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9 minutes ago, 0Neils40yarder said:
At that time it was fucking shit as a fan...I'd imagine there were plenty of players who thought it was a bit of a chore too. The guy is on record for years stating that he is scottish and only ever wanted to play for Scotland
That's it. He won't have been the first player to say it's fucking shit, just unlucky that it's been caught on camera. Folk need to give it a rest.
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22 hours ago, KirkySuperSub said:
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/life-after-celtic-scott-brown-23729431
Christ almighty, that was a dire read...!!
Well, that was weird.
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Glencairn played in Dark Blue, could be a reference to that.
We also had the 1997 fluorescent yellow kit which only had claret and amber on the crest.
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4 hours ago, GazzyB said:
What on earth is going on with Foley and Nolan I wonder
Nolan TBC'd his TBC when he was TBCing. Foley twisted his TBC last TBC. Expected returns TBC.
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7 hours ago, weeyin said:
A few pics I've used as backgrounds in my video calls
Nice, I've never seen that top one before. I'm always impressed with how absolutely knackered the main stand looked before its facelift.
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On 3/4/2021 at 8:32 AM, rinkydink said:
Early days of construction on the Davie Cooper Stand / demolition of the classic frontage.
These are brilliant (although sad to see the turnstiles go). Any more from that era? Or any era?
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12 minutes ago, GazzyB said:
They've finished 4th or above for about 9 seasons now!
Teams on a similar budget like Hearts and Hibs have had nowhere near as much consistency as Aberdeen.
Comes back to the very discussions we have on here - do you follow a football team for entertainment or to see the club stable and successful. McInnes' record is very good - 4 cup finals -including one win - and 4 second place finishes. Despite all that, for a few seasons they have been brutal to watch and I think a lot of their fans would rather pour hot bovril in their own eyes than tune in these days.
Maybe the board feel the quality of entertainment isn't an issue, rather, he's taken them as far as he can and they want someone else to come in and take that next step forward.
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Robinson doing the rounds as next in line for the Aberdeen job.
It's just a twitter rumour, literally 30 minutes after news broke that McInnes is away, but he'll be in the running regardless.
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16 minutes ago, Stuwell2 said:
Generally agree with that but the Accies & StJ games have left me with some worries regarding GA - my preference for the job.
Just can’t get my head round how the team could be so off the mark two games in a row.The performance against Accies was shocking and could maybe be written off as a bad day at the office but to follow that with another game where the team looked no different organisationally or aptitude left me gobsmacked.
Can be explained by four changes between those two games and persevering, for one more game, with a system that we can't play. He's completely transformed things with limited personnel changes - I'd say that's a sign of an astute manager rather than anything to worry about.
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I wonder how long Martindale will last. I imagine players will only respond to that psychotic screaming for so long before they tune out.
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2 hours ago, 0Neils40yarder said:
Surely it's because it's right on halfway line?
That's what I thought.
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Lang with his 5th goal in 7 games today for Wigan.
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2 hours ago, Ya Bezzer! said:
We didn't really have a functional team when Alexander arrived but he's made good choices to establish a starting XI that works.
Cole was in and out under Robinson, he's started every game under Alexander. Maguire, not before time, has been brought in and given a run in the correct position. We brought in a top class goalkeeper. Roberts has performed better than Robinson's wide players.
Guys like Seedorf, White, Polworth have been ditched.
We are not out the woods yet but Alexander just seems like he's a more competent judge of players and knows better how a team clicks together than Robinson did. Even when Robinson did get it right it usually felt like he was forced into it or it happened by accident.
Good post. One huge difference is that we actually have a midfield connected to both the front three and the back four - in possession, particularly in the first half we frequently had 5 or 6 in the final third which quickly switched to 7 or 8 playing defensive roles when needed.
It's something we've tried and failed to for the more than a calendar year. I'm sure the more tactically minded on here can explain what's changed, but it looks like a big part is down to the desire and motivation Alexander has instilled.
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3 hours ago, joewarkfanclub said:
Gallagher is club captain and the most experienced centre half we have. The club could easily have made an example of him by stripping the captaincy if they wanted to go down that route but didnt.
The very fact they didn't, and the fact GA was talking him up yesterday tells me that the club don't have a problem with him - that suggests that most of what has been posted on here about his contract is mere speculation / shite.
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Bold move by Alexander. He's obviously setting the tone in the dressing room - play well, knock your pan in and I'll reward you regardless of who is waiting in the wings.
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58 minutes ago, dennyc said:
Hastie was open and up front about leaving. No pretence. He got slaughtered on here by many for wanting to better himself, and being honest about it. And booed when he took to the pitch. Perth I think. Don’t see the same abuse heading Gallagher’s way and, if true, he has been doing a lot more manoeuvring re contracts than Hastie ever did. And we got good money for Hastie.
