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Overall I thought we handled that pretty well but I must confess I shat myself when they hit the post. It was a solid enough win in the end against a stodgy team on a god awful pitch. Another busy period ahead. We are playing 2 games a week until the 17th of February. Tough games too, our next 5 are away to St J (god I hate Craig levien teams), away to hearts, home to dundee, home to celtic and away to der hun. This could well be a make or break few weeks for the squad and Robson. The St J, Hearts and Dundee games are must win for him (or at least 7 from 9) I would say because if he's going into a double header against the gruesome twosome off the back of poor results against some or all of those three the pressure will be on big time.

I think the problem with trying to sign off rangers and celtic is that even their fringe players are often earning low 5 figure sums per week which we just can't compete with.

Just watched the pre match pressers with Robson and Roos. Points of note for me were we are probably in talks with at least one player andbarron and Roos potentially could re-sign but they are wanting to see what else is available before they do. I would say Barron more likely than Roos

Perhaps but thats the first time I can remember him starting with the back 4 since he took over. Given it worked really well and he does tend to stick with a team that has won I would be surprised if he switched. Obviously the 2 weeks off are a bit of a curve ball though. Fwiw I don't think it's a bad thing to be able to switch between a 3 and a 4 depending on who you are playing. Some seem to be forgetting a back 3 has worked very well for us at times this season, particularly in Europe, and was hugely effective domestically last season in getting us into Europe. Robson has consistently mentioned how little time he has had on the training pitch with the squad. Now he's just had a week with them it makes it all the more interesting to see which formation he goes with and how good the team looks as a result.

I'm quite happy with Milne there 2bh Jute

They will be well motivated for sure, McCall doesn't like us much after his time at the Jutes. I feel confident about this one though, I think the two weeks off will have been great for the squad both with getting some r&r and solid time on the training pitch. It would be insane to move away from the back 4 after the performance in Dingwall. 4-0 dons. Miovski hatrick and Morris

Aye, Gartenmann is probably our best cb to my eye.

Kjaer was captain for a while if memory serves Rico

That would be great business

Aye liked him straight away then the overhead kick against Burnley made me love him. Really hope he doesn't go to fucking Juve though. Aside from personal distaste due to my Italian club leanings they are not much fun to watch. I would much rather he went to Milan whom are also apparently interested, they are loads of fun to watch.

Defo don't want Van Veen. Seen that movie too many times, one good season does not make an ageing striker worth a big contract.

Past few games that Morris has come on in he hasn't been awful by any stretch, he also seems to be the only wide player we have that consistently goes for the by-line and I would play him over Vinny at the moment 2bh. Vinny is an odd player, it's really hard to say what his best position is. I would say he is better in the center than out wide, he's not exactly rapid and he couldn't skin a potato. The Duk to young boys rumour is interesting. Benefica have 50% of any fee and he's only got 18 months left. If we got 1.5 mill for him (as in a 3 mill fee) I would see that as pretty decent business but I wouldn't be disappointed if we kept him either though. Swiss league doesn't seem a huge step up but he will get a shot at CL football most likely so he would probably want to go.

Rhys Williams loan ended confirmed by the club to no shock to anyone. Hopefully Dadia will be off the books soon too.

Lot of positives to take from today, County actually tried to play in spells and I thought we held them at arms length fairly well when they did. I also thought we moved the ball on the deck pretty well in spells as well and that was when we looked our best. Overall I would say everyone had a good game, particular stand outs were Barron, Miovski, Mcgrath and Shinnie. I think Ruby started over Jensen to deal with the physical presence of White and on that note I suspect Polvara was shoe horned in on the right over Morris for his size too. He did well though. A good pressure reliever for Robson and the end to a hectic schedule. He has mentioned a few times he's not had a lot of time on the training pitch with a lot of the new additions due to schedule. He's got 16 days with them until we play Clyde now.

Helen have had a rotten December, 4 points from 18, so we have every right to be expecting a win. Not sure what to expect team wise either though Robson did say that he was getting 3 days in a row on the training pitch with them for the first time in 4 months. That could see some tactical changes perhaps but time will tell. If we score early I think we could have a fun game, 4-0 dons Miovski, mcgrath, Clarkson and Duk

3 wins out of 4 in the league this month 2bf and 4 wins out of 6 for December overall. Patchy at best seems a wee bit harsh 2bh. Very confident going into this one, think we will win quite comfortably and I really hope Miovski gets a goal or two given this will probably be his Pittodrie swansong.

Which means the BBC know what his user name is and monitor his posts on DT?

...... why would you posting anonymously on here directly lead to you going on such a course?

What I find laughable about this is that folks seriously think the tim board will sanction the kind of bid that cormack would need to justify selling to a domestic rival. For that I think it would need to be a bid approaching 8 figures in size and they will never spend that on a player from another Scottish club.

Pleased the squad got a wee break 2bh Manc. Fancy us big time for this and fancy us to end the month well. A solid win here sets us up nicely to take St mirren and then county. 3-0 Miovski, Duk and mcgarry

Not only that there is no recovery period for the squad so Robson can get them on the training pitch tomorrow when he wouldn't have been able to prior. We will defo be fresher come the Motherwell game than we would have been.

Sympathies to all those that travelled though, that must have been a real sickener. In the grand scheme of things perhaps it's not the worst luck in the world. I'm pleased the squad is getting a wee break after such a hectic schedule 2bh. Also this had banana skin written all over it and I'm also pleased it is now a 2024 problem. Motherwell and Helen at home next then county away. 9 from 9 is highly achievable

My feeling is he will end up in Serie A 2bh and I wouldn't be shocked if it was Bologna again. I'm hoping for about 6 mill + sell on fee but time will tell. I also doubt he will be here come February 2bh but would be delighted to be proven wrong.

I really like Polvara. I noticed pre season he was getting talked up an awful lot by Robson and Hayes. As such I watched him closely anytime he got minutes. Robson was talking him up again in his presser yesterday and I can see him becoming a big player for us as the season progresses. Polvara was also speaking and he comes across as very switched on and humble. His ball for Sokler on thursday gets better every time you watch it.

Gets better every time you look at it!