tup Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 evenin' all. The exodus continues. I expect further movement as the week goes on, a line has been crossed. Link to comment
amancalledbuck Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 evenin' all. Hello blutomachine. The GLA is AWOL just now. He'll be happy to know you're here. Link to comment
Bluto10 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 The exodus continues. I expect further movement as the week goes on, a line has been crossed. this message board has a pub.how could it possibly not be fun. Link to comment
Bluto10 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Hello blutomachine. The GLA is AWOL just now. He'll be happy to know you're here. hello buckmeister Link to comment
tup Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Hello blutomachine. The GLA is AWOL just now. He'll be happy to know you're here. Good to see everyone with their real usernames too, instead of having to don pseudonyms in an attempt to get under Janitor Versace's radar. Link to comment
Bluto10 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 was just reading this thread, what were the jokes about pitchmick and joutrnalist about? i remember him but think he was banned or stopped posting. he did not see eye to eye with me. Link to comment
tup Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 was just reading this thread, what were the jokes about pitchmick and joutrnalist about? i remember him but think he was banned or stopped posting. he did not see eye to eye with me. He might well be banned but is also responsible for me being banned so clearly wields influence. The fact that he's fallen out with so many people should lead him to question his own role in the whole thing rather than issuing red cards to anyone who disagrees with him. I'm telling you, there are only a handful of guys who've lost all perspective on there who are ruining the website for the majority of Aberdeen fans. That's going to be their downfall as it's now all coming into open view. It will be a sterile environment before long. Stooge, get Phoenixx over here, he's one of the only interesting characters left there now, Link to comment
thestooge Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Phoenixx is a nutter. Link to comment
tup Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Phoenixx is a nutter. Exactly, he's brand new in my book, at least he's got something interesting to bring to the table Link to comment
amancalledbuck Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Why Buy Blackman?Feature by Pitch MickUpdated Wednesday, 19th January 2011Well... it's actually a loan, but that wouldn't fit in with the Stone Roses-esque title. Anyway, Pitch Mick ponders loan signings and short contracts. THE RECENT loan acquisition of Nick Blackman by the Dons got me thinking: what exactly is the point of this signing? On the face of it, getting a loan player from the much bummed-up EPL is a great move for a team of AFC's current calibre, isn't it? That's what we're lead to believe anyway. In fact, it could be described as a "no brainer". Indeed, i'm sure it will be described as a "no brainer", that in itself is a "no brainer"... Anyway... chuck some actual brainwork into the mix and you might just start to question the benefits of this loan to AFC. Firstly, who benefits from this deal long-term? Blackburn and Nick Blackman, that's who (or Nick Blackburn, if you like). He'll be saying cheerio to the Dons in the summer no matter what happens in the next four months. The Dons will benefit in the short term if he scores 15 goals and wins us the Scottish Cup, but this is where things start to take a strange twist (and I'm not just talking about my face). If, let's say, he scores the goal that wins us the cup final - he will immediately become a minor club 'legend', alongside the likes of 'Cup Tie' Mckay, Stephen 'Lance Armstrong' Glass and 'UEFA Qualifying Tie (Second Leg)' Mackie. Yes, that's right folks, Nick Blackman, a player who was at the Dons for four months on loan, would be a minor club legend. Bit weird that, don't you think? I suppose the real question here is whether it would have been more worthwhile for the Dons to try and sign, on a longer-term deal, a young player with potential from the lower leagues, a player from Eastern Europe or Scandinavia, or even another misunderstood genius like Scott Vernon as opposed to a guy who will be heading back to Blackburn quicker than you can say "Jason Wilcox". Let's face it, we're not going to get relegated, Blackman or not. Therefore, I'd prefer us to try out the likes of Megginson, Paton and Magennis for the rest of the season, or take a chance on a young lad from down the divisions. Maybe I'm just old fashioned. Come to think of it, I might be old fashioned when it comes to football too, and maybe I'm alone in failing to see the benefit of this type of signing. Maybe I'll change my mind come 16:45 on cup final day, dressed in a Nick Blackman t-shirt, doing the conga on a Coca-Cola bike behind a guy draped in a trademark Dons Union Flag. But then, not long after the ticker-tape has turned to dust and the open-top bus has crashed into the Castlegate, my new hero Nick Blackman will be gone. I might follow him down to Blackburn and start a new life there. Either way, it will be a confusing time for all of us. Pitch Mick Link to comment
