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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. and its thud thud thud thus thud thud thud thud thud thud thud as the seats drop back into position

  2. The Sports Direct Arena/Casino Moonbase Alpha looks like the kind of venue I’d feel safe in visiting.

     

     

    I’ve just watched how quickly 50,000 people have managed to evacuate the stadium. Impressive!

     

     

    HH

  3. Don,t sack McCoist, Ally McCoist

     

     

    just dont think you understand

     

     

    For if you sack McCoist Ally McCoist

     

     

    Your gonae have a riot on your hands ( from all Celtic fans )

     

     

    Tee Hee

  4. Toffeetim- that bam Thomson cost me a fortune! He should be demoted to a lower l…..haud own…..cannae get any lower!:-) Hahaha

  5. No matter how misguided a player had to be to join The Them, they are professional footballers.

     

     

    Being professional footballers and not supporters, it is their livelihood and as such, the main concern for them is where they can get the best financial return for their services.

     

     

    Black, Sandaza, Templeton and the sundry foreign incomers, whose names I can’t remember, all will have the same priorities.

     

     

    All that is asked of them in return is to do their best on the field.

     

     

    I wonder if any of those players think differently from Sandaza, as regards their immediate futures?

     

     

    How many of them, feeling that they have been “duped” into signing for them, remember Black talking about being back in the SPL pdq ?

     

     

    If that is so, won’t they also be looking for an escape?

     

     

    Again, if true, they will consider Green’s suspension of the boy as sanction against them, too.

     

     

    What would that do to what remains of any team morale?

     

     

    Lost….one dressing room.

  6. Just caught the last minute of the sevco game . Elbows attempt to get a penalty was a total embarrassment

  7. ROW Z - Let Celtic Flourish By The Cleansing Of The 'Den! on

    Think that’s a world record! Must be surely!

     

     

    The mostest people with a ticket to watch a league winning match (until this morning) who decided not to go to the actual match.

     

     

    World record. Must be!

     

     

    HH

  8. Ten Men Won The League

     

     

    Naw naw naw, he’s the most dignified manager of all time any where in the world, the stuff he has had to put up with just to manage his beloved team, even neutrals like us have to admire and support him in his effort to restore The Rangers to the top of the world..

  9. This is an urgent message for Tommy the Taxi Driver

     

     

    DO NOT PHONE ALLY McCOIST UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES

  10. Thinking of the poor consumer thankfully most of their tickets are free; imagine paying to sit their and watch that guff with your blue nose dripping with the cold. Life is a misery for the sevconians and long may it continue.

     

     

    Sally must stay!

  11. Chuckles Green to announce that Sevco scientists have developed a personal stealth cloak. It was successfully tested today by half of the 50,000 Sevco fans attending the game . The Scots MSM hail the ground breaking technology as further proof that Sevco should be admitted to the top flight as next season!!

  12. GlassTwoThirdsFull on

    Fatboy should be careful what he wishes for. Anyone think they would actually win the first division with him in charge?

  13. The Boy Jinky on

    Shirley hard man lee elbows mccullough wouldnt fake a face knock to try to scrape a late win against stirling at ibrokes

  14. BIG-CUP-WINNERS on

    Shameful attempt at conning a penalty from that cowardly thug Elbows. Need to go on FF to give Supper Ally some much needed backing.

  15. A man goes into the doctors feeling a little ill  

     

     

    The doctor checks him over and says, 

     

    ‘Sorry, I have some bad news,  

     

     

    you have Yellow 24, a really nasty virus. 

     

     

    It’s called Yellow 24 because it turns 

     

    your blood yellow  

     

     

    and you usually only have 24 hours to live.  

     

     

    There’s no known cure so just go home 

     

    and enjoy your final precious moments on earth..’ 

     

     

     

    So he trudges home to his wife and breaks the news.  

     

     

    Distraught, she asks him to go to the bingo 

     

    with her that evening as he’s never been there 

     

    with her before. 

     

     

    They arrive at the bingo and with his first card 

     

    he gets four corners and wins £35. 

     

     

    Then, with the same card, he gets a line 

     

    and wins £320 

     

     

     

    Then he gets the full house and wins £1000. 

     

     

    Then the National Game comes up and he wins 

     

    that too getting £380,000.  

     

     

    The bingo caller gets him up on stage and says,  

     

     

    ‘Son, I’ve been here 20 years and I’ve never

     

    seen anyone win four corners, a line, 

     

    the full-house and the national game on 

     

    the same card.  

     

     

    You must be the luckiest man on Earth!’  

     

     

    ‘Lucky?’ he screamed. 

     

    ‘Lucky? I’ll have you know I’ve got Yellow 24 .’  

     

     

    ‘F**k me,’ says the bingo caller. 

     

    ‘You’ve won the raffle as well !!

  16. Just watched second half of Zombie match. They should be fast tracked immediately. The SPL and indeed the Champions’ League are crying out for a team of this quality.

     

     

    Jimbo

  17. proudbhoy 13:08 on 23 March, 2013

     

    Why craig thomson referee ? Surely he should only do spl games

     

     

    Any live game involving SevcoFC means ‘grade one’ officials get to be in charge.

     

    I don’t know how this came about, but that is what I was told.

     

     

    SPF

  18. Just when I was starting to think threr would not be much to talk about on International break weekend.

     

    THE GIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING steps up and delivers again,

     

    The thought of watching the fat sleekit coward sally getting sacked is overcome with the joy of watching him suffer on a daily basis.

     

    If im bad :)) so be it

  19. BFDJ … ranjurs started in 2nd gear and this is a very very young ranjurs side lol ! FACT IS YER ARSES GOT FELT and if the BINOS were more clinical they could have shudve won three nil !!! Worryingly for Sally this BINO TEAM passed Sevco off the park !!!! ELBOWS is a disgrace to his proffession ! CHEAT CHEAT CHEAT !!!

  20. charles kickham on

    “@BryanMcManus: ‘Rangers devoid of a spark today’ Stirling Albion had 3 of them also two joiners and a postman”

  21. Valentine's Day on

    In the early eighties a few hunner hun’s

     

    gathered outside ibrokes after a defeat

     

    chanting……ally ally get tae fcuk….we

     

    my see this again.

  22. From Twitter

     

     

    Tweets

     

     

    Liam Reid Liam Reid ‏@ltreidy67 10m

     

     

    A fantastic FF quote here. #ThisIsFun pic.twitter.com/ahM1oqTMBH

     

    Retweeted by Abmucker

     

    View photo

  23. GlassTwoThirdsFull on

    Chick saying if Green sacked McCoist then Sir Walter would go too. Oh dear Charlie – was that really such a good idea taking Walter into the setup????

  24. Has the cheeky chap become camera shy all of a sudden? Ally no talking to espn after game

  25. The good folk of Montrose had better go into lockdown next week if their team take a point off Sevco!

     

     

    Manchester will be a hippie love-in compared to that!

     

     

    Making friends wherever we go? My arse!

     

     

    HH

  26. timbhoy in spain on

    Official attendance at the asbestosdome

     

    44,608.

     

    ??????

     

    I must have been watching the wrong game.

  27. timbhoy in spain

     

    14:12 on

     

    23 March, 2013

     

    Official attendance at the asbestosdome

     

    44,608.

     

     

    Who decides on official attendance, Peter Lawwell?

  28. jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on

    Lookin forward to newco playin the wee Rovers next season. Should be a sell out!