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Credit to them for that. That's a team that has beat Crystal Palace, and hammered AZ Alkmaar and Brann. And yet, away from home, I thought we were better team. You can see how distraught Milanovic is at the end for missing that chance, but it's actually a tougher chance than it looks. Difficult to shape your body to direct it in. Jack Milne excellent. Not just for the headers he won, but also the way he steps into the middle of the park and links the play. Still need two wins at least to qualify, potentially two wins and a draw, but I think at the moment it's more about taking confidence from these games after the poor start rather than stressing about getting through. Unbeaten in four out of six, clean sheets in four from six, unbeaten in three away games in a row (all with cleans sheets).

I think we've been the better team, and just some poor decision making has meant we're not ahead. Huge last 15 mins though.

To be fair, as the half has gone on it's become more noticeable. Think it's affected Larnaca more than us though, they've had more misplaced passes. As for the first half. Polvara and Aouchiche moving it about well, Armstrong's late runs are causing them issues, and Lobban continues to impress. Their chances are long range shots. They've been quite good at them though!

Have you checked your WiFi?

Exhibit A. Apparently the queues to get in are also horrendous.

Really poor there's half a stand empty next to the Aberdeen fans, considering the amount who are there without tickets.

Dorrington out for 3-4 weeks. Palaversa & Nilsen also out. Gyamfi back

It was on skybet, but they've now removed it so you can't bet on the Scottish Cup at all, and refunded my fiver Think someone mixed up the Premiership and Cup odds.

They're writing off our chances of winning it again...

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To be fair, if Aasgaard was a red card (it was) then there was a case for Trusty going as well. I was at the game. Wanted Miovski to score simply because it would have meant he'd likely have had to come down to the media interviews afterwards, and I wanted to ask him about his Aberdeen betrayal. But he didn't. He couldn't even give me that.

Familiar face when we play them.

I don't think the European games are affecting us this season. I don't think there's been a game where you say "if it wasn't for the midweek European game we'd have won that". Yeah, we looked a bit knackered v Hibs, but they just outplayed us and tactically we got it wrong. I'd say we'll take more positives than negatives from the experience. The money, that it's attracted players to the club, players and manager gain experience from it. I think Shaktar gave us much needed confidence when we badly needed it, and when the players are maybe struggling mentally it's not a bad thing to be flying off to Greece and Cyprus for a change of scenery.

I spent four months in Ayia Napa just out of uni getting pissed every night, I wasn't paying much attention to historical events (much like my career ). I did travel out to the museum though which was an eye opener, and then at that time you could pay one euro to hire a telescope and look into the city. My folks did live there for a few years though (thankfully, not when I was there ) and they often went "on holiday" to the Turkish side. No idea what their views on the whole thing are, I'll raise it at Christmas dinner.

I'm sold. Get into them. For anyone who is going to Cyprus, and heading to Ayia Napa - many years ago I worked in Craig's Bar, the Scottish bar where Dons fans will be congregating (Napa is about 30-40 minutes from Larnaca). Buy a t-shirt (preferably the Aberdeen ones), I designed them all, apart from the Old Firm ones. Great place. Great times. Take a wee trip to Famagusta if you can, believe parts of it are now open. Sad and chilling story though. Don't go for dinner in Napa, all overpriced tourist traps. Hire a car* and drive out to where the locals go to for a decent 'meze'. *(like Scotland they drive on the left so it's very easy to drive there. Just be wary of the frustratingly low speed limits - only country I've been stopped in for speeding at 30mph).

It could be a 5-3-2, which would be what we all were asking for (okay, Rico and I, but I think we speak for the whole forum). Or Polvara or Armstrong could be in the number 10 position, which... well. Let's see.

Gyamfi injured, Dorrington struggling. So I'd go with this. Horrible game but the Dons to win it 1-0, preferably in the 109th minute on the counter attack after VAR fails and doesn't spot the blatant penalty for Kilmarnock.

The new sporting director is keen to work with Thelin. All previous predictions that an abject defeat tonight might lead to a dismissal are now null and void. Thelin will be here until *at least* December, so we may as well back the man. Personally, I'm interested to see how the partnership gets on.

I was gonna agree with this line-up (though Nilsen is injured I think) but Nisbet looks massively overweight there.

Yeah my thinking is Thelin can change things, and he did so with the change to a back three which has - albeit only a handful of games - looked like getting the best out of Jack Milne, and appeared to suit Gyamfi when he was fit. Now he needs to change the midfield, but to do that does he abandon his deep striker with two inside forwards / two number 10s, which has been his staple at Elfsborg? Kilmarnock is huge, but not in terms of the result (we'll say it is, but if we lose the world will still spin and Thelin will likely still be manager on Thursday). But it's huge in that we need to start seeing what Thelin's reaction is now. Is it just a wee refresh of the line-up and same again, or is he fixing the problems? I want him to show evidence he can turn this around. To be honest, I'd be surprised if he couldn't.

Why ruin a really well written, balanced post, with this frightener? I dunno if it's different in Orlando, but Halloween isn't for another four days here. Stephen Robinson would be an awful choice. It would be us getting spooked, abandoning everything the club apparently identified in this review they did two years ago, and just hoping Robinson can have the same impact McInnes as had at Hearts without any forward thinking. Like I said in the Hibs match thread - if Thelin is deemed not to be the man to continue it, then you search for someone who can. Stephen Robinson is Jim Goodwin all over again. He does not fit the model. The players we have don't fit his style of football. I'm also not sure what is appealing about him at the moment anyway. St Mirren have won just two of nine league games this season. Getting to the cup semi has masked a poor season (not unheard of).

GoodwinGod_2022 Is it maybe the underscore you're forgetting?

By the way, @Jute2? Did @Jute go into liquidation?