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8 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

I'd rather eat my own shite than suggest Lennon for manager.

That said, given the choice, I'd have had him over Warnock. 

If Warnock goes, just give Leven control and make it very clear that he's only there for a few weeks until we sort someone out, and that there is absolutely zero pressure or expectation on him to do anything as manager other than to turn up and take the team. Make sure that the fans are clear on this too. Realistically, a new manager should be on board by mid May at the latest (playoff dependent), so that they can begin the build for next season, as well as have a clear idea of what the current team has, or doesn't. 

What will actually happen, of course, is that our shitey review will be ongoing into June, when we get some foreign manager in (because Dave hasn't tried foreign yet, you see). The review will conclude that we need various structural and staff changes, will begin just as we leave the summer transfer window. At which point, the foreign manager will have recruited his foreign friends to play for us, resulting in the usual mixed bag of utter pish, average and one gem to make it all right. We will not publicly acknowledge the fact that the new manager hasn't had the benefit of our review changes, nor any support in his role in a new country, and we'll part ways when we're in eighth place in January, replacing with someone who knows the Scottish game.

Fuck me, no wonder you got sacked from your job with the Samaritans 

1 hour ago, DantheDon said:

I think if we were to win here we could go onto make the top four, but I’m not confident. We have a game in hand on Kilmarnock so despite being 10 points behind we could find ourselves within four. It’s really just if we can put together a run of results and get some confidence back, which I admit I’ve been thinking since December. 
As much as our squad has a few deficiencies I believe it should be good enough to get 4th. 
 

Out

1-1 Miovski

 

Unfortunately I've not been seeing anything that gives me any confidence that we are capable of either A. Taking anything from this match or B. Going on any sort of sustained winning run.

I hope that I'm proved wrong on both counts.

21 hours ago, tlg1903 said:

To each their own but from my pov it was about as bad as I thought it was going to be.  The bit that fucked me off the most was the here to have a bit of fun chat.  Tremendous, we are now light entertainment for a geriatric fucking hun sycophant (morton fan my arse). Warnock out. 

 

Not that it particularly matters to me because I couldn't give two hoots where any of our managers allegiances lie as long as they do a decent job but Warnock has been spotted many times at Morton over the years and is a member of The Morton Community trust. 

To paraphrase: Insanity is playing the same formation over and over again and expecting a different result. 

 The question I have is why we always struggle against any team which sits in particularly if we don’t get an early goal. We should have a bit more nous and quality about us to dispose of these teams but we regularly play all our football in front of their defence and shift the ball about in a pedestrian manner. Our coaches should surely have a clue how to unlock these teams other than repeatedly doing the same thing. 

11 hours ago, manc_don said:

That tackle Mackenzie made was something special! 
 

managed to get my boys to watch it all, and for all the huns possession, we looked decent enough after the first. A few hairy moments, but subs were good and contributed. As you said panda, beast mode performance from shinnie thought everyone played their part, superb.

First time I’ve seen that, Goldson was almost greeting 

35 minutes ago, Panda said:

Or Dadia?

 

Does he even exist?

1 hour ago, RicoS321 said:

The biggest problem with Sokler is that it's difficult to tell the difference between him and Miovski. The club have either got to stop playing them together or force one of them into a drastic haircut. Miovski was here first, so it really should be Sokler that takes the punishment.

It really is uncanny  

First half we were a defensive disaster mainly due to playing Morris and Duncan as wing backs. We basically had no cover in the wing back areas which they identified playing numerous high diagonals into, in particular, the right wing back area, dragging our centre halves wide to cover and  putting us under pressure. When we moved Devlin in there in the second half and brought on Angus McDonald the problem was sorted. 

Second half Miovski and Devlin were both outstanding, Shinnie covered every blade of grass and the McG's were both excellent when they came on. I also liked the look of Sokler.

Overall there was plenty to be positive about but we cannot start games with that line up very often and expect a result, particularly in Europe. 

On 02/05/2023 at 08:49, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

Let's be honest, if we had been humped 5-0 by Rangers last week, the fans would have wanted someone else.

And if Alex Ferguson had not won all those games with us and Man Utd he'd have been a crap manager. 

