There are other games this weekend!

[McTeeko]

6 minutes ago, ShedTA said:

Does bell get the match ball for that then?

He actually did! Durnan tweeted a pic of him in the car with the ball! ??

[ShedTA]

1 minute ago, McTeeko said:

He actually did! Durnan tweeted a pic of him in the car with the ball! ??

  nice one

[adamntg]

48 minutes ago, ShedTA said:

Does bell get the match ball for that then?

He was just interviewed on Arabzone with the ball. 

[Angus_Young]

Fuqing ##### that he is. Drops the baw in the net playing for us, saves three penalties playing for you swines

[ShedTA]

56 minutes ago, adamntg said:

He was just interviewed on Arabzone with the ball. 

Maybe there is some hope for the game after all...

[adamntg]

1 hour ago, Angus_Young said:

Fuqing ##### that he is. Drops the baw in the net playing for us, saves three penalties playing for you swines

Maybe you shouldn't condemn a man's career over one mistake?

[Hertsscot]

9 hours ago, Angus_Young said:

Fuqing ##### that he is. Drops the baw in the net playing for us, saves three penalties playing for you swines

I thought he was a decent keeper before he joined us, could still be.

[AberdeenAngus]

Despite significantly strengthening our attacking options Aberdeen continue to struggle to score goals.

Mixture of not creating chances as was the case in the 1st half yesterday or not taking chances as was the case in the 2nd half.

Plenty of work to be done and plenty of improvement in the team.

James Maddison is a player though. Think we'd better enjoy him until January 4th as I can't see Norwich not recalling him then. 

[Toepoke]

17 hours ago, kumnio said:

Killie have scored a great goal at Dens today, they were pretty poor up until then. 

Eat my goal!

 

 

Edited September 11, 2016 by Toepoke

[Angus_Young]

3 hours ago, Hertsscot said:

 

3 hours ago, Hertsscot said:

 

Ffs this quote function!!

Anyway I agree, it was of course a joke. Adam is another one with a permanent sad-on it seems

Edited September 11, 2016 by Angus_Young

[ErsatzThistle]

Former Aberdeen superstar Chris Maguire scored two for Oxford Utd yesterday.

Second one was a bit unusual.

http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/10573452/oxford-2-0-swindon

[SMcoolJ]

Really poor stuff from the Dons at the weekend.  First half was terrible.  

We've brought in some excellent players and McInnes strikes me as the kid on Xmas day who doesn't know which toy to play with first. McInnes doesn't know his best team or formation yet this season and that lack of consistency, cohesion, familiarity or system is costing our very dearly.  I would add that we also start games really badly.  No urgency or tempo. We only start playing in the last 15 minutes and by then it's hectic and our decision making is terrible because its' all a panic. To be fair, injuries to key players hasn't helped to some extent.

McInnes needs to settle on a formation, pick a team and stick with it.    

As someone said above above, the new lad Maddison looks a player.  Perhaps a little lightweight for our league, but plays with his head up and he ghosted through the ICT midfield a couple of times on Saturday.  

[Parklife]

Kenny McLean, please leave pittodrie and never return. An utter waste of a shirt every fecking game. 

[SMcoolJ]

4 minutes ago, Parklife said:

Kenny McLean, please leave pittodrie and never return. An utter waste of a shirt every fecking game. 

I didn't want to mention him because I thought I would sound like a broken record.  Within 2 mins of his Dons debut, a 19yo had the courage and wherewithal to do what McLean has failed to do in his entire tenure at Aberdeen. The fact that McInnes plays him almost every week really worries me.

[vanderark14]

1 minute ago, SMcoolJ said:

I didn't want to mention him because I thought I would sound like a broken record.  Within 2 mins of his Dons debut, a 19yo had the courage and wherewithal to do what McLean has failed to do in his entire tenure at Aberdeen. The fact that McInnes plays him almost every week really worries me.

Drop McLean for Storie, Storie looked good when McInnes was forced to play him last season but we a know Mcinnes's record with youth is honkng

[SMcoolJ]

Just now, vanderark14 said:

Drop McLean for Storie, Storie looked good when McInnes was forced to play him last season but we a know Mcinnes's record with youth is honkng

Completely agree - Storie was in my suggested team for Saturday.

