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He's desperate to see the mighty dons rinse the orribles?

Yeah and I wasn't very happy about Shinnie playing that game. Another thing with the league cup is that it's midweek games which can lead to more chance of accumulated fatigue injury. Ict on Saturday is going to be our fifth game in two weeks. I do get what you're saying BB, it's not that many games more, but we have already played 6 games more than most as it is and it all add's up.

I'm just looking at the bigger picture. We don't have a massive squad and there are certain players we just can't afford to lose to long term injury if we want to be in the mix come may. I'm thinking the likes of Ward, Jack, McGinn, Rooney and Shinnie to name a few. We can stick out a competitive side without risking key players. If we make the final that's a different story but the reality the situation is with the size of squad we have I think we need to pick our battles.

The jambos I spoke to on the way to haymarket were the same Hebrew.

I can understand that but I just don't think we will get another shot at the title as good as this for a while. Not only that there is no doubt that McInnes as well as our key players will be on bigger clubs radars by now. I genuinely think the only chance we have of keeping this squad and management team together is to win the league and to have a CL qualifying carrot for next season. For me the most realistic chance of winning the league is to build up a big enough cushion over celtic whilst they have europa league to contend with. Come January they will be spending big as not winning the league and it's resulting no CL qualifying would be incredibly damaging for them, especially having not qualified the past few seasons.... we saw their recent 4 mill loss. We have a chance to win the league cup every season, the same cannot be said of the League so I have to respectfully disagree and say I don't give a rats ass about the League cup this season. The Scottish cup is a different story as we will have a far better idea of where the league challenge is by the time the 3rd round comes round.

Phoenix Nights was brilliant but Dave Spikey was the real genius behind that. I don't mind Peter Kay, he's had his moments.

So what do we reckon? Is Pig-gate going to take down Cameron? I think it could, regardless of how true the allegations are he's going to take a hoor of a ripping for this. So much so it actually could make his position untenable.

Don't give a rat's ass about the league cup this year, we have bigger fish to fry. I would be quite happy to play the kids/back up players in this one. Eg Brown McLaughlin Rose Quinn Henry Flood Robson Wright Smith Orsi Parker That's a good blend of youth and experience that is more than capable of giving hibs a game.

Fucks sake kow ;-)

I didn't think the feel good factor from the Celtic game would be topped easily but tynecastle was amazing today. Can anyone stop this red and white juggernaut?

Shankland off the mark for Helen. It was a nice finish too, real poachers goal

Tough one but we can do it In. Lift down, then probably roseburn Away end Train back Score draw

1 up and don't really deserve to be, Hamilton have got right in our faces and we have found it hard to keep the ball as a result. Did have a decent ten minute spell but credit to Hamilton for not caving. That Ali Crawford is a cracking player, would love to sign him

It really has banana skin written all over it doesn't it. Thankfully I have every confidence that DM and Doc will be keeping the players grounded enough to focus on the task in hand. In Driving up from a meeting in Stirling Main Driving back to Inverness 3-0 mcginn, Rooney, Smith

http://thecelticblog.com/2015/09/blogs/celtic-gutless-at-every-level-as-aberdeen-win-with-ten-men Turning on Deila now

Then shame on you Al Surely there's gonna be a bit of a clamour for him to be in the Poland squad next month now. Probably won't make hee haw difference but never mind. Less chance of getting injured as well. What a performance today Dons-talkers. Yeah we got lucky with Considine but the will to win just oozed through the team today, I'm sure some self righteous prick was going on about that earlier in the thread, and it took us across the line with some fervour. I've had a few Tims tell me today we were worth the win and how concerned they are with their back line at the moment. They are all, to a fucking man, still writing us off but that's hardly surprising. Now let's not fuck it up against Hamilton.

Whilst I agree Quinn had a great game Shinnie was MOTM for me. I know I go on about him being better at LB but he was a titan in midfield today

Blatantly obvious they can't defend crosses, it needs to be exploited

Deserved sending off but the ict players reaction to it was pretty disgusting. Good win for Inverness and two defeats on the bounce takes the spring out hertz step quite nicely for next weekend.

