Huge game, which could heap on the pressure depending on how today goes for both of the cheeks. Would love us to have the sacking effect on another hun manager. 
 

Intrigued to know how he sets up for this one. Would have thought that the Celtic game would have been replicated against the arabs, but maybe it’ll be done against the hun (nisbet pending). Didn’t quite work with having palaversa and nilsen in the middle this time round, but has on others. I’d like to hope that McGrath wouldn’t be as anonymous this time round too. Just didn’t happen for him but he was probably due an off day! 
 

Theyre shite, just hope we show them that they are. Perfect Halloween trick (a day early I know but not for us in the future 😉).

2 hours ago, tlg1903 said:

It will be hard for him to get a career ending injury if he doesn't play though...... 

At 3-0 down, he'll receive a second booking for kicking the ball away. As he walks off, he slips in the steadily forming puddle of his manager's tears, landing on a water bottle which ruptures his bum crack*, putting him out of action for six years. As he lies on the ground, Rubi commandeers the phone of a willing spectator in order to take a thumbs up selfie in the foreground of the injured Hun. The image goes viral.

 

*I'm not a medical professional 

Edited October 29, 20241 yr by RicoS321

Agree Nisbet probably only going to be fit enough for the bench. Think Duk, Morris and even Vinnie all made a case to start, but I'd stick with Keskinen and Clarkson. Palaversa likely be needed off the bench when Beaton gives Nilsen and Shinnie their final warnings while ignoring similar challenges from the other side.

Dons to score early but hang on in a nervy affair. 

Would be happy with that lineup. Let’s get right fucking into them!

8 hours ago, Panda said:

Agree Nisbet probably only going to be fit enough for the bench. Think Duk, Morris and even Vinnie all made a case to start, but I'd stick with Keskinen and Clarkson. Palaversa likely be needed off the bench when Beaton gives Nilsen and Shinnie their final warnings while ignoring similar challenges from the other side.

Dons to score early but hang on in a nervy affair. 

I would be a little surprised to see Clarkson start 2bh, I don't think he's done too much the last few games.  

Buzzing for tonight.  HEED FIRST!!! 

On 28/10/2024 at 23:31, tlg1903 said:

Tavernier

The Beeb's head-to-head analysis passed a comment that, since the SPFL rebrand in 2013, Tavernier has scored 13 goals against us (more than any other player against another club in that time). 11 of those have been from the spot

25 minutes ago, Reekie_Red said:

The Beeb's head-to-head analysis passed a comment that, since the SPFL rebrand in 2013, Tavernier has scored 13 goals against us (more than any other player against another club in that time). 11 of those have been from the spot

And whilst penalties count as goals, perhaps the more interesting stat would be if it were the case that since 2013 The Rangers have been awarded more penalties against Aberdeen than any other club as I strongly sense might in fact be the case, although they did get four in one game against St Mirren if my memory serves me correctly

1 hour ago, tlg1903 said:

I would be a little surprised to see Clarkson start 2bh, I don't think he's done too much the last few games.  

Buzzing for tonight.  HEED FIRST!!! 

He's not done too much, but a lot of that is down to personnel and tactics, which I think JT will recognise. He played with Nisbet in the first half against the Tims, when they were playing a high back line with space in behind. Clarkson thrives on that opposition setup, but it needs a striker playing on the shoulder. Clarkson would equally have been looking to play Sokler in, as McGrath did, and is perfectly capable of making that pass. Him and Nisbet against a high line isn't the right call. Him and Sokler, if the Huns play high, is a good way to get a goal. I think a lot will depend on how he sees the Huns setting up. It'll also depend on whether Duk starts, or if he feels he'll be more useful from the bench. I think that @Panda's suggested lineup is a good shout. It has the right blend of keeping it tight and being quick on the break. I'd be sorely tempted to play Nilsen, Palaversa and Shinnie and press the shite out of them if it's Nisbet up front. 

Another ASMR video.

Slept like shite, too nervous for the game. Can’t wait for it.

Note to self: check kick off time before leaving the house. Too early to go in, not early enough for a pint. Since when did Wednesday night games not kick off at 19:45?

Anyway, decent team. Only disappointment is no Duk off the bench if we need him. Guess we'll have to cope with a hattrick before he goes off in the sixtieth minute. Another one of those freekicks he scored against them a while back would be fine.

Duk starts, clarkson on the bench. I assume McGrath at 10 with duk on the left. Topi right, shady coming on second half to grab a goal and an assist!

Should be three up. 

Ref is a fucking disgrace. That tackle on sokler wipes him out and the ball touches the defender as ester lifts it past him. OUTRAGEOUS!!

McGraths arse crashed and I've got a horrible feeling that we are going to let them into this.

Absolutely battered them. That’s a lot of effort in the first half. Don’t expect them to be as shit second half. Definite red card as sokler was through. Awful penalty. Interesting second half ahead.

Shaky first 20 mins of the second half but fucking deserved. First half outstanding. Proud dandy!!! 

