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Jeff.....ye radge min.

Watergate, MPs expenses, Post Office scandal, and now from the courier.... A new spin off civil war between the 'chippy' and 'chippie' factions to begin shortly

He's playing at the peak of his career and looks as fit as he possibly could be. I have a feeling he might go backwards beyond this season, but could be wrong. He plays in a difficult role too, because he's not the quickest winger in the world. I'm not totally convinced, and I'm not convinced that he'd get the game time here that is so important for a player like him. McGinn used to get three games of being pish for us, before he produced something brilliant in his fourth. I have a feeling we wouldn't do that for Miller, in the same way we wouldn't for Keskinen.

Would you take a punt on Calvin miller this summer? 1 yr left on his contract, not young, 29 in January, but we’ve heard Robinson say we have too may projects. Age suggests seasoned, but is he a one season wonder?? left back/left mid, certainly a position/player we could use (although same could be said of every position.)

Beachboys number?

The Hun cunt fae Macedonia?

Did anyone mention the Hun cunt?

3-6 Huns now. Two goals for the rat cunt Miovski.

Now 6-3 The traitorous cunt has two

Huns 3-2 up on the Falkirk.

Falkirk 2-0 up on the huns.

Aremu definitely benefited hugely from the red but even before it Hibs were incredibly passive and almost appeared to be easing themselves into a game they expected to control and win without getting out of second gear (fair expectation given our recent form). I thought their midfield was absent when 11v11 and I’m not sure that was down to us overly dominating, just their lack of energy and will to take hold of the game. Agree that him sitting in that deep role and effectively screening or breaking up play without being creative in any way was effective in that it allowed Cameron and Armstrong to look forward more. We were also aided by the red as our lack of width in the set up was balanced by the fact our FBs could be more ambitious with them being a man down. Gyamfi exploited that particularly well. Not overly confident he does that against 11 who are set to defend and make the game stuffy (Killie and StM). A lot to be happy about but with caution.

It was indeed his best game, but he didn't really come into it until they went down a man. He also looked better in the second half versus St Mirren than he did in the first, so perhaps needs time to get into the game. The biggest concern for me was that on more than one occasion he was caught staring and beaten by a really simple one-two round him, getting drawn towards the ball. It's the sort of thing Nilsen would have read with ease and walked away with the ball, so not down to fitness or ability, just reading of the game and positioning. It's a weird scenario, because he allowed us to play a nice shape, which greatly benefited us, but I don't think he really did the basics of the role well. A big downgrade on Nilsen and even Polvara in that role. Frustratingly, Shinnie can't play there either, and nor the rest of our squad, so we're left hoping that Aremu improves with fitness.

Delighted to be proved wrong yesterday as I couldn't see a win in us but a much better attitude yesterday and a gritty determination. Early pen and red card I think aided us. Beat Killie at home in a couple of weeks and we can surely then avoid the dreaded play off place. By no means getting carried away with yesterday but should hopefully gain some confidence and momentum now.

Like many teams, they've assembled a team of foreigners, with Hanley the only exception yesterday, in an attempt to sell on. I didn't see a significant amount of talent in their side yesterday, albeit Mulligan missing, and Bowie away. The difference between us and Hibs and the rest in-between is about one or two signings either way. Hearts, Falkirk and to an extent Motherwell, have built squads that require ongoing maintenance, whereas the rest of us are going from 8-10 foreign punts and hoping that a few hit the mark and become first team regulars. We've probably only got Nisbet that will be a starter next season. Maybe Mitov. The rest are positions up for grabs. Similarly Hibs probably only have McGrath and Mulligan (if he's still there) that will be consistent starters. Maybe the young lad up front too, looks to have something about him for future. The rest of both our squads are either average, or transitory churn.

^ Astley tattoo on his thigh IMO.

So, watched a bit of the Stenhousemuir ICT game on Alba. Nae dog in the fight, but that penalty Stenny got..... Mebbe I'm just auld school but if that's a pen, the game's gone. And the ref looked about 12.

That pretty much echos the thoughts of the spoon burners in my work. They have said for a while they are where they are despite Gray not because of him. They say Gray does not know how to use a talented squad.

He admitted himself that he keeps his best until last, as everyone would fuck off if he played it early. His actual words. He has apparently had a couple of number one albums in the past few years, but I only knew his 80s stuff and they sounded decent with his 9 piece band. Not my cup of tea at all musically, but as I said, he was decent enough and he can hold a tune and has assembled a decent band. I've been to much worse gigs of bands I do actually like.

Was Joe Harper looking a little frail yesterday or just too many shandies before he came on the pitch? The King of the Beach End banner looked good, with a few kids asking 'fas at', when he was on the pitch for it.

I fancied us to win yesterday and we won and played well. Got back to Aberdeen about 1:30pm and went into Aitches bar across from the Station, where they serve McEwans. Knew then we were winning. A stroll down King Street in the sunshine, to Pittodrie fair got me in the mood for it. We played well, every player worked hard and we seemed to keep a shape throughout the pitch. Just keep that team, with maybe a tweak in the middle, for the remaining five games and see where it takes us.

Was in the Butchers Arms after the game and quite a few Hibees in. They really don't rate David Gray. They were at the Killie game last week and all said Killie were the better team. To be fair, they were utter garbage yesterday and showed up how poor we have been all season. I honestly don't think it would have helped them much, if they kept 11 men on the pitch either.

I reckon Stephen Robinson used this thread to motivate the players yesterday. Look guys, we've been shyte, but on top of all that, there are "fans" out their, who think a 'chippy' is a suitable term for a chipper. The only way to stop such talk, is to go out, win games and put them idiots back in their box.

Next Sunday at 9pm Premier Sport have the Super Classico between River and Boca.

Very tame second half and only a modest 6 minutes injury time this half. Still 1-1.