OrlandoDon

For me it’s nothing to do with a contract, where is the early season Mackenzie who was bombing up and down the line, getting and creating chances? He was one of our best players, and influencing games. he’s not the same player right now and I feel a fresh Delvin and Jensen are better attacking threats. Mackenzie is a solid defender, not arguing that, but early season Mackenzie got a Scotland call up, he’s not that guy currently.

It’s also the modern game at the moment. Build out the back and risk is taken. But doing that when you are Liverpool, man city, arsenal is one thing. At the same time, I don’t think we’ve been as ‘cute’ of late and have pumped it long or cleared it more frequently. But agree, other than 1v1 and in the attacking half, Morris doesn’t offer much.

Don’t think anyone has said it was enjoyable or we played well. But it’s progress and a win. And there were some positives.

Really liking our attacking midfield at present. Far from perfect but the strength mobility pace and interchangeability of topi gueye and okkels is a big plus for me. Okkels a hand in the first, topi scores the second, and gueye will create and score for us. Hoping our new 9 adds to this but I will say the mobility of this 3 allows nisbet to be a penalty box player.

Did Mackenzie cross the half way line? Don’t recall one attacking run for him. He’s a shadow of his former self at present. Both Delvin and Jensen offer more. You also saw a rested Delvin who looks like he’s getting back to himself.

Good battling win. Thought the defense played well, I do like our central defensive pairing, plus good games from Jensen and topi. Dabbagh MOTH.

I don’t really agree with the blame the club mentality. I do agree with the Efe Ambrose comparison. Ruby is prone to major fuck ups, and that’s regardless of who plays next to him. Completely missing the ball, being badly caught out for speed, very poor on his left foot, getting caught out of position. Perhaps experience alongside him for the last one may help, but the main issue with ruby is he made personal mistakes and stupid decisions. Even the red card at Motherwell, he makes a stupid dive in tackle and then head butts, we had experience on the field when he did that. ruby just isn’t good enough, end of. Russel Anderson was pretty shit with us when he started his career, mainly at right back. With time and learning, and moving to central defense, he developed over the years. In the modern game a defender wouldn’t be given that time to learn, and with ruby I see the same mistakes now that I saw when he first arrived. His pace is the same, and he’s always been a bit too emotional. We can’t afford time give him time, and I think he’s shown that he’s not the guy we build around.

Understood. It’s purely a hypothetical, they may play multiple positions and they may be able to play at our level. And we may get them cheaper than we paid for Jensen but would it be significantly cheaper, I don’t know. Buying Scottish players is a tough market. I’d prefer Scottish players but that’s hard to find. My point is that we signed a player to play a role in our squad and two or three games in Jensen is getting criticism. Unfair criticism in my opinion.

Perhaps, but repeating myself, we’ve signed a player who can play multiple positions. He’s also young, 23, and I may be right in saying has come to us at the end of his season? I think he’s been very positive, very eager to be involved, an attacking fullback who gets up and down, and if Delvin had scored today we’d be heaping endless praise. I think the guy deserves a break and a chance, he’s got to get up to speed with Scottish football and has been throw right into the starting 11 within days of arriving. Think many are being highly critical, take a breathe.

I don’t accept that. I think perspective is a factor- a back up keeper, a new right back who hasn’t played there before for us, a new defender who has been here maybe a month and joins a team in total turmoil, a central defender who has been here days and severely lacks match fitness, a left back we don’t know what the fuck is going on, a young right mid very low in confidence whose only been here a few months, a center mid badly needing a long break/summer, another center mid finally being given a regular starting role, a new left mid we have no clue if he’s any good, a number 10 who has just returned from a long term injury, and a 9 with zero confidence and who knows his replacement has just been signed. A team who hasn’t won a league game since early November, a team who hasn’t scored in numerous games, and who is hemorrhaging goals. We won 3-0. zero negatives if you ask me, many positives from today but certainly not perfect. We’re a squad who needed completely overhauled and it’s happening mid season, we’re not far off third in the league, and in the QFs of the cup. Not a bad season all things considered.

We are not talking about a back up right back though, we are talking about a player who can play multiple positions, that’s been our ongoing issue. Someone even referenced dom ball in recent weeks prior to jensen’s arrival. We shoehorned Milne into that role, mcgarry couldn’t play more than one position, and we’ve cried out repeatedly for a right/left back to provide competition/cover. Think Jensen is getting unfair criticism. again, who in Scotland would have been as good/a better signing?

Who could we have picked up in Scotland??

Morris has zero courage. Plays well when there is no pressure but far too often hides. Found form when all was good but has disappeared far too much. A summer punt if you ask me. Oklels plays every week to see if he’s worth buying. we needed a Jensen. And it costs as that type is hard to find. He’s not going to dominate any position and may come off the bench when others are on form, but he’ll do a job in multiple positions when needed. Like topi, he’ll step up and graft when needed, plus to be fair, is learning the Scottish game and has been thrown in at the deep end. we have new players, players back from injury, players trying to find form, and our 9 not yet available. Based on today I’m optimistic.

Agree on this and that has to be the plan moving forward. Much like the whole team, we’ve got to stop with the endless chopping and changing for the most part, stick with palaversa and play the fresher of the old guys. back 4, we’ve got three full back, give devlin a game or two more rest then play to form. Central two shouldn’t change unless injury. Attacking 3 from today should start weekly. New 9.

I’ll take that. Shutout too. Don’t agree with Steve Tosh, who thought was overly critical, given our form dunfermline came here with nothing to lose and had a go. We won, shutout, and got goals. Lots of changes and newer players, work in progress. Jensen and topi did well, nice for gueye to get a goal. Palaversa is a weekly starter if you ask me. thoughts on central defense??

Good for kev. The other chance was a little too far out, and a tight angle, that will help his confidence.

I can do that. Perhaps there’s hope for me as an Aberdeen 9 after all.

I think IF we did form this attacking 3 with the new 9 could be a handful.

And I’m liking Jensen too, works his balls off and doesn’t hide either. With confidence and form I think he comes good. good goal and good play from topi with the assist.

Disagree, despite form and confidence keskinen works his balls off. Doesn’t hide like Morris for example. Once he gets a goal I think he’ll turn form around.

Happy with that, devlin needs rested plus I do think we’ll see palaversa and shinnie/sivert in the middle moving forward. Really looking forward to topi jeppe and gueye developing an understanding. Keen to see how this back 4 plays, would also be nice to see an attacking and contributing Mackenzie again, been a while. optimistic about today. 4-1 us. topi, okkels, gueye, and nisbet. any idea when mitov is back?

I’d say his best position is a free roaming 10. He’s our top scorer too, would rather have him central receiving crosses from topi and co rather than us having the big hole in the middle with little punch. he’s unpredictable, strong, and a decent dribbler, he’ll be effective plus playing him at 10 gives our wide guys more time and space getting forward. He’ll suck defenders in. Nisbet at 9 until we have our new boy available, plus topi Jeppe and gueye can all interchange. I think we play those three as our attackers behind a 9 and give them a good few games to develop chemistry and understanding.

Did we sign two lefties today??

Was going to say similar, it’s admin hour now. Really hope duk is gone, Ambrose out on loan, and uneken in.

Did we get the PSV kid?