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Weird like. I think the summer signings of show that he thought O'Connor was going to a commanding central midfielder. There really is no other explanation. It's a shame if that is the case as it's caused us a lot of hassle (and points). At least it suggests that McInnes is aware of the problem but just can't find the player to fill it. It's easy to see why he thought O'Connor might, but it's very clear he can't.

What was the silence for? George Michael?

Aberdeen stalwart Callum Morris has left his boyhood heroes to join Dunfermline. A great servant that will be thoroughly missed. All the best Callum (it is Callum, isn't it?).

I think we're ignoring a huge part of his game here though. He does a lot of tracking back which goes completely unnoticed. We're not privvy to the stats, but I expect his distance traveled in a game is quite high. I thought he was our best player in the first half last night and looked up for it. Even saw him shouting at someone for not playing him in earlier, which is unusual for McGinn, he's usually very reserved. The fact that he's stolen a large part of Colin Farrell's face doesn't help him I think. When McGinn's not performing it's obvious and he just needs to be taken off. McInnes manages this poorly. I like him, and I'd like to see him stay. He's not cut out for the hoofer English lower leagues, he'll just get booted in the air so I struggle to see where he'd go that's better suited to him than us so I think he'll stay. Good luck to him either way, he's done very well for us over the years.

Aye, he's fucking ace. Not quite sure how we've got him. Best keeper in the league in my opinion. That free kick in the first half by Walker (I think) was straight at him, but it was similar to the pish that Scott Brown spilled last year in the equivalent fixture. Alexander is actually a better keeper than we've had in a decade too, I feel a bit sorry for him sitting on the bench.

Aye, I thought it was just me. Could hear the commentary like. Fucking annoying. Had to turn on BT sport on my phone (can't get it on my TV because of the poor internet here), but missed the goal. To be fair, Redtv has been pretty good for me in the past.

Great win. Well deserved. Good battle and great pressing. Great away performance. Spot on Deek (other than the jittery last 5 perhaps!).

Is it a chocolate cock with fully functioning jizz pipe?

As long as it's defrosted you'll be fine. Dinna bother frying, just re-heat. There's a certain line of thought that says you shouldnae re-heat turkey or chicken, but they can get fucked, they're spikkin shite.

^^^This. He's more of the same of what we've got. Can't believe McInnes was after him last year. And Reynolds is fucking awful at left back, because he doesn't like having a football anywhere near his feet.

I was about 30 yards fae it, with a great view. Clearly better than the refs. It was never a pen. He took the ball, hence why it flicked up into the air. It was a terrible decision fae the ref, who wasn't in a position to see whether Lewis got the ball or not, he just guessed. Incidentally, it was never a sending off either, that ball was going too wide. I think he gave it because he made a cunt of one a few minutes before where their centre half (on a yellow) pulled back Hayes - he gave them a foul.

I'm not sure it is to accommodate Taylor and Reynolds, I think it is to make up for the obvious weakness in our midfield. I'm still not sure which I am more comfortable with. I think Shinnie is an excellent left back, but the same question still arises as it did at the start of the season: is Shinnie a bigger loss in midfield than he is at left back. At the moment (as I thought at the start of the season, but changed my mind later) I think Shinnie is best in midfield. I think that Considine is better at left back than anyone of our other available midfielders is at the pressing game that Shinnie does when playing in midfield. Ergo, Shinnie is a bigger loss to the team in midfield than left back. I do not think that Shinnie is a better midfielder than he is a left back however, just that we don't have adequate replacement in that role. Also, I'd bench Maddison for the hertz game too (and I think McInnes will). The door was unlocked several times against Hamilton (we had already scored one), but for poor finishing we'd have tanked them. Until we get that pressing, strong midfielder I think it's McLean or Maddison for that one role, and I think McLean shades it at the moment. McInnes was right to change it last night, but we sacrificed a good portion of midfield on the counter because of it and I don't think Hertz will let that go. Maddison needs to up his work rate if he's going to make it. With that and a bit of physical development he'll be a fantastic player, but I don't think he's there yet and I don't think he should be an automatic starter for us (I'd play him at home against weaker opposition, where we have less defending to do).

