The Gable Endie

It was a very indifferent display from both teams and not the reaction I was looking for following Tuesday. I thought starting Batchelor was bemusing but to be fair to him he did much more than Kane who just sulked. Hopefully Cammy isn’t out for long if we are going to have any chance of making playoffs. IMO we need to make a couple of signings in every department if we want to properly have a hack at the league next year.

That was a good point and all going well we beat Edinburgh and go 4 points clear of cove.

Our startling lack of pace was exposed brutally today, especially with the centre back pairing of Quinn and Dillon we didn’t stand a chance. Personally I’m not convinced with Gill, there’s been a couple of goals past few weeks he could’ve done much better on so hopefully we bring in another gk this summer to make that position more competitive again. I think we need a CB that has a bit of pace for these type of games so we don’t just fold and obviously a new CM is needed.

There goes our playoff hopes.

I presume then that Batchelor will be gone in the summer, shame it didn’t work out.

I don’t see how Cove can sustain their league position and hybrid status with a pitiful home support like that especially in a crunch game which meant a lot for both sides. They really need to offer something else apart from being Aberdeen’s second club.

Is there a pay at the gate option at Balmoral?

Apart from a 5 minute spell in the first half we were by far the better team and deserved the 3 points. It’s also nice to be hitting form at the business end of the season for once especially with Blair and Webby being on fire at the moment.

When he went back he was injured, so I think that explains his absence from match day squads or him not being loaned out yet but my feeling is that we are not going to bring anybody in until the summer.

Fuming about not getting Ballantyne, I think it probably comes down to a lack of funds after we splurged out for Hester.

He’s been getting on really well and really starting to learn his craft under Dillon’s stewardship. Possibly the main thing for him to work on is his distribution but otherwise he is a solid defender who should have a fair crack at Dundee I think

Get him on a contract till the end of the season, and then at the end of that he will have been back playing football and will have options at FT level I think.

Good to see Hermiston signing his first pro contract. Out of all the kids coming through the academy in recent seasons he has looked by far the best. Who knows maybe he will be the next Martin Boyle?!

I thought with the XI we managed to put out we did reasonably well. I think only conceding one with a 40 year old CB is good work! Hermiston impressed more than competing with their centre back paring in the air, remember he’s only 17 and I am sure we will keep him around the squad. Stirling’s red card was a stonewaller and I hope the grown Stirling fans are proud of themselves for the torrent of abuse they gave Craig (who’s only 16).

Game was the same as the conditions, dire. But that’s a goal and a penalty won by young Hermiston in his last two games so I expect we will see more of him. Speaks volumes he’s getting put on over Batchelor though. We have to find a loan for Batchelor in January in my opinion.

Don’t think so, got a comfy day job i believe

I don’t think I would be too bothered if SP went, I would be really concerned though if Ross followed him as I have always seen Ross as the natural successor to SP

I looked at our bench last night and I thought there was no one that could win the game coming off the bench and that proved correct. It makes the decision to let CJ go even more bemusing. All in all we more than matched them in the 1st half but they went up a gear in the 2nd half and that was the difference between the teams.

I’m pretty confident for this one, the squad is a lot more settled now and Kerr coming back from injury is a big boost. Also I’ve seen some Falkirk fans make some pretty negative comments about Ryan Williamson. I agree he doesn’t look the best on the ball but otherwise he has been superb for us so far!

Score line might not show it but it was a great game for the neutral! I think Steevesy might have a bit of trouble getting back in the team with Matheus playing the way he is currently, Matheus looks so composed and confident on the ball. Also nice to see Webby starting to get his form back.

I thought Gardyne playing a bit deeper worked a treat because it’s clear his ability to spray the ball around the pitch is immense.

How was the Mo performance? I think Rory leaving may be a blessing in disguise as it allows us to go back to a much more familiar shape with much more width as we were practically forced to play two up top with Kane and Rory to keep them happy.

Any ideas on the fee?

Probably allows us to get the ball out to the wings more which is an area of the quad we are particularly strong in. Hopefully reinforcements in midfield and maybe a centre back

Problem is Waddell is on crutches half the time