BobbyBiscuit

No, no it wouldn't. It's based on many factors, as you probably know.

Everyone would. But I don't think means we have to stop progressing. When progress stops it's only a matter of time before you start regressing. We are at best stagnating. Regression is on it's way if it's not here already. The fact he's been better than the other ineptitudes we've hired over that period doesn't mean we have to stick with him forever. Being honest, how many pumpings, how many utterly lifeless, directionless, spineless performances against the Old Firm would it take for you to say enough is enough?

I think Devlin is a positive signing IF he gets back to where he should be in terms of fitness. It is a gamble however, especially giving him a healthy contract. Rico - were you not of the opinion that his strike rate on transfers was as we should expect? (apologies if mistaken identity/theory)

I'd been on the fence with him for a while - had Hayes and McGinn not both left last summer I wouldn't have batted an eyelid had DM joined Sunderland, but felt it was important the manager stayed in light of losing our two best players at that time. I felt that would have been too much for the club to repair at the one time. The huns double header at the end of Nov/start of Dec is when I lost all faith in him. I've made the points before about him signing players on their name rather than how they fit into our squad and I think this is his biggest failing after the bottle jobs against the huns and tims. He has one way of playing and that's it. Was refreshing to hear Willie Miller and Michael Stewart say on radio that as soon as McInnes tries anything out of his normal tactics we're an absolute shambles. Most of us have been saying it for ages, nice to hear the media have spotted it too. He won't resign. He won't get sacked. I don't see anyone that would interest him coming in for him now, certainly not West Brom. And while that's the case, we won't progress, and possibly set ourselves back. Winning the Scottish Cup would be amazing, and I would dearly love for it to happen - but the bottom line is that with the OF still in the cup, we probably have next to no chance of winning it.

Shagged Ally McCoist though so she can get right to fuck. And then fuck off some more.

Is that not the whole issue with Logan though? There isn't a back up. He's had 4 years of being "The right back", there's no one pushing him for that position. He has been garbage all season, but there is no other option. Terrible management. At the start of this season I had a conversation with someone on Twitter who hailed Logan as the best right back AFC had had since Stuart Kennedy. I suggested that Stewart McKimmie may have been better and I was rather forcibly rebuked. But really, Stewart McKimmie is fucking miles better than Logan. A player who consistently won trophies and 40 international caps, playing in a World Cup and 2 European Championships... and never shat himself against Celtic. I would settle for that last stat for Logan....

Has McInnes even watched the matches where Celtic lost this season? Because if he did, and still chose to go with that set up today then that's probably a sacking offence in itself. If he hasn't, then that's probably a sacking offence too. He has no idea. Literally no fucking clue in what to do against Celtic but other than the Scottish Cup Final, he has got it so far wrong it's almost laughable - and then to repeat that horrendous mistake time and time again? And people think he should be kept on? Get him to fuck. We are going backwards here, and rapidly. The boy Cosgrove... good on him for giving Brown a dull yin, but he looked utterly awful in every moment. He actually looked as though he'd never played the game before. Not quite sure, on that showing and his record, why we've bought him. His signings for that area of the pitch, bar Adam Rooney, have been utter shite. And yet, Rooney is the guy he's always trying to replace... it's fucking bizarre.

Knew I'd forgotten someone. Yes, GMS has had some very good moments for us, but he's also disappeared in a lot of matches (not alone in that right enough). And if GMS is the best of the summer signings, that shows exactly how successful they've been. Re McGinn - I meant he was lucky from the point of view that it didn't work out for him in South Korea and he was back a lot earlier than expected. There is an element of luck in that.

This was also true of last summer with the departures of Jack, Hayes and McGinn. He's had a stroke of luck with McGinn coming back, however, look at the rest of his signings and I have utterly no faith in him to get it right in the summer. Stewart - really nice footballer, but doesn't fit our system. That being the case, seems a strange and lazy move. Maynard - utter toilet. A dismal footballer. Had McInnes watched him recently prior to taking him on? Tansey - after the guy for nigh on two years, hardly plays and when he does it's not in a role that suits the player. Disappeared back up the road and we probably won't see him in a Dons shirt again. Arnason - seemed reluctant to play him and is in and out the side despite showing early promise in the partnership with McKenna. May - not convinced he's right in terms of fitness, but also doesn't fit our system. That being the case, seems a strange and lazy move. Ball - a bit pish. Nowhere near good enough on the ball. The fact he has featured so rarely surely suggests DM thinks the same. I think his signings are short sighted - loan moves, one year deals; with the exception of May and McGinn there is no future in the signings from the summer now that it looks like Tansey won't be back. What was DM's thinking with that? Why the short termism? It's strange because he's actually done a good job in getting players to sign extensions, like Lewis for example. He has to do better this summer. He maybe thought he'd be away from Aberdeen at some point this season. My concern is that his utterly dismal record in big matches continues and he won't get another club coming for him. Milne will never sack him because he protects Milne and then we're stuck with him. Stuck in the same cycle of bending over and letting the Old Firm do us as many times as they like.