Disagree, I thought Rooney had a good game, was one of our best players. Some neat touches and brought others into play, whilst working hard. As always, was miles ahead of everyone in reacting to Maddison's shot. Thought we played well throughout, we had about 800 corners too. McLean, Hayes, Jack Shinnie and Rooney were good. McGinn worked hard. Thought Lewis dithered for the pen, but definitely won the ball. One of the worst ref performances I've seen since thon Muir cunt went off at half time against ICT. Really poor. So many bad decisions. Although I think he got the Maddison one right (the dive), he threw his leg into Imrie (think it was him) and fell over. If he'd looked to go forward rather than cheat he would have been through on goal. Little shite. Every other decision the ref got wrong, and he poofed out of sending off the centre half when Hayes skinned him for pace.

Fuckin hell, she may be died, but that's no excuse to post a link fae the Sun.

Cash turnstiles eh? Very retro. Anyway, a fucking disgrace they were ever removed without the appropriate technology in place to replace them. This dog shite about queuing for tickets or ticket booths for physical tickets is just bollocks. Phone app, buy ticket, scan it and in. Signs with QR codes on the streets surrounding the ground so you can just scan it and are taken straight to the matchday ticket page, and with a few clicks you've got your ticket. Really, really simple technology. But we made a cunt of our ticketing system, when it was obvious technology was changing to phone based tech. I shouldn't have to have my season ticket with me, it should be assigned to my account on my phone and I should just scan my phone. If you're going to force people to use technology then it should be the best and most efficient technology possible. Half arsed shite. Anyway, I'll be going.

Too soon manc, too soon.

You could be right Rocket, but I'm not sure how that matters? He's someone else's player, and we need a good player right now. In my opinion, McLean is a much more finished player and far more useful to us if used properly (in that role). Maddison will be a better player, unless he fucks it up for himself, but right now and until the end of the season we'd be better served by a strong tackling midfielder. That said, it shouldn't (and won't be) one or the other and so I'd love to keep him and get a good holding midfielder too. I think one good thing to come out of last night was the notion that we should shoehorn him into the team just to have him there and upset the balance. He should be used behind the striker(s) only and allow the rotation of our midfield so that we can have a strong end to the season.

Yessssssssssssss... good work.

Microsoft logo on the laptop and Android bubbles on my phone. Classic.

Do you ken her like?

Aye, but fa scored?

He was indeed well within his rights, although a bit of a cunt nevertheless it seems. In saying that, there are a lot of twats who can't look after their animals and think it's acceptable for them to be off leads running through fields with their owners not even remotely in control. They can cause some amount of hassle with livestock, and endanger themselves in the process. Difficult like as I suspect they don't realise they are being ignorant as fuck. Onywye, hope yer dog isn't too affected by it.

Aye, it's difficult like, with January once again being vital. I think the signings of Stockley and Burns show the market we're in and how difficult it is to get right. They're close to being good players that show occasional flashes of something better, but they're not quite there. Stockley was exactly the right signing (type of player), but he's just nae quite good enough. Pathetically, in that role, we haven't even managed to better Magennis since he left. We've set a high benchmark with Hayes, McGinn, Rooney, Shinnie and MacLean - the signings that were staring us in the face as proven top class SPL players. Unfortunately, the best of the rest just now (Storey, Tansey etc) isn't quite where we need to be in order to improve. There's not a real stand out in the key positions that we can pick up in January. Then when you look down South it's hit or miss, and we generally miss. January is also a difficult time to pick up good players, as most are in contract. Poor summer signings and lack of youth have set us up for a typical January under McInnes.

Well that was a far better game than the weekend's. Started with a great back 4. 6 minutes of dominance. On the plus side, Considine will get his yellow rescinded I assume.

It's worth it like, good viewing. I don't particularly like Pilger's voice, but he's good at what he does. A good interviewer too, it's refreshing to hear people actually asking questions rather than just allowing someone to speak. It puts a different light on Trump's comments regarding Taiwan.