Really hope for a big crowd but looks like we'll be relying on a lot of walk ups and pay at the gate to get a decent attendance, sadly won't make the sell out.

 

Anyway good interview with George Adams here: http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20120807/ross-county-preview-_2212158_2874253

 

History between Aberdeen and Ross County is quite quick to summarise as we have never played a competitive game against each other at first team level and never at Pittodrie:

 

While the Dons have been frequent visitors to Victoria Park through the years, appearing in various friendly and testimonial matches, County will be visiting Pittodrie for the first ever time in competitive action against Aberdeen on Saturday. The only occasion that Ross County played at the old stadium was back in 1993 the Scottish Qualifying Cup Final. On that occasion they came up against Rosyth Dockyard and went down 4-1. The only other competitive game found in the club archive was a BP Youth Cup clash in 1991.

Full Record

 

Played 6

Won 4

Drawn 1

Lost 1

 

20 Jul 2002 Ross County 1 - 4 Aberdeen Friendly

21 Jul 2001 Ross County 2 - 3 Aberdeen Friendly

18 Jul 1998 Ross County 0 - 2 Aberdeen Friendly

19 Jul 1997 Ross County 1 - 1 Aberdeen Friendly

31 Jul 1982 Ross County 0 - 5 Aberdeen Friendly

23 Apr 1973 Ross County 2 - 1 Aberdeen Friendly

01 May 1971 Ross County 0 - 6 Aberdeen Friendly

01 May 1969 Ross County 0 - 5 Aberdeen Friendly

 

Current Competitive Form

 

Aberdeen

LOSS 0-1 Tims (A)

DRAW 0-0 St Mirren (H)

DRAW 1-1 Killie (A)

LOSS 1-2 Hibs (H)

LOSS 0-3 Pars (A)

WIN 2-0 ICT (A)

Ross County

DRAW 0-0 Well (H)

WIN 5-3 QotS (A)

WIN 5-1 Accies (H)

DRAW 1-1 Morton (A)

WIN 3-0 Jutes (H)

WIN 3-1 Ayr (A)

Overall their unbeaten league run goes back to the 13th August 2011 when they lost 5-1 to Accies

Their last competitive defeat came in the Scottish Cup Replay vs St Mirren when they lost 2-1 on the 14th Feb 2012

Slight over-reaction BTR.

No it isn't. You could roll a Craig Brown-shaped sausage up Union Street and it wouldn't even touch the sides of over-reaction. It's two points dropped and I'm clearly not the only one to think so.

 

We should score in every home game, I consider that to be a realistic minimum requirement. From time to time events will conspire against us and this may well be one of those times, but one thing I don't believe in is luck. Hard luck isn't what got us a pitiful goals for tally last season, nor pitiful 9th placed finishes 3 successive seasons. You want to blame hard luck, be my guest, but for me, this AFC team has a lot to prove.

 

Over-reaction? Not at all.

I think you can, you can have alcohol in your bag so long as you don't drink it or have it visibly showing after 9pm or before 10am.

 

Scotrail tweeted me last week saying that trains before football games will have alcohol bans more often now. I wondered if that is just between cities that the playing clubs are from or any train going to any city with a game on which arrives at the time that football fans are likely to arrive.

 

 

 

As in my new thread in 'Off Topic' I had a partially drunk case of Miller in my bag getting on train in Dundee just before 9pm. Noone came around the train to check, so I was able to discreetly have a couple. Do wonder how the Edinburgh guys on direct train got on, as wifie wis a crabbit jobsworth well before 8pm farless 9!

 

Regarding game, as others have said we just didn't look like scoring. Defensively solid, but lack the spark / creativity in the last third. Was so optimistic that we'd play more attacking game this season with the wide players brought in, but sadly not so far.

 

I can't fault the effort from the players, and nae need for the boo's at FT.

As in my new thread in 'Off Topic' I had a partially drunk case of Miller in my bag getting on train in Dundee just before 9pm. Noone came around the train to check, so I was able to discreetly have a couple. Do wonder how the Edinburgh guys on direct train got on, as wifie wis a crabbit jobsworth well before 8pm farless 9!

 

 

Came round on our train on the Sunday and told anyone with beer they had to finish by 9 or Transport polis would be waiting at next Station. Quite aggressive about it as well. Think it is going to be down to which train crew you have on.

I agree with BTR, I do not think it's acceptable failing to score at home. It was yet another huge opportunity missed in terms of trying to woo potential fans back.

 

I'm not panicking yet, but the longer we go not scoring, the worse our confidence in front of goal will be (case in point, last season).  CB potentially has a team worth watching, I just wish he'd let them go and also sign a striker.  The positive was that the defence seem to be solid, which is always a good foundation to start with.

Oh, and I have been delighted with Ozbomb's shifts at right back so far. That's a major hole filled if he stays fit and hopefully we can put Jack back in the middle.

Yip GD, Osbourne was the best player on the pitch.

one thing I don't believe in is luck. Hard luck isn't what got us a pitiful goals for tally last season, nor pitiful 9th placed finishes 3 successive seasons. You want to blame hard luck, be my guest, but for me, this AFC team has a lot to prove.

 

Unfortunately I agree with this. Vernon's miss was no more or less about luck than Langfield's howler in the previous game. Both were surely about an amateurish lack of concentration. Both totally unacceptable.

 

Oh, and I have been delighted with Ozbomb's shifts at right back so far. That's a major hole filled if he stays fit and hopefully we can put Jack back in the middle.

 

He is a good RB (in particular I remember him moving there at Ibrox with a head bandage and being superb) but playing that position last year was how he did his hammy if I remember right, and we are totally lost without him fit. I'd personally have Ozzie at CM and Jack at RB because I think the bite in the middle of the park is what we need most. If Jack's not having an impact in a game then he can always be moved into midfield.