AberDon

Do you disagree?

From what I've seen Reynolds has been just as poor as he was last year, weak with terrible distribution. We had to either sign a left back, or a midfielder to play alongside Jack as well as a centre half. And, although it's only 4 games into the season, we look totally toothless. Hayes being out doesn't help. but surely with the added depth we would be hoping for more?

O'Connor and Lewis are both good signings, but the issues everyone could see last season haven't been addressed.

If that's the case, he's done a fucking awful job of allocating the budget. Shocker of a window so far.

Anyone heard anything about Luke Leahy potentially leaving?

We might not get through, but a 'hiding' is quite unlikely. We've beaten better teams in the recent past.

It would be very good for fans from outside of the city. Shite for me though, I'll miss being able to walk to games via the pub.

Flood to United after Thursday, according to the Sun.

Like going 2-0 up in a tie and then losing?

Of the out of contract players Aaron Lennox is the only one to stay, having signed a new 1-year deal.

Brown is out of contract so it wouldn't be 'mutual consent'.

There is 0 chance that Taylor will be leaving imo. McInnes specifically said that he needs more physicality in the team, so releasing our most physically dominant players would not make much sense.

You're probably right in regard to the price of the Pittodrie land, I didn't think of the increased value prior to the recession. As far as council funding goes, it does seem as though there will be a contribution. Milne was talking about the Council doing very well to get the City Deal, and a councillor was in the paper saying that it could generate £20-30m for the area with increased traffic out in that direction. EDIT: Another potential downside of this move is that it could be the death knell for a few of the pubs left on King Street, going the same way as the East Neuk.

It's a lot less valuable than it was 13 years ago when a move to Kingswells was first put forward, unfortunately. It's the result of a series of missed opportunities spanning decades, I feel. All of the available land around Pittodrie has been bought up and developed (no thanks to Mr. Milne) leaving a very tight space. Although I don't see why the Main Stand couldn't be rebuilt, with the road being moved further in the direction of the car park.

Maintenance costs are already high and increasing all the time, and the area is too tight to do any big redevelopment. Or so we're told.

You're right enough. I think they were talking about having a temporary extension to one of the stands that could be put up/taken down when needed.

The one at Cove was going to be around 21,000 I think. 30,000 would be way more than we need, although it would be good for semi-finals.

You're a total frother so I'm not surprised you're saying that. The stadium shown in the images is a place holder, not a plan. It'll be very similar to the Loirston plan with a few adjustments, I'd imagine.

Perhaps if Generalissimo Trump ate more fish oil and zinc he would have figured that out himself.

Certainly not while Labour are about. Do the SPFL not have a say when it comes to stadium specifications?

Safe standing has only just been allowed, with strict conditions in place.

I think the only site in the City that was looked at was Kings Links, but they decided that the water table was too high or something. PnJ says that the stadium will be 19,000 capacity, all seated.

It seems implied that the stadium itself will be the same as the one from Loirston.

The amount spent on the Loirston project was over a million, if I recall correctly. Think it was something like 1.9m? I could of course be speaking shite.

There's something not right about the way Shinnie's torso and shoulders are proportioned.