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It was Ian St John that kept Bobby Graham out of Bill Shankly's Liverpool first team. When St. John moved on Graham took over and knocked in 21 goals in the 69/70 season. St. John knew how good he was and brought him to Fir Park just as Wullie P was breaking through. 3 players who truly deserve the 'legend' tag.

My first football hero when I was a kid. And always happy to look back and see that he was even better than I could appreciate at the time.

Take it to Hannah Park. 4000 capacity. Sorted.

Would be good if they could be moved, but didn't they get allocated that spot so they could stand during the game without interference from the stewards and local constabulary?

Right on both counts.

I was concerned when we signed Faddy last season that he might be struggling with injuries for weeks at a time. Turned out not to be the case and he had a great spell for us. Unfortunately, so far this season, my concerns have been realised. It's a bigger worry this time around as he is one of the few creative players we now have in the squad and we are more reliant on guys like him unlock opposition defences. Of course, if there weren't these concerns hanging over him, we wouldn't have been able to sign him, so it's a double edged sword. Hopefully, his progress will continue and he'll get back to fully fit (and match fit) in the next few weeks. As for the game itself, it was an ugly win, but a great 3 points when we really needed it. From what McCall said in his post-match comments, it sounded like we had a number of injuries at half time (including guys like Carswell) so it was to their credit that they managed to hang on with a clean sheet.

It will make this thread more difficult to navigate through all the "We always get beat by teams who have just sacked their manager" comments.

He did. He said he was getting fed up with Anier drifting wide instead of feeding off crosses in the box so he brought McHugh on to try and do that. He said Faddy was going to be used in extra time. McLeish is in the frame for the Crystal Palace job. So McCall should be able to find a job down south if he needs it. I have no idea what some people imagined would happen this season when we had to disassemble a squad that took 3 or 4 years to build. But if they had any notion of being able to pick up where we left of last season, or even close to it, then they are delusional.

What we need to do is re-adjust our expectations. I said at the start of the season that, given the player turnover, it would be a successful season if we could finish top 6. I don't say any reason to change that point of view. When some fans were complaining last season, many of us pointed out that they should be enjoying what was on offer because sooner or later that level of performance would drop. It's inevitable. On the league front, I heard we have more points on the board now than at the same stage last season. That's pretty impressive given the changed circumstances. Bottom line is no team can lose the depth and quality of players we lost in the summer and perform at the same level out the traps. It took literally years to get that team together. McCall has made a decent start to re-assemble, but I think it will take another couple of transfer windows at least to complete the rebuilding. Of course last night was painful, but it's not even close to the most painful cup exits I have witnessed over the years (from Queens Park embarrassing us to losing on penalties to Celtic at Hampden). So "where we go from here" is keep moving forward, trying to get the right tactics for the players we have, trying to blood some of the youngsters, and picking up a couple of new faces in January, while trying to win as many games as we can along the way.

Also, even if Hollis was fit McCall said Nielsen was always going to play in the League Cup games.

Out of context he might, but in the full interview on MFC TV, he was at pains to point out he was joking and that when we did get penalties we missed them most of them anyway. And also went on to point out that the refs and linesmen are doing a good job.

Aye (and I think 'few' is being generous).

So many Susan Calman jokes we could make here - if only she wasn't a lawyer.

Maybe get a woman to stand in for you. I hear they can be just as good at any job

I'd like to see a couple of wide players getting at them too. I don't care what team it is, defenders don't like people running at them. Plus it creates a bit of momentum and gets the crowd going.

It's trolling because regardless of how well we are playing, he has come on here every week for years with the "We're Doomed" spiel.

So you've seen it all before and never seen us win a Cup game against a decent top flight side? Or seen us win key games to finish 2nd in the league? Or even just win a game? I was hoping you'd have different trolling patter now you're back.

Glad I'm not watching on my old black and white telly. When your change kit provides less of a contrast to the opposition than your regular kit, you should probably not bother using it.

And don't forget big Lee banging them in at Arbroath,

In my lifetime, Aberdeen have had success that we can only dream of. They won the Premier League 3 times, the Scottish Cup 6 times, the League Cup 4 times, the European Cup Winners Cup once and the European Super Cup once. Apart from one League Cup, all the others came in the 80s or 90s. The media aren't very imaginative at the best of times, so on the rare occasions that they are looking outside of the OF for a story, it's not surprising that Aberdeen are the first team that come to mind as, for a period, they really did upset the Glasgow dominance (along with Dundee Utd). Lazy on their part, of course, but I wouldn't expect any less on their part. Back to the game itself, it looks like the club understands the fans' priority this season, so let's hope the performance reflects that.

Damn. Hope we haven't already spent the compensation cash.

The first shout or the second? There is an argument for ball to hand for the first (although I have seen them given), but I have watched the second one a few times now and it looks like a stonewaller to me. Thankfully, it didn't make any difference.

See, definitely trolling now. Unless Anier, Neilsen & Ainsworth are local boys. And Sutton hasn't been too shabby either if you want to call him local. Not as prolific as Higdon yet, but you spouted your trolling opinion about him too until it collapsed under the weight of its own obviousness. A career awaits as sub-editor for a tabloid.

Laziest trolling I have ever seen on here.

I'd be sorry to see McCall leave, but I'd rather he left because he was successful than he leaves by "mutual consent" after a bad spell. At least that way we'd still be in good shape and have a few extra quid in the bank thanks to his buy-out clause.