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[Ajja]

True.

 

I'm just too wary of players at AFC not living up to their potential or thinking they've made it once the fans start singing their name.

 

Sure he was exciting to watch at times but he reminds me very much of Zero.  Drifting out of games, not tracking back, taking on the same player three times just to be fans favourite...... etc.

 

Like I said, I'm pleased with this signing and I think this shows the next step for the club.  But I hope Aluko uses this to progress his career and doesn't stop trying to impress now he's no longer wanted at B'ham.

 

Boooooo. Burn the heretic. We don't want your realism here...not today. Boooooooo

[BringBackLapirasTache]

The red final started the season with "wanted a hero"

Now we have one flair player in Sone who may do the unpredictable and one nutter in Tommy Wright who may do the opposition.

Should make for a interesting season

[quirie]

Mackie's from Inverurie ain't he?

 

Inverurie's only 16 miles away but no he is from the shithole that is Kemnay Think he was born in Inver(what crap nicknames we have for the town) but resides in the shithole. Foster must stay somewhere around Inverurie now as well as he been in my work a few times

 

Anyway back to thread ALUKO'S BACK

[Jocky Balboa]

Great signing. That covers most positions, although being no great fan of Foster, I'm still concerned at the RB position.

 

I'm also concerned at the lack of chances created for our strikers by Kerr and McDonald. Hopefully they will come good, but I fear Aluko will have to shoulder a lot of expectations, certainly a lot more than he's used to.

 

I hope I'm wrong.

[Aberdeen_Ladette]

brilliant news. didn't think there was a chance of this in a million years. Big ups to JC, WM and the artist formerly known as "that judas cunt McLeish".  nice to have positive thoughts about big Red again   

COME ON YE REDS!!

 

 

Total shock when heard Sone had signed for £50K!. McLeish getting sentimental with it being 25 year anniversary 

[Kowalski]

Joy for Jimmy as fans hail Sone deal

Fans’ delight at Aluko return

 

By Charlie Allan 

 

Published: 03/09/2008

 

DONS boss Jimmy Calderwood is delighted the Red Army have welcomed his swoop for Sone Aluko.

 

The Evening Express has been swamped with messages from Dons fans expressing delight that Aluko has returned to Pittodrie from Birmingham in a £50,000 deal.

 

The club has also been inundated with messages from fans saying “well done†for signing the 19-year-old England youth international.

 

“It’s great the fans are as pleased as I am that Sone is coming back,†said Calderwood.

 

“We’ve all got a lift because Sone will bring extra skill and excitement to our games.

 

“He also provides us with a different option which can only help us to break down opponents.â€

 

Calderwood is confident Aluko’s return will also help get more out of the other wide players at the club like Jamie Smith, Derek Young, pictured, Jeffrey De Visscher and young midfielder Peter Pawlett.

 

He added: “They know they will have keep their performance levels high if they want to be picked ahead of Sone.

 

“It’s great that we now have four players who can provide different threats in wide areas.

 

“Derek has also been doing a great job for us out there, so we have far more options than we had when I first arrived at Pittodrie.â€

 

Aberdeen fans will get their first glimpse of Aluko in a red shirt again when they play at Fraserburgh on Monday in Derek Milne’s testimonial match.

 

Loan signing Jared Hodgkiss, who arrived from West Bromwich Albion last week, will also make his Dons debut.

 

Striker Tommy Wright and vice-captain Zander Diamond, who has recovered from a thigh injury, are among the other first team regulars who are likely to play in the commemorative match for the long-serving Broch midfielder.

 

Calderwood said: “We are going to do Derek a favour because it will be a very strong side.â€

 

Meanwhile, The Dons have confirmed their CIS League Cup third round clash with Kilmarnock at Rugby Park will take place on Wednesday, September 24 (7.45pm).

 

The Reds face their second trip to Ayrshire after beating Ayr United 1-0 in the second round.

[Reekie_Red]

Had a look at the AFC website to see where Mackie was from ... they've taken that bit off the squad profiles. But they do show the height and weight of all the senior players. Hodgkiss is 5'4" !! Friggin Oompa Loompa!

[mizer]

Had a look at the AFC website to see where Mackie was from ... they've taken that bit off the squad profiles. But they do show the height and weight of all the senior players. Hodgkiss is 5'4" !! Friggin Oompa Loompa!

 

I thought he was 5'8"?

 

Anyway, Aluko has been given number 22

 

1 Jamie Langfield

 

2 Charlie Mulgrew

 

3 Richard Foster

 

4 Gary McDonald

 

5 Zander Diamond

 

6 Scott Severin

 

7 Jamie Smith

 

8 Mark Kerr

 

9 Lee Miller

 

10 Darren Mackie

 

11 Tommy Wright

 

12 The Red Army

 

14 Derek Young

 

15 Jared Hodgkiss

 

16 Stuart Duff

 

17 Jeffrey de Visscher

 

18 Lee Mair

 

19 Chris Maguire

 

20 Bertrand Bossu

 

21 Andrew Considine

 

22 Sone Aluko

 

23 Sammy Stewart

 

24 Michael Paton

 

25 Stuart Smith

 

26 Peter Pawlett

 

27 Jonathan Crawford

 

30 John Bateman

[caledonia]

Based on that alone, every fan should really get behind the lad.  Not very often we hear of a player from outside Aberdeen really wanting to play for the club. 

 

 

Yes i agree with this we need to get behind the lad and give him the encouragement he needs.

[Superstar Tradesman]

Shamelessly pinched from the ab-mad site:

 

He turns the right-back in,

He turns the right back out,

In out in out,

He turns him inside-out,

He's tricky and he's nippy and he loves a goal,

He's who we're on about.

 

Oh Sone Sone Sone,

Oh Sone Sone Sone,

Oh Sone Sone Sone,

He's who we're on about.

 

Get it sung for the love of fuck!

[K-9]

Great signing.  Exciting direct player who will bring fans in.

[manc_don]

Not a bad effort on the song front! I hope it gets sung 

[boboisared]

McLeish has confirmed what a lots of us thought that Aluko has came here with a sell-on fee. Still, we'll cross that bridge when it comes.

[mizer]

http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=857626

 

Aluko: No Regrets About Leaving Brum

 

Teenage defender Sone Aluko, who has swapped his home-town club Birmingham City for SPL side Aberdeen, has no regrets at all about his decision…

Sone Aluko moved from Birmingham City to Aberdeen for a £50,000 fee on transfer deadline day after being told by Blues boss Alex McLeish that he would struggle for first-team opportunities at St Andrews.

 

But the youngster has not been daunted by that verdict and is confident of making a bri9ght future for himself at Pittodrie.

 

He admits he could have stayed at Birmingham, his home-town club, and seen out his contract in the reserves. But instead he but he opted for the challenge of a move to Aberdeen in order to secure regular first-team football.

 

He told the Birmingham Mail: "I realised that in my position, it was going to be hard to get a game so I had to think about other options.

 

"I was in the last year of my contract and it would have been easy for me just to sit there and run it down, then go on a free. But I wanted to play, and Aberdeen gave me that opportunity and it made sense to join them.

 

"I wouldn't say I have any regrets, I was just disappointed I wasn't playing and wasn't able to break into the squad as I had hoped. But that happens.

 

"It's not always the fairytale story in football, with the local lad joining the club he supports and going on to play for them."

 

It was not a shot in the dark going to Aberdeen as Aluko had been on loan to the Dons last season and made 20 SPL appearances for them. They were impressed enough to want to sign him on a permanent basis.

 

Aluko added: "I still believe I've got a bright future, that I can make a career in the game, unfortunately it's not going to be at Blues."