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Not long in from that, it's good to have a season book again but it would be nice to see us get a goal at some point let alone a win. Falkirk were stodgy and surprisingly fond of falling over too. We weren't awful with 11 men and I think we would have taken it had 11 stayed on the park. Very harsh red on Devlin, just watched it back there. He barely touched him and was focused completely on the ball, if this is how the game is going we would be as well just making it a non contact sport now and getting it over with. The ref was awful in general quite frankly and looked completely out of his depth. I do take some positives though. Firstly we defo seem to be getting a lot better with aerial balls into the box which has been a problem for ages and just improving defensively in general. Knoester coming back in has helped but credit has to go to Jack Milne who is making that RCB position his at the moment. I liked the look of Lazetic, my main first impression was he looks to have good feet and very keen to get involved. That was about it though, everything else on show was varying degrees of disappointing. It's also worth noting we have been limping by at LB where every game played so far someone has been shoehorned into the position. Personally I think this is one of the biggest reasons we are looking a bit impotent going forward as fb's are so key to how we try to attack. Hopefully Gyamfi will return to training over the international window and we now have backup in Frame too so fingers crossed no more Molloy or Devlin at left back. Am I worried? Not yet and 2bh I don't think there's any point in being so as the die is cast and we are very much in a "trust the process" scenario which the chairman has bought into. In the big interview after the cup final he was talking about how Jimmy was hired on the understanding it would be a 3 year 'project' and how not winning the cup would have made sod all difference to his commitment to it. When we appointed Thelin I heard/read multiple Swedish journalists say "you need to give this guy 2 seasons before you see what his teams are all about" and when you dive into the numbers at Elfsborg over Thelins first few seasons you soon see why. They really didn't start putting results together consistently until the last few months of season 2. Season 3 they really took off and were successful until he joined us but for quite a while in those first two seasons it would appear the Elfsbog fans wanted rid in great numbers. My feeling is we are probably going to have to endure some struggles in the first half of this season, especially with the demands of europe though I think the extra games will be good for squad gelling in the bigger picture, but I think/hope we will really kick on in the second half of the season.

Just imagine the redemption ark when we beat Noah.

This is outrageous

What are you talking about? If we've learned anything over the Miovski affair, it's that tweets mean everything.

Hope he gets injured quickly. Dirty cunt. Wonder if he'll be in tears when he eventually leaves Ibrox? As others have said, probably, wouldn't really minded if it was someone like McGrath who just picked up a wage, acted very professionally and worked hard, without any playing to the fans or showing any real affection for the club. Miovski very much gave it the "club has a massive place in my heart" type shite the entire time he was here, and after leaving. If big Ash knows what it means to be a Dandy, then Miovski can't claim anything was lost in translation. It won't be long before he's talking up how great it was to play at Ibrox with the Dons and how he'd dreamed about playing there. Fucking cunt.

There is no comparison between what Snelders did and what the dirty Judas Hun cunt Miovski has now done. They shouldn't be uttered in the same breath.

Pity we never got them during the McInnes years, I'dve paid good money to see the headline "Flood sinks Noah"

Accepting the comments on shite format and the second/third chance it’s still a European competition and potential for some decent ties. We are not big enough to be looking down our noses at any team we face in Europe. Just because a team is from Bosnia or Armenia and maybe in Europe for first time does not mean it won’t be a tough test.

Club need to call out the ref and UEFA. Laws of the game it’s not a handball. Far too close, and arm in a natural position. More importantly though the ref can’t issue a yellow following a VAR review for a routine yellow card offence. Only for simulation if they’ve originally given a pen (dissent) or downgrading a red to a yellow following review. Not sure how it’s possible to happen in the circumstances. Surely someone in the VAR team could have pointed out the error in the CR’s officiating??

Went on walking tour this morning and the guide, spotting the Dons badge, said, "I hope you thrash those motherfuckers"...was impressed with his command of English (he's a Rapid fan, FCSB being the commie team).

A job on the rigs?

