Sorry @swaddon , I'm done with the Aberdeen/Rangers thread and need a new one to vent in.

I'm off Wednesday, actually swapped my shift to ensure I was off, but I'm now swithering over whether to shell out £37 on a restricted view ticket to watch us lump it long to Olusanya so he can fall over a lot. And I expect us to look solid enough and then get mugged in possession and concede some cheap goals, because that's standard.

I'd go 5-3-2, which seems defensive but we're a pretty slow team and it would allow our wing backs to push a bit further forward and help us break a bit quicker.

Armstrong, Smith and Aremu in the middle. Mouloua and Nisbet the front two.

A damning statistic. Our xg was 0.15 against Rangers. It's 0.71 across the three league games played so far. I'm no expert on xg but I'm pretty sure that's a sign of a team who don't look like scoring. Robinson saying he's disappointed by our lack of penetration, but he has signed a lack of creative players to offer a threat.

Fuck it, I probably will buy a ticket. Cos even though we probably have no chance, you just never know...

You have to remember that this celtic we're destroyed a week a ago by a team hardly anyone knows. We're playing like they are prime brazil. .

Just now, Mason89 said:

Just said the same. This fixture is a waste of everyone’s time. I’m off when the 3rd goes in

Save yourself a couple of minutes.

5 minutes ago, OxfordDon said:

Save yourself a couple of minutes.

Correct

Another gift wrapped goal

Hit their bar then they counter and score a third ..b@@!###

9 minutes ago, The.Moog said:

Jesus wept, the “defending” there.

Embarrassing ourselves as normal here.

Pointless, just absolutely pointless…

Hahaha - that was even worse than his first one.

Fuck off Aremu, what a farce.

Seriously - just GTF the lot of you…

Edited September 2Sep 2 by The.Moog

Jesus fucking wept. Molly should score then aremu should just punt it out but tries to be fancy. The first was a ping but it's so frustrating to concede goals they barely have to work for

2 minutes ago, ErchiePlum said:

Hit their bar then they counter and score a third ..b@@!###

They didn’t counter - Aremu just gave the ball straight to them in the middle of the park.

This club is an absolute shambles, year after year same old same old.

Can’t wait to hear Robinson’s turd polish of this one…

37 minutes ago, redordead said:

Gid player Duran but no defender should be trying to tackle across their body. Just stick out the right and you block that.

I used to teach this to under tens.

12 minutes ago, Mason89 said:

Just said the same. This fixture is a waste of everyone’s time. I’m off when the 3rd goes in

Take it you’re back home by now then Mason.

£37 for a restricted view is actually a really good deal here - physically not being able to see large chunks of this absolute car crash is great value…

Well that was a very bad half of football as expected. We're completely overrun in midfield, with Aremu and Briedl off it. Armstrong doing okay, but trying to do it alone. Cadden and Mayo been fairly pap, and the reason I was surprised at Knoester being central was for the exact reason shown at their first, he isn't aggressive enough (or just tall!), doesn't come to meet his man and is pap on his right foot. Up front, we're suffering because - as captain - Nisbet is guaranteed to start. There are certain games that just don't suit him, and games like these are basically the only purpose behind Olusanya. Mouloua has been fine, and Guinness Walker looks good with a player behind him (Molloy also been fine). I made the comment at the weekend that Aremu put in a fantastic shift, but his use of the ball is largely poor. Same again tonight, and that third summed up his abilities perfectly.

Muller isn't a very good goalie.

Edit: apologies to Knoester, Mayo ye dick!

Edit, edit: just realised @DonAmongSheep 's picture is of the third. Knoester ye dick!

Edited September 2Sep 2 by RicoS321

4 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Well that was a very bad half of football as expected. We're completely overrun in midfield, with Aremu and Briedl off it. Armstrong doing okay, but trying to do it alone. Cadden and Mayo been fairly pap, and the reason I was surprised at Knoester being central was for the exact reason shown at their first, he isn't aggressive enough (or just tall!), doesn't come to meet his man and is pap on his right foot. Up front, we're suffering because - as captain - Nisbet is guaranteed to start. There are certain games that just don't suit him, and games like these are basically the only purpose behind Olusanya. Mouloua has been fine, and Guinness Walker looks good with a player behind him (Molloy also been fine). I made the comment at the weekend that Aremu put in a fantastic shift, but his use of the ball is largely poor. Same again tonight, and that third summed up his abilities perfectly.

