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Traffic horrific already,leave early abdyl

Been raining most of the afternoon in the NE,might be a bit of a mudbath,though rain easing off just before k/o. First Euro game for a while for me,cant make a lot of midweek games.Last one was Appalon Limassol I think.Looking forward to it,any win will do.

Nae sure what to expect from Helsinki,though the Finnish league is supposedly a step down from the Swedish.As said,would expect them to frustrate us,might be a night for our trickier players In - Mainer Prediction 3 - 1 Dons Dukx2,McGrath

Sad news,had thought he was on the mend.Lucky enough to catch his time here,what a player,great scoring ratio

Jack McKenzie - legend

No highlights anywhere? Re Rubezic - seen various comments from the usual suspects(elsewhere),Donkey,get rid,... blah blah. Is him being raw but with potential reasonable to say? Doesnt help that MacDonalds been pretty poor when hes came in this season.Nae sure whether to grit teeth for the time being,in the hope playing with Jensen and Gartenmann will bring him on,..or whether to bench him for now,his confidence looked pretty shot last night.

Great stuff from Sokler ....not so great from Ruby....

Barry getting tactically educated from the Dons forums. Should be 2 or 3 up.COYR

Meant to get a bit wild and wet down here but looking ok (but wet) in Dingwall. Weve a decent record up there,assume McKay will make changes for this game,and hopefully Robson has made some preps for what he might do.We should be too strong/confident after Saturday you'd hope Oot - 3 - 1 Dons Duk hattrick

He's actually pretty ripped,but in a chunky way,hence defenders were bouncing off him on Saturday

Enjoyed that.Jensen and Gartenmann were both great.Aggresive,good positioning/timing,and make good use of the ball.Barron and Shinnie both excellent,and McGrath good too.Duk was back to winning/coming away with impossible balls,great to see him scoring,and Miovski with a deserved couple of goals.Makes you wonder what the Hearts performance was all about. You'd hope its a springboard for Wed,and Saturday,lets see what happens...

Yep, confidence lifted the longer the half went on. Defence look good,Barron and Shinnie playing well,good to Duk see back in the mood. Hope we continue where we left off

Think Jonny might have a place in the line up depending on formation. If we resort to longball early on,am sure our thoughts'll be pretty audible In SS X Prediction 2 - 1 Miovski Gueye

Less embarassing than expected.Thought Hacken looked more dangerous than Frankfurt tbh,not sure if thats because of our set up tonight Might have taken more from the game if we'd been on a better run,but bodes a bit better for the rest of the Euro campaign Back to the hoofball on Sunday

Don't want to tempt fate,but this lot are beatable..ish

Extra reason to get memory loss level drunk,Enjoy Nothing to add.Prepared for a thrashing,but vainly hoping for a pleasant surprise. Mon min Bazza

Think it's reasonable to allow Robson the time to persist(rightly or wrongly) with his 3 at the back given we haven't explored all its options personnel wise. If we can sharpen up our attack meantime to take pressure off the defence

Always a sense of gloom for this fixture,can't see much changing today despite Hearts poor form.Interesting to see the line up and formation though Oot Prediction 2 - 2 about as optimistic as I can get. Miovski,Clarkson

If we stick with the 3 at the back,why not try Or dadia in the Rama role......or could Duncan even be moulded into the same role? He's got the physical attributes,we seem to be struggling to find his best position otherwise If we eventually switch to a 4,does that still require a Rama type,or something different?

Not quite in the 'Robson out' camp yet.Its early enough in the season to judge if he looks like hes going to learn from mistakes,(whilst sounding out potential replacements).

In - Main stand sold out,so looks like the Y.Only 1k tickets left all in Prediction,no idea but its unlikely to be boring,just enjoying/rolling with it for now 4 - 3 Duk to run riot x 4

Suggestions of a European midfielder incoming(Daily record live : ?)and possibly another???

Aberdeen XI: Roos, Devlin, Rubezic, Jensen, Morris, McGrath, Shinnie, Clarkson, McGarry, Miovski, Duk Subs: Doohan, MacKenzie, Barron, Hayes, Williams, Sokler, Polvara, Duncan, MacDonald, Milne, Dadia, Bavidge Gus on the bench.Is that a 4 at the back? Or Devlin - Rubezic - Jensen with Morris and McGarry up the sides

Fingers crossed...