Derek McInnes is sure to get a warm reception at the Cathedral of Football on Sunday 30th August when he brings his all-powerful, all-conquering Rangers side up. The Bears have been irresistible all season, winning almost all of their league matches so far.

It kicks off at high noon. Maybe it's misplaced optimism on my part after the 3-0 win over Dundee, but I fancy a 2-0 home win.

4 minutes ago, OxfordDon said:

Thanks Panda. This reminds me, can we have a forum-wide ban on the use of AI?

(no, I don't mean BigAl)

The bit in brackets is probably the better suggestion 😉

36 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Agreed. Although we have to be realistic about how poor our midfield is. It's not just that we don't have a guy that knows what the fixture means, we don't have a guy that will get right in their faces either. To take advantage of this Hun side, at this particular moment, we need to be able to press them high and aggressively. Currently we've only got Olusanya that can do that, and he'll likely be playing wide. For all the chat about whether or not Phillips is good enough for the Dons, he really would have suited a game like Sunday. I don't know what the best setup is, but we're an average side at the moment and I'm not sure we'll have enough to beat their average side

5 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Expect much slavering of shite from me today as four beers in already here 😉

You in the park in Kilmarnock with a bag of cans?

9 minutes ago, KGB said:

You in the park in Kilmarnock with a bag of cans?

North West Corfu 😂

Establishment helping out The Huns already

Ref not happy until he's got every Dons player on a yellow before the break - sets him up nicely for a red in the 2nd

We are not finishing this with eleven on the park.

Four first half bookings for us.

McDermott is a fucking clown.

Shankland doing his usual at Pittodrie and fouling all over the park without punishment

Played about as well as expected. Putting the challenges in, closing down, pressing high. Can't knock the effort.

We just lack that player who can collect the ball wide and drive into the box.

Aremu has been tremendous

Won't finish the game of course.

1 minute ago, Panda said:

Played about as well as expected. Putting the challenges in, closing down, pressing high. Can't knock the effort.

We just lack that player who can collect the ball wide and drive into the box.

Don’t see us finishing with eleven, and I don’t disagree with our bookings, not sure how shankland isn’t on a yellow.

Ntelo appears to be similar to olysanya, effort and strength, wouldn’t mind seeing smith on the right with Ntelo in the middle. But saying that, oLusanya wins a penalty in the second half.

Definitely building a working team which makes sense, but that little bit more quality is needed. Maybe set up for Armstrong second half?

3 minutes ago, DonUnder said:

Aremu has been tremendous

Won't finish the game of course.

Sadly agree.

Rico's fear about playing 442 amd not having enough in midfield is looking well founded. Other than that it's not been awful.

1 minute ago, OrlandoDon said:

wouldn’t mind seeing smith on the right with Ntelo in the middle. But saying that, oLusanya wins a penalty in the second half.

Definitely building a working team which makes sense, but that little bit more quality is needed. Maybe set up for Armstrong second half?

I think Olusanya has been too slow. I actually think Rangers have him figured out.

Would absolutely put smith or Armstrong on the right with Ntelo in the middle.

Ref is having a bit of a shocker, I’d say 50p and the convict should also have been booked.

regardless, if we could get our act together in terms of attacking situations, we’d probably be leading this. Plenty of moments but just either too slow or wrong call. Haven’t tested their keeper once yet.

Aremu. Superb first half.

I agree aremu has been great. The delivery into the box is pretty languid when we get wide. All too high without pace.

Still feel like nisbet is a bit of a luxury when things are tough and we need a striker who will put themself about. He hasn't played badly but also hasn't really been in it at all.

When in doubt boot it out. How difficult is it?

Penalty? In a Rangers match? Surely not.

Only surprise was he didn't bother with the red for a full house.

I'm flabbergasted.

1 minute ago, OxfordDon said:

Penalty? In a Rangers match? Surely not.

'Order' restored 😒

Edited August 30Aug 30 by Radiored

To be fair Happe gift wrapped it for them. Useless.

8 minutes ago, OxfordDon said:

Only surprise was he didn't bother with the red for a full house.

Thought that myself. Cmon Robinson let's just go for it get another forward on. Whether it's 1 or 3 it doesn't matter

2 minutes ago, irnbru1903 said:

To be fair Happe gift wrapped it for them. Useless.

Mayo fucked it. Happe had to go for it after his " clearance"

Just now, redordead said:

Mayo fucked it. Happe had to go for it after his " clearance"

Yep a pair of useless pricks.

YYYAAAASSSSS!!!! 1-1 .... Nisbet.


.... errr VAR?

Edited August 30Aug 30 by Radiored