tlg1903

If we go behind in this one early on I think we are in for a loooooong afternoon

This has banana skin written all over it. Callum Davidsons stock in trade as a player and a manager has largely been to get crosses into the box and we are not dealing very well with those at the moment. If we score first we should be fine but I REALLY don't want to have to go through the hand wringing of trying to find an equaliser against what has already been shown to be a very solid defence. fingers crossed, 3-1 dons. Nisbet, Dabbagh and Jensen

I would add that's the second game in a row that Clarkson has come on and provided some necessary guile. Negatives. We really need to start dealing with crosses better but Mitov defo needs to be doing better with that first one, he went pure jazz hands. On his day he's a great goalie but he's dropped a few clangers this season. The general lack of penetration was incredibly frustrating but I will give utd credit where it's due, they were very hard to break down and out goals were about moments of quality rather than defensive failure. Positives. Attitude was excellent. It would have been easy for heads to go down as the second half progressed given the lack of opportunities but they kept plugging away and got their rewards. Nisbets first is underrated imo and I think Jensen deserves a mention for both assists, the second being a peach of a cross. Dorrington looked pretty tidy when he came on also, is there any update on Tobers yet btw? I do try to be patient with new signings and let them settle etc but I agree Okkels doesn't seem to be offering much. As I said prior I think Pape should be put back there as he was really effective wide left at the start of the season. Re Mackenzie, he's looking like a player that doesn't want to get injured just as he goes OOC

Well, this is a big one. Hopefully parkhead will be well out of the minds of ours whilst utd will still be stewing over their goal being disallowed. A win here would set us up so nicely for the run in to the split and all those games are very winnable. Expect Mitov to be back, would quite like to see Gueye back in the side but wide left. It is where he has played best for us and Okkels is very hit and miss at the moment. 3-1 dons, Nisbet, Keskinen and Dabbagh

I was scratching my head at half time how we were 3 down but I have no complaints with the result even if the scoreline flattered celtic a wee bit. Fingers crossed the confidence isn't too dented with Sunday on the horizon.

Lest we forget he's been pretty awful ever since he bottled his pen against der hun. A great player on his day and I'm sure he will score one or two against us but defo replaceable.

To be fair to Gueye I thought Killie were watching him very closely. It looked like they were very wary of giving him free space to run into with the ball. As others have said it was a typical Mcinnes sit in and frustrate so I'm not going to read too much into the lack of chances created. In the end it was one of those games where we deserved it because we managed to score. Twas a really tidy and opportunistic finish from Dabbagh as well and I agree that he looked very bright when he came on. Tuesday will be the first big test for Tobers and Knoester but we will save that chat for another thread. Agree they are looking like a good pairing and defo improving though. Thelin used his bench well today, obviously devlin coming off wasn't part of the plan but changing 3 players at once is not without it's risks. It paid off though as I thought we started to dominant after that. Morris looked lively as well when he came on, had a crazy good run at one point when he went past like 4 players from near the centre of the pitch to manage to get to byline to get a cross in.

That was my first thought, probably a championship side.

Was chatting with a county supporting pal the other day and he was raving about Hale. Who's Mulligan btw? I've had a lot on my plate the past few months and not really been keeping up with football other than the dons.

My feeling was it's more a he's not long back from injury and just not quite ready for 90 minutes situation

What a relief

Sorry mate, just saw this. Didn't get out of inverness this weekend in the end but thanks for thinking of me buddy

In fairness to Doohan he has done pretty well in Mitov's place

Good luck to him, this maybe leaves us a wee bit light at cb until Milne is fit again.

Everyone's a critic

Prick

Does anyone know how ticket sales are for this as it's not impossible, if the starts align, that I could attend? Won't know until the day though.

In all honesty I have no idea why I did it, I was typing it when on a work call and I didn't realise I had included the date in the title until I posted it

Fucks sake Manc It's the hope that kills you isn't it and I am hopeful of a win here? Tough game though Dundee's form has been patchy recently and it's not unreasonable to assume that Knoester and Tobers should know each other a little better now and another shutout isn't entirely impossible. I suspect most of the starting line up from Dunfermline will keep their places with the only big question being at CF. Does Jimmy bring Dabbagh or stick with Nisbet after a decent performance and goal? Fuck it, 3-0 dons, Dabbagh, Keskinen and Nisbet

It's a cracker, it really is. Ideally he needs a goal against der hun (preferably a winning one) first though

He's gonna score a winner against the huns one day and, on that day, I'm going to use this and pretend I came up with it. Sorry not sorry.

I disagree about Jensen, I like his pace and constant desire to get forward and I think he will really grow into this team. That's not to say he doesn't have areas to develop but he's 23 so of course he does. I can certainly see why Thelin wanted him put it that way. I think Keskinen will be fine as well btw. For me his problem is far more decision making than ability.

Good win against a stodgy side. Here's hoping we can kick on from this. Points of note from me. Knoester looks solid and tidy with the ball, here's hoping him and Tobers get a run of games together. If we could figure out a way of getting Gueye running onto the ball regularly he would start terrorising defences. Balls into feet are not much use to him and I can't see it working as no 10 as a result. That's not to say I don't think he can play centrally though, playing just off a striker and looking to run beyond him could be effective. Palaversa is really growing into the team now and whilst like Rico I wasn't convinced he was suited with Nilsen my fears on that are easing. Pleased to see Nisbet get a goal but I just don't think he suits Thelinball. Some finish from Jensen.

agreed on both counts

oh FFS