BobbyBiscuit

i meant release him in the sense that he can play further forward, not selling him.

McNamara can play in midfield too, he often played a holding role for celtic. I wouldn't be too unhappy if this was his role for us, could release Severin a bit and allow Nicholson to play on the right where he's far more effective. However, if Anderson leaves, he may well be deployed as a sweeper, or a right back, with Hart moving to centre half (his best position in my opinion). I really hope he signs, he's a cracking player McNamara and the sort of guy you can rely on. Extremely consistent and very professional, a good role model for our younger players. And that could be vital if Anderson leaves.

didnt think hertz posed a big threat on sunday, and were obviously helped by poor defending/attrocious goalkeeping for their goal. Only problem with Hibs is that they've only won 6 in 21 league games or so, so i'd reckon it's more likely that Killie could do us a favour at rugby park on the 20th. Here's hoping it's done and dusted by the time we play at the San Giro on Saturday though.

"Calling in favours" is a line he's used every fuckin transfer window since he's arrived. and how many favours has he called in?? Precisely none. I really want to know what it was Jimmy has done to warrant favours back... well, on second thoughts, perhaps best not to...

Gary Hackett - he had a bubble perm 5 years AFTER Neale Cooper. This alone should have meant he wasnt offered a contract. Ian Robertson - knew we were in for a rough ride when this ginger clown was involved. Craig Robertson - apparently there's no truth in the rumour that David Murray once beat him in a bleep test. Comes as a shock, to be honest. Nice goal v Rapid Vienna though Paul fucking Kane - "No Kane. No Pain". That is all. Ray McKinnon - all the dig of a baby trowel. Liked flicking his hair and passing the ball sideways... out the park.("after another laid back bout of non consequential wankery" - The Paper Tiger, 1995, summed him up perfectly) Peter "Silky" Hetherston - I can only presume he wore silk underwear... David "Zico" Winnie - he really did think Zico was a name given to him because he thought he was a good player. After hearing Stewart McKimmie tell Brian Grant that Zico was "f*cking pish", it's pleasing to know that even his so called peers agreed with the guys in the stand. Jamie McQuilken - A Falkirk fan once said of him "One week he's Bobby Carlos, the next Bobby Davro". It appears we signed Bobby Davro's footballing equivalent. Bryan Prunty - probably THE worst player I've ever seen in the famous red shirt. Taking three touches to score from a yard is quite an achievement - especially when he only meant one of them. Brian O'Neil - Held the title before Prunty whimpered on to the scene. Started as a centre half, and then proved he was equally inept in a variety of positions. Nicky Walker - He was pish at the huns, the diet huns and Fatprick Thistle, so no real surprise what he was at Aberdeen. Tzanko Tzvetanov - brilliant debut v Celtic, and was then drunk for the remainder of his stay at Pittodrie. ...And several others I can not think of at this moment, and to be honest after that little lot, I have no wish to recall anymore of the jokers masquerading as Aberdeen players through the years.

Miller's Tache is right, with more countries coming into the EU, it should be an awful lot easier for us to get players in who won't cost as much as guys coming from the same league. I'd actually forgotten that JC decided that the scouting network could be dispensed with. What other club has no scouting network? That is hideously short sighted. There is a complete lack of imagination with Calderwood. The influx of Dunfermline players points to this. When he gave a trial to Daal and we couldn't get him originally, did he shop around to see if we could get someone instead of waiting for Daal? No. Now, fair enough, if Daal was the next van Nistelrooy, but he's not is he? So why did we wait to sign him? It's not good enough to say "because he's cheap", there are other cheap players of the required quality out there. But again, that would require a bit of work, a bit of travelling, that our esteemed manager doesn't seem to like doing unless he's going to top up his tan. Willie Miller can point out all the potential signing targets he wants, but the decision rests with Calderwood. The impression I'm under is that when Calderwood came into Pittodrie, he said "i want Byrne, Dempsey, Nicholson, Langfield, Crawford..." and that was it. That was the extent of HIS scouting. Drew - you're right, you can say that Calderwoods signings haven't been bad, although Byrne and Langfield in my opinion are toilet. But, I'd say that yes, they've been ALRIGHT. Is "ALRIGHT" what we want? Another of MT's points about Ebbe's methods of taking in trialists has another slant to it. Ebbe took a lot of guys in, hardly any got contracts. Of the trialists Calderwood has taken in, how many got contracts? Nearly all of them. And how many of those guys (Paatelainens, Kristianson, Blaha etc etc) were good enough for us? I'd say zero. That also points to laziness. And if it's not laziness, then it's very worrying, cos none of them were footballers. Two names for you. Peter Kjaer and Roberto Bisconti. Easily two of the best players we've had in the last ten years. Where did they come from? How much did they cost? Those two would significantly enhance our current side. Again, another inidication that the players are there and, more importantly, are available to a club like ours, for affordable prices.

The fact is Drew, whether you or I believe that there's someone out there we can get is utterly irrelevant. I do not for one second believe that Langfield is the best keeper we can get. It is a huge indication of our current management team's unwillingness to look further than Fife for players. Football is a global game, and as such, we should be using scouting contacts abroad to be getting guys in. Stillian Petrov was on £500 a week when he first joined Celtic. Aberdeen can afford that. The players of desired quality and pirce are there if you get up off your arse and look for them. If you cast your mind back to when Willie Miller and Calderwood came into Aberdeen. The Summer of 2004, Willie Miller spent two weeks in Eastern Europe setting up contacts. I remember being quietly confident at the time about this, i really thought it was the way to go. How many players has it brought us? None. Do you know why? Because Calderwood would prefer to take a bunch of cloggers from Dunfermline than to actually go and look at young players in the likes of Poland and Hungary who would be good for our team for a few years and who we could then sell for a profit later on. That's fact. It's extremely sad, but it's fact.

I think to get the benefit of Brewster our midfield have to collectively grow a set and start making forward runs off the ball - i know, radical or what, eh? Perhaps this will bring out the best in Nicholson too. It's all very well Brewster holding the ball up, but if no one is running off him he's going to look pretty garbage.

because it's down to the defence as well. You could stick Langfield in goals for ManUtd and they'd probably still have the best goals against record in their league, but i'll be fucked if 90% of that is down to him. Statistics never tell the whole story, and are in fact a bit like miniskirts in that way, as someone famous once said.

because he's a poor keeper. Cant command his area, is slow getting down, his handling at times is comical. Preece and Esson were mediocre at best, but both are better than that clown.

Being honest... Langfield is shit and the huns are more than welcome to him. If he stays here and is the #1 when we go to Europe i'll jump off the Kingston Bridge. Repeat after me: The guy is NOT a good keeper.

BobbyBiscuit, always have been and would imagine always will be. 27 years old and stay a goal kick away from Firhill. Don't play the game anymore due to a horrible knee injury sustained ten years ago, but i was a joy to watch... not too disimilar to Jan Molby... overweight and drunk. I approve of cheese.