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Gms is not a player I understand the hype about

Yeah basically manc, that said I got the impression it would need to be the right move as he has a young family and staying in the north of Scotland has it's advantages. Time will tell but I very much doubt dm isn't looking at other options also.

So I bumped into Russel Latapy in my local the other night. Really nice chap and was quite happy to talk football (though I'm not sure his missus was so happy). I chanced my arm and asked him if Shinnie really was interested in coming to Aberdeen. He said he was though maybe not quite enough. Reading between the lines he's waiting to see what other offers he gets before making his mind up. Interestingly he reckoned he's a better LB than Andrew Robertson.

You had me do a double take there Al. Well played sir. Well played.

Won't be long until we are in the relegation dogfight and it will be all your fault tyrant

Well you're entitled to your opinion nellie but I hugely disagree. I'll say this though, can you imagine how fergie would have reacted had an Aberdeen player behaved in this fashion?

Not really taking the context into account there nellie. Direct rival, clearly a guest of a player of a direct rival, self confessed celtic fan and reportedly seen celebrating direct rival scoring. Unprofessional.

So you regard a senior player behaving in an unprofessional manner as trivial nonsense? I'm glad you're not our manager.

I think we will strengthen this window

Please, enlighten me, what would you do instead then?

Really disappointed by this news, he's gone down in my opinion big time. It's not acceptable for an afc player to be going to watch a direct rival as a fan. Semantics can be debated until the cows come home but in my eyes it's completely unprofessional. He should be issuing an apology to the club and fans and if I were DM I would drop him for a few games. It's not like we don't have plenty of players waiting on a chance in the first team.

One thing you can say about St Mirren is they are strong in the middle. Mcginn and Maclean are a very strong pairing if they both start, it makes me wonder if DM is thinking about bringing Flood back in........... but who the fuck would he drop at the moment? Hayes, Jack and Rooney are out of the question. Pawlett, Mcginn and Goodwillie have all been shining intermittently with Mcginn and DG providing the better part of 20 assists between them. PP has been looking a bit more like player he can be in recent weeks and has scored two match winning goals also. It's a bit of a headache for Mcinnes, change up a winning team to make it a bit more balanced or stick with tried and tested.

Out Traveling back from the dam Traveling back from the dam/hopefully catch the second half Probably the pub 3-0 goodwillie 2 and Rooney

Cracking goal from goodwillie, he likes the acrobatic efforts doesn't he. Great to see once come off, whilst I'm having a great time in the dam I can't help be a bit scunnered to miss the game yesterday

out somewhere in amsterdam somewhere in amsterdam somewhere in amsterdam 2-0 Aberdeen Goodwillie, he's gotta get a goal sometime...

I see it like this. We can win the league, we have everything going for us. Great manager, unified team that is fast becoming (but not yet become) greater than the sum of it's parts (though it's not far away) and most importantly a winning no fear mentality. We have, at the moment, something that no non O/F side has had since mad vlad sacked burley. A fighting chance. A couple of wise recruitments in January and we are well on our way. For the record I punted on us for the title in July, got 25/1, and whilst it was an optimistic punt I didn't think we would be too far away if it didn't come in. Consider this. Atletico won la liga and got to the CL final with resources dwarfed by madrid and barca. Montpellier did the same in Ligue 1 a few years back. A lot of commentators and their own supporters would have said no chance about their chances at this stage of their respective seasons. Statistical probability states that the O/F cannot win the league forever more, why not us this year?

I've been to pretty much every league game we have played at ICT. It's a tough venue and I can only recall one easy game there. We did well to get the points today, it wasn't pretty but any win at the dump is a good win. They were unlucky to hit the bar and you could argue they were with a point. I would argue though, Inverness made the game scrappy just like the cup final. Pawlett showed class and we won because of it. Some finish

Gutted I missed it

ARMAGEDDON!

In (this is a home game for me) Flat then pub Behind the goal Pub 3-0 dons, goodwillie, Rooney, mcginn Hard not to fancy us, overall we have a good record against ict and whilst I think they will give us a game they will attack us at home and we are lethal on the counter

Yeah the Andrew factor is a big one. At the very least I would think Shinnie will want to hear what we have to say. Every man and his dog can see that Aberdeen and shinnie are a really good match. The position would be his with little animosity as well as Considine prefers the centre anyway so he would be walking into a winning team that plays in a manner well suited to his game. Add in the Mcinnes clearly being an exceptional manager factor and the long term plans for the club we must be a very attractive opportunity for him. It's whether we are attractive enough....... Of course there are other lb's in the world but I have a good feeling about shinne. I think he might well pick us over Birmingham.

I get where folk are coming from about the lack of goals but 9 assists is nothing to be sniffed at. The frontline moves around a lot and DG often finds himself wide left. His touch his excellent and he creates a lot of space for those around him with his ability to keep the ball whilst under pressure from multiple defenders. He can pick a pass too! In short I like him, he has a bit of guile about him that we've not seen for a long time from an Aberdeen player. No question that he needs a goal but I suspect he might go on a bit of a run when he does. It's a total no brainer that we should keep him, in my opinion at least.

Tomorrow will be hectic so thought I would put this up now Hope all you donstalkers have a wonderful Christmas day with your familes/loved ones etc and that you have all asked Santa for 3 points on Sunday. Stand Free

One big plus point for us is already having Hayes and Rooney at the club. I know a guy that knows Rooney from his time at ict and apparently Hayes encouragement was a big influence on Rooney coming to us. I would be very surprised if those two were not giving a very positive message about life under dm and at pittodrie in general to shinnie. Given out current form and the fact he would walk straight into the team I think we must be favorites to get him.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! ;D ;D ;D ;D Happy Fucking Days! Well done AFC, you have had me pulling my hair out for years with your inability to tie down players. I was starting to get a little worried that Mcginn might be getting sniffed around. I wish Jack was also getting a new deal as his contracts up in a year and a half. I've been supporting Aberdeen since the early 90's and this is without a doubt the best times I have known, we could well be at the start of a golden era for the club. Now if we could just get Shinnie of ICT in january.....