2018 Summer recruitment

[Mason89]

Haha....so those who attend Pittodrie every week should haven't as much say in AFC as someone who doesn't actually go to Pittodrie! And how do you know "a good chunk" of the fans don't agree with any of it - you and your mates in the pub in Dumbarton don't qualify as a good chunk.

Not sure how you reached any of those conclusions. Fancy another shot?

[Pauldolski10]

Surely Sunderland will pay more £££’s?

Maybe Mcgeough will listen to Kamberi, he turned down Sunderland for Hibs saying that he doesnt want to play in the 3rd tier of England saying he wants to go to EPL but thinks he has a better chance getting there by playing in Scottish Premiership

[rico94]

Since you asked nicely


Firstly, this is in no way a dig at anyone on here or any particular fan but the ‘the folk that go every week’ have too much say in AFC. Combined with the empty vessel DST (again, no offence) the SLO (sorry) the club view that as the face of the AFC support so to speak.

Have you seen the ‘folk that go every week’? There’s a want with a right good few of them (no offence). Type of people who drink milk straight from the carton. Folk that count loyalty points as pissing comp? Folk that do DNA boasting? Wrong ‘uns (take offence if you like)

They, along with the club, are placing themselves apart from the rest of the support. A good chunk of which don’t agree with any of it. No offence

No offence to anyone on here but if it wasn’t for the “folk that go every week” none of us on here would have a club to support.

Some people on here seem to think if the “happy clappers” start voting with their feet then Stewart Milne will all of a sudden take notice and change the expectations at the club,I would be more inclined to think he is likely to go the other way and slash the player budget and blame the fans for not showing up.

[Mason89]

I would be more inclined to think he is likely to go the other way and slash the player budget and blame the fans for not showing up.

That’s in the post anyway. It’ll get slashed with the blame being shifted onto the lack of DNA uptake.

[RED_JOHN]

Aye. Well I've just got my van back from a very prolonged "new heedgasket" debacle. I'll be up in it soon. Mebbes just buy the thing off you to put that to bed. Then I can stop off on way back down and do a service on this ride on lawnmower

A good mechanic would have properly fixed the head gasket!

[neilthedon]

Shall we discuss the VW Crafter. 2.8 l. 4 cylinder engine then Red John ? It's an unusual design dropped by VW for fairly obvious reasons , for the 2.3 turbo motor. Main weirdness is the cam driven camshaft which has a final drive to the camshaft via a connecting rod rather than just another gear. So if you change the failing heedgasket , when you skin the head to avoid any warpage , you need to adjust the backlash on the gear drive to compensate. While at the same time it becomes noticeable that the plain bronze busy on both ends of that camshaft connecting rod have worn and need register. But when that is done the damned thing fails within five minutes breaking four of the rockers. So you are the in the position of ordering court new rockers and a new connecting rod with attached cam gear direct from Germany. All of which is on a minimum of two weeks back order. And then when it does all finally arrive , you still need to adjust for the required backlash on all the cam gears. So once all that is done , there is still the weird issue of some of the coolant pipes pressurising up even when the coolant tank is not sealed/under pressure. And the fact that there are two of those "things" that open when the coolant is up to temperature. And the second one is hidden behind the gearbox........,.....,..

So ,...maybe we should just talk about football ??

[neilthedon]

Wow. I have just bought a new tablet. And it is changing and correcting/spellchecking my texts in new and wonderful ways !!!

[RED_JOHN]

Shall we discuss the VW Crafter. 2.8 l. 4 cylinder engine then Red John ? It's an unusual design dropped by VW for fairly obvious reasons , for the 2.3 turbo motor. Main weirdness is the cam driven camshaft which has a final drive to the camshaft via a connecting rod rather than just another gear. So if you change the failing heedgasket , when you skin the head to avoid any warpage , you need to adjust the backlash on the gear drive to compensate. While at the same time it becomes noticeable that the plain bronze busy on both ends of that camshaft connecting rod have worn and need register. But when that is done the damned thing fails within five minutes breaking four of the rockers. So you are the in the position of ordering court new rockers and a new connecting rod with attached cam gear direct from Germany. All of which is on a minimum of two weeks back order. And then when it does all finally arrive , you still need to adjust for the required backlash on all the cam gears. So once all that is done , there is still the weird issue of some of the coolant pipes pressurising up even when the coolant tank is not sealed/under pressure. And the fact that there are two of those "things" that open when the coolant is up to temperature. And the second one is hidden behind the gearbox........,.....,..

So ,...maybe we should just talk about football ??

Ach weel....just scrap the f@cker!!

[neilthedon]

Oh do keep R.J. Fixed it. Good mechanics never give up.

[Don_Corleone]

Out of interest...

If we sign McGeouch does that qualify as a "marque" signing that some folk are looking for?