Originally Posted by
NewOrleansRed
The thing that is most striking to me, is that aside from his obvious talent as a defender he actually LOOKS like the kind of centre half that most of the EPL lower teams cry out for. An absolute specimen that is incredibly hard to mark at set pieces. He’s going to have a very good career when he eventually leaves us.
Also....condolences to anyone who owns stock in incontinence pants as no doubt the share price dropped dramatically after our performance tonight. Actual moderate signs of encouragement, signings that look pretty good so far and general positivity. The “I hate Milne, burn McInnes on the cross” crew will have to cease their pant pishing for at least 48hrs.
Our manager sounds frustrated because he is. We work within a limited budget framework against teams spending millions upon millions of pounds and short of blackmailing a player, you can’t force them to sign. Sounds by all accounts that we’ve gotten close with no cigar a few times. Our purpose built training complex will become an important part of the signing jigsaw in years to come.
If we got 40,000 every week I dare say we’d have better players. But as we can’t get a regular 20k I’m personally satisfied with the job being done with the caveat that we need to bag the Scottish Cup. Winning the league is utter fantasy but that’s Scottish fittba. I’ve been a fan for decades and if fate allows I’ll be a fan for a few more. I hope lightning strikes again and we see a repeat of our previous success, but it’s not a realistic possibility in today’s climate. I’d love to be wrong though.
In the meantime, I think we might surprise Burnley. If they’re a little behind on fitness, which is possible, and we pull out a performance with a full house at Pittodrie we can at least make it interesting for the game down the road. McGinn loves an away goal innah.