Mr Optimistic Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 Listen to Jack's interview after the game. Sums the game up honestly and perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isle Of Bute Saint Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, Mr Optimistic said: Another one thinking a 19 year old player who you have never seen play and had 14 minutes today is the man for you!!! Really don't get it! No sorry read again 1/ Miss a ball winner, hard tackling midfielder. 2/ hill ( could be that man ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Mr Optimistic said: Lets you know where we are and that is miles and miles away from being a top 6 SPL team. Eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 Some of the mince being posted on here tonight is laughable. We've won nothing yet folk are fretting about us being miles away from being a top 6 side. Players getting slated on the basis of a below par performance against the second best team in the country. Players who have just joined the club getting judged after minimal game time in a match that was already lost. Dearie me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintargyll Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 So we never beat 2nd in the premiership boohoo we all believed we could . . . . That's a given today doesn't make us a bad team or have bad players take your drink and enjoy it Friday is where we want to be . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isle Of Bute Saint Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, Drew said: Eh? Bizarre obviously does not realize championship is first. We played the second best team is Scotland only the second half let us down. I' m sure a few are pissed and hurting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northstbuddie Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 53 minutes ago, Drew said: Some of the mince being posted on here tonight is laughable. We've won nothing yet folk are fretting about us being miles away from being a top 6 side. Players getting slated on the basis of a below par performance against the second best team in the country. Players who have just joined the club getting judged after minimal game time in a match that was already lost. Dearie me Yes - we are all hurting and some have gone over the score with their criticism. However, it's not just on here that you find that meaty delicacy. Some have argued (quite rightly IMO) that we did ok in the first half but we were 3-1 down at half time and it could/should have been 6-1 at full time. We just did not turn up for the second half. Our defensive frailties have been obvious for most of this season (and certainly last season) although there were recent signs that that weakness had been dealt with successfully. And most people recognise that we will have to do better in the middle of the park where we often, like today's game, get over-run. Hopefully there will not be an adverse reaction for the rest of the season and that JR/JF will be able to get the players re-focussed on winning the Championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo_j Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 Today highlighted that we’ve a team built to win the Championship, but not to stay up in the top league. Both things require very different attributes and I’m confident that J&J know that and will build the squad accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardley1877 Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 A big overreaction on here.We competed in the 1st half without playing as well as we can.We were maybe fortunate Aberdeen were a bit rusty themselves. If they had played well it might have been more even at half time.Individual errors cost us more than anything but then that’s 1 example of a difference in quality so you can’t just ignore that.Their 3rd goal was what really ended the game and the 4th so early in the 2nd half completely kills it as a game. I wouldn’t read too much into anything from that point forward for either team.We are a first division team so I’m not sure why people expect us to be on a par with Aberdeen and that’s how some of the posts read. Some of the individual criticism is over the top and unnecessary. If we do go up we’d need to add 3-4 premiership quality to players to even compete with the bottom 6 teams. That’s stating the obvious though because it’s the same for 99% of teams promoted into a better league and why would we be any different? Any reference or comparison to Aberdeen or the top 6 in general is a bit pointless and irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Gilhooley Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 16 hours ago, Hambud said: We need an outlet, for me it was the disgraceful queue for 2 people serving no pies and a cold crusty sausage rolls what a joke club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanleySaint Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 Bit of perspective required, we've played against a very good side and are disappointed that we didn't perform as well as we might have, this time last year we would have been hoping to play well to avoid a good tonking, the fact that we are disappointed shows how far we've come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 Well, overall, a great day out up in Aberdeen. Me and 5 Aberdeen supporters, a couple thought it could be a tight game, the rest thought it would be a walk in the park, they were right. I thought, really, we could give them a game, probably a draw at best but at least a tight game. The early penalty soon put paid to that. Schoolboy stuff from Stelios, not a real surprise as he's got this in his locker IMO. They were a tad lucky in the 2nd goal, a blind cut back that could have went to any player, unfortunately, one of theirs. Stelios, is shouldn't be forgotten, played a major part in our goal, and excellent reaction from Reilly and we were back in it. Unfortunately Stelios was back to his worst with a header that was hard to fathom and I thought at that point it was game over. The lob