Ajja

Expect Killie will look to thwart Topi so might overload their right side of defence . Could give more opportunity for Bilalovic on our right. If we don’t take this game by the scruff of the neck and win it comfortably I think we are resigned to bottom 6 as the next batch of games will be tough and we need the confidence of a run to go into it.

Luna (dug) & Rufus. Safe to say the dug is less keen on the bed sharing but Rufus (or doofus as I call him) is a wee dick and bullies her.

Well this is fairly indicative of the levels of excitement that a game in Killie brings . I’m going to put up pictures of my wee nutter of a cat

Struggled to impose himself tonight for sure. Pitch was honking though, bollocks to trying to play football on that.

The ABZ pod guys had some Kaiserslautern fan commentator dude on for a short run through of Aremu. Sounds like a tenacious, battling type but likes a foul and can go in heavy at times. He’ll win a lot of balls but don’t expect him to move the ball forward in any form. Hopefully, the other more creative, technical types around him can do the neat, progressive work while he does the heavy lifting on the physical side. Worth a shot as we’ve been over run in the middle of the park since around Oct 2023.

It’s one of two things, either the player is back-pedaling on the ‘misheard’ ticket or everyone has agreed to say nothing while investigations happen. I’m suspecting the latter. All the dons podcasts were def following the whip and making statements and platitudes rather than getting into it which suggests a request form the club maybe?

I’m clinging on to the idea that a CDM might not need as much time to ‘get up to speed’ when his primary function is to be an angry bastard and crunch folk in midfield

Falkirk away at CP and Hibs host Huns. Could be a good weekend for us if we hold up our end.

February has a lot of tasty fixtures across the top end of the table. Suspect a few teams will be shedding points. Our own run is pretty tough with no clubs below us in our next batch of games after this one. At the moment, Hibs are looking like the only team who could slide out of that top 6 but they’d have to have a stinker in Feb and we’d need to pull out some surprises. Not even sure I’m that bothered about getting top 6 when it all shakes out. We should be putting everything we’ve got into cup games from here on in as far as I’m concerned but Killie game is a must win if we are entertaining even a sniff at top 6.

Is there a place for Aouchiche in the midfield as the hardworking battler or is he too soft and similar to others (and crucially not ours or likely to be). I’ve probably answered my own question there to be fair. As you were

An amphetamine Yengi. Huzza!

Think QPR are sniffing about Luke Graham.

Please don’t, you’re making me scared.

Problem with McGlynn is we are observing him years into a project at Falkirk where he has had the time to build a squad of guys who will run through walls for him. This Falkirk team/club didn’t spring up from nowhere in 3 months. We know he’s never getting the time to run that process at the Dons. We don’t have the players with the character to snap into that set up. He’d have to clear the decks and start all over.

Gutting that this rules out travel for this one. It’s not every day you get to see Ajax circa 1973 in the flesh at Pittodrie.