Superstar Tradesman

Shit happens I guess.

I'd be glad if someone took the key to get in Pittodrie off him.

His wages would certainly help.

McNamara out - Elvis in. Certainly couldn't be any worse...

We'll we've all gotten over the fact we've signed Stevie Crawford, Craig Brewster, an ex-Hun, an ex-Tim and Deek Young in recent years. I'm sure we could get over THAT cunt if he sorts out the void that Anderson has left.

It's basically the waiting game, for him, the club and the fans. The club are waiting for him to accept their offer. He's waiting to see if anyone else comes in with a better one. The fans are waiting for him to sign. He'll only be able to string the club along for a certain amount of time before they want an answer and he's not going to piss them off by stalling all through the transfer window. But you can bet he'll only sign the minute it looks like there are no other interested parties. It's just good business sense and as we're not in the position to make offers that players can't refuse, we just have to get used to it.

You can mark my words: We will still be playing in the UEFA Cup early in 2008 If there's a huge dump of snow from now until then.

There's no doubt he's showing his age these days but I'd be willing to give him a space in the team just for his ability to arrange things at the back and show some sort of leadership in the squad.

This is where we need to be making cash.

Just been in the "AChat Chat Room" The posting time seems to be wrong and it would be handy if you could see who else is in there. Other than that it's looking good!

He used to play for Celtic you know.

Nah the quick reply is fine and handy the size it is. It's just when you quote someone who's wrote a fair amount, it's rather difficult to keep a track of all the points they may have made without scrolling up and down. If you want to just quote small sections then there's the insert quote buttons you added the other day.

The quick reply box is a bit small for quoting people. Might be handier if you go into the full reply section when you click on the quote box?

Other than sitting on a bench these days, what's Elvis up to?

Course it is. But I still haven't seen a decent reason for having a community stadium out of town.

The club or board of directors who think that selling our greatest asset, is the only way to get out of the financial mess, that they've got us into?

The bypass may be easier but will it really be any quicker than cutting through town rather than circumnavigating it all the way to Cove? I just think that site has been chosen with no regards to financial gain for the club, footballing reasons or the fans. I fully expect that also to be the case when it comes to building the stadium. This has the chance to be fantastic but I just can't see it being the case unless you're in it for personal gain.

We're all ears.... I refer you to and earlier post:

I don't think anyone really complained about not getting a pint or certainly meant it without being a little tongue-in-cheek. As for the greater access, that'll only apply to those travelling from the South. Ask the thousands of Reds from Ellon, Inverurie, Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Turriff, etc... what they think. As far as I'm aware, Montrose, Brechin, Arbroath, etc are mostly all Dundee/United fans. I doubt very much that it'll have an impact on those who already travel from these towns but you could probably add an hour onto the journey time and as they'll be going through Aberdeen to get there, it'll only make the traffic worse on the busiest day of the week.

So if it's nothing to do with space, then why the hard-on for Cove?

I know what a hotel is for min. I just don't understand the need for one at a community stadium? If it's so we can house oil workers and they choose the Cove site as there's no room down the beach for it alongside the stadium, then I smell shite.

Rotating the squad would be a lot more benificial when playing so many games. There just seems to be names on that sheet each week whether they're fit or not and too many players on our books who are never going to get a game.

You're missing the point entirely. Yes I'd prefer it down the beach but I just don't want people wanting it at Cove purely because they think they'll end up with some super-complex with bells and whistles when at the end of the day, all AFC will be getting the use of a stadium every couple of weekends and a couple days training each week. Why even have a hotel at a stadium? Very few travelling fans will stay there as it's just as easy to travel home after the game. Anyway, would you stay at Rangers Towers or Hearts Hotel if there were such places, knowing you're pumping more money into their bank accounts?

Went for lunch and you've saved me the bother of posting the above. AFC are going to stump up money for a share in the stadium and then wipe the debt with the rest. Unless the hotel is somehow part of the stadium then there's no way they'll be chipping in money for another building alongside the stadium. If building a hotel was the way to make money then why haven't the club done so already? Like I said, it's a red herring.

A lot of venom in that report but then again the truth hurts. Hopefully that report is laminated and plastered all over the changing rooms this week.