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1 hour ago, OrlandoDon said:

Do we need to go there? Mcinnes had langfield McLean jack mckenna Anderson Robson reynolds considine shinnie pawlett Scott wright, even Connor McLennan, a large Scottish core, plus Logan Hayes mcginn, flood, long time SPL/aberdeen players.

Their nationality was irrelevant. You've been pushing this "need more physical players" stuff for over a week now (bizarrely, after the St Mirren game which you said you hadn't watched.)

Are you trying to claim Niall McGinn and Peter Pawlett were physical players?

1 hour ago, OrlandoDon said:

 

we are a team full of foreigners now and have we gone forwards?

We've gone forwards from last season, have we not?

We're season one into what is meant to be a three-season rebuild.

1 hour ago, OrlandoDon said:

coopers, Simpson’s, Hewitt etc. I don’t think that’s xenophobic. 

 

That would be relevant had we ignored three Scottish players of the standard of Cooper, Simpson and Hewitt and signed foreigners instead. But that's not what has happened has it?

2 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

 I disagree that we need someone with bite or whatever, we need somebody that is fit and athletic. Lewis Ferguson and Ramadani both excelled due to their athleticism, rather than their nastiness. Clarkson, Polvara and McGrath struggled because they don't do the miles. It's a bad combination for that reason. 

This bit is spot on.

Just now, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

Which part do you disagree with out of interest? 

The bit I quoted.

Firstly, we took regular humpings off Rangers and Celtic under McInnes.

Secondly, "spineless foreign shite". Even ignoring your backwards xenophobia, I'm not sure that's usually how Scandinavians are perceived, and I wouldn't say Mitov, Tobers or Knoester fall into that category either.

19 minutes ago, OrlandoDon said:

Perfect game for palaversa or sivert (obviously injured),

15 minutes ago, redordead said:

This is why we need a nilsen

Our issue was we were too slow to close down and cut out passes. We needed someone energetic in there. Nilsen wouldn't have sold that problem and we've had plenty of games with him in midfield and teams have played around him (a notable example being the last time we were at Ibrox).

32 minutes ago, Jute said:

To put that doing into context that is their first home win since the start of February. We got beaten 4-0 by a team managed by Barry “almost relegated Clyde” Ferguson. Abysmal performance. 

And to put it into another context, we got beaten by a team that won at Parkhead, were in the Europa League quarters, and who drew with Celtic last week.

Not defending the goals we lost (just like our defence ) but let's not pretend we've just lost to a lower league side here.

12 minutes ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

We had a team full of proper men under McInnes, now we have a team full of spineless foreign shite.

 

Heads gone.

Sober up and try again tomorrow.

We've missed five massive chances in this game (two from Keskinen, two from Gueye, one from Polvara). Any of them go in and this is a different game.

Yet here we are 3-0 down.

Just haven't pressed them enough in the right areas. All three goals conceded been too easy.

I hate to say it, but Barron is doing everything that no-one in our midfield is doing. Tracking every run. We've been too stationary in midfield and easy passes have got them in behind us.

Nisbet & Gueye on at half-time seems like we want more possession in Rangers half. 

We're fine. We're actually missing Jensen pushing forward from right back. We can get in behind Rangers' high line if we put a few more quicker balls in, Devlin has actually slowed it down.

But think Rangers have had one shot on target, and from long range. 

Decent first half. Hopefully hold onto the lead this time.

Quite a few changes there. Dorrington not in the squad which suggests an injury, hopefully Tobers not rushed back too soon. Glad to see Polvara start. Dabbagh starting up front will be interesting.

27 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

I genuinely can't tell if you're being serious. 

Of course I'm serious. I have too much respect for the sanctity of Scottish football coverage to make jokes about it.

I reckon if McInnes goes to Hearts, then Peter Leven may be on the shortlist at Rugby Park.

3 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

Game of the day today? BBC live commentary game? Any guesses? @Panda? 

It has to be Saints v County doesn't it? No way that any objective, impartial broadcaster would show anything else. Which the BBC is, of course.

It wasn't the big game of the day though, let's be honest here.

Hardly anyone was at the game, hardly anyone would watch it on TV, and hardly anyone would listen to it on the radio.

If you're claiming you turned on the radio as a neutral desperate to listen to it, I don't believe you. You wanted to know how Hibs were getting on in the battle for third, and the BBC provided you with that service.

