BucksburnDandy Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Very pleased yesterday with the performance. Much more like I expect from Aberdeen from the last few seasons. The 5 at the back was strange v Saints considering the hybrid 4-4-2/4-5-1 usually works so well against us.In terms of our own team, the two centre halves with Des sitting in the role occupied by Ryan Jack in the last few seasons is as close to the best we can get just now. All three had solid displays yesterday. May was outstanding, Christie played his actual position and rewarded us. His running at Anderson and Shaughnessy made them look quite uncomfortable.The improved service from wide areas was evident yesterday and Rooney showed why he's still an important player for us. Been a stalwart over the years and certainly deserves to be revered for decades to come when he retires. His goals for us have been crucial and frequent. Perhaps interchanging with May playing wide and up front as they did yesterday is the best way for us to play in the immediate future given the need for Wright to develop and the GMS conundrum.Plenty positives to build on yesterday and that's a pleasing thing, as up to now, we've been awful watching this season. Yesterday was comfortably the best domestic performance this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costanza Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Denny Johnstone having some career with us so far. An absolute horror show at Dens, and now he's just given away a penalty about a yard from the byline for absolutely no reason.Strange, strange signing. Just watched the highlights there, first two goals were bad enough but what the f**k is Johnstone actually doing for the penalty? Just boots Christie and nowhere near the ball.Very strange signing and he's done nothing to suggest he's going to offer anything. The Gormley comparisons seem sadly apt at present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherchance Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Very pleased yesterday with the performance. Much more like I expect from Aberdeen from the last few seasons. The 5 at the back was strange v Saints considering the hybrid 4-4-2/4-5-1 usually works so well against us.In terms of our own team, the two centre halves with Des sitting in the role occupied by Ryan Jack in the last few seasons is as close to the best we can get just now. All three had solid displays yesterday. May was outstanding, Christie played his actual position and rewarded us. His running at Anderson and Shaughnessy made them look quite uncomfortable.The improved service from wide areas was evident yesterday and Rooney showed why he's still an important player for us. Been a stalwart over the years and certainly deserves to be revered for decades to come when he retires. His goals for us have been crucial and frequent. Perhaps interchanging with May playing wide and up front as they did yesterday is the best way for us to play in the immediate future given the need for Wright to develop and the GMS conundrum.Plenty positives to build on yesterday and that's a pleasing thing, as up to now, we've been awful watching this season. Yesterday was comfortably the best domestic performance this season. Completely agree with this - had my doubts when I saw Rooney and May were both starting but for the first time it it didn't look like Rooney was shoehorned in.Shinnie at LB was a real positive too. It's a shame Tansey isn't fit as if he got a run in the middle I think it'd soften the loss of Shinnie in there.May also does a power of work tracking back too.Starting to see real signs of a coherent and workable plan. Great reaction to the cup disappointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Just watched the highlights there, first two goals were bad enough but what the f**k is Johnstone actually doing for the penalty? Just boots Christie and nowhere near the ball.Very strange signing and he's done nothing to suggest he's going to offer anything. The Gormley comparisons seem sadly apt at present. To be fair Johnstone has actually completed a pass in his appearances so far. All I ever remember of Gormley was him failing to control balls punted into the channels at Pittodrie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 We should have signed Romain Habran ahead of Denny Johnstone. He might have been shit, but we all knew that Johnstone would be shit before he even kicked a ball for us. A tanking has been coming. We've been pretty poor all season and a perfect storm of shite seems to have hit us on Saturday. Can't quite fathom how we've managed to amass so many points with the way we've been playing, but they'll come in handy given the run of fixtures coming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costanza Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 We’ve signed some absolutely horrific strikers over recent years when you look at it - Fallon, Iwelumo, Morgan, Gormley, Johnstone, McFadden even, bloody hell. Cummins looks brilliant compared to that. Where’s Brian Graham when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep62 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Best performance of the domestic season so far. Amazing what happens when you have Shinnie, Christie & Rooney all playing in natural positions. Good work and hopefully we manage to have a settled team for a few consecutive games that allow the team to gel even further. Delighted for Rooney to get his goals and will do his confidence no harm at all. Also pleasing to see May play a part in the first couple of goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Kyle said: A tanking has been coming. We've been pretty poor all season and a perfect storm of shite seems to have hit us on Saturday. Can't quite fathom how we've managed to amass so many points with the way we've been playing, but they'll come in handy given the run of fixtures coming up. But...but...don't forget, if you take out the games we lost we've had an undefeated start to the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 2 hours ago, Costanza said: We’ve signed some absolutely horrific strikers over recent years when you look at it - Fallon, Iwelumo, Morgan, Gormley, Johnstone, McFadden even, bloody hell. Cummins looks brilliant compared to that. Where’s Brian Graham when you need him? I was saying at the start of the summer I'd be okay with us signing Brian Graham. It's not that he's anything special, just that he'll get you goals at our level, and compared to many of our forward signings over the past few seasons he'd have been decent. It was obvious last season we were very short in terms of striking options, yet somehow we've actually come into this season worse off! Our good start to the season (results wise) probably masked a few flaws. Feel a bit sorry for Denny Johnstone, but another target man wasn't what was required, and like Kyle I would rather we had taken a punt on Habran as a completely different option. We still have probably one of the most productive midfields in terms of goals in the league, outwith celtic and possibly Aberdeen. It would just be great if we could have added the front player to kick on a wee bit. Let's hope there's some gem to come in in January (and we somehow manage to keep MOH). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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