daytripping Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I said to my daughter before this kicked off I'd rather we lose, league is the only priority with the position we've got ourselves into, Celtic playing every midweek while we kick back with our feet up will do us no harm, league cup is mickey mouse, the over celebrating when we won it a couple years back was an embarrassment, no Euro place, not worth a dime. We should have fielded our kids, playing Shinnie in games like this just isn't worth it....as tonight has proved. Link to comment
tutankamun Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 than a first team squad who, let's face it, probably don't give a monkeys about this tournament. They are professional footballers FFS Link to comment
MegaloDon Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Part of me wonders if Langfield would have saved the ones Ward let in. I won't be rude and suggest which part .. Link to comment
sdg111 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Well, this is a 'reality check' or 'wake up call' or whatever you want, but this is a big kick in the balls. The players were clearly shite tonight, barely heard their names in the commentary. Okay, write it off, move on and start winning again. In Derek we trust, cos I'm assuming he hates losing even more than me.........and fao Celtic, fuck off Ronnie, you're still an utter prick, grow up you utter twat. Link to comment
Tord31 Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 Quinn should have started or came on that much is clear 1 Link to comment
daytripping Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 On the contrary, arrogance would be thinking we've got the resources to concentrate on three competitions purely because we're Aberdeen. My ambitions are far less, and I accept that our BEST chance of winning our first title in 30 years is to focus every single resource we have on the league title, and treat the cups as distractions. Spot on Kelt, cups this season are of no importance, we don't have the squad to compete at all levels. Link to comment
SkyeDon Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Nightmare! McInnes has to take the majority of the blame. Why on earth did he take Flood in and partner him in midfield with Jack - it DOES NOT work! We instantly become a more defensive team. Shinnie back to left back as well? He gives us energy and drive in the middle and produced a brilliant performance from there three days ago. If he wanted to freshen things up why not go for Smith or Parker? The writing was on the wall with two injuries early on, one of them arguably our best player in Shinnie. McInnes hasn't got much wrong during his Aberdeen career but he got it badly wrong tonight. Link to comment
starryfish Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 McInnes interview after the match a bit strange in that he said we were a left sided player down following the injuries and had to do some reorganising which wasn't ideal - Robson sat on the bench all night as an unused sub though. Link to comment
ebbe Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Hopefully we perform better in the Scottish Cup, but if we're still leading the pack and looking good in the league when it comes around I won't give a fuck if we go out 12-0 to Galafairydean either. Tonight meant fuck all. Some of you need to calm your tits This is pure and utter shite. You clearly weren't at tynecastle when we pumped St Johnstone 4-0 with the place rocking with 3 stands full of ecstatic dandies. You also clearly weren't at parkhead when we lifted the trophy in front of the best crowd I've ever seen. This competition is not something we can turn our noses up at, especially having only lifted 1 trophy in 20 years. You're honestly starting to sound like a glory hunting old firm fan and dare I say it, an arrogant septic tank. 6 Link to comment
dervish Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 As many have said McInnes doesn't know how to manage his substitutions. McInnes can do it in the league but he'll never get us a cup. Link to comment
Ke1t Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 where's the 'dislike' button? I'm just pragmatic. It's not a style that suits everyone Link to comment
Cowie Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Any comment in the post match interview about the injuries? Link to comment
scoutman70 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Really disappointed with tonights shambles. It's not the going out of the cup. It's always nice to get to semi finals, finals and win cups. We started with effectively a 1st choice 11 which I think was a mistake. Smith, Robson etc should have come in. Not fielding the u20 team but a few changes (see my potential lineup somewhere in this thread). We risked players who are very important, yes we were unlucky but we've not potentially lost a key player in Shinnie.The subs were baffling as was the line-up. Pawlett is not a left wing back. I have no idea why we felt we had to match up to Hibs with a back 5. Surely Quinn on, Consi to LB is the obvious answer? Not the end of the world but McInnes takes a fair amount of the responsibility for this. He's still a good manager and we can still be successful. He has flaws which have been exposed again. A lack of squad rotation and strange/late substitutions. He acknowledged last season he needed to use the squad better but not really seeing it. We're out of the league cup, life goes on. Lets beat Caley on Saturday. COYR! 1 Link to comment
barassie_afc Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 As many have said McInnes doesn't know how to manage his substitutions. McInnes can do it in the league but he'll never get us a cup.Already has fella Link to comment
360 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Win v caley Insightful, as ever. Link to comment
Ke1t Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 This is pure an utter shite. You clearly weren't at tynecastle when we pumped St Johnstone 4-0 with the place rocking and there were 3 stands full of ecstatic dandies. You also clearly weren't at parkhead when we lifted the trophy in front of the best crowd I've ever seen. This competition is not something we can turn our noses up at, especially having only lifted 1 trophy in 20 years. You're honestly starting to sound like a gloryhunting old firm fan and dare I say it, an arrogant septic tank. It's a difference of opinion, fella... I don't get angry when people disagree with me. And it's a bit silly to raise the spectre of gloryhunting with any Aberdeen supporter of the last 20 years. I DO think we can win the league. I DON'T think we have the resources to go trying to win every trophy. My OPINION is that we should give the league our best shot. Sorry if that's upsetting. 3 Link to comment
MegaloDon Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Spot on Kelt, cups this season are of no importance, we don't have the squad to compete at all levels. Exactly & even cups are more a case of good fortune, rather than having the best team .. an opportunity like this season doesn’t come along often. & with newco back next season - following the celtic habit of buying the better players, it will be back to the old routine. Link to comment
tutankamun Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I'm just pragmatic. It's not a style that suits everyone I don't think you are being pragmatic, quite the opposite really. Link to comment
Ke1t Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Spot on Kelt, cups this season are of no importance, we don't have the squad to compete at all levels. Not a popular opinion tonight Link to comment
Ke1t Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I don't think you are being pragmatic, quite the opposite really. You think we should have gone for glory in the League Cup because we won't win the title? Link to comment
Tord31 Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 Defeat is sore but overall I'm with Kelt on this one - we need to put every single effort into the league. 1 Link to comment
Sc0tsmanGB Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 We got beat by a better team tonight, let's just get over it and look forwards to the Caley game or is the bitching helpful? 1 Link to comment
RUL Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 It was an awful performance. Mclaughlin was hopeless. Logan got torn to pieces over get second goal. I. Totally agree that if we win the league it'll be worth it.. But I saw a lot of players tonight produce awful performances. Link to comment
tutankamun Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 You think we should have gone for glory in the League Cup because we won't win the title? I think our best chance of silverware this season is to win a few games in the cups rather than get more points than Celtic over the course of the season. And to Dayts, silverware is silverware... recorded for all time. In 20 years time, nobody cares if you qualified for Europe. 3 Link to comment
dervish Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Already has fella With which team? Link to comment
Bamber Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Any comment in the post match interview about the injuries? Shinnie lack of rotation on ankle bit of inflammation - will have to see hopefully settle quickly Flood Same ankle he went over on before so frustrating la Link to comment
MegaloDon Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Barcelona were hammered 4-1 the night , so everyone is fallible... 1 Link to comment
tutankamun Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Barcelona were hammered 4-1 the night , so everyone is fallible... thats in the league as well, another one bites the dust. hopefully soon just be the Dandies with a 100% record. Link to comment
dervish Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Liverpool scraping a draw too. Even Carlile are fallible. 2 Link to comment
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