What's with there being no match thread?!

 

I for one think we'll walk this game. A nice attacking 4-3-3 please with goals-a-plenty.

 

Not sure i'm gonna make it to the game though.

 

Aberdeen v Hamilton

 

MARK MCGHEE today admitted his Aberdeen side face a rejuvenated Hamilton Accies at Pittodrie tomorrow in the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League.

 

The Dons boss knows his players will need to be on top of their game against Billy Reid's galvanised team. He said: "They are hard to contain and in the match against Hearts on Sunday they had them on the back foot for the entire match.

 

"Hamilton are physical, well-organised and have a great work ethic. They are a good team, a big team, and it is going to be a difficult physical contest."

 

"It is a match in which we are going to have to keep the ball. If we want to fight Hamilton, with the likes of Peter Pawlett and Michael Paton in the team, we will lose the match.

 

"We have to keep possession. If we want to outplay them and keep the ball then we can win."

 

The Dons players will be determined to match the performance which they showed against Rangers, last time out at Pittodrie. Three points tomorrow could also bring them closer together with the leading pack in the SPL. The manager said: "Hibs and Dundee United have opened up a gap over us, which we cannot afford to let get any bigger.

 

"We have to close that deficit, and haul ourselves up beside them.

 

"That can be done soon because we face both of them over the course of the next few weeks."

 

 

Hamilton miss Leon Knight for the trip to Aberdeen after the striker received a one-match ban for his part in the brawl after Sunday's match with Hearts.

 

Otherwise, Hamilton have no new injury concerns, with long-term casualties Derek Lyle and James Gibson still out.

 

Aberdeen team news to follow.

 

Hamilton from: Cerny, Hastings, Kirkpatrick, McClenahan, Canning, McLaughlin, Wesolowski, Mensing, McArthur, Antoine-Curier, Neil, F Paixao, M Paixao, Murdoch, Elebert, Evans, Wilkie, Beuzelin.

Yesterday was dreadful, no matter what we shouldn't be losing to Hamilton at home, we lacked everything we have had and didn't deserve anything, Foster was my motm but it was a case of "best of a bad bunch".  Tommy wright is useless, elbowed a boy good and proper then went in with a lunge affa lucky.

In that case, because we know Aluko can do it. We've watched Mackie for over ten years and he's ding. Constantly ding. And Dave and Kow can post up his goals from Dnipro or Parkhead if they want, but the boy is a poor, poor player and has been for years.  You can not throw that at Aluko.

 

By all means, if he's been pish then say it, but if you want the guy to get pelters in the way Mackie does (and I'm not for a second saying it's right Mackie gets those pelters) then you're tripping buddy.

 

About time Mackie moved on, probably best for all concerned, but he was faultless yesterday.

The players just lacked some balls. Why dosent Aluko get criticised in the same way as every other player?

 

From what I heard, he was far from match fit.

 

We should probably be addressing why some players are being criticised rather then why some aren't.

I reckon Hibs will tear us to pieces.

just watched the 'highlights' on the bbc, Miller was very lucky not to be sent off for his challenge on Cerny. Wonder if McGhee will be making him do community service anyway.

Just managed to make myself watch the highlights. Can't believe nobody mentioned Kerr's part in Hamilton's 1st, the fact he was almost responsible for another and then MIA as they broke through midfield for the 2nd. He should be sitting in the centre circle whether we have posession or not since all he's good at is breaking things up.

 

Just doesn't seem like we can ever get any positive momentum going until the end of a season.

 

  I'm very happy I had to work this weekend and missed this match, but the hysterical over-reaction is just typical. We are in a period of transition (albeit a needless one in my opinion, but we've already done that to death) and we have to be patient even after results like this. Inconsistency and poor quality football - the horrible reality of the situation we find ourselves in this season.

 

It's January sales time in the next few weeks, and I hope our Board of Directors are on the ball. Mcghee needs to be granted a transfer wish or two to quench the embers of unrest already smouldering amongst our fickle fans.

 

For us in the real world, bring on the hibs.

 

That pretty much sums it up for me too CTS, good post +1 etc etc

 

Beating the huns and then having nothing about us for the next few games is what we have to expect for a time.

That pretty much sums it up for me too CTS, good post +1 etc etc

 

Beating the huns and then having nothing about us for the next few games is what we have to expect for a time.

 

 

Its almost always the case. Beating the OF does so much bad for the players attitudes. When we beat the hun, McGhee himself came out and described a potential scenario where the players might believe they have done their work for a few weeks and switch off.  Its worrying that having identified this likely outcome the manager and team have collectively been unable to stop it happening. Fully agree that we need patience but this situation really rips me.