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I've tried to disassociate myself from her but she won't leave me alone

I think it's awful you call your mum google just because she wears glasses.

Was it not Ledley King he, allegedly, said it to?

Surely the club can only do so much, and it's down to the players themselves to decide whether or not to push themselves that bit further and either develop their talent or prolong their career? I don't for one second think that the likes of Willie Miller, Jim Leighton and Jimmy Calderwood would not try and push players to be the best they can be. I'd hazard to guess that we could list every Aberdeen player and the weaknesses they've had since they were a youngster, and very few will have actually improved that aspect of their game. For example, Darren Mackie's first touch and finishing have been poor since he was 13-14, but what has he done to remedy it? From his performances, it would appear very little. Contrast that to Aluko, whose obvious weakness last year was his strength, and it's apparent he's worked on that aspect of his game.

Ruud Gullit brought it up after the game, but that muppet Jamie Redknapp and the hairy boy Keys changed the subject as quickly as possible. Much the same as when he spat at Tevez last year, the media/FA didn't go anywhere near it. As said before, if it had been someone like Barton who'd done what Terry has he'd have been hung, drawn and quartered. Watching the c*nt slip on his arse in the Champions League Final was brilliant.

Did you see his two-footed lunge at the weekend on Bacary Sagna? If that had been Barton or Bowyer we wouldn't have heard the end of it.

Josh Walker and Sone Aluko were in the JJB gym pretty much every day when they were here last season.

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I'd say it's fairly obvious what I meant, however seeing as you can't seem to understand the simplest point... The squad wasn't good enough, the facts are there for all to see. On our day we could compete with some pretty good teams, but by the same token we could easily get horsed by supposedly inferior opposition. In games like the draw with Bayern and the Copenhagen win, we needed every player on the pitch to perform at the top of their game and hope that some of the opposition had an off game. On top of that, you need to take every chance that you get, no matter how few. The Copenhagen game, especially, was a freak result where every time we broke forward you just knew it was going to be a goal (the same goes for Man Utd when they beat Roma 7-1). The same is said, but in reverse, when you talk about the QOTS semi. Every one of their players performed out of their skin, some of our players had an off-day, and they capitalised on every mistake we made. Just like the Copenhagen game, every time they got in our box we knew they'd score. This doesn't happen for a single reason (i.e the manager isn't solely to blame ), but for a variety of reasons explained above. Couple that with the fact that we've not got a great deal of top quality players in our squad, then you'll continually get these freak results. A handful of decent players will win you games, by the same token if they play poorly there's a chance you'll get turned over. Using your logic, we should've reached the UEFA cup final as we beat Rangers and they managed to get there. This logic is similar to that of a primary school child. "We beat Rangers 4-1, and Rangers beat Dundee 6-0, so that means we should score 10 against Dundee" Football isn't as simple as that.

The only person speaking volumes on here at the moment is you, and as usual it's a lot of moaning drivel that's coming out of your mouth. Some of the sh*t posted in this thread by yourself and Stoney is beyond laughable. I think you'll note that I say it's a vast improvement from the previous year, along with our league finish, the UEFA cup run and the fact we made a profit. How many clubs of our ilk can say the same? Very few I guess... At no point have I ever said last year was a great season, what I have said however was that it was a marked improvement finishing in the top half of the league and having three decent cup runs. What would have made it a great year last season was a cup win, however we just didn't have the squad to do it. As I've said elsewhere on this board, the next step for the team is to be in contention for Europe every year, if not qualifying (a distinct possibility seeing as the top four qualify now - I think), to make cup finals and hopefully win a trophy or two, and to beat Rangers at f*cking Ibrox. Another massive plus would be to retain our better players for a considerable length of time, whilst adding quality every year. Our biggest problem in the last couple of seasons has been losing our best players. Once all this is in place, then we can start moaning if we're not playing football similar to that of Brazil 1970/Arsenal 2004/Man United 2008/Barcelona 2006/Hibs every season... Until then, all that matters is results. I'm not from the JIG mob or from the JMG mob. I doubted him when he first came in but he's proved me wrong and done a lot right for the club. Right now, I think he's the right man for the job and until we start slipping down the league and finish at the wrong end of the table, then I see no reason to get rid of him.

Nope

Brilliant, so now I'm Caroline B as well.

It'll take you a lot longer than four hours to roll into Dundee, surely?

This place isn't big enough for the two of us, I'll leave you to it.

I've perfectly capable of being a f*cking prick as well, I just choose not to be.

Full strength then

I aspire to be you.

Aye, it's atroshis

And which subject do I have a lack of knowledge exactly? In you own time...

What inside knowledge do you have?

Only if you promise to first.

...a book that explains the meaning of words

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