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As an aside to your clear explanation of the situation, it gives us another excuse (however lame) to laugh at the knee deep in shit position of Hearts and now apparently their big brothers

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They would have received two points.

My suspicions of fabrication were first aroused by the use of the 'tongue.gif' in ICT's rating. Official accountancy terminology these days ? Maybe its from the caterers who provide sauce sachets.

Always first in with the negative jibes eh ? Can you not just say one positive thing, huh ? Well ? What about it ?

excused, stoned one.

Is it practical to have a UEFA deligate at all games monitoring this bullshit. Maybe that guy in the pink t-shirt at ER was actually the UEFA rep for gay play.

The Championship are plundering the Scottish game at present and if they want a player then even Rangers and Celtic are admiting defeat. We had no chance if this guy had even a sniff he could get to the championship.

Most people have debts (mortgages, credit cards, cars etc) yet many have solid credit ratings. Its not about having debt, its about the ability or historical willingness to repay it surely.

It'd get postponed.

.........and crack some skulls en route because we all know that fair play league=gay league. FFS UTD named a fucking stand after that award, I'd rather not be in Europe than get there through being gayers.

In general I agree that we have managed to bring decent replacements in recently which is why I said 'despite being proved wrong'. However, it doesn't mean I feel confident that we will always aim to do so or be successful. You can still worry about something regardless if there is evidence to the contrary. When the club and the fans invest in a player and he then leaves, its difficult not to ask this question and current economic conditions dictate that its increasingly likely not to happen. You only have to read Strachans comments on the BBC just now to see how hard it is to attract any kind of quality to the SPL at present.

Agreed. Its not replacing them I fear

I'm not sure I understand the argument here. On a very crude basis, 10 years = testimonial, yes ? Aside from that simple axiom. What is the damage in doing it ? You set up a game, those who want to come and pay respect..... well, I guess they come. Those who think he is a waste of skin......well, I guess they stay at home. Darren gets a pay out based on the numbers who deem him worthy. The cost to the club is real but surely not inhibitive. Job done. Pissing and moaning about whether he deserves it or not is utterly redundant and self-congratulatory bollocks.

If the question is why do we not want any of our players to leave then I would suggest that you have to consider the fear that most Aberdeen fans have that they will not be replaced by a better version or at all in some circumstances. I am not suggesting that the other elements to the discussion you have put out are invalid but this for me is a very real part of it. When someone posts up 'Seve leaving...' my immediate thoughts are 'we can cope wth that' for the reasons that have been discussed already. However, it is immediately followed by thoughts of 'as long as we use his wage to get someone else in and do the job as well if not better'. All too often I am left fearing we won't, despite sometimes being proved wrong.

The perception of great morale seems to be a recent thing, although I do not have a window into the dressing room so I couldn't be certain. This would suggest that it has been a change in personnel that has brought the improvement. While I don't dispute that the captain may have a role to play in this turnaround its hard to see why it would suddenly have changed due to his work. I'd suggest that the introduction of some new faces and the loss of others has helped galvanise the squad more than a sudden shift in the captains approach.

Possibly, I didn't look into detail. Just made an assumption based on the rest of the set up there. You will have detected my interest in English (strictly speaking Welsh!) football is limited

I'd go Cardiff, its an SPL haven. Was watching the Arsenal game at the weekend and I spotted Kennedy, McCormack, Rae, McNaughton and Burke all playing. I tend to agree with ST on this one. I can see that he has been a quality player for us in spells but not consistently. Despite some good performances this season I'd be wary of assuming this is the long term trend. Ultimately I think we have had the best of him and we have replaced him with a solid and consistent midfield player in Kerr, who is increasingly impressing me with every game. It all comes down to who we would replace him with, if we get that right I'm certain the name Seve would scarcely grace the threads of DT in the future.

They then play each other after we play them both, it will be a crucial month....as always Hearts are away to Hamilton next weekend, they are a team on great form at the moment. I wouldn't be certain of Hearts picking up points there.

What the fuck was Berra up to kicking that dude down and no free kick!!!! Fucking jambo animals

How big a fucking leap is that arseglove making. Problem with articles like this is that they can potentially legitimise the club and police stance on the ultras activities. I find the ultras group a little odious when I end up close to them at away games but the effort they put into creating some character in our support is a good thing for the club in my opinion.

The exact spot on correct answer. A few 'meaningful' fixtures in recent times are not a guiding principal for decision making, commercial acumen and massive debt however.........

Do you think you might be giving some concrete steps a personality and sense of glory that might be construed as mildly hysterical ? Just a thought like.....

Aside from the fact that Pittodrie is not blessed with much in the way of atmosphere at any time there was always something to be had when the away fans were in the beach end and the more 'active' fans all sat close to them in the SS. I'm talking late 80's, you might have been nothing but an ingredient in Jimmy's chicken

Takes a special kind of skill to type and bum someone at the same time, fair play to the lad for proving us blokes can multi-task after all