RicoS321

Jesus christ, read the tone of my comments, they're quite clearly discussion and not argument (i.e. I was adding to the discussion). I even wrote a big caveat explaining that I was taking a different (more literal) meaning of the term of the word shocking for the purposes of the discussion so that you would know I wasn't arguing with you. I'm merely/clearly just adding more meat to the discussion "in the spirit of forum" (as I also said to make it abundantly clear). You're creating an argument where one doesn't exist. It can not be a shocking record by being expected, or predictable. We can nit pick over 1 away win over the tims or the giddy heights of 2 home wins that Kilmarnock, Hearts and Hibs have managed. If everyone's record against them is shocking then it ceases to become shocking. As you rightly showed, our results are worse and bad in context to the other teams around us but - to me - it's no more than that. What I was trying to add to the discussion was how our results compared to others. The point that you/someone else made was that we'd found a way to beat the Huns but not the Tims. I put up the results to show that nobody else had really found away to beat them either. I'm certainly not defending our performances or results against them in any way, I'm just adding a bit of context. That's not the way I interpreted that game whilst watching it, no. I saw a full-strength team with cup final places to play for playing in front of their home crowd not wanting to lose ahead of receiving their league tophy. To be honest, I don't remember any Rodgers team coming out against us not wanting to win, it was a decent battle on the day. We were high in confidence, with a rake of decent performances in the post-split run in and we'd found a formation that worked (4-5-1 with Cosgrove as the 1 and Ball sitting in front of the defence alongside Shinnie and McLean) - one that I haven't seen us use since, but a variation of it existed v the huns on Tuesday with Campbell the extra man in our midfield. Again, it's semantics, I'm not here to argue about whether the Tims were trying their very hardest that day any more than I'd argue that they try harder against us than they did against Hibs or Killie because we were their nearest competitors (because I don't believe that either). Both are pretty weak arguments in the scheme of things and too subjective to call in my opinion. I'm just trying to advance a discussion about our best lineup that could beat the tims in the semi final really.

Yep, it's worse. With each of those winning 2 (home) games in Rodgers' tenure vs our 1 (away). Hertz and us 0 draws, and Hibs and Killie 2 each.

I was responding to the bit where you said "Hibs, Hearts, Kilmarnock and probably many others have a considerably better record than AFC over the champions in the last few years., if you meant this season then fair doos. Seeing as I've looked it up anyway though, and in spirit of forum, I'll show yis anyway. Results since McInnes joined in all tournaments (taken from soccerbase, I haven't verified them anywhere else): Hearts 2/23 wins (9%), both at home; 2 draws; 8 points from 69 (9%) Kilmarnock 2/20 wins (10%), both at home; 4 draws; 10 points from 60 (17%) Hibs 2/14 wins (14%), both at home; 3 draws; 9 points from 42 (21%) Aberdeen 5/27 wins (19%), 3 home 2 away; 1 draw; 16 points from 81 (20%) The reason I put it up is that I've heard heaps of people comparing our results to the Tims saying that we don't turn up or whatever, or that team X is so much better against them, but invariably it's not true. Unsurprisingly, the dons have the most victories since 2013 and also the only team to win at Parkhead. However, it does point to the fact that wins are sparse and that no team has really found a way to play against the Tims with any great success. It's all very good saying that Lennon or Clark (for example) have a go and take the game to Celtic, but that's really just a set of tactics that they think will get them the best return and it clearly doesn't. Overall it just really says that about once in every 5 games you'll probably manage to sneak a win if you get things right on the day.

Yep, I think we have found a way that we can set up to beat the hun, but it's volatile. The difference for me is that we can set up the same way against the Tims and Huns, and against the Huns we can afford 4-5 losses of concentration/mistakes without being punished whereas the Tims it's only 2-3 (I'm using these figures as illustration). Playing the way we do, we need the near perfect game to beat the Tims, which is why it doesn't happen as often.