5 hours ago, tlg1903 said:

Mcinnes to Hearts appears to be done deal according to my Jambo neighbour.  That's a depressingly good appointment for them. 

It's an interesting appointment. Is it a good appointment, I don't know.

You could argue he couldn't have timed his arrival at Aberdeen any better. Craig Brown had fixed a lot of the mess from the Mark McGhee era, Rangers, Hibs and Hearts all fell off, even Celtic weakened with Lennon then Deila. He struck gold with signings like Rooney, Logan and Shinnie, and his loans all filled the holes he needed to. He never really sorted the defence post- Russell Anderson's retirement, but midfield and attack were solid.

The last three years were chronic though. Was it all his fault? Did he just get unlucky when before he had the luck? Did the lack of a head of recruitment hinder him? Did managers just figure out his tactics, with McInnes unable to have a plan B?

It all begs the question, how good is Derek McInnes really? Did his last three seasons show us the truth, a man unable to turn around a club on a downward spiral, or was that unfair on account Glass and Goodwin didn't fair any better?

I don't think his Kilmarnock stint answers it either. He got them fourth with a very decent squad, but has struggled this season.

Although I'm sure he still has some affection for Aberdeen, he would be desperate to go and finish above Jimmy Thelin, not just once but consistently, win trophies with them, and show that in all our searching for new bosses we never found better than him. Hearts are the club that can give him that chance.

I think if he goes there (and should be said, while he's on the shortlist, he's not the only name on it), it'll be fascinating.

37 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

 

Personally, I think strips should last a decade. If I was throwing out a perfectly good garment every year, I'd be ashamed. 

 

 

Agreed. If I do buy a strip I fully expect to get years out of it. I don't think grown adults really need to have the latest strip every season. The last one I did buy was the Stephen Glass / Scott Brown era one and it's still in mint condition.

However, kids want the latest strip and you don't want little Hans, Eoin and Hicham running about in the old gear while their mates are in the new one. (Says the boy with no kids. I'm just angry on others' behalf).

I don't really buy strips unless they're retro ones or I really, really like them. However, bit annoyed at how regularly we bring out strips in order to continuously milk the fans for money.

If you're paying £70 for a shirt - whether for yourself or your kids - the least I expect is that team actually wear it. Am I right in thinking we had an away strip once that we never wore for a single game? Think it was the black & gold number in 2012-13.

Likewise, I also expect it to have a lifespan of at least 12 months (it used to be two years, now we're not even getting one year). We brought out the 'wasp' strip in July so that's been replaced already, and the granite strip was September so if we release a third kit in summer that'll be less than a year too.

I also wouldn't be surprised if we bring a cup final shirt out now before Hampden, despite the current one being a nod to the 1990 strip, so would make sense we wore it in the final. 

I presume this means Texo are renewing their shirt sponsorship. Hadn't read anywhere them agreeing to extend it beyond this season. 

As for the strip itself, not for me, but at least the club are trying to do something different with their away top rather than a catalogue template.

On 20/04/2025 at 17:15, Panda said:

 

I don't actually think we'll sell 21,000. Too many just can't be arsed with what they think (wrongly) will be another defeat to Celtic. So 19,000 probably would do us.

Technically, my 100% record of always being right is still intact as we didn't sell 21,000, but I shouldn't have doubted our support, and I apologise to the 1,200 fans who could have missed out on a ticket if the board had done what they often do and read my posts before making important decisions.

2 minutes ago, Jute said:

Not that bothered about losing Doohan other than leaves us really short of Scottish players if we make Europe. 

Presumably means Scott Bain leaving Celtic. Could do a swap for him.

Celtic reportedly want to re-sign Ross Doohan. No doubt for their European quota.

He's out of contract in summer so sadly we can't demand an extortionate fee.

Not bad considering it's not even on general sale yet.

Looks like the sales are going well.

It's being played on Gothenburg Day. However, it's also being played 34 years to the day we needed a draw at Ibrox to win the league. 

Anyway...

Was planning to go to this, but had a browse at the last remaining tickets there and it's £37 a pop. Can't be arsed paying that for a live TV game, when there's Tannadice and Hampden coming in the next few weeks.

Barry Ferguson has to win either against us or Dundee United to avoid becoming the first Rangers manager in history to fail to win a home game. A win for us means we've got the better of them over the four games since, I dunno, probably some time ago.

Do it for the poor fans who were there in 91.