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Ambrose played his part in the goal well by not touching the ball as it went past him.

Getting excited. Mikey Johnson coming too?

So what we’re really saying is that we signed Christian toblerone?

Really hope the club start to target some Scottish players. Looks like we are likely to lose Jack McKenzie which would only leave Shinnie and Devlin as the only Scottish first team regulars. Massively important issue for me this. Not sure about the rest of you guys but for me, it's just not the same without a core of Scottish blood both in the squad and management team. A bit the same as when we had a national team filled with people with dodgy passports. I said previously (and was shot down by someone for it) that foreign players rarely work out for us/stick around for long and that has been proved so far in the main, aside from Miovski.

Christ Mrs I had forgotten about my score forecast. Actually think we got lucky with it only being four I wish I could Dan, I've been waiting for thirty years to come up with them mate

Miovski to return on loan until the summer to find fitness and form. Ferguson being resigned, home sick in Italy. shock return to the club for Alex miller to fill the recent vacated slot on the management team. Messi signing an 18 month deal, quoted as saying he always wanted to finish his career in Scotland. Credits his good friend jack gurr as helping with negotiations.

69 is no age nowadays. Thanks for the memories and particularly the trips to Madrid & Munich

Not into sharing Twitter these days, but this is a tribute befitting of the man.

From the highs of trips to Dinpro, Madrid and Munich to lows of losing cup game to Dunfermline, Queens Park and Queen of the South it was never dull following Dons under JC. Lost count of the number of times the words what the fuck were uttered when folk saw his team selections. Dementia is horrible disease and football needs to start looking after former players who are suffering from it. RIP Jimmy.

But enough about BigAl.

Can't believe you of all the fans arent gonna be there

Bit harsh on McGarry. He played okay for a guy who hasn't had a lot of minutes. MacKenzie has been poor of late, he'll occasionally let folk in behind him and is poor in the air, however he doesn't switch off the way McGarry did a couple of times today. There was one in the first half where he forgot to track his man completely, and then once in the second where their fullback had the ball and the winger was in behind McGarry. It wasn't his fault that he was out of position as the move had broken down, but instead of going full belt into the winger to take man and ball, he just froze and they played the simple triangle round him and set up a very good chance. He was miles from being the worst player today, but it's those things that make it fairly clear he doesn't have what it takes. We were the better team today and earlier in the season we'd have scored either the one from the corner (which looked like a phenomenal save from Gordon) or one of Keskinen's. Fantastic save from Doohan, preventing what would have been an undeserved loss (they didn't do anything of note in the game). I'm still not convinced by Morris, despite his purple patch, but we do need to be giving him more time if he's expected to impact the game. How on earth Okkels got as long as he did, I've no idea. He basically waited for him to collapse. I don't think I've seen a guy have so little impact on a game and remain on the pitch. I'm sure he'll improve, but we don't need to be giving him anymore than a half to work on his fitness and sharpness. I liked the look of Tobers, think he'll be good for us. I really hope someone signs Duk this window, I hate that I've still got a flicker of expectation every time he comes on, and I still get completely frustrated when he puts in another shite performance. That bollocks towards the end where he was given an easy pass to collect, and he let the defender come and get it and threw himself to the ground to try and get a freekick nearly made my head explode. He's gone from hero to useless diving cunt. Nisbet made a few nice passes in the first half, especially that beautiful through ball for Keskinen, but just seems to lack any energy. It's like he doesn't want to be there. We need a number nine ASAP.

Think that one may be lost on the Kid(s)

Took in the Elgin game at Forfar today,before their game v some plucky minnows next week. What a great wee stadium at Station park.Old style,well maintained terraces with crush barriers.Pretty even first,with little goalmouth action.Much better in the second,a draw a fair result,but results eslewhere not going Citys way Fan frenzy after Citys goal

Welcome Christian, looking forward to us enjoying your next peak.

It's not possible for them to have operated on the same pitch, without football as we know it ending.

Welcome Kristers. This is Peter, he's our best available striker.

Confirmed on Sky Sports transfer centre: Aberdeen agree defender deal Latest from Sky Sports News' Anthony Joseph: Aberdeen have agreed a deal worth around £800,000 for Grasshoppers centre-back Kristers Tobers. The Latvia captain has also agreed personal terms with the Dons. He is due to arrive in Scotland tomorrow to undergo a medical and finalise the move.

