Graham Hunter: So sad to see the big boys toppled, or is it?
By nature I’m chippy, prone to carrying a grudge – and not shy of explaining it in print.
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Graham Hunter: Keep faith in Dons to bag some trophies
Like you, I imagine, I’m sick and tired of reaching Hampden and not winning a trophy. But I’m not going to be hypocritical.
Graham Hunter: Muppet spenders deliver two gems
Sometimes football can be delicious. I’m not a fan of how PSG have tried to develop in recent seasons.
Graham Hunter: Don’t mess with Messi or risk the wrath of his steely genius on pitch
While I’m not one of life’s great worriers, Leo Messi troubles me.
Graham Hunter: Barca at Old Trafford will be unmissable
While Barcelona were conceding four times to lowly Villarreal their European rivals were losing to Wolves. Again.
Graham Hunter: Boyd, Miller and Alvaro Morata?
Atlético Madrid’s striker Álvaro Morata makes me recall a boisterous and boozy dinner I had in Fulham back in 2006.
Graham Hunter: Ter Stegen will surely be pipped by Oblak
One of the Marc Andre Ter Stegen saves in Barca’s 4-4 draw at Villarreal was literally extraordinary – however, his risky anticipation over whether Toko Ekambi would cross or shoot left him embarrassed and cost Barça the 2-2 goal.
Graham Hunter: You only live twice, or so it seems, but this La Liga is a one-off
As if the drama on the pitch wasn’t sufficient, the images around the edge were searing.
Graham Hunter: Sensitive Bale on and off bench with agony of badly sprained ego
I am, at heart, a mild-mannered Bieldside boy – but Gareth Bale is doing a fine job of turning me into some sort of Victor “Mr Angry” Meldrew.
Graham Hunter: Barca star knows just how lucky he is
I deeply feel the privilege of working in a career I love.
Graham Hunter: Spain greats loving life without pressure
Iker Casillas has been a big character in my career.
Graham Hunter: The pilgrimage of Pedro says a lot
How much do you remember of Peter Beardsley?
Graham Hunter: Vinicius so good Real Madrid should rip up their plans for future
I know I wrote here recently about Vinicius.
Graham Hunter: Aberdeen legend Alex McLeish may be 60, but Real Madrid are the ones creaking
Real Madrid are on my mind, and not only because of Alex McLeish’s recent birthday.
Graham Hunter: Champions League tunnel vision offered sign that Mourinho’s time at Manchester United was almost up
The last time I saw Jose Mourinho face to face while he was still Manchester United coach it was at close range.
Graham Hunter: Eden’s dream of Real deal could be fraught with Neymar Hazards
I like Eden Hazard as a footballer. Never met him, though.
Graham Hunter: Sevilla’s pint-sized god disguised as pub player wrapped in a shell-suit
Wissam Ben Yedder can look like a pub footballer. Not on the pitch, mind.
Graham Hunter: VAR’s not perfect but it is progress and would help in Scottish football
Word reaches my royal ear (Copyright: King Louie, Jungle Book) that the Dandies desperately needed VAR at Pittodrie last week against Kilmarnock.
Graham Hunter: Messi using massive talents to max has to be best legal high
I’d be pretty sure that bookmakers across the UK took an absolute hammering at the weekend.
Graham Hunter: Atletico dangerman Diego out to win no matter what Costa
I only hope you were watching. I hope you thrilled to every last second of Atlético Madrid becoming the ninth Spanish winner of the European Supercup in the last 10 finals.
Ron could be head over heels in love with Juve
There’s substance to this summer story of Juventus not only wanting to buy Cristiano Ronaldo but Madrid being willing, at least, to talk to them about the deal.
I’m not ready for new season without my Solutions Man Iniesta
It’s only really beginning to sink in but Sunday was a personal farewell to Andrés Iniesta.
Graham Hunter: Diego Costa is finally able to enjoy a knees up in a Spain shirt
In January 2011 I got a phone call from Alan Pardew, then the Newcastle manager, who wanted to replace the aggressive, physical, aerially successful striker he’d just lost to Liverpool.
Graham Hunter: Why I’ll hope legend Iniesta can prove me wrong at World Cup
One of the least appealing elements of this profession is telling the truth.
Graham Hunter: Lift a Tequila Sunrise to Tattie – A great man and truly ‘one of us’
It’s best to start with an admission. I adored Neale Cooper, the player, the person, the voracious lover of life.
I’m going to Moscow with The King of Karaoke
By the time the dust settles in Kiev I’ll be just a few days away from my Aeroflot flight to Moscow.
Zidane and Fergie are equals so I’m putting my money on Madrid
I was working in Pizzaland in central Glasgow that blighted and cursed afternoon in 1986 when the media announced what we’d all known for weeks was true: that Alex Ferguson needed to extend his horizons and move to Manchester United.
Graham Hunter: Tears plus massive love-ins with fans as ‘kids’ leave stage
Although they are the two men of the moment one looks like a kid and the other still bears the nickname The Kid.
Baby-faced winger Dembele needs to mature
And so to the case of Ousmane Dembélé. Have you seen the French winger?
Finals reckoning for Griezmann as striker eyes his Bleus heaven
The Europa League final on Wednesday should be the ultimate “boy done good” story for Antoine Griezmann.