BobbyBiscuit

Because they came through way before Miller and Calderwood came in. Cast your mind back to Paterson's "regime". Do you really think the following players were cut out for SPL life with Aberdeen: Kevin Soutar - now in the US earning $7,000 a year Kevin Rutkiewicz - now at St Johnstone Fergus Tiernan - now a fireman Murray McCulloch - god knows Michelle Lombardi - Highland League Scott Muirhead - Dunfermline Scott Morrison - Dunfermline John Stewart - QotS (?) Mark Peat - Clyde (?) So, yeah, fair point, there was nothing at all wrong with the youth set up before Miller and Calderwood came in...

You really are retarded. Read my post again, I said if he puts them in and it doesn't work you'd still give him stick. You said we should give them a chance. Neither of those things have happened so how does that prove you're right? It doesn't.

Why would I tell you to fuck off if it was true? How do you work that out, Einstein? As has been alluded to earlier, if it wasn't for fickle cunts like you maybe they would have had a chance earlier. Let's face it, JC gives these boys a run out and it doesn't work you'd slate him for that as well. Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.

No, but the Dad's might...

Oh fuck off Stoney.

I know more about the EPL players and teams than that of the SPL, in fact I probably know more about La Liga than the SPL. To be honest, I have no great interest in the SPL outwith Aberdeen. When me and my mates were younger we'd be able to rhyme off the first team squads of all the teams in the league - mostly because of the football stickers we collected and because you had to take the opportunity to watch any football you could... basically one hour a week covered in Sportscene and Scotsport, so we watched them regardless of which game was on. And, in those days the featured game didn't necessarily have to involve the Old Firm, in fact, you'd be more likely to see Aberdeen v Hibs on a Saturday night than Falkirk v Celtic for example. I hate to say it, but the SPL is a tinpot league and is viewed as such by Setanta and Sky. The viewing figures, unfortunately, are with Falkirk v Celtic and not Aberdeen v Hibs. There are only two sellable comodities. It's the way of the game these days, I'm sad to say and that means it's tough for kids to muster up any enthusiasm for our game. When the only live Scottish match will 90% of the time be a routine win for one of the OF over a not very glamorous SPL side and it costs an arm and a leg to actually go to the games, you can't blame them for switching off.

Both Aluko and Vidal said a big draw of signing for us was to play the OF. Can't imagine the same being said for them playing United and Hearts.

"Forget Fear Factor and get stuck into those scab faced vermin from the off on Saturday." Studs in the shins early on and they'll never bother you again. COME ON YE REDS!

Maybe Scottish Football should look at itself, instead of attempting to pass the blame on to anyone or anything, as long as it's not themselves.

Cost?

I agree we could be doing this for a small group at a time, that wouldn't hurt and the local schools/youth groups should be the targets for this. However, the club will take an "Opportunity Costing" point of view at a seat being taken by someone who hasn't paid for it last week, this week and won't be paying for it next week either...

In no way am I saying what ST is outlining is wrong, on the contrary, but the reality of it is that they simply won't do this sort of thing for a sustained period of time. You'll get it once a season, maybe twice, but that'll be that because the club have said before they don't actually make any money from it. I presume from this they mean that the gates go back to what they were after those matches and those matches themselves brings them no extra revenue which would make it worth doing on a regular basis. The club is in a sticky position over this. The sort of games they'll do these offers for will be against St Mirren (as it was this season), ICT (as it was a few seasons ago) because they don't have to market the games v the huns or tims or last season's European games. These matches sell themselves. But that has always been the case. The fact of the matter is that people just won't turn out in big numbers on a regular basis to watch us play Hamilton, ICT, St Mirren, Kilmarnock and Falkirk regardless of reductions in ticket prices. And let's face it, even with a reduction in price, it's still an expensive day out for families and in particular with the economy the way it is at the moment.

Again, it's not a bad idea, but in reality we both know that Aberdeen would never do this on a regular basis for the principal reason that they'd see it as effectively losing money. Willie Miller has said as much in the past year or so.

Very true. The problem on the back of that though is that they can't get in for free every week, and the simple truth is that football in this country is ridiculously over priced. So if we're serious about getting them back through the doors on a regular basis with their dads or mums, we have to reduce prices.

Supposedly to signify being "up to the knees in fenian blood".

By the same token, how can you hate the huns? You've both benefited from this farcical sectarian pish for over a century, so I am presuming you have a secret admiration and respect for your blue brothers.

And had you taken them into the Celtic end (i.e. had you been successful in your application for tickets) you'd have heard just as bad and probably worse stuff. It's the football, not the fucking ballet. As I've said before, maybe you should just dry your fucking eyes.

I never knew he was their player recruitment director/manager. I apologise profusely.

according to the BBC Gossip Column. Seems very strange considering they don't have a manager at the minute!

Yes, there is.

Because someone may deserve to come off, it doesn't automatically mean he is not pulling his weight. Aluko played alright, the Celtic defenders were scared to go near him. I don't think many players played badly on Sunday, but for anyone to suggest it was some sort of master tactical stroke by JC it would be like a Mackie attempt at goal....well wide of the mark.

But you didn't go to support Aberdeen. You went to see Celtic. Why are you struggling to understand what the problem is here?

I've actually been to Carfin, dragged there by my mum and gran... I saw a statue of the Lady Madonna move. She raised four fingers on her left hand. And then two on the other. I'm sure she was trying to tell me something...

Well, once you've dried their eyes, fucking dry your own, eh?

Mmmm... well, quite.