tom_widdows

That was the BBC 'SPL as it happens' text coverage. Cant find it on the BBC website now said we had used the classic 'dope a rope' I will go out on a limb and say yesterday was the first premier match I can recall seeing in which I didnt think the opposition would score. there were some 'hearts in mouths' moments after the goal when it appeared motherwell were one on one but out of nowhere one of our defenders woudl appear and stick the boot in. Can anyone recall the 4th official sticking up the injury time board? He seemed to be dossing around with it for ages only to then use it for a well substitute. Back to the old days of playing 'guess how long the ref will allow for us to be shafted''

Players fail to cover up damage caused by old firm

looks a tiny bit like beckham

lets put this another way tomorrow its announced that a bunch of parents have gone to government and demanded a 5% cut in their taxes so that they will actuallty take responsibility for the way their kids behave. Otherwise they will simply take no responsibility for their kids assaulting members of the public, stealing cars, vandalism etc etc and it will be up to the police and the government to deal with them. The whole country would be up in arms! No one would say 'ah theres no point doing anything as they have us over a barrel' Rangers and celtic fans have continuously vandalised away sections and the clubs receive no compensation for this (Rugby park when celtic won the title there 2 seasons back springs to mind). However if we actually give them 'protection' money they might actually do something about it (Ill believe that when i see it). These are clubs who in some cases dont even provide seats for away fans? And yet people are saying 'ah what can we do?'

Not saying everyone has to do it but I shall be I get the impression everytime the club comes out with suggestions like giving the entire south stand to the old firm that they value the old firm fans more than the home fans. I will quite happily attend all other games against the 9 'real' spl clubs for I dont object to them recieving a percentage of my cash since they are in the same boat as us. Until the fans start reacting then it will continue. I already object to rangers and celtic fans smashing up away sections thoughout the SPL and then having the gall to charge £27 for a seat that doesnt exist behind a pillar at their own stadiums. This whole 'if wont bother them if we boycott the away games as they get their fans in no matter what' attitude isnt the point. 1,000,000 marching on London in protest against the Iraq war didnt stop it but it didnt half put the message out there that the UK Government didnt have the backing of the entire country. A few matches down the line with no away fans will get the press wheels going and show that the fans actually have the bottle to say 'fuck you' In fact I implore all fans to hold on to their cash and use it pack out pittodrie and away sections of tannadice, tynecastle, Douglas Park etc for non old firm games. We all know that in the current financial climate only the old firm will win the SPL so boycott matches against them. I know this will never happen but frankly i think it would be the best thing that ever happened to scottish football. the fans of the real 10 all turning their backs on the old firm and just supporting each other. Away fans are essential to a games atmosphere. Sooner or later the old firm fans would start to complain that no one wants to play with them.

if its what is online hes just having a go at fergie for daring to say the 1983 gothenburg team was the second best scottish team of all time.

I see it as if me and a few thousand more fans of all clubs start boycotting games then the clubs might actually start to see how much money they make from us and actually start taking our opinions seriously At the moment they dont care because TV money is the most important cash cow for them which is why we ended up with monday night football and in the past, 605pm sunday kick offs. But TV money without the fan revenue suddeny isnt as much. Im only one person but frankly I can use the £100-150 a year i spend going to matches against the old firm on better things.

Well I was bored so i sent one I dont know about anyone else but I am going to boycott all home and away matches with the old firm from now on. I know financially this will probably hurt the club and on the field it might even hurt the team (Ill let the GUASC decide that) but If I do it then maybe a few more will and so on. Personally I think that this press release yer talking about should not just include Aberdeen fans. Id personally would like a link up with fans of the other 9 clubs and see if a mass boycott can be organised.

fuck those who decided to have a jolly to holland. The fans invest a great deal of money in the club to produce results on the pitch WHEN IT MATTERS ie league, cup, europe etc. Playing the dutch equivalent of 'banks of dee' with players who are borderline injured is asking for trouble. I seriously doubt that there are any fans who having missed out the zwolle and arnhem games decided to jump on easy jet yesterday of this morning so they could watch us play a dutch amateur side. Play your devils advocat game somewhere else

surely if there was any sanity in the club it would be a case of Dear dutch amateur team. We have unfortunately suffered a large amount of injuries and as such cannot field a team for tonights friendly. We apologise for your inconvienience etc etc BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOO we have to try and get the rest of the first team squad on the treatment table What possible sanctions could we be slapped with if we didnt bother turning up?

Im defining one on one as a situation in which you are clear and have the option of going round the keeper, chipping him, stiking it under him etc. Having thought about it the last time I remember a dons player doing this was May 2006 when John stewart scored against celtic on the last day of the season. In every other 'one on one' situation ive seen since then our striker has always hit it straight at the keepers legs

Oh surprise fucking surprise When was the last time you can recall an aberdeen player scoring from a one on one with the keeper?

