Site Sponsor RTYD Posted June 20, 2011 Site Sponsor Share Posted June 20, 2011 quite a glamour game indeed! any chance of the bug guns actually playing tho? I believe that Ricky and Darren will both play. Link to comment
diamondsr4ever Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 quite a glamour game indeed! any chance of the bug guns actually playing tho? about as glamourous as michael mols wife. Link to comment
onlyjim Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I believe that Ricky and Darren will both play. Link to comment
diamondsr4ever Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 haha! erm, what? you just disagreeing with me for sake of it? a side with spanish internationals, Nilmar of Brazil and Guiseppe Rossi too isnt glamorous? Nilmar will be gone, Rossi is a man u reject...as I said as glam as mols wife. Link to comment
boboisared Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 The one player for Villareal I would have really liked to see play in the flesh is Marcus Senna who unfortunately won't be playing. f**king Swansea. For those of you who don't want to go out of respect for Darren Mackie, why not go see how the team is shaping up just before the start of the season against quality opposition? Link to comment
seanthesheep Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 The one player for Villareal I would have really liked to see play in the flesh is Marcus Senna who unfortunately won't be playing. f**king Swansea. For those of you who don't want to go out of respect for Darren Mackie, why not go see how the team is shaping up just before the start of the season against quality opposition? Every dons fans should feckin go. It's a disgrace the grief a local lad gets from some dons fans. Everyone knows he isn't the greatest but he certainly has played his part in some fantastic memories we all have. Link to comment
diamondsr4ever Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 och well, if thats the way you want to look it at then thats your problem opinion. Link to comment
Dynamo Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 well, it certainly isnt my problem that we have fans on here who, for example look at mcfaddens goal against france as nothing but "a fluke and something anyone could do every so often", or who think a game against Villareal, who finished in what, the top 4/5 of la liga last season, isnt glamorous Not glamorous at all though is it? It's a friendly, they're sh*te. If we drew them in Europe, then yes, that'd be a "glamour tie". Link to comment
diamondsr4ever Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 well, it certainly isnt my problem that we have fans on here who, for example look at mcfaddens goal against france as nothing but "a fluke and something anyone could do every so often", or who think a game against Villareal, who finished in what, the top 4/5 of la liga last season, isnt glamorous mcfadden is an over rated 1 trick pony, who will be in the spl next season as hes not good enough for the epl. I know zippo about Villareal, Id prefer to see Villa, Everton, Newcastle than the spanish leagues 5th best team glamour to me would be real madrid, barca, bayern, inter, ac,man u, liverpool..... Link to comment
GK55 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Although im not a huge Mackie fan, I will go along as my nephew wants to go. Can see a crowd of maybe 8'000? Link to comment
Liam Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Not glamorous at all though is it? It's a friendly, they're sh*te. If we drew them in Europe, then yes, that'd be a "glamour tie". Must be used to seeing better things obviously, as playing a spanish side that finished fourth in the league with world cup winners and european championship winners in their side is like watching a game at Aultons on a saturday morning, and were used to watching world class players week in week out at the likes of St Mirren and Hamilton. Link to comment
Dynamo Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Must be used to seeing better things obviously, as playing a spanish side that finished fourth in the league with world cup winners and european championship winners in their side is like watching a game at Aultons on a saturday morning, and were used to watching world class players week in week out at the likes of St Mirren and Hamilton. When in recent years I've been to competitive matches against Loko Moscow, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Copenhagen, Dnipro, Rangers....then yes, it's hard to get worked up over a friendly against a team that finished 4th in Spain. fair enough to anyone actually excited about this, just not for me. Anyone at the Aberdeen Man United friendly (at the time English and Europan champs) will testify at just how broing friendlies are. They serve one purpose only and that is to prepare the team for games against the likes of St mirren etc. Link to comment
360 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 If I decide to go (which I won't) it would be an honour to see Borja Valero play in person. Link to comment
diamondsr4ever Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 im not arguing with someone who is quite clearly a mentalist Link to comment
Tord31 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Assuming the tickets are a sensible price and assuming there is a few new signings that I haven't seen then i'll be going along. Link to comment
Betty Swallicks Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Assuming the tickets are a sensible price and assuming there is a few new signings that I haven't seen then i'll be going along. Ticket prices http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20110621/darren-mackie-testimonial-match_2212158_2379542 Tenner for The Merkie Link to comment
sheepiekev Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Assuming the tickets are a sensible price and assuming there is a few new signings that I haven't seen then i'll be going along. The first part is a maybe...the second part? Blind optimism Link to comment
HughMungus Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 testimonials are a dying game It would be a dying shame If we didna turn oot in numbers for darren he has always given his best, he's never been cocky or deluded about his own ability.. He's taken DOG'S abuse from the militant angry mannies (who seem to congregate in the sooth stand)..he's absorbed that and continues to do his best for his beloved AFC... Darren is defo a "marmite" employee... I like marmite (spread it thinly over hot toast with decent butter) I'll be there... Link to comment
