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Dunfermline moaning about the stupidity of them being asked to travel to Aberdeen on a Friday night

Willie Miller in the papers this morning saying Brown won't be sacked. Not sure why the Head of Youth Development is saying that, though.

I'll just take the cans i think...

I can confirm that we are £33.59 in the black. We have a solid financial structure in place. Everyone has their price Al...

Superb stuff. just hope he said it in the dressing room.

Arnason. Best player, should be in centre mid. Isn't because our manager is a cautious cunt.

Red Stars lined up today against the league leaders and stared them down straight away. The Reds started like a whirlwind... chasing everything, closing down and when the ball got to Strandman he skinned two defenders before being hacked to the ground 25 yards out. Ford and MacDonald had a discussion over it and captain MacDonald left the area to annoy the defensive wall. Ford, who has been playing with an injury for two weeks (that's commitment, AFC players!) lined the ball up and stepped back. He then cracked an unstoppable shot into the bottom corner. Three Sons keepers wouldn't have stopped it! Ford spun away to the acclaim of his team mates which is richly deserved considering his commitment to the cause over recent weeks. The game settled down after the goal and Red Stars were dominant. MacDonald and Ford controlled the match, spraying passes out wide to Soutar and Brady who were pinning the Sons full backs into their own half. A brilliant move involving the two central midfielders and the lively Strandman released Soutar down the left and a brilliant first touch set him up for a crack at goal but he clipped the top of the bar with a left foot strike. The second half started with Sons coming at Red Stars and the impeccable Ross and Tucky at centre half dealt with everything chucked at them. They were superbly assisted by Pincombe and Hagerty at full back who were playing their respective positions for the first time. Red Stars were cool and assured and broke with speed. MacDonald's delightful ball forward to Cathcart had the big centre forward spinning and sending Soutar free wide left. The Dons broke as Soutar beat one then two defenders, his cross looked perfect as Cathcart went for it but Sons cleared for a corner. The Reds were comfortable, but just couldn't get the second goal; Cathcart, MacDonald and Strandman all had superb chances to put the game to bed but none could finish. Sons knew they were lucky; they weren't in the game, they posed no threat to Ross, Tucky, Hagerty and Pincombe but they launched the ball into Red Stars area one last time. It bobbed around and came out wide. Their right mid went past Pinky and the otherwise excellent full back chopped him down. Penalty to Sons. Their entourage (Fucking loads of the clowns) went wild. They didn't deserve this. They weren't in the game. Stott, our goalkeeper (best keeper in the league by a mile) made himself big on his line. Their lad ran forward... CRACK! Right off the bar! Tucky followed it in and fouled their striker . Stott took the goal kick and that was it. Red Stars are joint top of the league. :AFC2:

is scoring goals. ...and he's still not that arsed about it all. Crikey. Time for Broon and Archie to move on really, isn't it?

Yeah, fair point but do you really think they'rre going to bin him? I don't. I really don't.

Seconded. I stepped away from this thread midweek because i had a wee sneaking suspicion we may do something today... i really should know better. I said in another thread that Brown's first mistake was the line up v Celtic in the LC Semi. the unfortunate thing is that he's done hardly anything right since. And that's true. But sacking the manager would take the focus from Milne getting pelters, and that's what it has to come down to now.

what was Ricky up to today? I said after the Hibs game that his attitude to everyone else in the team was awful. Not what you want or need from a captain. So he played for the huns, and in the CL, and yet he is NOT the best player in our side, ever. Have a word with yourself Ricky.. honestly.

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Cos he's a shitebag?

No, the game you're thinking of was a couple of years after this one. This one was a Dodds pen when Shearer was brought down by Ally Maxwell, the second a thumping shot from the edge of the box from Shearer after McCall and Gough fucked it up. If it hadn't been for the net, it'd have blasted a hole in the RDS. It was our first game after Miller had been sacked, I was livid Aitken escaped the chop. I still am, actually.

Totally agree with your whole post Al but I fear the bit I have quoted will never be realised, especially while Brown is manager. He's cautious beyond belief - his tactics at Hampden in the first semi last season showed this but in fairness this was his first real mistake after taking the job on... however, the really worrying part is that he hasn't got a lot right since.

In/oot: Oot Prematcher: Gym Match: pub Postmatch: pub Prediction: 3-0 Well Crowd: 18 Dons fans.

The boycott is already happening, just because it's not organised doesn't mean there isn't one going on. 3,000 less than their break even figure would certainly suggest the club know there's one on too. Your point about the whole experience the fans endure is one which really has to be addressed by the club. The stadium is crumbling. I know the plan is to move house, but it's been crumbling for years. Even if they replaced the old, rusting seats in the South Stand, a lick of paint here and there... just do something that's a wee bit positive. these aren't massive things, they're not going to make or break if anyone goes to Pittodrie or not but it shows a wee bit of pride in what you're doing. They have no appreciation of how miserable it can be at times and they seem pro-active in dumbing it down even more with their issues with the RU, flags, ticker tape... anything to water it down, they'll do it.

Exactly. Should have used the past tense, surely?

he knows his head is on the block with the fans too. He's shiting it. He can take a flying fuck to himself too, incidentally.

Some of the larger shareholders can't even be fucked going to the home games these days, I doubt those comments would really bother them.

some strange choices there. Above & Beyond are good, they did a fantastic Essential Mix for R1 in the summer. Also like Space Brothers, Lustral, Jam & Spoon, Binary Finary (none of whom were nominated, probably not commercial enough) Would maybe vote for Kraftwerk for the Tour de France album alone. Superb.

So if Milne was putting more time in to the club - not money - we'd be flying? Heard it all now.

True but most don't make their living from going there.

aye, and if he keeps it up he'll probably get banned from Pittodrie... not so good for a free-lancer.

I wasn't a nipper, but thankfully I was ill and had to sell my ticket. Luckily I was also ill and missed the 5-0 gubbing from St Johnstone in 1990. At the time, I never thought the club would stoop so low for these things to become common place. Even though the Stenhousemuir game was just after Willie had been sacked and we were having a terrible time of it, it was still regarded as a "freak" result and was massive news. The St J game was the biggest freak result ever really, considering the team we had at that time and the football they were playing. If St Johnstone were to pummel us 5-0 these days it would surprise no one. Fucking dismal state of affairs.