Rare to come up against a team we’ve not played against domestically, but here we are. Will make for a fun away day for those able to make it, shame it’s midweek. 
 

Their results have been mixed since knocking st Johnstone out of the cup, but they’ve also shown some metal to win another penalty shoot out.

We really should be winning this comfortably, but I guess it’ll depend on their pitch etc. same team as the other  games should be fine, but think we’ll need to rotate the squad to keep them fresh.

10 minutes ago, tlg1903 said:

Ryan Duncan may have played his way into the starting 11, he's been excellent since he came on. 

Yep, he's certainly first sub in my eyes. I think Goodwin would be more likely to play Besuijen and Hayes with Clarkson, which is fine. Duncan has to stay at pittodrie* and get minutes ahead of Morris and Kennedy. An extended contract too, it's rare you get a powerful fast winger, it's important to keep hold of him. Some of the signings are going to be pish, so it's great to have young players coming through to add to the squad and make up for the duds. It really takes the pressure off the manager.

 

*I mean not go out on loan.

Edited August 30, 20223 yr by RicoS321

Thought Annan were well organised. Sat back, allowed us passive possession then as we tried to play that through ball, one tried to cut it out and another went to the man. There was one point when Miovoski, I think, thought, "fuck it" and tried that kids football thing of barging his way through a melee involving Vinnie and about 5 Annan players, hoping the ball would bounce off enough limbs he would come out the other side with it. 

Game was crying out for some shots from range, us falling back encouraging them out before playing a ball over the top etc. 

As tlg said pitch was tiny. Any team trying to play through 10 outfield players in the final 3rd on effectively a 9-a-side (OK maybe an U16's 11-a-side) pitch will struggle. 

Bit of Lee Seymour and Annan Athletic trivia.

 

I've actually been in the changing rooms and players pavilion at Galabank a couple of times when reporting on East of Scotland side Coldstream for Berwickshire News in early 2000's.  Quite a nice gaff which I'm sure might have been modernised since we were last there 2002.

Home draw against Thistle, best we could have hoped for!

Highlights 

Draw

Dons v Partick Thistle

Killie v Utd

Well v Celtic

Hun v Dundee

It's setting up nicely for Goodwin v McInnes at Hampden.

Don't say that Panda!!

2 hours ago, Panda said:

It's setting up nicely for Goodwin v McInnes at Hampden.

First thing I thought of when I saw the draw. 

 

Have to say I was chuffed for Mcinnes tonight.  Great result for Killie to win at Tynecastle 

Hopefully the McInnes and team we all know turns up at Hampden if that's the case!

10 hours ago, manc_don said:

Hopefully the McInnes and team we all know turns up at Hampden if that's the case!

Goodwin's semi-final record ain't exactly a glowing one either.

Unless I have lost my marbles one saw a stat somewhere last night that in past seventeen matches at Tynecastle Kilmarnock had WON TWELVE, DRAWN TWO, LOST THREE so wasn't that big a result for Derek if going on that recent history.

 

 

8 hours ago, Panda said:

Goodwin's semi-final record ain't exactly a glowing one either.

Ffs, don’t tell me that 😂