BigAl

Ach well just broken ito the the top ten now... gone up ten places in past ten minutes. Now number eight in queue. Must be about time to get cut aff

yeah i know but was supposed to be going on my workds night oot in glasgow that night. Ken its my own fault and i'll live with it

FFS I cannae even get in to the queue

Usual phone line melt down....... still all my own fault for putting a free piss up ahead of this weeks ago

Fucking stroll in the park for us then

Sure the rationale Murderwell used was that it was going to cost them £30k between lost corporate business and the fact they'd already ordered in thep ies for the Saturday game, and would have had to re-order if game changed to the Sunday

Sensible words Robbo Nae normally noted for it

Well I'm a part timer obviously Don't have ticket yet as have my works night out in Glasgow on the 20th and had put off booking ticket on account of free bar all day, but Xmas night out can gtf.... on phone at nine this morning to fix up tickets hopefully

Ya fucking beauty..... winner takes all two week tomorrow

And completely off subject, but you've set me thinking, i need to have a word with the missus, we've nae had any Club biscuits since i cannae mind when. Take it you still get them

Kurrant injured and aff at half time. take it thats far he's been the past few months whilst none of us have heard of him

Pretty sure that sum will include the increased wages for players we're hoping to re-sign

The day that I worry about what the likes of Charlie Allan spouts aff about is a long long way away. As others have said I also got home the day afore the game, and unlike the postie was several hunner pounds lighter having paid my own way to Madrid and back. If that makes me a part timer in his eyes so be it.

Can't agree with the every game getting better and better part, but in the main I have to admit that I have been pleasantly surprised about the level of contribution the boy has made. given the fact he's now on three goals for the season, this must just about be the most he's ever scored for the Dons in a season

Preciously ST. What happens on tour and a' that. However if others are happy to go in print, then I'm happy reading them

Shame on you Sneckie

Seems a shame, given the postcards should start arriving at Tinkcastle anyday now

Didn't see the game only had Radio Scotland commentary, so shouldn't really comment upon the shooting policy, but have to be honest and say it has long annoyed me our inability to get shots in on goal, so ain't really going to knock if it if thats the policy we adopted today. As I said earlier, sounds like one of our better performances in the league this season, and kind of strange how like the other one that springs to mind we had a number of supposed first team picks missing again

Shamelessly copy and pasted from Sunday Herald site, thought this article was worthy of sharing. Seems pretty fair to me Written by Kenny Hodgart IN NO particular order, or at least in an order which it would be churlish to be particular about, some thoughts from watching Aberdeen play Atletico Madrid last week. 1. The Spanish police are about as heavy-handed in their attitudes towards visiting football supporters as their countrymen serving in bars are when it comes to pouring whisky. Aberdeen fans in one bar, first mollified by uncommonly large measures of Laphroaig, were taken by surprise before the game when a group of Atletico hooligans hurled flares and bottles into their midst. Rather than give chase to the arsonists, however, riot police took it upon themselves to wade into the Aberdonians, exercising indiscriminate use of the baton. 2. In the hierarchy of things most people don't really care about, the plight of British football fans on their travels trumps even the inquest into the death of Princess Diana. The phrase "innocents abroad" should be applied sparingly. However, having nicked the North Sea's fish from under their noses, is it too much to expect the Spanish to leave the folk of the north-east with their good looks intact? 3. Why is it that whenever local television stations decide to sample the carnival atmosphere of visiting Scots fans on their news programmes, they always find the tiny minority who are overweight and drunk? Anyone would think we had appalling attitudes to food, alcohol and personal hygiene. 4. In all truth, Aberdeen fans - as most of their Scottish counterparts invariably do, even in defeat - gave cause for immense pride. In two camps, one behind the goal and the other high on the stand facing the dug-outs, they were kept in the stadium for 20 minutes after the whistle, and sang their hearts out. From the press box it was like an opera in the round. A bit. You half expected Alex Salmond to come out and make a speech about feel-good factors, the Commonwealth Games, fish and so on. 5. Pity the chap who had to translate Jimmy Calderwood's post-match musings for the Spanish press. What is Spanish for "gutted"? More pertinently, seen from above - the Vicente Calderon Stadium is a pretty steep-sided arena - Jimmy's balding crown has a decidedly whitish hue. Evidently an oversight in his tanning regime. 6. If you fall over in European football, there is roughly a 95% chance you will be given a foul. Spanish teams are better at using this to their advantage than Scottish ones. 7. Unfortunately this is not the only thing they are better at than Scottish teams. 8. Another Laphroaig please, and I suppose a fish supper would be out of the question?

What that man said

Aye still laughing aboot yer reaction and explanation

There are always going to be differing versions of what did or didn't kick this off, but bottom line appears to be this in the main seems to happen in Spain, Turkey, and Italy. I fail to see that the Spanish police don't really know who the Madrid troublemakers are. What did they do to stop this kicking off ? I'll hazard a guess not a lot, and as usual probably took the easy option and hit out at innocents to try and break it up. This seems to happen regularly with Scottish teams in Spain. there has to be a common denominator. For officials of our club and Grampian's finest to have been drawn in to it just kind of proves the point. UEFA have to take a stand with them, if the safety of innocent people wanting to attend a football match can't be guaranteed. I'm pleased to say that our trip was relatively hassle free, found the Spaniards in hotel/bars etc to be first class and welcoming. Even asked numerous police for directions and all helpful and happy to chat/help. There are I beleive differing types of police force in Spain, and it would appear that there attitude differs considerably. Anyway back home now, after Friday night in Temple Bar, Dublin.... fucking fifteen euros for a voddie and coke and a pint is outrageous by the way. Hope abody else makes it back safely if not already here. Good to meet well kent faces and some new ones. You'll a' ken fa you are

24 hours from now some of us will be in Dublin waiting for the second leg of the journey to commence

One of the aforementioned, and I'd take the boy from Hamilton Accies as assistant.

Fecking moderators starting a new topic for this, surely it should have gone in the Madrid countdown one Only kidding quine, have a good trip, see you in Madrid