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17 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said:
From our view in the West it looked outside the box. Everyone around us thought the same. I was genuinely surprised when I saw it on tv how clearly it was inside. Think the angles have a lot to do with it.
You are right, angles definitely make a difference.
On the flip side, the ref blew, so he must have seen the incident, and if he saw the incident he must have seen it's location. There's also the official on that side of the pitch. I'm not sure if the ref blew for a freekick knowing that VAR would look at it again, and I'm not sure if I'm happy if that is the case. Even though I support VAR to correct these sorts of decisions.
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2 minutes ago, coprolite said:
Not inconsequential shite about customs unions.
Considering it enabled and emboldened racists and bigots all across the country, at the same time removing opportunities for millions of people and making the country demonstrably poorer (not just now, but even into the late 2030s), then I wouldn't consider it "inconsequential"...
..that said, I do get where you are coming from.
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21 minutes ago, coprolite said:
I think the dons could be in trouble here, maybe not Livi's automatic spot but trouble nonetheless.
I differ from many posters by not finding it at all funny. Just don't see it myself.
I don't watch much English "footy" but Warnock would have been on my list of people you dislike for no proper reason. Now i have many.
The "proper reason" is he is a gammony Brexiteer, aside from his hilariously poor performance as Aberdeen manager, he has supported racism, bigotry and doubled down on it when questioned.
"I can’t wait to get out of the EU ... To hell with the rest of the world."
Serious Malky Mackay vibes, imo.
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23 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said:
Adding a full stop doubles the output? I’m not sure you’ve considered this properly.
Thinking punctuation is the arbiter of whether a comment is nonsense or not? I’m not sure you’ve considered this properly.
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5 minutes ago, hk blues said:
It's 2 sentences.
I mean... you are right, it is.
Just makes it twice as much nonsense then..
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6 minutes ago, Molotov said:
Yeah. I totally get that logic. But I still hate the way the flow of the game and the lack of clear communication to the players and the fans inside the stadium as to what is happening
These interruptions definitely affect the experience for the fan at the game.
Why did it take so long for the penalty award.
Were they going back to try and find a way to find a foul in the build up?It was as clear as day that the foul was inside the box. Surely when it takes that long they should be inviting the ref to look at the screen as to whether it was a foul or not.
It's definitely concerning, or at least it should be concerning to the SFA (and/or SPFL) that it took a couple of minutes to correct a flawed decision by the official. What's more, it should be concerning that the official got what was a fairly clear penalty decision wrong. The fact they judged that as being out of the box when both players were in it when the offence took place only shows the 'weak link' of VAR. Not the technology, but the officials who literally are incapable of judging correctly what is happening on the pitch.
The fact it was corrected is the main saving grace here, but for me, once again this is human error, nothing to do with the technical aspects of VAR.
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23 minutes ago, Molotov said:
I’m sure I’m not the only one in the ground who thought the SFA VAR shitehawks will find a way to disallow that goal.
I understand that annoyance, VAR should be much quicker, especially when it's as obvious as the penalty.
However, without VAR the referee wouldn't have been forced to (correctly) award the penalty.
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1 hour ago, Stylish Kid said:
I fundamentally cannot convince that a team with Aberdeen's quality will go down. That said, when Hibs hired Butcher they were something like 7th and I fully expected them to push on. The thing about Hibs that season was you just couldn't believe it was happening.
This. This exactly.
What is interesting is that compared to then, at least some Aberdeen fans accept they are in deep shit. I remember a lot of Hibees that refused to accept they were fucked until they were obviously fucked. I guess once you've seen a car crash happen you are prepared for another one.
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9 hours ago, Bogbrush1903 said:
We're obviously still a big enough club to attract nonsense threads like this and all because we've lost our last three matches. If St Mirren lost three matches in a row then it wouldn't raise a whimper.
That whole sentence is "nonsense"
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I guess it's all down to whether you trust the manager to get the best out of them.
For us, under Goodwin, it felt that players were brought in to do a specific job and if they didn't do that from the get-go then you were out.
With Robinson, you sort of feel that a player will improve.
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2 hours ago, gannonball said:
I've seen it again now and get why it's a penalty but the replies of 'clear as day' and 'stonewaller' to my post made me decide to not engage any further.
Devlin literally tackled Olusanya, not the ball, and did so in the box. I'm not sure how more clear it needs to be.
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1 minute ago, Leith Green said:
Hes a knob, theres a reason hes on a lot of ignore lists.
Living rent free in your head.
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1 minute ago, eez-eh said:
Apology not accepted.
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Just now, jimbaxters said:
Yes please. PM everyone to let us know when you've sorted it.
Literally done, seeing as only a few people have voted I don't see the point in re-submitting the thread.
Apologies for that, bit of a Sunday morning brain fog.
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2 minutes ago, 1GregStewart said:
Think you have Hibsed it
11 minutes ago, Sortmeout said:Is that not the exact same opinion as me?
