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£150k initially, potentially £200k, with a sell on clause attached. Probably the best we could hope for considering his age.

Been some whispers that he might go to Dundee United, who are desperate for a goalkeeper. On paper it would make sense. Would give United an experienced goalkeeper, and Lewis - if he finds his form again - is potentially a very good goalkeeper in that division. However I would be surprised considering Goodwin didn't rate him enough to play him last season - replacing him with Roos then Gorter - while if the rumours are true about his wife wanting home then Dundee isn't a that much closer. But aye, I hope he plays on, deserves to end his career on a high. My favourite memory of him was him running towards the fans at Burnley going as mad as we were after Ferguson's equaliser.

Did he mention Ramadani? And is Burrows playing LB?

I actually bought that blue strip and I hardly ever buy a replica shirt. Thought it was a bit different. I guess this current one also falls into the "different" category. I can see why people like it but I think it'll look odd when we're actually playing in it at the Stadio Olympico against Roma.

I've cancelled it. I'm sure the international one is worth it for the games, but £80 for a few interviews and a commentary team unaware that people are listening to audio only is £80 I could be putting towards the Donstalk Europa League charter train.

Well it appears one foreign journalist said deal was close, Aberdeen say no contact, so looks like there's nothing in it. I'd like Ramadani to stay on the basis of keeping some sort of settled squad, ie we don't want too many changes in one summer. But if we got offered a seven figure sum for him then I'd take it, 100%.

Just from reading the thread.

Wait a minute, are we getting £2m for Ramadani? What a summer we're having.

Bit early to be getting carried away. Need to win the semi-final first.

A few months ago they were talking on there about how Hearts had never been in better shape. Everything was amazing. They had a thread dedicated to discussing how to extend the stadium to 25,000, or even 30,000, due to the growth of the club since consecutive third place finishes would earn them so much coin that they would develop a gap that Aberdeen and Hibs would never be able to bridge. This is a club that have won three cups in 60 years. Every season they find the notion that Aberdeen could finish above them as laughable, despite the fact I think we've done it 10 times in the last 11 years. You'd think they'd have learned by now.

This is appalling. Shinnie for me is number 6. Number 4 should be reserved for when the Taoiseach Liam Scales returns. May as well send him back to Wigan. Aye. I would love him to come back and be a player. It was a nonsense to give him the captaincy. But, as Rico says, I just don't think he has the ability. We can't be putting him up against Dybala in the Europa League.

For U.K. viewers it's now over £80. Not entirely sure what I'm getting for that. A few interviews and sometimes I'll use it for the audio comms, but the commentary team seem unaware anyone is listening in as the long periods of silence do nothing to tell us what's actually happening. I suppose it is still only £6-7 a month so I'll probably moan about cancelling then forget to and end up signed up for another year.

He said player singular. Getting us all excited over nothing Manc! Smart money suggests it's Graeme Shinnie, which is terrific cos without Declan Rice I can't see West Ham being able to handle our midfield next season.

A lovely guy, and an very underrated boss. When he was Aberdeen manager and I was still at university, I managed to wrangle a one on one interview with him at Pittodrie. Thought I'd get 10 mins with him and some short answers. I was there for about four hours, with him insisting I went for lunch with him first. He was cheeky and smart enough to test me and see if I'd go spilling things I shouldn't, so fed me nonsense about Aberdeen having confirmed a pre-season tour in Russia to see if it made the papers, which of course I ate up (but thankfully didn't publish). Last met him five years ago on the 20th anniversary of Scotland v Brazil. I could have sat all day and listened to his stories. Like someone said today, "I hope he's written a book and it gets released now, because it'll be brilliant." As Aberdeen manager he had a horrible job to do; take over a shambles of a team and try turn the ship around. Got us to (I think, from memory) three semi-finals with a bang average squad. Put in place the building blocks for McInnes to go on and win the cup. RIP to an absolute gentlemen.

He was recently on holiday with Leighton Clarkson, Shayden Morris and Jayden Richardson. Shay and Jay get a lot of stick, but they might be worth keeping around if they're going to be so helpful with our summer recruitment.

Would that potentially be Calvin Ramsay's Preston debut?

Well that has nothing to do with the discussion - how we felt when he first signed. There's many reasons he left. Not sure him thinking Scottish football was too hard was one of them as generally he was very good.

I do remember being excited at Kiriakov signing cos he was playing for Bulgaria at Euro 96. Craig Hignett too. Paul Hartley felt like a big signing at the time. Scott Brown had an intriguing element.

I don't get why you're angry at season tickets holders not turning up. Apart from the Hibs game, no other game at Pittodrie was sold out this season.

Hearts have a ticket exchange system, where season ticket holders make their seat available - they get some of the money, the club get some of the money. Hearts' issue though is that very few people use it. I think maybe 500 tickets are made available through it but only a small percentage get bought - maybe because they're single seats or whatever, I don't know. It's basically what Cormack thinks will be the answer should his dream of a 16,000 capacity stadium be realised.

I got excited and put together a wee showreel to let the rest of Europe know what they're missing out on.

Leighton Clarkson! It appears to be happening.

I haven't bought a season ticket, does that make me a better fan than those who have? If so then I'm in total agreement with this thread and shame on the rest of you. And if Seabass and I don't get tickets for Roma at home then we riot.

This is the non-Aberdeen sub forum, no? Kinda fair game. Plus that's an Aberdeen legend you're talking about. Up there with Lee Richardson...