The Great Stagsby Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, The Great Stagsby said: County to concede (also known as Aberdeen to score) anywhere from 0 to 5 goals, and County to score / Aberdeen concede anywhere from 0 to 3. Called it Spoiler Edited August 31, 2019 by The Great Stagsby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartTaylor Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Cracking curry in Wild Ginger last night, I loved Bollywood, so glad this place has kept it up. As for the game, as expected, understandably a level below, the majority of the championship winning team will not be good enough to compete with the top 6. Cosgrove was a handful, deserves a move to higher level. Not quite a Boyce but will be interesting to see how he does sown south. Stewards friendly, macaroni pie shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illgresi Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 I feel bad for Foster in the second half with the abuse he was getting from section S. Actually, no I don't. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Acme Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 2 hours ago, bunglebonce said: Still played better than Kelly last week. I believe this is called ‘damning with faint praise’ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 I feel bad for Foster in the second half with the abuse he was getting from section S. Actually, no I don't.I certainly haven’t forgiven him for choosing county over us last week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Ohh that’s beautiful 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 The pattern of the last 5 years continues. A bad performance or two, criticism of McInnes, then a hard fought away point and a comfortable home win. It wasn't perfect by any means, but it was our best performance of the season and it was encouraging to keep a clean sheet (thank you left hand post). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza81 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 11 hours ago, StuartTaylor said: Cracking curry in Wild Ginger last night, I loved Bollywood, so glad this place has kept it up. It is good in there, I actually found it better than Bollywood. Cracking service too any time I’ve been in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Hedges putting Foster on his arse with that turn was a great moment, but what about Greg Leigh later in game when a high diagonal pass was played to him right in the corner. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebonce Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 (edited) Some assorted comments:- Billy Mckay had a poor afternoon. He couldn’t get involved, in the first half particularly, Aberdeen’s centre-backs kept him very quiet. When Aberdeen had all of that territory he couldn’t make the ball stick. He sliced the one chance that came his way with a volley. Maybe he could have taken it down on to his right foot to shoot across goal, I think he has the ability to do that, but he instinctively went for the early shot. Some ball by Grivosti over the top though. Plenty fans in the Championship last season labelled County as a team of giants, but had they run out of tall players to mark Leigh? I don’t understand why it was left to Mckay to do that for the opener. Another completely free header to open the scoring, helped by a smart run by Devlin to get away from Watson and then cause confusion, with Mckay going with Devlin Happy enough with Ricky Foster, in spite of the slagging he will get I thought he started well, his performance suffered in the second half, it was clear he tired. He didn’t use the ball as well as I’d like but you know what you get with him. Hopefully his fitness will improve in the next fortnight, he made a comment to the media about the training being sharper than he is used to but I don’t know if that was just a barb at St Johnstone for the sake of it Structural issues with that 4-4-2 against the top six clubs Niall McGinn’s blast over the bar early in the second half was symptomatic of Aberdeen being able to play between the lines too easily. He just drifted in off the flank on the far side and had all the time he needed, because Grivosti and Vigurs were watching the central midfielders (with varying degrees of success) Grivosti started the match brilliantly IMO in plugging the gaps at the back of midfield, but if he kept that level of performance up over 90 minutes he’d be sold for a million overnight. He had too much work to do when he had Vigurs beside him Vigurs ain’t fit and/or defensive-minded enough to play as one of just two CMs. The build up to the second goal is a case in point, with Bryson scooshing past him. Smart movement by Cosgrove to fall deep and allow Bryson and Ferguson to attack the space right enough, but Vigurs ought to have followed him back rather than make Morris assume responsibility. Compact shape should come before taking risks when the opening goal has just been lost, IMO. Lack of productivity on the wings When the ball isn’t sticking up top you need your wingers to have an impact by carrying the ball up the pitch. Gardyne showed good ball control at times but he was never beating Vyner, he doesn’t have the legs for it anymore on the wing against the better teams. That was something we knew two or three years ago though. If he has to play then sacrifice one of the forwards and have Gardyne link up play centrally like what Scott McDonald did for Motherwell at times. It was a quiet game from Mullin. He has a few of those, but he is still finding his feet at this level, like Stewart is. I think Power’s cameo showed that he has the raw pace - and tenacity - to make things more difficult for opposing defences than the starting players were able to. He ought to be playing more in games like this in the future Edited September 1, 2019 by bunglebonce 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 14 hours ago, TommyDickFingers said: Amy Macdonald dislikes this 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebonce Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 9 hours ago, Stub Acme said: I believe this is called ‘damning with faint praise’ Marginal gains might be the difference between 12th and 10th? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 37 minutes ago, bunglebonce said: Happy enough with Ricky Foster, in spite of the slagging he will get I thought he started well, his performance suffered in the second half, it was clear he tired. He didn’t use the ball as well as I’d like but you know what you get with him. Hopefully his fitness will improve in the next fortnight, he made a comment to the media about the training being sharper than he is used to but I don’t know if that was just a barb at St Johnstone for the sake of it Worth mentioning he apparently didn't train with us for around a week before he left. Walked out of training and didnt return to the club until the day his release was finalised. No idea how much he was doing on his own at that time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 f**k Ricky foster to be quite honest with you all. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 If I'd been charge of picking man of the match, I'd have picked Foster. He was our best player yesterday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 32 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Worth mentioning he apparently didn't train with us for around a week before he left. Walked out of training and didnt return to the club until the day his release was finalised. No idea how much he was doing on his own at that time. Forgot to add his wife's version of events. That he walked out on training and didnt return to the club until he went to finalise his release, because hes a sublime professional who knew he wouldnt be first choice, despite being first choice, and just wanted to go somewhere and play football. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkneil Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 I’ll have this image beamed directly onto the moon please 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Acme Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, bunglebonce said: Marginal gains might be the difference between 12th and 10th? Fair point, I’d just rather something less marginal than Foster. I’m curious if the club knew VdW had plans to leave again prior to it being announced, perhaps we could’ve found an alternative. Can’t imagine Foster is at the low end of the wage scale, too. Edited September 1, 2019 by Stub Acme 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqy Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 On 31/08/2019 at 18:18, Sheep62 said: Thought that the boy with the foreign name playing for County, is it Grivosti ?, looked like one to keep an eye on Stay away from Grivo, he's ours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep62 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, Aqy said: Stay away from Grivo, he's ours. I think I rest my case 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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