That's just silly Rico........ Inverness was never bombed in ww2

Oh the good old days before instant news via the internet. I remember waking up on 1st January 1988 around 3pm with a mother fucker of a headache and hangover and reading of Nicholas signing for us. Didn't really believe it until I went to the shop down the road and there it was in the Daily Record. Think in my time supporting The Dons the only other signing that comes close was the return of King Joey. Gillhaus deserves a mention because he was coming as a Dutch internationalist and European Cup winner although we probably didn't realise just how good he was Going back to Nicholas, I mind standing on the terracing at Easter Road (9th Jan 1988) when he made his debut. Had a wee scuffle with some Leith pricks outside before the game I probably only remember so clearly as it was my turn to drive (so unusually sober for a game back then) and as I stayed in Inverness then and it was a hoor o a journey up the A9 in blizzards. Halcyon days, great memories

Well, whether Jesper is going to pick up the champagne moniker is yet to be seen but we wanted some decent busines today and signing two internationalists ticks that box for me. What is also significant though is both players know Thelin and how he want's to play already so it's not unreasonable to hope they both hit the ground running. Hard not to get a bit excited about Karlsson though, it does feel like punching up a weight a bit.

Comet is the Scottish FA register for players. https://www.scottishfacomet.co.uk/sfa-auth/realms/SFA-PROD/protocol/openid-connect/auth?response_type=code&client_id=COMET-PROD&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scottishfacomet.co.uk%2Fsso%2Flogin&state=809c0d17-02f5-451f-a77d-807197f1409e&login=true&scope=openid, other forum had someone with access to it, showing him registered to the club. Coming here to work with Thelin again for the European games This boy was worth 14million at one point

There are about a hundred things involved in a transfer, the narrative that we could’ve spent X more to get him earlier is far too simplistic.

I mean, that's a fucking bargain like, even if there's add ons or we're covering his (likely) large salary.

A poster said I was living in cloud cuckoo land for suggesting this. Turns out we've paid less than that.

The proof will be in the pudding re the upside but the aim, I would suggest anyway, is to get a team on the park that consistently is greater than the sum of it's parts. What that looks like in terms of results is always going to be evolving based on who we are playing and what state they are in. E.g beating this current celtic side would be less of an achievment than the one that started last season. Say Thelin gets it right and this time next season we are far more of a honed and settled team then that would be the baseline for a Thelin team. The strategy then is to raise the baseline season after season until the club reaches it's natural ceiling and can't really go any further unless there is a major change in circumstances (in our case there's only one thing that could do that as things stand and that is qualifying for the league phase of CL and all the money that brings). Then you see what happens quite frankly, it's sport.... there's so many variables and anything can happen.

Not having the Sporting/Technical Director position filled 18 months after the review of club set up identified the need for one is probably my biggest concern. As you say we seem to focused on the next project to earn us a big sale rather than developing players for long term future of club. Sporting Director should be there to oversee that. Difficult to bring one on now with manager and head of recruitment already in place. Sporting Director should have been first appointment.

You're right, but that was one of the reasons for changing approach under McInnes. Team balance under McInnes generally didn't work because he made mistakes in the transfer window. He'd identify a key position and then sign someone like Greg Tansey to fill it. GMS and Stewart to replace Hayes and McGinn almost looks sensible on paper. McInnes' problem is that nobody was there to question his signings, and also that nobody was there to pressure him into playing youth players (which we're still not seeing). Cormack's bravado ensured that we spent three managers trying to implement the change in approach, but we're clearly still not getting it right. It's like everyone is so focused on getting the next big moneymaking signing, that we're ignoring the bigger squad picture. I would suggest, perhaps, that a technical fucking director might be asking questions were they to exist.

Tomorrow is a huge day for us. There's a lot riding on any signings we make. I said at the end of last season that I was glad that we didn't make European group stage football, as we were nowhere near ready for it. Unfortunately our cup triumph scuppered that! Eight extra games before Christmas is ridiculous, and we could see today the toll that is going to take. We don't have the depth in quality, and we're nowhere near it either. Midfielder has to be the priority, and we have to be looking at someone mid to late twenties. With Sokler away, we could be doing with someone quick through the middle. Neither Milanovic or Keskinen are actually that quick, so someone to replace Morris (unless Bilalovic is rapid, it was difficult to tell, but he might be). The midfielder is a must, with the other two just a hope. It'll be difficult, and I suspect we might be way down our list already. There'll be a lot of crossed fingers within Pittodrie that Lazetic and Bilalovic meet the standard (I think they will). Overall though, regardless of what happens tomorrow, I think the squad building has been pretty awful. For at least the last four seasons. The complete lack of balance is frustrating. Minimal internal youth progression, no proven players that are relatively risk free from the SPFL, no proven players in the midst of their career from elsewhere, no Scottish players. With Morris gone, there is no longer a player that can single handedly allow us to change approach, and it doesn't really seem like our system changes offer too much in the way of actual change (because our players - in their respective positions - are very similar). Cormack's strategy of going for project players has worked in some senses, but it hasn't returned a particularly good team, and it's exceptionally transient in design. I don't think it's working.

