RicoS321

Cracking draw. A non leaguer. Quality.

Assuming they'll have already sourced a replacement, so little chance of playing us without a manager. Was really hoping he had it in him to last until the semi-final.

Lost 1-2. Scotland played quite well though, look a much better team than recent squads I've seen, they were well organised for a large part of the game. Doak looks decent and Barron was good in the midfield, as was meekison when he came on. Conway didn't look up to much in attack but Dickson-Peters might have something about him.

1-0. Lovely goal. Doak is fast like. Great wing play by him and good finish by the cove lad (Johnston)

Found it. Nae idea who they all play for.

Barron on the iPlayer with the u21s just now. Nae idea what the lineup is, can't find it anywhere (limited looking in fairness).

Also, shame for Besuijen, who seemed to pull up with nobody near him. The commentators just ignored it. Probably thought he was diving again.

Loving the Yankee commentary like. Great stuff. A bit like some of the league cup groups in terms of quality. Morris found his level. Like the look of their centre half, number 39 and their number 37 is probably better than Morris. Otherwise, a team of young lads doing well to match us.

Are we actually a 3-5-2 (3-1-4-2 it is really) team though? To me, that's only being done because of personnel issues which, in theory, could be addressed in January. I think centre midfield is an absolute priority, but only if we can get a good one! Somebody like Shinnie (I'm not suggesting him) in there would be perfect and would completely change the dynamic of the team. If there's nobody like that, then a right back would be useful. For me, a right sided centre half would be great, but I see little point in that if we're not ditching Stewart. Stewart's done okay in recent games, but he's average. More importantly, he seems to need the third defender to help him through games, but perhaps a solid right back might be the answer (I think Devlin is a cracking fullback, somebody along those lines that knows what to do positionally). I think our second half against Livi was the most organised we've been in a while and it produced a lot of chances too. Barron and Ramadani were solid as the two, and Stewart coped well when Richardson was limited in what he was allowed to do. A better right back in there, perhaps McRorie and a good centre half and we'd have the option of a 4-4-2. If McRorie isn't right back than I think we need to use him more sparingly. He's not good enough for the Dons midfield, his passing is atrocious. If we're sticking with a 3-1-4-2 then he's definitely not good enough (as Ramadani will always be the 1). He's a more athletic version of Dom Ball and he should be used in that way. Good to supplement the midfield on a backs-to-the-wall day (or as cover) and good cover for right side of defence. I'd like to see him get a run of games at right back just to see if he can play there though. Agree with Jute about Coulson. He's gone backwards as the season has gone on, and I'm very surprised McKenzie didn't start ahead of him on Saturday. Defensively he's been terrible of late. If we can get on a free or pre contract then probably worth a punt.

That'll allow McRorie to move into midfield when we need some strength (like the second half). If we can't get a good midfielder in this window then addressing right back and centre back a good start. I've never seen such a disorganised mess win so many points at home. It's impressive. That 3-1-4-2 just wasn't working for large spells yet Goodwin persisted. The midfield was just passed by. The second half was atrocious. Kennedy deserved his start, probably, but is nowhere near good enough. Another poor game from Coulson too. Scales was good, probably motm. The rest were okay. Edit: thought Collum handled the game well today. Gets a lot of abuse, but he generally keeps up with the game and he made the calls he was supposed to. The ref last week seemed to just be an assistant to VAR, whereas Collum actually made decisions with only a quick(ish) referral to VAR in the aftermath whilst the complaining was ongoing. He actually took charge of the game.

Nail in the Hun manager coffin.

We've got very different ideas on what a stonewaller is!

What does Duk have to do to get a call up? Disgraceful.

Another £2M in add-ons?

Nobody saw the three penalties, because we changed the rules so that some twat on a camera can now give handball anytime a ball gets kicked in the box. The rule change occurred because of VAR, they were brought in at the same time. None of those penalties would have been given a month ago in Scotland because nobody in the ground gave a fuck about any of them. There wasn't even a shout from the Dons fans for the Holt one for example. After that though, every single shot in the box led to screams of handball. It's absolutely destroying the game. Yet the pundits are happy to talk about the intricacies of whether it was handball or not rather than discuss whether the game benefits from having three ludicrous penalties in a single game. It didn't. It's like canned fun. Does anyone here sit at home cheering when the two minutes is up and VAR has decided that it's penalty time again? I didn't at the game on Friday, and I was pretty much dead inside watching those decisions last night.

Ahh well, we were close. I have to admit, I always assumed that if we went with a four at the back then it would mean McRorie in midfield, but taking him off completely, solved the conundrum. That's maybe the answer. Ramadani and Barron were very good in there. Clarkson didn't have his best game, but if he's playing further up the park then we have plenty options to bring on.

10 shots on target from 21 on goal. Should be at least drawing this game.

I think he meant the strike, rather than the award! You're right though. The game has not benefited from bringing back the game after several minutes to give penalties for accidental handballs. The handball rule needs to change.

Barron been very good since giving away the penalty.

This is just embarrassing.

VAR. Three fucking minutes? Fuck is that all about. Fucking anti football shite.

6-2 the Dons tonight. McKenzie 2, Duk, Miovski 2 and Watkins. Anderson with the double putting them two up.

Dylan. 17, attacking midfielder. Nae sure how good he is. Was on the bench the other week too.

The one where he ran it out of play was probably worse than thinking he had too much time. I've noticed a few times that when it comes to taking it on his left and turning his body round to pass back to the keeper, he's really uncomfortable. That particular one, Richardson shat himself and left it to Stewart and then Stewart couldn't get his body round the ball, so kicked with his right, off his left and out of play. If someone like Boyle had been playing, he'd have run right between the two of them and just taken the ball, setting him up for a certain dive in the box.

McInnes beat the Huns on several occasions. Saints regularly play a game where they sit in and catch the opponent on the break, so to do it in a game against the Hun is certainly easier for them. Goodwin has been lucky in several games already this season by playing a very attacking formation and nearly getting caught out. The fact that he thought he could continue that approach against a good team was just stupid. We gave ourselves no chance by choosing that approach, which was my only criticism. Livingston and Saints both maximised their chances of getting something and were rewarded. Goodwin's challenge should have been to find a system that was solid whilst leaving a strong threat up front (McInnes laterally just didn't bother with the latter part). Frustratingly, even Glass managed to get that balance.