I'm not overly confident about this one. Annoyingly, they've been playing decent football and slippy G seems to know what he's doing (or someone else does). Not sure how I want us to line up for this either.  Concern would be that we start Cosgrove and they rile him up and he get's a red early doors.  Although maybe stybrox with no fans is a different prospect?  We've got players that could do some damage but we really need players in their best positions and confident.  The last game against Hibs should hopefully have ensured that and a few of the boys should be bouncing from the international period.  Is Kennedy back? I thought he was injured but seemed to have been included in the NI squad?

Out
Bed (hopefully)
Bed 
Bed
2-0 huns, no dons goalscorer

1 hour ago, ayrshire_don74 said:

yip dm aint holding back

Where you reading/seeing that? Hopefully he's specific about the issue. We need to be really clear about what we're doing differently to the SFA and why those players would have been safe in our care and not the SFA's. The bland statement from the club is useless and completely without merit. We can't have it both ways, if it wasn't for guys like McKenna travelling with the Scotland squad, we'd never get the fee we did for him and the potential fee we might get for guys like Ferguson in the future. Be specific and open about what went wrong so that we can be sure it doesn't occur again. What would be the difference in arrangements for training for and travel to an away dons match versus a Scotland game? 

Wright rumours were correct and he is out as well.

That makes it eight of the 1st team unavailable - Hayes, Wright, Ferguson, McCrorie, McGeough, McLennan, McGinn, Watkins.

A lot of key players there, not optimistic about this one.

oof well fingers crossed 

Not anyone's idea of a great team selection, but fuck they need us behind them today.

I will be screaming even louder invectives at the cheating zombie pretendy cunts than usual today.

COME ON YOU REDS!

ojo utter horseshit 

Flukey goal.

Big deflection for goal but Ojo was beaten too easily in midfield. 

Would playing hedges and Kennedy in their stronger sides not make sense. Always cutting in and slowing the break.

 

Shambolic defending. This could end up being a real doing.

Not a great half like. We're all over the shop. This isn't the team to be playing against with your midfield missing, their movement is excellent. Hedges doing well, Cosgrove doing okay on the ball too (how the fuck their guy wasn't booked for bringing him down on the half way line when Hedges broke I've nae idea). Ojo and Leigh isn't a pairing that brings much joy. I'm assuming Campbell isn't 100% fit, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him in the second half.

2 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Not a great half like. We're all over the shop. This isn't the team to be playing against with your midfield missing, their movement is excellent. Hedges doing well, Cosgrove doing okay on the ball too (how the fuck their guy wasn't booked for bringing him down on the half way line when Hedges broke I've nae idea). Ojo and Leigh isn't a pairing that brings much joy. I'm assuming Campbell isn't 100% fit, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him in the second half.

I had assumed Campbell is not fully fit as surely if he was then Ojo doesn’t start. For two defensive midfielders I don’t think Leigh or Ojo are offering any protection to the back line. Hedges has been our best player as you say. 

Hedges has the same attitude as Hayes, he'd keep attacking even if he was the only Dons player on the pitch.  Good to see.

Another massive deflection. 

hedges has been excellent and may have scored comedy defending again

Fuck sake. When will the defence get their shit together? What's the captain doing because he's organising fuck all and to be honest he hasn't turned up in a big game for a long time either.

ojo leigh having wee laugh prior to kick off aye great lads  shower of gutless losers

41 minutes ago, redordead said:

Fuck sake. When will the defence get their shit together? What's the captain doing because he's organising fuck all and to be honest he hasn't turned up in a big game for a long time either.

Strange one. Of all the performances to criticise, I wouldn't have picked Lewis. A few great saves. Not sure which goal he was supposed to have stopped?

It's more that he stands behind watching them all chaser the same ball and be dragged around and never cracks up. He also commands nothing.

Wider point was that it's been a long time since he was outstanding in any game, never mind a big one.

Solid, yes, a winner, not really, a skipper?? Not for me

can we furlough ojo ? 

That was shambolic. Only positive is two massive deflections and a soft penalty. Why does such a despicable shower get so much good fortune?

Highlight for me was McCoist commending Tavernier on his “fantastic record” of 10 goals against us (9 of which were penalties). 
 

re deflections if you defend like skittles then its probable a deflection or 2 will happen

5 minutes ago, ayrshire_don74 said:

re deflections if you defend like skittles then its probable a deflection or 2 will happen

Spot on

25 minutes ago, redordead said:

It's more that he stands behind watching them all chaser the same ball and be dragged around and never cracks up. He also commands nothing.

Wider point was that it's been a long time since he was outstanding in any game, never mind a big one.

Solid, yes, a winner, not really, a skipper?? Not for me

I disagree. He has at least one good one-on-one save in every big game, always comes for crosses and has excellent positioning. I don't think you necessarily need or want a goalkeeper screaming his arse off behind you, a defence that holds its line doesn't need that distraction. Overall I don't think goalies as Captains are really that useful, but he leads by example. 

used to be an advocate of non keeper captain , but it really doesnt matter when you have so many heartless cowards on the pitch