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I assume the Dundee players were as pished as I was on Friday night. Ive not even watched any highlights yet as it turns out when your pushing 40 kids football trips take more out of you than stag do’s but from reading the thread it seems we got utterly pumped and Saints deserve their almost guaranteed European jaunt. Fair fucks you horrible panda b*****ds - have a beer for me on your travels as I’m never drinking again. Thank you

Not seen it for a while - not as effective imo but each to their own.

You have lost me - there is no club bigger than Dundee FC. My other footballing commitments involve being pished watching my son in Blackpool. Thank you.

Blatant trolling aside I like St Mirrens team this year - their manager is a p***k and their fans on here transcend that title but overall there’s a lot to like about St. Mirren this season. I’ve been a Dundee fan long enough to suspect we might actually go and do the business this weekend - only to blow it in spectacular fashion / St. Mirren get a wild and unexpected result to pip us - and I wouldn’t grudge them it as they have led the way for most of the season. A good crowd, a cracking atmosphere, 2 teams entertaining the fans and a lovely spell of weather played on the most (in)famous pitch in the UK at the moment - what’s not to like. I will not be in attendance due to other footballing commitments so if someone could please give a 2 handed - 1 finger salute to the away end whilst screaming “Thank you” on my behalf it would be appreciated. Thank you

Your contribution has been excellent. Thank you

Black and White stripes rising to the lazy bait. Delicious. Thank you

I hope the St Mirren fans enjoy their big day out at a real traditional stadium and with that real “big club” feel. It’s really endearing seeing how excited their fans are for the event and reminds me of my first European campaign with the Dees many moons ago. There’s a part of me that wouldn’t grudge the plucky underdogs their 2 matches in the sun, but it’s not a great look for Scottish football having these minnows in there when establishment clubs like Dundee, Aberdeen and Hibernian are not there - so with all that said I hope the wee Saints enjoy their day out immensely but leave having been entertained by a swashbuckling dark blue side and wish us the best for our upcoming European campaign. Thank You

I’m fairly certain the game at Paisley was not a European showdown. Thank you

If we want to be regularly qualifying for Europe we need to be beating provincial sides like St Mirren as a matter of routine. Thank you.

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Minter. lobbing pyros at players, that performance and that pitch invasion. Just nothing about Dundee Utd at all. Non entities.

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That is part of my point - they interviewed and passed over a candidate a year ago. They have then made a song and dance about their new recruitment strategy - consultants, market leading experts - taken a significant period of time and hired someone already on the database. Free money for these so called recruitment experts.

The window between a sacking/coach leaving and a new man being announced is generally far shorter than the circus at Aberdeen - I think that is very much fair to say. Usually before pulling the trigger boards have been doing a bit of planning and speaking to people… It’s perhaps more stark in Aberdeens case as Warnock was never a long term solution - so they should have appointed him and immediately began that search - however it seems like they appointed him, made a brew and watched as he floundered - planned to get rid of him still without looking and then he left… Its all a bit embarrassing tbf and I don’t think any realistic Aberdeen fans would disagree. I’m a Dee - I recognise embarrassing.

I will be watching with interest. For me this whole consultancy board etc has been an absolute load of corporate nonsense jazzing up a standard process with buzzwords. This is clearly a Cormack thing - Insaw the AberDNA pish somewhere recently - I work a corporate job and my tolerance for that type of corporate veneer is astonishingly low. Most clubs strategically plan in the background, have succession plans in place and quietly set up the replacement in good time. Aberdeen clearly haven’t done that for their past 2 appointments which should be very alarming. If it’s true they interviewed Thelin at the same time as Robson and opted for Robson - then have taken months to simply approach someone they previously interviewed I would call into question the undoubted expense of this very protracted, cloak and dagger operation. As for the managers prospects - I hope he does well (but not as well as Tony Doc) - it’s nice to have new blood in the league. I do however think Scottish football is unique and a big challenge for managers new to it - so I’d imagine giving him time will be inevitable. Of all the fan bases and owners I’d identify as patient Aberdeen would be very low down on that list.