It's currently a blizzard in Aberdeen, with snow on the ground.

 

Forecast ain't great but expect it'll be on, but it could be mightily cold - yet again!

Wtf the fuck?!

 

Hasn't stopped all morning, naturally the gritters are nowhere to be seen.

Think the forecast is for the snow to feck off so should be fine.

Hope its not off, think the players will be well up for the game after Wednesday.

Brown backing Well to derail Dons

 

Motherwell manager Craig Brown expects Mark McGhee to earn as much respect at Aberdeen as he did while leading the Fir Park club into Europe. But Brown believes the current Motherwell side have the defensive resilience to derail Aberdeen's resurgence.

 

McGhee, who led Motherwell into Europe in both of his seasons in Lanarkshire, has masterminded four wins from Aberdeen's last five matches, culminating in Wednesday's 3-0 victory at Hearts. That result moved them back into the top six of the SPL, above Motherwell on goal difference.

 

And Brown expects Aberdeen's rise to continue following an inconsistent start to the campaign.

 

"Mark McGhee is an outstanding manager who did exceptionally well for Motherwell Football Club along with Scott Leitch," the former Scotland manager said.

 

"So they will be anxious to get one over us. The job he did at Motherwell was exceptional, so much so that Hearts wanted him, Scotland had him on the shortlist. So you're talking about a top-class manager. They respect him at Motherwell for his achievements, and the way he handled tragedy at Motherwell was absolutely impeccable for the really sad Phil O'Donnell issue. Mark McGhee proved to be a statesman, proved to be a man of dignity.

 

"Everyone respects him at Motherwell and, if they don't already, they will soon at Aberdeen. He'll get Aberdeen where they want to be, I'm sure of that.... after Saturday. We hope to stop his progress temporarily but I'm sure he'll continue after Saturday."

 

While Aberdeen are on a high after their Edinburgh win and the news that 16-year-old goalscorer Fraser Fyvie has signed a new three-year contract, Motherwell have also been transformed in recent weeks. Brown failed to maintain his 100% SPL record at Falkirk on Wednesday but was satisfied with a point and another clean sheet after midfielder Giles Coke was sent off in first-half injury-time.

 

"There will be great enthusiasm in Aberdeen, they had a terrific result," said Brown, who confirmed his permanent appointment before the Falkirk match.

 

"To go to Tynecastle and get that result is absolutely outstanding. Unfortunately for Aberdeen I saw them lose at St Mirren a couple of weeks ago. So they are capable of going to St Mirren and losing and capable of going to Tynecastle and winning. So they are a bit like ourselves, although we have got more consistency defensively. We have had three clean sheets in the last three. They are scoring, it would appear. So it will be a very good game in Aberdeen."

 

It's not like Brown to show any respect towards Aberdeen. I see he's not changed his style now that he's back in management. Let's face it, even Scotland's best keeper couldn't get a regular game for Brown's Scotland team.

I'll be amazed if the game is on.

Conditions of the roads and particularly the pavements this morning in Aberdeen are terrible.  The beach area and King Street are not great.

And with the snow now on, there is definitely doubt.

Pitch is playable, South Stand looks badly effected by snow though.

image kindly provided by AFC.

 

Is that Tommy doing the lines?

Can't be. Coke is banned for this game.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8485323.stm

 

Time to re-instate the sna-ba army, circa December 2001

Time to re-instate the sna-ba army, circa December 2001

 

The North East Artillery has seen plenty of active service since then RR!

Pitch is playable, South Stand looks badly effected by snow though.

 

Grand, my seat will be nicely iced up for me AGAIN! 

Look at all that snow on the seats in the South Stand. Give me rolled up note and call me "Chico" ... 

Grand, my seat will be nicely iced up for me AGAIN!

 

In case someone fancies slipping into something a bit cooler . . . . . .?

Ooooh, look at the steps on The Y! That's quality ammunition!

It'll be interesting to see if the crowd is larger after the last couple of games.

 

It'll be nice to continue a bit of momentum and we're due a win against this bunch.

 

 

It'll be interesting to see if the crowd is larger after the last couple of games.

 

It'll be nice to continue a bit of momentum and we're due a win against this bunch.

 

Ah, the missing thousands.

Game on according to Redweb.  Good luck to anyone planning on parking down the beach.

I was thinking of sending out a search party.

Hopefully it will be a decent enough game with Aberdeen carrying the performance over from Wednesday. Going to be pretty cold but hopefully the performance and result will warm me up!

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Can't listen to the game , how are we playing?

0-1 Motherwell

Gotta love inconsistency 

 

Win today and we'd only have been 8 points behind unite with 2 games in hand.

Instead its 11 points with 2 games in hand