YassinMoutaouakil Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Incredibly meh but winnable 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 (edited) Agree with @YassinMoutaouakil Edited November 29, 2021 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Massive mehhhhh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP_81 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Inverness at home in the cup gives me the fear tbh. Hopefully our good team turns up that day and then we can get a good wee away day in the next round. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 An utterly pointless post, but I've just realised Graham Alexander is the 2nd oldest manager in the division. Had literally no idea he was older than Malky MacKay. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 1 minute ago, RandomGuy. said: An utterly pointless post, but I've just realised Graham Alexander is the 2nd oldest manager in the division. Had literally no idea he was older than Malky MacKay. I hadn’t thought about it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 I feel myself physically ageing while I watch his football. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 7 minutes ago, ropy said: I hadn’t thought about it Yeah I imagine most normal people don't tbh, I end up down some weird rabbit holes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Just now, RandomGuy. said: Yeah I imagine most normal people don't tbh, I end up down some weird rabbit holes. I hadn't thought about it til you mentioned it. He was 49 when he got the job which doesn't feel particularly old in management terms (nor does 50 tbh). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 I came on to say how underwhelmed I am by the cup draw only to be thoroughly depressed by the news that I'm older (slightly) than Graham Alexander. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 47 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Yeah I imagine most normal people don't tbh, I end up down some weird rabbit holes. Do you have the xAge of the entire league management cohort? I am trying to think which spreadsheet you were compiling when you found yourself in that rabbit hole. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapowzer Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Candles:Cake Ratio 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil86 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 12 hours ago, JamesP_81 said: Inverness at home in the cup gives me the fear tbh. Hopefully our good team turns up that day and then we can get a good wee away day in the next round. Ross county vibes from a few years back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 32 minutes ago, Neil86 said: Ross county vibes from a few years back. ICT vibes will be enough to be going on with - they've knocked us out twice at Fir Park I think..and I'm still seething about McGhee thinking it was a great idea to drop Moult for tactical reasons last time. Morton on the other hand.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desp Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 13 hours ago, well fan for life said: I feel myself physically ageing while I watch his football. I've come to terms that I'll never really like him and I'll always be two games away from wanting him punted. Pressure's on tonight... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Desp said: I've come to terms that I'll never really like him and I'll always be two games away from wanting him punted. Pressure's on tonight... Even when we win I am sceptical. Aberdeen have been woefully inconsistent all season and I'm not sure how much of the Hearts result was down to our tactics and how much was down to Hearts being completely pish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapowzer Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Thanks BBC, would like to see a wee switchup, won't be anything other than a 4-3-3 though. Appreciate Donnelly has been injured before Covid was a growth in a petri dish ..... and out of form when we have seen him this year. Would be nice to actually see SOD in his preferred position before fully writing him off. McGinley is dugmeat. Still reckon that lineup has two that are still crocked and one is out of favour. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Thanks BBC, would like to see a wee switchup, won't be anything other than a 4-3-3 though. Appreciate Donnelly has been injured before Covid was a growth in a petri dish ..... and out of form when we have seen him this year. Would be nice to actually see SOD in his preferred position before fully writing him off. McGinley is dugmeat. Still reckon that lineup has two that are still crocked and one is out of favour. This would be my line up (or similar) every week. I have no idea why we persist with 4-3-3 when our squad is arguably better equipped for 5-3-2. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Trying to imagine Stephen Robinson's reaction if he logged on to see us complaining about how Dundee have our number and begging his successor to go to a 3-5-2. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 hour ago, well fan for life said: Even when we win I am sceptical. Aberdeen have been woefully inconsistent all season and I'm not sure how much of the Hearts result was down to our tactics and how much was down to Hearts being completely pish. I think he's won enough games since he's been in the job for me to be comfortable that he's a competent enough manager. So that's nice. I think broadly his signings have been fine as well. Especially compared to Robinson's lucky dip approach. The Alexander signings that we've not seen much of are the ones that I think we all realised were punts from the moment they were announced. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that the players who have been an issue form-wise have been the ones that Alexander inherited (while there are also clearly players who were already here that he's got far more of a tune from than Robinson ever did). Generally I like the cut of his jib but, I think I've mentioned this before, I find his lack of identifiable style a bit weird. Like, I think it was @Swello pointed out that his style is "just-fucking-win" but for a manager who's 400+ games deep in his career to not really be able to get an idea of how he wants the game to be played is unusual. As I said, Robinson hit a point where he was desperate to tell everyone how he thought the game should be played and what he wanted his team to look like. For all everyone's banging on about the 433, I took a quick look at his last full season at Salford and while Transfermarkt isn't exactly reliable on this sort of stuff I'd imagine at least some of it is accurate. Basically there are a pile of different formations - back 5s, back 3s, 442s along with one or two 433s. Go figure. The full page is here if you want a look. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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