31 minutes ago, OrlandoDon said:

I still see Robson as a short term fix guy, win games now and do whatever it takes. You know the players, do what it takes. That’s hard to implement long term. He has impressed me too but being a full time manager with short and long term goals is different. Experience matters. Repeating myself but we failed with the last two guys being inexperienced, we won’t do that again. I just don’t see it.

Goodwin has been a manager since 2016 so surely cannot be labelled as inexperienced. Out of his depth or tactically inept yes but not inexperienced. I think that appointing anyone is a bit of a crap shoot tbh as we can’t afford someone who can guarantee success and in fact that person probably doesn’t exist in our budget range. If Robson’s doing well and putting points on the board then I think we should stick with him for now as a vastly more experienced manager in Goodwin couldn’t do that. 

18 hours ago, Kowalski said:

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/old-traditional-guy-dwight-yorke-reveals-why-aberdeen-should-appoint-him-and-not-chris-wilder-4052706
 

He's convinced me, get him in

15 minutes ago, BigAl said:

This one seems to have cone out of left wing.

Midfielder on loan until season end with us retaining exclusive rights to make permanent.

Looks like Barron is offski or we are playing 3-6-1 going forward

 

Don’t rule out 1-6-3

He was always a driving midfielder with a will to win. Yes, he can be rash in the challenge but that’s part of his will to win and he has a great attitude. Better than a journeyman in my opinion. 

I can see there being serious interest in Duk as well. 

1 hour ago, dons8321 said:

Think Barron is ploughing a similar farrow!

 Mia Farrow?

Albeit I'm happy to see Richardson benched for this one, regardless of who we play at right back our center defense seriously lacks any aggression in the air and that will continue to cost us goals imo

1 hour ago, tlg1903 said:

Oh the fucking joys 

My prediction is penalty to Rangers.

A disappointing end to a game in  which we struggled all day in the final third due to a generally atrocious final ball. When we scored with 3 minutes remaining that really should have been it but as I've been saying all season, we are a team which cannot defend. 

Keep well min

Seems a bit extreme D.O.C, you ok?

Goal scorers cost money and I suppose the problem is, who do we bring in who is proven and who costs less? Over to the recruitment team I guess.

6 minutes ago, Panda said:

Think Jack Milne is our back-up for RCB (clearly ahead of Bates in pecking order). However I'd still like Bates to stay as I think when you sign a LCB with the message they're essentially a back-up - then you get a back-up level of player.

Getting rid of Bates & Ramirez sounds fine when everyone is fit. Let's say Miovski picks up an injury, is Duk ready to lead the line? Would prefer Ramirez personally.

Hearts today had Andy Halliday playing centre-half due to injuries. A better team than St Johnstone would have beat them.

Ramirez is a proven goal scorer, and that was when he had virtually no service and I think that if he plays in the current team, he will score goals. To get rid of him and leave us without central striker cover seems a bit short sighted but I have no idea what's going on behind the scenes with him and Goodwin. I like Lopes but from what I've seen we cant rely on him for goals. 

If Milne is ready and good enough I'm happy but as I've only seen him play in the midfield I just don't know. The fact that Goodwin has utilised McCrorie in the centre of defence doesn't fill me with confidence because McCrorie isn't the answer in that position. I think we need cover and I agree with Rico that it probably has to be a utility player.

1 minute ago, RicoS321 said:

Been quite quiet from the club on signings. With Ramirez, Bates and McLennan not on the bench today, it's vital that we move these three on. The longer you have senior professionals (and McLennan) on the bench, the more disruptive it will be. I'd probably shift Watkins too if we can get someone to pay out his contract. We're light in midfield (assuming Polvara is deemed not good enough), we can't rely on Clarkson every week. I'd like to see us offload before getting anyone else though. That should be the priority and I'd probably cope if we had no more in before January.

I still look at our defence with  degree of trepidation. Had LIvi got the goal the first goal they probably deserved in the first half today I'm worried they could have done a Motherwell on us. we were honking early doors and we still have little defensive cover so a defender has to be a priority in my mind. 

Agreed re Coulson, he was outstanding today as was Hayes who for his age showed phenomenal. fitness