rocket_scientist

Your tongue in cheek doesn't help. It's too subtle for the majority to see and therefore doesn't hit a big audience.

I was surprised to read your original post but not surprised by the absolutist position you take, a habit of yours. Ozil didn't get picked for his country by accident, Germany being one of the best in the world. He didn't get a £330k per week (the biggest at the time) from Wenger for being shite and for all his management weaknesses, Arsene was one of the best talent-identifiers in history. There are always reasons for a great performer underperforming. Labelling them as poop without seeking to understand those reasons, or failing to even see the undoubted quality within him is hugely ignorant.

Couldn't agree more. But unlike you, me and TC (and others in the real world), he's untouchable and is lauded by Milne and Cormack. In this, his SIXTH season, the fucking retards still sing "Oh Derek McInnes", as recently as Hampden. Is five and a half seasons not enough? Can't they see the character of the man? Are they happy with the performances and the results? He's a midget charlatan fuck and the sooner he gets the fuck out of AFC the better.

Mezut Ozil was immense tonight, at the heart of everything. Anyone describing him as "poop" knows fitba not.

McInnes's message in his pre-match interview on North Tonight was the need for the fans to be patient. We all want the three points he said. Strange that he chose today to focus on the fans. Against fucking Hamilton? Pathetic.

We've known about the McCrone report for ages. It's been made public today, having been hidden for 45 years by the Official Secrets Act. https://www.thenational.scot/news/17461406.this-is-what-westminster-doesnt-want-you-to-read-the-mccrone-report-in-full/ Do the utter mutants in the NE (the majority) who voted against independence and for the Tories trust the Westminster government or, like Milne and McInnes at Pittodrie, they don't want to believe the actual truth so they banish it from their imaginations?

The Grey Area on BBC Scotland was superb. We Scots can make good stuff. We should have been independent.

The Real Kashmir documentary was hilarious. Davie Robertson was a winner, the best LB I've ever seen at Pittodrie and in his role as manager, he's living up to his Psycho moniker. He's a dinosaur and the lament at the end about no offers coming in for him from Scotland ain't gonna change any year soon. But like Lennon and unlike McInnes, he had a great football career. He's like Lennon and unlike McInnes in many other respects too but unlike McInnes and even worse than Lennon, he's not the sharpest tool in the box. McInnes uses his sleekit bullshitness to carve a wage from a cunt of a chairman and we stupid fuckers have been facilitating it.

An Aussie senior Vatican man gets exposed as a kiddy fiddler today and yet the institution fails to condemn it. Meanwhile there are parochial retards in the NE of Scotland who don't see anything wrong in contributing to their coffers.

Aye but he's better out on loan cos he's not good enough for AFC. And we know this from the many starts he's had for us. We couldn't make it up. But the happy clappers, rather than face the reality pretend it'll all come good.

No I'm not. One of my two points was, and my opinion is and always has been, that he is using us to get somewhere else. And it's not going as he planned I would reckon too. I've no idea why he didn't relocate his family but it's not outwith the bounds of possibility that the two may be linked. I didn't use Billy McNeill "irrationally" as you claim: - I only said that IF a manager was to be using us as a stepping stone, of course he's not going to relocate his family. McNeill was relevant as he moved here and let's face it, any real man without issues would want to see his kids grow up. As for your diatribe comparing Lennon to McInnes, you don't know what I'm talking about. I wouldn't want Lennon anywhere near Pittodrie given his bust-up at Hibs but he's still got what I want and expect in a leader of men, something sadly lacking in McInnes. I don't need to put forward my argument "correctly". I'm entitled to hold the view that your manager, our manager, is a total charlatan loser and just because he's more competent that the other fucking clowns appointed by Milne, this doesn't negate or blind us to the reality of the situation. It's fans accepting that McInnes is worth what we pay him that guarantees we have zero chance of winning the league. As I say, we disagree on his worth but worse, we don't even have the same aspirations for AFC, in your case whingeing and bitching that it's impossible to win the SPFL cos the game is rigged.

What a cheek! Grasping at stuff? You're the one who provoked an argument. Obviously when I was saying that Lennon is three times the man McInnes will ever be, there was going to be a reaction. The point you didn't get is that Lennon has qualities that McInnes will never have, qualities that are unique to winning mentalities and never appear in losers. I could've anticipated that you AFC fans would take objection to the reality that McInnes isn't as good as you all think but you have the chairman firmly in your camp so you all must be right. I don't live in a fucking bubble. I drink in bars full of AFC before and after games. Most of my mates are AFC. I know you're all happy with the coming second trophy and I know that you don't even aspire to win the league (which is why I said expectations have gone full circle) but surely I'm allowed to have an opinion, even if it differs from yours and the majority of AFC fans? There was a massive outcry when we were debating managers and someone suggested Lennon. I backed up this view without ever thinking that would ever happen. I think Lennon's combative qualities are exactly what's missing in the midget that is McInnes and I know this hurts, the truth always does. Then, as the debate unfolded I pointed out that he's never committed his long-term future to us and has always seen us as a stepping stone to a bigger wage-packet, because in my opinion, that's the only thing that matters to him. I don't blame him for being human in this regard, I just happen to think that he's a charlatan, he's not good enough manager for us if we ever wanted to win the league but as it's not the agenda of the club and the fans, crack on and clap happily. The only two points I made were that Lennon has stuff - as a man - sadly lacking in McInnes, who has never seen us as long-term. Disagree with that all you like but don't tell me I'm grasping at shit. I've always thought this.

