Aberdeen v Celtic - Match Thread

Think we all need to calm down we are still well in this race win our game in hand and it's a 3pt gap we can make that up , imo calling for lennys head doesnt help anyone yes hes made mistakes but who couldve forseen the terrible form of Duffy who is the main guy costing us? Keep the faith please bhoys and ghirls 3ptscis nothing
 
Bridie Bhoy said:
One thing that I find strange but can anyone point out the last time we did anything good on the pitch that you think - wow, they have really worked hard on the training ground on that one? I can't. It is almost like players are picked snd told which part of the pitch to roam around in and hopefully try to make something happen with whichever colleague is nearest. Where is the pass and move that comes with practice on the training ground?

Our dead balls are a waste of time. Our defensive decision making is often poor. It looks like the only things happenimg at training is to stifle the good things our players do. The much maligned Duffy scored twice early on with his late charges into the box to header home corners - now he has been told to stand still in the box and jostle a defender yo try to win the header. Even if he does win it 9 times out of 10 a free kick is given against him.

Frimpong burst onto the scene running straight at defenders which they couldn't cope with. Now he runs forward, stops and turns to give a backwards or sideways pass.

Even when we find someone with a bit of passion it is quickly knocked out if them. When was the last time you saw Frimpong look happy to be on the pitch?
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I noticed that about Frimpong... he has not taken on that many defenders recently - especially today - compared with what he used to do.
 
Winter said:
Think we all need to calm down we are still well in this race win our game in hand and it's a 3pt gap we can make that up , imo calling for lennys head doesnt help anyone yes hes made mistakes but who couldve forseen the terrible form of Duffy who is the main guy costing us? Keep the faith please bhoys and ghirls 3ptscis nothing
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Sorry but last week we were only going to be a point behind after our game in hand.
 
Winter said:
Think we all need to calm down we are still well in this race win our game in hand and it's a 3pt gap we can make that up , imo calling for lennys head doesnt help anyone yes hes made mistakes but who couldve forseen the terrible form of Duffy who is the main guy costing us? Keep the faith please bhoys and ghirls 3ptscis nothing
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....3pts now.....whats happens when its gets bigger by the week....when is it too late......ten points, 12 points...........15 points behind..........I think its going the wrong way and has to be arrested now.........
 
Winter said:
Think we all need to calm down we are still well in this race win our game in hand and it's a 3pt gap we can make that up , imo calling for lennys head doesnt help anyone yes hes made mistakes but who couldve forseen the terrible form of Duffy who is the main guy costing us? Keep the faith please bhoys and ghirls 3ptscis nothing
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Exactly...far too much football to be played before rash knee jerk decisions are made.....we just need continuity of selection
 
I've calmed down a bit. Lennnon isn't going anywhere. We need to hope that the changes he made today are added too. Turnbull in, Griff to start, Duffy out, Sham out. Soro in. If we do then its not over, but, he needs to change it further. To hope for a change of manager won't happen anytime soon and I include if we even lose the next league game. Lawell wont sack him after he stepped in when the deposed Messiah fucked off. So, its backs to the wall lads, if we sort it we can still do it, but its a big fucking if. Wheres ma fucking glue?
 
Bridie Bhoy said:
One thing that I find strange but can anyone point out the last time we did anything good on the pitch that you think - wow, they have really worked hard on the training ground on that one? I can't. It is almost like players are picked snd told which part of the pitch to roam around in and hopefully try to make something happen with whichever colleague is nearest. Where is the pass and move that comes with practice on the training ground?

Our dead balls are a waste of time. Our defensive decision making is often poor. It looks like the only things happenimg at training is to stifle the good things our players do. The much maligned Duffy scored twice early on with his late charges into the box to header home corners - now he has been told to stand still in the box and jostle a defender yo try to win the header. Even if he does win it 9 times out of 10 a free kick is given against him.

Frimpong burst onto the scene running straight at defenders which they couldn't cope with. Now he runs forward, stops and turns to give a backwards or sideways pass.

Even when we find someone with a bit of passion it is quickly knocked out if them. When was the last time you saw Frimpong look happy to be on the pitch?
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Frimpong apparently loved duff. Duff was obviously encouraging him to take on defenders like that, but that has been coached out of him by the looks of things.
You're right about our dead balls too. Christie takes everything and maybe he'll deliver one good ball in a match if we're lucky. For a man who gets so much possession, the amount of ball he wastes is criminal.
There's just too many players there who don't like the current set up.
 
