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Scottish Cup Semi-Final: Hearts v Aberdeen

Reekie_Red

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  1. Ah Panda, our old chum. Been a while since I've read anything of his. Pretty well constructed article, tbh ... certainly a good step forward from his old TMWTM magazine which was, to be fair, powder puff. I especially agree with the following: I think we all agree that Jimmy has brought respectability back to Pittodrie. Too long, we've been toiling at the wrong end of the table, and been the laughing stock of the SPL. At least Jimmy has made some quality signings and has given the Red Army some very memorable moments (Copenhagen, Bayern, Dnipro ... not to mention regular home wins against the ugly sisters). But we're pretty much all in agreement that Jimmy is not the man to take Aberdeen further. He's built a good foundation for the next man to work from. We just need to be very very careful about who that next man is, otherwise we risk undoing all the work JC has done, and returning to the dark days of Paterson, Skovdahl, Alex Miller and Aitken.
  2. Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon
  3. Did the tortoise look anything like Scott Severin? Or was it walking too fast to be Seve?
  4. Smith is arguably our most naturally gifted footballer. He has the ability to turn games in our favour at the drop of a hat ... something we've not seen since Eoin Jess was at the club. But Smith is just too injury prone for a cash-strapped club to have on their books. 14 starts this season is not a good haul for the amount of money we've paid him. Time to cut him free and let another club pay for a handful of good games per season.
  5. Completely agree. The three goals were very difficult for Langfield to do anything about. Maybe he could've shouted a bit louder to let Consi know he was behind him. But Consi was only doing what any defender should be doing ... trying to clear the ball out of his area. The second was a goal out of nothing for McDonald and Langfield did well to get as close as he did, considering how late he would've seen it. And the third ... well, when you're one-on-one with the goalie it's all down to how good a striker you are. McDonald's goal-tally this season shows he clearly knows how to find the back of the net. So again, I can't really fault Langfield for that goal. I just wish Maguire and Wright would take some tips from Scott McDonald on how to finish when you're 1-on-1 with the keeper.
  6. Of the defence, Consi looked the shakiest. But in saying that, at least he got stuck in a few times. I didn't even remember seeing Severin's face on the tele once during that match. He might as well have not been involved in that match, he was so anonymous. Langfield was at his best today, imho, and was probably worthy of MOTM from an Aberdeen perspective. Good job from Maguire too. I thought he and Aluko were a fairly decent partnership. Although there were a couple of chances that Maguire passed up that would've been buried had they falled to Miller or Mackie. Our biggest failure today really was our lack of depth. We had Celtic by the balls in the first half. But our fitness was beginning to show half way thru the second half. And when we got tired, we pulled on Pawlett and Paton. When Celtic got tired they pulled on Loovens and Maloney. That's the difference in squad-depths today which really won the match. Had we had more capable defenders on the bench today, COnsi would've probably been taken off half way thru the second half. His legs gave way towards the end and Scott MacDonald took advantage. Miller's back from suspension next game. Smith and Mackie should be back. That should allow Aluko to move back into midfield and let our defence get back to almost normal (ie as normal as it can be without Diamond). The season's nae over yet!!
  7. Of the defence, Consi looked the shakiest. But in saying that, at least he got stuck in a few times. I didn't even remember seeing Severin's face on the tele once during that match. He might as well have not been involved in that match, he was so anonymous. If we had better cover for defence on the bench, Consi would've been taken off ages ago. Lets face it, Scott MacDonald took advantage of the fact that Consi's leg's simply gave way to fatigue towards the end.
  8. If only Maguire could emulate Jess' form from his first stint at Pittodrie. Then I'd be singing young Chris' praises. Until then, I shall remain on the fence about "Not Phil"
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  10. What's Alan Maybury up to these days? He was handy for us in his short stint. Soccerbase shows he's signed for Colchester on a free in December. Nae chance of a free then, unless it was only a short-term deal from Colchester.
  11. Bruce Cockburn (ouch) - In The Falling Dark
  12. Stevie Nicks - Cry Wolf
  13. Underworld - Born Slippy
  14. I'll say. At least Barry Nic admitted well before he left that he wanted to move down south. And at least Barry Nic gave his all to the club he was playing for at the time. Seve you've got as much charisma as a fuckin earth-worm
  15. I really am in two minds. One side of me says that Aberdeen FC belongs at the beach. The Dons are as much a part of Aberdeen beach as the Codonas and the Beach Ball Room. But the other side of me says, so long as they build a pub out there that's close to the stadium, and provide adequate rail and/or bus links to the stadium from the city, it'll be a good choice with plenty of room for future expansion and carparks and shit like that.
  16. Could save a fortune by going to Fort William for the summer tour.
  17. Oasis (spit) - Be Here Now
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  19. Soul2Soul - Back To Life
  20. Corona - Rhythm of the Night (isn't rhythm the only word in the English dictionary with no vowels?)
  21. Sun and Musselburgh? Isnt that one of those oxymoron thingies?
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    Comedians

    Ed Byrne's an odd one. I can't decide whether he's funny or just repetitive. There's a few British/Irish comedians in that boat just now for me, imho, including Frankie Boyle, Danny Bhoy (how many times can he tell the "you can tell a nation's disposition by their national breakfast dish" gag?), Mark Watson and shite scouse comic Jeff Green. Mind you, I did go to see Irish comedian Jimeoin last year. He repeated one joke that I'd seen him do on the tele right at the start of his gig. But from then onwards, it was completely new material which had the entire theatre pissin themselves with laughter.
  23. Nicolas Fabiano .... I'll get my coat!
  24. I thought protests were made cos people were unhappy about the way things are going. Jeez, judging by all the smiles, anyone would think you'd just been to see the Dons notch up a win thanks to a 79th minute winner fae Gary McDonald. Some lynch mob that is!
  25. So that's why we get the friggin freezing-bollocks places to go in the early rounds of Europe. I was wondering why we'd never come up against any warmer-climate opposition in the early qualifiers of Europe
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