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Not long in from that, it's good to have a season book again but it would be nice to see us get a goal at some point let alone a win. Falkirk were stodgy and surprisingly fond of falling over too. We weren't awful with 11 men and I think we would have taken it had 11 stayed on the park. Very harsh red on Devlin, just watched it back there. He barely touched him and was focused completely on the ball, if this is how the game is going we would be as well just making it a non contact sport now and getting it over with. The ref was awful in general quite frankly and looked completely out of his depth. I do take some positives though. Firstly we defo seem to be getting a lot better with aerial balls into the box which has been a problem for ages and just improving defensively in general. Knoester coming back in has helped but credit has to go to Jack Milne who is making that RCB position his at the moment. I liked the look of Lazetic, my main first impression was he looks to have good feet and very keen to get involved. That was about it though, everything else on show was varying degrees of disappointing. It's also worth noting we have been limping by at LB where every game played so far someone has been shoehorned into the position. Personally I think this is one of the biggest reasons we are looking a bit impotent going forward as fb's are so key to how we try to attack. Hopefully Gyamfi will return to training over the international window and we now have backup in Frame too so fingers crossed no more Molloy or Devlin at left back. Am I worried? Not yet and 2bh I don't think there's any point in being so as the die is cast and we are very much in a "trust the process" scenario which the chairman has bought into. In the big interview after the cup final he was talking about how Jimmy was hired on the understanding it would be a 3 year 'project' and how not winning the cup would have made sod all difference to his commitment to it. When we appointed Thelin I heard/read multiple Swedish journalists say "you need to give this guy 2 seasons before you see what his teams are all about" and when you dive into the numbers at Elfsborg over Thelins first few seasons you soon see why. They really didn't start putting results together consistently until the last few months of season 2. Season 3 they really took off and were successful until he joined us but for quite a while in those first two seasons it would appear the Elfsbog fans wanted rid in great numbers. My feeling is we are probably going to have to endure some struggles in the first half of this season, especially with the demands of europe though I think the extra games will be good for squad gelling in the bigger picture, but I think/hope we will really kick on in the second half of the season.

Just imagine the redemption ark when we beat Noah.

Not adverse to that line up to be honest. Noticed immediately that you had the team a man down and just assumed we were going for three red cards in a row, but this time some how the bastard in black had shown us a red during the warm up to complete the set of laughable decisions

Be interesting to see who starts up front. Yengi does have the most minutes under his belt. There's every chance he starts with Lazetic and Nisbet coming off the bench later on. Also, I wonder if Thelin will be swayed by letting him play against his brother. There is also the fact we might have a few new faces tomorrow - maybe too many - and Thelin won't want to throw them all in at once. But it's the first time in a long time that we've got some excitement around new signings, may even have boosted the ticket sales slightly. Keen to see Karlsson, a bit more of Lazetic, maybe even Gyamfi if fit enough, and even Armstrong in an Aberdeen shirt is intriguing. But just win Aberdeen, because I'm sick of the negativity, pundits tipping us for the bottom six and people questioning Thelin's shelf life. Can't be arsed with another week of it. As someone else said further up the thread I think - the season starts now.

The world would be a better place if we all avoided social media!

The problem with that is Cooper Masson is nowhere near ready for our first team, hence why he's at Kelty. He's among the best in that age group (involved with Scotland setup). If the English teams are coming in at 16-17, then we've got little hope. Boyd looked like a fantastic prospect, but this season is the first where he's looked physically strong enough to get in our first team, and it was obviously known to the club that he wasn't willing to stay by that point. You're really looking at 19 before most players will be strong enough these days, with only a handful of exceptions. Wilson at hearts is an example. Lauded everywhere, but in reality was nowhere near good enough to be playing every week and physically weak. He's now warming the bench. Bowie at Hibs has bulked up and is now showing the talent matched with the athleticism. I don't think that can be rushed through. I'd like to see more young players, but I think that the club will have to publicly set a quota so that both manager and player get a bit of breathing space to implement. I've said it before, but these young lads don't owe the club anything. We are fairly quick to ditch players we don't want, so we have no right to expect loyalty on the other side. If we can announce that we will be taking a minimum of two academy players into the squad to be playing twenty games (including subs), then players might begin to take note. We've currently got Duncan (not good enough), and Lobban (needs game time now) filling a quota for European football in what appears to be detrimental to their development.

The winter window has been shite so far, you'd think we'd have signed someone by now. Burrows and Gunn out.

No Mikey Johnston or Allan Campbell he is raging.

