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I'd argue that Niall McGinn, James Maddison, Leighton Clarkson, Calvin Ramsay are all ahead of him in the gifted stakes in an AFC shirt so far. However, there are definitely the signs that he might blow them all out the water if he continues to settle into it. He's working very hard for the team, as well as beginning to turn on the style. Edit: of course, the similarities with Gilhaus are due to the point in their careers at which we signed them, which makes him stand out.

Apart from the last two games..... Hanley and Souttar v Denmark, with McKenna coming in for Belarus.

I guess the difference is that the Tims are also needing last minute winners and look ropey as hell, and the Huns are a poor side who nobody in the league is frightened to play.

Not sure I'd go a back three. Tierney can barely play 60 minutes at the moment, and needs to be quietly sidelined. A great player on his day, but I think it'd be down to luck if we happen to get that day. Wouldn't mind seeing both Dykes and Adams start, as it's a good combination. Keep McTominay high up the park and we'll be fine.

You might get to fifty percent of the roasters though, or the folk that sit next to them, who might tell them to shut it. I think the "three year project" line has helped Thelin until now, and if we can say that we're implementing a strategy to give X number of minutes to young players, then the fans will at least know the justification for playing a youth team player that might not otherwise be afforded game time.

Great news, he looks the business. I thought Jensen was fine at the weekend, but he's in one of the roles that requires a lot of effort in our system, so Lobban could easily have played the final twenty minutes in place of him. Hopefully the new DOF will open up avenues for young players to make the first team more often, via a publicised strategy to ease pressure on the manager and player(s)

Dropping last season's player of the tournament is disgusting. I won't be attending.

Some people are just inexplicably despicable cunts.

I'd hate to see McInnes take the Huns job. I like McInnes.

Is that done with crayons?

It was more of a 3-4-3, but we can call it a 3-4-2-1 . It suited us.

Aye, as everyone has said, it was a very good performance. Dundee were gash, and we took full advantage by pressing them hard all over the pitch. The front three did a lot of good work and pressing (Nisbet worked hard despite not getting on the end of anything). The two young lads, Shinnie and Armstrong's movement in midfield was immense, Shinnie winning everything and Armstrong dragging them around all over. Karlsson looked like a real footballer. The defence rock solid, and carried the ball well. Gyamfi had his best game, despite a slow start, and a great run and finish for the goal (brilliant from Armstrong). The subs ruined the flow quite a bit, and the midfield two didn't reach the standard of those they replaced, but Lazetic was decent again. Milanovic disappointed a little, but the game was over and we were just cruising. These games are perfect for blooding young players, it's a shame we don't have any.

I'd only have him back if Yengi, Nisbet or Lazetic are leaving. Anderson never really had the pace to make it for us, and I don't see that as having changed. He's probably just a little too similar to what we already have, and is also at his best in a front two. I think it'd have to be him or Nisbet for me, which is a choice we could probably have made in the summer, so I see no sense on dwelling on that now. I'd look elsewhere for someone that offers us something we don't already have, either pace or battering rammery.

Devlin played there when Tobers went off the other week, and it was fine. It takes away from Devlin's game a bit, but if he's the fitter of him and Dorrington, then there's no issue with him playing right centre back if they want to maintain the back three. To be honest, I quite like to see us use the squad in that way. It would also mean that Devlin has to do less running, but also gives him game time. I think it will be along the lines of how we finished the Motherwell game.

Just play a 3-5-2. Best of both worlds. I'd give Karlsson a rest from the start and play Lazetic and Nisbet for an hour.

Marshall looks like a really good footballer, but I think he might lack the physical attributes to make it. Hopefully not, but he seemed to lack the pace and athleticism, and there might be a limit to what we could get out of him in that regard. He reminded me a bit of someone like Nicky Low. Really good footballer, but just a touch below where we are. Similarly Bavidge didn't look like he would ever reach the required level physically either. Just lacking that yard of pace that would get him in front of strong defenders in the SPFL. Of course, both have got time on their side, and it was just my first impression. The problem that I see is that they'd both need a lot of work, and we don't seem to be willing to do that as a club. We never seem to manage the transition to first team effectively. Whilst there are plenty of games left until January, does anyone see Lobban getting good minutes rather than the twenty games he'd have got on loan? If we are to get Bavidge or Marshall back, do we think there'd be any plan for their integration?

"Lutz Pfannenstiel, a candidate for the sporting director role at Pittodrie, was at Friday's Aberdeenshire Cup final between Aberdeen and Formartine United." Oh well, best looking elsewhere for a new technical director

It's certainly true that Milne went for looks over managerial ability when choosing a manager. Sometimes you forget just how ugly Alex Miller was.

Seems fair. From my view in the lower deck, I'd say that the cross for their second was an absolute peach, and he fairly whipped it in. It's not specific to Mitov, but it does seem like goalies aren't told to go directly at a player when making a challenge, they always seem to stop short and make themselves big, instead of doing almost like a volleyball block right in front of the players coupon.

I'd have shagged prime McGhee, but he'd let himself go by the time he returned as manager. Is that the sort of thing you're after? What about Robson's body, with Willie Miller's face?

Aye. I couldn't tell, but it sounded like more than the red shed. The same happened with Rubi too. It's Hunnish as fuck.

Aye, it's obscene. It was always going to be. There's still a huge volume of people who won't admit it though, and blame the people operating it, or suggest a few tweaks, or say that it should only be used for really clear and obvious errors. We wouldn't have got our pen last night of course, but that's probably the first one this season that I can think of that VAR has intervened where there is little contention on clear and obvious. Two things about the Tim one also: it took about 3 minutes to make the call. We were watching without commentary in the pub and couldn't work out what they were trying to adjudicate on, because the ball very clearly hadn't touched a hand. Any life left in the stadium must've been drained out in that period. The second is that even if the ball had actually glanced off his arm in that incident, so fucking what? Does anyone really think it was a deliberate unsporting act to gain advantage? Or did it just bounce up and hit him, as happens all the time in the sport? Again, it's the absolute inconsequential, subjective, shite that 90% of the calls get involved in that is the big issue.

I couldn't see anything at the game, and I've watched the highlights back, but I'm struggling to find the mistake Mitov made for any of the goals? He had a bit of dicking about at one interchange with Milne where he fucked up a clearance, but it was a position Milne shouldn't have put him in, and the ball was blowing about as he kicked it. I'm not seeing it to be honest, Mitov has pulled off some brilliant saves this season and generally been one of our better (if not our best) performers. The Utd error was a bad one, but it was a shite shot that wrong footed him. Most of the stuff with the ball at his feet are when he's trying to be too elaborate - he's generally very good with the ball.

Did you ask him what the fuck all that had to do with his number 6 throwing himself to the ground in the box in an attempt to win a penalty? I'm not saying it was worse than those wars, but it's certainly close. Sounds like two tier refereeing to me.

Thon VAR decision against the Tim has - hilariously - taken shite refereeing to a whole new level. I think I'd have asked the players to walk off. Brilliant.