OrlandoDon

Meant to add, I said during our bad start to the season that Thelin had to be given time, and I’ve stuck by that, I felt Xmas was a fair time to judge. The new summer players are well and truly bedded in and he’s had June- now to work with the new squad, obviously some players coming in August. While I am not demanding his sacking, it’s not pretty and doesn’t seem to be working. No signs in our style of play or performances to suggest we are heading in the right direction.

Assuming lobban is suspended. mitov devlin Milne knoester gyamfi Kjarten Bilalovic aouchiche Armstrong karlsson lazetic 2-1 us, lazetic bilalovic, although I fear we’ll be bullied and bombared by a tall and physical team.

There is nothing in our style of play that suggests Thelin ball is innovative or creative, or working. There’s no thelin stamp on our team of what he’s all about, and our team really doesnt have any identity. If anything, one of the few things he’s clearly brought is inverted wingers and that’s certainly debatable whether it’s been a good or bad thing. We have a battling quality at times but everything from Thelin and his nice quiet persona suggests that’s a player personality and nothing Thelin brings. I’d argue anything successful has been as a result of us having qualities in players rather than a well coached product of Thelin. I desperately want him to be successful and don’t want yet another manager, but there’s nothing overly positive. Pains me to write this but I suppose I’m being a realist. Surely by now we should see a style, an identity, a quality of some sort. We should be seeing progress on the field. We’ve won recently but has that been good play, good coaching, consistent performance, or good fortune? i also do feel we have enough talent to play better than we do. The gaffer is underachieving. Frustrating in a season that’s so rare that we could be challenging for the league due to both of the old firm being poorer at the same time. League and champions league are there for the taking. Not that we are ready for the champs league of course! said it today already, I like the look of Motherwell’s berthel askou, his team is an interesting watch. If we do change a manager I’d really want someone who has familiarity with our league and has been impactful in some form, Motherwell have made progress this season.

I didn’t expect to win at st mirren or killie, but we did. And utd aren’t a good team, results show that. No reason it can’t be 9 pts. But I still agree with you. as stated, next 5 will show if we’re top or bottom 6, but realistically it’s next 3. All are totally winnable. Prior to today and despite numerous painful performances, we were the top form team overly the last 10 games. We may still be. the majority here seem to want jimmy to work but it’s awful to watch. But the results aren’t bad. weve got glaring holes in the squad but I’d certainly be curious to see what the Motherwell boss could do with our lot, plus his left back, forward, and David Watson!

Agree on that, today was a free hit in a way, not really expecting to take points at Celtic, obviously their form gave us hope. next three games are huge, ideally 9 points, to set us up for the rangers double header. They are nowhere near as good as Celtic and we need to be on form for that. Potential battle for third!

Totally agree on the Celtic front, they’ll settle and have the best squad in the league for certain. They’ll move on and I agree, win the league. I think they’ll sign some quality in January and kick on. I suppose a 3-1 loss isn’t the worst, but another very poor performance. As I said before, that was a Mcinnes type game where I felt we hang on pretty much from kickoff. Thought we could hav been more aggressive, but then I do factor in Europe and did we have the energy to do that. I suppose I was more disappointed with home draws with Motherwell and st mirren. Points lost there. curious for more thoughts on bilalovic and Kjarten. Can they have a lobban type effect and be regular performers/starters??

Really? I thought Lewis was class, and definitely better! Last season or so Lewis lost confidence, but he was a legit keeper.

Problem is, it’s becoming a habit with mitov, costly mistakes in many games, no?? At the same time we’ve had some shutouts, but I just think he’s not that good. agree on kiseeek, aouchiche karlsson etc should have been rested.

That’s why I said it was awful. Could have been absolutely humped today. new keeper needed. Don’t give a shit about the big saves, the red was his fault (again) and as piss as we were, we were in the game at that point. we are making a gait now of mistakes and losing goals. Not good.

Surprised at you, saying that wasn’t the worst. I thought we were awful to where I gave up at half time. Only saw we scored when I went to switch and charge my iPad. What wasn’t that bad???