[hannibal smith]

Good display from Hearts at the weekend with a deserved three points.

Watt can be a very frustrating player trying to do it all himself and faded out of the game after getting booked for a ridiculous dive after he was caught. 

Paterson was a right moany faced bassa at the weekend, berating his own players when it was his fault and trying to score bicycle kicks on three occasions when a header would have been a better option.

Good to see Nicholson having a impact off the bench and Walker, Cowie and Souttar were all excellent.

 

[Parklife]

6 minutes ago, vanderark14 said:

Drop McLean for Storie, Storie looked good when McInnes was forced to play him last season but we a know Mcinnes's record with youth is honkng

 

3 minutes ago, SMcoolJ said:

Completely agree - Storie was in my suggested team for Saturday.

Yup. A current frontline of: 

                Storie  Shinnie

McGinn      Maddison       Hayes

                   Rooney 

Is a no-brainer. Won't happen though. 

[vanderark14]

I only saw the highlights, that miss from Stockley was shocking.

I'm not sure what Stockley brings yet, I've not been impressed by anything he's done so far 

[Pool Q]

4 hours ago, hannibal smith said:

Good display from Hearts at the weekend with a deserved three points.

Watt can be a very frustrating player trying to do it all himself and faded out of the game after getting booked for a ridiculous dive after he was caught. 

Paterson was a right moany faced bassa at the weekend, berating his own players when it was his fault and trying to score bicycle kicks on three occasions when a header would have been a better option.

Good to see Nicholson having a impact off the bench and Walker, Cowie and Souttar were all excellent.

 

I thought we were ordinary at best for much of the game, with Paterson and Watt preening themselves after their inclusion in the Scotland squad, and too many others strolling about as if we were somehow entitled to the win. We aren't nearly good enough for that; Hamilton got stuck in and were on course to get something from the game until Watt and Sammon were hooked and Nicholson (in particular) came on. Watt was awful, coming deep for the ball then and just running like a headless chicken at the opposition, failing hopelessly in his attempts to run right through the middle of their defence, ignoring players in good positions. As a result Cowie ended up at outside left several times, and looked bemused by the whole thing, the team had no shape. As soon as Watt went off we started to play simple football, got it wide to Nicholson and won the game from there. Watt has talent but needs to learn to play for the team. Good result in the end though.

[adamntg]

On 9/11/2016 at 11:56 AM, Angus_Young said:

Ffs this quote function!!

Anyway I agree, it was of course a joke. Adam is another one with a permanent sad-on it seems 

Whit, me?  What have I done?

[AberdeenAngus]

9 hours ago, vanderark14 said:

I only saw the highlights, that miss from Stockley was shocking.

I'm not sure what Stockley brings yet, I've not been impressed by anything he's done so far 

Stockley's shot was blocked. Burns and Considine misses were worse. Not sure they didn't show Considine's in the highlights.

[Rossy]

The slow march towards the inevitable end for McInnes continues.

He ran out of ideas around the end of March, and our performances in the last 3 months of football have been beyond awful.

Despite a bit of tombola playing in the transfer market, he's been unable to rectify our 3 main problems ;

-a complete reliance on Hayes and McGinn to create chances and on Rooney to score them. Hence we have a plan A, and nothing else.

-a useless central midfield that doesn;t score goals, create chances, or do anything to stop the opposition scoring.

-a hopeless central defence that, as Foran correctly pointed out, is there for the taking.

It's obvious that apathy has already set in around the Dons support, with a general acceptance that we're facing a season of abject performances and insipid draws. That apathy could turn a bit more angry if/when we lose to Rangers at home and get turfed out of the League Cup by Saints. 

I'm grateful to McInnes for what he's done for the club, but every manager has a sell-by date. His is approaching, fast.

[SMcoolJ]

22 hours ago, vanderark14 said:

I only saw the highlights, that miss from Stockley was shocking.

I'm not sure what Stockley brings yet, I've not been impressed by anything he's done so far 

I thought Stokley's shot was blocked to be fair, but i haven't seen the highlights. I actually like him.  I think i prefer him to Rooney at the moment.  He at least has the sense to realise he can't score from impossible positions and tries to bring other's into the game.  Not sure what Storey has done wrong either, might be an idea to start with some pace up front now and again?