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Maybe if you would write bigger, then Thelin might hear you.

How we won that yesterday I will never know but will take it, but I hope this is not a sign of things to come as that was pretty dire stuff. First half was ok second half we were awful Thought Jack Milne was our best player by a country mile, Armstrong was also decent and to be fair to Topi he had one of his better games, the rest of them were pretty much meh. I know Milanovic was only on the park for about 10 mins but even that is 10 minutes too much We really need to be starting especially our home games with two up front, Lazetic seems to struggle in the lone striker role in the same way that Nisbet does. I would really like to see the two of them playing along side each other as I am sure that could be the answer to our goal scoring problems. A win is a win and great to burst the diets bubble, but we do need to play much much better

Great result but that was a hard watch at times. Cannot fault teams work rate but we struggled to retain ball and created little. Keskinen took his goal well but match winner was Jack Milne for block in second half. Subs as someone has already said were terrible. Made at wrong time and too many at once. Hearts even taking injuries into consideration did not look like a good side. They will get caught by Victims. Train back was fun. Think I was getting lynched if my phone “accidentally” played Joy Division one more time.

Toni Braxton - Lies Lies Lies

In Three and a half hour drive South Stand Drive back home 1-0 Devlin Guess we will be without Karlsson again given his circumstances? On a separate matter are the roadworks still active on A90 @ Brechin ?

Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies

Frank Sinatra (and Various Artists) - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Sorry, too soon

Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy

28th November 1992, or 33 years ago this Friday. I had only just turned 19. Our line up... Snelders, Wright, McLeish, Irvine, Smith, Bett, Grant, Richardson, Jess, Mason, Shearer. Subs: Booth & Kane Scorers: Irvine, Shearer x3, Mason & Booth. We'd be winning the lot with that team today.

It wouldn’t let me edit, my last point was that of whose spot would he take. Maybe the likes of Tommy Conway, another Englishman with a Scottish grandparent who has done virtually nothing to get us to the World Cup either.

I don’t overly disagree with you regarding the rules, but changing the rules isn’t the debate. Whether it is right or not, it’s the rules and we’re not a country oozing with talent. The debate is do you bring him in or not, knowing there are plenty of countries out there who will take advantage of this for a competitive edge. Do we do whatever we can to give us a greater chance of success, or are we cutting off our noses to spite our face? We put on a very poor showing at the last two euros, adding Barnes makes us a better team and that means something to me. I dont think it’s selling our soul to the devil, and we’re not hauling in a good 5-10 players in the same situation and punting guys who got us here. I don’t think we have the luxury of turning down opportunities like this when our next best option may be a player from the championship/SPL or lower who is definitely not as good and may well have the similar Scottish grandparent situation.

I think my favourite domestic match at Pittodrie. Loved that team/squad. I remember phoning my dad from a phone box in King Street straight after to rave about us. I can’t believe it’s 33 years ago, I can still hear Scottie Booths goal hitting off the underside of the bar.

The orcs are pretty scathing about him switching to a back three. He always did like a random tinker to ‘match up’ to people in big games. Overthought it. Interesting to see how they handle their momentum being halted. I thought they were shite today.

On 23 November 2024, Aberdeen were 22 points ahead of Hearts. Had Hearts won today, they would have been 22 points ahead of us.

I was only half watching it today so didn't get a proper look at it. My take though was Derek McInnes made a mistake by naming a two-man midfield, especially with Baningime out. In the last few weeks, Hibs and Motherwell have demolished our midfield by adding an extra man. We looked like we could pass through their midfield pretty easily at times. It also looked like three at the back from Hearts. We're not a team that pepper the opposition box with crosses, so it looked like a man wasted from Hearts, and in the first half we always had an extra man outside their box getting to second balls. In the second half we gave the ball away and invited pressure. It looked like a 6-3-1 formation once Shinnie and the rest came on, we had no out ball. Still improvements needed but will take the three points.

I'm always have a soft spot for bebo

I can't think of a Scottish player better than Mbappe, but I wouldn't want him in the Scotland squad either. No, because that's what club football is. Players can move freely from club to club. Ibrahimovic has played for both Milan clubs. Sometimes it leaves a sour taste (like Miovski) but it's club football, it happens. If you make international football like club football, then what's the point in it? I think you said in a previous post other countries are picking players not even remotely linked to that country - that's not right. I'm not saying Scotland should use the grandparent rule, I'm saying it shouldn't be a thing at all. Should be the parent rule (because that's jus sanguinis, so there is no argument over McTominay or Dykes' nationalities). I'll accept the grandparent rule only if they have also lived in Scotland for a certain period of time (I think it's five years in rugby). Like I said, he should have been told to ram it too. (Although, granted, he is at least Scottish by parent).

As for us, well the lads grafted I’ll give them that. Guys I have given stick (Adil & Topi) fair put a shift in. Thought defence stood up well. It’s still not great though is it? Feel churlish moaning after a win but still baffled by JT at times. What’s the 5 subs all about? To bamboozle the opposition? It bamboozles me.

GIRFUY Hearts. No matter the ownership, manager, squad, still always the same - agriculture. Bunch of hacking swine with added diving on top. Round ye.

Was an excellent start to my Monday morning, waking up to this result. Had hopes this was gonna happen, but there seemed to be so many uncertainties re: the line ups of both teams. Looking forward to catching the highlights at lunchtime! Already seen the goal, was a classic Topi goal that we know he can and should score more of.

I don’t think the argument is eligibility, that hasn’t changed in years. I think the issue is him Possibly only wanting to play for us now that we are in the World Cup, even though he’s never been approached or rejected us. It’s my understanding Gunn took some convincing to play too, and declined mcleish in 2018 before accepting in 2023 when we were desperate. Don’t recall the same push back at that time. we’re limited in talent, I don’t see an influx of mediocre players replacing legit Scots. I think Barnes is the only one and provides something we clearly lack. I just want us to put up a good showing, and adding Barnes helps us.

Wee bit embarassed to admit liking that song David Bowie - Lets Dance

Kool and the Gang - Let's go Dancing (Oooh la la la)

Being hard to beat is a definite thing, and I definitely think we are showing a lot of strength in character these days, we certainly work hard defensively for these points. At the same time, we need to be better in attack. We could have crumbled after the league start, but we haven’t done that, and beating hearts today is a very good win for us.