the league, completely overlooked for the national side. As soon as he joins the Tims, Clarke calls him up straight away. Disgusting.

36 minutes ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

It is a highly rated Cameroon born ex French youth international who came through the Ajax ranks and was once bought by Juventus for £14M but got loaned out to the Italian third division and available to us for £800,000.  Goal record to date is 14 in 248 games. Got options to sign for clubs all over Europe apparently but his dream was always to play in the Europa League qualifying rounds.  Also went on holiday with Palaversa in 2017. 

This would be one of the best made up stories I've read. Good work.

9 hours ago, Panda said:

In other news, appears we have signed a striker. Should be an announcement soonish

Mate in the know suggested it might be New Zealand international, Nevin Kisbet. 

31 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Kelly is injured but still might be a better option than last night's keeper.

Ah, that makes sense. Maybe we should consider coaxing Winters out of retirement for the Liechtenstein game.

6 hours ago, Jute said:

Doohan played in a run where we lost a large number of games. I would not have described him as solid. Anyway anyone who has gone to be third choice at a club has automatically ruled himself out of international selection. 
 

I would think McCracken at Dundee will be next one up if he is not off on holiday already. 

Aye, that'd be correct. Slicker is the obvious choice, because he came through the u21s, and nobody expected him to have to play. McRorie had a dogshite season for Killie and McCracken is also guff. I'd probably take Kelly in, because he's fairly comfortable with his feet, but he's another guy who chose money and being a sub over first team football (not necessarily a criticism, just maybe not something we should be rewarding). I'm not going to blame Clarke for the goalie situation though, there has to be other people at the SFA looking at these things. Slicker isn't ready, but he should have been able to be thrown in against a pish team and told to go and do his best without pressure. He's 22, not 17. Gordon had probably played fifty games by that age. Whilst he's never looked particularly good for the u21s, Ipswich obviously felt he was good enough to be given a four year deal, so an international friendly shouldn't have been beyond him. Hopefully it hasn't damaged him too much, but I suspect that he might have just dispensed with his entire career. 

That was impressive in the scale of its shiteness. I have absolutely no idea why we're playing friendlies after the season has ended, but, regardless, it was one of the most clueless performances I've seen. It all falls on Clarke unfortunately. He picked guys like Hanley, and also chose a back three (Tierney looked dogshite too, Souttar was fine, probably MOTM). Johnson wasn't great, McGinn pish, Hirst isn't required (although wasn't terrible), Ferguson poor. Lennon Miller looked decent when he came on!

3 minutes ago, BigAl said:

I know, I know but at least he has played this season, the lad in nets looks like he has answered an appeal to the crowd asking if anyone has ever played in nets for their primary school team.

 

Aye, competition winner. Ambrose in goals.

21 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Why is Ross Doohan not in the squad ?

Because he's a dirty Tim fuck. 

22 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Saw the name Hanley and stopped reading.

I mean c'mon to fuck, seriously Steve Clarke, what the actual.

How the hell is this guy still starting for Scotland 

He's a young lad, in a difficult fixture, it'll be interesting to see what he can do.

55 minutes ago, Kowalski said:

The most predictable public break up in history is underway.  
 

 

Hilarious. Trump really is thick as shite. Everyone in the galaxy could see that coming before they even met. What an embarrassment of a nation (as most nations are). Two of life's absolute losers involved in a playground slagging match. Who'd have thought that volume of money (handily accrued from daddy) wasn't a good barometer for wisdom? Or a metric of anything really, other than the game of money. What a pair of charlatan cunts.

Seems like a half decent manager. What's the deal, not minded enough? The weird thing is they'd likely have been excited if it had been the son of a good manager, or Gerrard who's objectively worse than Martin. Hopefully be gone by November with a massive payout.