Robroysboy Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 John sutton has had a poor season yet he seems to play well / score against his former club st mirren. Is it a myth or in general do former players raise their game against previous employers ? Are there other examples out there ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 David Clarkson put in a motm performance at fir park a few weeks back. I remember Eric Delomeaux scoring a couple of long range screamers one at fir park and one at pittodrie after leaving Motherwell for Aberdeen. Paul lambert, was never renouned for his goal scoring, but scored a cracker for Celtic at fir park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenAngus Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Aberdeen fans Insert your own Gary MacDonald gag here ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynnyboy Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Owen coyle did his best to bury thistle on many occasions. Often succeeding. Pr1ck! It's only natural to up your game against former clubs regardless of level. I certainly did it, went from a proper lazy primadona to a slightly less lazy primadona. Human nature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Any player Aberdeen signed from Dundee United. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Aberdeen fans Insert your own Gary MacDonald gag here ...... He conceded a penalty for Hamilton against us at NDP. Hamilton fans went mental. They obviously didn't see him and thought Maguire had fallen over his own feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 He conceded a penalty for Hamilton against us at NDP. Hamilton fans went mental. They obviously didn't see him and thought Maguire had fallen over his own feet. No change there. Never even knew he had feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Does Barry Robson vs. Rangers count ? He was at Ibrox when he was young but never played a first team game. Put in some really combative performances against them when he was at both Dundee Utd and Celtic. Scored a crucial penalty for the latter against Rangers in the 07/08 title winning season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Kris Boyd! Probably cost us more than his transfer fee in goals against when he went to Rangers. Then he did it again! Oh and Gary Hark... I can't bring myself to mention him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Owen coyle did his best to bury thistle on many occasions. Often succeeding. Pr1ck! It's only natural to up your game against former clubs regardless of level. I certainly did it, went from a proper lazy primadona to a slightly less lazy primadona. Human nature. Coyle never played for Thistle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Coyle never played for Thistle. I did wonder, thought it must've been early in his career. Your post lead me to look at Wikipedia, I hadn't realised he only actually got 1 cap for RoI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynnyboy Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) Coyle never played for Thistle. Edited. Because I made an arse of it. I work with his aunt who told me he was at thistle before Dumbarton and we released him. Not lambie as I first thought thought. Edited December 23, 2014 by flynnyboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Any player Aberdeen signed from Dundee United. Stuart Duff? Lee Mair? Craig Brewster? Goodwillie? Billy Dodds? Oops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Edited. Because I made an arse of it. I work with his aunt who told me he was at thistle before Dumbarton and we released him. Not lambie as I first thought thought.I was wracking my small brain over that. I didn't know he was on Thistle's books before Dumbarton, but as he isn't listed in The Official History he's a non person . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynnyboy Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I was wracking my small brain over that. I didn't know he was on Thistle's books before Dumbarton, but as he isn't listed in The Official History he's a non person . I should've clarified. Apologies. Think it was an x form contract that used to exist. Replaced by the s form. Also defunct now but incidentally the reason for mcgeady not being able to play for scotland school boys I believe. Showing my age and my failed footballing history!! Too wee apparently which I can slightly understand as he was stick thin as a pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I should've clarified. Apologies. Think it was an x form contract that used to exist. Replaced by the s form. Also defunct now but incidentally the reason for mcgeady not being able to play for scotland school boys I believe. Showing my age and my failed footballing history!! Too wee apparently which I can slightly understand as he was stick thin as a pro.No need to apologise!I remember Coyle saying he was 5'4" and then suddenly and unexpectedly sprouted to 5'11" when he was 17. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Any player Aberdeen signed from Dundee United. Have been thinking about this because you're the second Dons fan who seems to think that all these guys Aberdeen have signed when United released them have "come back to haunt them" and I genuinely don't get it. Sure there's been the odd goal here and there but that's inevitable given the sheer quantity of players we're talking about. In all honesty, only seeing Willo Flood go there bothered me, the rest I found it amusing that these diddies got themselves hoovered up the pay scale somehow. I suppose Mixu bothered me a bit and he must've bagged a few against us but we got £400k for the big man. Now, if we're talking guys coming back to haunt Dundee Utd then you have to look at Darren Jackson and - argh - Stephen Anderson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Don't pay any attention to rossy, the stupid is obsessed with every team apart from his own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Have been thinking about this because you're the second Dons fan who seems to think that all these guys Aberdeen have signed when United released them have "come back to haunt them" and I genuinely don't get it. Sure there's been the odd goal here and there but that's inevitable given the sheer quantity of players we're talking about. In all honesty, only seeing Willo Flood go there bothered me, the rest I found it amusing that these diddies got themselves hoovered up the pay scale somehow. I suppose Mixu bothered me a bit and he must've bagged a few against us but we got £400k for the big man. Now, if we're talking guys coming back to haunt Dundee Utd then you have to look at Darren Jackson and - argh - Stephen Anderson. Lee Miller doing very well for us and then us getting about 600k for him when he had 6 months left on his contract must have annoyed you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I didn't realise you did. That is annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 United got dodds and a large wad of cash for robbie winters. dodds was then sold to oldco for 1.3 million. That must hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Boyd & Harkins are abvious ones. Boyd I can understand but Harkins was extremely dissapointing for us and somehow still manages to score against us each time we play a team he's in! Rory Boulding (who I hear you ask) is another. Did nothing for us then scored a injury time goal for Utd at Tannadice vs St Johnstone (I think) which cost us top six. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenAngus Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Boyd & Harkins are abvious ones. Boyd I can understand but Harkins was extremely dissapointing for us and somehow still manages to score against us each time we play a team he's in! Rory Boulding (who I hear you ask) is another. Did nothing for us then scored a injury time goal for Utd at Tannadice vs St Johnstone (I think) which cost us top six. I think it was against us. Had we won we'd have been top 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Rory Boulding was utter pish. He even nearly made an arse of his five seconds of fame. He was so pish I was surprised Aberdeen didn't pick him up. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpyauldgit Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Mojo sunk the Celtic a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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