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Wednesday 15th May 2024:  kick-off 7.45pm

Scottish Premiership - Aberdeen v Livingston

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Panda

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  1. Talks today with the board. I'd be surprised if that leads to the sack. My understanding is a week ago the club were nonplussed about the criticism and felt the games in hand meant we were in a false position. But fan anger appears to have moved the dial. Maybe, just maybe, they have learned their lesson from Goodwin post-Darvel last year when they released THAT statement.
  2. I'm not ready to say goodbye to Duk yet and I refuse to sanction this transfer.
  3. Why revert to four at the back with 10 minutes to go? His whole philosophy - subs and tactics - is to wait until there's barely any time left then make the changes too late. "We looked leggy" - well why not have an extra midfielder in there then? Why have three at the back and ask Shinnie and Miovski in particular to do far more running than they need to be doing? We had three must win games there and haven't won any of them.
  4. Don't blame him. Stay well away from this place pal.
  5. Her TikTok channel shows her at a lot of Aberdeen games, so she was probably coming to watch him.
  6. Duk is ill. Apparently. Odd line-up. Edit: Live commentary from Pittodrie on BBC Radio Scotland 810 MW and BBC Sounds
  7. Probably too early to start the Rangers-Aberdeen thread so I'll just dump it here, but just bought my ticket and fair to say the sales aren't going well, more than half the away section still available. Midweek, away from home, live on TV, Aberdeen likely to get horsed - understandable. But we will win so looking forward to it. £36 (technically £72 as I'll have to pay for both most likely) is money well spent.
  8. Hopefully not. Has been injured all season, and is now being loaned out by a League One team essentially to get him fit. I don't think that's the type of player we're looking for at the moment unless they really add something to the team. Already heard enough about Gueye's fitness issues.
  9. Be interesting to see if this new fella plays and if so where. I imagine he might play ahead of Polvara. MacDonald presumably starts. Maybe Duk in ahead of McGrath. Win or lose Robson isn't getting sacked this wee. A win crucial with the Old Firm up next. Never mind Hearts, lose this and we stay nine behind Kilmarnock in the battle for fourth. Dundee would be five ahead of us. I think if we play like we did in the first 30 minutes at Tynecastle then we'll do enough to get our noses in front, but can't say I'm confident.
  10. Mattie Pollock being considered according to Scott Burns. What might make it tricky is he actually started for Watford on Sunday and won rave reviews for his performance, so maybe the manager down there will have a change of heart.
  11. The thing is, the Premiership form is as sackable, the European performances were really encouraging (even if I thought the two Helsinki games we were poor), and the cups I think we've been fortunate - beating Hibs was the one real tough obstacle we've overcome and even then we didn't play particularly well. The results aren't what has me angry, as they weren't great under Glass and I still backed him. It's the tactics, playing his mates, and in-game decision making. All three of those things can be improved upon so maybe there is still a future there for Robson. For now, I fully believe he'll be in charge for the Bonnyrigg Rose match no matter what happens in the next three games - so he will be getting time anyway.
  12. I actually called him Adam Montgomery today in a conversation too. I will never get his name right.
  13. Is Adam Montgomery their Stephen Glass? A bit naive, trying to make something work with the wrong players, but maybe they do what we didn't do and trust the process? They can't defend, that's their big problem. They also have a goalkeeper who is not Premiership level anymore. But I like the way Montgomery is committed to 4-4-2 with two wingers and two strikers. Sometimes it's a bit of a mental 4-2-4, others it's 4-4-1-1 or a 4-2-3-1, but when they attack they're good. There are clearly weaknesses to the way he's trying to play, but if he was our manager and we were having the season Hibs are having - I'd be more inclined to give him a chance until the end of the season than I currently am with Robson. #BringBackGlass
  14. Five wins out of the last nine - including beating Frankfurt. Not long ago been in a cup final, and a favourable draw that presents a good chance of a Scottish Cup quarter-final. Last team to beat Rangers at Ibrox too. The FMB are more likely to give Robson a new contract than sack him.
  15. John Collins - I think it says a lot that he hasn't been hired by anyone. Granted, he may not even be like looking. His last job in football (unless I'm missing something) was eight years ago as Celtic assistant. Alex Neil is similar. Fans only remember the good times (Hamilton and Norwich in his case). Sunderland and Stoke fans hate him and Charlton fans have scoffed at being linked to him - having seen more of his football than we have over the past few years. I genuinely have no idea who we should go for. And I don't think the board do too. My fear is Jack Ross. Has many admirers at the club, and was very close to getting it before Goodwin. They'll see his Newcastle academy role as a positive.
  16. I agree with you. I don't see Robson lasting long term, and so you could say he's essentially back to being an interim boss. But I'll be surprised if he's sacked before the Dundee game. Maybe the club will surprise me. It's a shame, I like him and I wanted him to be given a chance. But he hasn't developed and I think he needs to go and do an Ian Murray, Duncan Ferguson and Scott Brown and take on a Championship job.
  17. Dunno, the jungle drums are beating. Maybe the club feel better that a win over Dundee quietens the noise, but we then have the Old Firm back-to-back. Robson seems genuinely well liked by everyone at the club and that makes sacking him difficult. But surely even his biggest fan is baffled at some of the decisions. I think he'll get the Dundee game, but we're one bad result/performance away from the end. And I think that's coming in the next three games.
  18. Think Rico should apologise to anyone he talked out of betting on Hearts -1 Robson in his post-match interview is going to dine out on that first 30 minutes, but the following 60 was the same as the rest of the season.
  19. Yeh, I'm only putting a fiver on it.
  20. Hearts have been terrible in their last five games. Twice they have had to fight back from 2-0 down against Ross County and Dundee, both at Tynecastle. They were minutes away from being taken to extra-time by Spartans. Forget the record at Tynecastle, it's a winnable game against a vulnerable team. I just don't see Aberdeen turning up.
  21. I think so, Sokler told him to "get well soon" and "come back stronger" on Instagram.
  22. Great goal. Ridiculous decision to chop it off, the 'foul' made no difference to the clearance. VAR ruining football, but keeping Aberdeen in this.
  23. Not really been watching (didn't go in the end) so only saw the last five minutes of the first half. Has it been a Robson Out performance or a bit-boring-but-we'll-come-good performance?
  24. Incredible how poorly Aberdeen actually advertise there things. Too busy wishing players happy birthday. But the game is on PPV for £12.99 through St Johnstone, or cash gates are open in the main stand for those like me who have just found themselves with a day off and are considering going.
  25. Huge week. Anything less than nine points from the next three games (St Johnstone, Hearts, Dundee) and I think we can forget any notion of third, and yes that means winning at Tynecastle. We could actually be 20 points behind them on Saturday night, the games in hand would mean little. Robson likes to say "We need to start winning games". Aye well we are definitely at that stage now. Same team that started v Clyde is fine with me, maybe I'd play Jensen ahead of Gartenmann and Pollock over Rubezic providing the club have signed him and have just forgotten to announce it, but should be fine enough. McGarry is injured.
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