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    Aberdeen v Ross County (Sat, 30th March)

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    16 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said:

    2nd goal is an example of what we’ve missed so much of from Duk this season (partly his form and partly the lack of any creative width in the squad). 

    Don’t think anyone else picks the ball up with back to goal and rolls the defender so we’re actually in behind a defence. 

    He also wants to get to the byline every time. The other wide players want to cut back on to their strong foot as soon as they get near the box.

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    Aberdeen v Ross County (Sat, 30th March)

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    3 minutes ago, DrewDon said:

    That is a good result, but wasn't a good performance. We did start strongly and finish well enough, though, so willing to just about overlook the pretty dire hour or so in the middle.

    Ross County, by and large, looked superior in possession, created better angles, and looked more convincing when progressing the ball than we did.

    Still, with the state we are in, the result is really the only thing that matters.

    There wasn't a huge amount of quality in our performance, but plenty of determination from the likes of Devlin, Shinnie and Mackenzie to get us over the line. Clarkson and McGrath became more influential when Polvara came on. Duk made a big difference, and just changed the dynamics of the game by giving us that direct option over and behind. 

    On a more negative note, I'm pleased we didn't dive into giving Gartenmann a permanent deal. He has had the odd good game, and started the season promisingly, but I have seen more than enough now to suggest we should be trying our luck elsewhere. Just bullied by Murray far too often today, and you can't be risking that when most teams in this division will play with that profile of forward. You could say the same for Jensen, although he is tied to a permanent and I can't see a big queue to take him off our hands. We probably need three new centre-backs in the summer. 

    Hopefully we can get at least four points from the next six available. I didn't see enough today to suggest that we will necessarily do that, and it still wouldn't surprise me too much if we end up getting like one point from the next two games or something, but we have found a way to win two games that could - and maybe should - very easily have been draws, so that in itself is an achievement for this team. 

    Couldn't agree more. Takes 4 touches before he decides what to do. By that time any passing angle is gone.

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    The Famous Aberdeen - Season 2022/23

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    11 minutes ago, DrewDon said:

    Obviously social media wasn't as ubiquitous when we appointed McInnes, but I do wonder what the reaction would have been to rumours that we were about to appoint a guy who had been sacked by Bristol City having succumbed to a club record run of consecutive defeats, and didn't exactly have a reputation for playing 'exciting football' in Scotland. Then again, maybe our expectations were slightly lower over a decade ago now. 

    I remember it well. The forums were disappointed. It couldn't have been more of a 'meh' type appointment for me than it was.

    24 months later I'd have let him have a go on my wife, guided him in and lit his cigarette for him afterwards.

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    The Famous Aberdeen - Season 2022/23

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    42 minutes ago, DrewDon said:

    I don't really understand the fervent opposition to O'Neill, in all honesty. I suppose I can kind of understand wanting a more exciting or inspiring name, but I never see anybody really nail down what they mean by that, other than perhaps somebody foreign who hasn't worked in Scotland before. 

    I can understand why Burrows is saying that we are an attractive proposition in his interview, but at the same time, we are still relegation-threatened, have had three (discounting Warnock) unsuccessful managers in a row, we need major squad surgery in the summer along with likely losing our best player, and carry the potential for a disruptive restructure. So I think there has to be a bit of realism about the quality of candidate that will be putting themselves forward, especially when you see from McInnes that a good body of work up here maybe doesn't count for too much elsewhere. 

    We are currently a high-risk job, but without too much of a high reward for the manager who does take it, even if he gets us into Europe and maybe wins us a trophy.

    Let's be honest, we're in a similar situation to where we were when McInnes took over and that's the type of appointment we will make.

    We're past the point where we are an attractive proposition for any manager who's on the way up. The time to appointment an 'exciting' type was when Glass or Goodwin were being replaced.

    We're needing someone to come in and do what Derek did in the first couple of years but not be so focused on signing English lower league players.

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    The Famous Aberdeen - Season 2022/23

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    19 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said:

    I’d rather they just provided substantive information. I’m more miserable than most, so there’s a happy medium. But I always thought cormack talked too much about what he was going to do and what he wanted. That might sound wise after the fact, but fairly certain I’ll be on record on here saying it at the time. 

    The case in point was there document about style of play etc, a garbage piece of work with absolutely nothing substantive in terms of delivery. Just a fantasy wish list of things fans like to hear. 

    Exactly.

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    The Famous Aberdeen - Season 2022/23

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    15 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said:

    As someone who doesn’t cry about their lack of statements I do agree with you. 

    But given the bedwetting about a lot of this I get why they went with a more intimate interview instead of a statement. 

    Was mostly a big nothing though, a 2 paragraph statement could’ve provided the same level of relevant information. 

    TBF to the maniacs, I see their point.

    Both are very active on social media when it's going well.

    It wouldn't bother me if they never post but can't really have it both ways.

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