BobbyBiscuit

Any of the lads at the game today see anything at the end between Tommy Wright and Dingus? this was posted on Mad: not sure if anyone else saw this to day but at the end of todays game when the players wer walking down the tunnel, for some strange reason scott leitch had to hold back tommy wright as he was clearly well pissed of with mark mcghee and the 2 of them wer having a right go at each other which led mcghee telling wright to get the f**k down the tunnel.

Scott Davie and Jim Leighton were adamant that it was never a booking nor a foul.

It wouldn't surprise me if van Basten was the only point of reference in Adams' tiny mind. MvB made him look that much of a mug in Euro88 I'd be surprised if Adams wasn't still having nightmares about it. Watching Valencia-Real... for such a hard bastard, Carlos Marchena doesn't half cry a lot when he's tackled.

aye, The Smiths are shite. How Soon Is Now? is a good song but generally they're dirge.

Man Utd went down 1-0 to Villa. United were pretty pish despite having most of the ball. When will Rooney learn that no matter how many times he tries to kick the ball through someone's body the end result will be the same? i.e. it won't go through their body. Spanish football - Barca ahead in the Barcelona derby thanks to a very dubious spot kick. Only 12 mins left. Tony Adams is in the studio and he said: "Ibrahimovic is as good a forward as Marco van Basten was". Get back on the drink, Tone.

Indeed, but things change and we certainly have a standing within the Scottish game that dictates that we should be winning things given the size of club etc. If we shouldn't be winning things, then by the same reasoning, no one outwith the OF should.

So the noughties has become only the second decade since the war where we've not won something. I wouldn't say parity has been restored at all then. you're maybe not meaning it, but there is an air of "just accept it" about your post. If that is the attitude of our supporters and our club, then we'd be as well giving it up now. save us all time, money, effort and emotion.

I think I hit that point some years ago, I'm sorry to say. For years one thing that has stuck in my throat is how meekly we cave in to absolutely anything, and I'm not just talking about on the pitch. This can be traced back years, possibly even to the club failing to give Simmie the support he deserved when he was being hounded out the country because of one mistake. Be it the media giving us it tight or other clubs having a go at us - how many times did the fans get called for all sorts by the huns and the press only for there not to be a peep out of Pittodrie? It was indicative of the play by those masquerading in our red shirts. They were pea-hearted and it ran right through the club. McGhee and Miller seem to be creating the "siege mentality" again and it's not before time. We shouldn't be giving a fuck about upsetting our rivals or the establishment, in fact, we should be getting our retaliation in first. We have to get back to having passion around our club. The passion is in the support, but it needs kick started sometimes and we have to see that those at the club share the passion. If the perception those at the club give is one of apathy then that seeps into the support. If we are going to go forward then the PR from the club has to be right. They've put themselves into so many positions in the past where even their supporters want to stick the boot into them for the slightest of things. That has to stop.

I have to say I'm struggling to think of any exciting players who came through under Ebbe or Pele. I don't think any Dons fan would have claimed any of those players as "exciting". The last real prospect before this crop would have been Russell Anderson or possibly Stephen Glass before him. I think this lot have the potential to be somewhere like the Jess and Booth era. It is only potential, of course. Interesting point re the play offs in 95. What I would say though is that it is entirely possible that the debt could have been worse with Premier League players on Premier League wages playing in the first division with first division gates and revenues. It is unlikely in those days the club would have had an "in case of relegation" clause in their contracts considering we'd finished 2nd in 4 of the previous 5 seasons. Then, had we been promoted, would we have seen any different approach in the transfer market to what we saw under Aitken and Alex fucking Miller anyway? I still get a feeling we'd have thrown an awful lot of good money after an awful lot of shit.

