muttonhumper Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Don't bother winking at me, it's not a dating site........... knob jockey Link to comment
laphroaig Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 No offence intended, just incase you are a man who likes other men :thumbs: Link to comment
vanderark14 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 quite poor that this thread had to descend into the usual abuse about the guy. we can all agree that he was nowhere near the standard required, he was a supporter that got to live the dream, a dream that not one of us would have declined. I'm sure the next response will be to slate him again. just remember he didn't offer himself these contracts, they were given to him. Link to comment
laphroaig Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 quite poor that this thread had to descend into the usual abuse about the guy. we can all agree that he was nowhere near the standard required, he was a supporter that got to live the dream, a dream that not one of us would have declined. I'm sure the next response will be to slate him again. just remember he didn't offer himself these contracts, they were given to him. Link to comment
Tommy Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 quite poor that this thread had to descend into the usual abuse about the guy. we can all agree that he was nowhere near the standard required, he was a supporter that got to live the dream, a dream that not one of us would have declined. I'm sure the next response will be to slate him again. just remember he didn't offer himself these contracts, they were given to him. Thanks for the memories Darren. Link to comment
muttonhumper Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 No offence intended, just incase you are a man who likes other men :thumbs:None taken. I do like other men,Nae keen on touching their tadgers like. Thanks for the memories Darren.Amen to that.Enjoyed every minute of his 13 years in the first team contributing brilliantly to the cause with his superb first touch, lethal finishing and all round tremendous skill and unerring visionNot forgetting his complete commitment to maintaining his fitness.What a player. Worth every single penny of the hundereds of thousands paid to him over the glorious years of his awesome AFC career.Distraught the he didn't get the contract extension we all hope he would.I doubt, as a club, we'll ever recover from that. Link to comment
vanderark14 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 None taken. I do like other men,Nae keen on touching their tadgers like. Amen to that.Enjoyed every minute of his 13 years in the first team contributing brilliantly to the cause with his brilliant first touch, lethal finishing and all round tremendous skill and unerring visionNot forgetting his complete commitment to maintaining his fitness.What a player. Worth every single penny of the hundereds of thousands paid to him over the glorious years of his awesome AFC career.Distraught the he didn't get the contract extension we all hope he would.I doubt, as a club, we'll ever recover from that. don't think anyone is saying anything like the above no harm in wishing him all the best though. Link to comment
muttonhumper Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 don't think anyone is saying anything like the above no harm in wishing him all the best though.All the best Darren. Enjoy your new career as a scaffie. Link to comment
Oklahoma 1903 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Amen to that.Enjoyed every minute of his 13 years in the first team contributing brilliantly to the cause with his superb first touch, lethal finishing and all round tremendous skill and unerring visionNot forgetting his complete commitment to maintaining his fitness.What a player. Worth every single penny of the hundereds of thousands paid to him over the glorious years of his awesome AFC career.Distraught the he didn't get the contract extension we all hope he would.I doubt, as a club, we'll ever recover from that. My sentiments exactly. Thanks for the memories Link to comment
vanderark14 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Same here. Trying hard but having paralympic style of ability is of no use to us, just as much as having some sort of talent but being lazy as sin. He's done very well out of us, and should consider himself lucky that the incompetence seen at Pittodrie over the last decade has seen him make a wedge far outweighing his talent. Not our problem any more thankfully. said the same a few days ago bri the scariest part is that he hasn't even been the worst we've had Link to comment
Ke1t Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I will say this for Darren... whoever we get in to replace him will be a lesser footballer than Mackie. I can pretty much guarantee that. Link to comment
dj_bollocks Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Well he'll never score another goal at the Etihad that's for sure... Link to comment
ebbe Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 said the same a few days ago bri the scariest part is that he hasn't even been the worst we've had by far the worst. Link to comment
ebbe Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I will say this for Darren... whoever we get in to replace him will be a lesser footballer than Mackie. I can pretty much guarantee that. unless we replace him with a traffic cone, impossible to find a worse professional footballer than lego man. Link to comment
SkyeDon Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Thanks for the memories Darren. All the very best! Stand Free! Link to comment
ollie1903 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 All the best Darren, I'll miss the tales of balancing jugs of water on the door, the cutting the toes of your pals socks at training, your general high jinks and all round cheeky chapiness. Now fuck off. Link to comment
