We asked - you answered - here's what you decided
Survey results, season 2001-2002
Percent
Votes
Question 1: Was Dave Cormack right to go public with his views about the lack
of signings?
A bit indecisive this one...
1.) Yes - He is just a fan now and his views count the same as the rest of us
17
27%
2.) No - He was working with inside knowledge from when he was an employee.
19
30%
3.) Yes - But he should avoid spilling the beans from when he worked for the club
13
21%
4.) No - He was part of the problem and should keep quiet.
9
14%
5.) Not too sure - Who cliped on him anyway?
5
8%
63
Question 2: How are the Redz going to do this season?
The pessimists have been proved wrong for once - hooray!!!
1.) Top four - Hard graft though
3
4%
2.) Top six - Nae problem
25
30%
3.) Top of the bottom six - easily
25
29%
4.) Middle of the bottom six - Sad days
15
18%
5.) Battling relegation - Sorry to say
15
18%
6.) Relegated - Without so much as a whimper
1
1%
83
Question 3: Setting aside the issues over moving away from Pittodrie, what do you think
of the proposals that have gone to the SFA.
Most of us like it, then. And poor old Pittodrie is just getting harder and harder to maintain...
1.) Superb - exciting and imaginative, let's do it.
27
33%
2.) Pretty good - room for improvement though, consult the fans.
33
40%
3.) Not sure about this - needs a lot of thinking about.
14
17%
4.) No use - totally impractical.
1
1%
5.) Won't work at this price - where's the money coming from?
7
9%
82
Question 4: In light of the stadium development plans now on the table - should we
stay or should we go?
It's the waiting that gets you down...
1.) Let's move - Kingswells is fine.
33
39%
2.) Let's move but not to Kingswells.
27
32%
3.) Stay where we are - Pittodrie is still the best option.
10
12%
4.) Don't know but the Club should do a major poll amongst the fans to find out what they really think.
14
17%
84
Question 5: What do you think of the Dons' new website?
A success! Don't rest on your laurels tho - keep it developing and up to date...
1.) Top notch - best I've seen anywhere.
12
17%
2.) Pretty good - could be better.
30
43%
3.) It's good , but plenty room for improvement.
20
29%
4.) Not too great - they need to rethink their presentation and content.
5
7%
5.) Pretty poor, back to the drawing board.
2
3%
6.) Hopeless, don't know why they bothered.
1
1%
70
Question 6: Was Ebbe right to use the tactics that he employed at Parkhead?
Well he must've taken heart from this one because he keeps right on doing it...
1.) Yes
41
50%
2.) No
38
46%
3.) Don't know
3
4%
82
Question 7: Should Ebbe sign Eugene Dadi on an extended contract?
He wiz a bit o a loon tho' eh?
1.) Yes, he's got real presence up front.
13
14%
2.) yes, but only as a standby.
12
13%
3.) No, he's useless.
23
24%
4.) No, he's not what we need.
14
15%
5.) Not sure, ask again at the end of his three months.
32
34%
94
Question 8: Does Thomas Solberg REALLY make you happy when skies are grey?
Who was he again?
1.) No - He's a donkey costing us loads of goals.
37
65%
2.) Yes - He's a fine defender.
2
3%
3.) Don't know, one minute he's red hot, the next he's blowing cold.
18
32%
57
Question 9: Would Paul Lawrie make a good owner of the Dons?
A case of give us some money and leave us to get on with it?
1.) No, he's a golfer not a businessman.
18
19%
2.) No, no one person should control the Club.
25
26%
3.) Yes, if he can pump in significant cash.
27
28%
4.) Yes, but he needs to learn the business first.
8
8%
5.) Don't know, he needs to somehow show he can do it.
19
20%
97
Question 10: Who will be the next Dandy to play for Scotland?
Whaddaya know? The poll called it right...
1.) Russell Anderson
31
35%
2.) Phil McGuire
10
11%
3.) Ryan Esson
0
0%
4.) Kevin McNaughton
22
25%
5.) Darren Young
20
20%
6.) Darren Mackie
3
3%
7.) None of the above.
2
2%
88
Question 11: What should AFC do about Old Firm ticket allocations at Pittodrie?
A clear message that the fans want less weegies at Pittodrie...
1.) Leave them as they are.
14
21%
2.) Halve them.
25
37%
3.) Cut back to about 500.
21
31%
4.) Just ban them altogether.
8
12%
68
Question 12: How often do you use the TRF Chat Room?
Tatties for the Chat Room then...
1.) Day by day
2
3%
2.) Now and again
3
5%
3.) Rarely
17
26%
4.) Never
43
66%
65
Question 13: Which team in the SPL do you think is the most brutal?
No real surprises in the voting here, but if you make a small allowance for the anti-weegie sentiment we all share,
them Motherwell are probably tops with Dundee not too far behind as the cynical cheating con men and Hibees as
the nice boys of the SPL....
1.) rangers
140
24%
2.) celtic
123
21%
3.) Motherwell
118
20%
4.) Dundee
63
11%
5.) Kilmarnock
53
9%
6.) Dundee United
23
4%
7.) Livingston
25
4%
8.) Hearts
19
3%
9.) Dunfermline
12
2%
10.) Hibs
6
1%
582
Question 14: How well do you think that AFC are handling the Stadium move situation?
It looks like people generally feel that the club needs to pull its socks up on this if it is to win the PR campaign...
1.) Very well.
4
3%
2.) Fairly well.
32
23%
3.) Not too well.
60
43%
4.) Poorly.
31
22%
5.) Really badly.
11
8%
138
Question 15: How much will you miss Zerouali?
After a start full of dazzling promise, Zero has just faded away and most folk have forgotten him before season's
end...
1.) A lot.
5
4%
2.) A little.
29
22%
3.) Barely.
34
26%
4.) Not at all.
61
47%
129
Question 16: How much will you miss Whyte?
This has to be the shock result of this season's polls so far. Either that or DW has been getting his mates to
cast their votes. Whatever, the desire for filthy lucre ensured his departure and it'll be his loss in the end...
1.) A lot.
68
53%
2.) A little.
43
43%
3.) Barely.
8
6%
4.) Not at all.
10
8%
129
Question 17: Just how good a manager is Ebbe Skovdahl?
1.) Brilliant - the best
18
15%
2.) Pretty good
49
40%
3.) Competent
22
18%
4.) Nothing special
33
27%
5.) Pretty poor
1
1%
6.) The pits
0
0%
123