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Pretty sure in my day 5 and 6 were centre backs, with 4 the holding mid. I get lost these days I have to say.

The Hollies - Look Through Any Window

Aim - The Girl Who Fell Through The Ice

The Mamas and The Papas - Look Through My Window

The Beatles - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window

The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom

Nah we just assumed you could remember his debut 2bh 😉

George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone

To me, there are two different types of number six. There is a holding midfielder type, who covers the fullbacks, keeps things very simple, has a good engine for going sideways and backwards and keeps the ball moving without trying anything particularly fancy. Aremu, Nilsen, Jack, Kjartansson and a few others we've had fit that description quite nicely. The other type sits deep and sprays passes, moving it very quickly across the pitch and over the top, keeping defenders guessing. They are effectively an inverted number ten. Guys like Clarkson, Briedl, Marshall (in my opinion) fit that role, and they can also play number ten with a degree of success usually too, although it's slightly harder in Scotland as you get less time on the ball. Both roles require a number eight that does a lot of running, but the fancy number six greatly benefits from having two number eights pressing high up the park so that they have the space in the middle to do the fancy stuff, and also so that the ball gets turned over quicker on the failed attempts to cut open a defence. They do a bit of defending, but less so. That's my simplified take on it. It's rare that we can get someone that has real athleticism as well as good positioning and passing, or someone that can do the creative passing and the side to side stuff on our budget, hence the need for two.

Meat Loaf - Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad

Culture - Two Sevens Clash

I'd just like to dispel any thoughts that anyone might be harbouring as to whether or not I remember George Johnstone being in nets for us back in the day 😉

OMD - Sailing On The Seven Seas

The Doors - Break On Through (To The Other Side)

Gave me one of my best moments of my life. You deserve all that the Reeperbahn can give you and more.

The Specials (The Special AKA) - Break Down The Door

Perhaps he is not single handedly the root cause, but it is certainly not getting any better with him at the helm. He has been around the club for a lot longer than a lot of people seem to think. Was he not CEO or something like for a spell way back in the early 2000's (I am sure the more up to speed and in the know fellow posters) will be along shortly to correct me on that statement. Anyway as I said above I don't know what the answer is and have no idea who in their right mind would be brave or stupid enough to try and step in and take over from Colgate. There is no doubt he is a dons fan and some of the business initiatives off the pitch that he has been a part of with his input have helped the financial state of the club with incoming revenue streams, good job Dave. But is he helping drive the club forward where it really matters (on the pitch) I have my doubts

Smokie - Living Next Door to Alice............... 🙉

[Difficult DJ transition incoming] Gang Starr - Ex Girl To The Next Girl

I'm not as erudite as some on here about formations and tactics, etc. But I can totally see that in Scottish football you need two in the middle of the park to do the work. What's interesting is that as well as Lyons, Briedl apparently played just that role in the past, so ought to be capable of doing it. He clearly showed no sign of that at the weekend. Equally, I would have thought KMK could have done that. And if fit, that's what Aremu is supposed to be all about. All of which to say, feels to me like in theory we have the playing staff to do that, but in all those cases we're either letting them go or at face value they're simply not delivering. If you're Robinson, do you then dip into the market for another one? I'm still holding out hope for Aremu I have to say, if he can stay injury free. Was excited about Briedl but disappointed so far.

We’ve been a relatively shite club for the best part of 35 years so I’m not convinced you’re barking up the right tree by trying to pin it all on Cormack. Off the pitch the club seems to be massively improved from where it was 10 years ago; we’ve been shite on the pitch for most of my life so again, not solely a Cormack issue. Edit: that’s not to say that it isn’t Cormack’s job to fix the problems or that he’s doing it particularly well, but the rot set in long before he got here so I don’t think it’s fair to say that he’s the cause of problem.

George Strait (again) - All My Exes Live In Texas

So the weegie media seem to think that the dog wanker is being targeted by a couple of Spanish teams. Only reason this could be of any remote interest to us is that when the tribunal fee was finally set, there was a phrase used about Aberdeen potentially being entitled to "future economic rights by way of a sell on" if the Huns were to sell him. Anyone got any insight into what this actually means in terms of potential readers for us ?

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Yip I also think this is one departure that we will regret. All the very best Dimitar, Once a Don and all that, and hope you find a decent chipper in Germany 👍 @BigAl as for what is going on behind the scenes at Cormack Park - I have a funny feeling that the answer there is in the name of the park 🫤 have thought that for years, but don't have the answer as to who can or would be willing (or stupid enough) to take over