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Again I have the same feeling as I've had after PAOK and Rangers - I don't know if we're a good team or not. Awful first half, second half where with better conditions we maybe win the game. I've got to say, the more games he plays the less I'm impressed with Rubezic. He's a 'attack everything in the box' kind of player like MacDonald so he has his used, but he's not a footballer and gives me the fear constantly. Worth noting the Rangers and Frankfurt results tonight went our way. PAOK have won the group so Frankfurt have nothing to play for at Pittodrie. So we can rest players and maybe still have a chance of a result if they send over a shadow team. But Rangers will be in Seville three days before the cup final probably needing a result.

I know he's young and that, but at times Rubezic worries you, and tonight he's been switched to the right side of defence where he's been more exposed. Helsinki are targeting that area with cross balls to get their wide man running at him and Milne (who has played okay). (Will regret this next line at full-time) Would like to see Dadia come on and see what he's got.

The B team out. Good to see MacDonald, Milne and Gueye start - chance to have a good look at the last two in particular. Be interesting to see what the formation is, don't see a recognised right wing back there. Milne perhaps, or he might play more central with Duncan or Hayes switched to there.

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Ian Crocker said in commentary that Mackenzie has done his hamstring and could be out for a while.

In the whole Aberdeen raising their game 'debate', did we actually perform better v Rangers? In the first half we did, played pretty well actually. But in the second half we were every bit as bad as at Parkhead. Interesting to note, Rangers had more shots at goal than Celtic, more shots on target, and almost as much possession. The difference was Celtic were clinical, Rangers were not.

Well, from what had been a good first half, that second half was really poor. We had 27% possession in that second half. Can't remember any period where we've held onto the ball. I don't think we defended well either - we head away a few crosses but really all we've done is fill the box with red shirts, we've been cut apart a lot, Rangers have hit the bar twice, and there's a lot of poor finishing from Rangers. I said at half-time I was concerned with how narrow our back five was meaning we just let their two full backs have all the time in the world to put crosses on. Looked like despite all that we'd survive. The penalty - he's dived, but this is VAR now where they don't look at whether he's dived, they look at the shirt pull. Because technically it's a pull then it's a penalty, even though it's ridiculously soft. But we're fortunate to have a point after that second half performance.

This team just continues to mess with us. Are we good or not? In that first 45 minutes we've been excellent. It has been long balls, but there's been at least some thought behind it rather than aimless punts. The front two are causing the back line problems, and the midfield three are pushing up quickly to get on the second balls. It's not pretty football, but it's been effective. It's not a case of us just taking the one chance that's fine our way; Solker and McGrath have had big chances either side of the goal. Only concern is we're inviting Rangers to make crosses too much, and our back three haven't dominated as much. Really, Rangers probably should have one too.

Could also be a 5-3-2, which could be long balls into the channels to the two front men, although at least we'd have people to actually chase those punts. If McGrath and Clarkson aren't too detached from the front two then it could be alright. Good to see McGarry on the bench too. And Milne, who I thought we had loaned out!

Had a good home record as had a habit of scoring quite handsomely at Pittodrie early in the season, but were shocking away from home - only won two league away games in Goodwin's time as manager.

Stats, miniskirts, etc. Robson's highs are still better than any high Goodwin managed. But the performances v Celtic, Kilmarnock and Hearts in particular match up with Goodwin's December and January failings that ultimately earned him a meeting with the FMB. I'm not for a minute calling for Robson to be sacked. I think he deserves until January at least and we'll assess it then. But those highs of winning at Ibrox and Hampden, and encouraging away showings v PAOK and Frankfurt, are like a boxer getting beat up but managing to throw enough punches to convince the referee not to stop the fight. There could be the peculiar situation where we fall further behind third place, turn in some more terrible performances, but win the League Cup. Could the board sack the manager two weeks after he's won a trophy?

According to Burrows on Twitter, not yet. We're also not quite getting 19,500 tickets.

