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2 hours ago, HeartsOfficialMoaner said:
Does your club employ players without asking the manager his opinion?
Like Mad Vlad Romanov you mean ?
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2 hours ago, RuMoore said:
Incredible patter.
Andrew Dallas certainly gave you a couple of gifts on Sunday...is it him underneath the beard?
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Fair play to any Livingston fans that made the trip up to watch those two teams...
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James McGarry looks like he's at Jerel Ifil's level and I think the latter is the worst player I've ever seen for the Dons that played more than 50 times for us.
Truly dispiriting performance saved by Bojan...
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38 minutes ago, Kyle Reese said:
Is he on GB News? Please tell me that is not true? Used to really like him as well. Not another on the Patrick Moore and Kelsey Grammer list, please.
Just an old right wing reactionary now I'm afraid...maybe he always was?
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11 hours ago, Kyle Reese said:
Good post, but… Clockwise is an absolute classic.
Clockwise was superb, definitely a standout in the later Cleese portfolio (if that's what you call it?) but then all he does now is shite like GB News.
Joan Hickson was brilliant as one of the dotty old women.
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1 hour ago, topcat(The most tip top) said:
Just as there’s nothing particularly surprising about there being a championship side in the cup semifinals but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be surprised if Queen of the South in particular are there in April…
Especially since QotS play in League One rather than the Chanpionship and that is somewhat of a surprise if a League One side reach the last four
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On 16/12/2023 at 12:40, Molotov said:
Saints don't smoke eh?
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On 17/12/2023 at 11:35, Le Tout P'ti FC said:
Danny McGrain also in portrait gallery. Haven’t seen this one before. It’s a bit “busy” for my tastes, but it’s good to see footballers of my youth have been immortalised in our national art collection! Makes me feel terribly old.
Looking forward to seeing Joe Tortolano or Brian Irvine next time I visit here.
Is that 'Rangers' tartan Danny's wearing?
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3 hours ago, alta-pete said:
Oh, it looks like I've recevied mail intended for Andrew Dallas
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8 hours ago, AJF said:
We (Rangers fans) often get told on here that our victories must be hollow and can't possibly compare to victories of other teams due to the advantages we hold over them but are simultaneously told that we are celebrating too much.
They are hollow because they regularly involve skullduggery from corrupt Masonic match officials and/or corrupt Masonic owners with shady business practices.
Sevco and their predecessor entity make the 1988 Olympics 100 metres final look honest and respectable.
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11 hours ago, DrewDon said:
This isn't directed at you in particular, but I am sceptical about this idea of players suddenly being declared 'done' or 'finished' without looking at the wider context. It just seems a bit too convenient and easy.
Shinnie is having a relatively poor season, but what function(s) is he being asked to perform by the management? Does he have the necessary support around him to perform these adequately in an already physically demanding set-up? Why is he being asked to essentially perform the work of at least two players because we didn't replace Ramadani, and also to carry more of the creative burden this season? He ended last season as one of our best and most important players, and was certainly missed during his suspension (and I remember thinking, along with many others, that Ramadani suffered without him there, too). It just seems unlikely to me that, a matter of months on, he is suddenly 'done' or 'finished', even if there will be a decline to be managed over a longer period there.
Take another example: By and large, Clarkson has been a shadow of the player he was for most of last season, especially post-Goodwin. But nobody in their right mind would conclude that Clarkson is 'finished' because of this drop off. It is most likely because of what is around him, and what he is being asked to do. In the second half of last season, he essentially benefitted from having two dogs of war in Ramadani and Shinnie in front of him, which afforded him more time and space whilst helping to balance out his weaker areas. He doesn't have that structure or personnel around him to the same degree this season, and unsurprisingly his performances and outputs have suffered accordingly.
Sure, there has to be some individual responsibility on the players too, but there is clearly a bigger picture at play and it would be a mistake to overlook it.
Shinnie looked a yard off it both in body and mind yesterday, as he has done for most of the season.
If he still has the ability and stamina to perform at the level we require of him then he isn't fitting into the system Robson wants to play.
If that's the case then Robson shouldn't be playing him in nearly every game (I know he was left out for Frankfurt).
I felt Barron and Polvara were more suited to that big Hampden pitch yesterday and McGarth or Clarkson behind the strikers but not both in the starting line up.
Shinnie perhaps a useful addition on the pitch later in the game but to go in alongside Barron.
I would've started with Miovski (although he didn't look fit to me) alongside Duk with Sokler a like-for-like (to an extent) replacement if Miovski was struggling.
I might've been tempted getting some natural width with Morris although he can be a useful sub as legs begin to tire.
I would've played MacDonald instead of Ruby and Hayes would've been making up the numbers on the bench.
