Dons_1988 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 4 minutes ago, Game of throw-ins said: There's a strong correlation between a manager having got to the point where he's routinely criticising his players in public and his team being in a freefall that can only be stopped by getting rid of him. It's generally the most obvious sign that the wheels have come off. You can theorise that these remarks don't or shouldn't matter and maybe they're indicative of the problem rather than the cause of it, but in my view we're well past the point where action needs to be taken. I'm not sure that a different manager would save us from relegation, but I think he'd have a better chance than Warnock. Agreed, the most extreme cases being the likes of Mourinho or Neil Lennon, you can tell when their days are numbered and they’re losing interest. Even mcinnes started life with us talking about leaving legacies and taking us as high as we could and by the end was talking about how finishing 3rd was the ceiling and managing expectations. Not that it should define their tenure but it does signal a bit of a shift in dynamic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 3 hours ago, Dons_1988 said: John Hughes has won a cup and probably plays better football. “You’ve gotta die to get shree points” 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 3 hours ago, Stellaboz said: He's an English John Hughes. A managerial career where the sprinkles of success seem to prolong a dismal record and mask his complete inability to properly manage a football team. He's one of the ugliest people alive too. Is he the ugliest in the league though? I’ll wager Naismith, MartinDale and Rogers are probably your bottom three. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 minute ago, lubo_blaha said: “You’ve gotta die to get shree points” “You watch Glasgow Celtic, watch the way they pash, move and pop pop pop the baw aboot, that’s how my Aberdeen team will play” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betting competition Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 21 hours ago, Wilbur said: On yesterday's evidence I honestly can't see Aberdeen sliding into the play-off slot. The St Mirren comeback yesterday was sparked by an individual error by Devlin, yet most of the negativity expressed in posts from Dons fans has been aimed at the entire team as being useless / spineless / lazy etc. I'd say that's unfair since, apart from the last couple of minutes, I actually thought most of your team played well and fought hard for the jersey. Perhaps Warnock's decision to defend the 1-0 rather than push for more was a mistake, but understandable after the results Aberdeen have had since his appointment. Coming so close to winning yesterday's game could maybe be seen as improvement and a more hopeful sign for the rest of the season ? Warnock had the team well-prepared on Saturday and faced some unfortunate twists of fate. I found Warnock's post-match remarks on Devlin's unfortunate penalty situation quite fitting saying he was unlucky. It never rains but it pours - hopefully luck will change soon for us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) 3 hours ago, betting competition said: Warnock had the team well-prepared on Saturday and faced some unfortunate twists of fate. I found Warnock's post-match remarks on Devlin's unfortunate penalty situation quite fitting saying he was unlucky. It never rains but it pours - hopefully luck will change soon for us. It was definitely a similar blueprint to the one we used with some success under Robson: to be compact in a low-block, to eliminate space for our defence to get turned, and to create chances through counter-attacks. We were mostly disciplined in our shape, and I noticed when Miovski urged the midfield to join his press in the second half, Warnock was quickly up to reprimand him from the bench. The primary difference against St Mirren was that we weren't as effective in transition when we had the opportunities. When I reflect on the 2-1 defeat at Frankfurt and the 3-1 win at Ibrox, we were really good at committing bodies forward when we transitioned despite playing very pragmatically out of possession. We didn't do that as well on Saturday, but it did look up until the penalty that it wouldn't matter and we would hang on for the 1-0. I suppose we can't rely on Barron to smash one into the top corner from 35 yards every week, though. What happens after the equaliser is on us, allowing ourselves to get properly counter-attacked for basically the first time in the match - and almost straight from our own kick-off - and some characteristically untidy penalty box defending. It definitely wasn't the worst I have seen us this season, or even since Warnock took over. There were good individual performances, too; Shinnie was excellent and Barron was very good, Phillips also looked like he might not be a complete lost cause. Duk gave Tanser and Fraser some problems, and Hoilett looked the best he has so far. I suspect many of the same underlying issues will continue to present themselves in the coming weeks, though. Edited March 4 by DrewDon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) On 03/03/2024 at 13:56, Thenorthernlight said: Aberdeen were not good in possession yesterday, but up until the penalty in the 96th minute, I don’t think Roos had a save of much significance, & I never felt St Mirren would score. Aimless crosses, or that donkey at the back just passing it out of play. Roos stopped one right on the line, in the scramble that followed, I thought it might have crossed the line for one moment. He also brilliantly tipped a Jamieson effort onto the bar, but the officials never gave the corner. That’s two important Roos saves right there without even thinking too much. There may have been more. The notion that we never looked like scoring doesn’t sit right with me. I felt we were getting closer and closer to something going our way. To be fair, I never for a single moment thought we’d actually win, but I could sniff a 1-1, with Warnock choosing to try and hold what he had in that second half. We kept going and going, against Ross C in the previous match and got a late break for 1-1 there. Christ, we missed an absolute sitter in that one to actually win it 2-1 very late on as well. If Warnock genuinely thought we were never going to score, he surely hadn’t watched us at Dingwall. We were shite, but never gave up. Edited March 4 by pozbaird 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I thought they were going to score, the p***ks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I thought they were going to score, right up until I got into my car and saw it was 90+1 and thought ‘ooft, we may just do this’. But football hates me, and I hate football. So there we go. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 There's every chance that Chris Wilder will be available tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 2 hours ago, kingjoey said: There's every chance that Chris Wilder will be available tomorrow. Do all your managers now need to be a bit gammony? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbrush1903 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 (edited) 9 hours ago, Dons_1988 said: I thought they were going to score, right up until I got into my car and saw it was 90+1 and thought ‘ooft, we may just do this’. But football hates me, and I hate football. So there we go. I was celebrating wildly with two goals in injury time but I was in the West Ham end at Goodison with no access to the network (all through the game) so had no idea what the scoreline was... Once I was outside and was able to establish that the two injury time goals at Goodison had been usurped by the two injury time goals in Paisley, I surmised that what the Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away... Maybe it was his way of telling me that I should've been in Paisley rather than Liverpool. Edited March 5 by Bogbrush1903 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 9 hours ago, Hendo said: Do all your managers now need to be a bit gammony? Yes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Stunned you lot have gone for Beale 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 7 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Stunned you lot have gone for Beale Eastenders thread for this pish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 1 hour ago, RandomGuy. said: Stunned you lot have gone for Beale I just had to check for reports of this just in case. Dave has warped reality. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GregStewart Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 6 hours ago, RandomGuy. said: Stunned you lot have gone for Beale As gullible as I am, that was never going to work. A solid 0 out of 10 RG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 6 hours ago, RandomGuy. said: Stunned you lot have gone for Beale Pathetic. Utterly pathetic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 6 hours ago, RandomGuy. said: Stunned you lot have gone for Beale Beale's alt account confirmed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 A good move if it means they can increase the capacity, although it doesn’t make it clear what the new capacity will be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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