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Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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Nice.

We need a guy to link the play, because we have a destroyer and a box-to-box guy, but we are relying on a 16 year old to act as the link between them.

Sounds like no offer has been made to him, but there is a fair chance Aberdeen will offer some sort of deal. Whether that will be through to the end of the season or a longer terms deal, I don't know.
 

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The Curr

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Feb 3, 2007
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Nice.

We need a guy to link the play, because we have a destroyer and a box-to-box guy, but we are relying on a 16 year old to act as the link between them.

Sounds like no offer has been made to him, but there is a fair chance Aberdeen will offer some sort of deal. Whether that will be through to the end of the season or a longer terms deal, I don't know.
Sounds good.
 

The Curr

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Feb 3, 2007
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Scottish clubs chase Derry trio

The possibility of a player exodus from Derry City appears to be increasing with three of the first team squad being linked with moves to Scotland.

Ger O'Brien is attracting interest from Motherwell, Sammy Morrow is thought to be a Kilmarnock target while Ruaidhri Higgins is on trial at Aberdeen.

Gareth McGlynn, Barry Molloy and Thomas Stewart are among others being linked with moves away from the Brandywell.

Cash-strapped Derry were expelled from the League of Ireland last month.

This was after the Football Association of Ireland ruled that the Candystripes had been guilty of operating a dual contracts system at the club.

Derry players did not receive any wages for the final 10 weeks of the season and this means that they are all now effectively free agents.

The indications are that Derry will be permitted to play in the League of Ireland First Division next season but the club will be operating on a considerably reduced budget and several players are expected to quit the Brandywell.

Other players understood to be attracting interest from Irish League and League of Ireland clubs include Steven Gray, Kevin Deery, Gerard Doherty and Ciaran Martyn.

Derry manager Stephen Kenny, who agreed a new two-year contract last week, has said that Motherwell are looking to sign defender Ger O'Brien.

The 25-year-old is a right-back but can play anywhere across the back four.

"Ger has attracted attention from Motherwell," Kenny told the Derry Journal.

"At the minute I think that they are only able to offer him a deal until the end of the season but understandably he is holding out for something longer."

A number of local-based players are believed to be keen to stay on at the Brandywell outfit.

These include Eddie McCallion, David McDaid, Mark McChrystal, Shane McEleney and Peter Hutton, who could be set to continue his long Brandywell career.

In late October, it was announced that Hutton was being released by the club but amid Derry's financial problems, it now appears that the 36-year-old could be set to play First Division football for the Kenny's side next year.

Northern Ireland Under-21 international James McClean was on trial at Lincoln last week but he has returned to Derry and is understood to have expressed an interest in staying at the club.
 

Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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Aberdeen v Hearts games are rarely thrill-a-minute.

Both teams are usually far too well organised to allow that to happen (thank God).


I fully expect it to go to a replay.
 

Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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Absolutely priceless article by a bitter hun yesterday. :D

I just wish AFC would release a short statement commenting on the irony of anyone to do with Rangers commenting on the behaviour of other club's fans.

Until I read this, I hadn't realised Hately and Novo (fucking homo) were lovers.




By Mark Hateley

I love Nacho Novo. There, I've said it. And it may come as no surprise to learn the good people of Pittodrie do not feature high in my affection.

But I must admit to being disappointed in my wee pal the other day when he dropped his shorts and lifted a finger to the locals in the wake of Rangers' defeat at Aberdeen.

Don't get me wrong. It's not that they didn't deserve it.

How can these morons stand spewing their filth at a football player for 90 minutes, in front of their own children and wives, then act like horrified innocents at the sight of a pair of underpants?

What do you think scars a five-year-old kid more?Watching his dad behave like a foul-mouthed lunatic every Saturday or seeing the Spaniard flick out a gesture as he runs the gauntlet in front of the baying mob?

So spare me all this c*** about Novo's actions causing offence. If these people are so worried about the sense and sensibilities of their offspring or their women folk then why were they still inside the stadium at the end of the game? Surely as soon as the first vile chants of "Nacho Novo, f****** homo" started up they would have headed for the exits or, even better, made for the cops to register their complaints on the way out.

Don't make me laugh. No one gives it out the way the punters at Pittodrie do and, speaking as someone who was assaulted by one of their knuckle-draggers as I stood signing autographs for kids in wheelchairs outside the front door, no one knows better than I do just how twisted some of them can be.

But that STILL doesn't excuse the actions of Novo. I'm sorry to say this Nacho, but you really should be better than that. In fact, the way Rangers performed in the Granite City as they blew the only unbeaten record in British football merely summed up what I was saying about these players in these very pages last week.

I'm told some of them did not take too kindly to my appraisal of their shortcomings following the end of the Champions League campaign. A little birdie tells me a few threw the rattle out the pram when they read what I had written about their lack of backbone.

