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Armstrong did the pre-match presser on Friday and said he wasn't one of the players who had been ill.

I don’t like Robinson with his constant excuses, but given how poorly Nisbet & Armstrong played today, I’m gonna guess they were two of the players Robinson referred to as ones who shouldn’t really have been on the pitch today. Aremu going off at HT given he was holding the midfield together first half may well be a third who was struggling and couldn’t continue. If that’s not the reason, Robinson hugely contributed to us losing that game with that decision. Only 3 subs used indicates as he also said that some of those on the bench shouldn’t really have been there either. That said, the injuries at CH were nothing to do with the bug, so we’re in big trouble potentially there, and there is zero excuse for completely bombing out Devlin and Frame for those two at FB, though Obi 2 is the significantly better of the 2. Muller is now concerning me greatly too - moves along his line and goes down slower than a weekend in the jail, and his kicking is worse than Mitov’s. Another downgrade, and Mitov was nothing special either. Troubling times - again…

Mouloua is guaranteed to be on the bench for the next match.

Another fantastic performance and result for my adopted home town in their first ever season in the Scottish Cup. A real achievement to come back from 3-1 down to win 4-3 after extra time and make it into the third round. C'mon the Seasiders 👍

First I knew of this game. Oot - Working in Weegieland. Honestly couldn't care less at the moment.

Wonder how they’ll set up. Falkirk are a really well coached team and are finding their stride a bit after a wobbly start. Hopefully they don’t come up to sit in and stifle the game, we are hopeless at playing that kind of opposition. It’s like watching one of those big bullies with their hand on the forehead of a wee guy who is wildly swinging but not getting near him.

I've buried the trauma of Mcghee so deep that any attempt at recollection just draws a merciful blank. I'll need to look him up on Wikipedia.

Just when you thought things couldn't get much worse, there's another Dons match coming up. It's on Wednesday 28th with a 7:45 pm GMT kick-off. Aberdeen are pish and Falkirk are not, so I fancy a 0-2 home defeat for the Dismal Dons.

Deportivo miss a sitter right at the end for Atletico to win 1-0. Enjoyable game with Deportivo contributing to the game. Play like this for most of the season and they will stay up.

Alverez with his first goal in 8 months to put Atletico 1-0 up on Deportivo La Coruna. Atletico will be 2 points behind Barcelona if they win tonight with the Classico tomorrow night.

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Thought we relied too much on the ineffective cross ball today. Utd defenders had significant height advantage and we were never going to impact game that way. Aremu going off at HT was really stupid. He was providing all the protection in midfield and we surrendered 15-20 yards as a result. Thought GW had one of his better games but was getting caught later on when he tired. I love watching Mouloua, some of his movement and little rapid touches were brilliant in the first half. Felt like Nisbet struggled to keep tabs on what he was doing. He works really hard on and off the ball and is determined to win the ball, uses his physicality really well. It was never a game for Olusanya when Utd were sitting deep and protecting a lead. He did nothing. Milne in a 4 is far too soft, especially if the FBs are still going to play high. Way too exposed. Utd have been playing that quick turn in transition and when they went after us at 2-2 we got a bit overwhelmed. Best I’ve seen us play in a while but just too open at 2-2 with that backline, should have been a bit more canny. I really hope we stick with Mouloua and Nisbet up top. If it clicks it could be brilliant.

I think that’s the feelings of many, so few wanted him here to begin with so he was never getting the benefit of the doubt, and he was never getting time to build something. Dead man walking. The article in the media earlier in the week is probably 100% accurate. He’s not experienced at a club like us, and I doubt he’s capable of developing us. He’s also not a young manager on the up, did he peak at Motherwell or st mirren? Actually makes me wonder if managers are like players and have their peak? Every week seems to be a big week, every game a must win. Falkirk at home if a must for sure, but I worry about the damage that could be done next weekend. Makes me think of the Thelin season and the damage done from the 6-0 Celtic semi. I can’t help but think mayo Lyons Ronan Cadden olusanya and yogane are his signings, mayo maybe not but he’s his type of player. We signed McLean Hayes and mcginn in the past, would that be equivalent to finding a graham, mcpake, Calvin miller today? We just don’t appear to be able to grab domestic talent, and I agree we’re signing good players that st mirren would target and see as good signings. Sadly not a fan of nisbet, never have been. I’ll admit without his goals this season we’d be more than fucked, but I don’t rate him. Feel Mouloua has the talent to be the next miovski but nisbet prevents him get the time to develop. Sadly I expect Mouloua to be the next sokler and he’ll not be given the extended playing time to develop and gain sharpness or consistency.

Dumbarton strolling into the next round on an otherwise disappointing day for football

If you were not making a panic appointment, and were doing a deep dive into your next manager, you would notice the flaws in his management. You wouldn't just glibly dismiss his record at St Mirren as being down to a smaller budget. You would look at his tactics, changes he made to try and improve things, and see how he struggled to reverse poor form there and that, at Aberdeen, he may have similar struggles. But, he was appointed by a board that wasn't fit for purpose. The League Cup win bowled them over. But even if he wins the League Cup with us, if the league form continues it won't be enough in the same way it wasn't for Thelin. I would love it to work out for Robinson. Every week I pray he's finally worked out how to get the balance right in the team. His anguish on the touch line is hard to watch. But, since the last international break, we've lost two from three. Now we have Falkirk (h), Rangers (LC), Hibs (h). Another two defeats from three might be the end of his time here.

The BFG, by R Gough.

Some short memories in this thread. Personally detested Miller (Alex) and Aitken far more than anyone we’ve had in recent memory. McGhee was also a terrible manager.

I think Guinness-Walker gives the impression he's good going forward because he can sometimes skip by a player and look good on the ball. But his end product tends to be him swinging in crosses aimlessly, which is one of our worst traits. In his defence, a good manager could get a hold of him and make a player out of him.

Spurs 2 up with a cracking strike from Tel.

Thought NGW did ok and offered more going forward today but don’t think he is great defensively- Cadden? Very poor again Milne isn’t good enough and shouldn’t have been anywhere near the first team- certainly not as a centre half until he is willing to get hurt to stop a goal We actually played the ball about up ok to the front 3rd but Nisbet was honking and we got suckered on more than 3 occasions Muller is not an upgrade on Mitov

Spurs 0-1 up thanks to Chelsea keeper. Punching ball into his own net. Chelsea also down to 10 as Cole Palmer sent off for second yellow. Both yellows were probably border line reds as well.

I was thinking in the run up to the game today that we really do seem to be a bang average SPFL team. Evidenced by the fact a win today would have put us into the mix for European spots while the loss sends us back down towards those fighting relegation. Illness and injury perhaps does play a part today, but if we can’t put together a winning run playing the last 3 teams we have played when will we? As for the club itself it’s just seems we have been on a long road to nowhere.

James Maddison of injured again in Spurs game. Lad just has no luck with injuries.

That’s the match report right there, nothing else needed.

Dont agree with you and NGW, think he’s doing ok. He gets forward a lot now, gives us width, and today got a goal. Thought, like nisbet, Cadden was way off it today, don’t recall one attacking run and on a day playing 4 center mids, we cannot afford that, we needed is attacking width. He’s very average at best, devlin’s legs must have really gone to be sitting watching Cadden week in week out.