Young Love
Many Aberdeen fans choked on their rowies when the news came through two seasons ago that we had resigned Derek Young. The old adage about 'never coming back' has been true for players far, far better than Deek, so if he was never to reach the heights of his first stint at Pittodrie, how bad could he be?
The answer that many Dons agree on is 'nae as bad as we thought', especially as he was surely a stop-gap and at least gives his all on the pitch.
However, the shock that greeted the original signing has been cranked up to bewilderment at his latest two-year extension. Is this really progress?
This is not meant to be a slight on Young, it is just that his industry-but-nae-ability style plainly takes precedence in Calderwood's team over skilful, cultured players like Jamie Smith and Jeffrey de Visscher.
Still, Deek was not to blame for gifting United their two goals in another brilliantly entertaining game on Saturday - that was the lauded Diamond and Mulgrew - so perhaps we should stop being so hard on him and accept the contribution he has made to the revitalisation of the club.
