Guest Gladstone Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 I've repeated this to drunken fans in pubs across Aberdeen hundreds of times. It's a stupid, nonsensical rumour. Even if he does use the site in the future there is no way that means the conclusion of his evil master plan.You always get the fans that moan about the amount of "suits" that work at Pittodrie and see this as the reason that we are in a dire financial state. I worked there in 2001/2002 and can confirm that everyone there at the time was constantly busy doing the things that needed done and staying late/working weekends to do so. A number of hard working people also got laid off. There is a reliance at the lower levels of administration on people who love the club because I can also confirm that the salaries are pish comparative to similar roles in different organisations. When you are talking about the high level roles you need to pay professionals a suitable wage to keep them. I don't know what it is like now and do have some questions about Willie Miller's role when there are others still there that did a similar thing but generally I believe the club are doing what they can with the limited resources that they have.You've just changed my opinion.I thought the guys at the very top of football teams would be eating into the money of the club. I always knew there were guys who plough money into a club and end up losing a shitload, but I generally thought that was just through stupidity/bad luck, but that generally they were all trying to make some more money.Take that guy Calum Melville as an example - he's a businessman and an Aberdeen fan, but he chose Dundee to chuck his money at and then came out with massive losses. I'm pretty certain he tried to make money out of that venture, but fucked it up - I thought most of the other chairmen would be trying to make money as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 I don't think United have been that bad. When Rio and Vidic play together, defensively they are incredible. Nani has been tremendous too, and has softened the blow of Valencia being injured for so long, as he offers a constant supply and was the reason Rooney was so prolific up top on his own last season. They've not been as good as they have been in the past, but based on current merit, they deserve to be top due to being so consistent, where as Arsenal and Chelsea are currently pissing their title bids up the wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 I don't think United have been that bad. When Rio and Vidic play together, defensively they are incredible. Nani has been tremendous too, and has softened the blow of Valencia being injured for so long, as he offers a constant supply and was the reason Rooney was so prolific up top on his own last season. They've not been as good as they have been in the past, but based on current merit, they deserve to be top due to being so consistent, where as Arsenal and Chelsea are currently pissing their title bids up the wall.I really want Arsenal to win the league. I say "really" but I won't care that much if the don't, but I'm rooting for them.The football they play is great, but they do lack a bit of killer instinct at times.I really (and I mean that really) hope that Man City don't win the league. For all the money they've spent and all the talent at their disposal, the defensive shite they play is just that, shite. They were lucky not to get horsed by Arsenal last night with them hitting the post three times, and Joe Hart pulling off that save from Van Persie's shot.The demolition of Chelsea by Arsenal was quite good fun...I find Man Utd a bit less entertaining than Arsenal to watch most of the time, but they are far more exciting than Man City and Chelsea - Chelsea were pretty damn good at the start of the season but are just shite now.EDIT: And Spurs have been quite good to watch this season as well. That Arsenal v Spurs game a few weeks ago was ace! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Obviously they've been the best of the bunch, but earlier in the season they were throwing points away almost every week and even recently when in general they've been better they still provide us with the occasional piece of crap like their performance against WBA.I'd just be really annoyed if I had to hear the team and fans going on about how they were so great no one could beat them. They're nowhere near the unbeaten arsenal side in quality or recent Chelsea or Utd title winning sides that weren't unbeaten. Obviously the fact I really hate them doesn't help.Fergie should bring back becks, then I'd support them all the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Uh oh - vote of confidence for Houllier...BBC Sport - Football - Gerard Houllier safe in managerial role at Villa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 This is spectacular: Team miss five sitters in 11 seconds - Yahoo! Eurosport UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 This is spectacular: Team miss five sitters in 11 seconds - Yahoo! Eurosport UKWow! That is sensational. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Take that guy Calum Melville as an example - he's a businessman and an Aberdeen fan, but he chose Dundee to chuck his money at and then came out with massive losses. I'm pretty certain he tried to make money out of that venture, but fucked it up - I thought most of the other chairmen would be trying to make money as well.You've just picked about the worst example possible. He didn't come out with massive losses he came out with his reputation in tiny little pieces and a criminal investigation into his business dealings. He's one of the main reasons Dundee had to enter administration.You can't compare him to the situation at Pittodrie with Stewart Milne. He's more like Romanov or the fuckwits that were in charge of Dundee last time it went under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 This is spectacular: Team miss five sitters in 11 seconds - Yahoo! Eurosport UKI was just away to post that with the message "I hear Aberdeen are looking at some new strikers from Greece". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 You've just picked about the worst example possible. He didn't come out with massive losses he came out with his reputation in tiny little pieces and a criminal investigation into his business dealings. He's one of the main reasons Dundee had to enter administration.You can't compare him to the situation at Pittodrie with Stewart Milne. He's more like Romanov or the fuckwits that were in charge of Dundee last time it went under.I wasn't comparing him to Milne, just other chairmen who have pummelled their money into clubs, like Romanov.He lost all the money he ploughed into Dundee did he not? The criminal investigation was to do with his other company Cosalt and nothing to do with Dundee as far as I knew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 This is spectacular: Team miss five sitters in 11 seconds - Yahoo! Eurosport UKI was aboot greetin' with nostalgia there...it was just like those halcyon days back at Sheddocksley I recall trying to burst the empty net from about a yard out...and sclaffing the ball out for a throw-in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 BBC Sport - Football - English Premier League club targets David GoodwillieI hope they get a really good price for him if they sell him - particularly to the EPL.Every single player in the EPL is overvalued, so if they think he's good enough for the EPL, they should be willing to pay at least 3 million for him, but the article says 1.5m. It would annoy me if he went for that kind of money, because he'll proceed to get passed around English clubs for 4-5 million afterwards... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 BBC Sport - Football - St Mirren would prefer SPL of 14A 14 team league?There is no detail in there, but I'm assuming that we're just talking about playing each team twice, so 26 games for a full season. That doesn't seem enough to me.I know it's been said quite a few times that 16 or 18 team league isn't financially viable - why exactly isn't it? I haven't got my head round that yet...they keep saying that being in the second tier would be better for the teams than dropping into the current first division, but wouldn't it be better for them to be in the actual 18 team Premier League...? And have a first division and second division or SPL, SPL2 and SPL3 if you want to call them that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 It'll be 14 with a split no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 30 team league, divided into East and West conferences. 82 game regular season. Best of 7 series play offs.Piece of piss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam 45 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Roy Keane is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 30 team league, divided into East and West conferences. 82 game regular season. Best of 7 series play offs.Piece of piss.Sounds amazing. Can we have overtime so we never get any draws as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Definitely. Draws are wack.82 game season would also mean total non stop football. I'd never go outside again. There'd be no such thing as fixture congestion either, unless teams had to play 2 games on the same day. That's nothing though. Man up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 1100 pitch inspection at TFS for us to worry about the morn. Hope they don't cock it up like last time where one of the local refs passed the pitch playable on the morning of the match, only for that fucker Norcroft to pop down and rule it unplayable less than an hour before kick off. Cheers. Would like to hear about another lower league catastrophe from Shittodrie, I doubt it this time though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossP Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Would like to hear about another lower league catastrophe from Shittodrie, I doubt it this time though...The Dons only tend to get put out by ex-players, so I reckon they'll be fine...**Checks East Fife squad*Oops, looks like you could be in trouble:In all seriousness, East Fife could be a tricky game. Looking at their squad, they have players like Kurtis Byrne, Robert Sloan, Shaun Fagan, Scott Durie and the MIGHTY STEVE HISLOP who have played (and could still play) at a higher level. They also have an excellent manager in John Robertson, who was brilliant for ICT I'm just away to jump on a train back to Elgin, to see the folks and mates before the Inverness Caley Thistle v. Elgin City game tomorrow. No 'cupset' their please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam 45 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 I know it's been said quite a few times that 16 or 18 team league isn't financially viable - why exactly isn't it? I haven't got my head round that yet...18 teams would mean only playing every team twice and therefore losing out on the money generated by playing the old firm three or four times a season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 bobby linn and johnathan smart are also good players...heres hoping for a shock against the pars tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeinzHines Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Roy is gone, Dalglish in. Liverpool's circus continues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam 45 Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 All going well at Pittodrie so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 There's still time for East Fife to score 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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