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Aberdeen aren't much better to be honest. We're charging Hearts £32 on Sunday and it's not exactly the best facilities in the away end either (I was in it for the Hacken game).

Miovski starts for Girona in the Champions League. He'll score his first goal for them tonight. I can feel it.

Is that Bologna slang?

Nicky Devlin in the Scotland squad to look after Rafael Leao

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I'm on holiday until Saturday. I don't want talk to any of them unless it's to make more holiday requests.

I see Neil Warnock was at Ibrox this afternoon to cheer on his beloved.

Miovski an unused sub again for Girona. Should we just own up, tell them we've conned them and given them Sokler as a joke, and that we'll now swap?

Yes, was just over 4,000

That was his fourth mention. He had already talked at length about it in the "Why is Thelin so much better than you" debate. The time on the training ground thing. The European games only really kick in now. They've played two European games so far, the last of which was weeks ago. They had a whole pre-season, a schedule where they lost every game. They have played two fewer competitive games than we have. The new manager you have sympathy for because he IS walking into a hectic schedule with little time on the training ground. Naismith doesn't get to use that excuse though. Not necessarily. When you look at the chances Shankland was missing, they often were in positions when you're asking a lot of him, the team weren't creating good opportunities for him. Now he will have missed very scoreable chances like every striker does, but Hearts whole creative play under Naismith was poor. Their actual game plan was, as you say, "give it to the guy who scores goals" hoping the other team wouldn't mark him. I said last season, even when Hearts were getting results they never really looked all that convincing, and Hearts fans could see that too. Was a matter of time before they were found out.

I counted four mentions of how European football means you can't get to work with the players on the training ground. Which is right. Except, we only played eight European games last season. Even when we had two-week international breaks the players came back still looking lost. Also described Devlin's pass to Keskinen for the opener as "just a hopeful ball up the park". No, he was trying to pick Keskinen out. Granted poor defending helped send him clear, but it was a player in red aiming for another player in red, something lacking under Robson last season. Fuck sake @redordead you've set me off now.

Yeh I think Ambrose was sent on for his ability to win headers (and, to give him some credit since we're all picking on him, he did well defensively late on when he got his head on a dangerous Dundee cross and cleared it). But in hindsight Sokler would have been better coming on there. Surely Ambrose's touch can't be as bad as that in training?

Was my first game of the season and was worried we'd win 11 on the bounce, then I'd show up and we'd lose, but we are magnificent. Can see why Thelin took off McGrath for Palaversa as we needed physicality at that point, but it meant when we won it back we didn't have enough bodies forward to break and we struggled to hold possession and kill Dundee's momentum. That was when you wanted Gueye on for Clarkson too (although the wee man battled gamely, they were trying to bully him but he scrapped away). I've criticised Rubezic, but penalty apart he was very good. Molloy I thought struggled, second half all his headers seemed to be downward and he never really got it cleared. Was bailed out a few times. Ambrose, ooft. I wanted to give him a chance, but wouldn't be sad to never see him in a Dons shirt again.

Just got myself a last minute ticket so heading up to see Jimmy Thelin's sexy Swedish reds. Now that I'll be there I'll change my prediction to 1-0 Aberdeen, Palaversa off the bench with a last minute winner.

I did say could maybe make a case, wasn't particularly advocating it. Was more me taking umbrage at the suggestion Shinnie shouldn't start. But, was interesting that Clarkson was saying he could only play 60/70 minutes last year before he would suffer cramp, and that Thelin told him to stay on against Spartans to get 90 minutes on him despite him again beginning to cramp up.

I was reading some Girona fans' opinions on Miovski, albeit through google translate. They're split. Some think his movement is really good, others think he's poor. He's their Pape Gueye.

Leven been given permission to talk to St Johnstone. It's only a matter of time. If he doesn't take this one then another club will be along soon enough.

Aye I don't like this pattern of bringing out strips that look like they've been washed with the wrong colours, ie last year's home strip. This season's home is superb, the away is okay, the rip off third is very meh.

"Up to 19,000 tickets" for the semi. In truth that's 17,500 plus any unsold debentures. We'll probably take 14,000, which is our standard semi-final sales when doing well, and a good haul imo. I tend to think (hope) law of averages mean if we keep playing Celtic at Hampden we're bound to win one eventually. This is our ninth game at Hampden against them in 14 years.

Shinnie and Nilsen have to play. Could maybe make the case of Palaversa over Clarkson. Didn't realise you lived in New Zealand (presumed USA. Always thought you were being lazy sleeping in during games). I lived with two girls from New Zealand. Promised them I'd visit them in Queenstown one day, but it's a bit of a trek isn't it? It's on the bucket list though.

Please tell me it wasn't Football Insider. Have I taught you boys nothing?

Thank god for that, was struggling to tell the difference with the black and gold.

Aye Sky Sports used to do some masters tournament. We weren't in the Scottish one though, we got bumped into the "north-east" one with Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Newcastle. We basically sent the Gothenburg team and despite having the oldest team we won it, cos we're the fucking Dons min. Can't remember what year that was.

New third kit? A retro kit? An update to the Adidas Aberdeen Arena at the beach?