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1 hour ago, DrewDon said:
At least against 'better' opposition, the blueprint is very clear for the most part: it is to be regimented out of possession, often settling into a mid-block or a low-block, and to be fast and direct in transitions and on counter-attacks. That's not to say it is always effective or without some very obvious limitations.
I didn't see better opposition today, they were as bad as us, and their fans were nervous...the first goal was going to be crucial but it looked like Robson wanted to nick it either with a set-piece goal or penalties.
I can no longer suffer him, we need someone that has a better plan that kicking it over the top.
But nothing is going to happen anytime soon, we're going to continue to stutter along but Robson is going to need new excuses soon with Europe and the League Cup curtains.
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An uneventful match served up by two piss poor teams.
If Robson had anything about him as a manager he would've left out Hayes and Shinnie from the starting line up , utilised Clarkson behind the strikers, and had some width if he wanted to play two strikers.
I'm sick of him, I wanted to give him time but I've ran out of patience and goodwill.
Sevco are absolutely honking; however, not once did we seriously test their keeper.
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33 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said:
We do lack a bit of physical in presence in midfield. I don't mean Shinnie working his arse off and challenging for tackles that he shouldn't come out on top but a bit of size.
Milne has been brilliant, but obviously not a rb. Doesn't have the desire of Devlin yet, but can't think of many times he's lost the ball. Technically very good.
It won't happen, and probably nobody will agree, but I'd only have Shinnie on the bench on Sunday.
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5 minutes ago, kingjoey said:
Like others have said, it would have been a travesty if we had completed the group with no wins. I honestly think the team have done us proud over the six matches and competed in every single match home and away, much much better than I could have imagined. There seemed to be Germans around everywhere before the match, including in the RDS toilets but didn’t see that as an issue, although it may have turned out differently if Frankfurt had scored. An enjoyable and relatively stress free evening. Not sure Sunday afternoon will be the same.
UEFA are a disgrace banning Frankfurt fans after they had booked up. They could've easily waited until the next round.
The club also lost money and were punished unfairly after selling tickets.
Fuck UEFA
At least we reached 6 points and took points from each team in the group unlike Hearts last season, who also reached 6 points but only beat RFS twice.
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44 minutes ago, lubo_blaha said:
You could argue that Frankfurt are the highest calibre team we’ve beaten since Hamburg in 83.
I also thought along that lines tonight although more focused on Pittodrie and thought of Bayern Munich in 1983 (forgot about the Super Cup).
Although I would also give honourable mentions to Servette, Feyenoord, Rapid Vienna and Copenhagen.
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1 hour ago, kingjoey said:
I thought we looked right out of it for the first 30 minutes, but the last 15 of the first half were played almost entirely in the Hearts half. For all their apparent dominance in that first half, Hearts only had two shots on target, and both in the first twenty minutes, with a total of five shots in the entire match. I also felt the much maligned Jonny Hayes had an excellent match today, so credit were credit’s due to him.
Hayes was better today but his crossing his abysmal. He got in an excellent position in the first half right in front of Section Y and he didn't bother to look up when he blasted one aimlessly in.
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Stein, with his assistant Paul O'Grady, during his long trophy-laden spell at Leeds United
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It's like Groundhog Day but the over a season time frame.
Each season around Christmas the inexperienced Aberdeen manager's jacket peg becomes shoogly.
Robson needs to go but the elephant in the room is Cormack.
I believe he's still interfering in team affairs (some of the signings have been bizarre and obviously not Robson's choice), he's definitely still appointing/promoting the wrong people and giving them the remit of mere 'yes' men.
Unless something horrendous happens then he's unlikely to leave before the mid-season break.
My which time the season is going to be irretrievable in the league and somewhat perilous.
If Cormack does finally go with experience, it's going to be someone he knows and has some kind of relationship with that he can control.
Probably Gordon Strachan's if he wants it ...
Troubled waters ahead under Captain Cormack...
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Third Lanark - done absolutely nothing of note since 1967
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The Dons need to be looking at Esteban Lepaul as an replacement for Miovski from SAS Epinal in the French Championnat National. The boy is class and at 23 a good age for possible sell-on.
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1 minute ago, Rugster said:
With respect, utter pish.
I hope to be proven wrong but I still think we have issues in the goalkeeping position, central defence and up front that will be exposed at this level.
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I don't know the format or if it's possible but I think the likely outcome is that we finish 3rd but aren't one of the best placed finishers.
Perhaps with the first round now offering more opportunities for those that finish in third place we can sneak through to the last 16 like Northern Ireland did in 2016.
However, I don't see much of a change in either skill or attitude that suggests we'll make much of an impact at Euro24 than we have at any other finals that we've reached.
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The story of bojan miovski, Vincent and stolen meadowbank dreams
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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True, but something is definitely afoot with Barron