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Oops,aye youre right,getting mixed up with Ujpest Dozsa.Farsma specs....

If that was a mild attempt at humour,stick to specs min I'll take the same scoreline as last time we played them though Despite over 45 years of the Dons,have never been on a Euro away jolly.Time to remedy that.Watching the draw with interest......

Poor move(for them),just the stimulus the Hun need,........not ruling out us having an amazing transfer window though

Remember it well too,warm sunny weather.Beat Southampton 5 -1 ,won the other and drew one I think? Wasnt too many opposition fans up for it,but seem to remember a West 'Am hard case givin it large in the SS.

'Hat's off ...... ......loved Neil Sedaka

Easy cheesy listening - the California Honey drops. Top Sax solo

Had his flaws,but we'll miss his drive,and also the local loon link with the fans.Midfield wasnt his natural position and hoping we can find a more complete replacement,as well as someone to compliment Ferguson,....though am struggling to think of names out there??? Good luck to him though,gave his all.

Andy Geoghean,theres a blast fae the past,....and not forgetting goal a game keeper, Marc de Clerq

Chuffed with this,been one of the hardest positions to fill for us the last few years .Likeable chap seems to like it here,as much as we like him...half the battle. Super Joe

Cheers.A couple of local,more family friendly walks since the weathers so fine lately The Princess cairns,Balmoral.Think theres about 5 cairns erected by various phases of the Royal family since the 1800s.Only came across them by accident,but a fine wee wander if youve kids,they involve a bit of searching since some of the paths are pretty indistinct https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/balmoral-cairns.shtml Hill of Newe,Glen Buchat Strathdon - An easy hill,about an hour up an hour down with great views of the surrounding valley and countryside.The quiet roads within Glen Buchat are a fine wander in themselves at this time of year with various wildlife pinging about,Glen Buchat castle nearby https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/ben-newe.shtml One of the Balmoral cairns

Latest adventure recently was the 4 Munro circuit called the Ring of Steall,up Glen Nevis,Fort William.A long day(10-12 hrs),with narrow ridges and bits of scrambling for added fun.John,my walking pal, recently did the Mont Blanc traverse,ie a high alpine route through the Alps,avoiding summits),and said this route was as close as it's felt to being an alpine route.Typical section below Route details here https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/fortwilliam/ringofsteall.shtml If that route doesnt float your boat,The walk up Glen Nevis(around an hours walk there,hour back) is worth a wander in itself,walking thru a rocky narrow gorge,ending at one of the best waterfalls in Scotland(Falls of Steall).Only downside is if you want to get right up and close to the waterfall,you have to cross this wire bridge to get to it.2 wires for hands,one wire for feet.Click to enlarge Failing that theres a shallow crossable stream to the right if yuove a pair of crocs or wellies

First trip to Pittodrie was during his tenure.Gutted when he left. Doubt you'll get many opposition fans with a bad word to say about him.Always managed to maintain a bit of decorum about him,whatever results his various sides had. A true Gent

Personally no,I think he prefers to be out of the limelight.Think his left back days are over though,or should be,but a very able defensive stand in for presumably modest money.Keep

Finished 1 - 0,Killiie ending with another red card on 94 mins.A brutal game,good win

McKenna 1 -0

Going right off beards myself.....

Good source close to the club,cant name,but understand your scepticism re wages,seems mental,lets see what happens

Shinnie almost a cert for Derby,and the Stewart to the Hun rumour looks true,@£10k per week

Meant to have a builder round to discuss but havnt heard back.Those Hufhaus ones looka bit out my range,nice as they are.In discussions with another builder of Joiner background to see if he could knock up something similar wood based who gave me a rough quote of about £1000/m2 for a new build.Put off a bit by the CLT stuff because it hasnt been around long enough to assess over time,though it does seem to be building a bit of rep.. http://www.constructionmanagermagazine.com/insight/clt-coming-age/

Wheel him out as a sub for taking penalties to nudge him over the 200 mark.

Highlights

Well done Sam for having a poor game but still managing to bag a brace.I think the scoreline flattered us a bit though.We started fairly brightly,but needed more directness,not in the hoofball way,but somone to just run at the defence.Mckenna tried to show how its done,but it didnt seem to register with the others. We just seem to lack the hunger for scoring,or to look harder for different ways to score if doing the same thing isnt working.Definitley havnt found the right forwards combination yet.Stewart looked lost on the wing,and whatever position MacLennan was playing,he rarely seemed to get into a threatening position,...rarely got ahead of the ball,no angled runs to receive it,...could do better,easy to start playing well after weve scored Pass marks to Shinnie,Lowe,McKenna and Considine Not sure what the young loons were getting chucked out for.Seemed odd the Security grappled with them rather than plod?? Footnote - Tannadice looking a bit like the poor relation on Dens road these days as I walked past.

Sitting on the deck with the first outside beer of the year(just as the haar rolls in ). Bottle of Birds and Bees,nice bright beer without being over 'hoppy' like a lot of others

Yes there's a cash turnstile the morn. Working til lunchtime so will head down if not too late

Change of scene for me - Jerry Douglas