that hit the side netting could have got us back in but unluckily it wasn't to be. Their 4th goal was a cracker, and it was just a case of hoping they eased off as a real gubbing wouldn't have done us any good. As usual much knickerwetting on here, Aberdeen are a decent team, we are, at our level, a decent team. It's perfectly fair to point out that individual errors really cost us, but keep things in perspective. I'm sure Ross knows our strengths and weakness's but, without unlimited resources, he can only do what he can. This idea we're not ready for the top league based on getting beat away against the 2nd best team is ludicrous. I'm more than confident we could cope, even right now, with many of the bottom 6 teams and, all things going well, even more so next season. Anyway, Aberdeens hospitality was quality from beginning to end. Roll on next season, we'll pump them and my 5 hosts will be greeting in their beer/vodka/champagne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambud Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 Well, overall, a great day out up in Aberdeen. Me and 5 Aberdeen supporters, a couple thought it could be a tight game, the rest thought it would be a walk in the park, they were right. I thought, really, we could give them a game, probably a draw at best but at least a tight game. The early penalty soon put paid to that. Schoolboy stuff from Stelios, not a real surprise as he's got this in his locker IMO. They were a tad lucky in the 2nd goal, a blind cut back that could have went to any player, unfortunately, one of theirs. Stelios, is shouldn't be forgotten, played a major part in our goal, and excellent reaction from Reilly and we were back in it. Unfortunately Stelios was back to his worst with a header that was hard to fathom and I thought at that point it was game over. The lob that hit the side netting could have got us back in but unluckily it wasn't to be. Their 4th goal was a cracker, and it was just a case of hoping they eased off as a real gubbing wouldn't have done us any good. As usual much knickerwetting on here, Aberdeen are a decent team, we are, at our level, a decent team. It's perfectly fair to point out that individual errors really cost us, but keep things in perspective. I'm sure Ross knows our strengths and weakness's but, without unlimited resources, he can only do what he can. This idea we're not ready for the top league based on getting beat away against the 2nd best team is ludicrous. I'm more than confident we could cope, even right now, with many of the bottom 6 teams and, all things going well, even more so next season. Anyway, Aberdeens hospitality was quality from beginning to end. Roll on next season, we'll pump them and my 5 hosts will be greeting in their beer/vodka/champagne. They must save all the catering skills for the prawn Sandwich brigade as their hospitality to us was rubbish...[emoji6] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 14 hours ago, northstbuddie said: If we had played a lot better we would have won the game. I know you’re being facetious but in the sense that Aberdeen were garbage and were horrendously below our best, there’s a bit of truth in it. If we had played anything like our best, Aberdeen were there for the taking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted January 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 24 minutes ago, faraway saint said: Well, overall, a great day out up in Aberdeen. Me and 5 Aberdeen supporters, a couple thought it could be a tight game, the rest thought it would be a walk in the park, they were right. I thought, really, we could give them a game, probably a draw at best but at least a tight game. The early penalty soon put paid to that. Schoolboy stuff from Stelios, not a real surprise as he's got this in his locker IMO. They were a tad lucky in the 2nd goal, a blind cut back that could have went to any player, unfortunately, one of theirs. Stelios, is shouldn't be forgotten, played a major part in our goal, and excellent reaction from Reilly and we were back in it. Unfortunately Stelios was back to his worst with a header that was hard to fathom and I thought at that point it was game over. The lob that hit the side netting could have got us back in but unluckily it wasn't to be. Their 4th goal was a cracker, and it was just a case of hoping they eased off as a real gubbing wouldn't have done us any good. As usual much knickerwetting on here, Aberdeen are a decent team, we are, at our level, a decent team. It's perfectly fair to point out that individual errors really cost us, but keep things in perspective. I'm sure Ross knows our strengths and weakness's but, without unlimited resources, he can only do what he can. This idea we're not ready for the top league based on getting beat away against the 2nd best team is ludicrous. I'm more than confident we could cope, even right now, with many of the bottom 6 teams and, all things going well, even more so next season. Anyway, Aberdeens hospitality was quality from beginning to end. Roll on next season, we'll pump them and my 5 hosts will be greeting in their beer/vodka/champagne. Christ, what a Novel. But a good one though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, shull said: Christ, what a Novel. But a good one though. That was the short version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrshire Saints Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 Don't think Ross showed Aberdeen the respect they required. Went balls out away against the second best team in the country. Treated it exactly like the"free hit" many suggested it was which suited them down to the ground. If progression was really the objective we needed to keep it tight and sneak one but that clearly was never the game plan. Defence was a shambles and the ball retention in midfield non existent. It reminded me a lot if a Tom Hendrie approach which we all know simply doesn't work at that level on our budget. Back to normal business on Friday night but plenty for management to ponder if we do achieve our aim of