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Delusional appeal of the red card, promptly emptied into the bin where it belongs.
Thank you Motherwell for helping us avoid a nail biting end to the season.1 -
26 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:
Shapes a mess but the 11 most deserving IMO.
I have been more impressed with Cameron at Dundee than Spittal.
Also while I agree most of your team have had good seasons, it’s hard to believe nobody in the team that wins the league is better than those players.
O’Reilly (spelling) has looked the most accomplished footballer in the league on the occasions I have been at a game he’s played in.1 -
On 21/04/2024 at 11:22, RH33 said:
Setting the referee aside.
Aberdeen played well, I only tuned in at 75min and the commentators were giving it no way back now from then on and again when Celtic went in front again.
The play preceding the Aberdeen second was excellent.
Roos didn't look comfortable at all at pens. Joe Hart is an arrogant f**k and hugely dislikeable, but he did look more confident.
Aberdeen heads didn't drop when they went behind.
The BBC coms were awful. Leeane Critchon offers no insight. Surely our national broadcaster can find better.
Leeane Crichton is an absolute waste of oxygen, a *** cow.
After the Darvel game she said on national TV that thankfully we didn’t have VAR in the game or we might not have had the upset.
I realise plenty will agree with her sentiment as it’s funny etc. but you can’t get paid to say garbage like that on TV.-1 -
20 hours ago, MikeAFC94 said:
Hope VAR ruins this as a spectacle.
VAR won’t know what to do, who do they assist when their 2 bosses are playing each other?
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1 hour ago, tarapoa said:
Our pre-match chat in the cafe bar place over coffee and eventually one drink, was that was maybe having such an air of low expectation and low numbers might work for us.
Also, as mentioned, it isn't the bigger profile matches that have been this team's problem - and Celtic's defence is there to be got at.
It was a really good first half and I will never tire of watching that pass from Clarkson. The outcome of the post HT tweaks possibly felt like experienced Rodgers vs inexperienced Leven - but fair play to PL for the use of the subs, we stayed in the game and deserved to take it to ET.
The scenes after both the late equalisers will live with us for a long time. Sometimes it's maybe better just to take the diehards to these occasions !
It is gutting that this takes it to 35 years and ends the prospect of another continental sojourn, but on the latter, the inability of construct or trust a squad capable of handling the demands of that has ultimately outdone us.
Showing up so well yesterday is still no guarantee of not being drawn back into the play-off dogfight, as none of these remaining fixtures (other than maybe Easter Rd) will be against sides that give the team the time and space they got yesterday. Still work to do, but trust PL has enough about him to sort that.
Agree with every single word. Would like to add that the fans were magnificent yesterday, and the team were also good with the fans.
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1 hour ago, HoBNob said:
What's been the change? Is it the lower standard, less away fans so it feels like less of an occasion etc?
For me going to the game is social occasion to enjoy. The game isn’t necessarily the main part of the day. At some of the games I have been to there’s almost nobody of the boys I would stand with at the game.
I also don’t live in Fife now so it’s an expensive taxi home if having a few beers (which I enjoy).The standard also isn’t as good although that’s not the main reason.
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On 11/04/2024 at 17:13, cowdenbeath said:
He was at the Berwick game
Not sure ‘game’ is the best description!
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On 11/04/2024 at 13:28, onecowden said:
He hasn’t been on here for quite a while. Not seen him at a game since our demotion. Congratulations on your title.
I have been to 5 home games this season, and similar last season. Sponsored a game last season as well. There’s no denying it’s just not the same.
I have some feelings about the club that I prefer not to post on here but a few things really sadden me.On the flip side I really commend the commitment and endeavour of guys like Nelly, Gordon with the shop and the re-union day, and of course the volunteers. Some real good people who I hope 1 day get something to celebrate for their efforts.
ps Vimto, enjoy. That’s the point of it all.
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3 hours ago, kingjoey said:
Why should people "get over it"? It's truly shit and nine times out of ten it makes for a shit match.
A fine description that hopefully ends the pitch arguing.
Hope they enjoy the championship but never win it.0 -
Just realised there’s a possibility we are given a 3rd visit to the macaroni arena. Would be a notable low point in the history of AFC.
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34 minutes ago, LIVIFOREVER said:
See this is where your argument falls apart. No pitch is the same as every other pitch, St Johnstone's isn't the same as every other pitch, neither is Dundee's, even Celtic's pitch was criticized by their own manager, not long after he criticized ours. It's just generic nonsense and based on how they think ours looks.
Afaik plastic pitches have to pass an inspection every season, and be of Uefa standard, which ours obviously has, but there is no such standard grass pitches are required to be, maybe should have that in place then your opening line might hold water.
Not quite having your argument here. A grass pitch varies , yes. Say it’s dry and sunny for a month in April (haha I know) and the grass firms up. Well it’s kind of similar everywhere with grass.
Your teams pitch is significantly different in the way it plays, it’s just not reasonable.
Your argument would mean there’s nothing wrong if a team plays on a concrete pitch or maybe a rubber mat pitch. All pitches are different so what’s the problem?1 -
14 hours ago, bennett said:
And you’re still a bunch of zombies
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3 hours ago, LIVIFOREVER said:
Even if it is, everyone needs to get over them, they've been in the top flight for years now and still the same moans about them.
Totally agree with Hooch though, better teams complain about it being sticky, and not conducive to good football, slick passing to feet, shite teams complain about it being too slick (after all the rain we've had) as they can't pass it quickly to feet. Basically just an excuse to moan really, instead of just playing the conditions and getting on with it. Plenty grass pitches are shite just now and will give problems to teams playing on them, but the plastic ones constantly get moaned about.
