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Bogbrush1903

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  1. Even if Sevco had won their first European trophy last night we would still have been Scotland's most successful club in Europe. It's a shame that people (especially Aberdeen supporters) fail to understand this but the old Glasgow Rangers, winners of the 1972 ECWC, died in 2012 along with all their debt that they had accrued. If you continue to talk as if this version is a continuation and not a tribute act then you're as brainwashed as that line their gullible muppet followers are being fed about '55' and all that guff.
  2. I feel like I've finally purged the heartbreak of the 1987 Skol Cup Final and the penalty miss from that Welsh git Peter Nicholas. Hopefully the first part of two episode trauma for Ramsey this summer with Scotland completing his nightmare next month...
  3. Who is it and which one of them is it? I'm assuming it's the guy with the blue shirt as the other two look like characters from Rab C. Nesbett
  4. Hmmm, I'm not sure if he's going over to watch his brother sit on the bench as third choice keeper...
  5. Hopefully, Polvara and Besuijen will really step up with a few months settling in period behind them. We forget as fans that these guys need to get accustomed to their surroundings and that could also affect performance on the pitch. Polvara sounds like he isn't just here for a year out and little taste of life outside of America unlike a certain striker.
  6. The 0-9 reverse was a humiliation and, alongside the Championship decider defeat, my worst days of being a Dons supporter. However, a tiny crumb of solace now from a distance of 12 years or whatever is now being aware how much pain Jack and Robertson must've been in during this wretched day.
  7. Aye, Foster mentioned something about giving Considine a contract even if he doesn't play because he was a good role model to the younger players! That's all well and good but we've had plenty of players sitting around not contributing on the pitch very often (including, although not through any fault of his own, Andy Considine) this season and that didn't turn out to be particularly successful. Of course it's sad to see a long-serving player move on but we can't just keep offering him deals because he's been here a long time. He's done well out of Aberdeen and, in turn, he's gave his best for Aberdeen and conducted himself professionally. However, all things must pass, and the time was right I think for him to move on. It's just a shame that it wasn't long after he reached his personal career pinnacle of playing for Scotland that his Aberdeen career was basically ended by a sub-standard pitch in Baku
  8. I think that was due to the fact that the club felt partly responsible for complications he experienced under the knife which set him back.
  9. I was there too and that's exactly right. Ridgers was wasting time at every place kick long before ICT went down to ten men. It was extremely negative tactics by Dodds, I was disappointed with him. That said, I don't think it will bother him too much. He and his team got what they wanted and Dodds will think he's reached the minimum aim for the season by reaching the play-off final with a financially backed Killie always favourites. His team could have won it in the last minute of normal time with that brilliant solo run (Hardy?)as could've Arbroath in the second-half of extra time with the header off the bar. The game was awful but compelling. Kirk Clubfoot marshalled the rearguard action well. Arbroath will rue the missed opportunity. They didn't stretch the opposition defence enough and the longer it remained 0-0 you just knew there was going to be a sting in the tail with penalties. They must put it aside and go again next season. It's going to be fascinating with Dundee and Cove Rangers also in the league. I've never been to Gayfield before with that kind of numbers and it didn't handle it well. Because of the segregation there was only one exit for the home fans and it meant it was impossible to get out if you were located on the East Terrace (I felt like Tom McKean getting boxed in for the umpteenth time). However, someone removed the fencing behind the South End and plenty took advantage (it had to be done). Also, port-a-loos aren't the best for a crowd of that size but at least if you were in the one closest to the South End you could still see the pitch from air vents around the top... I was surprised by the passion and noise of the ICT travelling fans. A very good performance from them if not from the teams on the pitch. Gutted that it was Bobby Linn that missed. It reminded of me of his and Simon Murray's performance in a 2015 play-off against Queen's Park. From 0-2 down, Linn destroyed Quuen's Park and set up Simon Murray for a double. That's how I prefer to remember Bobby Linn rather than that miss last night. I actually thought that he added a bit of attacking threat when he came on.
  10. Goodwin will need to have a very good summer transfer window because if it goes pear-shaped then I don't think he'll see the January one. Furthermore, we don't really have a good solid core of a team here already so he needs to build that core with his share of the transfer fund kitty off the Ramsey & Ferguson transfers. Although we're prepared to write off the end of this season at the moment, these hapless, uninspiring opening matches of his managerial reign will count against him if things are still going wrong come October. I would say, in boxing parlance, he's on the ropes at the moment and, if I'm being honest, I suspect Jim Goodwin will not be Aberdeen manager in twelve months time. I think it's just too big a job to do in to little time before patience runs out. Goodwin took over a mess; however, I think he should've aimed for consolidation of the club's and his own position first. He's been brave or foolhardy with his decisions so far. I think it would've been prudent to try a gradual revolution, offer hope to the existing players in the squad whether you wanted them or not, and try to squeeze every last bit of effort and application out of the squad until you could replace unwanted players. I don't think you can just ignore what's happened so far just because he didn't sign any of the players.
