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The four points are a bonus in my opinion. Trust me, when you get to my age, you'll be more than happy with just the semi 😉

So yet again in his interview Robinson bemoans the fact the players aren’t showing what they show in training or doing what they do in training in actual games. Er, 2 things Stephen: Maybe they look better in training because they are playing against the rest of the dross in our squad instead of actual footballers If they’re not doing what you coach them to do, that’s 100% on you. This isn’t going to end well - yet again - is it…

Enough about Mayo and Happe.

Neil Lennon would be a terrible, lazy appointment. Won things at Celtic when given huge resources (but also struggled badly when given a challenge by Gerrard). Has done little to nothing elsewhere. Had a good cup run last season, but Dunfermline sitting mid-table doesn't smack of a guy performing any sort of revolution at East End Park.

Can we not just enjoy the win? St mirren had a 25 minute purple patch and deserved to be level at least at half time. The second half was one way traffic though with good subs being made too. Whether it's papering over cracks or not remains to be seen but it was a much needed result.

Robinson spent pre-season telling everyone the team was going to be playing four at the back and it would be a case of getting forward quickly, high pressing, lots on intensity. We didn't sign the players to play it. So, now we're back to a 3/5 man defence. We can't really play 3-4-3 because we haven't signed good enough wingers. So we're playing 3-5-2. But, Cadden and Guinness-Walker don't provide enough from the wings, and unless you play Olysanya then playing a front two appears to actually nullify our best finisher, Nisbet. But, playing Olusanya means no room for Mouloua in this system. It feels like we have a new midfield every week. We needed to sign new centre halves, but today started with three from last season because the ones we've signed aren't good enough. They weren't the main culprits today of course (handball v Milne apart) but he clearly doesn't trust them enough to play a back four. The worry is - this is very similar to Robinson's campaign at St Mirren last season. We have the same number of league victories at this stage (two) as they did, and also have a League Cup semi to paper over the cracks. We've built a counter attacking team, which is why Motherwell away was such a success. But in the league we have failed to even score at home to Kilmarnock and St Johnstone, and I don't expect a huge amount in the next two v St Mirren and Falkirk.

His birthday is the day of the League Cup final and god dammit that boy will be fit to win yet another trophy. Tobers ⭐ ⭐

Pep never won the Tennents Sixes. Debate closed.

Today was really what I expect from Aberdeen this season, or at least until the next transfer window. Defend well for the most part, get the ball forward quickly, be alright but not overly impressive, and not be shite. The start we had to the season had me fearing it would be much worse than that. The win at Fir Park had me believing it would be much better. We're alright. A newish manager, a squad overhaul and just one transfer window, this is kinda where you expect to be at this stage.

One thing I will say is this time last season we likely would have lost that game by a couple. Seen a few people mention papering over the cracks and my take on that is it's probably too early with this 15 new players squad in it to even know if there are any cracks. I would suggest the building is still settling and cracks haven't had a chance to appear yet though the building has clearly had a few wobbles since construction that could lead to some sizeable cracks to continue the analogy. The incontrovertible truth is that it takes time for a new squad to gel and we won't really start getting a proper feel for what Robinson ball looks like with this squad until the end of December/start of January. Whether Robinson gets that long still remains the more significant question than what we look like if he does right now though and the only thing that will buy him that time is results. I personally think it's very harsh (other opinions are available incidentally) that so many of the support have decided they want him gone already given the mess he inherited and the sizeable turnover in squad which was totally unavoidable. The delay in appointing him really didn't help matters especially when there had been plenty of more exotic names linked prior and a mixed bag start to the season has done nothing to appease. Looking around social media you see plenty of fans who give a vibe of being happy when we don't do well just so they can say they were right about Robinson all along and people like that just don't help at all. Things I am not saying here before someone goes off on one. 1. I wanted Robinson as manager. I didn't and was pretty deflated when it happened. The die is cast though and he will have my support until I'm sure getting rid of him is the right move. Far from convinced of that yet. 2. I think Robinson is doing a good job. I don't know if he is yet, on this point time will tell which is kinda my point overall. He could be doing a very good job behind the scenes for all we know and good times are not far away. Equally he could be doing awful and we will fall apart before xmas and he will be fired. That the players seem to increasingly like him is a good sign though so I suspect at least he's not doing awful and having the players onside when you are under pressure is half the battle. 3. I agree with everything he's done so far. E.g the treatment of Frame and Devlin is equal parts baffling and infuriating quite frankly and I've yet to see Cadden or OBI2 put in a performance that made me grateful they are in ahead of them. If they want gone as the rumour was about Frame then why is he still here? It would have not been difficult to find a club to take him, even if just on loan until January. Also, there does also seem to be a 'just find something that works' approach about his team and tactical selections both last and this season but he wouldn't be the first nor the last manager to do that, and sometimes it works too. Certainly seemed to for Mcinnes at der hun.

