So the new era (domestically) is upon us. Intrigued to see how we set up, if it’s closer to the first game against the Swedes or something completely different. I suspect not; but hopefully JET is ok? Was mightily impressed with his play in the first leg and definitely struggled in the second. Any news on how he’s holding up? Plenty of weaknesses for good teams to exploit at the mo, but hopefully as the season progresses we can iron them out / mitigate them. 

tickets for the game were  snapped up very quickly, so hopefully the few thousand that are able to attend make a decent racket. 
 

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2-1 dons, Ramirez and hedges 

Battle of the ex development team managers. Both appointed by their mates without any real recruitment process. Interesting to see if this turns out to be a master stroke by both clubs or an utter cluster fuck. 
 

Surely to fuck we cannot go a 5th game against this mob without scoring.

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flat or out depending on weather

1-0 Hedges

Cant believe we didnt manage to score against that shower. Dont really see their not being goals the morn though,....at which end am not sure .If Gallacher brings a bit of defensive assurance,hopefully gives us confidence to get at them.

  An optimistic 5 - 1 to the Dons (Ferguson x2,Ramirez hat trick)

Optimistic for this one.  I had a wee look on a Jute forum to see what they think.  A lot of their fans reckon they could face a relegation scrap.  Last few results have been 1-0 wins over arbroath and East Fife and from what I could tell with the stats the jutes were given a game both times. 

 

Score early we could do some real damage imo.  

 

Don's to win by 3. 

It'll be an interesting one, looking forward to it. I'm not sure how our European performances will transpose domestically. Despite five goals in the opening fixture, we're a little light up front. McInnes understood the logic of scoring the first goal to return the most points. It'll be interesting to see if Glass' team can overcome that barrier, thus allowing us to play a bit more open. I've a feeling that we'll put McRorie at right back and Gallagher in the centre which would give us less threat than with Ramsay in my opinion. I'm going for 3-1 the dons, with Ferguson, Hedges and Jet getting the goals.

Aberdeen 3 v 3 Dundee United

 

Lewis Ferguson (17)   Charlie Mulgrew (8)

Christian Ramirez (42) Nicky Clark (56)

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (77) Lawrence Shankland (69)

 

No Hedges or Kennedy.

McCrorie in midfield instead of Ojo, Gallagher into defence. Convince me I'm wrong.

We're playing some nice football but we look shaky as fuck at the back.

Is it just me or does that Utd away strip look like something from a low budget zombie horror film?

 

Meanwhile, some goal from Ramsey and Ramirez - early signs but hoping we have found Rooney II

good win against a stuffy/niggly Utd team. Hayes looks so much more useful further forward,Brown and Ferguson great.Good to see Ramirez get another.Hopefully see Gallacher in the next couple of games

Just back, good solid performance. Good game management from McI... Glass for the last twenty! Fantastic play from Ramsay for the second goal and great movement from Ramirez. Jet looked good again and after a few shaky moments at the back, McRorie and Considine looked very good (to the extent I think Gallagher will have to wait a bit longer). I'd give Hayes man of the match though, his workrate and movement was really good as well as tracking back when required. Still not convinced that Ojo offers anything high right or left but he worked hard. Crying out for someone like Hedges coming on to offer a bit of pace against the fullback. McLennan wasn't great when he came on. McKenzie really good today too.

Thought McKenzie was a bit cautious to start with but came onto a game.Would have been intersting to see what Hedges could have done in a game like today,hopefully the transfer rumours are nonsense.Nae sure about Ojo either,but he seems to be playing with a bit of confidence,might get more out of him with a longer run

Too many heart-in-mouth moments from the defence today though - hoping Glass is just keeping Gallagher back for Thursday (and beyond), otherwise we have to get a lot tighter there in short order, a better team will easily exploit our frequent communicative lapses.

Thon United manager looks more like the lead singer in a Kasabian tribute band than he does a football manager.

4 hours ago, Elgindon said:

Thought McKenzie was a bit cautious to start with but came onto a game.Would have been intersting to see what Hedges could have done in a game like today,hopefully the transfer rumours are nonsense.Nae sure about Ojo either,but he seems to be playing with a bit of confidence,might get more out of him with a longer run

What transfer rumors?

29 minutes ago, LA-Don said:

What transfer rumors?

Rumour doing round is that there is a bid for Hedges from Blackburn. No idea where they have come from. 

16 minutes ago, Jute said:

Rumour doing round is that there is a bid for Hedges from Blackburn. No idea where they have come from. 

North West England I believe.

 

Good result.

 

Ramirez looks like a very decent find.

 

 

9 hours ago, HaarDon said:

Ramirez looks like a very decent find.

Hopefully you are right but you've got to give him time, he's played one league game.   I can remember folk saying exactly the same about Devlin and Gallagher (Jon) then slating them further down the line.  You can't properly judge a player until he's played 25 games.  I'll be interested to see Ramirez handles Livingston's plastic pitch on a Wednesday night in January.

I think he's already looking better than what we have had for years.

But we have had pish to be fair.

He's done fine so far.2 goals,while still adjusting to Utd style agricultural fitba is pretty good. Can only improve you'd think.

   Wonder what we could have got out of Cosgrove in a more attacking side....

1 hour ago, Elgindon said:

He's done fine so far.2 goals,while still adjusting to Utd style agricultural fitba is pretty good. Can only improve you'd think.

   Wonder what we could have got out of Cosgrove in a more attacking side....

Well he got 2 X 20 plus goal seasons and that should be Ramirez's aim. It was a good strikers goal yesterday, but he's not been convincing in his movement in the first few games, looks slow and not quite fit. That should hopefully come in the next few weeks (or even sooner). What was interesting was the lack of options when he went off. Jet was considerably worse when he moved onto their centre halves, and with nothing to aim at it did actually remind me of Cosgrove in there under McInnes. Ramirez kept defenders high and Jet came deep and sometimes wide to collect the ball. When he went off the ball just came back at us as it did for much of last season. It's not a workable solution and we need another option when Ramirez comes off.