Vigurs was crucified...still is....for allegedly feigning injury to force his way out of the Club. Same accusation has been made about Gallagher, but folk refuse to believe it whereas in Vigur’s case it was taken as gospel.
Double standards.
Every player has the right to try and better himself, but it does seem that for some on here, if your face fits and you are a “good guy”, then you can do no wrong and can muck the Club about in ways that others get hammered for.
And I’m not defending Gallagher. Far from it. Just comparing the reaction to his dealings and those of others who eventually moved on.
I'm not sure it's anything like a "face fits" scenario at all.
I can't remember too many other than the usual gullables thinking much about the Vigur's rumour, and Hastie and Gallagher's situations are completely different. The outrage about Hastie was pretty simple because the facts were out there - confirmed by the clubs - and it was felt by many (rightly or wrong) that we had been shafted by him. There's nothing other than forum speculation about Gallagher's contract. A few folk coming on here and saying "it's a fact" doesn't make it a fact.
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Special menshy to Crawford, Macguire, Lamie, McGinley, Cole and Kelly.... but it's got to be Roberts.
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4 hours ago, steelboy said:
There is a major difference between speculating on something that is going to happen in the future and taking about something that has happened.
Speculation is part of a football forum, but a lot of your posts read like you are stating facts or are 'in the know', and that's how those three examples read at the time.
Even when you get asked about sources (Gallagher contract), you use some half-truth to claim you were right. Even though it's clear you cant back up your claim.
Maybe it's not your intention, but that's how it comes across and I don't think it's a great approach when talking about court cases and child abuse, and to a much lesser extent player contracts.
Anyway, I'm tuning out on this and going back to my own ill-informed thoughts on the game itself.
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29 minutes ago, KirkySuperSub said:
We have taken 7 wins from a total of 30 games, can you honestly see us taking 3 wins from the 8 games remaining?
Yeah, I know most are against the teams around us, but so have half of the 30 games played so far.
We've won 3 of our last 8, so it's do-able. All depends on a few more key players returning.
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Much, much better. If we continue to put that in each week, with a few faces returning from injury, we'll be safe. Thought Campbell playing further up the park was the change that linked the front three to the rest of the team. Some nice passing around the box which was unheard of for months. Also, credit to the defence in limiting St Mirren to next to nothing.
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4 hours ago, steelboy said:
Hughes still has questions to answer about his relationship with McCaffrerty. I was very surprised he got a job but so did Graham Rix Neil Lennon and Malky McKay so you should probably never rule anyone out. Robinson's missus got him off, without her evidence he would have been convicted.
At the AGM it was stated that the club had offered Gallagher a new contract which they wouldn't have to do if the clause was still active.
Hughes - that's not what you originally said.
Robinson - that's not what you originally said.
Gallagher - that's not what you originally said.
Backtracking to try sound reasonable after initially talking shite.
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2 hours ago, steelboy said:
As OnTheFringes often says no one is going to come on here and name the person that told them inside info.
You'll need to take my word for it.
Take your word for it - like your claim the contract clause removal was announced at the AGM, when it wasn't?
Or that last Christmas, Robinson was definitely fucked because of CCTV footage, when he wasn't?
Or that John Hughes will never work in Scottish football again, because of appalling accusations I won't even repeat here, when he's now at Ross County?
I know it's all a laugh, but some of the shite you spout on here is quite damaging.
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1 hour ago, milo said:
So how long does a hamstring/muscle injury like the one Gallagher have normally take to heal? When could/should we expect him back if indeed that is what he has?
It was reported to be a grade 1 strain, which is usually a weeks rather than months. Alexander had hoped he'd be back training on Monday this week - no idea if thats happened though.
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10 minutes ago, Onthefringes said:
It’s certainly not used as a tool to appease the mock outrage of some.
No, but the site is used to communicate with the fans. There's a section with updates on every players injury and it was updated on Saturday. It's not mock outrage to wonder why two of a new managers new signings - brought to bolster the squad in a relegation fight - are nowhere near the squad when they aren't injured (according to the official site) and when there is a massive injury list in the very positions they play.
Alexander hasn't mentioned Nolan or Foley in any press conference. We opted to have two empty seats on the bench on Saturday so it's not a huge leap to assume they are unfit or have been simply awful signings who are worse than a man down. That's a fairly logical conclusion and given how shite we've been, it's worthy of discussion. Fans shouldn't rely on an unofficial injury list to put these theories to bed.
Season 2020’21: Game 33: Kilmarnock (A)
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Maguire's goal is only the second equaliser we've scored this season. That's a mad stat.