  11. It was only exactly two years later on May 11th 1985 when the Valley Parade fire happened. We should always remember the good and the bad. It makes us better people.
  12. It might be the final Gothenburg anniversary where we hold the honour of being the last Scottish club to win European silverware....
  13. You'll be desperately disappointed to see the departure of your 'Starman' * It was only a couple of months ago you were defending him to the hilt and baffled why anyone would be happy to see him leave. Well to paraphrase you, "no ifs, no buts, I'm happy enough to see the back of him" His performance and general attitude on the pitch since Glass left has been very poor *There's a Starman flying in the sky, they say he'll come back and see us but that just blows our minds.
  14. I thought they already had a partner across the street from them? I've always thought not having a local derby to contend with has been an advantage although the rapid advances of Cove Rangers might change that (at least until Banks o' Dee advance to the Premiership and the Aberdeen - Cove Rangers rivalry is usurped by the Wellington Road derby)
  15. It does seem odd, even more so because his position isn't one we're particularly strong in. Although, we heard this with Ethan Ross going to Southampton on trial after being freed and he ended up at Raith.
  16. This is true but I haven't seen anyone mention the prominent role of Russ Richardson in this transfer. Or maybe I just missed the posts mentioning it, but I'm assuming that Richardson has alerted Liverpool to Ramsey.
  17. From an Aberdeen perspective, only six sleeps to go before the turgid pish ends for another six weeks...
  18. A seven-figure sum not some, the Daily Record needs better proof readers before publishing, that's embarrassing for professionals.
  19. I didn't go to the match but had the great misfortune of boarding a train at Inverkeithing (after attending the Queen's Park game) where a carriage full of Aberdeen supporters were returning from Easter Road. I normally avoid the train especially if it's the same day as an Aberdeen away match on the route but I mistakenly thought there wouldn't be much travelling down. It was full of pastel jackets, or jackets with goggles, shorts, youths, men old enough to know and dress more appropriately, and indeed I think some were father and son combos. I should've waited an extra hour and jumped on the Megabus at the Halbeath Interchange. Regrets, regrets... Also, Inverkeithing seems to have quite a large Hibs support. Is there more Hibs than Hearts in Inverkeithing? Although, I suppose they could've been headed for Rosyth or Dunfermline too...Commuter overspill I suspect.
  20. I was more coming from the angle that firstly had Sevco played Qarabag this season then I could only see one winner, and that, unfortunately, wouldn't be the Azeris. And secondly, I thought we ourselves had enough in the squad on paper if not on the night, to get through that tie and qualify for the Conference League. I think Scottish clubs and supporters, obviously out with Sevco for the last few seasons, has an inferiority complex, and we laud these teams. If there is one thing that Sevco's European performances have shown, that if you get after them and don't give them respect and time on the ball then there's opportunities for every Scottish club to improve in Europe. I think we're better than the Qualifying Rounds and I want us to believe it.
  21. Generally speaking, Taylor did well for us and even the lapses of concentration were reducing by the time we released him. However, he's gone and we must get more from the players we have now. I think Bates & Gallagher are a hopeless combination but those are the players we have and Goodwin needs to find a way of improving them and building their confidence as a partnership. Every season we discuss about clearing the deadwood but completely obliterating the squad every summer isn't going work. We need to get back to having the nucleus of a settled squad and making a few tweaks here and there. And I suppose that's where we as supporters need to try and be more patient. A few bad games in a row doesn't necessarily make a bad player just like a few good games doesn't make a star
  22. I understand the irritation when there's just constant negativity. My negativity did have a foundation in positivity though. On hearing that those lot had reached the Europa League final it was frustrating to think, that certainly in two of the three games (I didn't see any of the Goodwin match against them) that they weren't much better than us. It made me feel that we could've got so much more from this squad this season than we did. Unfortunately, Willie Garner took the brunt of my flak just because I read this morning him being quoted as saying on the website that he had mostly been in contact with Cormack. Believe or not, I had been quite positive about Garner's appointment yesterday on my Whats App group chat and wondered if he could be a candidate for Director of Football.
  23. My apologies, obviously that is incorrect, everyone has been critical at some point.
  24. Again your own interpretation of my post is worng, I said "but a lot of the chaps on here seem detached from reality...or maybe they just strive greenie acceptance and don't express their true opinions" but at no point did I say that there are posters that have never criticised the club...but there are some who rarely criticise they club. I won't bother naming them, they know who they are themselves.
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