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Dadi was pretty handy if memory serves but I think djaffo is a little harsh mate. I can see some progress in Ambrose and not just because he scored. The headless chicken nature of his movement has defo diminished a wee bit to my eye and I do have a feeling he's gonna come good over the next 6 months to a year.

To each their own but I don't think we have seen enough of him to say for sure in general but I can say for sure we defo haven't seen enough of him under Thelin. Mcgarry came with a reasonable pedigree and we have seen JT turn around Gueye and Morris whom most people on this board had written off as not worth having. Mcgarry hasn't had the same opportunity as those two but Mackenzie has been undroppable and Thelin doesn't tend to sub the full backs unless we are over the line. I do think we will see Mcgarry play a bit in December when the schedule is hectic so hopefully come January we will have a better idea on our depth at LB

Or if Devlin just gets injured full stop. Don't get me wrong, I think Milne has done fine when he's played there but it's defo not his natural position.

If anyone knows of any further NL tops available i would defo be interested. Overall i thought we were doing fairly well in terms of holding them at arms length until they scored but the quickfire double after that was the deathstroke, it's hard to blame heads for going down after that. Lets also not underestimate celtics desire to show their dominance and it was a perfect opportunity to do so. They were well rested and that's the biggest pitch in the country whereas we have played 2 high intensity games in 6 days with the same starting line up. For me fatigue caught up with the squad big time yesterday and we were ruthlessly punished. I do also wonder if the emotional hangover from wednesday night played a part. Obviously the scoreline creates excellent hyperboly for anyone looking to criticise but I'm pretty confident this is nothing more than a slightly embarassing blip. That the defence is not where it needs to be is not news, we saw this by how hearts took the piss out of us until they went a man down and we remain exactly what we were pre match yesterday. A work in progress that's still in it's early stages so my advice would be to not get too down about yesterday. We have still had the best ever start to a domestic campaign for 121 years and yet there is still plenty of scope for this team to improve in all areas. I would have snapped your hand off if you offered me a start like this the day that Thelin walked through the door even if you did tell me it would end with a 6-0 scudding from the tims in the league cup..... Especially given it's the LC. It would have been nice to get the final but I do feel we have bigger fish to fry this season and the only way yesterday affects that is if we let it. Rico is spot on re squad size IMO, most of our players are getting game time (mcgarry and macdonald seem to be the only stand out exceptions in my head) which never hurts for squad harmony. The only position I feel we actively need to bring somone in for is a backup rb, anyone else comes in one will need to go out. Also as Rico points out we don't have big fixture congestion to worry about in the second half of the season, it's actually only december/1st week of jan that will really test our depth. After that we are back to 4 games a month really so bar a rb (and I think a loan would be prudent there) I don't think we need any extra bodies in and it would probably be better to keep our powder dry for the summer.

22 behind us but the huns are probably catchable for them to get third maybe.

I'm not so sure they eased off, imo they really weren't expecting us to come out swinging like we did and it took them a while to get used to it.

Celtic are defo favourites for this one but I wouldn't be that shocked if we snuck it....... Andrew Dallas is on VAR as well and he's blatently a hun . They will be fresher, of course they will, and if we are to do it we need to do it in the 90 i would suspect. My biggest fear is that Devlin and Mackenzie have played the full 90 against utd and der hun and they are going to run out of legs around the 70 minute mark, possibly sooner given how hard they have to work in this system. Head says 3-1 celtic, heart says 2-1 dons.

It is often hard to get value in January and if we only were to sign one in I would want it to be a rb, perhaps even just a loan if necessary. I really dont think we should be touching middle to front, as rico says if one were to come in one would need to go out and given how tight the team is I think we should go with what we have. It's not like we don't have plenty options either, all the wingers are a wee bit different from each as are the strikers. I reckon Nisbet will come into his own in games where teams are sitting in and you need someone just to find a half yard of space in a tight penalty box. Re LB I haven't seen enough of Mcgarry to say yay or nay on him yet, certainly not under Thelin anyway. He's got something of a record already of getting a tune out of previously deemed not good enough players though and 2bf Mckenzie has been pretty much undroppable so far. There hasn't been much opportunity to give Mcgarry minutes in other words. I think we wait and see how Mcgarry looks when he does get some game time which he surely will before we get to January with December as busy as it is.