Muller isn't a very good goalie.

Edit: apologies to Knoester, Mayo ye dick!

Edit, edit: just realised @DonAmongSheep 's picture is of the third. Knoester ye dick!

Yep - spot on…

4 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Edit: apologies to Knoester, Mayo ye dick!

Edit, edit: just realised @DonAmongSheep 's picture is of the third. Knoester ye dick!

I think given the circumstances, it is perfectly acceptable to allow them both to share the honour.

4 HT Subs is the manager admitting he fucked up big time.

3 of them are spot on mind, the 4th is harsh on Mouloua getting taken off though, one of the few who showed anything first half…

5 minutes ago, The.Moog said:

4 HT Subs is the manager admitting he fucked up big time.

It’s the manager trying to make a grand gesture to indicate it was the players letting him down. He’ll be having the half time team talk on the pitch if we’re not beating Killie after 45 minutes.

If I was a conspiracy theorist I’d also draw a link to him hauling off 4 players that he likely didn’t personally sanction to replace them with 4 players (or 3 at the very least) that he personally pushed for to further indicate how much this is someone else’s fault. But I’m not, so I won’t.

6 minutes ago, Slim said:

It’s the manager trying to make a grand gesture to indicate it was the players letting him down. He’ll be having the half time team talk on the pitch if we’re not beating Killie after 45 minutes.

If I was a conspiracy theorist I’d also draw a link to him hauling off 4 players that he likely didn’t personally sanction to replace them with 4 players (or 3 at the very least) that he personally pushed for to further indicate how much this is someone else’s fault. But I’m not, so I won’t.

Think there’s a lot of truth in that tbh…

Switched off at half time. One of my boys was in tears because they keep conceding. I don't think this is any better than last season.

Robinson is up there with Alex Miller and Mark McGhee as the worst of our most useless ever managers. It's only a matter of time until he gets fired, then the whole cycle of stupidity will start all over again.

19 minutes ago, The.Moog said:

Think there’s a lot of truth in that tbh…

Aremu and Nisbet were here before Robinson weren’t they?

What a second half performance to get the draw. Those fans that left/switched off at half time owe the lads a big apology.

We've just run our best midfielder, Armstrong, into the ground for 90 minutes, so we can rule him out for the weekend. We really need to be getting a midfielder in the door in the next day or two. Briedl not the answer to any footballing based question unfortunately, he doesn't appear to have the legs. Ronan a much better option, despite being not a great option for that role. Smith was fine when he came on, though faded after they tried a bit towards the end.

Anyway, 0-3 probably the pinnacle for us right now. Glad it's over.

It’s genuinely amazing how you can change a manager and pretty much a whole squad every single year, but the same issues remain in place every year.

I get the fact we can only afford a certain level of player quality wise, but why the same spineless, weak, scared utter capitulation to this lot every single time?

Other shit clubs with shit players don’t have the same mentality issues when playing this lot.

There’s something just fundamentally wrong with the culture and mindset of this club, and it goes back literally decades.

Maybe its just not fixable at this point…

Useless pricks. No need to analyse that match anymore than that.

13 minutes ago, The.Moog said:

It’s genuinely amazing how you can change a manager and pretty much a whole squad every single year, but the same issues remain in place every year.

I get the fact we can only afford a certain level of player quality wise, but why the same spineless, weak, scared utter capitulation to this lot every single time?

Other shit clubs with shit players don’t have the same mentality issues when playing this lot.

There’s something just fundamentally wrong with the culture and mindset of this club, and it goes back literally decades.

Maybe its just not fixable at this point…

Pretty much said this to my old man during the game. Wholesale changes to players and management and it’s the same shite.

The third goal tonight is the epitome of Aberdeen against Celtic.

1 minute ago, STFU_Donny said:

Pretty much said this to my old man during the game. Wholesale changes to players and management and it’s the same shite.

The third goal tonight is the epitome of Aberdeen against Celtic.

We were saying the same while walking back to the car in the pissing rain. The faces change but the problem is always there.

Dont worry though, they’ll make it up to the fans next week!

9 minutes ago, STFU_Donny said:

Pretty much said this to my old man during the game. Wholesale changes to players and management and it’s the same shite.

The third goal tonight is the epitome of Aberdeen against Celtic.

So was the second…