This might be an unpopular opinion but fuck it here goes I think some of this criticism from our support directed towards Yogane is completely OTT. To me, he came on for the second half today and did all the right things, happy to take his man on, got himself into the right positions. If that's the positives, the downside is his lack of composure and over hitting the final ball. To me there are similarities between him and the early days of Shady Mo. If it ends up with the same outcome of POTY award and a Scottish Cup winners medal, that'll do for me

I want a written agreement signed by me, you and Dave Cormack that Neil Lennon will never be Aberdeen manager. Can't be too careful.

Doesn't have a recent record of taking a team to the lofty position of fourth in the Scottish Premiership, so it's a big no from me. P.S. He is also a 24 carot cunt

I think I preferred when we had our team of project underachievers under Thelin - we still didn't win anything, but there was always the potential someone would suddenly start playing football however briefly. For a worryingly high percentage of our current players, this is their ceiling right here. They will not get better.

Porto were worse, they cheated us out of retaining the ECWC. I was on holiday in Porto a few years ago and my wife and daughters asked me if I wanted to visit their stadium. They couldn’t understand why I was so vociferous in my refusal.

I wonder what they have planned for the 40th anniversary of them not winning a cup? A dinner with all the surviving players? A special commemorative retro kit for the 2027-28 season? An open-topped bus display through Dundee where the players show off their runners-up medals? I can't wait.

I would say Mouloua has the potential to be better than Nisbet but right now it's just potential for me. The thing is this 3 week international has basically been a mini pre-season for us and given all our arrivals and the fact pre-season was very short because of the league cup you could argue this has come at a brilliant time for squad. It's going to be interesting to see the effects but I think we will defo be seeing a lot more of Mouloua going forward, he's defo up to match speed now and as I said before I think he's got cult hero written all over him 🫰.

His petulance is one reason I wouldn't bracket him with the all time greats like Pele, Maradona, Messi, Cruyff, Best and Miller (Willie, not Bertie).

Sorry Sorry for your loss, its really hard and I've been through it 4 times since 2007. The wife's business revolves around dogs, (she's a dog groomer and does wedding pet chaperoning) and I cant imagine my life without any dogs in it. Someone once said that humans live longer than dogs as we have to learn to love and be nice, but as dogs already know how to do that, they dont need to live as long!

I remember being in Champers nightclub , dancing with two girls with my mate who was a Steward on the Brent Alpha . He was busy telling the girl he was dancing with that he was a big Engineer currently working in the Middle East , she looked at him and said “ Where’s your sun tan then “ quick as a flash he replied “ Oh I was on Nights “ , superb come back .

Yep, it's the other point that gets ignored when discussing the lack of fans attending a semi final. Hampden has a fucking atrocious view from half the stadium. If it was split North and South, with each team given the whole of one side, with behind the goals being sold last (and at no more than £30 per ticket), we'd sell a lot more. There's a whole section of the ends that are basically restricted view seats. The Huns and Tims get a far greater proportion of better view seats.

Aye. Fucking reject.

Spent a bit of time in Europe this summer, mainly Germany. Not my first trips to those parts by any means but for some reason this year it really hit home how much more "American" than "European" the UK has become. Shopping habits, general lifestyle, media, politics, etc etc are all so similar to America. It's very, very sad.

Think the inclusion of Brian Irvine in your list is harsh in the extreme Irvine was signed at a time when Miller & McLeish were at their peak, so cementing a place in the team was always going to be difficult initially. Over a twelve year period he went on to play almost 400 first team games for us so to say he wasn't a first team pick is unfair in my opinion.

Miller has told the BBC that Robinson has turned things around at Aberdeen. Unfortunately, it's not a proclamation from the Miller, but it's Lee. Joe, Bertie and Alex Fucking have yet to comment on the Dons this season.

As one who has slated Robinson and who after Killie at home could see us getting nothing at Motherwell or yesterday and who would have taken 2 draws, I have to say a big well done. I think we would all have taken 4 out of 6 points from these 2 fixtures. Just as perhaps we get a little bit of momentum we now have to wait 3 weeks to face saintees. Would far rather play them next week. Plenty of time for Robinson to work with them all now though.

Being honest, if we’d been offered a semi & 4 points from the 3 games this week we’d have taken it, but that’s 2 points thrown away there IMO. Completely surrendered the initiative for first 15 minutes second half - the total opposite of midweek. The Hibs goal was coming, then Jack Milne does Jack Milne things and its 1-1. He was a very lucky boy to stay on the park, Robinson 100% right getting him off as he was a red card waiting to happen. Knoester was excellent at the back, Molloy did a good solid job, but just no more Milne please for the love of god. Aremu excellent in the middle, my MOTM & Marshall had another good game as did Nisbet. Olusanya not as much of a nuisance as usual today. Loads to work on during the international break. Our delivery into the box continues to be simply abysmal and we surrender far too much cheap possession, but hey, while its a disappointing 2nd half taking us into the break, after the start we’ve had in the league that’s been a pretty decent week overall…

Ach, not the worst result. Both teams trying not to lose for the most part, quite a cagey affair. We looked like a team at times there. Think Robinson probably got the subs wrong today. I don't think Ronan should have come off for Armstrong, and I don't think Briedl should have come on in Marshall's position. Both upset the balance a little. Milne probably unlucky for the pen, their player actually stopped running to fall over as a result of the little bit of grabbing going on. The ref gave it, and you certainly don't need VAR overturning. Correct not to book Milne as the defenders were easily clearing it. We didn't really get going in the second half, and the draw definitely the fairest result. Thought Aremu and Knoester were excellent, and Molloy also very good (he's a fantastic defender on the ground). Again, the enforced sub in defence upset the balance a bit, and I think if they'd pushed Molloy on his wrong foot they'd have got something. Mouloua never really got going when he came on. Anyway, an organised performance with some good signs. Nothing spectacular.

