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So your solution to a ref (debatably) making one bad decision is to make a different bad decision in the other direction? He was on a booking, he dived, it's a sending off.

She named them first? 100% ***.

Hearts, Celtic, and the Rangers are the only clubs who will get the full stand this season (and I'd drop the **** allocation to the 2% they give us at ibrox). The other half of it will be given to our own fans as it was v Partick and St Mirren in the last game of last season.

YouTube videos don't mean shite! However...

They might not be coming from the same place, but they'll all be going to/leaving from the stadium. And the numbers are not changing too much there in terms of how many buses it would take to transport that number of people. I've never lived there or been much outside the city centre, but Aberdeen by all I've heard about it is ridiculously congested as it is? Creating a new stadium outside the population centre reliant on buses and cars to get people there and back sounds more than a bit problematic. I could be entirely wrong obviously and not picking up on stuff.

Most German clubs with out of town stadiums also have abundant subsidised public transport links. A shuttle bus service isn't going to be able to service 20,000 people. If it's taking half an hour to get there you'd need about 200 buses to transport that number of people who'd have to be arriving about 2 hours before kick off. In Aberdeen. During winter. And obviously the same amount of time after the game to get them back. That seems implausible.

Easter Road and Tynecastle aren't that far apart tbf. Except metaphysically.

Build the other 2 sides first then? Do the Merkland first with a bigger capacity than now (must only hold about 3k?) then tolerate the reduced capacity for 6 months while the south is getting done. Do the main stand only when you are able to. Hibs had talk of moving to Straiton a couple of times, but the fans kind of rebelled against it which stopped it happening. Easter Road got redeveloped, and that move would have killed us. Aberdeens support aren't as geographically concentrated around their stadium as Hibs I would think, but out of town stadiums with minimal public transport links seems pretty dangerous to me for the clubs future health. I hope whatever happens works out for you fwiw.

Hibs 6k east stand cost 6m, and it was in a similar sized footprint to the one the away fans are in at Pittodrie (south?). I'm assuming most of your hospitality etc is in the Richard Donald stand? That's where a lot of Hearts spending has went. It's looking unlikely, but I hope you do find a way to stay at Pittodrie. Always liked the place, despite the hypothermia.

Glory hunters wouldn't be the word I'd use tbh. I'd say most of the increase in support has been those heading back who Hibs had booted in the baws once too often, plus a huge amount of younger folk who realise Hibs are cool as f**k.

And increased our home support by about 50-60% compared to before we were relegated.

Is there no rail link that could fit this? I thought traffic in Aberdeen was fucking horrendous? Building a stadium outside the city which looks mostly only accessible by car seems perverse if that's the case. Plus, nae peeve. I'm probably one of the few people in the world who quite likes Aberdeen and have semi regularly stayed up after a game. A c**t of a journey to and from the city centre for the game would absolutely put that as a distant memory.

There's a certain parallel in his career arc to Jamie Vardy tbh... So I think we can confirm that we're going to win the league.

I'd have no objections to a retrospective 2nd booking being applied to Stokes for the incident with Jack. If that happens though, Dorrans should be getting one too since he grabbed Slivka by the throat which is what sparked the second melee. He'd also be due a red if Stokes gets one since he done exactly the same thing. And sportscene somehow managed to miss speaking about Dorrans at all... Must be the kafflick conspiracy to blame.

Honestly no the worst idea. He's basically responsible for the players you've signed anyway, and he's involved with training and tactics. If he doesn't get a tune out of them then it's easy to punt him since he's wholly responsible. I reckon he'd be fine. Awful football, but pretty close to guaranteeing safety.

Is this a roundabout way of saying there's a spare ticket going...

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Off the bench, winner at Ibrox in his third debut. And I'll be in the b*****d Lake District [emoji36]

Houston. Nap. Worked with Levein previously. Opposite of Cathro (bald, auld, and wouldn't know how to work a microwave).

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I'd be willing to wait it out till the window nearly closes tbh. That's the point where demands go way down. Loads of players released or made available on loan if clubs were asking too much.