DrewDon Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 "Thank you in advance." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 There’s no way Sturgeon will back down and delay the ban on fans, she hates football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 16 minutes ago, big al said: There’s no way Sturgeon will back down and delay the ban on fans, she hates football. Presumably the leaders of places like Germany and Wales also hate football? Or maybe there is another reason......................... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 10 minutes ago, Leith Green said: Presumably the leaders of places like Germany and Wales also hate football? Or maybe there is another reason......................... If you’re saying you agree with no fans at football, then there’s no point in us discussing it. Have a good night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 35 minutes ago, DrewDon said: "Thank you in advance." Tweet See new Tweets Conversation Nicola Sturgeon @NicolaSturgeon Aye nae bother Dave, it is Christmas after all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbrush1903 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) We've far too many players that are contributing nothing or next to nothing in the squad for whatever reason and none of whom would be missed in... Gallagher, Devlin, McGinn, McGeouch, McLennan, Gurr, Samuels, Kennedy, Longstaff and Jenks (slightly unfair because he's set up six points for us this season but other than the two goals we haven't seen much of him) We've two players that no longer want to be here in Hedges and Ferguson. The aforementioned mentioned McGeouch and Ojo will leave in the summer. An influential player in Scott Brown who will be 37 next season, and a soon to be 35 year old returning from serious injury in Considine. We might be able to generate funds from the sale of Calvin Ramsey but the squad requires considerable rebuild which can't be solved in two or three transfer windows. If anyone thinks this is just a season of 'transition' then I think they're in for a disappointment next season. Edited December 23, 2021 by Bogbrush1903 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyzer0 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 8 hours ago, big al said: If you’re saying you agree with no fans at football, then there’s no point in us discussing it. Have a good night. Except he's obviously not saying that. He's suggesting there's another reason for this than the tinfoil hat one you suggested in your post. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 58 minutes ago, lennyzer0 said: Except he's obviously not saying that. He's suggesting there's another reason for this than the tinfoil hat one you suggested in your post. I read it as his other reason was ‘the health and safety of people was priority over fans attending games’. Presume I’m wrong then? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyzer0 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 26 minutes ago, big al said: I read it as his other reason was ‘the health and safety of people was priority over fans attending games’. Presume I’m wrong then? Dunno - I'm not him, but but there's no mention of whether fans should or shouldn't be allowed to go to games, he's just (rightly) pointing out that the reason you suggested is not backed by any evidence whatsoever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aDONisSheep Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Sorry to be the harbinger of doom... AGAIN! But we are the very definition of mid-table mediocrity, absolute fvkking fodder. We've spent a fortune and have literally fvk-all to show for it. There is not a single team in the league that we can have any confidence of beating. How the hell, we're getting so little from this squad I do not know. Yours, it's nae eese ava! aDONis 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 52 minutes ago, aDONisSheep said: Sorry to be the harbinger of doom... AGAIN! But we are the very definition of mid-table mediocrity, absolute fvkking fodder. We've spent a fortune and have literally fvk-all to show for it. There is not a single team in the league that we can have any confidence of beating. How the hell, we're getting so little from this squad I do not know. Yours, it's nae eese ava! aDONis I know why. We have a clueless & out of his depth manager. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 It's a long time since I've disliked an Aberdeen player as much as I dislike Gallagher. It seems that in every single game he's played this season he's had some kind of brain fart which has led to us conceding and then losing the game. Despite what I posted earlier, I'd quite happily see him booted in January. Plenty for Glass to sort out in the coming months. A lack of leadership without Scott Brown being one, a lack of sharpness in midfield another. He's also going to have to try and find a way to fit Calvin Ramsey into the side without us losing every single time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Bob Mahelp said: It's a long time since I've disliked an Aberdeen player as much as I dislike Gallagher. It seems that in every single game he's played this season he's had some kind of brain fart which has led to us conceding and then losing the game. Despite what I posted earlier, I'd quite happily see him booted in January. Plenty for Glass to sort out in the coming months. A lack of leadership without Scott Brown being one, a lack of sharpness in midfield another. He's also going to have to try and find a way to fit Calvin Ramsey into the side without us losing every single time. I think these two points are linked. Gallagher looked fine first half, and the only real defensive problem was Emmanuel-Thomas switching off a couple of times and giving Hibs easy overloads in the wide areas. Second half enter Ramsay - and suddenly the right-side of our defence has two players that had not featured since Hibs at home in mid October. Naive management possibly? After five minutes or so of the second half, Gallagher became extremely shaky - possibly as a consequence of tiring, but also noticeably poor chemistry with Ramsay, who obviously is going to advance more than Ojo ever would in that position. Still - ultimately we only gave up a couple of decent chances all game, and it was the (on paper tasty