I should be letting Jute write this one, I'm sure he's probably seen more of them than the Dons this season

They beat Lothian thistle in the previous round to get here, and their form has been patchy at best. But they did have a good draw against Kelty Hearts last weekend.  We shouldn't really have anything to worry about, but regardless we need a professional performance and it would be good to build on the feel good factor of our midweek game against the huns.  Might we see some of the youth players who've been called back brought in? Progression is imperative after the pathetic display in the league cup.

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2-0, Ramirez and McGinn

As I said in the loan thread we should be looking to stick a few passed City. They have not looked good in any of the games I have seen this season. Best player is probably the keeper who is on loan from Livingston. Good shot stopper but bit suspect on corners. They have brought in a couple of new players since I saw them so might have improved a bit. Hopefully Glass has learnt from the Raith fuck up and goes with his strongest side from the start. Get a few ahead then make changes to rest players/give others game time. We need to ensure we stay in the cup. 
 

Oot (£56 for the train get to fuck Scotrail)

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local game 

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3-0 Ramirez x2 and Ferguson

 

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4-2 Aberdeen Ramirez, Hedges, Kennedy, Ramsay

7 hours ago, Jute said:

As I said in the loan thread we should be looking to stick a few passed City. They have not looked good in any of the games I have seen this season. Best player is probably the keeper who is on loan from Livingston. Good shot stopper but bit suspect on corners. They have brought in a couple of new players since I saw them so might have improved a bit. Hopefully Glass has learnt from the Raith fuck up and goes with his strongest side from the start. Get a few ahead then make changes to rest players/give others game time. We need to ensure we stay in the cup. 
 

Oot (£56 for the train get to fuck Scotrail)

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local game 

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3-0 Ramirez x2 and Ferguson

 

Not so sure on the full strength myself. From Saturday  we have 6 fixtures in 18 days and assuming we get through on Saturday 7 in 21. It's inconceivable that we won't have to do a bit of squad rotation over this period and Edinburgh are the weakest opponents we will face. 

I love a Scottish cuptie but won't be at this one 

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Watch on Redtv

Dinner with daughters 

4-0 McGinn & Jet 😉

 

1 hour ago, tlg1903 said:

Not so sure on the full strength myself. From Saturday  we have 6 fixtures in 18 days and assuming we get through on Saturday 7 in 21. It's inconceivable that we won't have to do a bit of squad rotation over this period and Edinburgh are the weakest opponents we will face. 

This is only competition we can realistically win. If players needed rested use some of the league games as they do not mean as much now. We must win this so no risk should be taken in my opinion. 

Anybody heard if the club has invited up Josh Walker as a special guest seeing as he ended up playing and captaining Edinburgh City before injury curtailed his career.  That and fact he scored such a glorious goal his first senior strike against Bayern Munich in a memorable Last 32 UEFA Cup tie at Pittodrie!!

3 hours ago, Jute said:

This is only competition we can realistically win. If players needed rested use some of the league games as they do not mean as much now. We must win this so no risk should be taken in my opinion. 

And that's fair enough mate,  I still think glass will rotate a bit though and I can live with that. EC are not raith rovers.  

No changes from mid week. 
 

Think we will see Kennedy come on for this one if Glass has been impressed with him in training.

I would've started him if he's been decent.

Glad to see that Glass seems to have learnt his lesson from the Raith debacle

Strongest team possible, get the job done early doors and then get the likes of Campbell, Kennedy and Barron on for a run out.

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Red TV

6-0 (Ramirez x 2, Ferguson, Hedges, Hayes & Kennedy )

More fitba on the tele and beers

Good to see Consi back on RED Tv.

Didn't see start of him with Rob McLean so have heard the anwser to the inevitable question.

Did anyone else ?

5 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Good to see Consi back on RED Tv.

Didn't see start of him with Rob McLean so have heard the anwser to the inevitable question.

Did anyone else ?

He's straight

1 minute ago, RicoS321 said:

He's straight

back into the starting line up ?

1-0 Hedges

any pointers to moving pictures?

Ramirez 2-0

18 minutes ago, OxfordDon said:

any pointers to moving pictures?

IPTV for me.

Don't think it is on hegoals

Now we are 2-0 up can start to think about changes in 2nd half. 

1 minute ago, Jute said:

Now we are 2-0 up can start to think about changes in 2nd half. 

Agreed Jute.

Would like to see Barron get a run out.

Kennedy kind of feels like an obvious one as well. Surely if we're ever going to see him in an Aberdeen shirt again this is an ideal opportunity

Twenty two attempts at goal in the first 45 minutes. 😀

A conversion ratio of 1 in 11 though 😲

Some of our shooting (Hedges) today is absolutely awful 

Seceond half has been a total non event in the opening 18 minutes

Tempo and pace of the game has completely gone

How was Barron?

7 minutes ago, OxfordDon said:

How was Barron?

Didn't think he looked out of place to be honest BUT difficult to tell too much given the level of opposition.

Having said that, this is the level he has been playing at and seems to have been more than coping with it.

Imagine he'll continue to be on the bench for the remainder of this season getting a few minutes here and there when circumstances allow.

 

Good training match for the Dons today. They weren't up to much. Difficult to learn much from it, other than it's difficult to play a game exclusively in one half of the pitch. Jet challenging miles storey in the sitter of the century competition, an absolute horrendous miss. Ojo played well today, although we should have been bringing on a wide player to give us a bit more width (in place of Jenks) after Hedges went off. Barron looked neat and tidy and not ready to trouble the first team, but it'd be nice to see him get more minutes this season if another loan can't be arranged.