Superb. Fucking superb.

One of the best displays against them in years. 

Better team by a mile. Deserved to win by more. 

We're going through a spell to remember people.

Well that was fun. I've not seen us slaughter a Hun team the way we did in the first half in a long time. If McGrath hadn't shat it (although pens for that sort of thing is a total nonsense) then I think we'd have gone on to score more before halftime. That penalty miss fairly rocked us and we switched off for their only chance of the half, the disallowed goal. They switched tactics, which had us under a lot of pressure, and we should have made the changes earlier before they got the chance to score. When we scored the second, there was only one winner and they offered nothing. Nicky Devlin was absolutely immense, but the whole squad was tonight. 

I've not seen a Hun team that shite for a long time. None of their players would get in our team.

I can't remember who suggested it earlier in the season but surely 

Hooked on a thelin, I've started believing, the dons can win the league has to be a chant now

Stunned at how bad a penalty. Would have preferred sokler to take it to be fair, he has the fight and temperament that I think he’d smash it in. 
at 1-1 I was pretty crushed given how good we were in the first half. But credit due, yet again we found a way. I’ve always believed in Morris too, up there with Ambrose in terms of quality! To be fair to him, thriving as an impact sub, let’s not get carried away and start him! Well done to the lad, nice to see we have players on the bench that can change games for the better when we need them.

lastly, shout out to Molloy, very solid game. Ruby too. Molloy is a young lad but certainly has a calmness and a good partner for ruby. A consistent back 4 with sivert in front, hopefully they continue to grow together and improve.

Edited October 31, 20241 yr by OrlandoDon

That first half was unreal. I don't think I've ever seen us play like that. The pen miss was the obvious downside and really seemed to take the wind out of our sails. But prior to that, it was proper steam roller stuff!

What a redemption arc for Morris btw. Fuck me. The guy is brimming with confidence and that finish could easily have been scuffed but he nailed it. Consistently looked dangerous and had them on the ropes. Thought topi again wasn't at it and wanted Morris on sooner, but the duk injury changed his thinking.

Overall, we definitely deserved the win. We made it harder than necessary but got the job done and that's the main thing. Onto the weekend!

1 minute ago, manc_don said:

Thought topi again wasn't at it

Harsh, he was excellent in the first half. Struggled once he switched wings though. His best game for us I thought.

8 minutes ago, OrlandoDon said:

Stunned at how bad a penalty. Would have preferred sokler to take it to be fair, he has the fight and temperament that I think he’d smash it in. 

Nah, McGrath is usually an excellent penalty taker. He never missed one for St Mirren. It was probably the worst pen Ive ever seen though. I think what happened is that he tried to send the keeper the wrong way, but realised just as he was about to kick it that the keeper had gone the way he was hitting it and tried to pull out of it and redirect. He seemed to slow down just as he was making contact. From memory, he used to place them with power. Fuck knows what he was playing at. Also the sitter he missed too. His freekick was class though, and the keeper wasn't getting it.

Firstly 

 

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas! Fucking have it you hun scum! 

 

 

Secondly,let's lay off mcgrath, sometimes this happens in football  and such is life.  I very much agree we would have probably scored a third before half time if it had gone in though but we still won and we deserved too. They are never clawing back 9 points on us and they know it. 

I dunno what's better about this video. Watching Kiss Boys going absolutely mental at the Huns, Sutton trying his best not to piss himself with laughter, Or Joe Joe Super Joe just sitting there basking in the glory of yet another victory for the reds:

 

 

33 minutes ago, tlg1903 said:

Firstly 

 

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas! Fucking have it you hun scum! 

 

 

Secondly,let's lay off mcgrath, sometimes this happens in football  and such is life.  I very much agree we would have probably scored a third before half time if it had gone in though but we still won and we deserved too. They are never clawing back 9 points on us and they know it. 

Don’t see anyone having a go at him, he’s been excellent this season. But it was an awful penalty!

tremendous win, most bizarre interview from clement afterwards, he felt it was one of their better games and didn’t deserve to lose. First half we absolutely hammered them. Hope he stays though, he is not making any progress with that squad.

also nice to see hearts new manager bounce has lost its elasticity. 
 

October was the month that challenged us, and would really tell us and everyone if we were legit. damn we’ve come through it well.

saturday is a free hit. We got to see what they were like and while they are good, it’s winnable. 

Few thoughts.

I'm so glad Duk is back.

Mackenzie's wee turn for the first goal was tremendous.

Nilsen and Mackenzie needing to be separated after the offside goal, can imagine that carried on into the dressing room.

I love the bromance between Rubi and Mitov. Rubi always makes a beeline for him at full-time but tonight they were just standing there hugging for ages. Two young lads enjoying life at the Dons.

Anyway, was great to be back up for a game, cracking to beat them, and at 9/1 for Aberdeen to win on Saturday I'm gonna remortgage the house and put everything on it because we're never losing again.