TENEMENTFUNSTER

He's history.

CRAIG Brown insists Nacho Novo was a no-go for Aberdeen as the Red Army would have been up in arms if they had signed the former Rangers striker. Novo is currently back home in Spain with Sporting Gijon, but his agent offered the veteran manager the chance to sign the player. Brown is in the market for a front man after Scotland international Chris Maguire left for Derby County, but immediately ruled out what would have been a highly controversial move. The Spanish hitman has certainly made an impact at Pittodrie in the past but for all the wrong reasons as far as Dons fans are concerned. He was sent off at the venue for a shocking challenge on Stuart Duff in May 2008 on a dramatic last night of the season when Celtic clinched the SPL title at Tannadice. Then he was fined £500 and severely censured by the SFA for making a one-fingered gesture to the Aberdeen supporters following another stormy match at Pittodrie in November 2009. Novo had also infuriated Dons fans at the end of one of the most explosive fixtures in Scottish football by flashing his buttocks at them on the way off the park at the end of that match. Brown said: "We had a striker offered to us, but as soon as I heard the name I knew we couldn't bring him to Aberdeen. "He's an ex-Rangers player who I am told has a bit of previous with our supporters and that wouldn't work. I am not going to bring someone here that would anger the fans as we want to make them happy and proud of this club and its players." Brown also rejected the chance to sign Derek Riordan after contact from the former Hibs striker's agent, but he is determined to keep adding to the squad. The Aberdeen manager hasn't entirely given up hope that Sone Aluko will return to the club despite being out of contract. The Nigeria international wants to return to England, but has been invited to train with the Dons once he recovers from playing in the Olympic qualifying competition. The winger is expected to net the Pittodrie club £200,000 in compensation if he does move, but Brown would rather keep him. He added: "We have spoken to Sone and he is back from Nigeria and quite properly needs a rest at the moment. He has been playing in Olympic qualifiers for his country, but we have offered him the chance to come and train with us if he wants. "What I can say is that we haven't withdrawn the offer that we made to him because we had to do that to cover ourselves in terms of compensation. There is a time limit on things, but if he does want to come back here then at this stage we would still be open to that happening." Nacho fucking Novo, really, what was that cunt of an agent thinking? Also, Riordan just gets a brush of, must be after barrow loads of cash.

No idea mate, didn't see the first one but heard good reviews.

Some team we'll have by "apparently today" and "by the end of the week".

He's definitely stone cold by now.

Luther, pretty bloody good.

Can't believe it, would be fairly pleased with it but the old question marks about off field bampottery and on field lack of interest.

I like that and yes CtS, completely agree. Idiocy.

Left an average side? Probably. An average side would be a fucking godsend right now though and an average side was the best we've had for some time. Average, competent players whilst not "inspiring" might not be that bad a thing.

Maybe slipped over the line of "not inspired" to "fucked him before he's got a shirt on". Haven't yet seen or heard of the "inspired" camp either, more likely reasonably happy with what seems a competent player signing.

I quite liked it.

By signing for Peterhead.

A stringent medical. Has he really got that much going for him after a SECOND trial and we need to perform a "stringent" medical? Fuck.

I went down there wi the wife a while back. She just complained that I had only took her to Bangor.

I really hope these are just attempts to find decent players on the cheap and there actually are players of quality to be signed. I have no faith that this is the case though.

Whereas Murray's first serve was appalling.

As long as he's not a tube.

Contract = pay up or fuck off. Regardless how much wages a player is on.

We had a late tee off on a Sunday, probably why the greens were slow as fuck. Got to say, my home course is in fucking brilliant nick right now, greens are great. Best I've seen them. Now I've got over a quite heartbreaking dose of shanks!

Incidentally, Dalmahoy was excellent, really good track. Greens were slow as a week in the jail and the tee boxes were really bare in places but a lovely course nonetheless. Wee sleeve of pro-v's out the pro-shop too, I'll be back.

Agree with all of this but, I just can't take to the lad, not that that matters a fuck. Great performance.

You definitely have the second half right so the first part is probably right too!

More inclined to think this is classic diversionary tactics right out of the Murray book, Murray said he was going to do this approximately every 5 years. It is, and always will be, total fucking shite.

Baws.

Not quite but close enough! I thought Vidal was Aluko when he arrived at Pittodrie one matchday, accompanied by a somewhat rotund geezer Disco referred to as "Bubba Gump".