RicoS321

I get a free ticket to the Ipswich game apparently, for paying for a season ticket during COVID. Good work the club. I would have boycotted that English pish had I had to pay, of course.

I could look on the internet, but I refuse. I thought he was a January signing of McInnes' last season. Maybe on a pre-contract, or was he injured or something and didn't actually play under McInnes? I thought Hedges left under McInnes too, so I'm probably just a year out on all of it.

Agreed. Not just all that though, our model is based on selling players, and Miovski would hopefully have been a great advert of what we can produce. I think Girona could be making a mistake by getting rid of him, and hopefully another club of similar stature take a punt and get the best out of him. It's quite like the Ramsay situation for me. Both players were the pinnacle of their respective departments, and they've both gone on to fail (so far, plenty of time for both). We've obviously had Ferguson as a success, McKenna, Ramadani and so on, but it'd be worth a lot, in terms of reputation, to be churning out these success stories with regularity. A successful Miovski would allow us to demand the same or more for signings in future. I don't doubt that Miovski's high fee was influenced by the success of Ferguson and Ramadani for example.

Is Vinnie the only player left from the McInnes era? Was McInnes still here when he signed? Obviously, discounting Shinnie, who was then wasn't here, and is again. We've got zero long term players once Shinnie returns.

They obviously turned down the BOGOF deal that we offered with Ambrose thrown in. Shame. Good to see us getting players shipped out. Ambrose and Jensen departing would be good to see, alongside Vinnie. That'd leave us in decent shape to be picking up the 6-7 players we'd expect to see in, even with a few of those being pish.

Aye, I am! I meant to say really useful player, rather than good. He's strong and fast. Get him doing one thing repeatedly and he could be an asset. Get him to be aggressive and he'd be even better. Robinson might beat that into him. He's got previous.

He could be a really good player. Has all the attributes to be, but he just looked entirely lacking in confidence and very nervous. A real rabbit in the headlights. I wouldn't be surprised if he turned out fine at some point in his career, maybe even under Robinson.

He was improved, certainly, and he definitely seemed to be putting in the effort, but still didn't have the fundamentals. Technically no worse than Okkels I guess, but not as good positionally. Guys like him should be part of the churn of the system. A lesson McInnes never learned. You'd like to think that if we signed a winger that we thought was good, then the minimum we'd get is someone that fills a squad like Vinnie. We don't need lots of them.

Right call I think. Got a nice touch and quick feet, but it was clear after a couple of months that he was just going to be a bit below standard. Was never quick enough to get away from players, or strong enough to hold onto possession. A good finisher and technically good player. He'd probably do a good job for likes of county in previous seasons.

Can't be arsed looking, are Ipswich part of the big time in England (biggest league in the world, richest etc etc)? Or are they lower league pish? Will they attract the sky sports pant-pishers for a sellout?

Had to finish my coffee, then a twenty minute yap to the coffee shop staff and regulars. Important stuff.

Hopefully we can reach a treaty with Maastricht.

I'm very glad that I can watch the Dons most weeks and then switch off to all other football (Scotland aside). I do watch the occasional game on the telly (rarely a whole game), mainly the BBC Friday night championship, but there's not a single game in any competition that I feel I must watch. I often think that people (colleagues etc, rather than folk on here) think that I'm pretending when I say I couldn't care less about English football or champions league pish. Because I'm a football fan, I must automatically be attracted to the biggest league or tournaments (I do watch international tournaments, it still holds some enjoyment for now). They'll reel off some name of some famous English based player, and I genuinely won't have a clue who they're talking about. With this world club pish, I have no idea what it is and who it involves (I have some idea, but it's guesswork based on the name and your post). Football mirrors the rest of the world in that it views quantity as progress. More games, more money, bigger transfer fees, fitter players, stronger players etc etc. It's safe to say that football hasn't progressed at all in the last 35 years (bookended by two famous cup wins). It's just that the measures of progress are abstract and hollow, and have absolutely nothing to do with what sport means and its enjoyment. Hopefully this shite will be the tipping point* that starts the much needed collapse of the game (again, mirroring society). The saturation point reached. *alongside VAR of course

Surely it can't be long until they ruin this tournament? How about an East of Scotland league format, where each of the 16 teams plays one another four times. West of Scotland just plays three times because their side is rainier. With the scum playing each other twice in a separate "Champions" division. Winners from East division play each of the West division top four a further seven times (and vice versa), with the top three from both sections merging with the top two in the champions division to setup the quarter finals. Those quarter finals will take place on a Tuesday at midnight to suit Yemeni television - with whom the SFA have signed a lucrative deal said to be worth in the region of 1M Yemeni Rials. The winners will proceed to the semi finals, but not before the losers go through the Plate path, where there's a second chance for those clubs to play for the Scottish Plate. After last year's debacle, ticket allocation for the final will go through a fairer route, with allocation calculated based on proximity to Hampden. The closer you're home ground is to Hampden, the larger the allocation - last season's Scottish cup would have seen a far fairer 97% allocation for Celtic for example. This method will also be used to decide a winner in case of a draw, rather than the ridiculous lottery of a penalty shootout.

Decent game. Keskinen played well, although I thought he should have read the situation better for their equaliser, but he had run himself into the ground for ninety minutes, so maybe a bit harsh. Couple of the Finnish lads looked good.

I remember there was a bit of hype when he first came on the scene in Norway, it'll be interesting to see who Farji has come.

It's very clearly Miovski politely saying that he won't be coming to Aberdeen anytime soon. He worked very hard between his first and second season at the Dons and came back twice the player. I hope he does the same for Girona. I'd like to see him being the best player he can be, and I don't think he does that here.

Maybe give Hirst five minutes...

I didn't watch the first half, but Hirst is basically Chris Martin to date. Good that he should be given an opportunity with Adams, which would likely be the best possible setup to accomodate him, to finally prove that he's pish. The biggest problem with Hirst is that he doesn't do the big lad bit well enough (like Chris Martin). Dykes (and Simon Murray, I should add) do it well because he is aggressive and plays on the edge, which is what we need. Hirst is too passive for international fitba, even if he is playing well at club level. Arguably so is Adams, but he brings pace and workrate. Hirst is just average across the board, is English, and plays in England. Bowie looks a decent prospect. Would be interesting to see what he can add. Inconsistency at club level is fine at his age.

A much better balance to it than on Friday I'd suggest. A back four for a start. The front two is what we should be going with at home against teams like Iceland. Miller and Gilmour sitting, with two from McGinn, Ferguson and McTominay the right choice.

He doesn't sound very good at football.

Yep, guys like Simon Murray. In fact, we should have fielded an SPFL Scottish select team. Would give players in the SPFL a chance they might never get otherwise, and showcase some of the leagues players. Reckon they could have gone out and got a draw, unlike the useless cunts who turned up. Doohan Devlin Souttar Findlay Taylor/Penrice Shinnie Barron Cameron Keskinen Murray Shankland

Legend for Aberdeen, best keeper in the league, completely overlooked for the national side. As soon as he joins the Tims, Clarke calls him up straight away. Disgusting.

This would be one of the best made up stories I've read. Good work.

Mate in the know suggested it might be New Zealand international, Nevin Kisbet.