looking) four-pronged forward line that yet again failed to show up in an away game. Very similar to Tannadice and Perth. From feeling there was a chance we could kick-on and threaten a challenge for 3rd - I have now resigned myself to the fact that this team will continue to produce the sort of listless garbage they did last night fairly regularly - possibly peppered in amongst some relatively decent performances in other matches. Edited December 23, 2021 by tarapoa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 If we can maintain mediocrity it will be better than i was expecting a couple of months ago. All the competition for europe is capable of going on a shitey run. Just depends how long and how shitey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 I said at the start of the season I’d accept mid table (5th or 6th) as part of a ‘transition’ season so I’ll stay true to my word. I do worry like @Bogbrush1903 that we’re not sitting with a squad that just needs built on, it actually needs a lot of work and probably over a few windows. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 I suppose to be fair, we weren't utterly pish last night. Just... like so many times this season...completely flaccid up front and therefore vulnerable to conceding the one time in the 90 minutes that we switch off. Glass made a mistake in swapping Jet for Ramsey at ht. The switch gave Hibs impetus for the first 15 minutes of the 2nd half, and they managed to capitalise by taking the one chance that they for in that period. Unless Jet was injured there was no need to make the switch. We were the best team 1st half and Jet, while not being as incisive as we'd like, held the ball up well and gave us a chance to push Hibs back. Ramsey coming on weakened the midfield and let them get on top. Glass has to take some responsibility for the loss I'm afraid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 1 hour ago, coprolite said: If we can maintain mediocrity it will be better than i was expecting a couple of months ago. All the competition for europe is capable of going on a shitey run. Just depends how long and how shitey. Same here. All in all it's probably been a more interesting season to date than we would have had under McInnes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucksburnDandy Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 I suppose to be fair, we weren't utterly pish last night. Just... like so many times this season...completely flaccid up front and therefore vulnerable to conceding the one time in the 90 minutes that we switch off. Glass made a mistake in swapping Jet for Ramsey at ht. The switch gave Hibs impetus for the first 15 minutes of the 2nd half, and they managed to capitalise by taking the one chance that they for in that period. Unless Jet was injured there was no need to make the switch. We were the best team 1st half and Jet, while not being as incisive as we'd like, held the ball up well and gave us a chance to push Hibs back. Ramsey coming on weakened the midfield and let them get on top. Glass has to take some responsibility for the loss I'm afraid. I think the flaccid up front thing that you and a few other posters have mentioned has really been a recurring issue for a few seasons now. Cosgrove masked it very much by scoring so regularly but when he wasn't on form, we really struggled to do anything and when he left last season, we were left with not only the dearth of creativity (outside Hedges) that has been a factor for a while now, we also lost that pretty decent source of goals.It saw off McInnes who couldn't solve it and if it goes into next season, it will likely see off Glass too. Outside Hedges, we've never replaced McGinn and Hayes in their prime. We had the Ryan Christie loan stop gap and Hedges has ultimately done well for us but outside flashes from Watkins and Wright, there's been nothing.Ramirez is a poacher and that's it. Watkins blows hot and cold, pretty injury prone also. JET just isn't up to it. So for me we are looking for replacements for Hedges and JET in the next 2 windows, which is a huge ask of any manager, let alone a relative rookie.Gallagher isn't very good playing in a back 4, so I worry about his future with us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Bob Mahelp said: I suppose to be fair, we weren't utterly pish last night. Just... like so many times this season...completely flaccid up front and therefore vulnerable to conceding the one time in the 90 minutes that we switch off. Glass made a mistake in swapping Jet for Ramsey at ht. The switch gave Hibs impetus for the first 15 minutes of the 2nd half, and they managed to capitalise by taking the one chance that they for in that period. Unless Jet was injured there was no need to make the switch. We were the best team 1st half and Jet, while not being as incisive as we'd like, held the ball up well and gave us a chance to push Hibs back. Ramsey coming on weakened the midfield and let them get on top. Glass has to take some responsibility for the loss I'm afraid. Glass has to accept some blame, you’re correct. I felt JET had to go off, he’s far too pedestrian. He put Ojo into midfield though which was a mistake. He’s only effective out wide as he’s forced to run. In field, he’s just another player who slows the game down and coasts in a deep ish position. (See McGeouch, brown, Ferguson, Campbell). He had to put someone in ‘the hole’ as the link player. Without that, there’s far too much emphasis on Hedges and Watkins to make it all happen, and they aren’t cutting it at the moment. Even then, we could and probably should have easily drawn the game at least. Hibs weren’t up to much and that just makes it more frustrating. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyQuinn Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 (edited) We are only 4 points behind 4th (European Football). I'd happily take 4th right now and depending on the type of window we have it could be achievable. Its actually amazing that we can still finish in the top 4 considering how bad results have been this season. Certainly some work is needed on the current squad. As well as lacking options up top, we are severely lacking decent options from the bench. Edited December 24, 2021 by HarleyQuinn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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