Guest RosemountRed Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 same team again, surely? why would you change it? 1 Link to comment
fifered Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 We'll set up to frustrate them again and hit them on the counter. I can't see us losing by more than 3 goals at home but it's not going to be an easy game. Anyone who thinks otherwise is being naive as fuck. Found Rijeka-Chat if anyone is interested. It's funny reading some of the posts with google translate. http://www.forza-fiume.com/forum/ I believe they have another game tonight so it'll be interesting to see how they get on considering they drew 0-0 in their game before Thursday. I really don't think this team are quite what they were made out to be however. No better than Celtic really but still more than good enough to hurt us if we dinna screw the heid.whilst it's hard to make out exactly what they are saying I think some of them still don't rate us and think they can turn us over and get through the tie. No fuckin chance. Link to comment
Guest RosemountRed Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 whilst it's hard to make out exactly what they are saying I think some of them still don't rate us and think they can turn us over and get through the tie. No fuckin chance. Stranger things have happened, another good defensive performance will see us through though. Link to comment
dave_min Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Stranger things have happened, another good defensive performance will see us through though. If we fuck this up McInnes should be sacked. King Jimmy never threw away a 3-0 win in Europe. FACT. Link to comment
The Cockney Don Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 3 - 3 they drew tonight. Link to comment
mutant Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I can see him playing flood , I would go with a similar line up to Thursday , maybe play 442 and have Rooney in though. Link to comment
Bamber Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I don't see why you would play rooney - the stat that mattered is the score 0-3 but there were plenty of other stats that were put up one of the most telling was possession which was 65% to 35% in their favour. Rooney does one thing very well and - similar to Gary linekar - inside 6 yds he is deadly. Two stats above I expect 1 to be different the other roughly the same we are not going to see a lot of the ball and what we do see will be in our half, the ball needs to be played to feet to a forward to hold up and draw a foul and get us up the pitch. We need players who will play facing their goal from our half The player to do that isn't Rooney its goodwillie. Starting Rooney will be a mistake rather like the first round he isn't going to see much of the ball and playing with 10 wont help us. I like rooney but this isnt the game for him Link to comment
Clydeside_Sheep Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 same team again, surely? why would you change it? Agree - we should at least start the same and can be confident. Maybe change things as we grow into the game as time goes on. We shouldnt take anything for granted and should approach the game as though its a one-off. The crowd should be patient and not get on the teams back if we are not 4-0 up at half time. Another win would be great for confidence, but I would take a draw. Link to comment
Clydeside_Sheep Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 PS - cant wait for thursday, seems to be taking an age to come around! Link to comment
G31DON Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Any news on somewhere showing the game live? Will it be on red TV in the UK like the last round but club are leaving it till the last minute to announce so ticket sales aren't affected? West ham are on premier sports Link to comment
StandFree1982 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I do love pre season European Football. A home game every two weeks, the with rest on TV. You're never far away from another Dons game as they are coming around thick and fast. Making the group stages would be a huge achievement considering the obstacles uefa have put infront of us, i.e. 8 fucking games. It would be a much bigger achievement, in Europe, than anything we've done in Europe bar 83. Especially if we beat Dortmund in the play off. First up though....Rijeka...let's get at them from the first minute and put the tie to bed with an early goal. Link to comment
Pudgie Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Fars at?No, doubt they'd be showing it. Although maybe we made an impression in '83 and the Swedes have a soft spot for us. Link to comment
Sheeptastic Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 No, doubt they'd be showing it. Although maybe we made an impression in '83 and the Swedes have a soft spot for us.@@Pudgie your sig is confusing me as Shinnie has played three competitive games so far this season and to me, he has been left back once and centre mid twice? Link to comment
buchanskii Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 @@Pudgie your sig is confusing me as Shinnie has played three competitive games so far this season and to me, he has been left back once and centre mid twice? Correct. Hayes was a wing-back in Rijeka. Charlie Allan-esque style reporting Link to comment
Pudgie Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 @@Pudgie your sig is confusing me as Shinnie has played three competitive games so far this season and to me, he has been left back once and centre mid twice?It was a back 5 with Shinnie on the left and Hayes playing ahead. Confirmed by AFC.co.uk that I ken my ingins. Link to comment
Sheeptastic Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 It was a back 5 with Shinnie on the left and Hayes playing ahead. Confirmed by AFC.co.uk that I ken my ingins. The following is taken from AFC also: "Aberdeen made three changes to the team that started against KF Shkendija at Pittodrie with Pawlett, Goodwillie and Quinn replacing McLean, Rooney and Flood. Ward retained his place in goal and was to be protected by a back three of Taylor, Quinn and Considine. Hayes was to provide the width as left wing-back with Logan starting in the same role over on the right. Jack and Shinnie played just in front of the back three with Pawlett and McGinn looking to offer support to Goodwillie, who was tasked with directly replacing Rooney as the lone striker on a night where it was expected that the home side would dominate possession." Shinnie was never playing left back in Rijeka. Didn't see that at all. Edit - I've just re-read that formation diagram and it has DG in centre mid, McGinn up top and Quinn in defensive mid. Definitely not right. Link to comment
Pudgie Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 WardLogan Taylor Quinn Considine ShinnieJackPawlett McGinn HayesGoodwillie If I had to put money on it I would have said the above was our line up. To be fair, I wasn't in the best of places to really watch for players and where they were playing (in the pub) but I would certainly have said Hayes was playing ahead of Shinnie. Link to comment
Redforever86 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Wouldn't of said Shinnie was left back in my opinion. Link to comment
Quagmire Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 2/1 at Hills for a Dons win on Thursday. Link to comment
NPRC Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Definitely Hayes as wingback and Shinnie holding midfield. If you think back to situations like when they hit the post, that was Hayes picking up that boy which wouldn't be the case if he was in a more advanced role. Link to comment
Ke1t Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 We'll set up to frustrate them again and hit them on the counter. I can't see us losing by more than 3 goals at home but it's not going to be an easy game. Anyone who thinks otherwise is being naive as fuck. Found Rijeka-Chat if anyone is interested. It's funny reading some of the posts with google translate. http://www.forza-fiume.com/forum/ I believe they have another game tonight so it'll be interesting to see how they get on considering they drew 0-0 in their game before Thursday. I really don't think this team are quite what they were made out to be however. No better than Celtic really but still more than good enough to hurt us if we dinna screw the heid. I think Google Translate has a really hard time with Croatian... We play for shit, all is executed, the happiness we fuck, opponents pampers, we have a volcano before an eruption. Gazim bitch, must be returned to us. Link to comment
Sheeptastic Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Definitely Hayes as wingback and Shinnie holding midfield. If you think back to situations like when they hit the post, that was Hayes picking up that boy which wouldn't be the case if he was in a more advanced role.Also situations like when Shinnie won the free-kick in the first half after skipping past a few of their players. He was picking the ball up from deep and carrying it through the middle. Link to comment
Guest RosemountRed Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Crowd predictions for Thursday? Link to comment
red_ordead Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Crowd predictions for Thursday?Roughly 17-18.5k, couple thousand more than vs Shkjiuqydia at least, including myself COYR Link to comment
Clydeside_Sheep Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Crowd predictions for Thursday? 17,500. Link to comment
StandFree1982 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 A hell of a lot more than Clangers Testimonial Link to comment
Site Sponsor Dom Sullivan Posted July 21, 2015 Site Sponsor Share Posted July 21, 2015 South stand fairly full as of yesterday morning. Was offered tickets in X or Y -all other home SS sections full. Was either that or seats in with the sweetie russlers in the Main Link to comment
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