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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.

I’m already exhausted with the new manager chat. I’m even starting to convince myself I’d be OK with McGlynn because I just want to make the Robinson fever dream stop. I get the argument that some fancy pants from Europe with 3 hair cuts and a tight suit isn’t necessarily any better than someone like McGlynn but I just want to hold on to the increasingly unrealistic ambition that we can reach for more. Wake me up when it’s all over.

Also, if you get it right with a couple of anchor signings it’s amazing the difference it can make to others who are malfunctioning or just lacking confidence. I’m not entirely convinced we have a lengthy list of complete failures but we do have a list of players who aren’t currently performing.

Possibly also need to factor in the fact that January is a notoriously poor window to shop in. Populated with over-priced, underperforming charlatans. We might just be avoiding wasting too many sovs in this window knowing the next rebuild will be better delivered in the summer?

Ronnie Edwards from Southampton coming in on a deal at QPR so he’s slipping down the order too.

As bad a move as that is under normal circumstances, the timing couldn’t be worse right now. We are a club letting so much slip right now and the fan base is lost with what the plan looks like. The optics here absolutely stink.

As TheDonbytheDee said, McGynn’s time at Tynecastle isn’t quite a fair comparison as they were an absolute disaster of a club when he was in charge. Im guilty of that same reasoning that makes McGlynn look like an unfashionable option. He definitely has lower league vibes but is possibly what we need right now

This is my concern also. The whole set up feels like Lutz is the master puppeteer and we’re getting more Northern European crazy. Just get 3 in midfield to protect the back 4 and offer a platform, play the leftie on the left, the rightie on the right, hit the by line and stick Kev on the pen spot. I’m over simplifying it I know but we need to change something.

Reckon we just aren’t on the Media radar at the moment while ‘they’ are recovering from their respective tantrums, Jambos are sweeping the footballing world of all trophies available and Motherwell are playing like 70s Ajax there is nothing of interest in Aberdeen.

This game is everything. I’m struggling to see what else is left of the season other than a form defying defence of the cup. As others have said, I’d take that ahead of clawing our way into the top 6 ahead of a plucky Falkirk and the hopeless belief that we might sneak a soul destroying spot in qualifying round 46 of the Eurovision Song Contest. OK others might not have said exactly that but you get the idea and yes I’m still suffering from yesterdays viewing.

Would worry about Milne in a back 4. Assume that FBs go high so it leaves us awfully exposed. When we switched to 4 against both St Mirren and Utd at home it didn’t take long for them to make in game changes and have a go and we looked vulnerable down the channels immediately. Hopefully we would play KMK regularly to screen the 2 CBs to become a 3 out of possession.

Literally spitting distance

Polishing off the Christmas booze purchases early Rico

Continuing to cling onto the hope that away from home we get a bit more room in behind and Hibs are knackered after Derby game. Also, my last 3 games Ive been at were Hearts, Livi and Dundee all of which we won and I’m going tomorrow. Where are those straws.

Honestly think Bilalovic would be handier up front that any of our current ‘strikers’.