Saints haven’t won a game in the league since Boxing Day, which was against rangers in fairness, but they did also beat queens in the cup at the weekend, which was also away from home. 

their form whilst a bit patchy at the moment, is still better than ours, but if we have any ambitions to stay in the top six, let alone try to challenge for 3rd (sigh), then we need to start pulling some results in. 

out

bed

bed

leaving bbq 

2-1 dons, duk and Clarkson 

Didn’t think we played particularly well last Saturday but hopefully win will have lifted the confidence of the players. Would assume Gueye will start and Ambrose to be replaced by Nisbet. Hopefully Keskinen is fit and can start. St Mirren are big physical side so if MacKenzie is fit I would be tempted to play him at left back and move Jensen into midfield to provide a bit more strength and pace. Still not not sure if going up yet. Hopefully the worst weather will be through and doesn’t affect the game yet. 
 

1-1 Gueye
 

 

The winner at Elgin will have helped confidence. But i think moreso it has given Jensen, Okkels, Dorrington and Tobers all some valuable competitive game time, and also given the squad a full week between fixtures. Gueye will help the other forwards too by being a general nuisance. Hopefully this will all contribute to is snapping our league losing streak 

Dons 2-0 StJ- Keskinen, Nisbet 

27 minutes ago, Reekie_Red said:

But i think moreso it has given Jensen, Okkels, Dorrington and Tobers all some valuable competitive game time

50% of those didn't play against Elgin.

Tough game but hopefully we have turned a corner.

3-1 dons, Nisbet, Keskinen and Okkels 

In -  Y

Jimmys tombola finally comes up trumps

3 - 0 Dons Duk x2,Gueye

 

On 23/01/2025 at 08:05, Jute said:

Ambrose to be replaced by Nisbet.

Nisbet did nothing last weekend to suggest he deserves a place in front of Ambrose.  Ambrose may have his technical faults but he's a trier.  Nisbet is a lazy bastard and wouldn't even make my bench.

 

6 hours ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

Nisbet did nothing last weekend to suggest he deserves a place in front of Ambrose.  Ambrose may have his technical faults but he's a trier.  Nisbet is a lazy bastard and wouldn't even make my bench.

Ambrose looked sub league 2 standard on Saturday. I just cannot see how we can continue with him as he looks well off the standard required. Nisbet looked okay with Gueye earlier in the season and scored goals previously in this league for us. Until we get a replacement in think we have to stick with Nisbet. 

5 hours ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

Nisbet did nothing last weekend to suggest he deserves a place in front of Ambrose.  Ambrose may have his technical faults but he's a trier.  Nisbet is a lazy bastard and wouldn't even make my bench.

Nisbet is a difficult one, he really needs someone hitting the line and either firing it across or cutting it back to him. For large parts this season, it hasn't happened. Gueye will occupy defenders, draw them out and give the wingers a bit more room to make telling cutbacks. When you see Nisbet live (probably not obvious on the telly because of the camera angles), you can see he does have good movement in the box, but the defenders are always back in place and facing our goal by the time we get a cross in. Makes it far harder for any striker. What looks like laziness with Nisbet may just be that he's not getting the type of service he needs, and doesn't have the ability to create himself. Miovski was able to take a ball in, lay it off, and then be on the end of a 1-2. Nisbet can only do one or the other, and unless he receives the perfect pass, it's nearly always neither. It'll be interesting to see if Gueye makes a difference to him, by taking responsibility for the creative parts, ball holding and just generally occupying defenders. 

For those unfortunate enough to rely on public transport it looks like there will be no trains before midday tomorrow.

Arguably starting our best 11 today, although I think gueye is a 10 not a 9. Hope to be proven wrong!

3-1, gueye clarkson topi 

Traffic brutal Riverside drive 

Do not like how our 9 drops to defend, like having a 9 that stays up for an outlet ball, plus it keeps defenders back. I don’t think gueye is a 9 but our team does this now. Wish our center forward stayed up.

okkels looks lively so far.

Edited January 25, 20251 yr by OrlandoDon

Ffs. Two down and ruby heavily involved in both.

not playing that badly but killing ourselves.

Edited January 25, 20251 yr by OrlandoDon

Ruby has singlehandedly cost us this game. 

1 minute ago, OxfordDon said:

Ruby has singlehandedly cost us this game. 

Maybe. But we’re not bad going forward, I see us scoring at least one.

Ruby subbed.  Wonder if we'll be seeing him for a while.

Olusanya out of contract this summer seems a no brainer signing.

3 minutes ago, Slim said:

Olusanya out of contract this summer seems a no brainer signing.

Or is he jet? Or the boy at at Johnstone we were linked with? Haven’t seen enough to know if he’s a decent player consistently.

Other than morris for keskinen, wouldn’t change much. Need much more from the right, Morris and devlin need to produce.

Jensen gets forward but not as much as Mackenzie, but okkels ahead of him is a winger. Would Mackenzie and okkels work? Leave as is, we’re decent down the left. Gueye is involved, just think he lacks match sharpness.

Looking at his stats he doesn’t seem to have scored more than two in a season prior to this season. So I’d be wary about whether he can replicate the form he has now. 

What’s shit fucking day.

The good: Okkels looks less rusty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bad: everything else.

I hope all this money we’re spending on transfer fees is coming out of Cormack’s pocket rather than us betting the house on Thelin.

Rubiezic asked to come off apparently. 
 

Anyway what a fucking shambles with >70% possession. 

Rubezic was a donkey again,though felt a bit sorry for him like,running up the track.Cant see him being played again going down too well with the natives.

  Beeb described St Mirren as excellent,I thought they were pish,....we gifted them the game first half,and never recovered. Better second half,unlucky not to score,but more often than not,too predictable in attack.Nilsen was awful first half,definitely in the play either Shinnie or Nilsen camp,not both against the St mirrens etc.Clarkson tried hard, played the occasional nice ball,but he's not the type of player for this type of game,....maybe thats where Cameron might come into play with McGrath out,Polvara underwhelming.

  To be fair,were still bedding in players,trying different options.Tobers looks good,Okkels better this week,Jensen busy enough if he'd cut out the turning back at the half way line.Gueye ok in glimpses,not a lot to work with

Edited January 25, 20251 yr by Elgindon