promotion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) 14 hours ago, Dibbles old paperboy said: The quality of today's Aberdeen team: 1. Joe Lewis (England U21 goalkeeper and called into the full England squad for friendly internationals) 2. Shay Logan - had 3 games in the EPL with Manchester City having come through their youth academy 3. Graeme Shinnie (Scotland U21 player and called into the full Scotland set up on 3 occasions) 4. Andy Considine (Scotland U21 player) 5. Anthony O'Connor (Republic of Ireland U21 player) 6. Mark Reynolds (Scotland U21, Scotland B, and called up into the full squad on a few occasions) 7. Kenny McLean (Scotland U21, and a couple of Scotland caps, could be sold for £500k in this window) 8. Greg Stewart (on loan from Birmingham City who paid £500k with add ons to sign him from Dundee) 9. Adam Rooney (Republic of Ireland and one of the top scorers in the SPL) 10. Gary Mackay-Steven (full Scotland international) 11. Ryan Christie (on loan from Celtic, Scotland U21 player and called into the full squad) 12. Niall McGinn (Republic of Ireland internationalist) - subsitute 13. Stevie May (full Scotland internationalist) - substitute all played against us today and Mackay-Steven, Christie, Shinnie and McLean all had good games. Some proper barrel scraping going on there. I think my personal favourites are GMS being referred to as a Scotland international after his one 6 minute appearance 5 years ago and Mark Reynolds/Andy Considine (both 30 years old) being referred to as Scotland U21 players. I reckon we’d have won yesterday if we’d had Shuggie Murray, Sergei Baltacha and Barry Lavety playing for us. Oh no, wait a minute, we had 3 ACTUAL Scotland U21 players playing for us yesterday. I guess using your barometer I can add Sammy to that list. Aberdeen were rubbish yesterday. We were just worse. That’s all. ETA we had 7 under 21 internationals playing for us yesterday. Edited January 21, 2018 by TPAFKA Jersey 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted January 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, faraway saint said: That was the short version. Good Stop right there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Pityme Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 Aberdeen were stronger, in the tackles and ball winning, quicker in their moves and better than us in every dept. Yesterday was a good insight into how many better players we will need to recruit to be competitive in the top flight. It was an astonshing case of de ja vu, like Tom Hendrie's side when promoted, the whipping boys in the top flight that season. second half, all though they only added one, we looked like an amateur side unable to pass, or play. Big changes required for a season in the top flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westmarcher Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) 59 minutes ago, shull said: Christ, what a Novel. But a good one though. Yes, it was. Only issue I would disagree with is that I don't think their second was a "tad lucky." Our midfield, in particular, McGinn (Yes. I know. Captain Fantastic. Shockarooney), and to a lesser extent, McShane, switched off. They were jogging back, ball watching, while Christie and Rooney(?) sprinted away from them into the box as if they were expecting the cut back (GMS also cut the ball back from the by-line into the same position in the box a few times during the game so clearly a tactic - an elementary one, to be fair). This kind of thing has happened a few times during our league games. We really need to be more aware of and focused on opposition runs off the ball. Christie's awareness and mobility was also in evidence in their third. Signed - still gutted. Edited January 21, 2018 by Westmarcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaintee Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 That was a really important game for the sheep. This is their only chance of silverware and the only other thing they are doing is keeping ahead of Sevco. A defeat here for them would have been disastrous. For us it was a tough game and distraction from the league. Jack chose to go head to head rather than try and contain which has certain benefits in that players do learn more from games like this then from sitting in. I expect a reaction. We have had games like this Dumbarton, Morton, Dundee United away, we've always bounced back . No shame in losing to a team with McGinn, Christie, May etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 I see Tony Fitz tweeted in support of the beleaguered Stelios this morning. Nice touch. Yes, he f**ked up, but he has been very good otherwise since his return, and was far from the only culpable party yesterday. We were well beaten by a better team. I'm pretty sure that is often the way fitba works. Now let's get on with supporting our club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) On the upside, on a nationwide stage, none of our promising young players shone particularly in the shop window. So on the basis of that anyway, we shouldn’t have clubs battering our door down over the next 10 days. #clutchingatstraws Edited January 21, 2018 by TPAFKA Jersey 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 We really do OTT sometimes. 12 months ago we were facing the third tier of Scottish Football. Now same folk are complaining we didn't beat Aberdeen - the second best team in Scotland; a team that is full of Internationalists; a team that regularly plays European football; a team full of experienced pros; a team that beat Hibs, another top six team, by the same same scoreline only a month ago. If we were in mid-table Jack would have fielded a different team and formation IMO. But before the game he said that the guys who had been playing well recently deserved the chance to play against Aberdeen. Our young team should have learned a lot from yesterday's encounter and hopefully the result will push them on for a second chance against the Dons in League business next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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