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Fair questions. I have to preface this with the fact that I've not seen any of pre-season yet. Re the balance, I'll admit that's more of a hunch, and it may just be concern based on seeing more squad churn than we were perhaps expecting. I think we've had to go off-plan to build the defence out and, while the caveats about Robinson's excellent transfer record still apply, it's tough to see at the moment what our ideal defensive line-up will be. But that will be sorted and I'm sure it'll be fine. In terms of the width, that is a legit concern and one that is a slight hangover from last season. Assuming we stick with the 5-2-3, two of our first choice wider players in Kiltie and McMenamin are injured. Kiltie hopefully not for too long, but Conor is out for a while and it's a tricky injury to overcome. I remember it effectively retired Owen Hargreaves. Fingers crossed the surgery is a success. As you said, we've still got Tanser, and in a ideal world Rooney will do what we all saw him do at St Johnstone at RWB. But up top is a worry. Robbo has talked about playing with 'two 10s' - which gives me the fear because that's what England did and they were dogshit. I'm not a fan of inside-out wide players and I'd like to see us play with two wide forwards on their correct side, especially on the right where it'd take pressure off Rooney to do what peak Strain was doing. In Mandron we have a player who would thrive on whipped crosses and I want to see more of that. Again, as you've said, Sutherland might be an option here. I would love to see Sutherland playing in front of Tanser. I think it could be a low-risk way of integrating him into the first team without potentially exposing any defensive frailties. A starting front three of Sutherland, Mandron and Olusanya (from left to right) would be dynamic and terrifying. I suspect Idowu will be getting the nod instead of Sutherland, which is probably fair based on pre-season appearances. Don't get me wrong, I'm not being doom and gloom, I just think the combination of players moving on unexpectedly, and a couple of injuries to two of our absolute standout players from last season, has left us weaker and less balanced.
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Dundee United 24/25
Coventry Saint replied to invergowrie arab's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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The Famous Aberdeen - Season 2022/23
Coventry Saint replied to a topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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I can sort of see why they've changed their arm with the higher ticket price... Make more from the people who will 100% go rather than risk a low attendance at a lower price point. (Edit: I don't agree with it, but can see why they've tried it.) I don't think any of us are fans of the derby being cheapened by it being made a friendly, tbh. BUT it does make sense for us and our preparations: we need to get up to speed and quickly. Playing a team that will be properly trying to beat us, on a grass surface, will help a lot with finding some edge and fitness.
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SPFL Premiership New Strips 24/25
Coventry Saint replied to AJF's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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SPFL Premiership New Strips 24/25
Coventry Saint replied to AJF's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
Was going to say something about brown rhyming with down, but Encycolorpedia says it's 'a dark shade of pink-red'. So you'll have to settle for something about being marooned at the bottom or something like that. https://encycolorpedia.com/591e1f (It does list some 'closely related' colours, one of which is 'chocolate cosmos', which sounds like a bumhole euphemism if ever I've heard one.)