Superstar Tradesman

The problem is we have a striker who is on form and winning plaudits. If he wants Velicka to get games under his belt then play some closed door matches that aren't going to fuck our season up. I couldn't even imagine wanting to go watch a football match knowing full well our main scoring threat isn't going to be fit enough for a few weeks to come.

You feel sorry for Pele too then I take it, since he had to slash the wage bill and bring in lower league players? Didn't think so. You can only piss with the cock you've got and every other team in the league is in the same boat outwith the OF because of the tv revenue. It's up to those managers to do the best with their resources and you could argue that Ebbe / JC didn't have the standard of youth coming through that McGhee does. Lack of funds simply means you have to be more artistic with your spending. But having 7 strikers, no full backs then moaning about injuries to the squad is about as artistic as cutting off your ear and send it to a hooker. The problem is, he hasn't bothered to paint any pretty pictures before this lunacy.

Candy Staten (Island)

International break's are magic. I don't have to read about the 'Dismal Dons' during them.

Although I'm completely with you on this, I don't think the club needs it's own fans revelling in the laughing stock that they have once again become. They get enough of that from those opposed to their plight. Perhaps you should draft a letter or go knock on their door to see if you can do something a little more productive that might (and I'm not holding my breath here) help improve things?

I was hoping our new captain would bring some discipline back into the squad but it seems, if anything, that there's even less of it. But the whole club is rotten from top to bottom. Fans are turning their backs and players quite clearly don't want to play for the club. There seems to be a huge lack of pride with all things AFC and if the main man can't give a rat's ass then I'm not surprised it's filtering all the way down.

Why would you want to have unprotected sex with a bin?

Milne's a one man operation on this all by himself and by all accounts he's managing it very successfully. You heard about that then.

I'm trying to source tickets for the Ed Miller Band but can't find any on Ticket(tout) Master. Haven't heard any of their stuff but they seem to be getting a lot of press and airtime at the moment. Also some Gallagheresque stories circulating about a rift between the two brothers.

......and won a shitload of Scotland caps. Next up, Scott Severin: Aberdeen captain (allegedly) where he played European football and regularly finished in the top 6 of the league. Decided he wanted to try something completely different outside of the SPL, which in reality amounted to around a dozen games for Watford before returning north of the boarder at relegation candidates Kilmarnock and settling an hour away at Dundee playing for United. Awesome.

Isn't / wasn't Scott Michie now playing for the mighty Inverurie Locos and moonlighting as a fireman?

Me too! But only because she's English.

Unfortunately I'd say we'd also have to put Russell Anderson into this catagory although I'm more than certain it was largely down to injuries that he's found himself. Aberdeen captain, Scotland caps, much loved, regularly awarded Man of the Match and highly regarded by rivals, pundits and fellow players......... moved to Sunderland where he only made a few first team appearances before moving to Plymouth Argyle, Burnley and Derby County.

Gold medal in the Delhi belly flop.

It's about time the players who walk through the doors at AFC realised that they're more than likely never going to play for a bigger club than Aberdeen. Sure people naturally want to progress their careers and earn a few quid more but personally, I wouldn't be up for that if it meant picking splinters out of my arse each weekend. Other than Kev McNaughton I can't really think of anyone who has had a decent crack at being a footballer elsewhere. But maybe that's because he was a decent footballer to begin with. So, if you will, list ex-players who have went onto 'glittering' careers. I'll starting with: Darren Young - Played European football with Aberdeen before leaving for a brighter future at Dunfermline, Dundee and Queen of the South before finally clocking in at the Dole Office at a mere 31 years of age.

I don't care. I stopped caring the day after the cup semi at Hampden. I don't tune in to hear the games any more because I'm tired of hearing "shocking", "dire" and "nil" everytime I do. I check the scores more out of habit than necessity and it's more of a shock when we win than a surprise when we're defeated. I'm bored about hearing how skint we are, how the debt we had ten years ago is still the same size it was ten years ago whilst we find out one of the richest men in the country chokes the club. I'm sick to the back teeth hearing the city is flooded with strips from other cities when the club clearly isn't interested in attracting the local people it should be relying on. I'm tired reading that the fans want to do this, want to try that, want to speak with such-and-such but only ever get a door slammed in their face. I don't care and why should I? Still, I sleep with a like a little lamb each night, safe in the knowledge that I cared a lot more and for a lot longer that Stuart Milne ever did.

That's one hell of an oxymoron.

I dunno, I think Van de Sarr would spring to mind but maybe because he's of a different generation of 'keeper. Although Jimbo couldn't kick a ball for toffee due to his bandy legs.

Remembered it being closer to the halfway line than the penalty box and there was also a defender tracking back. I could be wrong though. *beergogglessmilie*

Maturity would have seen him trip him just before the box when there was no other chance of stopping him. He had had a good game up until then. But nobody gets a ST MotM accolade unless they win the game.

Isn't the "too small" line just trotted out as a nice way of saying "you're nae good enough"? If I'd been told whilst still in my early teens that "you're too small" then I'd leave Pittodrie thinking 'I'll fucking show them!' as opposed to having all my dreams shattered by being told I'm shite.

And what a game that was. Luckily it was on tv so we can watch him turning a game more than once.

Nope. I be livin in dem now, yi dig?

How I missed the release of that album I'll never know. Must be this cave I'm living in