Cleveland-Saint Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 Kirk, the wee menace Still in this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 1 minute ago, Cleveland-Saint said: Kirk, the wee menace Still in this! Certainly what a young Stevie May would have done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 Aberdeen should have been out of sight in that game. They hardly had to play in the second half and still managed to cut through us with ease. We really lack quality and composure, the ball was bouncing off players, too many simple balls over hit, too many wild crosses and long balls. Basic football stuff. Graeme S 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pezza70 Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 Did any of the new boys stand up and show they are potentially SPL standard or are they championship level too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linky Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 Positives: some players really shone. Raymond's crossing was mostly excellent, and made some outstanding tackles. Smith had his best game for us and was MoM. Rae made some good saves. Kimpioka had some moments and was running the length of the pitch to tackle when he lost the ball. Essel looked a bit more disciplined. Cameron looked solid. Kirk looked lively when he came on. Aberdeen have some quality players and will do really well this season, they didn't play us off the park, we held our own and could've drawn. We went for it, and made an exciting game. Under Davidson we'd have sat back and said "a 2-0 loss ain't too bad". We have pace in parts of the pitch we haven't for a while, and it made a difference. We look fitter and leaner. Negatives: we shouldn't be losing goals from set pieces like that. It then led to them being able to hit us on the break for the second. McClelland looked really dodgy, Sanders a slight improvement perhaps. Sidebeh just not at it today, quite a few misplaced passes, and he just shoots whenever he gets the chance rather than bringing in other players. MacPherson is just Macpherson. Wright was anonymous - looks slow and seemed to be niggling other players, pushing and tripping out of frustration. Not enough link up between midfield and strikers. Overall, the difference with this team is that when we go down, we actually look like we might have a chance of equalising, which hasn't been the case for a long time. I think we need to work on our strengths - getting the ball out to the wingers and crossing into the box. Smith needs to be playing a bit further forward to link with the strikers. With a more defensive midfielder like Sprangler replacing MacPherson, that would allow this to happen. If we play like that against the Ross Countys and Motherwell's of this league, then we'd be doing ok this season. Stumpy1949 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linky Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 6 minutes ago, pezza70 said: Did any of the new boys stand up and show they are potentially SPL standard or are they championship level too? Yes - Raymond, Cameron and Kirk were very good. Rae made an excellent save although isn't exactly commanding with crosses. Essel showed promise. pezza70 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weesainty Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 Anyone know the half time draw numbers please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MySpazz Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 Looked like a very good mid table championship side tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broggy Man Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 Need a midfielder that can pass forward and carry the ball forward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 10 minutes ago, weesainty said: Anyone know the half time draw numbers please Only the main one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 1 hour ago, Bruno Strasser said: Watching in Munich Where was the Defence for their goal? Nobody on the back post. They will sit back now and hit us on the break. Exactly what happened. Along with diving and time wasting and Shinnie is a scumbag who refereed the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.B.B:- Adz Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 Hoping tonight shuts up many of the Matt Smith haters… blood, sweat and tears from the lad - not to mention composure skill and drive Cagey, Aitchy, SlickDT and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBored Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 Thats the best I've seen Smith play. Keep that standard and he's worth a jersey. Defensively....hmmmm...real problem with McClelland and Neilson. Be kind to Neilson and say its the lack of game time in pre-season. Far too many times Aberdeen were able to play right through us and they had three or four times where we had to rely on last ditch challenges to avoid a one-on-one with the keeper. Rae did make a good save from one that he was left to deal with. Cameron's faffing led to the second, but other than that I thought he had a decent game. Raymond is game for his size, but I still think that will be something teams focus on. Essel is a walking card, much like Phillips was early in his career. Up front we tried but didn't ask enough questions of Mitov overall. Performance going forward gives me hope....performance defensively not so much. Scott1884 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templeofsaints Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 McLelland apparently ruptured his Achilles. So that'll be another defender needed. Thought there were a few positives tonight. We lost a couple of poor goals and dawdled goo much on the ball at times but the players all put in plenty of effort and the fitness seems to be a big improvement over last season. Essel and Raymond did well especially after what looked to be soft bookings. Smith easily our best player. Wright seems to be less effective than when he had Keltjens playing behind him. And Kirk looks like he has a lot of potential Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik2304 Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 That's what the MK Dons fans said about Smith. He can play like that and play well but it happens too rarely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 Sprangler must be a poor trainer or doesn't treat the coaches with respect , none of which I believe , to not get in that team ahead of McPherson who keeps turning into trouble instead of playing an easy pass. Plus he can't tackle. R.B.B:- Adz, Wendy Saints, DaveMac and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_gain Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 2 minutes ago, Cagey said: Sprangler must be a poor trainer or doesn't treat the coaches with respect , none of which I believe , to not get in that team ahead of McPherson who keeps turning into trouble instead of playing an easy pass. Plus he can't tackle. I just don't see what Mcpherson brings. Poor set piece delivery, looses the ball too often and too often out of position. On the whole tonight I'd say marginal improvement. I go to football to be entertained and feel, the 2nd half especially, I saw lots to get excited about. Defence realky suspect and very little coming from midfield. Smith was excellent, Raymond looked assured and the forwards worked their socks off. Bit need more quality in the passes and movement....we saw from the goal what a quality pass and simple run can get us. Still think it'll be a long season but at least we'll maybe see some shots on goal at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.B.B:- Adz Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 Someone needs to pull Neilson aside and tell him he’s been sent on loan to St Johnstone… He looked absolutely clueless!! I’ve never seen a player look like they didn’t want to be somewhere as what I saw from Neilson tonight - embarrassing!! Cagey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pezza70 Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 Hope we can get some of the big home crowd back again for our next home game. Hopefully GB got a great reception from all fans there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tattie-bogle Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 I can do without fancy tellys, an improved muirton suit experience, a shop in town or a jombotron scoreboard. I will happily keep running the gauntlet of a dented alloy or broken ankle in the carpark. I can even do without blue seats..... Just so long as I never need to see Cammy McPherson be 5 yards behind play, fall on his arse or just stand there simply watching ever again We need to get 3 or 4 real players in or all the glitter will not sparkle up this turd. Scott1884, Graeme S and ex-montrosesaintee 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 Defence is a problem. Playing a back 3 with the players we have is a problem. Aberdeen played the ball through us loads of times. Neilson might not be up to speed yet but jury still out. Midfield is a problem. McPherson is the problem. Not sure if Benji and Adama work well together. Both want to score when a pass is probably the best option. Tattie-bogle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 23 minutes ago, pezza70 said: Hope we can get some of the big home crowd back again for our next home game. Hopefully GB got a great reception from all fans there Only if the boss goes around the pubs handing out free tickets every week. Tattie-bogle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixties saintee Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 Clueless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott1884 Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 The 1st goal for Aberdeen was ridicullous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintgscot Posted August 5, 2024 Report Share Posted August 5, 2024 1 hour ago, Cagey said: Only if the boss goes around the pubs handing out free tickets every week. And that will be why Aberdeen fans ended up in the home end in east stand then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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