Superstar Tradesman

Soulwax are worth a shout. I've had a few good nights dancing my sweaty socks off to both their live stuff and their dj sets.

I'm not going to comment on his performance other than to say that he seems to have made the exact same errors as McGhee in overloading areas of the park whilst completely ignoring others. They both also left Motherwell having done a decent jobs there with somewhat lesser resources. Could be coincidence that they had similar game plans or could it just be that they're "both shite"? I can't help but feel that there must be more to it than that? Are the reasons they've both been a failure been down to the same reason? AFC?

Self-imposed bans from Pittodrie are the done thing these days. Why should Frankie be any different?

Good article that, Frankie boy's obviously been doing his homework on the old interweb. At least now the fact that Milne is a fucking waste of space is being made public instead of being banded about websites.

Legs 'n co.

I don't even find the Huns crashing out mildly amusing given the state we are in. Let alone the Diet Huns.

Just what we need at a time like this - words. He'd have been as well adding a fingercrossedsmilie after saying we 'need to turn things round' as he will do nothing other than slap a few wrists and tell them to 'make it work'. He's not going to make any promises as to how to improve things as he has no intention of doing so. Spineless cunt.

Milne's hurting us, let's hurt Milne. He's bound to have put in for some planning permission somewhere in the town. Let's fuckin scupper it! Fuck it, I might even join the badger loving crew up at Cove to fuck up this big white elephant of his.

Nobody needs to 'actively suggest we stop going to games' as it is happening whether you like it or not. Relegation is also a reality that we now face. Both of which are Milne's doing.

Problem is they won't. Not at the moment at least. We're going through the worst financial crisis in decades and it's the banks that are royally fucked. If they're not going to come looking for their money during all of that then they're never going to. Not as long as we continue to fork out £1/2 million each year in interest. We're a reliable source of income for the bank. Money for nothing. One thing would have to change before that happens and that would be us failing to meet payments. Which means a drop in division and/or fans stop turning up each week. Both of those is becoming a reality but I wouldn't put it past Milne to magic some money out of thin air (as he frequently does when it comes to replacing managers) just to keep our necks above the water line. Thus preserving his bare-minimum-effort-reign.

Bollocks. That line is trotted out by the very man who is protecting his own interests and folk continue to believe it. Not one person has approached me to buy my house, car, shirt off my back. But guess what, I've never put them up for sale. Milne's kept us in millions of pound of debt so that we're seen as an unattractive investment. He could have paid that debt off easily with his bank balance or he could have given us an interest free loan rather than having us pay £500,000 a year in interest to the banks. Imagine what type of team we'd have with that amount of cash each season instead of just pouring it down the drain. Even a slice of that money with the rest going into servicing the debt would make a huge difference. But no, he'll keep cutting costs whilst we get no closer to paying off the debt. We're simply treading water and have been for decades. Administration may well not be the answer but I sure as shit wish the banks would come calling so he has to service that debt that he 'guarantees'. Then we'd see him for what he really is. No way he'd pay that off, no way. He'd pull every trick of the book and pile us further into the shite before spending a penny of his own. Fuck you Milne.

The problem here is that I very much doubt they'd have bought better players. I'll add: - Strengthen the squad when we reaped the rewards of the Euro run instead of letting the squad crumble.

Are you really struggling to grasp the concept of this universally understood term or are you just aiming to be mindnumbingly awkward?

Your average away fan that's been drinking heavily for a good few hours before hoovering a couple pies might well do though.

Not really. I'd say you just have to stand out from the crowd. Be that fame, fortune, success, brains, looks, skillset or whatever. I'd say being a premier league footballer you fall into a couple of those catagories, regardless of your talent or lack thereof.

Who said anything about God-like status or wanting him not to be good? But you're going to have to go a long way to convince me that local guys such as Ricky Foster and Darren Mackie don't cop more flak because they're local lads than half the other (just as) shite dross that's passed through the doors of Pittodrie. In fact three times round a life-sized Stuart McCall statue, twice round the Trump course and out to the wind farm and back would still be short of the mark.

Run round a life-sized statue of Stuart McCall three times? Hope they have a St John's team there.

Tell that to Ricky Foster.

This all stemmed from dave_min not being able to tell the difference between a human being and a country. Back on topic - Windfarms. As someone said earlier in the thread; it seems a bit suspect that they choose the only stretch of coastline where something remotely controversial is happening. It's almost as though someone mentioned that site to grab the headlines when otherwise we'd never have heard about it. Why we'd probably never have known Renewable Energy Group (AREG) were in cahoots with Vattenfall and Technip if it wasn't for someone drumming up a bit of free publicity. No word as of yet who the bla'bag is yet. Luck for them. Just hope they're not local or they'll have a few folk upset they're making a name for themselves. Can't have that round these parts.

It's certainly more prevalent in the UK but then again we do love an underdog so it's maybe linked to that? Once someone is no longer the underdog and deemed to be a success then it's open season and they get promptly shot down. Take that ugly, fat beast Michelle McManus. Where were the thousands of fans who voted her as the best singer in the land, when it came time to actually buy some of her cds? Although generally the Yanks are more upbeat and optimistic I'm sure they have those types of people in the States too. After all it has to be a jealousy thing? Especially when Average Joe becomes rich, famous or successful?

It happens all over the world but dave_min seems to think it's a Scottish thing. Which says more about him than it does me. Just pick up any red top newspaper and you'll see them build up some person to be some sort of deity, then months later rip into them for their failings before chucking them to the gutter. Take your pick - Michael Jackson, Ryan Giggs, Jade Goodey, Princess Diana, X-Fuckers, Big Brotherererers, etc. As the Rocket says, it's the tall poppy syndrome. How Sarah Malone can escape from being in the media is beyond me as she is the focal point for Trump's Golf Course? I very much doubt she goes chasing it and I'd imagine its reporters, camera crews and photographers that's banging on her door. If that makes her a 'media whore' then fair enough but I can't help feel it is purely down to the fact she's local that she's copping the flak. a.k.a. The Darren Mackie Syndrome.

Pfffffffffft. Clutching at straws there chief.

I've wanted rid of Milne for more than a decade so you can also count me out of your 'all' statement. In fact I can't remember anyone in particular singing his praises on here.

Where in that post did I slag off Scotland you muppet?