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Brown isn't much worse than many other goalkeepers in the Scottish Premiership. He is a competent shot-stopper and appeared to communicate relatively well with his defence. The mistakes at Hampden and Parkhead were major blots in his copybook, but I recall him being hailed by some as the second coming following his initial amassing of clean sheets.
He did seem to be going backwards last season as time progressed, but the cynical side of me wonders how much of that regression was to do with his exposure to Leighton and Langfield. His major identifiable weakness appeared to be his inability to confidently command his own six-yard box. Hopefully training with Meldrum and Ward will have improved this.
I don't think Brown will prove to be the long-term solution, and it would undoubtedly be desirable to have Rogers at our immediate disposal, but I think it's more than slightly alarmist to talk of this being a nightmare scenario or suchlike. We've won second place with a choice of Brown and Langfield between the sticks and an inferior selection of outfield players to those available to us now, so there's absolutely no reason we can't do it again this season.
I don't think Brown is awful however....I do believe last season he was supported by a settled back 4 that were performing fantastically week in week out. I don't believe our back 4 this season is performing nearly as consistently and are making much more mistakes than last season when Brown amassed those clean sheets.
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Nice touch.
Agree with most of Bucksburns post above but I think you're dreaming if you think we'll get more than 1 or two new faces in January.
Oh Danny please don't go
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Danny Rogers player of the month too, someone is taking the piss
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Horrible news to end a horrible weekend. I suspect we will sign a keeper this month but no danger they will be of the standard of danny ward.
Thanks for everything Danny, you were fantastic and a breath of fresh air.
f**k jurgen klopp right in the pussy
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Too seething/gutted to post anything rational so not going to bother
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The problem is football is now a mass market product that needs to reach as big an audience as possible. Unfortunately a football match simply isn't enough to draw in those armchair fans.
Just look at the EPL, they talk up all these faux rivalries between managers etc to add to the drama because it entertains the muppets who watch it.
It just so happens that in this country, Celtic and Rangers are essentially a freakshow, their oh so important to them religious background is now just a marketing tool for Sky. It doesn't matter that the quality of football is awful, that's not what the armchair twat is wanting. They want red cards, fights in the stands and loud noise.
Be happy that you are not sucked into that absolute drivel. Those who are in football are no better than people who are sucked into the likes of X factor or any other contrived tripe.
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http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/keith-jackson-first-rangers-hearts-7113192
Keith Jackson outdoes himself again
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I might be wrong but I don't understand why the assumption is mcinnes refuses to play them. Maybe they're just not good enough?
I've said on here before though I think mcinnes has placed too much weight on a core of 12-13 players and doesn't trust his squad.
That's his fault for his squad composition but doesn't mean Wright etc have any right to play.
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Drives me crazy that McInnes would rather play some no mark loanee (or a goodwillie) rather than someone from our youth set up. Smith in particular seems particularly hard done by this season.
Pretty sure mcinnes doesn't sign them with the vision of them being 'no marks'.
They were clearly shit and they have barely featured as a result. Our youngsters don't have a right to first team action they need to earn it. I haven't seen anything from the likes of Wright to suggest he should be regularly playing in the first team.
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This is the relevant passage
"Emphasis of matter – new stadium projectNote 10 to the Financial Statements discloses that the balance sheet at 30 June 2015 includes capitalised costs amounting to £2,997,000in connection with the proposed new stadium project. A number of important milestones, including completion of the site acquisitionand undertaking of the necessary fund raising process, remain outstanding before the project can progress to a construction stage.Notwithstanding the lengthy timeframe for this project, and the risks and uncertainties involved, the Directors remain confident ofprogressing the development. Accordingly, the Directors have concluded that it remains appropriate to continue to carry these costs inthe balance sheet. Given the significance of this conclusion to the overall Financial Statements, and without modifying our opinion, wedraw this matter to your attention"Yep that's what you should be worried about.
Basically the auditors have ask, you sure this is getting built?
Stewarty and co have said yep, pretty confident. Auditors not convinced clearly. Hence the disclosure in the accounts and the above paragraph in the audit opinion. The auditors will have insisted on this.
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Archie Knox joining the bandwagon this morning. They are seriously cranking up the 'we need Rangers' rhetoric amongst the media etc now. Can only see it getting worse.
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The problem we have with Stewart Milne is that legally the board of directors are there to protect the interests of Shareholders in a company and therefore a heavy part of that is finances and the financial health of a business. The company itself therefore also wants to be showing growth and feasibility for investment.
So from that polarized view of it which directors are legally bound to pursue, then Stewart Milne has to believe that having Rangers back is a good "commercial" event to happen in the short run.
I say short run because I believe it is a very short term view of the situation and disappointing certainly from a fans perspective as we as a club are moving forward so much without the presence of the Govan mob. While their return will undoubtedly see an uplift in tv revenue and potentially a larger away support in place of a smaller club but it risks losing something much bigger in a club that over the last few years has re-engaged with the fans and the city. If we go back to the two horse race, in a country that lets be honest is not a million miles from only having two/three european spots to fight for instead of the current four, that will be a difficult road for AFC.
To my mind Milne should be looking 3/4/5 years down the line at the potential impact of the two horse race monotony returning and the club losing touch with the fans again.
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Milne harping on about the **** in today's papers.
He needs to shut his fucking mouth, things are going well on the pitch at the moment which is keeping the fans happy, but whenever he opens his mouth he reveals his incompetence.
The quotes are taken from his interview with RedTV after the AGM.
It's really disappointing to hear after such good has been happening at the club. He knows fine well the fans feelings on it so it is a slap in the face after we as a club have shown that we can prosper in their absence.
It is also once again a lazy view of the future of Scottish football and how it can flourish. Just get the big team back and feed off their scraps from the tv money. Cheers Stewart.
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I notice the auditors have highlighted the new stadium project in their opinion. Obviously means they have their doubts about it.
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Well i really should not make a habit of laughing at my own fans, but this is horrendous...and wonderful and its christmas
Holy shit
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Probably won't be more but I'd guess Tynecastle won't be far behind Ibrox that weekend in terms of attendance
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We can't sign unknown quantities from league 2?
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It certainly was tragic.. what happened to Rangers.
Yeah we get it, it was hilarious that they died.
Yet you're sat celebrating it on an internet forum 3 years on.
Hence - tragic.
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I know dons_1988
I lay the blame for that at Dave.j's door as he derailed it last night with his off topic questions
Pretty sure it's been tragic for longer than since last night...
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This thread is absolutely tragic
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National broadcaster and journalist, tho the P and B masses do seem to prefer Philco.
National tabloid yeller who's very existence is to wind people up and attract interest through having controversial opinions.
Yet you know that already I think.
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Adrian Durham fuckin hell, again?
Mad phil talks more sense
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That's where you're wrong, I had to work at the pinnacle of local government for 2 years to get my business and administration qualification, you wouldn't even get in the door before you try to make out like you know everything
What qualifications do you have??
I have standard grade 1 scores for business management, physics, chemistry, P.E. and more
I study business management at Uni for a bachelors degree.
Tl;dr before you talk pis about qualifications make sure that you have some
Yeah I half believed you were for real until that. Shame really, if you were real it would have been funnier
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-You're the melter mate you melted your brain a long time ago when you became obsessed with Rangers
What are you qualified as if you want to try and laugh at being qualified to work in an office, amongst many other qualifications, mr know it all Njord thinks he knows best again like usual when he doesn't even know what he's talking about lol
Do you have 'qualified to work in an office' on your cv?
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The Famous Aberdeen - Season 2022/23
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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Oh god please no