If Clyde 2 are to be believed, the Ugfandan FA have reported hearts to FIFA over refusal to pay compensation of about £120k. Is it to be the case that after 6months hearts will simply offer him back to Uganda in exchange for waiving the fee a la belgian boy 2 seasons back?

Not so sure about that Last December Al Bangura, 19 year old watford player had his appeal against deportation rejected. Took serious backing from the FIFPro, David Blunkett, the local MP, Elton John and a protest from 18000 Watford and Plymouth Argyle fans before the home office decided he could stay till he got a work permit which he was eventually awarded in mid january.

in a horrific tragedy that affects everyone on the planet Barry Ferguson will miss at the first 8 league games at least because he had a bit of a fall.

Theres been talk of this for weeks Apparently it is us and Hibs in for him. Cant see our cuprinol and co getting their act together to get his signature

my stream got slower and slower till eventually it was about 10mins behind the commentary not that I feel i missed out. Pre -season friendlies are so bad. There was about as much atmosphere there as with the friendly with rapid bucharest a few seasons back (and only 7000 turned up for that) Bit agrieved man u didnt at least lie down for the last minute and let us get a goal. Recall a pre season friendly they had with Wrexham in which they let the welshies score 2 goals in the last minute to claim a draw.

BBC news keeping their up their usual high standards of research http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7501848.stm

So her loyalty was never swayed by David Zdrillic?

The first girlfriend was a season ticket holder in the south but wanted to sit with me in the RDS which frankly was the beginning of the end as it meant my mate couldnt use my dads season ticket. Just wasnt fun anymore. She spent the time repeating comments made by other people that were funny the first time but not worthy or repetition. Scottish cup final she spent most of the game crying which wound me up no end. Second Girl was also a dons fan but much more pleasant to go to the games with but we only went to 1 game together. Personally id like to keep the 2 things seperate. Much rather go on my own or with the Glasgow Uni village people

Cant see why anyone would be surprised Setanta is effectivelly Rangers and celtic TV. at least 80% of the live setanta league games feature one of the old firm because they have the most fans, ergo the most subscribers. Ive only skimmed over the article so what exactly are fans going to be getting for all this extra cash they shelled out? Are there going to be more live TV games? Are they going to invest in a few thousand inflatable dummies to stick in the stadiums and make it look like there are actually people there? Will there be live footage from inside the pubs where large chunks of the fans will be instead of the stadiums? (anyone remember a few years back when I think channel 5 had the rights to the league cup and the crowd was so low they actually put a camera in a pub that was about 100 yards from easter road to show the celebrations when hibs scored?)

As i recall the last deal was split 50-50 50% old firm 50% - the other 10 So the normal teams were getting £2.725 Million each and are now going to get £6.25million each rangers and celtic were getting just over £13.625million each and are now going to get £31.25million each Could have made it a level playing field and given everyone £10.416million each but nooooooooooo In the words of frankie Boyle 'its just more money for Bastards'

What's your greatest hope for this season? Our defence to return to the standard it was 2 seasons ago - And your biggest fear? Our defence to get worse - Most important player Jamie Smith. If he can stay fit for longer than 3days every quarter then suddenly our attack might have some structure - Cult hero/terrace favourite Not so much a hero as a liability but i think its Richie Byrne. One thing to surely get the adrenaline pumping is whether or not he is actually going to be risked - Keep an eye out for. (young player) This young boy hamill. kepe an eye out cos hes probably going to end up at hibs and be taking the piss out of us - Player you'd happily drive to his next club. Want to say severin but with macnamara fucking off he might actually see himself as one of the 'old heads' and start actually leading by example - What one change would you make at your club? id like to see a bit more sense when it comes to ticket prices and offers to get the fans back in. Bringing back the same ticket arrangement for the merkland that they had back in the early 90s which saw that stand almost always sold out. Only charging £25 (if that) for the seats in the front section of the main stand with the restricted view in the back section being cheaper than the south stand. Perhaps charging less for seats that are uncovered. Perhaps even making the main stand 'the family stand' - Have you got the right manager? Never really been happy with the guy. But then again the only manager ive liked since I became a fan was Ebbe. - What advice would you give him? Is someone is a defender then dont play him as an attacker etc etc - Which team do you most want to beat this season? Dundee United at tannadice - Opposition player you despise Either Scott brown or Arthur Boruc - Opposition player you secretly admire Noel Hunt - Where will you finish? between 3rd and 12th

See in yon video for Cove Rangers that they are getting a new community stadium with 5 full pitches + a couple of 7-as side pitches. (im presuming that at least some of these will be astroturf?) on the south side Are these facilities up for grabs for the dons or is it to be the case that a highland league / possile 3rd division team in the same city has decent facilities and diamond and co have to continue to make do with the beach and seaton park? http://www.coveforthesfl.com/