Watched very little of the second half. Thought we were absolutely shite in the first half. Opportunity lost. curious, another goal for bilalovic, confidence has to be sky high. How was he? Surely another player who deserves a start. Topi off the bench. kjarten - did well getting the ball back and lovely pass, but I didn’t think he was overly mobile. Saying that, he was right mid and I’m pretty sure he’s a sivert holding central mid. Doesn’t seem to have the quick acceleration that I think really helps you in Scottish football. How was he??

Kjarten is the man!

As gash as we’ve been i like aouchiche. With a legit central midfielder alongside I think he could be very good. Being asked to do a little too much heavy lifting at present, but with a Rama alongside makes me wonder.

Let’s build out the back one down with 10 players. Why not just score the second ourselves. It’s an embarrassing watch at present. exactly the game Celtic needed.

Red tv - ‘Aberdeen were pretty comfortable in the first half and carried a threat at times’ -wtf! other than the first 10 mins, which I didn’t see a lot off, we pretty much took a pasting and Celtic missed chances. Based on the first 90 seconds of the second we’ll get hammered.

There are the Mcinnes type performances that wanted me rid of Mcinnes. Celtic are off form and we have opportunity. We should have shown real appetite and desire. Yet it’s the usual lack of belief, get deeper and deeper, and we’re fortunate to only be one down. Could get ugly second half.

Unfortunate red, obviously mitov fucked him. Minimal contact, very unlucky.

Shit the bed in Glasgow as usual. Ffs.

One down, we’ve been piss the last 15 mins or so, getting deeper and deeper.

Hanging on a bit right now. Need to get out.

At the same time, always delighted to see the Huns losing!

Wins for us and the Huns would be a great way to go into Xmas. 5th place, 3 off third, 6 off second, and only 12 off the lead with a game in hand. we’re going to win the league. Team as expected. Would’ve nice to see Armstrong get the winner, but any scorer, even Jensen, will be acceptable! COYR!!

I think hometowns are obligated to attack a bit more so come out/push up which may suit us and jimmy with counter attacking football. Celtic will certainly do so, and I’d be inclined to start bilalovic and karlsson with lazetic, a good combo of pace and skill.

Can we call it next six games? One added game makes a difference, especially since it’s the Huns twice, away then home 5 days later. We’ve done well to climb into the top 6, but to stay there I’d say we need at least 10 points from this run. As much as we don’t know what to expect from us, same could be said for rangers and Celtic. Not sure if they raise their game vs us as compared to us being poor, but I go back to the first half vs rangers at home last November where we played them off the park. Would love to see that type of performance/approach.

I used to feel that way, but not any more. Other than Aberdeen and Scotland, couldn’t tell you the last time I watch a game that didn’t involve my club or country. Money has killed my enthusiasm. It’s a bunching over paid mercenaries now, no culture or heart in a club any more. I’ve expressed my worry’s about the dons in recent months and the lack of Scottish players for that reason. Milne and lobban are a godsend, hoping Marshall comes through and we sign Watson and another couple of Scots in the near future. Clinging on to shinnie, a diehard don, and a lesser extent devlin, love that type of Scot in our team. Means something to me. I’d even take Gunn in goal, although I’m 50/50 on mitov right now. what was sad this week was I had no interest in our European game. It was even less interesting than a preseason friendly. Didn’t watch and simply checked the score after work. I’ve never done that before where I had so little interest. The format for European football doesn’t inspire me at all, and really I had little interest in our European campaign. Worrying for me! I’ve also said this before. Living here in the states for 30 years, I appreciate the banter here as it keeps me connected with my roots and I really enjoy talking Aberdeen and Scotland. But that’s it, most other football is pretty dull now. Saying all of this, I’m intrigued by the world cup in a way, as we have some more unknown teams, playing Haiti will be different, plus playing Brazil and Morocco will be different and fun. But will I watch other World Cup games, unlikely. Bit off topic for crazy American politics!