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6 hours ago, EddardStark said:
Outside of the Majors and Ryder Cup why is so much coverage given to golf by Sky? I wouldn’t think the viewing figures are great. Must be cheap in terms of rights?
Rough guess but golfers are perceived to have money so maybe the money Sky can make by selling adverts etc makes it worth it?
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14 minutes ago, Ally Bongo said:
The Japanese names for Japan are Nippon and Nihon
So that's where Nip comes from
Japs obviously also comes from Japanese
Are we now saying those references are politically incorrect and/or offensive ? Is this now where we are
Jerry for German
Tally for Italian (Italia) etc
Could see the outrage if he had said "Gooks" or the like
And Paki comes from Pakistan, and Chinky comes from China, so I guess they're fine too?
What's wrong with Japanese, German, Italian, Pakistani and Chinese?
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1 hour ago, vanderark14 said:
Livingston keeps banned for two games after he struck aberdeen winger Vincente Besuijen. He will miss the next two games
A second slap in the face for Aberdeen as the teams they're competing against now play a weaker Livingston.
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3 hours ago, Diamond Scot said:
I think it would depend on who is available at CB.
For example I dont see Clarke putting Cooper on the bench and playing Taylor / Hickey at LWB just to keep Tierney there.
Longer term I think Hickey will make the LWB back up his own and probably get quite abit of game time. He seems like the kind of sub who could come on to shore up the defence. Only issue with that is it would mean taking off the captain.
I'm pretty sure he would. Tierney, in that role, is our best and most effective player so you only move him in desperate, desperate times. Plus Hickey probably is already and definitely will become a better and more effective left wing back than Cooper is a centre back.
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The role we play Tierney in, and the way he plays it, makes him our nailed on left centre back. I don't think Clarke would move him to replace Robertson so really Hickey is competing against Taylor to be Robbo's backup.
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It appears that every move Hickey has made in his career has been with a view to getting time on the pitch: Celtic youths back to Hearts, Bologna over Bayern. Wherever he moves - if he does move this summer - I would bet on him being more attracted to a place he feels will advance his ability rather than simply moving for money.
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Judging by recent evidence, the South Africa u20s team will probably have more future Scotland caps in it than our u20s.
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Or Hickey (rightly) thinks he's too good to be pissing about in the U21s when the options ahead of him in the full squad are Ralston, SOD and a guy who has hardly played first team football in his career.
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£50 for a kids football shirt is an absolute disgrace.
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44 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said:
Would you change it if a player was out of form?
Only if they were shockingly out of form and hadn't played for their club in months.
Specifically in relation to Gilmour, I think his talent is so far ahead of the rest of the options that I'd probably still play him anyway - especially if the option was to bring in a totally different type of player like Jack or McTominay. Good teams need players that can dictate the pace and direction of play and that's what Gilmour brings to Scotland, and it's what we've been missing for years and years. Incidentally, it's also what Man Utd's midfield has been lacking as well so, although he certainly has his merits, I don't ever see McTominay being a direct replacement for Gilmour in our midfield.
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14 hours ago, Malcolm said:
i didn’t think gilmour was too great to be honest. Few misplaced passes. Not terrible, not great. On current form I wouldn’t have him in from the start in a three, maybe in a four.Disgree. As has been said on here a few times already, a team is about the sum of its parts rather than individuals. McGregor, Gilmour and McGinn is our strongest midfield unit and it won't be broken up just to fit a form player in and Clarke won't change the formation either.
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2 hours ago, RDFH64 said:
I take it you mean the ibrox title decider, it was the ref who bottled it by letting Hately assault our keeper 🤬
Nah, Smith bottled it by changing the 4-3-3 that had got us on the brink of the title to a 4-4-2 because we only needed a draw.
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1 hour ago, RDFH64 said:
He did alright as well 👍
Until the ultimate bottle job.
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13 minutes ago, ProudScot said:
Dortmund are one of Europe’s top sides.
It’s a shame Aberdeen fans booed Jack at Pittodrie vs Holland if they think he’s such a tremendous player.
Tremendous players can still be Judas bastards, players rarely get booed because of lack of ability. It was clear when he was a teenager that Jack had excellent talent and temperament, who knows if he'd have got even better going down south rather than staying in Scotland.
The German league is weak after Bayern and if Dortmund were that good they wouldn't have got papped out of the Champions League by Ajax and Sporting.
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11 hours ago, ProudScot said:
Jack was absolutely immense against one of Europe’s top sides getting a MOM performance. Some serious tough calls for Clarke for this squad that’s for sure. Jack obviously will be in the squad and based on tonight It’s going to be very hard to leave him out of the starting team.
Dortmund aren't one of Europe's top sides but Jack is a tremendous player, as most Aberdeen fans were saying years ago, so he's well worth a place in the Scotland squad.
He won't start though, it'll be McGregor, Gilmour and McGinn as the strength of those three as a unit outweighs anything one individual will bring.
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On 2/5/2022 at 3:09 PM, Bzzzz said:
I'd LOVE a good red jersey, no had one for donkeys, or a mental jersey like the 1991 zig zaggy fella, braw that yin.
Sadly we know that Adidas are quality but not mad designers.Hate anything British but want an England away top. Eh?
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8 hours ago, Scotty CTA said:
No, and we have two 'victims'.
Absolutely no way are there two victims. No way.
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Well, that's one take on it Spiers 😳
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Beat Canada in the early hours so they're 2-0 from two tough games.
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Callum McGregor is a very good footballer. Not necessarily the best player on the pitch tonight but extremely important for his team.
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2 hours ago, dandydunn said:
Adam Montomery linked with a loan deal from Celtic to Aberdeen.
As uninspiring as things can get 🙄
Confirmed.
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19 hours ago, Caledonian Craig said:
What a phenomenal comeback from Nadal.
Two sets down to the No 1 seed after a long time out through injury and despite being ten years older than Medvedev he scrapped and battled back to win in five sets in approaching five and a half hours. Now he stands alone in having won 21 grand slam titles and I wouldn't back against him quickly making it 22 at Roland Garos.
Some might even call it unbelievable...
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It's £830k up front, £3.3m guaranteed at the end of the season and small add-ons. They'll be hoping to start a bidding war with any interested English teams to get a bit more than that, especially up front.
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Just now, Toepoke said:
The team train on it meaning no requirement to hire training facilities.
I believe the long term plan is to open a dedicated club training centre and revert to a grass pitch. The financial challenges of the past couple of years have clearly put that on hold though.
Thanks for the info. So it is cost-saving then.
Diddies 😜
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