Come on chief, surely not? If it bored you tears you wouldn't be going.

I didn't see today's game, so can't comment on that, but I was surprised to see that McLean was captain. He is, after all, another club's player. Would have been a positive step to give the armband to McKenna. However, that isn't today's big issue, surely? From what I've heard and read, the issue was really to do with tactics, and not who wore the armband.

I think that used to be true of international football, I don't think it is any more. Too many players picked because of who they are (or who they play for), rather than for what they're doing at that time.

Of course, you're both right in what you say. However, a few years ago we were playing at Dundee in the lunch time kick off. If we won we really put pressure on Celtic who were kicking off later that day (or on the Sunday). Rooney had put us ahead in the first half but we lost a daft goal (think Jack may have back heeled the ball to Dundee as it was running out for a throw) early in the second. With half an hour to play you would never have guessed we were a team in with a chance - albeit slight - of winning the league. We played with no tempo, little purpose. We were screaming out for a change of personnel. Robson got stripped, then was told to sit down. If we made a change that day it was with only a couple of minutes to go. That, more than words, told us of McInnes's mindset. He didn't believe we could win the league.

Supposedly, prior to the 2002 World Cup, Mick McCarthy asked his Ireland squad where they thought they'd get to in the tournament. He asked if anyone in the room thought they could win it. Roy Keane put his hand up straight away, and there were a few laughs etc and McCarthy looked at him as if he was off his head. "What game is it you're all expecting to fucking lose then?" was Keane's response. Spot on. Until/If it becomes impossible for us to win the league, that should always be the aim.

Warner was dire. Adam Collin was even worse. Think Burridge only played 4 games for us, and all 4 were 1 each draws. He sat on the bench for us a few times as well so he obviously wasn't convincing Miller he was good enough to play ahead of Stillie. Mimms is probably the best, Ward was good and Dibble was ok from memory too.

Yip. and the ridiculousness of his inferiority complex is displayed for all to see - the man taking points off the OF regularly, Steve Clarke, has been pumped in his two matches against Aberdeen. And yet Aberdeen are as meek against the OF as Killie used to be. McInnes has fucked it this season. As he did two seasons ago when Ward left and he went with Scott Brown in nets. McInnes doesn't believe he can do it, he believes it's enough just to be name checked with the "Glasgow Giants". How he and the club allowed that scenario to manifest itself around the huns matches in Nov/Dec is baffling, and questions should be asked of it.

60 league goals in 183 matches. For a guy who isn't an out and out striker that is fantastic. Doesn't take into account the number he sets up. That some people thought we'd be better without McGinn is utterly laughable. We've scored 10 in the 3 games he's started since coming back, it's no coincidence.

Bordeaux tried to get him on the last day of the window. Killie have done well to keep hold of him. He supposedly wanted to go but the deal fell through. I'd imagine a similar move will be on the table for him come June.

Had the Dons -2 @ 6/1... :hammer: It's a mug's game, sure enough.

Maynard-esque stats, maybe coming up to keep Nicky company on the bench.

Would definitely buy it... Obvious answers: 1st Bayern game, 5-1 v the huns, league title clinching game v the tims, Super Cup Final. Goals - aside from those in the games above... Gillhaus v the huns in his second game. Charlie Nick on the volley v the Tims, Duncan Shearer to effectively relegate United and put us into the relegation play off. Severin v the huns. In fact, anyone v the huns. Rico v Torino. Numerous Eoin Jess efforts and numerous Niall McGinn efforts too. A few crackers from John Hewitt over the years too, a few against United coming to mind. That'll do for starters...

Rumours on twitter that we're after a Carlisle striker called Sam Cosgrove. Not sure how reliable the source is though or much about Cosgrove's credentials.

Finally got round to getting this, very good on first listen. Certainly better than the last effort. Last few songs on the album are superb.

Horrendous first half. GMS was awful, never once tried to take his man on, instead he just opted to knock the ball back to Considine, he was similarly woeful. Agree with tlg that Shinnie looked tired today; he was second to everything. It may be unkind to suggest that once again a left back in centre mid up against an actual centre mid in Mulumbu will struggle. But that's exactly what happened from early on. Fair play to the management team for turning it around at half time and it seemed like a different side that came out. Was worried about the number of balls that came off Rodgers; i don't think he ever caught it first time. McKenna was superb and i thought Arnason was very tidy when he came on. McGinn was tremendous. What a difference he makes to us. He's a joy to watch. he's also got a better strike rate than Nicky Shit already.....

When I say starting position I mean at re-starts (goal kicks, kick outs etc, not the actual set up at the beginning of the match). Of course the flow of the game can push us back, not arguing that at all. But when it re-starts we have to get back into where we want to be, unless they're playing some formation which stops that - which I don't believe is the case. You always go into your planned shape at re-starts, you don't all drop as a unit at that point, but we did it on Wednesday.