Well they really showed me, didn't they? Another 90 minutes, another perfect example of a team with no guts.

If you know you're heading into a battle you might as well make sure you swing the first punches. But not this lot. In fact, as awful as it is to admit, we are now watching a side that allows itself to become intimidated and I never thought I'd see the day.

This latest capitulation was just another damning indictment of players who are not strong enough to handle the pressure.

And I'm afraid Novo's silly gestures merely proved the point. I'm willing to bet the little fella is every bit as disappointed with himself because he really is one of the few players in the dressing room who can cope with wearing that shirt. But he cracked and that is a sign of weakness. I remember when I played up there and got the same level of abuse he suffered. Maybe even worse. But I'll tell you the truth, I absolutely loved it. I couldn't wait for those games to come round because I fed off all the hatred.It was the same as playing at Parkhead.There was nothing I loved more than scoring then running away with a huge smile. Nothing.

That sickened them more than anything and Nacho should know by now it's the ONLY way to shut these morons up.

But there are times when we can all snap.

It's happened to Beckham, Zidane and Cantona and if it can get to them it can get to anyone. But that doesn't mean we should turn a blind eye.

The bottom line is,the bigger the player,the bigger the club,the bigger his responsibilities.

And, for me, too many of this Rangers crop shirk those responsibilities.

Novo, though, is one guy who never, ever goes hiding.That's why he was the last man on the pitch the other day when so many of his team-mates couldn't wait to get into the safety of the dressing room.

The little man has a huge heart and I'd guess it wasn't just the defeat or the abuse that made him lose it - I suspect the frustration at not getting a fair crack of the whip simply, finally boiled over.

Novo has sat there all season watching the likes of Kyle Lafferty, Kenny Miller, Kris Boyd and Steven Naismith being moved around like deck chairs on the Titanic. And no matter how poorly they perform he's the one sitting on the sidelines the next week.

And that's why, if I were Walter Smith, I'd be thinking long and hard about starting Nacho at Falkirk on Saturday.This is a player who WILL stand up and be counted.

He's a man with a point to prove after the furore of the past few days and he'll be more desperate than ever to get back in the good books.
 

Bozi

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Oct 18, 2005
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Aberdeen v Hearts games are rarely thrill-a-minute.

Both teams are usually far too well organised to allow that to happen (thank God).


I fully expect it to go to a replay.
it was a little tongue in cheek,but the sentiment stands that this is the biggest game of teh round but we all know it will be completely ignored by the TV companies looking to skim the frothing cream off of old firm fanaticism

oh and as for Hately,teh usual old firm bias in papers no longer sickens me,i simply don't read them anymore
 

Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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That was a strong response yesterday from Hearts to Aberdeen challenging them for being the most ill-disciplined team in the league. :D
 

The Curr

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Greene to sign for Dundee

Sunday December 20 2009

AARON GREENE, the 19-year-old Dubliner whose goals helped Galway United retain their Premier Division status, will sign for Scottish Premier League side Dundee United this week, writes Seán Ryan.

Greene, who took the leap from junior football with St Francis to Galway United in his stride, makes no secret of his ambitions: "I don't want to play reserve football," he says. "I'm not quiet at training so I get around and let people know that I want to get a first team place."

Dundee's manager, Craig Levein, has been an admirer of the striker since he saw him in action early last year. There is no fee involved in the transfer, as Greene was signed on amateur forms by Galway. However, St Francis, with whom he played since he was 12, will receive compensation for their work in his development.

At Tannadice Park, he links up with Sean Dillon and Jonathan Daly, and he hopes to emulate Noel Hunt, the former Shamrock Rovers' player who made his mark with Dundee and was transferred to Reading for a big fee. "I just want to improve," Greene says, "and it would be great if I could do something like Noel did here."
 

Boksic

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May 11, 2005
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Greene to sign for Dundee

Sunday December 20 2009

AARON GREENE, the 19-year-old Dubliner whose goals helped Galway United retain their Premier Division status, will sign for Scottish Premier League side Dundee United this week, writes Seán Ryan.

Greene, who took the leap from junior football with St Francis to Galway United in his stride, makes no secret of his ambitions: "I don't want to play reserve football," he says. "I'm not quiet at training so I get around and let people know that I want to get a first team place."

Dundee's manager, Craig Levein, has been an admirer of the striker since he saw him in action early last year. There is no fee involved in the transfer, as Greene was signed on amateur forms by Galway. However, St Francis, with whom he played since he was 12, will receive compensation for their work in his development.

At Tannadice Park, he links up with Sean Dillon and Jonathan Daly, and he hopes to emulate Noel Hunt, the former Shamrock Rovers' player who made his mark with Dundee and was transferred to Reading for a big fee. "I just want to improve," Greene says, "and it would be great if I could do something like Noel did here."
Quality piece of journalism there. :sergio:

Looks like he is signing for Dundee Utd and not Dundee.
 

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