Panda Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) I don't think fitness will play as big a part as people think. It's not like when the friendlies got cancelled they went home to play FIFA. They'll be as fit as you would expect them to be in July. The fact that we only organised four (and two would have been on the same day) suggests Glass was never putting much onus on the games anyway. It's often talked about Scandinavian clubs having an advantage because it's mid-season, but this season Malmö (champions) have only just squeezed past Riga in CL qualifying, and last season's champions Djurgården were out straight away last year. In the Europa League last season, Malmö had a few decent results as you would expect for a team that then went on to win the league & were unfortunate to meet a Spanish team in the play-off round, but none of their three sides reached the group stage. That's maybe unfair as their season would have been curtailed due to covid so they wouldn't have had their normal "advantage", but looking further back - again apart from Malmö who have a good record, their sides tend to fall at the same stage as Aberdeen and rarely make the groups unless the draw is kind. So the advantage appears to be minimal. So, I think it's a close tie, Hacken would probably be a top six side in Scotland, but I don't think fitness will be the dominant factor. Think it will simply come down to who is the better team and it's hard to predict Aberdeen at the moment because we haven't watched them since last season. My line-up Lewis Gurr McCrorie Considine Hayes Brown Ferguson Jet Jenks Hedges Ramirez Even then, I dunno if that's a good line-up or not as haven't seen three of them ever play. Edited July 22, 2021 by Panda Quote
RicoS321 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 You could be right Panda, but match sharpness is very much a thing. Even if it only gives them a slight advantage, it might be the difference between them going through or not. Depending on how good jenks is, your lineup looks decent. I'm not sure McKenzie is going to be good enough at left back, so Hayes there is a good option. 2 Quote
tlg1903 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 I wouldn't be putting jet on the wing myself 1 Quote
OxfordDon Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 1 hour ago, tlg1903 said: I wouldn't be putting jet on the wing myself I'm no engineer but wouldn't that be his natural position? 1 Quote
Elgindon Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 Good opportunity for his Dons career to 'take-off'...ROFL Looking forward to seeing some fitba as a break fae the doubts/speculation/waffle.All the best to Glass and co. COYR Quote
BigAl Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 Pretty uninspiring first ten minutes Hopefully we're just feeling our way into the game. Quote
tlg1903 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 1 hour ago, OxfordDon said: I'm no engineer but wouldn't that be his natural position? You win the internet today, cheers for the chuckle mate Quote
tlg1903 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 Just now, BigAl said: Big Andy Totally dominating now. Don't know what folk were worried about. Quote
Jute Posted July 22, 2021 Author Report Posted July 22, 2021 1 minute ago, bearsdenred said: Ojo looks very low on confidence on shooting 4 career goals explains that. Quote
BigAl Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 Liking what I have seen in the first 30 minutes from JET Quote
RicoS321 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 Really good half. Great to be at a game of fitba, good atmosphere, the spreading of the crowd works a treat. Ferguson, JET and Ramsay looking good, Hedges and Considine as always. Fantastic. 1 Quote
Slim Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 Exhibition stuff from the 10th minute onwards, hopefully we can keep it going and run up a big score and not give them an opportunity to get back into it. Unfortunate 3 of our chances have fallen to Ojo but he has been surprisingly effective on the left wing. Missed the start of the match, who’s the co-commentator? Sounds like every generic Weegie that latches on to you in the hotel bar when you’re on holiday. Excruciating stuff. Quote
Elgindon Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, Slim said: Exhibition stuff from the 10th minute onwards, hopefully we can keep it going and run up a big score and not give them an opportunity to get back into it. Unfortunate 3 of our chances have fallen to Ojo but he has been surprisingly effective on the left wing. Missed the start of the match, who’s the co-commentator? Sounds like every generic Weegie that latches on to you in the hotel bar when you’re on holiday. Excruciating stuff. Steve Tosh believe it or not.Canna mind him sounding so Schemey.Top loon though,that aside Quote
BigAl Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, Slim said: Missed the start of the match, who’s the co-commentator? Sounds like every generic Weegie that latches on to you in the hotel bar when you’re on holiday. Excruciating stuff. Stevie Tosh Quote
Stewart Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, Slim said: Exhibition stuff from the 10th minute onwards, hopefully we can keep it going and run up a big score and not give them an opportunity to get back into it. Unfortunate 3 of our chances have fallen to Ojo but he has been surprisingly effective on the left wing. Missed the start of the match, who’s the co-commentator? Sounds like every generic Weegie that latches on to you in the hotel bar when you’re on holiday. Excruciating stuff. Steve Tosh on co-comms. Agree with those saying it's been good since the first ten, JET looking good at times. Ojo looking decent as well but not the one you'd want chances to fall to. Quote
Slim Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 Awful patter from Tosher ”The Hacken goalkeeper has 2 caps for Sweden” ”Aye well ah’ve got 2 baseball caps ken but” 1 1 Quote
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