mixu Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 All the best Darren, I'll miss the tales of balancing jugs of water on the door, the cutting the toes of your pals socks at training, your general high jinks and all round cheeky chapiness. Now fuck off.So if ur young lad is offered a contact but fans think he is shit mind tell him not to sign it. All the best darren pity ur ability didnt match ur passion for the club, best of luck and see u in the red army in a few years. Link to comment
ollie1903 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 So if ur young lad is offered a contact but fans think he is shit mind tell him not to sign it. My loon has more ability at 11 than Darren could ever dream of. Whether he is lucky enough to ever be offered a contract, only time will tell. Link to comment
mixu Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 OMy loon has more ability at 11 than Darren could ever dream of. Whether he is lucky enough to ever be offered a contract, only time will tell.Like u say time will tell ability at 11 means nothing, mackie done 13 years in spl no matter what you say. Link to comment
fifered Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I'll always be thankful for dnipro. Mackie topped off a brilliant trip. Good luck to the lad. Link to comment
ebbe Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 OLike u say time will tell ability at 11 means nothing, mackie done 13 years in spl no matter what you say. ofcourse it means something, his loon is 11 and mackie is 30 and already he's better. like i've said before i'll doubt we'll ever witness a bigger chocolate in a dons top than lego man. Link to comment
ollie1903 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 OLike u say time will tell ability at 11 means nothing, mackie done 13 years in spl no matter what you say.Mmmm. Ability, at any age, has surely got to mean something. Link to comment
mixu Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Mmmm. Ability, at any age, has surely got to mean something.No point lookin back in 20 years sayin I was good at 11. Link to comment
ollie1903 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 No point lookin back in 20 years sayin I was good at 11.Absolutely. Doesn't make your statement about having ability at 11 means nothing any less foolish Link to comment
mixu Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Absolutely. Doesn't make your statement about having ability at 11 means nothing any less foolishIt was meant as in achievements, having ability at 11 means nothing if you are out the game by 15, I hope u keep the loon on the straight and narrow and we see him banging them in but im sure you will agree there will be kids in his age group who will hit the booze, take drugs and whatever else and be out the game. The ability they had at 11 will mean nothing. Link to comment
baconman Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 quite poor that this thread had to descend into the usual abuse about the guy. we can all agree that he was nowhere near the standard required, he was a supporter that got to live the dream, a dream that not one of us would have declined. I'm sure the next response will be to slate him again. just remember he didn't offer himself these contracts, they were given to him. Spot on. Wish him all the best for the future. Link to comment
ollie1903 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 It was meant as in achievements, having ability at 11 means nothing if you are out the game by 15, I hope u keep the loon on the straight and narrow and we see him banging them in but im sure you will agree there will be kids in his age group who will hit the booze, take drugs and whatever else and be out the game. The ability they had at 11 will mean nothing.Ability at a young age, in my opinion, is everything. Inevitably, some, sadly, will be lost to the game. But they are where they are at the moment, and given themselves the opportunity, through, mostly, their ability. Link to comment
mixu Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Ability at a young age, in my opinion, is everything. Inevitably, some, sadly, will be lost to the game. But they are where they are at the moment, and given themselves the opportunity, through, mostly, their ability.Can u not see what i am saying, im talking about the future not now, of course having ability means something now but if they go on to do nothing its wasted and means nothing. Link to comment
ollie1903 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Can u not see what i am saying, im talking about the future not now, of course having ability means something now but if they go on to do nothing its wasted and means nothing.Of course I get what you are saying. No point in having the ability and not go on and make the most of it. But you have to have it, to get noticed, to give yourself the opportunity Link to comment
Ke1t Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Innate talent can be somewhat supplanted by the ability to run, pass and tackle all day, basically technical ability... English teams are a good example of that, German teams used to be an example of that until recently. But ultimately it's no real replacement for talent. That's why Spain and Italy piss all over English teams. The Spanish and Italians can do all the running and passing, but they have a level above basic technical skill... they have real, developed talent. Scotland, on the other hand, firmly believes that a team needs neither talent nor technical abilty... so long as they can blooter long balls upfield for 90 minutes before collapsing in a heap, a Scottish player can eat all the pies, smoke all the fags, and drink all the beer they like. And that's why Scottish teams are shite. Because professionalism isn't something Scottish teams care for... see The Huns under PLG, Hibs under Collins, and Aberdeen under McGhee for examples of that. Link to comment
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