Saturday 19th April 2025 - kick-off 12.30pm
Scottish Cup Semi-Final: Hearts v Aberdeen
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Iâll also add this technical director has to be a football guy, ideally ex player ex manager ex technical somewhere else etc, some sort of combo there. Our leadership reaks of inexperience based on what weâve seen on team matters in the last 4 years. From the inexperience of our managers, poor recruitment and signings, inexcusable squad construction, unacceptable transfer windows (the last being the worst when we knew weâd problems), all the way to Dave and him never from what I underserved having any sort of management role in soccer, we need experience at the top. Maybe zidane as technical director, deschamps as manager?
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Pretty shell shocked with how things have gone this season. For the most part weâve been shit all year and have been an awful team to watch, long ball piss all season more or less. Now weâve totally fallen apart and I fear this terribly structured squad and team are totally inadequate. i really want to like Dave, and do. As a Scot in America as well I feel I somewhat relate to Dave. He wants his beloved dons to succeed, has the funds and connections to finance our club, and has the yank influence of what sport/entertainment ownership should look like. couldnât understand why glass was hired, but he tried to implement a possession style of football. Thought we were becoming the Scottish arsenal but Robson certainly totally killed that. The warnock fiasco is exactly that, what the fuck. I was willing to give the old head a chance, we were in somewhat âsafeâ hands with his experience, but wholly fuck what a farce. He was clearly clueless of the team, players, club, and pretty much the league. His month did major damage, potentially the first couple of nails in our coffin. I fear these players donât have the stones for this. All of this leads back to Dave. Surely he has to hire a technical director before a head coach/manager? That makes sense to me. I supported this review and accept the results, but if structural change is the solution, the major players have to be installed first, have the whole structure implemented, then finally hire the manager so that the structure is fully aligned. I just donât trust weâll do that. Dave just doesnât fill me with confidence that weâll get it right. I hope we do!
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Not optimistic at all. I look at Wednesdays team and the bench, there isnât a single change Iâd make that I think makes us better apart from maybe clarkson for Barron, but itâs really just like for like. We only have two going on three battlers in our team, shinnie and devlin, and maybe Phillips, although as much as I appreciate Phillips effort, havenât seen much else. saying all of this, if the team that beat killie shows up weâre totally capable of a win. 2-0 to Motherwell.
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Shocking to watch. But even more shocking is the squad depth and squad construction. What options do we have? We really cannot change formation/style unless we play mcgarry wide left and morris wide right. We donât even have a big lump we can stick long balls up to. zero heart in the 70 mins I saw which is a huge concern.
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Thatâs the worst performance Iâve seen from us. Zero passing, heart, or desire, although I gave up so didnât see the last 20 mins. Fuck knows what leven can do but based on that he didnât inspire the group to perform, even try!
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Switching off. We have been horrible. No passion or urgency and back to the long ball shit to nobody. Same only shit same old result. Amazing how far weâve fallen, cannot argue with our league position.
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Here we go again. Var changes the game. Did anyone claim for the penalty? Not that weâve done anything in this game but fuck var yet again.
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Absolute garbage first half. Nothing from our midfield and Dundee totally dominated. Warnock hangover!!
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Iâm going with levenâs magic combines with the killie win inspires our performance and a 2-1 win. Miovski and clarkson.
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Pretty sure Berti Vogts is available. Although he may be older than Warnock by nowâŚ.
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Weâd be underdog against any of the three semifinalists, nothing to lose. If anything Celtic are underachieving this season and not performing to their fullest. Weâre also due a result against them in a cup. 2-1 us with scales og the difference between the teams. Cup semi win and the full Bayern coaching staff coming in, things are looking up. Morris start this weekend?
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British, hm, decent player who managed at a decent level. Doesnât mean decent manager though. Stevie G? Lampard? Steve Bruce? Billy Davies? Obviously Lennon, Strachan, McLeish. Just trying to think of people Iâd not want! Foreign boss currently in a job. Obviously Klopp and part of his Liverpool exit plan. going to be a really interesting hire given the time and process since Robson left.
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Good after match interview with warnock, 100% agree a new man needs to be in asap to assess the squad and build for next year with input on who we keep, get rid of, and sign. Canât remember who posted the opposite how weâll be late and it fucks up next year, agreed that would be a disaster. What he says is correct, letâs hope it happens asap.
