Rangers v Aberdeen

[The.Moog]

16 minutes ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

We're not getting 90 minutes from Nilsen, so it could be pointless.

0-0 after 60 minutes, you sub him off and we then let in our usual cheap goals.

The lack of fitness and match sharpness is killing us throughout the squad

 I'm as fit as the three midfielders we started with tonight.

It's a shocking mess we are in and I'm not pantpisher.

You’ve more chance of getting 90 minutes out of him playing at the back than you will in midfield.

Let him sit in and direct the game in front of him. No mad headless running about, just organise the others and use your positional sense.

I think he can do 90 minutes back there, especially when its one game a week most of the way from here.

We need to do something back there cause the current lot are just a constant disaster waiting to happen…

[OrlandoDon]

30 minutes ago, The.Moog said:

You’ve more chance of getting 90 minutes out of him playing at the back than you will in midfield.

Let him sit in and direct the game in front of him. No mad headless running about, just organise the others and use your positional sense.

I think he can do 90 minutes back there, especially when its one game a week most of the way from here.

We need to do something back there cause the current lot are just a constant disaster waiting to happen…

I also think we’ve more chance of 90 out of sivert than palaversa or afeez. Unlikely, but I’d even consider moving Milne to center mid where afeez was and put sivert behind him inbetween Morrison and molloy. I also think we’re at the point have try anything and we keep losing shit goals, why not give sivert a run there. He’s much more of a leader than any of the others at the back and I think that also counts for something.

 

[TheDonbytheDee]

Nilsen has started six games all season, under three different managers, one of which was the one that wanted him at the club.

He had a very good sixty minutes, against Dundee, his best game in a Dons jersey, but has not started again.

Must be some reason he isn't getting much game time, so not pinning my hopes on him being our saviour.

I can't see any saviours in this current squad of players.

 

[The.Moog]

4 hours ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

Nilsen has started six games all season, under three different managers, one of which was the one that wanted him at the club.

He had a very good sixty minutes, against Dundee, his best game in a Dons jersey, but has not started again.

Must be some reason he isn't getting much game time, so not pinning my hopes on him being our saviour.

I can't see any saviours in this current squad of players.

 

I can’t see any saviours either - they either don’t care, or don’t have the minerals, or both.

We’ve got to try something though, anything…

[Kowalski]

9 minutes ago, The.Moog said:

I can’t see any saviours either - they either don’t care, or don’t have the minerals, or both.

We’ve got to try something though, anything…

Can only think of Devlin and Shinnie being up for running through a brick wall for us, and Devlin is out for a few weeks yet. 
 

I do agree about putting Nilsen into the centre of defence though. 

[TheDonbytheDee]

9 minutes ago, The.Moog said:

I can’t see any saviours either - they either don’t care, or don’t have the minerals, or both.

We’ve got to try something though, anything…

I don't think it's that they don't care. I don't buy into that.

Confidence is through the floor and the constant chopping and changing line ups isn't helping.

I think we just have to pick a line up and stick with it to see us through until the end of the season, keeping changes to a minimum.

I though we played well against Falkirk, not great, but solid, he then pulls out the tombola for last night and I don't think it worked at all.

We are probably in worse shape now after last night and the two week gap won't be a help.

One league win since December says it all.

 

[wee toon red]

3 minutes ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

I don't think it's that they don't care. I don't buy into that.

Confidence is through the floor and the constant chopping and changing line ups isn't helping.

I think we just have to pick a line up and stick with it to see us through until the end of the season, keeping changes to a minimum.

I though we played well against Falkirk, not great, but solid, he then pulls out the tombola for last night and I don't think it worked at all.

We are probably in worse shape now after last night and the two week gap won't be a help.

One league win since December says it all.

 

Completely agree about picking a team and sticking to it. Disagree about the two week break not helping though, if Robinson has anything about him then two solid weeks on the training ground before our most important run of games for many a year should be exactly what he and the players need.

[RicoS321]

27 minutes ago, wee toon red said:

Completely agree about picking a team and sticking to it. Disagree about the two week break not helping though, if Robinson has anything about him then two solid weeks on the training ground before our most important run of games for many a year should be exactly what he and the players need.

They should take a break, maybe head somewhere warm to detox and refresh. There's some great training camps in Dubai.

[The.Moog]

1 hour ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

I don't think it's that they don't care. I don't buy into that.

Confidence is through the floor and the constant chopping and changing line ups isn't helping.

I think we just have to pick a line up and stick with it to see us through until the end of the season, keeping changes to a minimum.

I though we played well against Falkirk, not great, but solid, he then pulls out the tombola for last night and I don't think it worked at all.

We are probably in worse shape now after last night and the two week gap won't be a help.

One league win since December says it all.

