The Times - The Game

[Guest SS RED]

Anyone buy this? Bought it for the first time tonight, it's pretty good, Gabriell Marcotti (The best Football pundit on earth) has a column in it along with other good writers such as Barcley and Speirs. It does make the brainless drivel that the EE spouts look even worse.

 

Well worth a read, and the Dons match report is good for all you JMGers, the headline reads "Calderwood feeling pressure of Supporters Expectations".

[minijc]

Might check it out, Gab is a fantastic pundit btw.

[Bobby Connor]

Anyone buy this? Bought it for the first time tonight, it's pretty good, Gabriell Marcotti (The best Football pundit on earth) has a column in it along with other good writers such as Barcley and Speirs. It does make the brainless drivel that the EE spouts look even worse.

 

Well worth a read, and the Dons match report is good for all you JMGers, the headline reads "Calderwood feeling pressure of Supporters Expectations".

 

Headline would be more accurate if it was:

 

"Calderwood feels pressure of not winning a game in f**king ages".

[Jocky Balboa]

Headline would be more accurate if it was:

 

"Calderwood feels pressure of not winning a game in f**king ages".

 

True, but the Masonic media never let the truth get in the way of a good (i.e. anti-AFC) story, do they?

[Tommy]

A decent read.

 

I wonder if Mark Walker's a supporter.

 

 

 

Expectation : Its a word that has been used in realtion to Aberdeen dfrom every single manager that has succeeded Alex Ferguson.

Each manager since then, from the late Ian Porterfield, to the present incumbent, Jimmy Calderwood, has used the word - many using

it as a stick to beat the Aberdeen supporters - some complaining that it was unrealstic.

The truth is somewhat different.Years of underachievement since the Fergie glory days have relegated the ambitions of those expectations

to realistic levels.Contrary to popular belief, those of an Aberdeen persuasion dont demand the Premier league title or a return to

european domination. A thirs place challenge, the odd success against the old firm and a decent scottish cup run is closer to their

real expectations.

Not exactly the quintuple is it ?

What the most certainly do demand is the avoidance of utter humiliation by the likes of qots.

Infuriatingly and embarrassingly for these supporters, Aberdeen havent reached the Scottish cup final for 9n years and not won

it for 19.

Now that really isnt good enough for the third biggest club in the country.

[Crossbow]

A decent read.

 

I wonder if Mark Walker's a supporter.

 

 

 

Expectation : Its a word that has been used in realtion to Aberdeen dfrom every single manager that has succeeded Alex Ferguson.

Each manager since then, from the late Ian Porterfield, to the present incumbent, Jimmy Calderwood, has used the word - many using

it as a stick to beat the Aberdeen supporters - some complaining that it was unrealstic.

The truth is somewhat different.Years of underachievement since the Fergie glory days have relegated the ambitions of those expectations

to realistic levels.Contrary to popular belief, those of an Aberdeen persuasion dont demand the Premier league title or a return to

european domination. A thirs place challenge, the odd success against the old firm and a decent scottish cup run is closer to their

real expectations.

Not exactly the quintuple is it ?

What the most certainly do demand is the avoidance of utter humiliation by the likes of qots.

Infuriatingly and embarrassingly for these supporters, Aberdeen havent reached the Scottish cup final for 9n years and not won

it for 19.

Now that really isnt good enough for the third biggest club in the country.

 

Exactly - an entierely credible target that we are failing to achieve - though the reality is in these halcyon days for Scottish football that a decent manager and board combo from Hearts or ourselves could break into the infirms domination of the top two spots, staying there might be hard as the evil duo try to buy out the players but if you can build a team once you can do it again - hell how many teams has Fergie built?

[King Street Loon]

The Times Sport section is a great read,and has some great journo's writing for it.

Fat Charlie,Andrew Moir & Shaun Wallace should read it to get some tips at journalisim.

 

As for what Mark Walter's said. Nail on Head,Right on the money,Bullseye etc.

[AFC-THFC]

Bit complex reading for some of the numpties on here!!

 

But good post SS RED. You are a legend!