glasgow sheep

Fit's going on here then? http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/dundee-united/202922-dundee-united-chairman-stephen-thompson-unexpectedly-quits-spl-board/

I went down on a bus from Banchory with my bro. First away game and first trip so far a field without my parents (although I think one of my dad's mates was meant to be keeping an eye on us) Being 15 and my bro 12 we didn't head to any pubs pre match and I remember hanging about the East End of the stadium counting down the minutes till the gates opened. Great day, great support, great goals and Glass won a moutain bike as MotM bizarrely. I was also surprised by how quiet the bus was on the way back, and indeed the crowd as we left the stadium, suppose even then it was taken as a routine cup win over some shite from Tayside. The atmosphere on the bus was probably dampened more than it might otherwise have been by the fact on the the way out of Glasgow some ned lobbed a brick at our bus, shattering the window. It didn't fall in straight away but about 30mins up the road we had to pull over and knock the window out. Needless to say a Journey back up to Deeside, in November with a missing window wasnae much fun. Still, great day.

indeed

mcginn, striker, rant, etc etc

This is getting beyond a joke. Happens every season but this year seems even more ridiculous than normal. I suppose we do sign players that are injury prone but is there more to it than that? Craig Brown was asked at the Edinburgh Roadshow about it he felt that the different surfaces we used to train on, due to lack of dedicated training facility, was a factor. Should we be looking at the physio and medical staff?

Another good win in the Youth Cup. Aberdeen 4 | Masson 19' , Murray 71' ,McManus 74' , O'Sullivan 78' (Masson missed penalty on 34') HamiltonAcademical 2 | Ryan 2', Fraser 33'

Massive game again. And another very tough game too. Ict seem to have a decent team this year and have been scoring goals for fun. A win for them puts them above us and level with celtic, this league really is crazy this year. Biggest worry is the decimation of our midfield. We really can't go on getting results with injuries at the level they are. Ozzy now also a doubt and Broon said it's unlikely anyone else will be back so that us without Jack, Hughes, Rae, Osbourne, Milsom, Fraser, Naysmith and Robertson. Yikes.

About fucking time

Was there too. Queen's looked much the better side, Albion were simply awful hit and hoppers. Quite how Sevco lost to them I have no idea.

Celtic 14 11 25 Aberdeen 15 6 24 Hibernian 15 5 24 St Johnstone 15 0 23 Inverness CT 15 2 22 Motherwell 15 3 21 Dundee Utd 14 -1 20 Kilmarnock 15 4 19 Hearts 15 0 18 Ross County 15 -5 16 St Mirren 15 -8 15 Dundee 15 -17 11

http://you-sp.ru/anonymizeryt/browse.php?u=Oi8vd3d3LnlvdXR1YmUuY29tL3dhdGNoP3Y9d1A3SUxIZEtMS28mbGlzdD1QTDBERjc0Mzc5RDRCNDQ4RjAmaW5kZXg9MiZmZWF0dXJlPXBsY3A%3D&b=0&f=norefer What a result. What a bounce when we scored. Hibs absolutely dominated and Griffiths ran us ragged but we stuck in a waited for our chance and took it. Any other season we would have lost that 2 or 3 nil but actually kept Hibs to mainly long range attempts. We will need to play a hell of a lot better against ICT on Tue but no team could cope with losing both their first choice and second choice midfield. How long till Hughes and Rae are back? With them in the team we can do something this year, without it's going to be a struggle. Whatever happens this is already the best season in years, lets make it the best in decades

It's not just whether places are attractive to travel to. Our home crowds (never mind the away "support" that visits Pittodrie) will plummet if we replace games against Hearts, United and Hibs, never mind the OF, with Raith, Hamilton, Cowdenbeath etc. And that's not even mentioning the loss of 3 home games. To have 16/18 team league you need 20+ teams capable of playing in the top league, Scotland isn't big enough for this. The split, I think, has worked pretty well, most seasons we have had competitve end of season games with bigger crowds as those fighting it out for Europe/Relegation/Title are facing each other in the run in. I'd be amazed if anyone outside Scotland even knew we had a split, never mind thinking it's stupid

I'm not sure increasing the quantity will really increase the variety. With a 16 team top league there are likely to be the same small number of teams being relegated/promoted each year as the variation in the top 20 teams in the country is pretty limited. Further more I see it unlikley that more folk will turn up at Pittodrie for a game v Hamilton Accies rather than a second game against, for example, Hearts, while equally I doubt we'll take as many to Hamilton as we would do to Gorgie. It's all very well saying we want more teams and variety but I suspect as well as losing the cash from 3 home games we'll end up with a smaller average attendance. We do need more variation and that can be provided by a 12 team league that has a decent promotion/relegation set up. 8-8-8 gives you alot of variation and given that the bottom 4 from the top league who have been losing all season go head to head with the top 4 from the second league who will have been winning all season, would suggest to me you could have as many as 3 or even 4 new teams starting out in the top league the following season. The set up ensures competitive games that means something almost all the way through the season, hence big crowds and a bigger shake of the leagues each season. 16 team league means a massive dead space of meaningless games from probably 7th to 12th, with a subsequent drop in crowds, less enticing teams coming to Pittodrie and more boring trips to the likes of Hamilton.

Hibs about to have their annual post-xmas collapse in form?

Massively disappointing but some of the reaction seems ott. We matched them, and probably had more chances first half. Second was a different matter but losing Rae cost us. Don't forget we were without Hughes, Jack, Naysmith, Milsom and then Rae and Fraser all of whom would probably find a place in our best XI. We are massively better than we have been for years but can't cope with losing so many players, especially most of our midfield. League is still tight, there are bizarre results each week yet we, uniquely, have only really had one major slip up, v County in Dingwall. Hibs game is massive, and realistically was always going to be bigger and more important than the game v the Tims. They may not be a great side but they have a massive squad and are simply several notches above most of us in the SPL. We sadly got them a few weeks to late. Having dropped points in their last 3 games they were always going to be more focussed this weekend, if we had go them two weeks ago perhaps we could have got a result. Onward and upward

Now 3-2 Killie

Killie winning two nil at tannadice which puts them above us on goals scored

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/warming-sub-runs-pitch-makes-save-120201834.html

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Maybe worth a read: http://afcheritage.bigcartel.com/product/the-aberdeen-men-can-t-play-football

Source on mad saying we have sold just over 16,000 in total for this. Still the biggest crowd since 16,153 vs Rangers Nov 2009 and Celtic 16,803 in August the same year, but was hoping for more. Last nr capacity crowd v Rangers Jan 2009 when 20,441 turned up with 18,100 v Celtic the same month. For comparison last yr Celtic: 12,497 and 13,126 Rangers: 15,468 Season 2010/11 Rangers: 15,307 and 11,925 Celtic: 12,901

Is it giro day?

When I misspell a word I am unable to right click on it and correct it with my firefox dictionary add-on like I can on every other website just saying and youtube embedding ain't working

Always remember almost seeing a riot in the main stand at a hun game when some stinky mink stood up and brandished a union jack when the scum scored. Think the only thing that saved him was the fact his kid was with him (what kind of retard tink does that when looking after his kid). Anyway he was escorted out for his own safety.