Hope he's brought his bucket

Seriously though,....hurry up n buy stuff min AFC

Dunfermline at home in the next round. Very fitting given the news about JC

Good watch that, although probably would have left out the QOTS clip, tributes don’t need to be balanced.

The crux of the matter for me is at what exact point is that still taken. Is it as soon as he gathers the ball or a second after by which point he has pulled the ball back onto the line. Not sure anyone really has the definitive answer on this occasion. Some you win, some you lose Potentially harsh on Elgin, but we haven't exactly been getting those breaks over the past couple of months.

Aye, definitely deserves a thread in this forum. A frustrating manager, but I liked him. Some great times with him in charge, and his record stands up very well as Dons boss.

Nonsense. We're back.

I think he’s a deep lying center mid, very much like sivert. Play them both, do they get in each others way and prevent each other from playing their natural game? Would like to see palaversa and shinnie with gueye ahead of them at 10.

We fucking better win that is all I have to say

Yep. The only argument we could make against that is that same logic should have applied to Glass, Goodwin and Robson. Not really an argument against, just a point! It does seem a little strange that the technical director role is still sitting empty, after our urgent review identified that weak point. More concerning is that we seem to be ceding control slightly to Thelin, although I'm prepared to accept it was both coincidence and pragmatism that our new recruitment lead is someone who has worked with him before. Things will likely get worse before they get better too. I don't imagine we're going to get a perfect strike rate overnight, so I'd expect a few duds out of the existing bunch. Concerning is the speed of dud replacement currently, I mentioned in the summer that we needed to shift a few out the door, but we never did, and our squad looks worse for it. We've had several missed windows over the years, including McInnes' final January, which should be an absolute sin. Regardless of managerial situation, the club should have the confidence and ability to be able to shift players in and out to keep the churn of players going. They don't have to do much, just a couple in and out can freshen things nicely and not allow us to stagnate. Guys like Vinnie and Jensen etc should be happily shifted on, confident that they could improve but aren't going to turn into world beaters that we suddenly regret letting go. It seems like every new manager has come in with the "I'll give everyone a chance" attitude, which has meant average squad players not being turned over. Hopefully a couple of years of a consistent manager should finally get us back to parity.

Doohan was good again last night. However, he does struggle with the ball at his feet. I don't think it can be overstated how important that is to the way Thelin plays. Doohan is good at coming off his line, but he's very slow to distribute the ball, and that has a cumulative effect going upfield and has a lot to do with us having nothing on when we reach the final third. In terms of it being his team, I don't really think that'll be the case for a good year. Six players is still only half a team, and that would assume that we had 100% success in any window. On the flip side, there are players already there who I'm certain Thelin would want to keep too. Overall, I'm not seeing anything we didn't understand Glass. Both try the playing out from the back at all cost, with zero pragmatism thrown in. The biggest difference is that Thelin has already earned the right to give it significantly longer to try and get right than Glass did. It remains to be seen whether it's possible to get a team capable of playing that way on our budget, despite its increase. I'm not convinced it is. It just takes one or two in the team who can't use the ball well, or they can when fully fit but not when at 90%, and we lose careless goals. I think we're going to have to see some pragmatism at some point. Maybe when Gueye is back, that'll offer us the option of mixing it up a little.

This is a tricky one, we just see the Games, not the life these players have once they leave the pitch. But ever since that cup game, the whole team, not the managers seem to just... give up? Have said this for years. Our team seem to have a real mental attitude that is missing since those Fergie days, when we went everywhere wanting to win, having that us against them all attitude. Watched the Kilmarnock game and when I saw the face of Mckenzie trying to pass the ball and the scowl of hatred on him, something seems to have happened within the team. That is defo on Jimmy to rout out and sort it. The "sack" him bandwagon I was speaking was the typcial two faced hun in boyd on sky stirring the pot already calling for Thelin to be sacked, https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/kris-boyd-goes-aberdeen-jugular-34490262

Think it is time, we put faith in the manager rather than jumping onto the bandwagon and say "sack him" Dave, needs to get on the phone and find OUT what is going wrong with these so called professional footballers.

I feel like it’s a bit unfair to assume he wanted to go. He’s a local loon and could be an Aberdeen fan for all we know. I think people just assume the worst. Ryan Jack went to Rangers because he was a Rangers fan, I assume it could be the same for Barron but not all our players will be.

It's falling into place MacKenzie to Sheffield Wednesday according to Sky Sports

Jimmy been on this forum it seems. He's been expressing the need to have a Scottish core to the team as a Scottish side. He's not been in Aberdeen long enough IMO, should be emphasising the need for players born North of Stonehaven.

