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I was putting up the fixtures on the site a few minutes ago, and had a good read of them for the first time. If we are going to run aground at any point throughout this season, it's either gonna be November or January. In November, I reckon we can get a win against St Mirren, but will draw against Hibs away and Killie at home (we NEVER seem to do well against Killie). But matches against Rangers, away to United and at home to Motherwell are gonna be tough as fuck! But look forward a couple of months to January ... We start off with a trip to Hamilton and end with a trip to Falkirk. two tough ties, yes. But inbetween? We've got back-to-back matches against both sides of the Old Firm!!! Our only saving grace is that they're both at Pittodrie and our record against both at home recently isn't too bad

I see David Murray has said he must axe up to six players from Rangers' 26-man squad to cover the 12million cost of being knocked out of Europe. He says that a number of the fringe players especially will be cut, as the first team squad will not be under the same sort of strain due to the lack of fixtures. So, who should we be sniffing at? Surely we could get a cut-price deal on the likes of Gow. Surely. Isn't Steven Naismith still on their books? I've admired his style of play for a long long time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om0Lv3CGL1o I was having a good browse around YouTube today. I spotted better coverage of the final match from last season. Previously all I could find was cellphone footage. But someone's put up the Setanta highlights since then (see above link). The Novo tackle ... this was absolutely identical to the tackle that Simmie got castrated for in 1988! Only difference is Duff's legs are made of bone, whereas Durrant's were made of friggin matchsticks. Maybe we should start venting our frustrations on Novo in the same way that Simmie was hounded by the huns.

I was gonna let this one pass. But ... Mizer, why do you currently posess a pair of pants that either belong to TopCorner or Jaegerdeen? Is there some sort of horny ménage à trois going on here that you'd like to share amongst us?

But what I'm gettin at is Mackie is NOT a footballer. He's chosen the wrong sport to become a pro at. Maybe he should be a track runner or something. He's athletic, yes. A footballer? Probably a passable 1st Division striker at best. Certainly not good enough to warrant staying at Scotland's 3rd biggest club for almost a decade!

Just every fortnight, aye?!

Stephen Wright. What a fuckin arse! That cunt strung us out for weeks and weeks "oh, I'll sign for the Dons again. I'd never sign for anyone else. Why would I?" Then the fucker goes and signs for the huns on the day he is supposed to be signing a new contract with us.

That's the problem. Darren has a habit of popping up for one crucial goal every three years. Somehow, this seems to justify the red army putting up with him! Imagine if he'd put away just 20 or 30% of the chances he's had in his career? He'd be a friggin deity that's not been seen at Pittodrie since Big Shearer himself. But Darren's problem is he is not a striker. I struggle to believe he's a footballer. He's an athlete, yes. But a footballer? No! There is a difference. Mohammed Sylla, for example, was a very very fast athlete. But how many times did you see him on the tele running out of pitch cos he had no fuckin control of the ball? Almost every game I saw him play, he could sprint down the length of the pitch with the ball in no time at all. Ask him to cross the ball when he got to the end of the pitch? The ball would very rarely end up in the box

Mate, the biggest problem we face is Norway has a HUGE tax rate, like around 50% income tax or something like that. The councils pay for everything that the public need, including health, transport, education ... hell, they even pay to build football stadiums with the tax-payers money. The UK could do this, but the UK is full of whingers and NIMBYs who are so used to complaining and complaining until they get their own way. Can you imagine the NIMBYs paying 50+% tax? "So that you ruffyans can have a football stadium?? Not on my watch!" Yes, we have similar people, cultures and revenues. But we've got a comletely different mindframe when it comes to us paying tax. The Brits are hell-bent on taxcuts taxcuts and more taxcuts. And when the government make a tax-cut, it's never enough. That's why Norway's model will never ever work in Scotland.

Stavrum was our last 20+ goalscorer. Before that, I think it was Doddsy. Before that ... Shearer? Okay, that's three strikers in fifteen YEARS that have cut the mustard. I hope to fuck that Wright is all he's cracked up to be. Cos I can't imagine Mackie and Bebo to get the lion's share of those 30 goals. For all his huff and puff, I can still see Mackie scoring no more than 6 goals this season. He'll play in over 40 matches this season, but will score no more than 6 goals ... I'll hedge my bets on that figure. If he scores more, good on him. If not, time to say bubye Darren! You've had ten years to show us what you can do. When are you gonna prove to us that you are the striker you say you are?

Okay, I say they can have their £1000 per match. However, this is on the understanding that a committee of video referees gets to watch the match afterwards and, for every mistake the ref makes during that match, the ref loses £100. McCurry would be in debt VERY VERY quickly.

