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  1. I'm not so sure about that, they were very physical which suits Dykes and it could have been viewed as a potential confidence booster for him. As time went on though it became very clear he is well off it at the moment and he should probably have come off earlier. Needs a move imo and should not start for us right now. Contrastingly I'm actually pleased Clarke didn't hook Patterson, who was keen but poor on the night. Despite having a bad game he kept trying to do the right things. It's also quite likely we'll need him come the summer as Hickey is at best touch and go. Hooking him at the half or on 60, as many would have done, would have only served to total his confidence further and really in a friendly what would be the point?
  2. I can't disagree particularly with anything you've said. However, one of the big differences between him and I think a lot of the people around him at Man Utd right now is he has a growth mindset. He is not their very best passer, however he is improving quite rapidly and put someone through for a goal at the weekend alongside a bunch of other intelligent build up play. He maybe didn't play well in those Scotland games but he is a far better player now than he was then. He has had his bad games too obviously, including occasionally this season, but the trend is clear. If you couldn't see his worth against one of the world's best club teams last weekend you're blind imo.
  3. To be honest I think his star is on the rise at Man United. Yesterday was just about the best I've ever seen him play for them and the place was rocking. He seems to have a lot more license to get forward which is definitely helping.
  4. On the slip side, it sounds like a rare good decision about a player's fitness. Folk playing when they don't have belief in their own body just leads to damaged confidence and more injuries as they fail to commit to stuff on the field.
  5. I don't disagree but on reflection it wasn't really the rumours I was referring to. Cormack said interviews were being held last week but I'm not sure he could have interviewed Docherty last week. Maybe he could have interviewed him after our game, but still a huge conflict and I would imagine there would be something out there about how upset we were about if that were that the case. Cormack could be talking pish but he seemed to indicate there was a candidate and a permanent appointment coming very soon. If that's the case I doubt it's Doc, although it may be that Warnock walked because he heard he had no chance of being given the job perm, and Doc is coming at the end of the season. Basically Aberdoon are a shit show and deserve some time at the seaside to reflect.
  6. Thankfully I don't think the Doc is likely. The timelines don't line up given our game against them midweek. If it happens it will be at the end of the season but that hasn't been the rumour.
  7. For me at lot of it was Portales' anticipation. Always being in the place where the poor pass is going looks effortless but it rarely is.
  8. I thought Costelloe was good as well. The only negative for us tonight is we couldn't score from open play.
  9. Wow, that has got to be the worst Aberdeen performance I've ever seen. Absolutely chronic. Having Portales back huge for us. Didn't give them a sniff. VAR handballs are silly.
  10. I understand what you mean but the thing is 30 mins jogging is going to do next to nothing for a pro athlete's fitness save for keeping them ticking over. I'm a complete amateur and I run 30 minutes just to recover from harder sessions. It might be for just that, maintaining their aerobic fitness a bit while keeping their legs moving so they are not stiff the next day, but if they want to burn extra stored carbs some of those laps will have to be hard efforts.
  11. I think the stuff above was just tongue in cheek when I raised similar points to you. It's literally "my uncle works for Nintendo.". I also think it's likely that the national team has quite a strong culture. The positives will outweigh the negatives but if it has got out of hand Clarke needs to get it under. I doubt he will struggle to do so. The most likely explanation regarding Elliot in my view is that "uncomfortable" just meant that he wasn't ready to be there for a number of reasons, it's one thing showing up at the table but another to go all in.
  12. To be clear it's not that I don't believe you. That guy has had a lot of splinters up his arse in his time so I'm sure he has experience. He may have his reasons wrong or it may be nutritional 3D chess. Thinking it through an average Premier League footballer is going to be carrying far more muscle mass than an endurance athlete so can store more glycogen and will burn it off quicker. Premier League clubs are likely giving out carbs in prescribed portions based on weight, muscle mass and likely minutes. I very much doubt many Scottish clubs have the resources to implement stuff like this well although most of our national team players will be at clubs that do and you can go a long way as an enthusiastic amateur. Regardless if they are burning off carbs I bet it will be intervals of some sort. Jogging round in a circle is not going to help much. Please note - Scottish clubs if you are reading this you can have me for a meager 100k a year. I have read Advanced Marathoning twice.
  13. Knowing a bit about the physiology of endurance I'm a little surprised to hear that players carb load before games. Muscle stored glycogen will last about 90 minutes for most people and gel before the game and at half time could supplement it. I would imagine loading would just make players feel heavy and 30 minutes of running is not going to help much, unless they are all doing sprints? If you had two games in four days at a tournament that would make more sense. Or maybe they are just doing it so they have the carbs for training on the Monday. Anyway the upshot is I would imagine that running is a lot more to do with keeping players' bodies moving than it is about shifting glycogen. There is a reason serious athletes run to recover.
  14. What a hit to win it as well. A beauty in contrast to that hideous green away strip. A very good evening's entertainment Lol. Lmao.
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