kingjoey Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Given some of our results and performances at home, and seeing how good the players that we have can be, our away record is staggering. You would have to think that it is a mental block that overwhelms the players away from Pittodrie, but then they come up with a really strong showing in the semi final. We’re in almost the same position we were in a year ago when we got past a weak team in Edinburgh City, but not taking a win against Darvel for granted obviously, and lost to Motherwell in the cup while floundering about in the league. I hate to see any of our managers sacked but he appears to be unable to sort us out defensively away from home and it can’t go on indefinitely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 7 minutes ago, kingjoey said: Given some of our results and performances at home, and seeing how good the players that we have can be, our away record is staggering. You would have to think that it is a mental block that overwhelms the players away from Pittodrie, but then they come up with a really strong showing in the semi final. We’re in almost the same position we were in a year ago when we got past a weak team in Edinburgh City, but not taking a win against Darvel for granted obviously, and lost to Motherwell in the cup while floundering about in the league. I hate to see any of our managers sacked but he appears to be unable to sort us out defensively away from home and it can’t go on indefinitely. Could that be construed as a "Goodwin must go" post? End of the road for Jim once Joey turns... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 5 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: Could that be construed as a "Goodwin must go" post? End of the road for Jim once Joey turns... I can’t bring myself to say it, but our away form and defensive collapses cannot go on. Darvel is the wrong game, at the wrong time, and it gives me the fear. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said: I thought all parties made a c**t of it. I shouldn’t have said considine as the point wasn’t to take a side - just highlighting that the volume of fall outs with players is too high. There comes a point where a manager needs to deal with difficult players in a more conciliatory way. Yeah, that's fair enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, kingjoey said: I can’t bring myself to say it, but our away form and defensive collapses cannot go on. Darvel is the wrong game, at the wrong time, and it gives me the fear. I'm pretending it's not happeneing. Don't think that'll work, all the same... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 22 minutes ago, kingjoey said: Given some of our results and performances at home, and seeing how good the players that we have can be, our away record is staggering. You would have to think that it is a mental block that overwhelms the players away from Pittodrie, but then they come up with a really strong showing in the semi final. We’re in almost the same position we were in a year ago when we got past a weak team in Edinburgh City, but not taking a win against Darvel for granted obviously, and lost to Motherwell in the cup while floundering about in the league. I hate to see any of our managers sacked but he appears to be unable to sort us out defensively away from home and it can’t go on indefinitely. There’s enough negativity around the club without posts like this kicking us when we’re down. Support the team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 1 minute ago, Jacksgranda said: I'm pretending it's not happeneing. Don't think that'll work, all the same... My ticket came yesterday, so it’s happening for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 In a slight positive, I thought myslovic looked fairly handy in a shite situation. To keep the mood low though, he’s probably trying to cancel his loan immediately 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Lads, we’ll beat Darvel comfortably, let’s not get silly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 16 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: There’s enough negativity around the club without posts like this kicking us when we’re down. Support the team. I see what you did there... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 17 minutes ago, kingjoey said: My ticket came yesterday, so it’s happening for me. You're a great supporter, Joey. I'm not so sure, even if I still lived in Aberdeen and my health was up to it I'd be attending as many games as you, maybe not even at Pittodrie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Frank Grimes said: Lads, we’ll beat Darvel comfortably, let’s not get silly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugbypark Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 10 hours ago, tarapoa said: Our worst away manager ever. So our Del Boy even beats Sir Fergie! Signs he’s beginning to get on top of the job at Killie too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 11 minutes ago, Rugbypark said: So our Del Boy even beats Sir Fergie! Signs he’s beginning to get on top of the job at Killie too. Well they won the same amount of League Cups, I suppose I think Fergie just still has a slight edge over Del on account of the 3 league titles, 4 Scottish Cups and 2 European trophies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Jacksgranda said: You're a great supporter, Joey. I'm not so sure, even if I still lived in Aberdeen and my health was up to it I'd be attending as many games as you, maybe not even at Pittodrie. I think it’s called habit, JG, that and an understanding wife. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_don Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 When we had time to appoint a manager through a proper prawcess - we got Glass. The prawcess by all accounts was a sham. Then when we had another chance to get it right he rushes off to pay(!!) for Goodwin. Dread to think who could possibly be in his mind for next. But it feels like we’ll be onto a 3rd manager in 3 years! For me that is worrying and think we’ll be no better off this time next season… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 (edited) Look on the bright side lads, this thread is now at a point where you can look at the page count at the top or bottom, and pass some time playing a game, try to guess who was Aberdeen boss in each of the years. Silver cloud and all that. From a 4-0 gubbee to my fellow 5-0 gubbees. I stand beside you today and share your sorrow. Edited January 19, 2023 by pozbaird 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbrush1903 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 9 minutes ago, kent_don said: When we had time to appoint a manager through a proper prawcess - we got Glass. The prawcess by all accounts was a sham. Then when we had another chance to get it right he rushes off to pay(!!) for Goodwin. Dread to think who could possibly be in his mind for next. But it feels like we’ll be onto a 3rd manager in 3 years! For me that is worrying and think we’ll be no better off this time next season… Cormack is quite clearly a sandwich short of a picnic. It's like having Ronald Reagan in charge of the nuclear button. Unfortunately, the way the club is structured, we aren't able to wrestle control or decisions away from Cormack. So he needs to arrive at that decision himself. Stay in the background and just talk about the pie-in-the-sky stuff like the new stadium every six or twelve months. Stay off social media and generally shut up. Employ someone, an experienced 'football man' to take charge of footballing operations. The boy with big remit currently in charge of footballing operations isn't equipped or qualified for the post. Whoever he employs to identify the new manager, give him time to find the right man. Don't be frightened if the new man wants a bit more control of all footballing operations. In fact, make that one of the conditions for the new manager, that he's had experience of overseeing footballing operations not just coaching the players. The young or inexperienced coach (at least the ones he identifies) isn't working. In the meantime, find a temporary, experienced safe pair of hands to guide as through these stormy waters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flammable sheep Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 29 minutes ago, kent_don said: Dread to think who could possibly be in his mind for next. But it feels like we’ll be onto a 3rd manager in 3 years! For me that is worrying and think we’ll be no better off this time next season… +1 for fearing we'll get into a cycle of changing manager every year. Hasn't done teams like Hibs any favours. I feel like we're a solid CB away from being decent, barring injuries. We have a good midfield and attackers. But JG has to learn from mistakes, or nothing will improve. Not settling on a formation or system, not using the squad available to him and sticking with favourites no matter what. Not realising that fullbacks have to know how to defend, playing midfielders and wingers in defence won't work. And most obviously, don't just have 2 CBs in the squad (1 of whom isn't our player). I'm not quite 'Goodwin out' yet but he needs to keep us 4th/5th at minimum and have zero f**k ups for the rest of the season to earn another summer window. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 I’m certainly if the opinion that cormack is passionate about the club, knows about business but knows little to nothing about how to operate a football department. He should have someone he trusts with experience to be selecting a new manager - if Stephen Gunn is that man then whatever but I have my doubts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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