Fair play to the club, no fucking about this window. If they’ve got a striker lined up it’ll be perfect - on paper!

Jensen fee agreed a couple of days ago. It's now down to personal terms. As for Isak, the guy only scores every 113 minutes. That sort of stat is never gonna dislodge Peter Ambrose as first choice

Back in training. Hopefully back for St Mirren game on 25th.

All the kids have got to experience up till now is a borrowed Bus and a couple of Morris minors.

Would be good if this one was to turn out to be an "interceptor"

Fuck sakes, horrible disease, really sad news that is just far too prevalent nowadays. Rico - I've edited title as per your comment

Fuck sakes Rico It had taken over fifteen years but had just about forgotten about Sigma Olumouc and then you post that about Duff & Young

If we make Europe we will need to have more Scottish born/developed players to meet UEFA squad requirements so would expect to see more come in this summer. Also as Rico says once Thelin gets a better understanding of game here he will start to look at players in this country.

Our signings are now predominantly data led, with a focus on value for money, supplemented by 2-3 that the manager has seen that he believes will fit our system. As we have a foreign manager, that supplement will be foreign rather than Scottish (Devlin, Shinnie etc) for the next window or two. That should revert to Scotland again as Thelin becomes more intimate with the players here, and his knowledge of home becomes less up to date. The exception was Nisbet, but that was clearly pragmatism based on Miovski leaving and the realisation that Ambrose wasn't actually a professional footballer at all. I agree, I would like to see more Scots. I don't think that's necessarily the case at all. I would say that the majority of the signings we make of any nationality rarely stick around. Obviously we can really only take this century as relevant, because of changes in transfers that probably didn't properly unfold completely until the late nineties. Of the Scottish players (Several, Nicholson) we've signed, there are just as many that play 100+ games as there are foreigners such as Logan, McGinn and Hayes*. Guys like Kenny MacLean had no more affinity with Aberdeen than Arnason for example. The main criteria for a player staying any length of time at AFC is if they fit in at our level, rather than nationality. MacLean was our level when he joined, but moved beyond that eventually and so joined Norwich. Miovski stayed another year just like Ferguson. I can't think of a single player who has joined us and stayed beyond the point they were deemed too good. If a player finds his level here then we'll likely immediately want him replaced with someone better as we're fickle that way! Devlin last season regularly identified as a weak link, Shinnie too, after a handful of poor performances. In terms of Scottish players in the squad, the most disappointing area is youth players coming through. Ramsay and Barron probably don't help the numbers, but I'd have hoped we'd be targeting one to two players per season making the squad and get regular minutes before the age of 21 (a bit arbitrary, I know). Milne squeezes in (defenders take longer!), and Duncan should be aiming for next season or moving on. I think youth products are really the only ones that are likely to develop significant affinity and loyalty, and the most likely to see a good number of appearances. Mainly because they might have family in and from the city, and may even raise family here. Again, though, that's only if they find their level here. *I've assumed you class Brits and Irish as foreigners (I do) based on your comments about the national side.

McGrath doesn't appear to lack focus, it's fitness. He's played nearly every game this season and rarely gets taken off. He's taken a few belters to the heid in that time too. If we limit ourselves to players that are going in any given season, we're going to have a lot of difficulty fulfilling fixtures. What about the guy who's coming in on a six month loan? Is McGrath any different to Nisbet in that he's playing for his future elsewhere? Or Miovski last season? In my opinion, McGrath is just suffering from the same drop of form that Shinnie, Nilsen, Devlin and numerous others are experiencing after an intense start to the season and a light squad. Difficult to tell with MacKenzie, but looks like he isn't fully fit after his injury

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Strange, because I didn't read the words: dirty Hun cunt.

Hope he does! I’d rather we found someone better!

Clarkson's still a young lad, in a very difficult role, we can give him time. McGrath also had several years where he wasn't up to it during his career. You're expected to make things happen, but also take the abuse when you try something that doesn't work. I find that the Dons fans around me are very impatient with Clarkson, but he's the one trying to do the inch perfect through ball that will get us the goal, so he's going to have more misplaced passes than likes of Shinnie or Neilsen, and McGrath when he's out wide. He was very good in the first half on Saturday, but the error seemed to knock him well off his stride. He was also good against St Johnstone. McGrath has just drifted in and out of games of late, and I see no reason that we shouldn't give them a half each for the next couple of games.

Said no one, ever.