I might have misunderstood the Heb ones, but I think that they were just examples on their website rather than kit-like designs. They seem to be focused on the CLT supply and efficiency/energy saving designs and so on. In other words, if you gave them draawins they'd make a "kit" to suit those. *Edit: in reality, they seem almost like a middle man for the Austrian outfit that actually makes the buildings.

I don't believe in the Glasgow hoodoo or whatever we'd like to call it. I do believe that you have to beat either of the scum a requisite number of times in order to win the league or cup (or get very lucky), but I don't think that there was a fear, or a superstition behind it. We've simply never been good enough - and nowhere near them. I think we've been on a par with the hun since they returned, or certainly close enough to them that wins down there are not significantly against the odds (they would still be favourites as the home team). It's really not that different to a Hamilton or someone having a poor record at Pittodrie - it's not a hoodoo, it's just that we are massive odds on favourites to beat them at home. Under Brendan Rogers, the Tims were far enough ahead of us that it meant a win at Parkhead was unlikely. I don't think it is that important going forward, because I think our "fear" of winning in Glasgow will be far outweighed by transfer activity. What it does do is claw them back and make things harder for them off-field by putting pressure on them. A bit like us finishing second last season, anything that does that is fantastic. If this win puts a downer on the rest of the huns' season then it'll help to reduce season ticket sales and in turn Gerrard's transfer budget. They played a blinder by getting Gerrard in during the summer, which lifted the huns' after another shite season. If he turns out to be an average manager (which many of us suspected) then it'll further drag them down to the point that they'll have to reckon with their massive overspending.

They look the business like Rumpus. I do like the cross laminated timber like. Good bit of woodworking machine porn on that site too.

Just watched the highlights. What a solid, organised performance. Considine and McKenna just phenomenal. How on earth Morelos stays on that pitch with that second dive I've no idea. They were embarrassing.

McInnes certainly showed that he's tactically superior over the two games. Throwing on all yer strikers after going down 2-0 with no thought to how they might organise themselves is embarrassing. They've put a lot of faith in a name. I hope it goes tits up for him.

In Glasgow. McInnes has some set of stats for the dons like. A lot of firsts, most points, goals etc. He'll soon have to employ Mark McGhee full time in order to keep his wikipedia page updated.

Fucking brilliant result though. Well done Dons, well done McInnes. Third victory in the weegie land against the dirty hun scum. Class above.

It's a fucking joke actually. We've had to play a replay. A yellow in the cup should just be added to league yellows. Will be a huge miss in the semi. Just as he was against Motherwell.

8. Impressive. Sounds like Goldson lucky not to be redded.

Need another player to take a booking. The huns have been diving all over the fucking shop. They don't deserve anything from this game. Cheating hun cunts.

Shinnie banned for the semi. Bit shite the old yellow card situation like. A joke that you can miss semi finals.

May, fucking hell. Not done much, no sense in risking him missing the semi. Get Wilson on.

Get him off.

Have to say, McCann is a good pundit like. Speaks with the insight of a manager.

back to radio it seems. stream cancelled due to copyright. Take it nobody has anything else..

Cheers, I got it. Wasn't great, but hopefully a bit better in the second. We won't last another 45 minutes playing like this, we need a bit more of an out ball than Stevie May. McLennan not done much either. Don't think we'll finish with 10 either. Clancy very card happy. Consistently so, to be fair, but they're throwing themselves to the ground at every opportunity.

Link min....

Nah, radio only due to Champions League cuntery.

Get in. McGinn hates the huns.

Agree that I think we had our chance. Never liked Ferguson playing further forward, it nullifies his game in my opinion. I would think that if Campbell plays it'd be flat 3 in the midfield in 4-5-1. I'd rather see a more attacking player in midfield if that's the case, as I think Wilson will need someone close to him. I'd have Wilson and Stewart central to see if they can link up. McLennan has been poor going forward, but he's vastly improved his tracking back so he's not entirely wasted out wide. I'd prefer McGinn or GMS obviously.

Ahh, forgot about Cosgrove missing. Agree with the above.