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Cheap squad player using up very little resource at the club. Get over it guys. There are bigger things to get upset about surely ?

I'm pretty clear that merging teams is very unlikely to happen as it would be too painful in the short term for too many people. However, I believe this is a myopic viewpoint and in the long term it would bring stronger, better supported clubs to our league set up. It might take generational change to solve the problem but it would happen, as ntbear say, Inverness is a good example of a work in progress. Realistically, we either bin a bunch of teams to the lower leagues in a darwinian style cull (akin to throwing dead weight off a sinking ship) or we rally together and organise for a more sensible geographical representation in our leagues. I believe that both systems would eventually deliver, providing less teams in the top leagues but they would be stronger teams offering a more competitive set up and then a better product.

I'm off out into the garden to chop some wood with my glass axe. Wish me luck

The idea that a bigger league with teams 'having nothing to play for' will bring a better product may be a little counter intuitive but I think it is the only sensible way forward. I get the argument about less home games but surely we have moved beyond the old debate that all other clubs are so dependant on the revenue of the OF visits that they will never allow change to occur ? With live TV dominating most teams home games with the OF these days the crowds are dwindling, is this revenue really make or break for SPL clubs ? There has to be a breaking point where clubs realise that by hanging onto these relics of past discussion they are strangling the game by restricting its ability to adapt to a different environment ? I would think there is almost consensus now for an expanded league set up. Personally I would not only support an expanded top league but I'd be tempted by a two league set up with 16-18 in each and the other clubs could consolidate. I mean some of the areas that are represented in the football league is ridiculous. Dunfermline & Cowdenbeath ? I mean for fuck sake why can't we just have West Fife Minks UTD ? We just can't support the number of teams we have playing in top leagues......now that is something that's never gonna happen.

The problem is that while increasing the 'risk' of relegation by having two up two down and play off type ideas in place seems to be the way to force teams to jazz up their football its exactly the thing that brings the stale and mundane football to the fore. With finances the way they are, teams are increasingly playing 'safety snooker' football to ensure they don't get caught at the trap door. Surely a bigger league set up removes familiarity as teams play each other less and brings a sense of security that means teams can invest and theoretically play a better brand of football safe in the knowledge that relegation into the wildernesses of Scottish football is less of a risk ??

I think it goes deeper than that. Its part of our calvanist humanism that as a nation we are generally very cynical, self-deprecating individuals who sneer and scoff at anyone trying to display any over exhuberence or enthusiasm that might in some way convey excessive enjoyment. Put simply we are just a bunch of miserable cunts.

We might find it hard to crack Helen and Hamilton are sure to beat us....don't they always ? That said we should be looking for 9 points without doubt. I'm never certain of anything where Aberdeen are concerned (other than saying I'm certain we will win the cup this season before any smart arse copies that post!)

To many people get personally involved in what these guys are doing. They are just a bunch of fans trying to enjoy themselves. We all have our ways of doing this and we are all guilty of doing it without thinking every second about the impact on others. Some fan groups do it by getting wasted and bouncing about in pubs or trains singing all manner of shit in front of joe public. Some choose to grafitti on billboards ( ) others sing idiotic songs about mattresses and people mums. A large amount of football fans behaviour is going to offend someone or at the very least inconvenience a few folk. If you go to the football expecting consideration, goodwill and general positive sentiment from your fellow supporters then I would politely suggest you take up watching snooker or chess.

After 21/02/09 (UTD game) Defence 10 Midfield 11 Strikers 20 Considine 1 Diamond 4 Mulgrew 4 Vidal 1 MacDonald 5 Young 1 Aluko 3 Duff 1 Severin 1 Maguire 3 Mackie 6 Miller 10 Wright 1 Non-strikers 21 goals Strikers 20 goals Non-strikers back on top. 10 goals from defence looks pretty good, almost as many as from the midfield

I can't see the Dunfermline boss putting a copy of your holiday rota on the dressing room wall before the game so it should be OK

Your expectations are too high. You are living in the memories of past glories and need to be more realistic at what can be achieved with limited resource.

We will have this in May. I'm certain of it.

I take exception to that assessment There is more sense talked on here than you will find on any other Dons forum.

We can't really afford the luxury of an 'out-and-out' striker. These types of players tend to contribute very little else and there is increasingly less place for them in modern day football. Why do you think Kiss Boys is in such low demand at international and club level ? Less and less top teams have a lazy cunt who 'knows where the net is', the game is more complex and requires players who can fit a different skills set.

Is the thread title missing punctuation ? Rank. The managers since Sir Alex.

I'm not campaigning for TV exposure, I'm campaigning so they change the date I can fucking go

Although we shouldn't count our hens, UTD look pretty ordinary these days. Weakened further by the loss of Flood they should be there for the taking as fortress Pittodrie dispenses with another pretender.

If we had a penalty box finisher who played the predatory game well and knocked in 20 goals in a season I don't think we would be to concerned about what Lee Miller does or doesn't bring to the team. Its the vacuum that exists up front that means we are scrutinising everyone who is classed in that bracket.

HATEley v a notebook might be a fairer exchange ?

Judging by the radio commentary tonight for Helens game, Sky Sports will be showing another crowd pleaser too Its painfully predictable I suppose.

He is just a boy who has come to a different country, different league set up and a different expectation level. Can we let him have a few games to settle in before we toss him on the scrap heap ?

No specifics mentioned in the original article but I guess you can surmise as you please. One thing is certain, I ain't stripping out any non-league goals so you can choose to accept them or MAKE YOUR OWN FUCKING STATS FILE INSTEAD OF CHEERING FROM THE SIDELINES AS MINE ARE CONSTANTLY CRITICISED AND PICKED APART YOU FUCKING FUCKTARD......thanks for acknowledging the hard work though

After 17/02/09 (Eats Fife game) Defence 9 Midfield 10 Strikers 20 Considine 1 Diamond 3 Mulgrew 4 Vidal 1 MacDonald 5 Young 1 Aluko 3 Duff 1 Maguire 3 Mackie 6 Miller 10 Wright 1 Non-strikers 19 goals Strikers 20 goals 66% there on the 30 target

McMaster v Johnston or Simmie v Durrant

Thats the BBC announced they will screen the Huns game against Hamilton on the Sunday