OddJob Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 testimonials are a dying game It would be a dying shame If we didna turn oot in numbers for darren he has always given his best, he's never been cocky or deluded about his own ability.. He's taken DOG'S abuse from the militant angry mannies (who seem to congregate in the sooth stand)..he's absorbed that and continues to do his best for his beloved AFC... Darren is defo a "marmite" employee... I like marmite (spread it thinly over hot toast with decent butter) I'll be there...Did you post that like a poem or something? Cause that's what it looked like Link to comment
madjockmcferson Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Get a job, like the rest of us mere mortals. He's been paid handsomely, some of which I have contributed, for the last dozen years. Why should I supplement his pension? Would he supplement my one? A testimonial because he has played, and worked hard for the club over a period of time. He should feel privelaged to do it and we should not have to honor someone for doing something all of us would give our right arm for the privelage. That wasn't my point. My point was that if he is on Link to comment
madjockmcferson Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 But it's his job, like any other job and If it didn't pay enough to put a little away each month in preperation he should have chosen another vocation. I admire Mackies commitment to Aberdeen but he is fortunate to be in the position he is in due to his chronic lack of footballing ability and he has absolutely no divine right to be set up for life for for the sole reason that he has gave his all for over 10 years. That should be a basic requirement. Just because he is not of Rangers/Celtic/Premiership standard is not my fault and It's completely his responsibility to sort out his own future. Again, not my point. My point is people on here seem to think Link to comment
Sonoftherock Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Again, not my point. My point is people on here seem to think £50k a year will set you up for life. It would if he was working until he was 60...but he wont be a professional footballer when he is 60! I'm making no comment about whether he deserves it. Technically he does of course deserve it. I have no ills against Mackie, other than I think he is a shocking excuse for a professional footballer. To play for Aberdeen, the ability to consistently trap a football and play a simple, straight 10 yard pass, should be a minimum requirement. In his 10 years at the club, Mackie has consistently failed to show an ability to grasp the fundamental skills required to compete as a professional association footballer. Ultimately, if I were in Scotland I wouldn't be attending, as for me this match represents a celebration of 10 years of gross mismanagement, incompetence and slipping standards at a once proud football club. As I say, nothing against Mackie and I hope he enjoys his big day, as by all accounts he seems like a cracking lad and is a big Aberdeen fan! However, he's never a professional footballer.... not in a million years! Link to comment
Guest PeePaw16 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Ticket prices http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20110621/darren-mackie-testimonial-match_2212158_2379542 Tenner for The Merkie glad to see they're not pushing it with the prices, be interesting to see what size of crowd it draws, just hoping villareal hold on to the likes of rossi, senna, etc Link to comment
gm1903 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 glad to see they're not pushing it with the prices, be interesting to see what size of crowd it draws, just hoping villareal hold on to the likes of rossi, senna, etcI personaly don't agree with testimonials. But Makie gives his all for Aberdeen including the none stop abuse he gets. Why does he get the abuse? Because he is a local and Aberdeen through and through. If i am in the UK i will make sure i make it to this game. Just to see him bag the winner against Villareal. Link to comment
Ke1t Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I personaly don't agree with testimonials. But Makie gives his all for Aberdeen including the none stop abuse he gets. Why does he get the abuse? Because he is a local and Aberdeen through and through. If i am in the UK i will make sure i make it to this game. Just to see him bag the winner against Villareal. Why do you think being local is the reason Mackie gets abuse, rather than, say, because he's a terrible footballer? Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Why do you think being local is the reason Mackie gets abuse, rather than, say, because he's a terrible footballer? The reason I usually give him abuse is cos of his tendency to regularly take fresh air shots & sometimes (when he connects) even volley the ball off his own face. Shame for the lad But he is a trier :thumbs: Link to comment
ebbe Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 i certainly won't be there as mackie is the worst excuse for a footballer i've ever seen at pittodrie. all credit to him for trying harder than most of his colleagues and staying loyal to the club he supports. however i think that is because no-one else would have him. i hope he enjoys his big day, although i'll bet, when villareal let him score as is customary in these type of games, he'll no doubt miss from 4 yards as he has done consistantly throughout his aberdeen career. i think he should just count himself lucky he's had 11 years at the club, and wasn't released after 1 day for being an athlete as aposed to a footballer. he would not stand out in the highland league and that is no exageration. Link to comment
vanderark14 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 unless I have training or a game then I'll be going along, I've got f**k all else to do on a Tuesday night. he's given ten years to the dons so he's got his night. chance to see the new lads too. Link to comment
muttonhumper Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I ken. I actually feel quite bad about all the things I've said about him in the past.On a bit of a guilt trip here. Think I'll go now. Link to comment
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