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If I was the AFC board I’d be asking him why he’s telling everyone who happens to phone him about this. If he was interested he would have been keeping quiet, maybe just say there had been talks. To me it looks like he’s trying to get something out of the Motherwell board. A contract or an increased budget.

Hamilton will be gambling that the extra people who are off and will now go that it's at a better time for travel will outnumber those poor sods working the 29th. Those in Aberdeen would likely hae had to take at least half day off then anyway.

Good move

Punted? The majority were offered new deals.

What has he done to be named as a decent choice? A penalties victory against us is his biggest achievement as a manager. He then took a highly talented group of young players, who he didn't need to buy or coach day to day and who needed little motivation and almost managed to qualify. He's down there with Hughes and MacPherson.

Willie on RedTV saying Cooper is taking first team training with Simpson assisting. A short term arrangement while they draw up a shortlist of candidates. Only mentions Hartley in that "he's captain and will help with communication".

Fuck this is awful, they just mentioned Roy Aitken! Bring back McGhee!

They're just throwing names around on Radio Scotland but Sandy Clark and Jim Leighton both saying Jimmy would return if asked. Other names mentions: Strachan, Stark, Butcher, Brown and now Hughes

jobs@afc.co.uk

JHMG John Hughes Must Go

According to Radio Scotland just now.

Sky "confirming" that the refs have gone home but the SPL & SFA are saying the matches are still on.

The Football Associations of Luxembourg, Israel and Portugal will send referees to take charge of games in Scotland this weekend. But the Polish FA have cancelled the trip of three referees it said it would send. STV understands the FA of Malta are awaiting confirmation from the Scottish Football Association as to whether or not their referees are required. This list will continue to update throughout Friday, as more referees - and the fixtures they will take charge of - are announced. LIST OF REFEREES FROM LUXEMBOURG Alain Hamer (referee), Francois Mangen and Christian Holtgen (assistants). LIST OF REFEREES FROM ISRAEL Meir Levi and Eli Hachmon, assistants to be announced. LIST OF REFEREES FROM PORTUGAL Joao Ferreira and Cosme Machado will serve both as referee and fourth official, swapping roles as they take charge of two games, one on Saturday and one one on Sunday. Both will have the same assistants, Luis Ramos and Ignacio Pereira.

BBC Scotland:

3 sets of Officials were due to come from Poland. Surely the SFA should come out now to say which 3 matches this will affect. Even if they do say they are trying to arrange alternatives fans should know if their match is in serious doubt. The Poles excuse is bullshit too. Apparently they are needed for fixtures in Poland now Wouldnt have been like the SFA not to tell the Poles why we needed some refs and once they found out they've gone along with every other country, would it?

The ref for Kilmarnock v Aberdeen has been announced.

In/Out? Out Pre match? Bed if I've still got this bug Match? RedTV/Soccer Saturday Post match? Bed again Prediction? 2-0 Killie

Listening to the full interview with Miller and Duncan on RedTV just now. Miller comes across as an arrogant cock (shocker!). Going on about how he's brought through Fyvie, Grimmer, Jack etc. and how he's been watching them since U16 and how he seems to be the only one at the U16 games watching them etc. Aye Willie, thats because its your job. Nobody is complaining about the youth system at Aberdeen these days. Complete smokescreen to answer every question asked by referring to the youths. We're in trouble this season, not in 2-3 seasons. Fraser going on about how the football budget is 1 million more than 5 years ago, and it has only been reduced by 2-3% recently. So why the hell do we find ourselves 11th? If our footballing budget is good enough then how we are using that budget is the problem! Fraser mentions that the corporate sponsors stuck by them this summer, which goes against all the rumours of empty boxes etc. and that this kind of money represents a higher % of our turnover than any other SPL club. Points to this as a key advantage of moving stadium, I guess this means the new stadium has those types of customer in mind than the average fan in the stands. If they do provide a large chunk of the clubs income can you blame them? Willie hasn't answered a question all interview. When asked if someone with money and ideas like Jim Cummings would be welcomed he answered by pointing to how Rangers have struggled without David Murray What does that have to do with it? Willie keeps saying his door is open if fans want to meet him and discuss the state and future of the club. Quite tempted to give that a go, because it's frustrating as hell hearing him dodge every single question. Maybe he's just thick and doesnt realise he's doing it. If this is the clubs answer to the current situation then we're seriously fucked. Pointing to long term aims and claiming our footballing budget is good isnt going to get us away from the bottom of the league by May.

Cummings: "I suggested a rights issue but I didnt hear anythign from the club" Just highlights the shite involved with our club. Both on the side of the club with no response and on the side of Cummings with sitting on his arse going "oh well, i tried".

11th with St Mirren going 1 up

Odds of us getting to both cup finals and finishing bottom of the league?

Makes up for the penalty they should have had when Robertson took the guy down a few mins later then.