If a manager seeks to use AFC as a stepping stone to somewhere else then of course he's not going to relocate his family. Billy McNeill relocated his family to the NE and they loved all it up here. It's a question of commitment. The manager Milne loves doesn't love us and he's not fucking good enough for AFC, let alone wherever his ego thinks he'll go.

It is indeed yet another bizarre post from a bizarre small man. He did get one thing right though; there are a lot of pricks up here who feel "entitled", mainly because the oil industry saved them from their true worth being found out. The suggestion that home form is adversely affected by the crowd isn't worth arguing with. He doesn't understand that many football fans are fucking idiots and that the few particularly negative and ignorant ones who project their stupidity aren't representative of the majority. The emptiest vessels always make the most noise. There is also a suggestion of resentment and jealousy. Even as a schoolboy in the 70's I was embarrassed by in your Glasgow slums. The affluence of our region is detested by the wos, Tam Cowan being a particularly bitter example.

I agree Lennon for AFC isn't a starter. It never was. It's his affiliation with Celtic in the past that puts him in the frame for the present. My only point was that he's more of a man than our cunt manager, who committed so little to AFC he didn't consider the NE good enough to relocate his family to, preferring to steep them in the same sectarian poison that Steve Clarke was so grateful that his children avoided.

I don't necessarily hold Lennon in such high regard at all. I just hold McInnes in very low regard, unlike the vast majority of AFC fans. There's a law in nature called survival of the fittest. The English invented a feudal system to counter this but the leaders of men were always the strongest and smartest, positions earned by superior performance ability rather than inheritance. If we put Lennon and McInnes into a room, Lennon wouldn't need 10 seconds to show who's the real man between them. Oh I'm sorry, we are not allowed to fight any more. We have to give the weak their rights. Physical confrontation is discouraged, it's no measure of anything. For all his many faults, I far prefer my leaders to have fight and passion and charlatan midget losers like McInnes are never going to cut it... if cutting it means winning the title, which it doesn't at AFC under Milne, fans expectations having gone full circle in 20 years.

TC you keep on repeating yourself. You admitted less than a year ago that he'd not been given enough game time and you have always suspected he's not good enough. Nothing has changed. He's still not had enough starts to justify any of us having a strong opinion one way or the other. You fail to appreciate the failure of management and how subs appearances doesn't give the same confidence as a proper run in the team.

I don't understand the question. If you can't think of anyone to challenge her as the best - most talented - female singer, it might actually be true albeit that taste and personal preferences rather than data and facts obfuscate any possible ranking or rating criteria. Having said that, I also struggle to like many of her songs. There are very few I would want to hear more than a couple of times but having seen her live (at the Hydro) and particularly the YouTube of her doing Imagine to open the Baku games, the woman is possessed of the highest spiritual talent and power. When I wrote that accolade, Nina Simone was the other I was thinking of as a potential competitor and whilst Aretha is going to be the most popular choice, Gaga's range and consistently staggering delivery wins it for me.

I've never been a fan of Partridge but tried it last night. Couldn't get past 7 or 8 minutes. It's the pathos that grinds me down. I don't find a character that pathetic and unfortunate neither credible nor funny. Very English humour.

Reading the various reports, I'd be surprised if he doesn't take the offer although I'm surprised it's Leicester that's turned his head. He can't possibly repeat what Ranieri did unless the owner's life was insured for 3.2 billion and they've promised that 93.5% of that will be fully available to him in the football budget. It's not "a big club" and I thought he might have considered himself worthy of an Arsenal or other big club. Then again, it might be that he really believes in himself and shows big balls to take it on. Or of course, a life-changing size of contract makes it a no brainier. Don't like his style as a person but he does have management ability so will be interesting to see how he does. This whole thing further shows how small we are as a football nation and how money has corrupted the game. Lennon good enough for Celtic but not good enough for AFC according to many of our fans? Bizarre. He's three times the man McInnes is.

I hadn't seen his column for 2/3 years and I did like reading him previously. I just object when some cunt uses a platform to make shit up. I have no problem with him having a go at Aberdeen fans but specifically saying that fans have been questioning his motivation levels is total nonsense. As far as I'm aware, not having read that on any forum, not having met anyone with that view nor ever likely to meet anyone who thinks that because it's just plain wrong.

Saw the P & J when was out for lunch. Can't believe people still buy newspapers, let alone £1.20 for that rag. Chris Chrichton in fan view was saying how some of us have been questioning Shinnie's motivation. No we haven't. We pointed out that he's had too many shite games, particularly at the back end of 2018 so it was fantastic that he produced a superb performance on Saturday. He did say "everyone is allowed a bad day at the office" but what a total prick having a go at us for having the audacity to point out truths, immediately after possibly his best ever game. Nobody has ever questioned Shinnie's commitment. He's a totally honest pro and always gives it maximum desire. I don't know where CC gets his info from but I know that cunts like him only serve to perpetuate the myth regarding the miserableness of NE folk, which may not be quite so mythical after all. Penis wank.

Watched A Star is Born on Friday. Lady Gaga is a phenomenon, probably the best female singer of all time. As a film though, it didn't deserve to win best picture but it was a very enjoyable watch.

Jorginho's first pen should spell the end for Sarri. Total fucking bellend. Unemployable after a single interview. Fuck Chelski. Poisoned club. Owner is a thief.

Claude the fraud Puel binned by Leicester. Terrible appointment.