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He certainly did that with a few although I recall him not only continually playing Greg Stewart and Dom Ball but resigning them too and subjecting us all to another spell of ineptitude.

The Leader of the Luddites has spoken...I would rather VAR than get shafted from incompetent/fearful/corrupt referees. I agree it will not guarantee 100% accuracy but it will considerably improve the current standards. It makes no sense to have technology available to improve the officiating at matches and not utilise it. There are issues with it's application during game time which need resolved but that will improve over time and use. And for the record, I don't think VAR would've overturned Scales on Porteous either.

The group of neo-fascists (Lithuania excepted)

Oh well, there's always Liverpool's visit to Snake Mountain this week to cheer us all up.

Richardson only played two league games for Forest (when they were in the Championship not the PL) but was out on loan at fifth tier Notts County so presumably we bought him on the strength of his performances for County.

Goodwin was quick to identify the deficiencies in the Stephen Glass team but now he's got to be ruthless with his own buys if he's to save himself. I watched 20 minutes of the second half of the Peterhead match and it was obvious that Stewart couldn't pass water (I mentioned on here at the time) and serious doubts about Richardson were already surfacing by the end of the Stirling Albion match. Firstly, he needs to drop Richardson and send him back to England's fifth tier. Meanwhile, Stewart needs to stick to the basics of heading and kicking it as far as he can until he can be replaced in January or Goodwin tries Milne immediately. People will say the captaincy doesn't matter but the fact that Goodwin gave it to this jobber from England's third tier brings further into question his judgement. He's not quite Jerel Ifil standard but he's not good enough for even Top 6.

I'm in Section Y...I actually hate the view and constantly on at my mates every summer to find another place in the stadium nearer to the action with no success so far.

Killie offered the square root of f*ck all yesterday. It was nice to see Goodwin utilising his squad yesterday and giving game time to Watkins, Ramirez, Milne and Duncan. I'd still like to see Duncan start instead of Kennedy and give him a run of games. The worrying aspect would be that despite Killie offering nothing they still managed to get a free header in our box for the goal. I'm pretty sure Taylor didn't even need to jump for it. Richardson is still a problem that needs addressed.

I do wonder why he only won 4 Scottish caps...even with that paltry amount he still netted twice including once against the Auld Enemy (although the other was on a preseason tour of Canada). I suppose the answer will be that we had the luxury of many quality forwards back then but if that was the case then why were we blowing the cobwebs off Joe Jordan and taking him to Spain in 1982? We also were pitiful in our attempts to qualify for Euro84 so I'm convinced McGhee would've been worth a try as he was at the peak of his powers at the Dons.

No, he lives in Brighton does he not? I don't think we'll hear much of him again up here

I know it's often we say this; however October is a big month primarily because we have a lot of fixtures during that month. A poor month winning minimal points and getting dumped out of the cup by Partick Thistle is going to be problematic for Goodwin with regards how the fans view him as an Aberdeen manager. A poor month in league and beating Thistle won't do him much good either because the Thistle match is an expected victory. Dundee United, Motherwell and Sevco away with Delboy's team and Hearts at home looks particularly tough but realistically both Killie and the Thistle cup match should see two wins. If he can't win these two then I struggle to see how we can take much from the other four. Barring a catastrophe, Goodwin will be Aberdeen manager until at least the end of the season but he needs to keep the fans engaged by winning matches and perhaps toning down his media appearances. I just get the impression that Goodwin hasn't yet fully adjusted being at a club with slightly higher expectations and profile.

Mourning is subjective. If anyone is as misguided to actually feel any sorrow about her passing then they should not attend a match and allow the rest of us to get on with it. Once again they impose their illogical views and opinions on how the general public should conduct themselves just like during the pandemic.

Is his opinion worthless if he's "50 odd year old" like?

Having taken 88 minutes or whatever to take the lead, it's mind-numbing incompetence and unprofessional to then allow them to equalise in the final moments. I haven't seen the game yet and don't know if I can bring myself to watch it.

I put that down, in part, to the fact that the Rat MkII (Wright) had just left for Sevco and everyone was pleased to see a young player commit his future to the club. However, you're right, he definitely wasn't viewed as negatively as he is now back in January 2021, which could give Saints fans hopes that he can have a positive effect on the club if he regains a bit of form with regular first team football.

I'd be surprised if, at the end of the loan deal, St Johnstone seek to make the deal permanent; however, I've no ill will against McLennan and hope he does well.

Ramirez doesn't want to be here, Goodwin doesn't want him so he must leave before the window shuts. If the only way is on loan to Hearts then do it and, of course, he can't play against us... But Hearts on loan should be the last option.

I'll see your Tommy McLean and raise you Stevie Paterson. Ok he managed a few more games but getting pissed with your injured players on the Friday night and missing the Saturday game is right out of the first line of the Largs manual of Scottish Footballing Management Methods.

I heard one United fan on the radio say they wanted "an experienced manager like Duncan Ferguson" It would be a great 'banter' appointment though and would generate some interest in the Scottish game although I find it unlikely that it would be particularly beneficial for United. Ferguson gives me the impression that he's something of a manchild.

I'm hoping we get one of the Gruesome Twosome at the home of football. Although it doesn't happen all the time as it did in the past, we can't hope that they get drawn against each other. I don't fancy a Hampden semi against either so we might as well try our luck against them at home. So ideally, the Gruesomes get drawn at Pittodrie and Tynecastle. But it's unlikely to happen. We'll probably have to visit Fir Park or Tynecastle.

Is that the cow that provides her tenants squalor to live whilst she basks in her wealth? I really wish I hadn't cheered her on in 1986 the Dundonian tinker.

We need to find a Lee Harvey Oswald* type that will permanently resolve the Kennedy issue. *If we are to believe the Warren Commission findings

You'll never see the Dons at Cliftonhill. I was at an away match against Albion Rovers in 1989 when it was moved to Fir Park.

I saw Phil McGuire's Carnoustie Panmure in the Scottish Cup at the weekend and a rotund Jamie Winter played the whole 90 minutes which, in essence, meant Panmure were playing with ten men for the entire match. He couldn't run, pass or shoot and didn't look like an ex-pro that had dropped down a few levels at the end of his career. In fact, he was the worst player on the park. At one stage, he mistakingly kicked the ball with his left foot and nudged it away from his right as he swung his leg to kick the ball and took a fresh air swipe. I thought Winter played during Skovdahl or Paterson's tenure but Wikipedia tells me it was during Jimmy Calerwood's!

If any team defends like United did yesterday then they deserve all they get. I think yesterday was less about Celtic keeping the foot on the gas and more about United standing aside and not being, well erm...united. Celtic kept attacking it's true but they were met with no resistance.* It would only happen again if the opposition was complicit in their own downfall like United yesterday and us in 2010. Their players chucked yesterday like ours did too. However, lets not pretend that Celtic were unplayable magnificent yesterday. United have performed like a kid's team for the second match this season. The concede a couple and then just give up. If Ross doesn't go before their next match then they will soon find out that a manager has no long-term future having overseen a 9 goal defeat. *However, it doesn't help when the match officials ignore an offside that looked pretty obvious.