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15 minutes ago, Wee Dougie said:
Don't worry about Bevis, he's not going to be here next season.
Aye it's the thought of O'Donnell, Kelly, McGinn, Halliday, Nicholson and Vale being here next season that worries me.
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1 minute ago, grizzlyg said:
And far more from open play when he does
I don't think that's true.
For whatever reason his face doesn't fit with Kettlewell but when you look at the games this season where we have actually defended well Mugabi has been playing.
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1 minute ago, grizzlyg said:
It's a bad one but let's not all go into full meltdown again. Sooner this season over the better and a rebuild required yet again
Unless we get a new manager it won't make any difference.
The players Kettlewell has brought in are far worse than the players he inherited.
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Just now, Stuwell2 said:
Name the defender who he hasn’t played who would have made a difference.
We concede far more goals from corners when Bevis isn't playing.
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I called it in advance that Kelly wouldn't be able to kick that into the box.
Same spot as Las booted into the box from 10 years ago as well.
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Just now, bobbybingo said:
It's almost as if....
It's almost as Oli Shaw is utter shite. And Kettlewell signed him for us twice.....
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Oli Shaw on now. Great manager.
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3 minutes ago, Wee Dougie said:
Yep, he's in the defence, tit.
He picks a defence that can't defend set pieces every single week. The guy is never a manager in a million years.
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Another goal from a corner. Kettlewell is an utter tit.
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That should be the end of Vale. He's nowhere near the required standard.
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19 minutes ago, steelboy said:
If Aberdeen can get a shot on target that will probably settle it.
Cleared off the line.
Maybe we will get a point.
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Vale and Spittal are both useless. Davor being unable to play simple passes doesn't help either.
If Aberdeen can get a shot on target that will probably settle it.
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17 minutes ago, Great Balls of Shire said:
Easton and Scougall are definitely skillful players, if SK thinks they can cut it in spl , I've got faith in that ..it's good we are looking at Scottish players from lower leagues
I agree with that but all those players are 30 or older by the time the new season starts.
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Halliday, Scougall, Easton and Obileye.
They're not the most inspiring rumours at the moment.
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Miovski's a much player than Bair. He looks like he chucked it after January this season but still turns up against the Old Firm to keep himself in the shop window.
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According to Weir we are at roughly 50% of Turnover for player wages so around £3m. We have another £2m in non playing wages.
So it's around £58,000 per week on player wages. It's pretty obvious who is being unrealistic here.
As far as us having the 3rd lowest wage bill it's doesn't seem likely. Ross County, St Mirren and Killie have both reported lower wage bills than in the last set of accounts. Livi and St Johnstone don't publish full accounts but will be lower.
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26 minutes ago, dennyc said:
I think you are clever enough to know that the Safety Certificate comment related to the ground facilities.
And you can only spend profits if you earn them. Losses of over a million in successive seasons will soon empty the coffers.
Levelling the pitch and adapting the East Stand to the new height were the expensive outlays.
We earned it. Then we spent it. The alternative would be sitting in a relegation battle with a pile of money in the bank and not touching it for no reason at all other than some people don't like seeing an annual loss.
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10 minutes ago, dennyc said:
By the same token we would be in a better position if we had not incurred losses of over £3m in the past two accounting years. Those losses are clearly not of concern to some. How long can we sustain losses of that nature? And, Yes, we would still have had to spend a fortune on the East Stand and Pitch even if that previous income had not been available. Possibly funded by the Well Society leaving us even more exposed. Those upgrades were almost mandatory for Safety Certificate reasons and to avoid further SPFL sanctions because of the pitch. And Fir Park will continue to eat up funds as repairs are ongoing.
Safety certificates meant we had to level the pitch? Further SPFL sanctions when we haven't been sanctioned for the pitch since 2010? Are you sure about that?
I don't understand where you are coming from at all with concerning the losses. We make a profit one season. The money is in our bank account and we spend it. It shows up as loss the next season. It's totally normal. You seem to be suggesting that we should never spend more than we earn in any 12 month accounting period regardless of the cash in the bank which is a fairly mental way to budget for anything.
The 12 month period is totally arbitrary, it's not the be all and end.
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15 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:
If we are that well off, why are we actively seeking additional investment then?
Because McMahon and Weir don't like the look of the new Society board.
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3 minutes ago, grumpy said:
Why is it ominous? He is out of contract at the end of the season so we aren't touting him for sale as he can walk away.
I mean it's worrying that they might be warming us up to announce he's a signed a new deal.
He's our top earner and by far the worst goalkeeper in the league. We are the worst team at defending set pieces in the league because of him. We have to sign a new starting goalkeeper and free up his wage for a player that can make a positive contribution.
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40 minutes ago, dennyc said:
And sorry, but saying we have broken even over the past seven, ten or twenty years is meaningless. Turnbull and two cup finals in a season are history. What matters is how finances are working out in the present.
The club's finances in the present are a result of the previous income. We obviously wouldn't have spent a fortune on the pitch and East Stand if the money wasn't there from player sales.
It's not history if you actually have the money. We should be looking at £3-4m from Bair and Miller so it's not like we don't have assets at the moment. It's obviously a balancing act from the club but that's the nature of professional sport at every level. We are in a strong position at the moment but people talk about it like a wean that thinks there's a bogeyman under the bed.
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Ryan Jack and Halliday would be a decent midfield in wheelchair fitba.
The club have put out a Liam Kelly highlights video... an ominous sign.
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45 minutes ago, Well Well said:
So you don't actually know
I've read that issuing new shares was discussed at the club AGM.
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1 hour ago, wunderwell said:
But 1. We don't run at a profit.
Over the 7 years of fan ownership we have an overall profit of £2 million.
Compared to most other clubs we are doing extremely well. I'm not going to check but we won't be far off breaking even over the past 20 years since we came out of administration.
Aberdeen v Motherwell 27/04/2024
in Club Chat
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Since we won at Ibrox we've played five games and been in the lead for a single minute when Moses scored at Dundee.
We haven't kept a single clean sheet and have conceded goals from being unable to defend corners in every game.
We've scored 5 goals with the earliest one being at 74 minutes.
We were hardly in good form before today.