tup Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 That article was utter dross, you have to wonder if the author has ever seen the Dons, and pointing this out was the final nail in my coffin. My 4 year old has more imagination than that. Link to comment
thestooge Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 It was a weird one like but I've had plenty decent discussion with Pitchmick on that site. I regularly didn't agree with him but his departure from the fitba board diluted the level of debate. Link to comment
The Boofon Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 evenin' all. Fit like Machine? Welcome over. How's The Gardener's ARms? Link to comment
tup Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 It was a weird one like but I've had plenty decent discussion with Pitchmick on that site. I regularly didn't agree with him but his departure from the fitba board diluted the level of debate. Aye me too, and the Ed and all the rest of them. There was never really a problem so far as I could tell, the odd clash but never an actual problem. Which makes the zeal with which they've acted recently all the harder to comprehend. Link to comment
Bluto10 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 How's The Gardener's ARms? hi boofter.its like home from home, and you get a nice pint of courage. Link to comment
amancalledbuck Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 I regularly 'debated' with him. So much so that he was banned from OT and I was banned from the fitba board. I thought he was cute. Link to comment
tup Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I regularly 'debated' with him. So much so that he was banned from OT and I was banned from the fitba board. I thought he was cute. He needs to get down off his high horse and show some humility. Good users banned, no explanation provided, nice job. And all for pointing out that the article was utter drivel. Which it was. Link to comment
Bluto10 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 He needs to get down off his high horse and show some humility. Good users banned, no explanation provided, nice job. And all for pointing out that the article was utter drivel. Which it was. which article was that tup? Link to comment
amancalledbuck Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 which article was that tup? That article up there ^^^^^^^^. Link to comment
The Boofon Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 which article was that tup? The Buy buy Blackman one last week. Link to comment
tup Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 That article up there ^^^^^^^^. Read it and weep. WIth laughter. Link to comment
Bluto10 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 That article up there ^^^^^^^^. an adult wrote that? Link to comment
tup Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 an adult wrote that? He also then acted incredibly spitefully and childishly by having me banned for pointing out the sheer idiocy of it. Link to comment
The Boofon Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 an adult wrote that? Apparently. It's very thought provoking and represents the fans unlike the gutter press. Link to comment
The Boofon Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 He also then acted incredibly spitefully and childishly by having me banned for pointing out the sheer idiocy of it. You're getting your Ed and Pitches confused min. I have it on good authority they are brothers and not the same person. One of them might even be two people. Link to comment
tup Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Apparently. It's very thought provoking and represents the fans unlike the gutter press. Aye, it's a crock of sh*t all that nonsense about representing the fans Link to comment
tup Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 You're getting your Ed and Pitches confused min. I have it on good authority they are brothers and not the same person. One of them might even be two people. Aye I ken he's the Ed's brither, that's why I'm banned, obviously. Without explanation. I offered to write them an article and the Ed said something along the lines of 'over his burnt carcass'. And then they give bandwidth to that garbage. Link to comment
The Boofon Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Aye I ken he's the Ed's brither, that's why I'm banned, obviously. Without explanation. I offered to write them an article and the Ed said something along the lines of 'over his burnt carcass'. And then they give bandwidth to that garbage. Perhaps the fact they are related has assisted the publication. It was apparently sent as part of an email to his brother. That's some weird email to send to your brother as a general chit chat. Link to comment
tup Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Perhaps the fact they are related has assisted the publication. I pointed out this blatant nepotism. There were also several folk who asked him to let me write the fanzone article, even TRA backed me up, but he wisna for relenting at all. You have to wonder why? I ken my fitba and I would have done the damned thing justice. Link to comment
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