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Derek Adams propensity to waste time and then complain about time being added on should not obscure the fact that he is a remarkably productive football manager.  Ross County, from Dingwall, population 5,000, are sitting fourth in the SPL and remain in touching distance of a place in Europe.  No need to highlight their Scottish Cup campaign in 2010.

It is, therefore, no surprise that Aberdeen have asked Ross County for permission to speak to him.  On the face of it, Aberdeen should fancy their chances of recruiting Adams but County are confident for a reason.  SPL, and in Owen Coyle’s case First Division, managers have been recruited by well-paying English clubs at levels the likes of Aberdeen cannot compete with.  County chairman, Roy McGregor, is likely to advise Adams to hold off for a more lucrative move south.

When Jimmy Calderwood left Dunfermline for Aberdeen in 2004 chairmen John Yorkston explained his surprise at Calderwood heading north, explaining that he believed one day Calderwood would move to Ibrox.  Aberdeen proved to be a plateau for Calderwood, as it has been for most over the last couple of decades.

If they don’t get Adams chances are they will go back to Motherwell; back-to-back second place finishes are exactly what is needed at Pittodrie right now.

Best of luck to Gordon Strachan on his first competitive game as Scotland manager tonight.
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  1. Men (and women) of the match goes to anyone who paid to watch the match in such terrible conditions, fair play too to the ground-staff who only had 5 days to prepare the pitch, great work.

  2. Anyone know if Croat’s took the foot off the gas? My nephew was over for the game, I know they were 2 up early and finished 2-0.

  3. Gareth Bale subbed at half time.

     

     

    Come on Scotland – just win (copyright WGS)

     

     

    Enjoy your evening Macbhoys and Macghirls ;-)

  4. Tommy fi Glesga phones Orcs and exposes them.

     

     

    Orcs send bombs.

     

     

    Big difference.

  5. just waiting on provan to mention how bad the scotland team is without anger fc in the spl.

  6. 'crushed nuts?' 'Naw, Layringitis!' on

    tom mclaughlin

     

     

    19:53 on

     

    22 March, 2013

     

    Am I alone in thinking the TFG hoax call to Sandaza was in very bad taste? The guy is being lauded as some sort of hero. I just don’t see it that way. Craig Whyte was a charlatan and deserved to be exposed to ridicule, but Sandaza? What is it all about? Have we as a support really descended to this sort of hunnish behaviour?

     

     

    I’m sorry but I just don’t get it. If it means I am so far removed from that nonsense that I couldn’t possibly get it, then I am happy with that.

     

     

    I genuinely feel for the Spaniard. I really do

     

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

     

     

    Who felt sorry for C Mulgrew when he was caught unawares by an experienced journalist? Every day newspapers carry stories based on football players’ twitter or Facebook musings. The fact is that being good at football is rarely an indicator of intelligence.

     

    Sandaza’s crime is to blow the gaff on sevco’s fragile finances.

     

    Given that deidco were fined £250000 for failing to disclose the full details of players contracts – whilst gaining no competitive advantage- surely chuckster welcomes transparency?

     

    Sandaza is getting £5000 per week! Granted, sevco are getting no competitive advantage.

  7. tommytwiststommyturns on

    Scotland looking more comfortable now…..oh Sndgrass off the post!

     

    Wales missing their talisman.

     

     

    T4

  8. the long wait is over on

    Dharma

     

     

    “Amy MacDonald is the only woman, no, person, that I know who asked for a cordoned off area on a Calmac Ferry.”

     

     

    For reasons I cant really explain that made me laugh out loud.

  9. ernie lynch

     

     

    So she was a minister in the Labour/Liberal administration?

     

     

    No, she was in the opposition cabinet, otherwise known the shadow cabinet. It’s still a cabinet position. Still in the SNP.

     

     

    Or are you now introducing *new* criteria to your wrong statement to try and justify it? Put simply, your original contention is wrong.

     

     

    And Alex Salmond hates her so much she’s still a junior minister. I wish I was as hated as that…

     

     

    /p

  10. tommytwiststommyturns on

    Pogmathon – 99cents….FFS?!

     

    Her indoors and I sometimes go into Cottiers in the West End and they have bottles of Schneider Original (5.5%?). One evening, the young barmaid gave me the 8.2% stuff by mistake….I was birlin!

     

     

    Enjoy it….yer liver won’t! :-)

     

     

    T4

  11. Awfy reminiscent of Anfield in 79 – the strips, the hue of the turf, teams of similar ability. Snow’s a bit different. Ooo – Wales denied – foul on McGregor

     

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  12. Burghbhoy

     

     

     

    21:13 on 22 March, 2013

     

     

     

    Tommy fi Glesga phones Orcs and exposes them.

     

     

    Orcs send bombs.

     

     

    Big difference.

     

     

    ———————-

     

    I went onto DEADclub media to see their take on the TFG- Sandaza ,

     

    SINISTER does not begin to cover it.

  13. celticrollercoaster on

    Sorry bhoys thought the game was 7:45 kick off. Quiz delayed until 10pm, if you can stay up that late!

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

  14. celticrollercoaster on

    Pogmathonyahun aka Laird of the Smiles

     

    21:18 on

     

    22 March, 2013

     

     

    Nice beer. Is it diet?

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

  15. the long wait is over on

    Dharma

     

     

    As a matter of interest do you know if she , and presumably her “posse” , had her request granted?

     

     

     

     

     

    Hugelyinflatedsenseofone’sownimportanceCSC

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