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Iâd argue any manager splits the support. If whoever comes in has a good strong start all is good. Comes down to results. Much like Robson, didnât want him but good start so accepted him. Shit start and the manager is too young, too old, doesnât know our league, past it, lacks experience, etc etc. McGhee was an ex player and legend and look what happened to him, Roy Aiken took over, mcinnes was a hun we heard. Does it matter, if he wins games and cups he gets accepted. been zero info from the club since Robson left, really curious if itâs a new manager, new structure, or what?
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OOft! Surprised that heâs gone but obviously sounds like we are close to moving forward. Better be more than just a new manager coming in or this leads to more what the fuck questions. id argue it was probably more work and pressure than warnock expected.
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Good effort from the team, hard working battling performance. Saying that, from what I saw, we played through midfield a lot more and possession was better. Certainly less hopeful/hopeless long ball. 4 at the back. Letâs stick with it and build upon this formation. Macdonald solid at the back , won everything in the air, and while Mackenzie is prone to the odd mistake, rash tackle etc, he played well bombing down the left. Linked well with hoilett who was creative and had a good game. Not convinced by gartenmann and I think devlin is lacking confidence, doesnât totally look like the excellent signing from the autumn. people here have criticized Phillips for his lack of ability but the boy works his bollocks off. A Rama type who definitely helps our midfield. Shinnie was Shinnie, played well and a lovely goal. McGrath is a good player, played well and needs to be given the #10 roaming free role. Played on the right but heâs more of a central player but since we donât have a right mid it is what it is at present. At present the 5 in midfield, McGrath and hoilett outside and shinnie Barron and Phillips is our best midfield. bojan worked his balls off but didnât get much, but does a shift. good performance but itâs âonlyâ the cup. We need league wins.
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No clue what to expect, formation, personnel, performance etc. but say we win 3-2, miovski 2 and clarkson. On another more important note, given the minimal interest and comments these days, noticed today that shinnie and Charlie mulgrew are members of Snow Patrol. I never knew that.
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More and more chat from who??? Validity or simply hope??
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Yup, captain Ferguson with a nice volley for the winner. Italy couldnât have gone any better for him. 20-30 million the talk with most rumors saying juventus want him to replace pogba. Whatâs our sell on, 20%?
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Funny is certainly the wrong word, but itâs funny that I thought something similar too. The collapse we have seen in the last month is very like goodwinâs last month. Weâve gone from being in a decent place to complete shit. I know we werenât 3rd or 4th, but we had games in hand, were in a cup final, and had a decent last game in Europe. The difference is that we werenât shit prior to goodwinâs last month, but weâve been arguably poor all year, plus have a very poorly designed squad, plus were an absolute disaster in the January window. i still feel we are doing the right thing, a review of all things football, but we have to move forward soon. Weâve got a babysitter and nobody benefits right now. Team in limbo and results matter.
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Thatâs the thing, itâs not a clear and obvious error. Havenât seen it enough but in real time I thought devlin was fouled, then the replay they hit each other 50-50 and no foul. Stunned there was no monitor check. over the full game though we were pretty shit again, horrible tactics, and only one team deserved to win.
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Got what we deserved, panic kick ball from the first minute. Wonder strike gave us the lead but over the game canât deny st mirren didnât deserve the win. didnt think it was a foul never mind a penalty, red tv didnât show it again so canât really reflect, stunned they didnât go to the monitor.
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St mirren by far the better team but weâre hanging on for the most part. Shocking that this is what we have become. We are not a long ball team, donât have a Curtis main or Sam cosgrove type up top to battle, and every long ball for the most part is lost and st mirren attack again. We wonât win continuing to play like this, itâs wave upon wave and only a matter of time. Few dodgy calls too that Iâm waiting for var to give them a penalty, wouldnât be surprised to see st mirren get a penalty in the second half. Hate this var era where itâs heart in mouth waiting and staring at the ref while thereâs a delay.
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Being totally dominated because we cannot keep the ball. Weâre working hard but zero passing or skill. Frustrating cos we are better than this.
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Cracking goal, 30 yard top corner smash. Since then havenât seen a pass, smash it long at every opportunity. Not unlike st Johnstone game, they are better cos we donât pass. Not sure why, we have the ability.