Heart of Midlothian v Aberdeen

[InversneckieDob]

Just now, Jormungandr said:

That is pretty much what Morrison got penalised for the other week.

Yeah, but it's the media darlings here.

[irnbru1903]

85 minutes. Any chance of a shot on target or even a shot on goal?

[Bukta Bertie]

Yet more cheating. Penalty and they didn't even go to VAR.

Good performance form the Dons today. 

[irnbru1903]

Zero shots on target for another 90 minutes and not one away goal all year. Hard to believe that we could get worse after Thelin but here we are. Anyone believing we are completely safe from the play off spot is totally deluded. 

[RicoS321]

Ah well. Never looked like getting anything from the game. Outplayed for the entire match and didn't have a shot on goal. We defended a bit better with the three in the second half, but the midfield and front two didn't get on it enough or create anything. I thought Nilsen was fine in the second. I'm not at all convinced by Geiger yet, hopefully he has more to give. Expect another easy defeat midweek before the important cup game. We've just not got a great team at the moment, I wouldn't single out anyone as being particularly terrible (okay, Morrison, but he's a young lad!), just that we don't sum up to a good side.

[TheDonbytheDee]

Never a happy hunting ground, regardless of our form.

I do hope they throw the title on the last game of the season.

I honestly can't wait to see the back of this season.

[TheDonbytheDee]

3 minutes ago, irnbru1903 said:

Zero shots on target for another 90 minutes and not one away goal all year. Hard to believe that we could get worse after Thelin but here we are. Anyone believing we are completely safe from the play off spot is totally deluded. 

Deluded no, but feel Killie are unlikely to overhaul the gap between us in my opinion.

 

[dons8321]

7 minutes ago, irnbru1903 said:

Zero shots on target for another 90 minutes and not one away goal all year. Hard to believe that we could get worse after Thelin but here we are. Anyone believing we are completely safe from the play off spot is totally deluded. 

We can only hope Killie's manager bounce has run it's course because, come the split if they are within 6/7 points I wouldn't fancy us in a relegation play-off fight.

Edited 3 hours ago by dons8321

[Bukta Bertie]

Some fantastic play from the Dons yet again today but it seems a lot of people have got stuck in a "we're shite" mindset and they don't seem to be willing to change even with the positive evidence in front of their very eyes.

Absolutely finishing top of the bottom six and at a minimum the Dons fans will get one day out at Hampden. Not sure many of them deserve it though the way they've consistently been trash talking their own team.

Furthermore it's Livvy who will go down directly with Killie in the relegation play off spot. So please not another word about "sleep walking into relegation". Drama queen nonsense. 

[Jormungandr]

I do appreciate how no-one's biting 

[Elgindon]

15 minutes ago, irnbru1903 said:

85 minutes. Any chance of a shot on target or even a shot on goal?

Don’t be greedy 

No surprise.happy not to get thrashed as lofty as current ambitions are

[Jormungandr]

I will say that Morrison wasn't terrible in that second half. Not writing him off or anything, just very concerned how many goals he's caused with basic errors.

[irnbru1903]

4 minutes ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

Deluded no, but feel Killie are unlikely to overhaul the gap between us in my opinion.

 

I agree but that is only due to the gap. I think they will make it a lot closer than it is now to make it a nervous last couple of games. While Leven is in charge I just can't see where our next win will come from as the players are not responding to him at all.

[Bukta Bertie]

12 minutes ago, irnbru1903 said:

Zero shots on target for another 90 minutes and not one away goal all year. Hard to believe that we could get worse after Thelin but here we are. Anyone believing we are completely safe from the play off spot is totally deluded. 

We are totally safe from the relegation slot and I'm as pragmatic a man as you'll find. 

Why are you people so determined to create drama. There's really no drama to be had. League is over for us. We'll finish in seventh place.

Sorry if that's not exciting enough for you. 

[The.Moog]

Well no surprise that result.

We’ve certainly been worse, but we’re a nothing team - we’ve just got nothing about us at all.

Cant impose ourselves on a game, don’t create anything, there’s just nothing there.

Nobody was horrible (Morrison clusterfuck apart) nobody was particularly good.

Twice we hit the byline, cut the ball back and Olusanya and Devlin went for balls they should have left for a much better placed Nisbet, and naturally they both fucked it up.

Diets hit the byline, cut back, goal. Thats the difference, execution and decision making, we’re shite at it.

Still, today’s results pretty much went for us so we should have enough points on the board to avoid 11th, well done us.

Get Wednesdays next pointless game out the way then its all about next Saturday. Near 11 hours without an away goal now, so can any of us honestly say we trust this lot down there, cause I can’t, just gotta hope for the best…

Edited 3 hours ago by The.Moog

[Bukta Bertie]

10 minutes ago, The.Moog said:

Well no surprise that result.

