All Activity

Seems fair enough to be honest, not much he’s said it wrong. Obviously not absolving himself but as Panda says, he’s always going to try and distance himself from being part of the issue.

Looks like I got lucky you weren't up for the debate then

Nah, I read the interview, and the Daily Record have put a very negative spin on it. He's clearly going to make excuses for not being at his best, but I don't think he was slagging Aberdeen off. What he actually said was:- "I went on loan to Aberdeen. Jimmy Thelin, who I'd previously worked with at Elfsborg, was the manager there. That was the reason for my choice. Aberdeen is also a great club. I spent a few months there. "It was decent...well, sufficient. I played some minutes, scored a few goals. It was especially important for me to be playing again. "What I did notice was that Scotland is a different league than the Eredivisie. It was a lot more physical and there were a lot of high balls. Plus, it rained a lot. "It was a league that might not be as suitable for someone with my qualities. I love the Eredivisie because it suits my playing style. But it was good to go to Scotland; I was playing football again. "When Utrecht came, it was a great opportunity for me. The country, the league, the people. I really wanted to return to the Netherlands. And I'd heard good things about Utrecht. "When I went on loan to Aberdeen at the start of this season, I wasn't match-fit. I needed that time there. Now I feel like I'm fully back."

Good grief min. Don’t agree with you but great cup win. End of. No interest in this debate.

I'd be very surprised if Hearts still have a chance to win the title by the final day of the season. They have what looks like a decent run of fixtures before the split, but I'm not convinced they'll win all their home games. Falkirk, Aberdeen, Motherwell. I think they'll drop points in one or two of them. You'd probably say the longest odds are on us taking points there, as pish as we have been this season, but you can't underestimate Tynecastle being a very nervy place if it's not going their way and we could essentially have the pressure off. Even then, I don't see them coping well with the top six. Both the Old Firm and likely an Edinburgh derby at Easter Road against a Hibs side giving everything to beat them. It's a big ask. They need to go into the split with a healthy lead and I'm not sure they'll have it.

Firstly, hitting the post or bar isn't bad luck for them or good luck for us. Those shots were not on target. They were also all chances outside of the box. Celtic had few inside the box because very seldom did they manage to cut us open or get in behind us. That's a sign of a very good defensive performance. But if we're talking big chances, Polvara and Gueye passed up big ones for us in full-time. Gueye passing the ball to Schmiechel when he just had to put it left or right of him was a bigger chance than Maeda's for them, in my opinion. Mitov made a big save, Schmiechel didn't have to. That suggests we got more luck with our goal than they got for theirs, which isn't true. Doesn't matter if you expect him to score. Mitov made a great save. You absolutely are downplaying it. We nullified Celtic. While we took a while to be an attacking threat, we kept our shape, defended well, didn't crumble when 1-0 behind, Thelin made good subs at the right time, outthought Rodgers, and we had three big chances after our goal to win it. We then had fine our homework on penalties. To call it a fluke or luck is utter tosh. What next? We were lucky it rained in Gothenburg?

Who is no longer with the club.

See he has 2 goals and 1 assist in his first 5 games with FC Utrecht.

You’ve compared Geiger to aouchiche a couple of times now. I think they are very different. Both have a higher profile back ground, but one is clearly a holding/central mid, whereas Aouchiche was an attacking kid even a wide player. He was only forced deep cos we were piss poor. Aouchiche isn’t a passer, he’s flair with the tricks, Geiger seems much more of a passing play dictator, something we badly need. I’d say Geiger is maybe a little on the Kenny McLean side, but with bite. I think Geiger will learn the demands of Scotti’s football a could’ve really good, but I like his physicality, much needed. a little surprised polvara left his hair for him to wear though. Def needs a tash to complete the look.

I agree with you to an extent. While we played well, they didn’t. I think it’s wrong to say that was all down to us. I’d argue they showed up expecting a cake walk, and I believe that’s luck on our side, they underestimated us, we were lucky they did. I think we were lucky Hatate and Jota were injured, two very good players. they missed chances, hit the post, hit the bar, I think we were a little fortunate. While we were unlucky with our og, we were certainly lucky with our goal. Most often that would be cleared or the keeper collects. We were lucky that arguably the best forward in the league last season didn’t score in the last couple of mins 1v1 with mitov. Good save but you expect him to score that chance most times. it was a great final, not trying to downplay our achievement, we did many things extremely well, especially the penalties, but we didn’t outplay them, didn’t create a ton of chances, struggled to keep possession for most of the game, most neutrals won’t give us the credit we deserved for the cup win. But wha a great day and win!!

Exactly. Better to be involved at the highest level possible and have a shot at Europe.

We will. Absolute caker.

I was sure Geiger was only going to miss the next two cup games, league wasn't impacted? Missing both him and Shinnie would be big, Palaversa who's started making a reappearance doesn't have the drive or legs to do it.

Fair enough. I'm not here to cause trouble. Just to pass some time with fellow Dons fans. Not got much else to do these days.

Am I the only one who's mind immediately wandered to memories of watching Basil Brush with Ivan Owen's hand up his bottom upon viewing that photograph.

News channels are going a bit overboard on this are they not. Should save themselves for when he is actually charged.

I hear you but I'm too old to be doing another weekender. It's a risk I'm not prepared to take. Bottom six please.

It makes for grim reading.

I'm certainly not in a state. You recognise posters by the way they post and I find your posting style very familiar. You say you're not, so fair enough.

Happy birthday.

Andy will be sweating now. So will Mandelson, he will be next.

I think it’s all on the SFA’s database/website/fuckknows_min/I’mnaeafucking_geek but I’ve let my account lapse. It seems to have been accepted and welcomed by club secretaries etc as it saves fucking around with teamsheets etc on busy matchdays https://www.scottishfacomet.co.uk

Yeah, I would have been raging if we were 2-0 down and still trying to play fancy triangles with the sweeper keeper with 10 minutes to go. Sorry, but you are highly unlikely to score when passing around your own 18 yard box. sometimes you have to just mix it up - not as though our defence are very good in the air and the swirling wind made it a lottery. Their manager was going on about being true to their identity- 1st half they passed it around us, even when we had the extra man, but keeper didn’t have one shot in first to save on the keeper, not convinced he is an upgrade on Mitov. Maybe a bit more composed with ball at his feet, but thought he looked sluggish getting down to their couple of efforts in the second half Hope he just needs to get fitter assuming he came out of winter break

Biggest constitutional crisis since...

Yeah but imagine Jambos failing to win at Pittodrie yet again and losing the title? If Geiger grows a tash he could be a spit for Albert Kidd, 40 years later. Then we go pump Sevco 3-0 in the cup final.