mizer Posted November 9, 2012 Report Posted November 9, 2012 http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/top-football-stories/aberdeen-can-win-the-title-warns-yule-1-2623890 Aberdeen can win the title, warns Yule - Published on Friday 9 November 2012 Aberdeen vice chairman George Yule has told Celtic to ?savour beating Barcelona ?because the Pittodrie club aim to replace them in next season’s Champions League. Neil Lennon’s side were the toast of Europe following their astonishing win against the world’s best team but Yule ?believes they are vulnerable on the domestic front. The man brought in during the summer in a board room shake-up that saw Willie Miller sacked is convinced the SPL title is up for grabs this season. It is 27 years since Dons legend Miller picked up the Championship trophy under Alex Ferguson but Yule believes this could be their best chance since. When asked if it was too soon for Craig Brown’s promising side to win the title Yule said: “No, it is not. Celtic have proven this season they are there to be taken down. Kilmarnock beat them recently at Parkhead and Celtic were two goals up on Dundee United but were held to a draw. There’s not that much between SPL teams this season. Clearly, Celtic have greater spending power than anyone else in the league but they are there to be knocked down.” Aberdeen will soon get the chance to test that theory as the defending champions are due to play at Pittodrie on Saturday week. Yule’s comments will simply add more spice to the noon showdown but someone who was previously in charge of a successful energy company is used to setting tough targets. Even before a ball was kicked this season manager Brown was warned that finishing out of the top three was unacceptable. Now the aim is higher after a start that has seen Aberdeen lose just twice in the league so far having conceded the fewest goals along with Celtic. Yule added: “This is a team that should be up at the top end of the league challenging every season. Aberdeen is the third biggest city in Scotland and the only city in Britain, apart from London, to beat the economic recession. There is a lot going for the city and the club needs to be an accurate representative of a city that is very buoyant. “We appreciate that many fans have felt let down and we have to work hard to get their support. We cannot demand their support, we have to earn it. In the case of the football club, it would have been very easy to stay below the radar when things haven’t been going very well. But my ethos is that it’s time to meet things head on. I believe that there will be good times for the fans but there is still a way to go.” Quote
glasgow sheep Posted November 9, 2012 Report Posted November 9, 2012 Who let this ambitious maniac into pittodrie, standards are slipping Quote
dave_min Posted November 9, 2012 Report Posted November 9, 2012 Us winning the league better not effect crowds at Pittodrie, I hate when there's over about 6500 there and there's a queue for the pie stand Quote
Tyrant Posted November 9, 2012 Report Posted November 9, 2012 Us winning the league better not effect crowds at Pittodrie, I hate when there's over about 6500 there and there's a queue for the pie stand Traffic getting away afterwards is a bloody nightmare. Pisses me off. Also I like to put my feet up on the seat in front of me and when there's some twat filling that seat it seems to really annoy them. Quote
BigAl Posted November 16, 2012 Report Posted November 16, 2012 Tomorrow could either make that dream that little closer or else show George's statement as a load of shite COYR Quote
manc_don Posted November 16, 2012 Report Posted November 16, 2012 Let's hope its the former rather than the latter al! Quote
Mentorred Posted November 17, 2012 Report Posted November 17, 2012 Not on today's display we can't. Quote
maverick sheep Posted November 17, 2012 Report Posted November 17, 2012 You don't say this shit in the lead up to a game. You zip it, win the game, THEN hit out with this. Fucking joke. Quote
BigAl Posted November 17, 2012 Report Posted November 17, 2012 You don't say this shit in the lead up to a game. You zip it, win the game, THEN hit out with this. Fucking joke. is correct, demonstrated lack of understanding of football world Quote
Nellie The Don Posted November 17, 2012 Report Posted November 17, 2012 Give over. Season after season, club officials have been getting slammed on here for not showing enough ambition in their rhetoric. (Aiming to be a top-six team, yada yada yada). From Craig Brown's comments after the match, it seems to me that we really need to get past the mentality of assuming Celtic are better than us. They may have more resources and (arugably, although I'd dispute this) some better players, but they're still just another football club, only 4 points ahead of us. One thing they do execptionally well is to create the impression that they're some massive untouchable institution, and thus have teams play into their hands by showing far too much respect. It's all just smoke and mirrors. We absolutely (still) can win the league, and this mentality needs to get drummed into the players at every opportunity. More of the same please, George. Quote
tom_widdows Posted November 24, 2012 Report Posted November 24, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20462551 doomed fucksakefallon! Quote
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