I started to get that pre match sense of anticipation this morning, really can't wait for the game tomorrow. It could all go wrong of course, we all know the trauma that is AFC choking at the crucial moment in a game that matters especially when sold out. Tomorrow feels different however. I've never known an AFC team to have such determination to win and belief that they will do so in all my years. I was thinking about the McInnes era today at work and a thought occurred. All historically memorable teams have a game that marks their coming of age, the result outsiders pay most attention as it's the first one where they think "Aww shit! They are actually really good now". A good example from the Fergie era (and I'm guessing a little here as I was only 1 at the time) would be the rinsing of Hibs at Easter road in 1980. Off course all the work was done prior but given the nature of the game and the subsequent mauling (i.e. not totally bottling it) handed out that's the one that always get's referenced in the Fergie story. Now obviously teams don't come of age in one game but grow into it over many months. Key to it are consistent team selection, squad unity, being well drilled and tactically aware, players being confident of their ability and, most importantly, having a steely determination to win. Bar the 2 new additions, which have slotted in seamlessly anyway, our team has been playing together for months and they really know each others game. All the other requirements seem to have a tick in the box too so it surely can't be long before this team becomes greater than the sum of it's parts If we win tomorrow it's possible this will be the Hibs at Easter road of the Derek McInnes era. If we were then to follow it up with a win at home to Hamilton on Tuesday there's gonna be a few people in the celtic boardroom sweating a little I think.

There's no tickets left to sell, hearts sold out the rest of the stadium a few weeks back

Fucking forest again? Un Cunting Believable

Looking forward to this one. There are big question marks at how Celtic are going to line up which you really don't need when travelling to your closest rivals. The Celtic back line is now in a transition period having finally lost both its CB's from last season and it's possible that they could line up with 4 players that have never played with the man next to him. E.g Ambrose Simunovic Boyata Blacket. They probably won't but it many ways it's as good as any other option they have. You have to think Simunovic will start as they haven't spent this kinda coin on a player in a while now. We obviously know little about him but I'm sure I heard it mentioned he was available at half the price at the start of the window. Zagreb knew Celtic were desperate at the 11'th hour and also knew what they were getting in from Southampton so bumped up the price. Can't say for certain how true his initial value was but all the rest fits. 5.5 mill for a 21 year old with 50 odd appearances for Zagreb and not yet even a full International? I'm not saying the boy isn't a player, I know virtually nothing about him, but the whole deal reeks of Celtic hitting the big red gamble button if you ask me. Blacket could also be considered a serious option to play at Lb because surely even RD can see that McGinn and Hayes would enjoy playing against EI far more. You do wonder if he might drop Boyata for Mulgrew otherwise its a really inexperienced pair of CB's (in general game time and with each other) against a front line that is highly adept at counter attacking. If you add into the mix that Brown and Johansen's form has dipped to add to their defensive difficulty's I think there's plenty of reasons to be confident we can dominate large spells of the game. A month ago I would have been pretty certain that DM would use his euro tactics but now I'm not so sure. Taylor and Considine have looked pretty settled and as useful as Shinnie is at cm he's better and more effective at fb. Another decision for DM is whether to drop the recently underperforming Logan now there is what seems to be a capable and hungry replacement. I'm not saying he will as DM is hard to predict but he has been known to be ruthless about such things before. I hope he keeps Maclean and Jack in the centre as they would match up quite nicely against Brown and Bitton.... it would also keep Flood out of the side. It will also be interesting to see whether he keeps both DG and AR in the team and if he doesn't which one he drops and who for. Regardless though I think we have more than enough to take the three points. In Bus through then golf club Main Bus home A reasonably comfortable 2-0 with with Shinnie and Goodwillie (he's so due a goal) scoring.

I think you boys have been watching a different player from me. All players have dips in form from time to time but I have never once found myself questioning Mcginniesta's application and effort. Fantastic player who would walk into any team in the league.

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