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Decent game between River Plate and Barracas on premier sport just now. Barracas 1-0 up just before half time.

Back at the pool tonight to discover that Madeline McCanns parents were there to see their son in the 400m final. I never saw them but then it wouldn’t be the first time they haven’t watched one of their children…

In fairness he looks about 5ft 2

Chatting to a mate of mine who’s a die hard Jambo. He says they are all over the place. Defence is a shambles, they played Findlay against Raith yesterday and he was terrible, nowhere near ready after his op. He reckons Vranken is trying to get them to play the ball forward too quickly and they just continually cough up possession as the players aren’t adapting quickly enough. Also lots of their players aren’t fit enough.

He signed in 1987 but made his debut in 1990.

I meant 1st August, not the third.

Not quite sure where I got my info from that Wright made his debut in 1987 as a sixteen year old but I stand corrected and apologise for the error of my ways In my defence I did apparently live through the 80's but spent most of the decade with my brain totally pickled

Sadly in the modern game if he is anyway decent he’ll get snapped up by an academy somewhere for sure. It’s depressing but hard facts.

Hearts looked far better than the 4-0 score line suggested v Sturm Graz. But they miss Shankland, and Wouter Vrancken has struggled to sort his defence at every club he's been at. Be interesting to see if Vrancken can take them up a level or if McInnes' title challenge was a one-off. Because we've bought so many players we're probably tougher to predict than they are. Don't think Robinson is quite sure of his strongest XI yet. Nisbet, Lyons, Ronan, Happe, Mayo probably all start - and good chance one of them is the new captain - but rest of team could be anything. I'd love us to do to them what they did to us on the opening day last season, although Hearts appeared to have a lot more momentum and excitement behind them after the League Cup group stage than we do this time. We still have 3,500 tickets left so wouldn't say it's caught the imagination. Think we've missed a trick not having a decent level friendly on Tuesday, a bit more of a test than the group stage was, especially as Hearts play in midweek anyway. Even a bottom half English Championship side would have given us more of an idea of where we're at.

Pink Floyd - One of These Days

Chat gpt reckons this was our top 10 prior to today.

I could be going off duff info but I don’t think Wright is close to one of our youngest. He was 18 years and 8 months. I’d agree he was a success but not a star. Fyvie maybe in a similar bracket. Widening the scope here but, for me, we haven’t produced a star since Fergie’s days. Plenty of successes but no stars. A very interesting subject but the evidence suggests that 15/16yo debutants are highly unlikely to go on to be absolute stars. I can’t even think of many in a wider Scottish sense.

In less enlightened times, any mention of a woman had to be accompanied by a picture of them. That was the "rules".

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Jackson Browne - These Days

Interesting WTR Regardless of his defection to the dark side I would respectably suggest that Stephen Wright was a success as he brought us on a £1. 5m fee which in today's money would be worth considerably more. Alfie Bavidge, just outside the top ten still has the time on his side to be a success. You could also put forward a case that Fraser Fyvie with a FA Cup winners medal was a success

Rules(according to Ab mad)

It's that time of year when we're all so optimistic about doing well in the new season, which usually stops at the final whistle of the first game. The Dons take on last season's champions runners-up Heart of Midlothian at 5:30 pm on Saturday 3rd August. Hearts have given away their manager, top scorer and best player to their big brothers in Glasgow. Nevertheless, it will be a tough game, and I fancy a 1-1 draw, with Nisbet on the scoresheet for Aberdeen.

Paolo Nutini - These Streets

I take it you don't mean the fizzy kind of coke?

A bold call. Of our top 10 youngest starters, only Fasanya and Fletcher Boyd have still got the chance to become stars. Of the rest, only Ryan Fraser got close.

All the idiots have moved on to coke rather than booze these days anyway, leaving the way clear for the good guys to enjoy a watered down pint.

U2- Where The Streets Have No Name

Right place, right time, just didn't get up high enough, this lad is going to be a star, I just doubt it it's going to be for us