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He was hit & miss for a while at Arsenal. He started last season with back to back losses, and they failed to gain entry into any European competition under him for the first time in something like 25 years. But the board stuck with him, and now they're sitting pretty at the top of the EPL. Different horses for different courses, you could probably compare Arteta's playing career with Robson's - a lot of challenges, a lot of success, had to endure time at the bigot-brothers, and ended up managing the last team he'd played for.

If anyone offered Scotland a "comfortable third" before this season began, we would bite their arm off. But after commanding performances against Wales and England, indeed the season has evaporated. A shame, because ultimately we lost by 1 try against the world #2 side, and by two tries to the world #1 side.

Got a few mates who are Dundee fans, and they really struggled with McGhees appointment. Got to admit I scratched my head at that one too. The guy is a fkn neep, probably better to serve out his years as the manager of a joke shop

Of course, they (The Mirror) just had to quote the manager of fkn Darvel. Any opportunity to bring that result up again ...

Not to mention the Beeb have commissioned a documentary about the life of a certain Mr Jimmy Savile. The Beeb are in a downward spiral. Good fucking riddance to them

Yeah I feel for Robson. The fans love him, cos he is a red through and through, and he really puts his heart and soul into the job. He could win every game outside of the Ugly Sisters matches, but his inexperience will show eventually. If he wants to become a football manager, he needs to go and manage a lower division team asap before the poisoned chalice Pittodrie taints his reputation, which is only a matter of time and inevitability.

Steve Paterson clearly had a decent chauffeur

Really hope its a square stand config and not an oval. Nothing quite like having the fans towering over the pitch

Hopefully it doesn't end his time at Aberdeen. He's not ready to be our manager full time. But get him back in charge of the development team where he belongs

The most annoying thing about this is not the result (I expected worse tbh), not the performance (our squad confidence is as fragile as Paul Bernard's leg) its the amount of huns plaguing the official AFC social media posts with this new "4 games a season club" shite. I swear this has suddenly appeared just recently but I've spotted so many different huns saying this. I don't know if it annoys me, or if it gives me a wee bit of pleasure knowing that their own paranoia and Dons-obsession is getting under their own skin.

When he was Falkirk boss, around the time that Collin Samuel was playing for them, Hughes was pretty vocal against the Dons. Can't for the life of me remember precisely why, but that memory sticks in my head

Yep i can see your reservations with this. I've seen a lot of arguments that the likes of Steyn, Schoeman, van der Merwe and Dempsey are keeping Scottish born / developed players out of the national setup. But Scotland has struggled since the dawn of professionalism in the mid-90s. Its been between us and Italy for the wooden spoon, with Italy getting closer and closer to us. The rules have changed, and Scotland has taken full advantage of this and recruited smartly from around the world thru parentage, grand-parentage, and the new residency rule (only 3 players have joined thru the residency rule ... just so happens vdM and Steyn have scored recently, and are now in the spotlight)

Thank fuck! Id rather have Lennon/Lambert than that tool. And I DO NOT EVER WANT Lennon or Lambert. Hughes hates Aberdeen. He hated us when he was at Falkirk, he hated us when he was at Caley, hated us when he was at Jobs, at Ross County ... there's no love lost between both sides, and there's no way he will rescue Motherwell this season

Well, there's the grandparents rule which has existed for years in both football and rugby. But now there is a choice in rugby, dictated by playing in the nation of your choosing for (i think) 5 years. I like this rule as it means the players can put thr yards in and choose to play for the nation that their heart lies with, rather than where they were born which they have no control over. Scotland are getting a bit of a pasting just now over this, particularly from Irish fans more than any ... mainly cos of how destructive Van Der Merwe is. But Jona Lowe and Jamison Gibson-Park both born and bred in NZ and both have international caps for the NZ Maoris. But I fully respect this is both Lowe and JGP's decision and they've both gone through the residency process to qualify for Ireland, which is perfectly within the rules The All Blacks owe massively to the Pacific Isles for their successes over the years too. Huge names such as Joe Rokocoko (Fiji) and even the great Andrew Mehrtens (South Africa) made their mark as All Blacks. Finlay Christie is now an established AB and he was born in Peebles! The new rules are a by-product of a new ruling that allowed players to play for their home country even after they'd been capped by another team. The ABs are masters at "doing an Old Firm" where they grab a player from Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and give them a couple of caps thus preventing them from playing for their home nation. The rules changed a few years ago to allow those players to play for their home nation against after a standdown period. So the reverse of this is allowing people born in another nation to play for the country of their choosing. I'm all for it

60 years old today. And Strachan is 66 today

I seem to remember Gilles Roussett the old Hearts goalie from the 90s used to wear trousers quite often. Pretty sure Gabor Kiraly wore trackie bottoms when he was in goals for Hertha Berlin against us. Jeeeeeeesus, that was 21 years ago

TMOs has ruined rugby. It is used really well in Rugby League, where it is used sparingly and only really to spot if its a try or not. Ontop of that, both teams have one "captains call" where the team captain can ask the ref to review the footage once per game. If the call was right, they get to keep that call for another time. But if they call something and the video ref disagrees then that team doesn't get any more captains calls for the rest of the game. Would love to see that rule brought in to both Rugby Union and football

Aye a cracking match, van det Merwe with arguably the best individual try in the 6N history. And in a World Cup year too, who knows what could happen. Just hope we can show up against the other nations

Someone's looked at the Adidas stock of red tops, stuck two badges on it, seemingly doubled the size of the Texo logo, and released it. Wouldve been heaps better if they dropped the Texo logo, gone with the old AFC badge, and relied on shop sales to raise money. It would've sold a good few. And if we win, I reckon we keep wearing it #jinx

That interview with Bosnich is laughable. Reckons Yorke would surpass Fergie's achievements at Aberdeen Can I have some of what he's on?

There's no way in hell it was ever a red in the first place. Yes it was a yellow cos his elbow struck Dunne in the face (although played at normal speed, its actually Dunne's face that struck McRories elbow), but there was no malice whatsoever. McRories elbows were up to balance himself in expectation of a physical challenge. I honestly thought VAR would sort these corrupt fkn refs out, but they've actually made them even worse

Ufuk Talay? (already I see the tabloids having a rare ol'time with that name). Has done a decent job with a very shoestring budget, and in a league where there are always a couple of giants (Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory) and the rest are considered also-rans ... although most of the rest have enjoyed champions status at some point over the past 20 years thanks to salary caps and rules around the number of foreign players in the squad.

Before McRorie's red, it looked like we had set ourselves up as a 5-2-1-2, and reverted to 4-4(3)-2 after the red. I may suspect BR will stick with that original plan, assuming McRorie can play whilst the appeal is ongoing, and hope this formation actually pans out properly against 'Well. A lot of guys were gassed by 80 minutes on Wednesday, so there might be some changes to the lineup. Gorter needs to start, Duk needs benched, would be interesting to see what Markanday can do in the starting lineup - even if it's for the first hour or so.

Definitely a fun fact

And now Gallagher, another journeyman who picked up a decent wage at Pittodrie for doing sweet-fa. Tough night for BR, he only had 4 days to get new guys in and try to turn the mentality of this team around.