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    Semi Final: Aberdeen vs Celtic

    in Domestic Cup Football

    Posted · Edited by Dons_1988

    11 minutes ago, AJF said:

    But my point being, Hampden is still a neutral venue. That doesn't change just because Celtic and Rangers happen to be in the same city. A team's proximity to a stadium doesn't make it any less neutral for them nor does who is refereeing it nor does what section the fans sit in.

    Nobody would be crying it's a scandal if Queens Park and Partick Thistle were playing in place of Celtic and Rangers this weekend.

    It’s ok, no one expects you to get it. 

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    What's the most "Tin Pot" thing you've seen in the SPFL

    in Scottish Premiership General Chatter

    Posted

    The debate has probably been diluted by the focus on ‘sectarianism’ which gives people an easy out when there’s no overt reference to religion in a party song. 

    “f**k Bobby sands, he’s deid” isn’t technically sectarian, but it’s an extremely depressing song in response to your team going 1-0 up at football. 

    Clearly the alternative is the uefa approach which is nothing overtly political, which granted comes with its own issues. 

    Would be much easier if both clubs didn’t overtly facilitate this toxic climate within their own fan bases and did their best to appeal to the moronic base. 

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    Semi Final: Aberdeen vs Celtic

    in Domestic Cup Football

    Posted

    1 hour ago, VincentGuerin said:

    This all depends on how folk think their team will do. Aberdeen fans think they'll get pumped, so they won't turn up.

    In your hypothetical situation of Hearts playing a semi at Pittodrie, it would likewise depend entirely on how we expected to do. Against the Old Firm in poor form? Shite turnout. Against Hibs in good form, we'd fill Pittodrie. Obviously, factor in kick-off times etc.

    It's basically as simple as that with Scottish attendances.

    Yeah it’s basically as simple as that. Every club has a fan base ranging from the hardcore up to cup final only day trippers. 

    The number of layers of that fan base you attract to these fixtures is based on a number of factors but opportunity to actually win is pretty high up there. Most of us have seen the Aberdeen v Celtic movie at hampden more times than we care to remember. It isn’t attractive. 

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    Semi Final: Aberdeen vs Celtic

    in Domestic Cup Football

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Irrational Behaviour said:

    Ticket sales are good for us. Don't know why people think otherwise.

    This will be the first time since the Hibs semi in 2000 where we'll have less than 10k at a venue which is essence 3 hours away. There's absolutely no way any other club bring that figure to Pittodrie outwith Celtic and Rangers. 

    There's absolutely no incentive to go tomorrow. Horrific record against Celtic, horrific record at Hampden and officiated by some Glasgow numpties. Add in that it's £40 a ticket in the south stand. I can see why people have said no to going. 

     

     

     

     

    Don’t think you can call it good, because it’s not. But it is very explainable. 

    If you put our semi final attendance range between 8k minimum and maybe a 20k maximum, pretty much every factor points to this one being at the lower end of that range. 

    I don’t know anyone who’s looking forward to it, even if those who are going. I’m certainly not. I don’t know many who give us even really a punchers chance on Saturday. There’s no novelty to it being Celtic, no novelty to it being hampden. Hampden isn’t a great day out anyway. Not to mention the fact that this team is a very tough watch. 

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    Dundee v Whoever They're Playing This Weekend (Or maybe that should the the other way round)

    in Scottish Premiership General Chatter

    Posted

    18 minutes ago, AJF said:

    Aye, some bizarre comments from Clement. I can only think (or rather hope) that he is trying to avoid being critical of the players so to avoid being seen as throwing them under the bus. I really hope he doesn’t believe we got the response we needed nor thinks that performance was controlled or dominant.

    In trying to protect his players he’s just got us fans wondering whether he can see what is wrong with the side.

    Or he’s just like every other Diddy OF manager that projects composure when things are going well and petulantly crumples like a crisp packet when they fail to beat Diddy teams when it really matters. 

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    Banning Children

    in The General Nonsense Forum

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Shotgun said:

    Why would anyone want to take their children to a pub? Why would anyone want to spend time in a pub with children? If the family is out for a meal, then Fairy Nuff (assuming the children are well behaved*) but if it's just drinking...I don't get it.

    * This also applies to dogs, with the meal/drinking bit reversed.

    Going for a long dog walk and then stopping for a pint at the end of it is a tremendous way to spend an afternoon. 

     

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    Dundee v Whoever They're Playing This Weekend (Or maybe that should the the other way round)

    in Scottish Premiership General Chatter

    Posted

    6 hours ago, craigkillie said:

    There is absolutely no difference between having players on loan and having them on a 1-year permanent deal. Fair enough you want to eventually get good players pinned down on a long-term contract, but you can't really do that as a newly promoted side.

    Aberdeen would probably have been better signing some good players on loan instead of lots of rubbish ones permanently.

    Bit sensitive 

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    The Famous Aberdeen - Season 2022/23

    in Scottish Premiership General Chatter

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Drooper said:

    The Robinson to St Mirren appointment was largely met with positivity. He had a poor start and there was (bizarrely if not surprisingly) restlessness within a matter of weeks. The key difference there is that he was starting from the club being in a reasonably good position (relative to previous seasons).

    There is an argument that your new manager will be cut a fair amount of slack as things are unlikely to get much worse. That, however, hinges on managed expectations. I'm already seeing posts about a cup win and top four finish within his first season.  Perhaps not entirely unreasonable given the size of the club, budget available, etc, but I recall McInnes doing pretty well but it was never quite good enough for a substantial proportion of the Aberdeen support.

    I would have thought that a solid top 6 finish and a tilt at Europe in his first season wouldn't be a failure, no?

    A very common rewriting of history there. It’s ok, sportsound repeat it most weeks so who could blame you. 

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    Banning Children

    in The General Nonsense Forum

    Posted

    As the owner of a dog and employee of a nearly 3 year old child, I’ve found it amusing catching up on this thread but also interesting. 

    Personal view is that I’ve always felt enforcing ‘inclusivity’ to every public situation to be a bit over the top. Clearly there’s a balance but different people like to experience things in different ways and if somewhere has the space and inclination to accommodate that then why not?

    A bit like an ‘ultras’ section at football, a designated area for likely younger guys to go, sing, wave flags and within reason act a bit more cuntish than the rest of the ground. I don’t have a problem with that and I can watch the game elsewhere in a way that suits me. 

    We have this already with ‘quiet coaches’ on trains, why not have family ones? Or dare I say it adult only ones? Doesn’t bother me in the slightest as long as you’re not telling me I can’t get on the train with my daughter at all. 

    Even within my own life I have things I’d rather do without my daughter, with the dog, with or without both etc. really not a big deal. 

    Albeit my local has a family section which doesn’t allow dogs and a bar area that allows dogs but not kids. So I can never actually go with both. That’s a little annoying. 

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