Jesus Christ, the time difference here means I have missed this. Only just woken up to the news. Fuck sake guys imagine even on Monday lunchtime saying that within the next thirty six hours we would sign three internationalists one after the other. Fair play to Dave and the board for the backing they are giving Thelin, and here's to an up turn in fortunes. @OrlandoDon you must be mildly euphoric mate

Just kick it out you cunt.

What are you talking about? If we've learned anything over the Miovski affair, it's that tweets mean everything.

Hope he gets injured quickly. Dirty cunt. Wonder if he'll be in tears when he eventually leaves Ibrox? As others have said, probably, wouldn't really minded if it was someone like McGrath who just picked up a wage, acted very professionally and worked hard, without any playing to the fans or showing any real affection for the club. Miovski very much gave it the "club has a massive place in my heart" type shite the entire time he was here, and after leaving. If big Ash knows what it means to be a Dandy, then Miovski can't claim anything was lost in translation. It won't be long before he's talking up how great it was to play at Ibrox with the Dons and how he'd dreamed about playing there. Fucking cunt.

There is no comparison between what Snelders did and what the dirty Judas Hun cunt Miovski has now done. They shouldn't be uttered in the same breath.

Pity we never got them during the McInnes years, I'dve paid good money to see the headline "Flood sinks Noah"

Accepting the comments on shite format and the second/third chance it’s still a European competition and potential for some decent ties. We are not big enough to be looking down our noses at any team we face in Europe. Just because a team is from Bosnia or Armenia and maybe in Europe for first time does not mean it won’t be a tough test.

Club need to call out the ref and UEFA. Laws of the game it’s not a handball. Far too close, and arm in a natural position. More importantly though the ref can’t issue a yellow following a VAR review for a routine yellow card offence. Only for simulation if they’ve originally given a pen (dissent) or downgrading a red to a yellow following review. Not sure how it’s possible to happen in the circumstances. Surely someone in the VAR team could have pointed out the error in the CR’s officiating??

Went on walking tour this morning and the guide, spotting the Dons badge, said, "I hope you thrash those motherfuckers"...was impressed with his command of English (he's a Rapid fan, FCSB being the commie team).

Its like the basis of 7 Days by Craig David

last sections of the Buchan way.Easy walking,cyclable the majority,if not all the way.Some dour straight bits,but mostly nice walking 7/10 Ugie water at Longside Badgers sett near Udny station Approaching Achnagatt

IMHO for European, just read football. The ball is well and truly burst unfortunately

Aye, the number of times the ball came to the back post with Jensen hugging the far touchline. It was frustrating. He wasn't great today, but correctly stayed on because the other subs were more justified! He's just a hair too hesitant and misses the opportunity to get beyond his man on most occasions. Was Dorrington injured? He wasn't great either, but not terrible. The sub should have been to either take Molloy off, or take Shinnie on for Dorrington and put Molloy back to his actual role. I think I said elsewhere that Molloy was never a left back, and that's been proven tonight. He was terrible. Had zero clue how to play the role, and can't play with his back to goal. Otherwise, thought the subs were correct and at the right times. Thought it was Yengi's best 45 minutes for the Dons! Just need to keep Polvara benched until he signs the new deal. Overall, they were the more clinical and dangerous team. But for a wild and unnecessary lunge, they might have given us a doing. Their number 9 was especially good, a top player. I think they'll have too much for us over there. We can certainly set up better against them, but I don't think it'll make a huge difference, we're not there yet. We had glimpses of decent play with no end product from the starting front four. I don't think Aouchiche works with Clarkson either. He faded significantly, and Clarkson was/is better. The referee was worse than any Scottish ref I've seen.

"Fuck me and I thought I was old" to quote no-one in particular

Fuck sake, there goes plan A-1

I don't know why it's not been announced, but it's live on BBC Scotland on Thursday. Enjoy the pub.

Scott Burns writing in The Retard saying that we have opened contract extension talks with Polvara who apparently is happy in Aberdeen and didn't feature against Morton on Saturday as he had been sick during the week

Funny as that would be, unfortunately I can see the obvious flaw in that plan

Yet another unfamiliar front three not quite getting it together, but individually I thought we weren't too bad save for a large spell in the second half. Created some really good chances. Aouchiche has two, Nisbet one, Jensen and Palaversa forced good saves, Polvara hits a post, Karlsson goes close too. There was a few times too there was a touch of the Elfsborg about us; Dorrington picking the front three out and we were on their back line. Sometimes you can see moves that have come from the training ground, but we just don't quite get it to work in a match. It'll click at some point, I'm sure of it. And, defensively we were okay too. Gyamfi isn't going to be racing up the byline much by the looks of things, but he's like another centre half at times and compliments Knoester well in that respect. Got to remember we had four debutants today (although granted one of those was Nisbet). Those four plus Lazetic are all lacking games and match sharpness. We'll see more from all of them. Crucially, all look like they have seen a football before. The next three games (Motherwell twice and Dundee United away) will be interesting as they both look handy up front, but are conceding for fun at the back.

