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That's part of loan deals, normally. In the 2000/01 season, we exercised this clause ruthlessly when we played Livi in the Scottish Cup (or could've been CIS Cup, nae too sure). Their star player at the time was Michael Hart - who was at the time on-loan to Livi from us. We decided to recall his loan for a period of one week until the cup tie was out of the way. IIRC, it was a shite tactic as we drew with them at Almondvale-City-Roundabout-Mcarthur-Glen Stadium, and then they beat us in the replay at Pittodrie. The only highlight of that first game was the taunting of Darren Jackson ... and the subsequent report in The Herald which said "Jackson was proof that, no matter how many clubs you move to, you'll always be stuck with the same stick", or to that effect.

SPL is a joke of a league. Nobody but the Old Firm will ever win it. And the team in last place has a monkey's chance of not being relegated!

Likewise, you didn't need to correct my choice of wording. Like those who preface facts with either "virtually" or "literally". It's not gramatically correct, but who cares?!

I don't think Bobby was saying Ifil or Consi are better players than Irvine. He was highlighting the fact that Irvine often made the same stupid mistakes that Ifil and Consi make on a regular basis - mistakes that were not really a part of Anderson's game.

I think I've fixed it. I've got a few people trying out a test-version of DonsTalk to see if the glitches have gone. If it works, I'll be taking the real DT down for about an hour and loading up the new site. So far it looks good, and there appear to be no glitches. But you'll see in good time.

Oooooh ouch! Well I see your Michael O'Neill and raise you .... Brian O'Neill

Holy crap! 338 yellow cards and 31 reds so far this season! That's ridiculous.

I bet the snowballs had golfballs with nails in them. Or razorblades ... with nails through them. There's always someone that whinges when snowballs get thrown. I mind a Tim on the train back in 2001 whinging about the snabas being thrown at Petrov and Thompson. FFS its sna, ya whinging weejie fucker!

Our coaches can work on his pace and fitness. Here's hoping he's already got plenty of the raw thingy we can't teach ... talent! (oh did I say that within earshot of Mackie?)

Is that a prediction or a sexual fantasy?

Basically "Charlie, we value your deadball skills, but yer more than replaceable!"

Take a look at any match thread on DonsTalk when Mackie plays for longer than 20 minutes, and you'll see that many Dons fans agree with my stance. For the return he has given us (no, 2 vital goals in five seasons is NOT a viable return!) he does not deserve to be an SPL striker .... certainly not a striker for an SPL club that harbours top-four ambitions every single season. Whilst I could've given the worst-homegrown accolade to Michie, Donald, Muirhead, O'Donoghue, etc, these players have all been shipped out to lower-league teams and have resultantly found their level. Mackie's level is NOT the upper SPL. He must be affa good to hae around the place for dressing room camaraderie and all that, cos he's a shit striker that has flown under the radar of three managerial teams (not including McGhee as I've not seen any comments from MM yet about Mackie).

Well, Young is a dab hand at chinese checkers. Maguire has good skills on the internets. Lee Miller is pretty good at playing Hide & Seek. Are these the "abilities" you speak of?

I'll start ... Worst Aberdeen Player of the Decade: Got to be Zdrillic. Never has so much hope drained away so quickly. Utterly disappointing Worst homegrown player: Darren Mackie - there's been a few, but how four sets of managers have seen an SPL quality in him, I'll never know! Worst signing: Tommy Wright Worst goalkeeper: Bertrand Bossu Worst defender: Jamie McQuilken Worst midfielder: Scott Muirhead Worst forward: Bryan Prunty Worst manager: Steve Paterson Pick your worst starting XI from the decade: Bossu; McQuilken, Rutkiewicz, Solberg, Lilley; Muirhead, Darren Young, Thornley, Fabiano; Prunty, Zdrillic Worst Game of the Decade: Sigma Olumuc at Pittodrie Biggest single disappointment of the decade: Not a single trophy to add to the cabinet

Haha. Alright then. http://www.donstalk.co.uk/messageboard/index.php/topic,10285.0.html

As the decade comes to an end, we've already been chipping in with our "Team Of The Decade" on another thread. It's been quite easy to pick a team of the decade as the real shining lights of AFC are pretty unanymous. However, do you think you can create a Shittest Team Of The Decade? The rules are you can ONLY select one player, one moment, and one starting-eleven for the below categories. This is gonna be tough! Worst Aberdeen Player of the Decade: Worst homegrown player: Worst signing: Worst goalkeeper: Worst defender: Worst midfielder: Worst forward: Worst manager: Pick your worst starting XI from the decade: Worst Game of the Decade: Biggest single disappointment of the decade:

In my opinion, all it does is shows the lack of talent writing for the EE these days. Mackie should be nowhere near ANY Aberdeen side, nevermind near the Team Of The Decade. Just cos he's been playing for the Dons throughout the entire decade doesn't automatically make him worthy of being nominated for the best team of the past ten years.

McGhee will say something. The Arabs caretaker manager will pin McGhee's comments up in the United dressing room. They'll beat us, and they'll say "I didn't have to do much in the way of motivation - my counterpart did that for me" However, it's about time we got revenge for the 4-0 thrashing they gave us back in the day when Deano got sent off 17 times. I'm still smarting from that defeat

I thought that too. I thought McGhee's interest in Obiefule ended when he saw what Marshall could do

Hmmmm. I'll take this with a pinch of salt. I'm lead to believe Anderson is looking at retiring soon and moving back home to Aberdeen to pursue a career in investment. Nevertheless, I wouldn't put it past someone like Anderson to sign for a club like Hibs and give them his all ... even when coming up against his beloved Dons - such is his phenomenal level of professionalism

Ok, I apologise for the McDonalds remark. I personally have never given any abuse to McDonalds staff. But I have stood in that queue enough times to see that there is more than a minority of customers who give the McD's staff more than their fair share of abuse. Getting back to McKimmie, though. If Willie Miller walked past a packed South Stand, and someone shouted "Willie, yer a fuckin waste of money!" and Willie decided to stick the fingers up in the general direction of the South Stand, would you still herald him as high as you do now?

So ... you can use it on your phone? Or you can't?

Aye, but Bobby, the fans help pay the players wages. We all give heaps of abuse to yer average McDonalds employee. Can you imagine the uproar if said employee turned around and said "well, what do you expect? This is a fuckin McDonalds, ye tube!" I think the paying customer would be pretty fucked off. Same goes for professional sportsmen. Part of being a professional sportsman is that you remain PROFESSIONAL!