The "noughties" (I really hate that term actually) hasn't been a stellar success for the Dandies. A lot of it has been as painful as the latter part of the 90's. For the first part of the 90's we had a team which sparkled with exciting players, worthy of the shirt and the gate money. They still didn't win much though. But there was great anticipation going to watch them. It pains me to say that was the last time I had that feeling about the Dons. The last ten years has seen a plethora of low quality players through our books and a plethora of results I never thought I'd witness our club go through. The last few years has seen a much needed stability and improvement generally speaking but we are still way short of where the club should be. The "highlight" of which was the UEFA Cup run. Our side did well all things considered, but it is a sign of how far we have sunk that the club saw fit to release a DVD of the "success". I find things like that utterly frustrating. Aberdeen FC should have more to crow about than a series of draws, one win and ultimately a 5-1 pumping from a handful of games. But now we've got a young team with the potential to have a big impact on the Scottish game. So, are things going to change? where do you see us in 5 years time? Is the next Cup win just around the corner? Is this an exciting time to be a Dons fan or is it just more of the same?

Theo had McLeish and Miller in front of him for his first two seasons with us as well. It's hard to split Leighton and Snelders but I think Leighton edges it. Theo was probably technically superior but Leighton had the raw talent and was utterly fearless despite taking some very heavy knocks to the head (anyone remember him leaving the field at Hamilton [?] with bandages over his head?). Sadly, after that cunt McCoist volleyed Theo in the face, fearless wasn't something that could be said for him. He definitely lost something after that incident although he was still a great keeper. I can only echo the calls for Kjaer to be higher, he was a fantastic influence on his defence and a brilliant all round goalkeeper. Langfield being up there is nothing more than some sort of sick joke. He was very good last season, he seems to have regressed this season. It would be too easy to point out the missing factor this season, but I'm sure you can all work it out for yourselves...

So you don't want United having to pay for the costs of the game but also think it's fantastic there are only 250 monkeys going?

yeah, it would have been. Think it was 1993/94 so that would tie in.

Pretty much. Anyone who was at the game at Parkhead in the mid 90's that was abandoned due to fog right after half time will be able to tell you that what I said in my previous post is correct. The tims knew the game couldn't go on, but the ref brought the teams out for the second half and two mins later blew for full time. We all had to pay in again for the "replay". Had it been abandoned at half time we'd have got in for free.

Would you be saying that if it was the huns asking for more money?

United are at it. If the match is called off after half time, they are entitled to ask for cash for admittance to the re-arranged game. If it's called off before or at half time, the tickets should be valid.

I agree with that. If you can make your point in a reasonable way and respond to things without acting like a cretin then you'll get on fine. There are a few folk recently who have started posting more and they're treated the same as everyone else. But don't you think a lot of that is because of how we all ended up back here? It was mostly because we were seen as a certain type of person/poster by certain individual(s) on the hat, and were all banned at one point. I think the three sites for AFC is just about right. There were folk on the hat saying that we should move back over there but even if this place closed I wouldn't do that, that's no disrespect to the folk over there it's just a very different type of forum to this one. There's a lack of patience over there which is brought about by the number of posters as you've pointed out. But there's a slight lack of diversity on here. Horses for courses and all that. And after all, it's just the fucking internet. None of this and none of you are actually real. I'm definitely not real.

Despite the scoreline that was a cracking game, brilliant midfield scrap between Seve/Heikkinen v Rocastle/Beuzelin.

I don't think "definately" is the word either... I blame Derek Young...

you've not asked for any. You've just told us what has supposedly happened and you're not going back.

Well, exactly. Hertz are now just back to being the same old Hertz. i.e. nothing.

What do you want us to do about it?

I would have done something for you but my laptop at home is fucked and there's no way of doing it in work. Try the Red Avenger on Aberdeen-Mad. Black was a stunning player, to give you an idea of what he was like I would probably compare him to Mark Hughes.

Well done PP!

Dallas was an ok ref, but his problem was he wanted to be Scotland's answer to Collina and that in turn has led to a bigger problem for the game now as they all seem to have a "look at me" attitude when it comes to reffing, which Dallas certainly had in his last couple of seasons as a ref. Until that attitude is dispensed of, we'll keep seeing yellows and reds dished out for the equivalent of fuck all.