I'd forgotten just how shit football without fans actually is

Thank fuck I can stop asking now and relax and enjoy my holiday

It's definitely been a shot in the arm that was much needed after the falkirk game. I think it was Panda that posted a few days back words to the effect that we had livi then a motherwell double header and that 3 wins would transform us........ and I remember thinking that was optimistic. I don't now, we have added craft and guile to the front line comparable to anyone in the league (imo anyway, other opinions are available) and who thought we would be able to say that a few days ago.

On a personal note it's nice to have an Invernesian in red again but I'm not sure where he fits in to our team 2bh.

Well, whether Jesper is going to pick up the champagne moniker is yet to be seen but we wanted some decent busines today and signing two internationalists ticks that box for me. What is also significant though is both players know Thelin and how he want's to play already so it's not unreasonable to hope they both hit the ground running. Hard not to get a bit excited about Karlsson though, it does feel like punching up a weight a bit.

A poster said I was living in cloud cuckoo land for suggesting this. Turns out we've paid less than that.

Not having the Sporting/Technical Director position filled 18 months after the review of club set up identified the need for one is probably my biggest concern. As you say we seem to focused on the next project to earn us a big sale rather than developing players for long term future of club. Sporting Director should be there to oversee that. Difficult to bring one on now with manager and head of recruitment already in place. Sporting Director should have been first appointment.

Good chance the FCSB owner is a nonce.

No, it is fans that misunderstand players Rico. A club is a way of life to a fan and some fans have an unreasonable expectation that it is the same for players. Football is just their job. There is no loyalty in the game. The guy was only at Pittodrie for five minutes, yet folk have some unrealistic fantasy that because of that he would never sign for our rivals.

I did see this on social media… “The Titanic was more successful than Russell Martin was after leaving Southampton”

The bad news is that Martin will probably get sacked. Could do with him hanging about for a while yet.

So we've got to hope that Bruges take their foot off the gas, Sevco get a couple of consolations and Martin stays for another month. Also, hopefully Samiritans are ready to receive calls from Boyd, McCoist, McCann et al.

So it looks like there was more than an unfounded rumour to the post I made about this on Saturday lunchtime. Even though the source of the story was someone very close to Miovski (Filip Mishov), I really hoped it wasn't happening. I hope and pray it still doesn't but that hope is fading Very much doubt we'll ever see him back in the red of Aberdeen if this goes through. Same treatment as all the others if he goes there and he'd better hope he gets up and running quickly cause I very much doubt the frothing masses in the stands will be prepared to give him time

This big lad had been relocated to a wildlife reserve from some of the rivers I used to go fishing at. I don't do fishing now...

Starting this one as looking to keep the 100% winning record going in match threads I've started this season In Driving South Stand Three hour plus drive home 3-1 Milanovic, Yengi & Boyd

Nobody was being patted down when we went in, just the usual bag checks, and they wouldn't have had the staff on to do so I wouldn't have thought. Edit: I even asked to be patted down, and they refused.

Same one that chalked off McTominay's goal in Spain, and aye tonight he was chronic. Or Shinnie, who came on at left back and was one of the reasons for the improvement late on. I would start Devlin over Jensen in Bucharest though. I'd also agree Sokler should start, he's far better than Yengi in pretty much every aspect of the game. But, I don't think he missed chances because he's not match sharp, he just has that in him which is stopping him from being our starting number nine. I thought Milanovic was excellent in the first half. But, he would drive into good positions and then we rarely had another player in a good spot to take advantage. A lot of that is on Yengi, but also Aouchiche, Palaversa and Keskinen don't have that penalty box instinct. Sokler, to be fair to him, is very good at sensing where the ball is going to come to. We have the personnel to go and win there, even if - as @RicoS321says - overall they're a better team than us (they are the Romanian champions after all). But Thelin has to get the line-up spot on. Would like to see Sokler, Clarkson, Shinnie and Devlin all start over there.

At current building costs thats one small leisure centre. Might have enough space for a pool table if you dont mind angling the cues up the wall on 3 sides

Shamelessly stolen from elsewhere but Amazon are going to ask for ages verification if this pumping continues

There's an entire cemetery of bodies just next to the ground that could do a similar job. Lazetic, Sokler and Yengi is enough. Unless there's a chance of getting Nisbet in a week or so. At least he's certain to do a job. We've already got a few projects.