Gorgie greatness Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Irrespective of Thursday’s result if he doesn’t start his strongest team Sunday he’ll hear it from the fans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 1 minute ago, Gorgie greatness said: Irrespective of Thursday’s result if he doesn’t start his strongest team Sunday he’ll hear it from the fans. Everyone has a different idea about what the strongest team is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonty Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 On 18/08/2024 at 14:32, Der Panzer said: Is Aberdeens first choice midfield not basically the same as the one that scraped to avoid relegation last year? Looking at the Aberdeen side I’d say you look weaker than last season with the loss of Hoilett and Miovski - albeit you’ve strengthened in goal. Pleasing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC92 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 You could maybe put Dundee/Falkirk down to bad days at the office due to the nature of the goals/amount of changes. Today was just fundamentally abysmal. Last season we were a largely dull team who was successful by being solid defensively, rarely making errors and hardly ever conceding from set pieces. I'm not writing Salazar and (especially) Taylor off yet but they introduced those errors and lack of positional discipline today. All three goals can be directly attributed to the two of them. The other reason we were successful was Shankland having an incredible season, but we were very obviously over-reliant on him for goals. Even though this was our biggest area for improvement, not a thing seems to have been done about it in the summer. Dhanda and Spittal have been signed despite the manager apparently not having a clue what he wants to do with them. The first issue is pretty fixable with what we have. Penrice has looked steady and will probably come back in. That hardly moves us on compared to last season though. The second issue is not, and if Shankland has even a mediocre season we're in big trouble unless we can add some more quality in the next week. We started the summer with guaranteed money coming in and all of our best players under contract. 3 months later it looks like we have - at best - added a few solid squad players and maybe some guys with potential. Early days, but it's looking like another wasted opportunity. As for Naismith, he was successful in building a solid foundation last year and he got some leeway for the dull football because results were good. That leeway is evaporating rapidly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Looks like hearts may finish closer to 4th than 2nd this season. 10 point gap to 4th maybe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford Bridge Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 @Elixir @Kyle Reese @SEETHING 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazelle83 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 On 18/08/2024 at 21:32, Der Panzer said: Is Aberdeens first choice midfield not basically the same as the one that scraped to avoid relegation last year? Looking at the Aberdeen side I’d say you look weaker than last season with the loss of Hoilett and Miovski - albeit you’ve strengthened in goal. Nilsen, heskinen and palaversa replaced Barron and Hoilett. Palaversa is unknown but he's went for 7 million before so must be decent. Nilsen and Heskinen are huge upgrades. Polvara was excellent towards the end of last season and Clarkson for me is the best player outside the old firm, when not managed by Robson or Warnock. We've had decent midfields in recent years - severin Nicholson, flood Robson, shinnie jack McLean but this is the strongest we've been in there for decades. Biggest difference is the manager, after Robson Warnock and Goodwin we deserve thelin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 It's not the best start to the season but Killie have played 3 lost 3, never scored a goal and let in 9. So it could be worse. They were feeling quite optimistic as well after the season they had. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STFU_Donny Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 5 minutes ago, gazelle83 said: Nilsen, heskinen and palaversa replaced Barron and Hoilett. Palaversa is unknown but he's went for 7 million before so must be decent. Nilsen and Heskinen are huge upgrades. Polvara was excellent towards the end of last season and Clarkson for me is the best player outside the old firm, when not managed by Robson or Warnock. We've had decent midfields in recent years - severin Nicholson, flood Robson, shinnie jack McLean but this is the strongest we've been in there for decades. Biggest difference is the manager, after Robson Warnock and Goodwin we deserve thelin. Keskinen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Play Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Is it too simplistic to say Naismith is not a very good coach / manager and that Shankland carried the team last season? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 1 hour ago, Shadow Play said: Is it too simplistic to say Naismith is not a very good coach / manager and that Shankland carried the team last season? Well aye, very much so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Play Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Tony Wonder said: Well aye, very much so. That’s what I thought. ETA I’m going to give it the first round of games before I start thinking that. Edited August 25 by Shadow Play 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonty Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Shankland has always been a streaky player, going back to when he was in Aberdeen reserves. I’d be worried that the 2024/25 Shankland is actually the more authentic one. Hes got a massive attitude problem, another thing he has carried his whole career. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Panzer Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 4 hours ago, jonty said: Pleasing. Still very early days - I’d say the most surprising thing has been the incompetence of Hearts. Aberdeens favourable fixture list has seen them consistently play teams tired from European adventures and a rotten St Johnstone - sterner tests to come for the Dandies but an encouraging start. Enjoy it while it lasts though - 100% 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 3 hours ago, gazelle83 said: Palaversa is unknown but he's went for 7 million before so must be decent. This logic is flawed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonty Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 I agree Aberdeen have had a kind start, and shouldn’t get carried away. But don’t be thinking this is just your standard decent start to the season from an also ran. Our manager knows what he is doing, we have one defeat (on pens) in 18. The most expensive signing outside the old firm since the 90’s, plus a 7million Croatian, and 2million striker. Our best signing tho has for me been nillson, what a player. And our keeper isn’t bad either. Strength in depth with Polvara and Clarkson due back soon. Our youth’s won the league last year too. Lost our best player but now have a big financial reserve, which we are using. Im told one more big signing for Aberdeen incoming this week…. Chin up chaps… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 1 hour ago, jonty said: I agree Aberdeen have had a kind start, and shouldn’t get carried away. But don’t be thinking this is just your standard decent start to the season from an also ran. Our manager knows what he is doing, we have one defeat (on pens) in 18. The most expensive signing outside the old firm since the 90’s, plus a 7million Croatian, and 2million striker. Our best signing tho has for me been nillson, what a player. And our keeper isn’t bad either. Strength in depth with Polvara and Clarkson due back soon. Our youth’s won the league last year too. Lost our best player but now have a big financial reserve, which we are using. Im told one more big signing for Aberdeen incoming this week…. Chin up chaps… Sounds a lot like you are getting carried away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdyteejay Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 1 hour ago, jonty said: I agree Aberdeen have had a kind start, and shouldn’t get carried away. But don’t be thinking this is just your standard decent start to the season from an also ran. Our manager knows what he is doing, we have one defeat (on pens) in 18. The most expensive signing outside the old firm since the 90’s, plus a 7million Croatian, and 2million striker. Our best signing tho has for me been nillson, what a player. And our keeper isn’t bad either. Strength in depth with Polvara and Clarkson due back soon. Our youth’s won the league last year too. Lost our best player but now have a big financial reserve, which we are using. Im told one more big signing for Aberdeen incoming this week…. Chin up chaps… You’ll finish 3rd at best. Nothing to get excited about until we get rid of the 2 erse cheeks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonty Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 23 minutes ago, kdyteejay said: You’ll finish 3rd at best. Nothing to get excited about until we get rid of the 2 erse cheeks. “They were doing cartwheels in the dressing room about getting a point. It really disappointed me that…” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC92 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Aberdeen fans seem pretty gleeful at inheriting The Curse of Third. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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