What i'd like is an actual study then a debate before a vote on them, so anyone making these claims can either be backed up or made to look full of shite. i'm betting there would be a decent percentage of the latter for most of the claims about them. Oh and also have a like for like study for grass pitches, because they're getting a free pass here, when some of them are a lot worse.
Then maybe we could just have the chat about the football game and not constantly have these tedious plastic pitch topics coming up on match threads.
Sticky/ slick is irrelevant. The pitch is completely different to the rest of the league and it’s shit. The bounce is mad, the style of play required is different.
Even Killie are ripping theirs up for grass, well done to them.
Adios Livi, not hasta luego.
Team of cloggers that are just happy to kill the game, from the first minute til the last.PS No. 24 likes a cake after his dessert I presume?
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26 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:
Fair enough, feels like you've played a back 3 for years now.
I fucking hate that shape with a passion and want it outlawed.
It’s mainly a back 4 these days as well to be honest, except for the odd Warnock brain fart team selection.
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3 hours ago, Ampersand said:
Over in the new manager thread, in the absence of a new manager to discuss, a few posters were reflecting on our transfer/scouting policy of the last few windows, and how to strike the right balance between data-led recruitment and more traditional scouting (you know, watching a player play football in person). There was also some chat about combining more ambitious international scouting with more pragmatic, safer signings from within the SPFL (as far as any signing is safe).
Hearts have got a few solid if unexciting pre-contracts tied up in the form of Penrice, Spittal and Dhanda. Who would folk like to see us approaching in a similar mould?
I realize this is pretty moot without a technical director and head coach in place, so we'll likely miss the boat on pre-contracts anyway, but going off the contracts ending list on transfermarkt - https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/scottish-premiership/endendevertraege/wettbewerb/SC1 - the pickings look slim.
Maybe bringing Bruce Anderson back as a fairly solid Premiership striking option? Assuming Bojan is sold and Gueye moved on somehow. He screams McInnes-signing, so I'd expect to see him at Killie.
Scott Tanser at St Mirren, maybe? Probably more reliable than McKenzie and less injured than McGarry. Meh.
ETA: I've discounted anyone who, to me, is simply unrealistic, namely Keanu Baccus, Ryan Strain (both heading south I assume) and Beni Baningime (staying put or down south too).
If Anderson and Tanser are the pick of that list, foreign signings it is for the foreseeable.
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15 hours ago, Aberdeen Cooden said:
Brechin always inflated their attendances. I've been at their ground when there were only about 100 folk their and they were quoting 500!
Never could understand why they did that.
Money laundering
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53 minutes ago, Cowdenleith said:
I was wondering what our average crowd is this season as they guy who does them isn’t that up to date, so I added them up and with one home game left the average league attendance has been 294 at Central Park.
Does anyone know if we count season ticket holders that don’t attend, I’m sure previously we didn’t, not sure if changed?
I think that is something to build on and not too bad considering there are still a bunch of clubs who have travelling fans in single digits.
That’s pretty good if correct for a bottom half LL team.
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Aberdeen have a far better team than Ross County, end of. Just shows how poorly things have been run that they are such a small margin apart in the league.
And how low the confidence is that it was only a close 2-1 victory and far from dominating performance.Leven made the correct subs, although he took far too long to make them. Hoillet was mainly a passenger and the midfield needed stiffening up. Can’t play Barron and Clarkson in the same team unless in complete control of possession, and Clarkson is capable of more on the ball so it’s quite simple, Barron had to go.
No surprise to gain the ascendency once Polvara and Duk on. Finally a bit of a threat from the wide positions. The changes should have been made at half time. Could have been 2-1 down before the subs came on. Indecision could have been costly but we got away with it this time.
Simon Murray is the prime example of how far you can go based on sheer effort alone, a really poor footballer for this level. Fair play to him getting a few goals this season.1 -
22 hours ago, The_Pit_Owns said:
Third worst home record in the league ahead of only Edinburgh University and Gretna.
I hear a lot of these comments. Begs the question, why can’t the manager work out a way to play at home? it is half the total amount of games after all so most important. If the pitch is different to the rest this should be an advantage and nobody should like coming to it. (See Livi and Killie in the prem as examples).
Secondly, if it is such a difficult pitch to play on, why isn’t the game based around a solid defence and get the ball forward quickly. The defence had no structure at times, with players( especially fullbacks) awol regularly. Compare this with Berwick who had a decent enough foundation at the back which gives them a chance, even with Dougie Hill presumably wearing a few jerseys under his strip!
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1 hour ago, bennett said:
Didn't Warnock say that they had basically already picked the new manager?
I haven't been keeping up with the Aberdonian version of Falcon Crest.
You won’t be surprised to hear that Warnock wasn’t being 100 per cent honest in his final interview here.
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It’s not going to be Docherty, end of.
It’s also not going to be Lennon, far too divisive with too much previous baggage.0 -
14 hours ago, tarapoa said:
How would sacking the board work? Does Cormack sack himself?
You know full well the intention of the chant. It’s just a way for simple football fans like myself to voice their displeasure at the people away from the park who make the decisions.
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On 14/03/2024 at 19:24, Game of throw-ins said:
I agree up to a point, but I'd like to know whose idea it was for the players to go to applaud the fans after a very poor performance and result. They did the same against St Johnstone at home. I get the reasoning behind it, shows the fans the players still care, but the inevitable outcome is the players get abused and humiliated, which must do their confidence no good and lessen their affection for the club's support. However well intentioned its a crass idea. Let's get back to trooping off the park with your tail between your legs after a bad result and letting management deal with the supporters' frustration.
Yeah it’s like sending lambs to the slaughter
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The Famous Aberdeen - Season 2022/23
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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You might be able to advise us on some of the lower league grounds from your various seasons in the lower leagues. Look forward to your input, as you seem to have plenty to say regarding AFC.