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He's gone off the deep end. Offering people square goes. At least it shows fighting spirit.

Exactly like that yes but remember also to speak in an affected fife hillbilly accent. Or alternatively buy online and negate the need to say anything at all. Obviously if they require a previous purchase history you're buggered.

"Hello, my name is Elgin Don, and I love the pars. Could I purchase a ticket to see the pars this weekend please? I love Craig Brewster and Stevie Crawford. Until they joined those horrible reds from Aberdeen of course, I hate those guys. Neil Lennon is a wonderful man, who I have nothing but respect for."

I don't think the term anti vaxxer is helpful in any way whatsoever. I think it's created a situation where more people have become "anti all vaccinations", where they previously wouldn't have been. The COVID vaccine is not the same as a measles or polio vaccine, neither in makeup or utility. Whether you were vaccinated or not (I was), preventing children going to school for not taking a COVID vaccination is both authoritarian and unscientific. Creating that regime around vaccination has, in my opinion, needlessly created mistrust (which has obviously been significantly amplified via social media). If I had been forced into getting my children vaccinated, at the time, I would have been in the same position as @OrlandoDon. Conveniently wrapping everyone in the same "anti vaccine" parcel is ignorant, I believe.

If you’ve lived in LA or San Francisco you’ll understand the homeless crisis, and the lack of support, and the misuse of ‘rights’ of homeless people. I didn’t elaborate so you may well misunderstand my comment, the support given is wrong, the tax funding abused, and the problem mainly ignored because solutions are difficult. The homeless suffer, which is wrong.

Surely the trick is to pretend you're a "home fan".

Just phoned up to buy.Home fans only

I don’t disagree with that. But for the main, having a training facility rather than relying on hiring somewhere or using Seaton Park, seems entirely sensible for a professional football team. Clearly short sighted not to include an indoor pitch.

Yep. Training facilities are only there to attract players, they don’t make them better or fitter. That can only be done by good coaching. If the facilities themselves made players better, then the Murray Park conveyor belt of talent would have rolled off some superstars by now. I’d say the quality of youth players have been much better at Aberdeen than the Huns since that place was built. Theyre a nice thing to have and all our competitors have them but they don’t improve the players. It’s a myth. When I’m running AFC, the first thing I’m going to do is take a screwdriver to the name plate on it and change it to Teddy Scott.

This training ground thing. Whilst I'm sure it helps attract players (because let's face it modern footballers are a bunch of spoiled brats who would cry at having to run about on a windy beach) has it resulted in our players looking significantly fitter than players pre-Cormack Park or fitter than players at other clubs with lesser facilities? Has it resulted in less injuries? Has it resulted in the kids and womens teams performing markedly better than they had been doing previously? I'm not sure any of that could be answered in the affirmative and not having at least one covered pitch from the get-go was a plainly ridiculous oversight. It's a tundra out there. Unless of course it was due to Council planners putting the blockers on it which knowing them is entirely plausible.

I'll be honest , that was my primary take away.

I try hard to be open minded, but you’ve lost me here. You’re not really saying you don’t want support for homeless people? I think nearly all of us take for granted our homes, but not much has to go wrong for that to be taken away from us. Rawls and his “veil of ignorance “ is a good test for thinking about these things. Me, I’m all for the welfare state and a safety net for those less fortunate. Europe has a lot to be proud of and thankful for.

There is more than one irony here, insofar as Cormack loves to talk about process, but chose to focus on an outcome goal rather than a process goal. Similarly, as others have pointed out, he talks about the importance of recruitment when he’s mucked that up several times. That said , on balance, I think he’s been good for the club. The red shed and the training ground alone are major positives. He’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but who cares. Just get this one right , Dave!

Also, all anti vaxxers are a menace to society

Thanks for answering but theres some glaring contradictions there. DEIs are a problem but you’ll vote for a party that puts an alcoholic TV host in charge of the military? Vince McMahons wife in charge of education? A puppy killer running homeland security? How many people of colour are in his cabinet? How many out there do you think are better qualified for these positions? When people complain about DEI, basically what they’re saying is ‘whitey can’t catch a break in the job market’. It’s insane Trans rights are human rights but arguing against them isn’t political. It’s evolution you’re arguing against. There always have been and always will be trans people. You can choose to make their lives harder or choose to leave them alone. What i guarantee is that the overwhelming majority of people complaining about them are doing so because they’ve been spoon fed it (Trans for all ) rather than having a negative experience with one Parents for the most part, shouldn’t be informed with what’s happening with their kids at school. There’s a reason why the kids are telling their teachers and not their parents. Trumpism won’t catch on here in the UK. The people trying it are already widely known as complete cunts. We won’t follow in the US in 10 years because in 10 years the boomers will have snuffed it.

It's possible for fans to realise that both Milne AND Cormack were / are not very good at running football clubs. The two aren't mutually exclusive. While I'm on the subject I don't think having Milne still involved at the club is very helpful.

While I agree it will probably be thrown back at him, and he obviously cannot guarantee performance, what does him saying he guarantees we’ll be competitive mean? He’s not guaranteeing we’ll be challenging for the league, not guaranteeing we’ll be competing in cup finals or Europe. I think it’s more a poorly worded comment meaning he’s not happy and committed to us being better. But regardless, he does have those, not implying you, who will take issue with anything he says, so does it really matter how he worded it?

It's 100% going to be a stick to beat him with. Twice in the interview he mentioned how "competitive" the league was this season, so to then go on and "guarantee" that we will be competitive will absolutely be taken that we'll be in a title race next season. That's a stupid thing to say, even if he believes it, when we don't currently have a head coach or a squad in place as he simply can't make that promise. I don't have a problem with Cormack in general - it's like people have forgotten that Stuart Milne ever existed when they call Cormack "a clown" and "lacking ambition" - but in our current situation the message should be that we're working as hard as ever to do better and any "guarantee" should only relate to effort levels and investment rather than outcomes.

Personally don't think he is unsure of himself at all. I just think he is egomaniac knob

I don’t think anyone is talking about things the fans can’t see. Bigger picture is that while it’s a shit situation right now, if you step back, there are plenty of positives, financially sound, no debt, a training facility being key, a cup win. He’s done a lot. Doesn’t mean we should be happy, fully entitled to be pissed off, he is too, and absolutely it’s not a good look for us at present. Also thought discussing Schwartz was rather odd. certainly wasn’t one of his better interviews as has been said, but all not sure what else people expect or want him to say.

At the start of his tenure pal I was thinking the same as you and I was sure his "heart was in the right place" But over the years it has become clearer and clearer that this man is just full of his own importance and with his over inflated ego he is destroying the club. We (the supporters that he thinks about every day) also know what the club needs, but bigger pictures normally start from smaller ones. A correct managerial appointment would be a nice small fukin picture to start with

Folk that end their sentences with a questioning "right?" a lot are seeking validation or reassurance that what their saying is correct and the listener is in agreement with them. Shows he's unsure of himself. Worrying sign.

right, how many fukin times can one man use the word "right" in a 33 minute fukin interview .................... right

Headline in the P&J saying two key players out, prob out of the cup game too. Do we have any key players? Keepers are a wash, no better no worse, possibly mitov the better one, plus devlin hasn’t been great in recent weeks. Hope to see lobban over Jensen. I do wonder if we rest shinnie and Armstrong tonight, the two old guys, plus with Geiger suspended for the cup those two will be needed at The Weeknd. other than that don’t expect anything radical tonight. maybe we sneak a draw? Celtic maybe need the win more than us to keep a title challenge, obviously we have to look behind us, but few expect much from tonight.

Yes that's all fair.