Match Thread Aberdeen V Kilmarnock

[Singapore Steve]

Were pretty shit. GMS look useless. Mclean still looks confused. Stewart should give us so much more. Wright, i dont have the confidence in him that others have, i wish him well of course but just feel he wont fully make it.

[1903Fitba]

He's a cracking manager but still has a lot of work to do.

 

Some of his team selections are pure haram

[Reed or deed]

Motherwell next week. Park the bus.

[Red_Rocket_1983]

I had a great thought driving home there . Zero points for a draw and -1 for a defeat .

 

The table wouldn't change much so far, but would stop the likes of Killie playing for a draw.

 

celtic 15

aberdeen 12

rangers 8

st. johnstone 8

motherwell 7

hibs 5

hearts 4

hamilton 3

dundee -1

ross county -1

partick -4

kilmarnock -4

[Red_Rocket_1983]

Good work sir, but that's based on a mindset of knowing it's a point for a draw so there's no comparison.

 

Without a doubt, but thought I'd have a wee look anyway.

[starryfish]

How Scott Wright lasted until the 84th minute today is a mystery to me.

[aberdeen1970]

Poor again. Everything too slow and deliberate. All a bit predictable. Christie should be starting.

[Ke1t]

So many things wrong in that second half that where to even fucking begin?

 

And how many times did a player knock the ball so far ahead of themselves that the Killie lads just had to step forward and clear?

[old sheep]

'some bench'to me is irrelevant. What's important is that McInnes finds his best eleven. At the moment it just looks like he is trying to keep everyone happy.

This.

[The Oxford Don]

Tansey missed from the midfield?

[starryfish]

Has the same team appeared twice this season?

[Dynamo]

Tansey missed from the midfield?

 

A defensive midfielder was missed today, as has been the case all season.

 

Too often I felt McLean or Shinnie closing down one of their player, end up out of position and theres 2 v1 in the middle of the park. it's been the same since the Sirko Brijeg game and it needs addressed.

 

Very disappointed with the performance today. Too many players off their game and was a real lack of urgency til around 15 minutes to go.

 

Don't know what on earth was going on with the right side of defence but Logan not at the races at all. Poor from Wright, Stewart, Shinnie and McLean too.

 

Maynard, not got it.

 

Will need to improve to progress on Thursday.

 

Thought Arnason was pretty good, May worked hard, stuck away the goal with a tidy finish, a few other shots just didn't work out. GMS alright when he came on and Christie showed why he should have started, good energy levels and a forward threat.

[northernlights]

We were poor going forward again this week. Kilmarnock successfully stifled our attacking players with Wright and Stewart almost entirely ineffective. We did not force significant saves from their goalkeeper or produce a sustained spell of pressure. Defensively, it appeared their most likely route to our goal was on our right, and despite warnings we could not prevent their equaliser arriving as such.

 

If Ryan Christie was simply being rested it was a luxury that we could not afford today. He looked one of the only players with the skill and zest to break-down the opposition. He should have started. Gary Mackay Steven also showed some enterprising play after coming on for Wright, in the same way as he did last week. He should be starting ahead of the youngster.

 

There will be lots of games where teams set-up to frustrate us at Pittodrie, but we need to start our most skillful players to break them down.

 

COYR

[dave_min]

Shite.

 

McLean had a decent game today.

[Torry Tosser]

Utter garbage of a match....Maynard?

Couldn't score in a feckin Brothel.

[Torry Tosser]

That wonderful bench some of you were wetting your panties over,didn't do us any good did it..lol

[buchanskii]

McInnes should perhaps spend more time coaching the team instead of mincing about doing speeches and attending meetings

[Ke1t]

Hate to say it, but I think we missed Hayes in that second half. (Didn't see the first)

 

Our build up, when it wasn't just being lumped into the air, was way too slow.

 

Killie was busting a gut, and were winning a huge majority of first and second balls, when we just didn't seem interested in matching their work rate at all.

 

Piss poor performance individually and collectively.

[CraigHill]

I'll put in as much effort into my thoughts as the team did on the pitch.

We were shite.

 

Keep hearing that when it clicks we are going to be amazing.

I don't doubt that, however, we are not going to get anywhere near clicking until the manager knows his best team and sticks to it.

Suffering massively from constant tinkering, of both personnel and formation, playing players out of position and undroppable players.

 

This might not be popular, but Shinnie was a better leader when he wasn't captain.

 

Can't be arsed writing anything else, yes we are undefeated, but by fuck, we've been shite and are a fairly dire watch.

[Old manny]

Positives ; Arnason had a good game

 

Negatives; Everyone else was shit

[Big Hat Logan]

Terrible second half display, really infuriating. How can so many players just not turn up? GMS has been a really disappointing signing, his head seems to have completely gone.

[Reliablesource]

Positives ; Arnason had a good game

Great assist for the equaliser!

[Old manny]

Great assist for the equaliser!

That was Kenny McLean

[Tzvetanovs hair]

Nippy game and fairly dire performance. Would've hoped for a bit of dig in their performance after last week. To be honest, the Dundee game a few weeks ago could've been a defeat until May's bullet of a finish, today could've been a defeat too. If both of those teams had a bit more about them, we would be in trouble.

 

Not many pass marks, Arnason looked fine enough but would expect that against teams like Killie. Not sure what has happened to the team shape but it just looks dire and not much spark there. We are missing the running of Jonny Hayes and there is a lack of pace and control of the ball when Christie isn't in the team.

 

May can fairly hit a ball but would rather he was in the box at corners instead of pinging them in.

[dave_min]

That was Kenny McLean

Looked like Stewart at fault to me.

[strachanmcgheegoal]

Tin helmet on.

 

Maclean was shit. But he was shit and cared from the off and realised with 10 gone that urgency was required, not the 10 minutes to go brigade. Still shit tho.

 

Lovely moment in the first half when he roasted Maynard for not closing down his man.

 

And that ref isn't competent to ref matches with McCulloch's11. You sort pish like that out in the first half, not the 87th minute.

 

But that's no excuse. Get to 2-0 then you sort out their cheating scummy hoorin tactics.

[strachanmcgheegoal]

Playerwise, Wright needs product or Wright can fuck off.

 

Thought their 11 was decent.

 

And Greer is never ever a player. Fuck sake!

[Old manny]

Looked like Stewart at fault to me.

Aye it was his piss poor pass that initially led to the goal.

[Pubes Macdonald]

Guys if we'd won 7-0 then we'd all be happy maybe put this down to a bad day at the end of the day

[Guest]

Why can't it be a simple 4-2-3-1

 

That looks like this:

 

Lewis

Logan AOC Kari Consi

GT or Ball? Shinnza

 

Stewart Christie or McLean GMS

 

May