Frank Grimes Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Another cautious draw on the cards because we can’t score from open play and the only striker we have that can actually put the ball in the net isn’t getting a start FFS, this season is going to be long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Absolute stick on 1-1. We'll score from a penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Don’t fancy our chances. But I didn’t fancy our chances last season when we won so who knows. 🤷🏿♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Another cautious draw on the cards because we can’t score from open play and the only striker we have that can actually put the ball in the net isn’t getting a start FFS, this season is going to be long We’re really not that bad. Give them a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said: We’re really not that bad. Give them a chance. Domestically we’ve only been good against St Mirren Other performances have been very underwhelming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 To be honest we have (imho) been unlucky in our losses to Hamilton and Hearts. Both games we deserved something from. Hibs away was a deserved defeat. Our problems seem similar to those of Aberdeen going by comments above. We have a decent amount of possession and create chances but right now we are struggling to score. Whoever scores first in this game will not go onto lose. Aberdeen score and I expect them to walk away with 3 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Frank Grimes said: Domestically we’ve only been good against St Mirren Other performances have been very underwhelming To be fair (I’m what most Aberdeen fans would call a happy clapper) we haven’t had a chance to put out our strongest team yet this season. We have James Wilson, who is untried here but may turn out to be our saviour up front, or Bruce Anderson, who after yesterday may get a start next week if Wilson doesn’t get a full weeks training. I could see one of them playing alongside Sam Cosgrove, who made a huge difference to us yesterday right from the start of the second half. Frank Ross has looked more than decent when he’s been fit this season, and really frustrating that Scott Wright has been injured since his superb showing against St Mirren. We’re due Motherwell a defeat after last season, but who knows. 3.1 to the Reds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 Da ken Joey I’m a bawhair away from def con bed wetting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 2 hours ago, welldaft said: To be honest we have (imho) been unlucky in our losses to Hamilton and Hearts. Both games we deserved something from. Hibs away was a deserved defeat. Our problems seem similar to those of Aberdeen going by comments above. We have a decent amount of possession and create chances but right now we are struggling to score. Whoever scores first in this game will not go onto lose. Aberdeen score and I expect them to walk away with 3 points. Where did you get the idea from that we create chances ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 33 minutes ago, Bob Mahelp said: Where did you get the idea from that we create chances ? He must have seen our match against St Mirren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Big game for us, especially with Hibs in the League Cup and Celtic at Parkhead immediately to follow. One win from five so far isn't good enough, so we need to get three points here. I'd like to see us switching to a more ambitious 4-4-2 from kick-off. I don't think the 4-2-3-1 has worked for us domestically this season. Hopefully we can grind out a win, but our lack of creativity and guile from open play has me fearing a draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 I’ve got a ticket for Parkhead Must be out my fucking mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Would like a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I'm hoping that McInnes mimics last season and doesn't remember that he's got a better squad than us and continues to fanny about trying to match the physicality rather than playing his normal game. The game at Pittodrie last season was probably a bigger example of this than the Cup semi was - and co-incedentally was one of our best league performances of the season. As frustrating as Saturday's game was, I'm far from downhearted about it - quite looking forward to this and I'll be heading up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussellAnderson Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 First of three matches over my birthday week. I can see us drawing all three of them. Play Anderson and May from the start, go on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casagolda Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I wouldn’t subscribe to the theory we’ve been unlucky, we’ve failed to score in 3 of our 5 league games and haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of them. You struggle to score goals at one end while chucking daft ones in at the other you’ve got no one to blame but yourself. Our lack of goals isn’t anything new and has been a problem since Moult left(and Tanner’s knee gave way). It’s at the other end where uncharacteristically we keep shooting ourselves in the foot though. Daft individual errors are costing us with McHugh, Hartley and Carson all culpable so far this season. It is fine margins and we’ve been in most games right till the end, however a lack of quality in the final third combined with our recent inability to keep a clean sheet is absolutely killing us at the minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betting competition Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Far too much negative from Aberdeen fans at the moment but we really are not getting much luck with injuries at the moment. 8 players missing against St Johnstone and about half of them what be on the bench but any team outside Celtic would struggle to get results with nearly a team out injured/suspended. I do think the time to judge how the season is going to go is when we have played everyone in the league but we do need to start getting results now. Noticed a tweet from Here we Go podcast Aberdeen Points after 5 games: 2013/14 - 7 points 2014/15 - 6 points 2015/16 - 15 points 2016/17 - 6 points 2017/18 - 13 points 2018/19 - 6 points McInnes team are slow starters in the league so lets not panic just yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Three words: f**k the 'Well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 14 minutes ago, Casagolda said: I wouldn’t subscribe to the theory we’ve been unlucky, we’ve failed to score in 3 of our 5 league games and haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of them. You struggle to score goals at one end while chucking daft ones in at the other you’ve got no one to blame but yourself. Our lack of goals isn’t anything new and has been a problem since Moult left(and Tanner’s knee gave way). It’s at the other end where uncharacteristically we keep shooting ourselves in the foot though. Daft individual errors are costing us with McHugh, Hartley and Carson all culpable so far this season. It is fine margins and we’ve been in most games right till the end, however a lack of quality in the final third combined with our recent inability to keep a clean sheet is absolutely killing us at the minute. Can't disagree with any of that - my only note of caution is that having Hibs, Rangers and Hearts (all of whom you'd imagine will be bothering the top 4 this season) in our opening 5 games has probably magnified the problems that you rightly point out. Add to that an away game at Pittodrie next and it adds up to as tough a start as we've had in a good few years and it might well be near the end of the first round of fixtures before we can be really clear where we stand. I'm more concerned about us defensively rather than going forward as I saw enough against Rangers and Dundee to show that we are capable of creating chances - and Hearts are likely, by a distance, to be the best defensive team we'll play this season. The loss of Dunne and Kipre at the back has been fucking massive for us and not the kind of thing that a team like us is easily able to compensate for (and we certainly haven't done so far). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussellAnderson Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Far too much negative from Aberdeen fans at the moment but we really are not getting much luck with injuries at the moment. 8 players missing against St Johnstone and far enough half of them what be on the bench but any team outside Celtic would struggle to get results with nearly a team out injured/suspended. I do think the time to judge how the season is going to go is when we have played everyone in the league but we do need to start getting results now. Noticed a tweet from Here we Go podcast Aberdeen Points after 5 games: 2013/14 - 7 points 2014/15 - 6 points 2015/16 - 15 points 2016/17 - 6 points 2017/18 - 13 points 2018/19 - 6 points McInnes team are slow starters in the league so lets not panic just yetFolk were shitting the bed last season when we had 13 from 15. Dons fans are wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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