Falkirk v Aberdeen

[Panda]

Sorry @swaddon min, have too much to rant tonight to wait for the match thread to appear.

Just how significant is the Falkirk game now?

If we lose to Falkirk, they will leapfrog us and we'll fall to eighth. Since we'll be in January, that's sackable territory.

A reminder of Dave Cormack's statement on 31 January 2024 when he sacked Barry Robson: 

"There is a talented squad of players at the Club which makes our current league position unacceptable." We were eighth, after three wins in 11. Robson's final game was a draw.

Jim Goodwin was sacked on 28 January 2023 with the club in seventh, with two wins in 11.

Stephen Glass made it all the way to 13 February, with the club in ninth, with four wins from 11 (two from nine).

Unlike two of the above, Thelin is still in the Scottish Cup, and unlike all three has won a trophy within the last eight months. The sporting director's recent arrival also buys him time as he unlikely doesn't want a sacking on his record too soon. And, Thelin also hasn't had the January transfer window.

So all these things to me would suggest even defeat at Falkirk wouldn't mean Thelin is in any immediate danger.

However, fail to win on Saturday, and that would be three wins in his last 11 (four in 14). And a double header with Rangers is after that. Lose the cup game to Raith Rovers and you know what, that might be when the club did need to act to stave off angry fans.

 

Jimmy, I don't want to read in two years about your first league title at some Scandinavian club where everyone is raving about your 4-2-3-1 / 4-3-3 hybrid. For the love of fuck, FOUR AT THE BACK ON SATURDAY!

 

[OrlandoDon]

I share your enthusiasm. We are consistent. Consistently shite and have been for a year now. Maybe the odd good performance but even in wins, which doesn’t happen that much, we’re a dire watch. 
falkirk were much more appealing on the eye when they beat us at home, think that was the Devlin red game?

we may sneak a point, maybe three, but it will be an awful watch.

[TheDonbytheDee]

I went to the game up here against them, thinking an easy three points for us, but was Impressed with them and how they played. 

This surely has to be a must win game for us, as in managers job at least starts to be questioned, if we don't win, coupled with another abject performance.

[Jute]

Did you have to start this already as was hoping for a couple of days of not thinking about having to think about watching this steaming pile of shite.

[tlg1903]

1 hour ago, Jute said:

Did you have to start this already as was hoping for a couple of days of not thinking about having to think about watching this steaming pile of shite.

Seconded

[The.Moog]

This will just be more of the same dross - rinse and repeat.

Why? Cause that’s what we’ve been watching for over a year now, and this guy clearly hasn’t got a clue what to do to change it.

We might sneak a point, we might even somehow shithouse a win a la St Mirren & Killie - the fitba played will remain honking, indecipherable & unacceptable though.

Happy new year everyone!! 

[Jupiter]

The big question is will the game be on?

[BigAl]

2 hours ago, Jupiter said:

The big question is will the game be on?

Hopefully not, could do without having yet another weekend ruined 

[Elgindon]

Doesnt look like theres snow down there,forecast tomorrow cold but sunny,should be fine.

   JT must be aware of the pressure now,might be the making of him....

0 - 0

  

[Jute]

Just to be cold down here although the carpets can freeze quicker than grass allegedly so that might be more of a threat than snow. 

[swaddon]

We're getting pumped 3-0 in this game.

[tlg1903]

No idea what to expect from this but if we play like we did in the first half against Hibs I think Falkirk would struggle to live with that.   If we play like we did  first half against Hibs and stop faffing about in the final 3rd we might actually score.  

[Panda]

Important that we don't give Falkirk too much respect. They've won three games since October; two against a really poor Kilmarnock team, and at home to Dundee, who just avenged that result in midweek. They couldn't beat Livingston at home. "Tough away game", only if we make it hard for ourselves - it's a very winnable game. Our biggest opponent here is us playing slow ponderous football and adding to our recent list of schoolboy errors.

I just don't want to see us passing it along a back five, going back the way any time someone closes us down, and then when we do break we have just one guy waiting in the box. 

 

[CurlsLikeTattie]

On 01/01/2026 at 22:58, swaddon said:

We're getting pumped 3-0 in this game.

I'll try to remain positive and go for the reverse of that scoreline.

New year, new us and all that crap!

[blinlemon]

Just win - by means fair, foul, or fortunate. 

Stop overthinking things. 

Forget their fucking formation and tactics

Play the best available 11 players from the start. 

Nae much to ask for, is it?

[Kowalski]

Weather okay in Falkirk? Pretty shoddy up north. Just wondering if the game is in doubt. 

[RicoS321]

1 minute ago, Kowalski said:

Weather okay in Falkirk? Pretty shoddy up north. Just wondering if the game is in doubt. 

Supposed to be fine down there. Would only be off for the away fans travel, so I'd expect it to be on.

[Jute]

Fucking freezing in the Capital but no snow. Falkirk supposed to be similar. 

[BigAl]

Gone 11am so surely if it was getting postponed because of travel conditions in the North East then surely it would be done by now.

That sounded quite logical when I thought that in my head but once I read it back no so much so given this is Scottish football authorities that are involved 

[RicoS321]

2 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Gone 11am so surely if it was getting postponed because of travel conditions in the North East then surely it would be done by now.

That sounded quite logical when I thought that in my head but once I read it back no so much so given this is Scottish football authorities that are involved 

Cancelled at 14:55 the most likely outcome.

[swaddon]

I'm going for delayed until 3:15 and then called off.

[TheDonbytheDee]

The players will have been down the road since yesterday at least, so unlikely the game will be off.

We just need to ensure they are up for it.