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It's a bold and potentially reckless statement to make if they aren't completely confident that they'll manage it.

Since the 80s: Leighton (Aberdeen, Man Utd) Goram (Rangers, Man Utd) Douglas (Celtic) Gordon (Hearts, Sunderland) McGregor (Rangers, Hull) Marshall (Celtic, Hull, Derby) I'd say we've done very well for keepers over the years. Plenty big clubs in amongst that lot and other than the Rab Douglas era there hasn't been a time when keeper has been a worry for us.

And then birdied five of the last six. Incredible.

I'm not sure why you think we're out? Top of the group by virtue of a better head to head against the Czechs, so beat Greece next week and we win the group.

I'd go: Marshall McTominay Gallagher McKenna Tierney Robertson Jack McGinn McGregor Armstrong Dykes But I think we'll line up with Tierney playing LCH, O'Donnell RWB and Christie off Dykes.

It does continue in a similar vein to the first few episodes, although once you get to know the characters it's much more absorbing. SPOILER: Don't worry about 20 years of Mandy...

That’s a pretty good example of the system working, assuming the majority if not all of your scores were recorded at your home course?

5.2 to 3.8, course handicap of 4.

They’re doing the usual routine of leaking the plan to gauge public opinion before actually committing to a plan. Cowards.

Looks like Killie could be in hot water: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54661325 Details are scant but hard to tell at this stage what they've done that would mean they had to forfeit points when no-one else has yet. Also why do St Mirren players/staff keep getting it?

Former Aberdeen manager Ebbe Skovdahl has died at 75. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54586993 He was some man and it's fair to say that despite pretty "mixed" fortunes (bottom of the league and both cup finals in the same season), he was almost universally liked by Dons fans. RIP Ebbe. EDIT: Didn't realise this was mentioned in another thread but I'll leave it up as it's maybe worth a topic of its own as there are plenty stories to tell about the man.

If it isn't a fan's job to replace a manager, what qualifies a fan to decide the manager should be replaced? Given the general irrelevance of the supporters' opinions, it's not unreasonable to ask "who do you think would do a better job" when someone's called for a manager's head, imo.

I'm just at the end of season 4 of the West Wing: on my third time around. Could almost literally watch it all day, although seasons 1-3 are streets ahead of the others, even though Sorkin was also in charge of season 4.

Two points, which I can't be bothered going back and finding the posts they relate to: 1. Isn't Gallagher right footed? Could he be right centre back if/when we need McTominay in midfield? 2. Andy Considine isn't Aberdeen captain, Joe Lewis is.

The rankings must be due an update this week. Beating two teams currently ranked above us will surely see us jump a few places.

So he can’t be an accident waiting to happen because the accident hasn’t happened yet? He was by far the shakiest of the centre backs who played this week, and given two who would probably play ahead of him were missing then I thankfully don’t fancy his chances of featuring much in future.

Cooper’s a liability. McKenna in for him.

The difference Ryan Fraser makes to the team is stark. His pace and running in the channels gives the team an out ball that it just doesn’t have without him. For that reason, he should be playing every single game for as long as he shows the commitment that he has this week.

Cooper’s mince and the further from the squad he remains the better 👍🏻

Surely at some point. He was very young first time around but must be close to hitting the "right" age about now? Came across as a great guy.

Points per game makes it ten in a row...

I see the phrase "buy time" repeatedly quoted in relation to this circuit breaker stuff. If severe restrictions are re-imposed then the Scottish government sure as hell better have some highly visible and effective progress on how they plan to contain this to show at the end of it or they might as well forget any kind of public support for future measures. Otherwise this is just a panicked "fuck, we've lost control of it again and don't know what to do". Be interesting to see what they say about schools given that plenty council areas are due to have the kids back in what would be the second week of this "lockdown" too.

Oops, sorry! It's worrying that there isn't some kind of consensus on how to handle this, surely WHO or a similar organisation should or could be collecting all data and leading discussions rather than every government going at it on their own.

Apologies if this has already been posted. It's a long read but potentially explains why Asian countries appear to have been better at controlling COVID outbreaks than the west: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/k-overlooked-variable-driving-pandemic/616548/

It's probably just general frustration but I'm getting sick of blanket approaches to this. When you look at where all the new cases are, 3/4s of them are in the central belt yet we're all subject to the same restrictions. Would imposing travel bans with differing restrictions per area be so bad? This rumoured fire break is nonsense and is a sign that neither Sturgeon or Johnson have any control of the situation whatsoever.