Players out: Jackie McNamara (Falkirk), Derek Soutar (released), Dave Bus (Go Ahead Eagles), Dan Smith, Richie Byrne (both released) Although I'm a wee bit worried by the lack of inbound players, the above list of outbound brings a wry smile to my face. Glad to see the back of these guys in particular. Now, who's interested in buying Darren Mackie?

There's been a few. * Singing "Fuck Martin O'Neill, fuck Martin O'Neill" for about ten minutes into my mate's answerphone after the 2-0 win over Celtic at Pittodrie 2001. * Same game, the snowballs. Petrov was a greetin bairn, but the best was when Alan Thompson looked up and did a "bring it on" gesture to Section Y ... to which a ton of snow was "brought on" by the Red Army in his general direction. * Preseason tour of Denmark - applauding Zerouali when he was heading for the team bus following the final game. He got sent off for sticking the Vs up to the ref, so we all stuck the Vs up to him and he cracked up laughing * Almondvale 2002 - Eugene Dadi feels what it's like to have the boot on the other foot when the entire travelling red army sang with venom "who the, who the, who the fuck is Dadi" * 3-2 win over the huns - what a Roy Of The Rovers match that was! We go 2-0 up. They claw it back to 2-2. Then PRicksen gets sent off. Then we go and score the winning goal from an absolutely sublime Jamie Smith strike! That was one of the most perfect games of football I've seen the Dons play in recent years. It had everything in it!!

What an absolute piece of straw-clutching shite! No wonder it's in the News Of The World. Only thing that paper is good for is wrapping a fish-supper (even then it tends to taint the taste of the food inside). His article is about the 1983 Cup Winners Cup team. Note, 1983!! Why the fuck does he then go on to mention an Aberdeen team from 1980, and then the one from 1984 in the same breath? He reckons the Bayern Munich team we faced was a lot weaker than the Bayern Munich that Rangers faced. Who cares? It was Real Madrid that we beat to WIN the cup, you fuckwit! No mention of that.

This video is doing my fuckin head in. I click on play, wait for about a minute, then it plays the first four seconds nice ans smoothly. The rest of it, though, is just still-shots but with sound. Been trying for half an hour to get this to work. My connection speed ain't the issue. And the version of IE I'm using ain't a problem either. Anyone downloaded the video yet? Anyone got an alternative download link so that I can actually watch it?

Exactly! He knew fine he was well past his best. He'd had his best days with the Dons many years before he moved to Iprix. I salute him because, when he was a Dandy he gave his all for the Red cause. When he moved to Iprix, he cost the huns a fortune in wages and did just about the square-root of fuckall on the park for them

Did Theo actually play any games for the huns first team? From what I remember, he signed for them, sat in their reserves for three or four years and collected a very tidy sum for doing absolutely fuckall. Still a legend in my eyes!

Does Charlie get journalistism tips from the Daily Mail? He fails to quote anyone as saying that Camero will not get a deal. But somehow, that is the sub-headline!!

My lasting memory of Theo was 1992. I went to see Del Amitri at the Capitol Theatre. The entire Aberdeen first team was there on the other side of the gangway. They were all pretty boisterous, in particular Theo and Big Eck. For almost the entire gig, Theo proceeded to sit on the back of his chair with his feet on the seat itself. Eversooften, he'd slam the seat from sitting position to upright instead of clapping.

Hmmm. I'll take a look. Nothing's been changed on a configuration level. I know the guy who owns our server was looking to upgrade the memory on the server reasonably soon. Wonder if this had anything to do with it

An elderly woman stopped me the other day because I'd parked my car in a handicapped space. She started moaning cos I was a perfectly able person taking up a space. She said "if you're going to park there, young man, you'd better tell me what your disability is or I'll have you reported to the local constabulary" to which I replied: "Tourette's Syndrome, you bitchy fuckin cunt"

Goram was good. He singlehandedly saved Rangers' dirty asses on a number of occasions in the mid 90s. It was good to see two of the world's best keepers vying for Scotland's number1 jersey. But there's no way he was even close to Leighton in terms of brilliance.

Using bloo's analogy, I'm assuming that Man Utd was the preverbial marathon. I wouldn't expect us to win that with no preparation. But sticking with yer analogy, surely Peterhead should be classed as a one-lap jog around the park. We clearly failed to do that! 4-0?? That's a shocking result for any SPL club, nevermind one that's gunning for a top-four position this term.

Well, I dunno. When Preece arrived, he was shockingly poor. But by the time he left, he was a pretty decent keeper. Esson was and still is shit. But one thing that he has developed well over the years is his ability as an effective shot-stopper. Leighton couldn't do anything with Kjaer, cos lets face it Kjaer is the best keeper we've had since the Bandy retired. But all the other keepers have learned a shit-load from Scotland's Number 1

Anyone who remembers him from his Dundee days will know that, with the right players around him, he WILL do damage. I fear that someone like Hibs or Falkirk will snap him up and he will really really punish us.