Your question in the OP was “will Warnock keep them in the league?” and I’ve said I think he will but I hope he doesn’t because it would be very funny.
Actually, looking back, I've done mixed messages there. There are effectively 3 "titles"; the thread title, the poll title and the poll question, the two titles ask if he'll get them relegated, the question is the opposite.
So yeah, sorry about that, I'll go back and edit to so they are all the same.
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7 minutes ago, Sortmeout said:
Is that not the exact same opinion as me?
Your question in the OP was “will Warnock keep them in the league?” and I’ve said I think he will but I hope he doesn’t because it would be very funny.
My question is whether he'll relegate them, thus "Hibs'ing it"
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18 minutes ago, gannonball said:
Watching the highlights now
..are you sure, because if you are then it's as clear as day that Olusanya gets in front of Devlin and actually makes contact with the ball, controlling it. It is only after Olusanya's touch that Devlin brings him down.
Was it malicious? No. Was it intentional, presumably no. Was it a penalty? Absolute stonewaller.
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I was listening back to Sportsound,
I'll not lie I was "audibly rubber-necking", hoping to hear the Willie Miller's car crash comments after his beloved team lost late on. Yeah, I know, it's cheap to feed off his misery. However, I'll hand it to him, he was surprisingly even handed in his comments so I decided to listen into the extra section of the show, which had Miller and Aberdeen fans talking.
Who, the f**k, was that lunatic that wanted a square go with Miller? They don't post on here, right? Of the two, the lassie seemed pretty fair, but the older lad, my God.. every question was answered with "You hired McGhee you cannot have an opinion". It's like, right, I get that buddy, but that's years ago. You could tell both Miller and the show staff were fed up with his pointless digs. I'm genuinely surprised he wasn't huckled off the line and replaced with someone how was going to add to the piece rather than shout at Miller all the time.
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2 minutes ago, Sortmeout said:
I think he will but hope he doesn’t. (No offence to Aberdeen fans I just think it would be massively funny if this happens).
I'm the opposite, I don't think he'll get them relegated, but I do think it would be hilarious if he did. That's not a particular dig at Aberdeen or their fans, but every neutral loves a dramatic collapse, especially from a "establishment" team.
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Today I ask you one simple question and it's something most of us are wondering. Going by results, and Warnock's seeming ignorance of both his team and the league, it's not outrageous to suggest this team will end up in the playoffs.. and if they do, would you bet against Raith, Partick or United (..or even Morton!
) giving the Pittodrie lot a hard time?
Let's be clear... Aberdeen have the resources and playing staff to get themselves out of this, but so did Hibernian under Butcher. Any team down that end of the table knows what a death spiral it can be, and once momentum turns against you wins turn into draws, draws turn into losses and luck starts deserting you, which in turn leaves players feeling depressed and stressed and only increasing the likeliness of errors that lead to more wins turning into draws, draws into losses... etc...
They next game is in the cup against Killie, but their next league game is the 13th against Dundee. This poll will remain open until kick off.
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Aberdeen FC, you have been Cormacked..
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Warnock has been a brilliant appointment. Love what he is doing, and he deserves the praise he's getting for doing such a good job. For a man, and club, of such high regard it seems almost inconceivable that they will come out of this with anything other than a resounding victory.
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10 hours ago, houston_bud said:
Apparently Gianni Infantino will be at the game this weekend.
They are up at Loch Lomond so the nearest game would be either us or Rangers (I presume). That said, I don't want him at the game, he has shown that he cares more about money than he does about the sport he claims to love, or the fans that support that sport. In that sense, you feel he'd be a better fit for Ibrox. On the flip side, there is no such thing as bad publicity (well, Saville aside!) the head of FIFA taking in a game at a fairly unknown, provincial club (in European terms) can only end up "good publicity".
As for Olusanya's extension, it seems crazy because just over 6 months ago I was hoping Robinson would ship him out. Especially after his poor spell at Arbroath. However, Robinson does what Robinson does, and that is get performances out of players you don't expect. I presume he's fairly cheap in terms of wages, and I also presume that Olusanya himself won't rock the boat when he's benched, so imo this works out well for all of us. We know the skills he has, we also know the weaknesses. If used correctly and at the right time in a game, he's shown he can be a very useful option.
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Will Warnock "Hibs it"?
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
Posted · Edited by Ric
There's a lot there to unpack, but in short, I started the thread specifically highlighting the similarities of your position to Hibs' in their calamitous relegation season. You have to accept there are similarities. It's not a replacement or special Aberdeen relegation thread because there already is one, the poll closes by the time you play your next league game. It is asking people if they think Warnock, from this position, will "Hibs it".
In terms of your nonsense points, we went on a run of not winning games and the press did discuss it. You keep mentioning something about "big teams", at this moment, you are not a big team, you are a team in disarray with a manager who seems to think this is all a jolly.
As for you not liking the style of post, fine, that's not a big deal and it's all subjective.