 

Too many of them don’t care, not enough anyway. Robinson talked about it yesterday, not putting your bodies on the line - that happens when you don’t care enough.

Soft centre, soft at the back, losing individual battles, constantly losing ariel duels, constantly losing second balls, not tracking back, no leadership, hiding on the park - partly some of that is confidence yes, but a lot of that also comes down to attitude & whether you really give a fuck or not.

We’ve got a bunch of loanees and guys who know they are out of here in 2 months time, its clear as day a lot of them don’t give a fuck, or enough of a fuck.

I’m beyond defending any of them. They cant defend themselves, so why would any of us…

[The.Moog]

1 hour ago, wee toon red said:

Completely agree about picking a team and sticking to it. Disagree about the two week break not helping though, if Robinson has anything about him then two solid weeks on the training ground before our most important run of games for many a year should be exactly what he and the players need.

Yep, that’s where I’m at. Gives Robinson a chance to properly work on them and drill a settled (and simple) formation and tactics and hopefully decide on a preferred starting lineup.

Put it this way, if we don’t see a noticeable improvement in the Saints and Hibs games after this break, I think we’re done for…

[OrlandoDon]

3 hours ago, The.Moog said:

Too many of them don’t care, not enough anyway. Robinson talked about it yesterday, not putting your bodies on the line - that happens when you don’t care enough.

Soft centre, soft at the back, losing individual battles, constantly losing ariel duels, constantly losing second balls, not tracking back, no leadership, hiding on the park - partly some of that is confidence yes, but a lot of that also comes down to attitude & whether you really give a fuck or not.

We’ve got a bunch of loanees and guys who know they are out of here in 2 months time, its clear as day a lot of them don’t give a fuck, or enough of a fuck.

I’m beyond defending any of them. They cant defend themselves, so why would any of us…

I can’t take anyone seriously who uses the wok duels. That wasn’t acceptable when Jimmy was here, now that he’s gone that should get you a warning or ban.

next two league games/fixtures will tell us a ton, and agree, two weeks training is almost like a mini preseason to set us up for a massive 7 games. We have two winnable games before the split, but impossible to look too deep into this as it’s basically 5 teams playing to avoid 1 spot so there will be considerable twists.

[STFU_Donny]

I wouldn’t assume Robbo is getting 2 weeks with these arseholes, they’ll probably be getting a week off to relax. 

Edited 23 hours ago by STFU_Donny

[swaddon]

They've been relaxing all season. Now is the time to work.

[Mason89]

I hate all these arseholes. This is different from 95 and this lot wont get the same backing 

[Don Julio]

15 hours ago, OrlandoDon said:

I can’t take anyone seriously who uses the wok duels. That wasn’t acceptable when Jimmy was here, now that he’s gone that should get you a warning or ban.

next two league games/fixtures will tell us a ton, and agree, two weeks training is almost like a mini preseason to set us up for a massive 7 games. We have two winnable games before the split, but impossible to look too deep into this as it’s basically 5 teams playing to avoid 1 spot so there will be considerable twists.

Dunno - I reckon I’d pay good money to watch a wok duel.

[DonUnder]

50 minutes ago, Don Julio said:

Dunno - I reckon I’d pay good money to watch a wok duel.

I thought they were about as funny as childhood cancer but perhaps the oriental version would have been better?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tlg1903]

7 hours ago, Mason89 said:

I hate all these arseholes. This is different from 95 and this lot wont get the same backing 

The already aren't getting the same backing.   Average attendence the 94/95 season is about 4000 less of what the average attendence has been this season.  

[swaddon]

The difference between 1995 and now is that the team back then had the desire and will to battle to stay up when the chips were down.

This lot won't.

[Panda]

Think we're giving the 95 team too much credit. We had only won five league games before Aitken took over as caretaker, and followed up a win over Rangers by losing to Stenhousemuir.

I think, despite everything, if we're in deep shit after the split that we'd sell out Pittodrie for the remaining games and I think we'd be due Kilmarnock and St Mirren at home. I don't see us losing both those games. 

We're crap and gutless, but we'll scrape enough points to be safe. But we really could really do without losing to St Mirren in the next game just to relieve the stress levels.

[tlg1903]

9 minutes ago, Panda said:

Think we're giving the 95 team too much credit. We had only won five league games before Aitken took over as caretaker, and followed up a win over Rangers by losing to Stenhousemuir.

I think, despite everything, if we're in deep shit after the split that we'd sell out Pittodrie for the remaining games and I think we'd be due Kilmarnock and St Mirren at home. I don't see us losing both those games. 

We're crap and gutless, but we'll scrape enough points to be safe. But we really could really do without losing to St Mirren in the next game just to relieve the stress levels.

We should get 3 home games as well which is a bonus.  Fuck me, how the hell did we end up here?  Afc flirting with relegation is so last century