Theverdict1 said:
I've calmed down a bit. Lennnon isn't going anywhere. We need to hope that the changes he made today are added too. Turnbull in, Griff to start, Duffy out, Sham out. Soro in. If we do then its not over, but, he needs to change it further. To hope for a change of manager won't happen anytime soon and I include if we even lose the next league game. Lawell wont sack him after he stepped in when the deposed Messiah fucked off. So, its backs to the wall lads, if we sort it we can still do it, but its a big fucking if. Wheres ma fucking glue?
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Bridie Bhoy said:
One thing that I find strange but can anyone point out the last time we did anything good on the pitch that you think - wow, they have really worked hard on the training ground on that one? I can't. It is almost like players are picked snd told which part of the pitch to roam around in and hopefully try to make something happen with whichever colleague is nearest. Where is the pass and move that comes with practice on the training ground?

Our dead balls are a waste of time. Our defensive decision making is often poor. It looks like the only things happenimg at training is to stifle the good things our players do. The much maligned Duffy scored twice early on with his late charges into the box to header home corners - now he has been told to stand still in the box and jostle a defender yo try to win the header. Even if he does win it 9 times out of 10 a free kick is given against him.

Frimpong burst onto the scene running straight at defenders which they couldn't cope with. Now he runs forward, stops and turns to give a backwards or sideways pass.

Even when we find someone with a bit of passion it is quickly knocked out if them. When was the last time you saw Frimpong look happy to be on the pitch?
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BB, I'm all for a bit of bonding at training and a fuckaboot in the dressing-room; however - it's still their workplace and even when the drills get monotonous and boring, it's still just the same for every one of us who has to go through the routine day-after-day, year-after-year.

Passing drills, movement and mobility, shooting drills, one-on-ones, the hard miles to drive you through a long season. Repetition becomes second nature and these are transferable skills to the games themselves. The team looks sluggish at the moment and that starts at Lennoxtown. Can't remember who, but someone posted a pic recently of the players at training and said that they looked a happy enough bunch in each others company. Fuck that..........training should be a miserable moanfest. Any player happy to be at training isn't doing their fucking job properly.

I'm assuming that each player has the basic skillset to pass, header, control and shoot a ball. If that's the case, then they're making a pretty poor show of it during matches.

The best players in the world still train properly. They work on their technique in their own time and at least one session a week is based entirely on shape. The evidence suggests that that definitely isn't happening with our boys at the moment judging by the lack of shape, strategy and gameplan and game management.
 
Spherical Planet said:
That's no strictly true, Imatim.........answers are subjective, we need solutions.

I'd still take our squad of players over most of that mob, but how you utilise and apply that squad is where the problem lies.

Lenny doesn't seem to be able to solve the problem, but with the stakes on the table, do you stick or twist?

A strong man alongside him who will argue the toss and fight like a bastard might just be the elastoplast that stops the bleeding in the short-term, but sometimes if you remove the knife then you just bleed out and die anyway.
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Answers, solutions?.....much of a muchness.

If it was me I would take the ruthless approach.....I can’t see Lenny listening to anyone.....the current players bought in to Rodgers imo.....it was always going to be hard for Lenny to follow him.....Lenny helped to get us over the line last season and I’m grateful for that.....but my instincts are telling me we need to change course and bring in someone new.....who ever that is must be modern, innovative, and have charisma.....we are at the crossroads.....I’m not for sticking...
 
The Deadner said:
Frimpong apparently loved duff. Duff was obviously encouraging him to take on defenders like that, but that has been coached out of him by the looks of things.
You're right about our dead balls too. Christie takes everything and maybe he'll deliver one good ball in a match if we're lucky. For a man who gets so much possession, the amount of ball he wastes is criminal.
There's just too many players there who don't like the current set up.
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Prefer when Christie is doing his link up play, aye he can have a free kick and a shot but not all the time, vary it.
 
Imatim said:
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Answers, solutions?.....much of a muchness.

If it was me I would take the ruthless approach.....I can’t see Lenny listening to anyone.....the current players bought in to Rodgers imo.....it was always going to be hard for Lenny to follow him.....Lenny helped to get us over the line last season and I’m grateful for that.....but my instincts are telling me we need to change course and bring in someone new.....who ever that is must be modern, innovative, and have charisma.....we are at the crossroads.....I’m not for sticking...
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Nah mate.........there are 60, 000 different answers, but there is only ever one solution.

Have you been drinking fae the hairy contrary cup the day, Imatim?

Three posts : three contrary responses. Has someone pished in your Foster's today?
 
We got the response in the second half then undid all the hard work by defending like Hamilton or something in the last 5 minutes.
Manager needs to get all the players back and get a more settled starting xi because we are still not imposing our game the way we normally do.
 
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