Woah, woah, woah there. Let’s not confuse my dislike of Cosgrove now he’s signed for Auckland

On holiday in the Greek Islands half cut and flights for Prague and Athens games already booked. Life is good lads

Disgusting. I'm contacting my local reform MP to get them sent back to their own country.

Good chance the FCSB owner is a nonce.

No, it is fans that misunderstand players Rico. A club is a way of life to a fan and some fans have an unreasonable expectation that it is the same for players. Football is just their job. There is no loyalty in the game. The guy was only at Pittodrie for five minutes, yet folk have some unrealistic fantasy that because of that he would never sign for our rivals.

I did see this on social media… “The Titanic was more successful than Russell Martin was after leaving Southampton”

The bad news is that Martin will probably get sacked. Could do with him hanging about for a while yet.

So we've got to hope that Bruges take their foot off the gas, Sevco get a couple of consolations and Martin stays for another month. Also, hopefully Samiritans are ready to receive calls from Boyd, McCoist, McCann et al.

Fuck sake guys, I have a taxi booked to take me to the airport @2.45 am and should be in my bed but I can't stop watching this. If Bruges haven't scored again by the 60th minute I think I will grab a few hours kip

McCoist on TNT for the Huns game, looks like a down and out they found sleeping rough under The Arches at Central Station What a fucking mess

So it looks like there was more than an unfounded rumour to the post I made about this on Saturday lunchtime. Even though the source of the story was someone very close to Miovski (Filip Mishov), I really hoped it wasn't happening. I hope and pray it still doesn't but that hope is fading Very much doubt we'll ever see him back in the red of Aberdeen if this goes through. Same treatment as all the others if he goes there and he'd better hope he gets up and running quickly cause I very much doubt the frothing masses in the stands will be prepared to give him time

Has only played once for Celtic - oddly a game I was at; a Champions League game v Feyenoord. I knew then he was destined to play for the Dons one day.

It's fine, nobody watched that one anyway.

This big lad had been relocated to a wildlife reserve from some of the rivers I used to go fishing at. I don't do fishing now...

I'll PM you later. Not wanting to he riff raff knowing my business

It didn't have the bit about Jesper in earlier! All good now, apart from the ever present segregation and prominent coverage of the scum.

holy shit

Him and Turnbull. Pull those two off and wholly fuck! Especially when nisbet frame and Turnbull are Scottish. Funds from Morris gueye and Boyd, plus give bologna the fergie sell on, and maybe a few quid more, it’s doable. In fantasy land most likely. Both are still young enough for a bigger transfer down the road too. Unlikely but spend 5 mins on the hat you get more than excited!

This window is looking like an arms race. Well except for Celtic.

No that was at 18:08. Since then the glorious "confirmed" announcement has been made in the live text.

Trying to actively dissuade u18s to go to the red shed by charging £15 per game, or £54 for three. Edit: prices aren't that reasonable, and the shite state of having to pay in advance to get your seat - and only getting until Friday to do so - is rancid pish.

Gutted to see him go. I really hope it was a decent fee because he's a game changer.

This ref is a clown. Spoiling the game.

Results from yesterday’s games. In usual SFA style one of the results above is wrong Dunbar United lost 4-2 to Cumnock after being 2-0 up. Wigtown v Camelon was postponed after a Camelon player collapsed with a suspected heart attack before the game. He had to be given CPR on the pitch and is now recovering in hodpital. Surprise of the round for me was Invergordon of North Caledonian league beating Dunipace of East of Scotland Premier league. Dunipace have started league well winning 5 out of first 6 and would have expected them to easily beat even best team in North Caledonian league.

Questionable? Unpredictable? Borderline illegal?

That's a tough draw. It's better than FCSB's in the Europa League but going to be very tough to qualify.

Been doing the Formartine/Buchan way the last few weekends(Old Abdn to Broch/P'head railway).Enjoying it,good weather helps.All easy walking,....cyclable too.https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/aberdeenshire/formartine-buchan-way.shtml Old Signalmans boxes? We noticed a feint unmatked path going into some woods.Thought we'd hae a nosey,and came across an unexpected lake.think this may be a lotus flower? Unusual this far North,but maybe teased out with the amount of recent sun