Marshmallo Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Told myself I wouldn't rise to this But I've always considered our direct peers to be Dunfermline, Thistle and St Mirren, you could rank us in any order really, and slightly below Killie and Motherwell. How can people put us below Morton, ICT or St Johnstone? I'm 23 if that adds any context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 What defines a big club? Money, trophies, attendance, European achievement, size of the stadium, players that have played for you? If it comes down to money, there's probably Conference sides that are bigger than the lot of us except Celtic. If it comes down to attendance, MK Dons would be the third largest club in the top flight behind Celtic and Aberdeen? If it comes down to European achievement are Aberdeen bigger than the likes of Newcastle etc? It's an entirely subjective thing that involves a mix of all of them reasons for me. You missed out owning your own stadium. That's a definite must for big clubs in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 You've not won a trophy for 58 years I'm 23 and I can't think of a single relevant thing Falkirk have done . Simon Stainrod once scored from the half way line at McDiarmid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 If this was 30 years ago, Aberdeen would rightfully be above Hearts. Certainly not over the past 20 years or so, though. They've won a mere 13 out of our last 65 meetings stretching back over this period compared to our 34. We average considerably higher attendances season after season, have won more trophies and played in Europe more regularly. It's not even a contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonksy+HisChristianParade Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 You've not won a trophy for 58 years I'm 23 and I can't think of a single relevant thing Falkirk have done . They got humiliated by Hibs in the cup a few years ago. That was quite funny. But yeh... apart from that, nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I think Falkirk got to one big cup final in the 90's and they stuffed us in the B and Q final in the same era, can't remember much else from them off the top of my head in the last 30 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooperOnTheWing Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Clubs should be judged on their trophy count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Clubs should be judged on their trophy count. And their administration and liquidation count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooperOnTheWing Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 And their administration and liquidation count. Grow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Grow up. Even on trophy count alone Celtic beat you on the only one that matters. Fanbase and avoiding going down the pan also come into my thinking when ranking clubs, but maybe that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooperOnTheWing Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Even on trophy count alone Celtic beat you on the only one that matters. Fanbase and avoiding going down the pan also come into my thinking when ranking clubs, but maybe that's just me. So because Celtic won the European cup that makes them a bigger club? Fanbase? Do you have proof of this bigger fanbase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parscelona Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Clubs should be judged on their trophy count. Put up your list AWRA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 St Johnstone would have been struggling to make the top 20 not long ago but you have to give them credit for their recent success and consistency, domestically and in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooperOnTheWing Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Put up your list AWRA. To be fair, i dont pay much attention to teams outwith Rangers. I apologise for my ignorance but it's the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Why the fucking hell have the mods not banned AWRA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 I genuinely feel sorry for you. Still; at least you're taking it well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 I find looking at the league table quite helpful. Well no. because the likes of Morton and Dunfermline are quite clearly bigger football clubs than Alloa or Cowdenbeath: despite Dunfermline's hilarious, guaranteed failure for another twelve months. You'd have to be an utter moron to insist on a single season league table as being decisive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 It's actually quite hard when you sit down to do it from your own perceptions. Hence why you clearly need cold, hard facts to avoid making schoolboy errors like putting Ross County above Morton; one of the most successful clubs in the football history of this once-proud country, against some trophyless Brora-esque rabble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Bang on. Just wondering how the poster above this says its based on his lifetime yet has Dundee above United? Absolutely staggering unless the guys aged about 105 Dundee have always been a far more successful football club in domestic terms than United, in any meaningful sense of the term. Told myself I wouldn't rise to this But I've always considered our direct peers to be Dunfermline, Well, I guess they're yours to keep now: too tragic to keep track of, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Is vikington a complete parody now? The points he's making are legitimate, but the way he posts is utterly dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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