AEK Larnaca V Aberdeen 06/11/25

[tlg1903]

Just now, BigAl said:

3-5-1-1 or 3-5-2 ?

Fuck it, it could be any  number of permutations 

My first thought was 343 2bh Al

[BigAl]

3 minutes ago, tlg1903 said:

My first thought was 343 2bh Al

Could easily be TLG, so many different formations nowadays

Oh for the days when teams used to play five up front 

[RicoS321]

58 minutes ago, tlg1903 said:

My first thought was 343 2bh Al

Yep, 3-4-3, or 3-4-2-1, as Lazetic likes to press higher than Nisbet. I don't agree with Armstrong and Aouchiche in the same team, I'd have one or the other. I think Armstrong leaves too many gaps as a number 8, and we should maybe even consider playing Aouchiche there and Armstrong where he played against Killie. 

[Panda]

Really poor there's half a stand empty next to the Aberdeen fans, considering the amount who are there without tickets.

[Panda]

11 minutes ago, Panda said:

Really poor there's half a stand empty next to the Aberdeen fans, considering the amount who are there without tickets.

Exhibit A.

Apparently the queues to get in are also horrendous.

[redordead]

Why is it passing so slow. Takes an age to get up the pitch

[Panda]

6 minutes ago, redordead said:

Why is it passing so slow. Takes an age to get up the pitch

Have you checked your WiFi?

[BigAl]

Half an hour in, at the risk of jinxing it, we have looked pretty solid so far.

 

[BigAl]

1 hour ago, Panda said:

Really poor there's half a stand empty next to the Aberdeen fans, considering the amount who are there without tickets.

Simple explanation

https://cyprus-mail.com/2024/08/20/cap-of-800-away-fans-set-for-high-risk-football-matches

Sure this was explained as soon as the ticket allocation was announced.

Sure this was reported in the red tops. Scotland's national broadcaster must have missed this unfortunately 

[BigAl]

Jesus, what a fucking strike off the post that was 

[BigAl]

Half time

Nothing each

Could we nick this on the second half 

[Kowalski]

Looks like a 4-3-3 to me and the line up is a bit of a head scratcher in midfield. If Jimmy wanted somebody to sit in front of the defenders to pick the ball up and get things going then surely it’s Clarkson not Aouchiche. 

[Kowalski]

1 minute ago, BigAl said:

Half time

Nothing each

Could we nick this on the second half 

We don’t look like scoring. 

[Panda]

23 minutes ago, redordead said:

Why is it passing so slow. Takes an age to get up the pitch

To be fair, as the half has gone on it's become more noticeable. Think it's affected Larnaca more than us though, they've had more misplaced passes.

 

As for the first half. Polvara and Aouchiche moving it about well, Armstrong's late runs are causing them issues, and Lobban continues to impress.

Their chances are long range shots. They've been quite good at them though!

[manc_don]

Decent first half performance, a few shaky moments and they’ve clearly got guys that can shoot. Comms were wondering if the grass was a bit long but yeah, definitely affecting both teams. Hopefully we can keep it up and start to get a bit more luck with the balls into dangerous areas. Crowd atmosphere on the Cypriot stream is a lot louder than tnt

[redordead]

6 minutes ago, Kowalski said:

We don’t look like scoring. 

We really don't. Fair play to lazetic though, he does well against the centre halves.

[RicoS321]

Been in an out whilst cooking the tea, we look quite solid. JT obviously listened to me and has kept Armstrong further forward. Aouchiche played deep against the Tims for a bit when we played them, and it seems to suit him better. Would obviously prefer Clarkson, but there's clearly an issue there, fitness or otherwise. Lobban reminded me a lot of Jack when I saw him last season, and that rings true watching him tonight - very similar to the rat cunt when he came through at right back, aggressive positionally and mature. 

Would like to see us take it to them a bit, but we're the away side and we can hold it tight for a bit first. 

[Slim]

I’d have Shinnie on the left instead of Jensen. We lose so much momentum from Jensen hesitating and turning onto his right foot.

Edited 1 minute ago by Slim
Gyamfi will do instead