We’ve certainly been worse, but we’re a nothing team - we’ve just got nothing about us at all.

Cant impose ourselves on a game, don’t create anything, there’s just nothing there.

Nobody was horrible (Morrison clusterfuck apart) nobody was particularly good.

Twice we hit the byline, cut the ball back and Olusanya and Devlin went for balls they should have left for a much better placed Nisbet, and naturally they both fucked it up.

Diets hit the byline, cut back, goal. Thats the difference, execution and decision making, we’re shite at it.

Still, today’s results pretty much went for us so we should have enough points on the board to avoid 11th, well done us.

Get Wednesdays next pointless game out the way then its all about next Saturday. Near 11 hours without an away goal now, so can any of us honestly say we trust this lot down there, cause I can’t, just gotta hope for the best…

Can't fully agree. We could very easily have drawn or even won that game. It's fine margins. We're close to being a very good team but as it is we're simply good. Won't win us the league but it'll sure as hell keep us up. 

Some of the bile and anti-Dons hyperbole is totally uncalled for. I don't include you in that category to be clear.

Edited 3 hours ago by Bukta Bertie

[Bukta Bertie]

23 minutes ago, Jormungandr said:

I will say that Morrison wasn't terrible in that second half. Not writing him off or anything, just very concerned how many goals he's caused with basic errors.

He wasn't that bad at all today in reality. Armstrong also did well. Probably get shot for saying it but he did. 

[The.Moog]

13 minutes ago, Bukta Bertie said:

Can't fully agree. We could very easily have drawn or even won that game. It's fine margins. We're close to being a very good team but as it is we're simply good. Won't win us the league but it'll sure as hell keep us up. 

Some of the bile and anti-Dons hyperbole is totally uncalled for. I don't include you in that category to be clear.

Pretty hard to draw, let alone win a game when you have zero shots on target the whole game - which is something we see far, far too often.

Don’t kid youself, we’re nowhere near being a good team. We’re disjointed, badly structured and don’t have the players to play the formations we try or who in the most part are suited to the particular demands of Scottish football.

Not the players fault, our recruitment has been abysmal.

It’s been said elsewhere, there are some good individual players there, but as a collective, this squad do not constitute a good team, no matter how we set them up. 

I think that sums it up pretty well. Another big summer ahead…

Edited 2 hours ago by The.Moog

[Bukta Bertie]

Stats mean nothing to me. I don't play football manager. I'm old school and I know when a team has done well and the Dons did well today.

Not a single player I could be overly critical about. 

[The.Moog]

1 minute ago, Bukta Bertie said:

Stats mean nothing to me. I don't play football manager. I'm old school and I know when a team has done well and the Dons did well today.

Not a single player I could be overly critical about. 

One stat matters - we lost, yet again.

As we have 15 times in 28 league games this season.

I’m old school too, that’s nowhere near good enough for AFC in this league…

[Bukta Bertie]

3 minutes ago, The.Moog said:

One stat matters - we lost, yet again.

As we have 15 times in 28 league games this season.

I’m old school too, that’s nowhere near good enough for AFC in this league…

Bottom line is we only lost by one goal to the side who have been top of the league forever. We always looked like we could score. Hearts were worried right up to the final whistle. 

Add to that we should have got a penalty. So it could quiet easily have finished 1-1.

That's not make believe or looking through rose tinted spectacles. That's the reality of it. 

[Bukta Bertie]

1 hour ago, InversneckieDob said:

They're a horrible, horrible shower.

Meet the new Hearts, same as the old Hearts.

Any Aberdeen fan wanting them to win the league is certifiable.

[Jute]

That was complete shite. Never looked like winning at any stage. Looks like we played to keep the score down. Morrison was shite and completely out his depth. Olusanya is complete joke of a footballer.  Hearts were not even that good we’re just abysmal. 

[Bukta Bertie]

Away from the actual football two other things I noted down.

Firstly yet again Fraser Fyvie was far too neutral almost to the point of favouring the opposition and he says "yeah" far too much. I'd get rid in the summer.

Secondly that scraggy jute Hun we've got on loan has a fair sized big bald patch developing. Not good for one so young. Nae luck.

[TheDonbytheDee]

38 minutes ago, Jute said:

That was complete shite. Never looked like winning at any stage. Looks like we played to keep the score down. Morrison was shite and completely out his depth. Olusanya is complete joke of a footballer.  Hearts were not even that good we’re just abysmal. 

That's not good to read.

Always like the thoughts of folk at the games, as you see much more.