It's going to be very interesting to see how this window goes. As things stand the only position we are lacking natural cover for is RB and perhaps CB. With Mcgrath, Mckenzie and Duk all OOC there is plenty of potential for a curveball though and we may end up accepting an offer if they have already agreed a pre contract elsewhere. As much as Duk is looking a player reborn I can't see him extending (though I would hope we would try anyway even if it's just for one more season) and it's 40/60 against for me on the other 2 at the moment. Have to say the prospect of losing both the JM's is the one sour mark on this season so far.

Just a flat five but if he sticks to that that's probably at least 2 seasons longer than I would expect to keep a manager of this potential all things considered. Thelin seems a man of his word too, look how he was with not prepared to leave Elfsborg in the lurch after agreeing to come here. That does make me wonder how far he could take us in 5 years.......

Willie Miller said on the radio last night that his understanding was Thelin had promised Cormack 5 years.

I'm convinced he comes back before he retires

I am very glad I took today off, was more than a little ropey when I woke up. What a night though. On rewatching the highlights yet again i just noticed something. Devlin has become quite used to scoring goals. Quite often with fullbacks when they score they often have an air of astonishment about them that they actually scored a goal. There's just none of that in Devlin at all now, the way he celebrated the goal he very much had a "You're damn right I'm scoring that" expression on his face as the ball hit the back of the net. I think it was Rico that mentioned Mackenzie's turn that led to Devlins goal and it really was class. The improvement in JM is almost becoming more remarkable by the game now. Indeed you could actually make the argument he's the best LB in the league... or at the very least he's in the conversation. That he has not yet signed a new contract is worrying though..... I'm actually not sure what would represent the better business between Mcgrath and Mackenzie if they were both sign new deals come to think of it.

I've been stalking hun media since they went out to Kiev, the schadenfreude has been wonderful since then but today it's Michelin star delicious. If they had any lingering hope for the season it's defo gone now and it's just anger and hun tears in equal measure. Such a delicacy

Firstly Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas! Fucking have it you hun scum! Secondly,let's lay off mcgrath, sometimes this happens in football and such is life. I very much agree we would have probably scored a third before half time if it had gone in though but we still won and we deserved too. They are never clawing back 9 points on us and they know it.

I would be a little surprised to see Clarkson start 2bh, I don't think he's done too much the last few games. Buzzing for tonight. HEED FIRST!!!

It will be hard for him to get a career ending injury if he doesn't play though......

Not making the CL massively put them up the swanny but they have been a poorly run club for quite a while now. When they won the league they had an opportunity to progress and massively fucked it. They have multiple key senior positions vacant, have wasted so much money on diddy players and sacked managers and then gave Clement a contract extension despite little sign of progress and not even being in the job a year. The chat amongst the hordes of mordor is that it was a sweetener to stop him quitting because the finances were much worse than they had led him to believe when he accepted the job. Which is why I think they are a club in crisis since they went out of the CL

It's not overplayed imo, they are a club very much in crisis and have been since they went out to Kiev.

I got 27/10 with enhanced prices on PP. Ridiculous odds and far too good to turn down.

I think I would relate to this more had I not been stalking the rangers forums for schadenfreude since they went out to Kiev (I can give it up anytime I like... I CAN!!!!!). Some are still on the deludamol but the vast majority are predicting this will be the game that gets Clement binned. The common complaints are; too passive, no plan B, can't break down teams, no pace, Tavernier, completely one dimensional, Dessers and Tavernier. Keep the head mun, it's gonna be fine. Worst that will happen is they fluke a draw.

I don't disagree but that doesn't mean I wouldn't have found it pretty funny though

Just watched the story of the match and it gives you a different angle where you can see vinnies face when the penalty is chalked off. He is GUTTED, bet he was planning on girfuy for Goodwin had he stuck the pen away.

I've booked the thursday off and got some close pals coming round for it. I'm so getting on it

Still buzzing from yesterday and I can't fucking wait for this one. In all my years supporting the dons I've never gone into a hun game not only so confident of a win but confident of genuinely hurting them. We are going to be so up for this as well. The likes of Nisbet, Shinnie, Mackenzie and Devlin will be in everyone's ear about just how much a win will mean for the fans and how not turning up isn't an option. Team wise I defo want Shinnie back in from the start. Would keep Sokler up front but the real question mark for me is whether we go for Keskinen or Morris on the right. I suspect it will probably be Keskinen but Morris has defo given the gaffer something to think about. 4-1 dons. Mcgrath, Sokler, Ruby and Nisbet Heed Fucking First