Stop it.

Well, well, well. Didn’t see that coming at HT. Did anyone? Moloua MOTM. Made all the difference. Bonnie goal and opened them up a few times just with a clever flick or quick pass. Needs to be the first name on the teamsheet from now on. I thought the CH’s were solid enough, Armstrong was decent when he came on, everyone else though - meh at best. 3 points is 3 points though so full credit for that, but you just cannot trust this lot or have the faintest idea what you’re going to get half to half let alone week to week…

Mouloua needs to be a regular starter. He is the brightest talent that we have. Mahou also looked good last week so if he started as well we might look a bit more threatening

My kid & niece will be enjoying their first trip to Pittodrie today so there's at least 2 excited dandies in attendance - I'm sure that'll last at least for the first 5 minutes. I'll make sure to bring a colouring book or something.

Watching Atletico v Man Ure Whilst the home stadium might be more modern, I personally feel it doesn't look a patch on the old Vincente Calderon Stadium some of us visited watching AFC back in late 2007

well well well that was as bad as I have seen for a long tme. The laddie Yogane will never be football player just never. Milne maybe was a bit unfortunate for the penalty but he is still utter mince and the fact he started ahead of Happe and Mayo has me asking serious questions of our manager. Can't blame the keeper for their goal but, he is certainly NOT an upgrade on Mitov. A wee glimmer of hope - The boy Mahou looked as if he might be OK but fk me any potential and any confidence he might have is soon going to be sucked right out of him playing along side that shower of fukin charlatans week in week out. Any lingering snippets of optimism for the season that I was clinging on to have now totally evaporated. Our last 6 results (LLDWDL) is exactly the same as Falkirk and Killie who are 11th and 12th (respectively) Buckle up it's going to be another long long dreadful fkn season. Lower the expectations, hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. Congratulations to St J, for getting their FIRST clean-sheet of the season well done.

Looks like the seagulls have shat all over it.

The new Street Food Kiosk, opens in the South Stand today. £12 for loaded fries! Appears you have to be loaded to buy them.

Fuck that. I'll do you one for £8m, provided Kemi isn't going to tax it when I leave the cash for my kids

Aye. Their first strike was an absolute belter too. It was during a two week period where McInnes threw caution to the wind and played a more attacking midfield (or one that didn't worry about the defensive side) if I remember correctly. Never did it again.

You could feel it in the crowd when he came on at ER. There was a buzz. He did fuck all like but we’ll keep that on the back burner 🤣

Amazing what you find on YouTube. Just found live stream of Curacao v Trinidad & Tobago in CONCACAF Nations League Group Stage. Just started.

Interesting to see the new CEO doing interviews on Dons podcasts. Both HWG and RTG having a chat. Comes across well albeit it’s just talk at this point.

Exactly. Fergie is a Judas cunt for leaving the Dons, whereas we can only assume that the latter has never joined the Dons in case he one day has to leave them.

The level of punishment is a fascinating one. If you go all the way and expel them from the premier league, and the efl also reject them, then what happens? Some might feel that's the appropriate punishment for the blatant disregard shown to the rules. There also have to be questions about the owners being "fit and proper". Do they deserve to be booted out of the game for good? And what about the fans? Would they deserve to lose their club? Are there any City fans who accept their club cheated? What are they going to do about it? A City version of FC United? What of the teams cheated out of trophies? I don't think I'd want an asterisk title handed to me but will they seek financial reparations? What a can of worms that would be. Potentially a really intriguing situation. Until the league shite it and deduct them enough points to make sure they're relegated and can therefore come back after one season and hit them with a massive, yet pointless, fine. Oh and for the record, Fergie v Pep chat belongs elsewhere as there's clearly no actual "debate" to be had in a place like this where we surely all know the score?!

😂😂😂 Just wanted to ensure something so worthy of mass hilarity didn't slip under the radar and stuck it in the most obvious place 😉

It's ace that they feel the need to remind the Killie fans that we beat them on pens in their statement.

I nearly puked every time the media mentioned 'the special relationship' between the US and UK. It seemed to be just the UK based politicians that were of aware of it. A lot has happened since the phrase was first used but the sucking up to the mighty USA still continues. The first meeting between Burnham and Trump is being treated by the media like giddy parents who have just waved their kids off for a first date. Although the main concern seems to be will Trump like Andy. Who gives a fuck if he likes him or not? Absolutely zero dignity. Embarassing.

Bevington MIGHT be a good CEO, and I'm not going to judge a man who I know little about. However, he has got the job because he is Cormack's mate...

Paul Simon or Big Al - You Can Call Me Al