54_and_counting Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 40 minutes ago, GroundskeeperWillie said: There was mention earlier about clubs like Limassol finding foreign imports easily and questioning why clubs like Aberdeen don't do likewise. From an international standpoint, flooding the league with foreigners has been done before and didn't work for the national team and to be fair, one of the brightest sparks of the game was Scott Wright when he came on. Guessing that Aberdeen can pay the same wages as Cypriot teams, so id say the climate plays a big part, f**k playing in the pishing rain when you can get same money sunning it up in Cyprus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdTheDuck Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 49 minutes ago, GroundskeeperWillie said: Having watched the game, agree with this 100 per cent. Could tell pretty quickly that Aberdeen were never going to get through, Stewart/Logan consistently done by Jander (that first goal in particular...) and the first half hoofball up to Stockley was predictable. As much as the heat was a factor, the fitness of some players was dubious to say the least. Greg Stewart in particular looks to be carrying excess baggage, and looked completely fucked about 50 minutes in. And Kenny McLean's first touch was a tackle (the keeper would have at least been tested if that through ball from Maynard found anyone but McLean). There was mention earlier about clubs like Limassol finding foreign imports easily and questioning why clubs like Aberdeen don't do likewise. From an international standpoint, flooding the league with foreigners has been done before and didn't work for the national team and to be fair, one of the brightest sparks of the game was Scott Wright when he came on. Frankly, f**k the National team, I could not care less. If seeing Aberdeen in particular and Scottish clubs like Hearts, Hibs & the Saints do better in Europe meant filling them with Eastern European mercenaries at the expense of "local lads" then show me where to vote for it? In the meantime start copying whatever it is they do in Macedonia and Croatia to produce good national players and we can re-stock with Jocks in 10 - 15 years time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Same year strachan took celtic to last 16 of the champions league and rangers made the uefa cup final, scotland had a cracking season in europe that year, amazing the downturn in following seasons, The same season that Scotland beat France in Paris too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kneetrembler Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Another decent summer of away trips. The Dons were pretty shite tonight, just didn't seem at it all.Anyway, I have enjoyed the run to the 3rd qualification round again and I have avoided getting battered or pepper sprayed. Happy days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 17 minutes ago, 54_and_counting said: Same year strachan took celtic to last 16 of the champions league and rangers made the uefa cup final, scotland had a cracking season in europe that year, amazing the downturn in following seasons, 6 minutes ago, accies1874 said: The same season that Scotland beat France in Paris too Same season that QOS made the Scottish Cup final Can`t quite remember who we beat in the semi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Utterly pathetic showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastermind Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 What a state for those Aberdeen fans to get themselves into after the game. Seething messes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingboots Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Extremely disappointing performance. Deserved f**k all out of the game and that's exactly what we got. Happy to take any of the GIRUY's that I'm sure are floating around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmothecat2 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Sevco fans desperately trying to pretend this is somehow similar to their humiliation in the first qualifying round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 [emoji38] Sevco fans humiliation Ftfy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Agree that Scottish clubs spend way too much on pish from the English lower leagues but not really buying that clubs like Motherwell and Saints could snap up hunners of talent from Eastern European leagues because they'd pay a lot more tbh. It's just guesswork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 UEFA hand out too much money to clubs that are successful in Europe and that fucks up the domestic league so it's best all round that Aberdeen got knocked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 UEFA hand out too much money to clubs that are successful in Europe and that fucks up the domestic league so it's best all round that Aberdeen got knocked out. I'd like to thank hearts for doing their bit to keep things nice and balanced domestically for so long.#selfless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 I wonder if Apollon fancy swapping Jander for Andy Considine. Who needs a Brazilian left-back that can glide past people, when you can have a centre-half that takes four touches to get the ball under control, before hoofing it somewhere hoping for a red shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTaxMan Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 10 hours ago, 54_and_counting said: Guessing that Aberdeen can pay the same wages as Cypriot teams, so id say the climate plays a big part, f**k playing in the pishing rain when you can get same money sunning it up in Cyprus I think you're guessing wrong there, Cypriot teams have signed guys who have been at English premier league teams so would imagine their wage structure far outstrips what Aberdeen can offer. Horrible heat and too early in the season big contributers to Aberdeen going out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
List_of_Jericho Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 I'm stating the obvious but the only way for our sides to avoid playing these qualifiers in the future is to start winning them for a couple of seasons. I don't think starting the season any earlier would make much difference either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jmothecat2 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Jesus, is that the punch that started it all or is that after the fighting had already begun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 30 minutes ago, Elixir said: What a vulgar display of power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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