tom_widdows

Tom Hunter (New Cumnock) is the man yer after Tom Farmer (as far as I know) hasn't done anything yet. Hes from Leith if anyone's interested

Do you? You rent a property and one day you decide to make some improvements. If yer a 'good' tenant you ask your landlord for permission who in turn will need to consider if your changes will improve or potentially damage their investment. In a domestic property if its merely painting a room then yer usually fine as it wont cost much to rectify and they could always withold yer deposit at the end. If you start knocking down walls or extending then its another matter. In commercial property its common for lease agreements to have a clause stating you will return the property back to the state it was prior to occupation but you still need to get permission from the landlord to do anything and if you do it against their wishes they can kick you out. Now Queens park may be a small amatuer club but they were the owners and whatever the SFA proposed the Spiders opening gambit would be 'whats in it for us?'. Businesses come along saying they want to buy the naming rights - 'whats in it for us?' We'd like to build offices, shops, a hotel, student halls into the structure of a new stand(s) to build revenue streams - 'whats in it for us?' and so on Now Queens park are gone its one less hurdle for potential investors plus now the SFA have an asset they can take out loans against

Sportsound & co citing Stuttgarty's stadium as an example of what could be done at Hampden 2006 World Cup (58million euro redevelopment) 52000 capacity After redevelopment (completed 2011 63.5million euros) 64000 capacity (54000 when all seated)

The suggestion they are lying to the UK punters would imply they actually know the truth but are deliberately witholding it. I reckon they actually haven't got a clue what happened or what the various MI departments or armed forces are up to at any point, are rightfully embarassed by this, and its easy to blame Russia because they invented the nerve agent used.

Stage 2 warrant (M&E infrastructure) has now been submitted.

go here and search for application reference 181336/DPP https://publicaccess.aberdeencity.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=simple&searchType=Application

Stage 1 (foundations, drainage and superstructure (excluding timber kit)) Building warrant approved last week and if anyone is bothered this is the proposed layout for the restuarant development between the stadium and kingswells https://publicaccess.aberdeencity.gov.uk/online-applications/files/D5E49BFCA627CF7A06987B391E9B350C/pdf/181336_DPP-Proposed_Site_Layout-1705312.pdf

Should have hired Jim Duffy as opposed to a guy who wreaked havoc in both sides of Birmingham and considers cheating to win the League title as a manager a greater achievement than winning it honestly as a player or lifting a european trophy after beating two of the biggest teams in the world. Who the fuck thought it was a good idea to arrange a 'friendly' against the 3rd best team in the world?

5live stat (from Sutton however) This is Sevco's worst ever start to a league season or if you follow the 'same club' mentality, their worst start for 29 years

Next week aberdeen FC shall refuse to play in daytime due to the colour of the sky not going with the red and white logo Any player caught drinking a can of pepsi shall be sacked and so on

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-45390489 Now this is something that concerned me both at the league cup final and when I did a couple of first aid stints at tic champions league games. If ever a stadium smacks of rennovation on the cheap it is celtic park and the situaiton they have on Janefield street is shocking. The old 'Jungle' only held 5033 when they made it all seater yet the building standards folk of the mid 90s saw fit to allow the Janefield street access to remain the same for the current 27000 seater stand.

That bastion of fashion google. They key to that statement is 'well made' which is not the same as wearing a suit because you think it makes you look smart. If you can buy a suit 'off the peg' and it doesnt make you look like it was provided by your probation officer then you are very fortunate. Someone once said to me they would never hire or seek the services of someone if they werent wearing a suit. If your criteria for judging someone's ability is a particular piece of clothing then you are going to get shafted.

Next week will you be calling for him to wear a sheepskin coat too?

its been given against a non OF team. Of course it was. (He says without seeing it)

Cracking start i see

Old and potentially not relevant to this thread but in light of Costa Coffee being snapped up by Coca Cola (oldie but a goodie)

Could you give a couple of examples as I'm struggling with this category bullshit and cant believe the likes of Andorra, Faroe islands etc meet this. Wondering if UEFA just pick and choose as it suits

I could be wrong but I believe one of the reasons competitive scotland games are no longer 'toured' around the country is because only 4 stadiums meet UEFA's pathetic excuse for criteria for competitive internationals (category 4). 3 in Glasgow, 1 in Edinburgh (and its a rugby one). For all the good work Hearts and Hibs have done I believe there is little or nothing they can do to get the category 4 rating short of demolishing relatively new stands and sacrificing standard seats for corporate and media facilities (2tv studios, 10 commentary positions minimum 150 VIP car parking spaces, 1000m2 external area for tv vans to name but a few criteria). Same applies for Rugby Park and definetly for pittodrie.

The Sun (yes I know!) claiming Miller has quit Livingston

Gotta love Efe Ambrose

Cynic in me says corrupt politicians with shares in Vaping companies are on the attack following the recent article suggesting (drum roll for fuck all affect) that vaping might not be 'safe' I am enjoing how the argument of 'its less harmful than smoking' (future saatchi & saatchi billboard) is being spun so it can be translated by the masses as 'they said its safe!' Personally I prefer the alternative to vaping. Chewing a piece of juicy fruit gum whilst spraying random strangers with a can of Lynx

Alex Di Rocco anyone?

Perhaps another factor in the civil war. The aberdeen based fans hate the Glasgow based ones and vice versa The Wester Ross based fans hate the Inverness based ones etc The Perth based fans hate the dundee based ones etc everyone hates the edinburgh based ones etc and no one really cares about the Borders, englandshire or foreign based ones.

Certain comments on the officla AFC facebook feed suggest a certain song about Dumbarton's assistant manager split the support. Also complaints from people about people complaining about them stadning up, language used, their political persuasion, whether they wore boxers or briefs and so on. Few of the comments remind me of people who compain about drivers who don't break speed limits. Along the lines of 'I'll act like a prick if I want to and if you don't like it you're a killjoy' This sort of shit isnt new, just perhaps getting more coverage now, or maybe as people are getting older they are getting less tolerant (from both sides). Bringing back standing should remove one of the arguments anyway

1. One name per points tally for the season, first come first served! 2. Allowed to change guess at any point as along as it is to an empty tally Kenny Choose again 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 - EdmontonDandy 78 77 - OxfordDon 76 - Elgindon 75 - Lencarl 74 - Rico 73 - wee toon red 72 - Tom_W 71 - Ten Caat 70 - Manc 69 - BigAl 68 - MBT 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30