According to Steve Agnew he's in contention.

Philippe Clement hasn't been tested yet. Slapping aside Hearts, Hibs, Livingston and St Mirren is to be expected. Lunchtime at Pittodrie is when we see what he's actually about. Unfortunately I have no idea what Aberdeen will turn up. Will it be the passing version that is organised, defends well and creates good opening for Miovski? Or will it be the two passes then a punt up the park version? If Team A turns up we've got a chance. Team B, no. It's mine, Jim Bett and Xabi Alonso's joint birthday on Saturday so was looking forward to this, but they moved it to the Sunday and the three of us have dinner plans that day now, so won't be going.

Unless I'm confusing you for someone else, you have not spent a single day of your life at the BBC, so have literally just made all that up and convinced yourself it must be true. You also know fine well I can't reply to any of it.

No, they don't. The BBC are currently banned from Celtic press conferences (not a secret, pretty common knowledge), their "clout" hasn't sorted that one, so it's not enough to demand an interview with Doncaster. I could actually tell you a few things about Doncaster and the BBC, but maybe not on a public forum. Doncaster would just release a statement, and that would be it.

He actually has a two-year notice period. So if they want to get rid of him, they have to wait two years before he actually goes. To get him out straight away would cost close to £1m in compo. Not worth the hassle I think most clubs will say. He's also a very convenient scapegoat.

Neil Doncaster tends to reject interview requests which is why you rarely hear from him. The only time you do is when he's got good news to announce like a sponsorship deal. An absolute cretin of a man who should have been punted years ago.

Actually appears the club have messed up here. I didn't realise it went from 200 loyalty points straight to general sale, with fans able to buy four tickets per account. So if you haven't been to a game since the 2014 final you can buy a ticket plus three more for your pals who aren't even registered, while loyal fans who have been all season but didn't realise they went on sale at 5pm are going to miss out.

General sale started at 5pm. Two hours later and only a handful of tickets left. Either club have held a significant number of tickets back, or everyone realises our name is on the trophy.

Aberdeen emailed me and said "As a supporter with 200+ Priority Points you have access to tickets etc etc" and I thought "nice one, I have over 200 loyalty points. What great news to wake up to." Went to the website. I don't have 200 loyalty points. Have complained to the club, and was delighted to hear an hour ago the person who made the error has been sacked. Bought my cup final ticket through a supporters club.

Are they both genuinely shit or is Robson just not picking them? We'd be saying MacDonald is a waste too if we hadn't already seen him play last season. I would say though that we should make another stab for Mattie Pollock. Just three substitute appearances this season for Watford, he was tweeting about Aberdeen the other day when we made the cup final which - as everyone knows - is his way of saying he wants to sign a three-year deal. Other than that we don't need to sign anyone. Squad is fine as long as no-one gets sold. Robson is learning and improving on the job all the time. Save the transfer cash and put it towards improving the transport options to Kingsford ahead of the new stadium being built. Is the rest of the £25m going to be in add-ons? It troubles me that our future manager Andrew Considine is now learning from Craig Levein.

Frankfurt v Aberdeen: 55,000 (2,300 reds) Aberdeen v Helsinki: 16,316 Aberdeen v PAOK: 16,089 PAOK v Aberdeen: 22,000 (744 reds)

I'd say no to that, but what I would say is Robson's attempts to manage the fitness levels has been hopeless. He waited until 3-0 to change anything, making three subs between the 78th and 81st minutes. Shinnie - Barron Polvara - Duncan Hayes - Duk Essentially, three like for like subs (position wise), a "freshen up" for the last 10 minutes, which turned into 20 minutes. Maybe Duk went into a front two, I can't remember in all honesty. At 3-0 the game is gone. Miovski, who has ran after scraps all day, is about to go on international duty. Take him off. I'd even go so far as to suggest one of the demoralised back line should have gone off too.