Dunty Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 3 hours ago, craigkillie said: I've got some bad news for you. https://spfl.co.uk/news/fixture-amendment-8-31 Difference was Aberdeen made that request over two weeks before the match, and were also the home team so were bearing the brunt of costs that come from rescheduling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Can't believe this is still being discussed. Its clearly because Kilmarnock are losing domestic games and that being blamed on them also playing in Europe. A swift no from Aberdeen and everyone moves on is obviously what happens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moorie Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 8 hours ago, Sortmeout said: Considering we won 1-0 on Thursday night I would say probably not. Domestically. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 12 hours ago, Thenorthernlight said: The irony of a perennial European failure as Aberdeen manager who is now looking for Aberdeen to help him in a play off round he never got Aberdeen to. What would Alanis Morrissette make of that? To be fair to Derek, he did win eleven ties in the Europa qualifiers and if the current format, including the second bite at the cherry Conference, had been around, he'd probably have had group stage football on at least two or three occasions. It probably rankled with him to see Robson getting that chance, so can understand why he'll be desperate to get there with Kilmarnock. Another Derek management trait is that he's probably now got a wee cause to help energise his own team on Sunday, especially if AFC end up refusing any request. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 1 hour ago, tarapoa said: What would Alanis Morrissette make of that? To be fair to Derek, he did win eleven ties in the Europa qualifiers and if the current format, including the second bite at the cherry Conference, had been around, he'd probably have had group stage football on at least two or three occasions. It probably rankled with him to see Robson getting that chance, so can understand why he'll be desperate to get there with Kilmarnock. Another Derek management trait is that he's probably now got a wee cause to help energise his own team on Sunday, especially if AFC end up refusing any request. You’re right there. Having to go through three or four rounds to reach the groups despite finishing 2nd in the league was a joke. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 12 minutes ago, lubo_blaha said: You’re right there. Having to go through three or four rounds to reach the groups despite finishing 2nd in the league was a joke. At the same time, playing Welsh amateurs probably wasn't the best preparation for European football? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 43 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said: At the same time, playing Welsh amateurs probably wasn't the best preparation for European football? What Welsh amateurs did we play? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betting competition Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 (edited) I don't believe that giving 6 days' notice to cancel a match is fair on Aberdeen FC or its supporters who have already arranged travel for the game. While I agree that clubs should be granted a free week during their European campaign, the short notice makes it impractical to cancel this fixture. Perhaps the best solution would be to establish at the start of the season that clubs in Europe may cancel games at short notice, but ensure that fans are made aware of this before booking travel arrangements. Edited August 19 by betting competition 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betting competition Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 (edited) 4 minutes ago, lubo_blaha said: What Welsh amateurs did we play? perhaps referencing when Killie was defeated by Connah's Quay Nomads in 2019. Edited August 19 by betting competition 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 14 minutes ago, betting competition said: perhaps referencing when Killie was defeated by Connah's Quay Nomads in 2019. Wouldn't really make any sense in the context of talking about McInnes and Aberdeen preparing for Europe, and also they were full-time (not that it made the result any less embarrassing). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 I don’t remember our friendlies from back then, but given how early the qualifiers started you’d be struggling to find many teams even in pre season let alone available for friendlies so not sure it’s entirely fair. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherchance Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 24 minutes ago, betting competition said: I don't believe that giving 6 days' notice to cancel a match is fair on Aberdeen FC or its supporters who have already arranged travel for the game. While I agree that clubs should be granted a free week during their European campaign, the short notice makes it impractical to cancel this fixture. Perhaps the best solution would be to establish at the start of the season that clubs in Europe may cancel games at short notice, but ensure that fans are made aware of this before booking travel arrangements. Skipping the league cup groups is another perk teams who qualify for Europe get, in some cases (Hearts and Celtic) then the groups are over before they even have to play a qualifier. It also works well with scheduling, as there's no way you could really participate in both. A team not involved in Europe having to rearrange a league game on top of this seems slightly unfair - the dates for the European games are well known in advance, so would it not have been appropriate for the league to schedule St Mirren/Hearts/Killie/Rangers to play each other this weekend, given there was potential for all 4 to be involved in a play off of some description, which makes a postponement easier, and reduces the impact on everybody else? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 50 minutes ago, lubo_blaha said: What Welsh amateurs did we play? We were playing games against Welsh unis etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 (edited) 40 minutes ago, anotherchance said: A team not involved in Europe having to rearrange a league game on top of this seems slightly unfair - the dates for the European games are well known in advance, so would it not have been appropriate for the league to schedule St Mirren/Hearts/Killie/Rangers to play each other this weekend, given there was potential for all 4 to be involved in a play off of some description, which makes a postponement easier, and reduces the impact on everybody else? The risk in scheduling those teams against each other is that there's a chance of a European game being scheduled for a Tuesday instead of a Thursday (in Rangers case they were obviously always playing on a Tuesday/Wednesday too) - and if one team is playing Thursday and the other on Tuesday then the game can't be played at all (even if the clubs do want to).. Edited August 19 by craigkillie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 The match going public ie me, arealready inconvenienced enough by games getting punted to a Sunday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O_Kahn Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Whatever the rights and wrongs of it, any ideas why Killie didn't make a request on Friday? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico Pallazzo Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 1 minute ago, O_Kahn said: Whatever the rights and wrongs of it, any ideas why Killie didn't make a request on Friday? Because they hadn't bargained for playing 70 minutes with 10 men on Saturday perhaps? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moorie Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said: I don’t remember our friendlies from back then, but given how early the qualifiers started you’d be struggling to find many teams even in pre season let alone available for friendlies so not sure it’s entirely fair. Sure we kicked off our European campaign in 2014-15 before the World Cup had even finished 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O_Kahn Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 14 minutes ago, Moorie said: Sure we kicked off our European campaign in 2014-15 before the World Cup had even finished In 2016 we played Fola Esch before the schools had even broken up for the summer holidays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 42 minutes ago, O_Kahn said: Whatever the rights and wrongs of it, any ideas why Killie didn't make a request on Friday? It doesn't sound like we've made a request at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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