TENEMENTFUNSTER

I'd be happy if it wasn't them too, I'd be gutted to miss a trip like that.

is precisely what he should be in the frame for.

Olomouc or Crusaders is the way forward, followed by Odense!

Without saying we'll get a sniff of getting through, that could have been worse.

Cold hard cash is the answer to most, if not all, of the issues here and that just isn't going to materialise any time soon. Any team that has "succeeded" in Scotland ends up breaking up, play well, get noticed. To be honest we have done not too bad in holding on to and attracting a couple of decent performers (Smith, Seve, Nicholson, Kerr, Mulgrew, Miller) but it has to be increasingly difficult to hold on to players that do well with the money on offer elsewhere, irrespective of the perceived standard or level of fitba where the bucks are. The way fitba is played out in Scotland has pretty much been as Dave described for a few years now and kinda validates the remarks from players like Nicholson and Seve on their departures. The general standard of player in Scotland is such that playing open fitba will get you absolutely fuck all over a season and the players capable of both attractive fitba and the ability to work hard are rare and more often than not expensive, so the defensive option is the way forward ie first and foremost don't lose games. It is easy to moan about a lack of creativity or flowing fitba but start shipping goals and that opens the floodgates to all manner of shite, folk get sacked. I just hope that the "youth policy" is being given the priority and funding it is alledged to be getting by AFC as that is the only viable way of increasing the standards in the absence of any meaningful investment. You just wonder what/who will be attracted not just to us but to Scottish fitba in general especially when an average player, by any way you wish to judge it, like Stephen Hughes can attract wages, probably more than double what we can offer, in the lower reaches of England. In that kind of context it makes everything clear about how fucked an environment McGhee has to work in to bring in players of any sort of decent quality. It does also ask questions about a board who are more than willing to pay "a fucking fortune" to change management but then insist on fuck all for player investment. I really struggle with that regardless of any debate about what anyone thinks about current or previous management.

Twister in New Orleans.

Aye Jager, seen a few bits of evidence like that. Group/team based incentives do tend to work better so perhaps pooled bonuses?

His dream is the English Second Division. Set your sights high son.

Indeed. Money talks but he is a decent player and I don't necessarily think he improves then with Aguiar away. Though quite why someone would sign for those cunts is beyond me irrespective of the cash on offer.

Some posters here and elsewhere would deserve that kind of response though BB such was their wet dream over appointing McGhee. That said, you are both right, such comparisons and discussions are bereft of any real value.

it should come to this, Hughes out of our price range. A thoroughly average player can command 7 or 8 k a week. Jesus wept. A player who could do us a wee turn though but "big money move"? No.

Think because of the Euro ties folk are holding back or not even considering a hurl down there, not like it captures the imagination no matter how well thought of Windass may be with us all. Noticed on the tickets the stamp says "The Aberdeen Football Club" WTF?

Same here, nightmare. Got one a few weeks back and it was tremendous value!!

A good player but not one that merits this kind of seemingly daft treatment and anyone who would rather go to Motherwell should no longer be considered purely on that basis alone.

I do believe that should be the last song.

We shouldn't have to sacrifice the one thing in our shakey ground we've spent money on.

Absolutely, along similar lines to Mercer trying to merge Hibs and Hearts. Daftness.

The pitch is back to it's best.

The Daily Retard puts the figure at less than half the Setanta deal. Lex Gold is a total diddy.

I can go on holiday up to date on the squad number of 1 player. Many thanks.

You're a rocket man.

Have they sacked their manager too? Hmmm, I smell sheeeeeeite.

I'm going to wait and see what kind of tie ups there are next season as I'm looking to change, probably to BT.