Match Thread Dundee 0 - 1 Aberdeen

[minijc]

Proper gents / 90s gents should just form a break away club when we move to Westhill imho.

Milne already toyed with that idea, quite a few twitter chaps keen aswell.

 

 

As for Simmie not liking that song, there's plenty of people that were in Berlin that'll say otherwise.

[Dynamo]

 

 

Simmie doesn't like the song tho

Surely everyone knows that.

 

Hertha Berlin away...

 

 

Nothing worse than the song police. Absolute serpents.

 

The best songs are the most offensive ones.

[V for Vendetta]

Do RedTV usually have a playback option after the game? Fancy watching this although it sounds like a bit of an eye bleeder.

[V for Vendetta]

Don't do it!

 

Haha! I've nothing else on tonight, bottle of wine and see what the problems were.

 

But its not available yet, not sure it will be.

[Chewie37]

Simmie doesn't like the song tho

Surely everyone knows that.

Seemed to like it in Berlin.

Lol, quite a few Berlin responses already

[1903Fitba]

 

Haha! I've nothing else on tonight, bottle of wine and see what the problems were.

 

But its not available yet, not sure it will be.

I think it will be tomorrow?

[Chewie37]

Do RedTV usually have a playback option after the game? Fancy watching this although it sounds like a bit of an eye bleeder.

If you want to watch McGinn constantly turn infield instead of going to the byline and then passing the ball back the way....aye go for it

[BillyStarkDivinHeeder]

The Simmie song is in my DNA

[Chewie37]

The Simmie song is in my AberDNA

[V for Vendetta]

A project to achieve what exactly though V? To make a top SPL striker out of him? Because that's what we need him to become. It's just not going to happen. He's too slow for a start and he doesnt have a good touch. Those are two essential raw materials and he doesn't have them to begin with.

 

That's just it though, we shouldn't be in a position where we need him to become a top SPL striker. It shouldn't have happened and hopefully we'll get it sorted soon.

 

I said the other say about him being 2 years away from being good and I wasn't joking, yes I just plucked 2 years from my arse to demonstrate point but he Cosgrove is the equivalent of a NFL practice squad player, we recruited him for peanuts because we thought that in time he might just be useful.

 

As a concept that's fine but we fucked it by making him a first pick. He needs to be a bench player or a reserve team player right now - as simple as that.

 

Keep in mind he's basically just a kid.

[V for Vendetta]

If you want to watch McGinn constantly turn infield instead of going to the byline and then passing the ball back the way....aye go for it

 

Well this is the sort of detail I'll only get by watching it.

 

PS - with the addition of a big target again, shouldn't Mcinnes now have them going down the line and crossing it properly? Sighs...

[aberdeen1970]

 

That's just it though, we shouldn't be in a position where we need him to become a top SPL striker. It shouldn't have happened and hopefully we'll get it sorted soon.

 

I said the other say about him being 2 years away from being good and I wasn't joking, yes I just plucked 2 years from my arse to demonstrate point but he Cosgrove is the equivalent of a NFL practice squad player, we recruited him for peanuts because we thought that in time he might just be useful.

 

As a concept that's fine but we fucked it by making him a first pick. He needs to be a bench player or a reserve team player right now - as simple as that.

 

Keep in mind he's basically just a kid.

There's no point in us taking anyone in unless we think they're going to develop into a top spl level striker. They've no business being here otherwise.

 

He's 22 in December.

 

He played 20 games over various loans in the national leagues and never scored.

 

He played 12 games for Carlisle and scored once. From a header 3 yards out at a corner.

 

He's played 9 games for us now and hasn't scored.

 

Approximately 50 senior games including cup competitions and 1 goal scored. That's not the stats of a striker who's going to make it at any sort of level.

 

I just don't see him ever developing into a player.

[The Cockney Don]

Will be a tight game.

1-0 win (Mackay-Steven penalty).

[V for Vendetta]

There's no point in us taking anyone in unless we think they're going to develop into a top spl level striker. They've no business being here otherwise.

 

He's 22 in December.

 

He played 20 games over various loans in the national leagues and never scored.

 

He played 12 games for Carlisle and scored once. From a header 3 yards out at a corner.

 

He's played 9 games for us now and hasn't scored.

 

Approximately 50 senior games including cup competitions and 1 goal scored. That's not the stats of a striker who's going to make it at any sort of level.

 

I just don't see him ever developing into a player.

 

Sorry but thats bollocks.

 

If we had a proper choice of strikers Cosgrove would be in the reserves and coming off the bench occasionally and he'd be learning. Then in a year or so we would move him on or keep him based on what we see.

 

Its a simple strategy and used in lots of sports, Rugby, NFL, even F1 etc. If you can pick up a young wildcard you do it because the risk (fees + wages) are low and the potential gain is quite high.

 

Our problem right now is the lad should be about 4th or 5th choice NOT 1st or even 2nd choice.

 

EDIT: and as for "young", he absolutely is in the sense I meant - which is that he's still way behind the curve in his development, he doesn't look like he's been coached very well in the past and he's essentially quite immature in his play, target man isn't actually the easiest thing to learn either, quite often take a while for some players to mature.

 

I'm not saying he's going to be good but the point is he's being badly exposed by the club and that's not his fault. Signing a few project players is a great idea and we should keep doing it, but someone at the club needs to realise these aren't really first team signings.

 

EDIT2: Its a pity we don't seem to have a project player full back on the books, because everyone seems to be saying Harrington and Harvie (when he was here) weren't even worth a start when the first choice was unavailable. Crazy.

[aberdeen1970]

Aye but he's almost 22. He's never scored anywhere. How long is he going to need to develop and what is he going to develop into?

[strachanmcgheegoal]

If you Want to watch it back V just set a clip of Ball to Devlin to Considine to Shinnie to McGinn on repeat really Really. Really. S. L. O. W. L. Y.

 

(Plus a penalty. Yay.)

[V for Vendetta]

Aye but he's almost 22. He's never scored anywhere. How long is he going to need to develop and what is he going to develop into?

 

Age is a bit irrelevant right now.

 

We don't know what to expect, that's why he's a "project" player.

 

He absolutely should not be leading our line right now but people are judging him as an first team signing.

[V for Vendetta]

If you Want to watch it back V just set a clip of Ball to Devlin to Considine to Shinnie to McGinn on repeat really Really. Really. S. L. O. W. L. Y.

 

(Plus a penalty. Yay.)

 

I'll skip it. Between yourself and MT and Chewie (i think it was) I probably am well advised to leave it alone.

[aberdeen1970]

 

Age is a bit irrelevant right now.

 

We don't know what to expect, that's why he's a "project" player.

 

He absolutely should not be leading our line right now but people are judging him as an first team signing.

You obviously like him V and that's fair enough. His stats, his age (whether you think relevant or not), his lack of ball control and his lack of pace suggest it's going to be a "project" which turns out to be a "mission impossible"

[RAZOR]

Glad to see May actually trying for once. Cosgrove poop, the nutters have no defence on this subject anymore. He's plum, let's move on.

Can't believe how well the defence has held up despite being so depleted. They'll be fucking solid at full strength.

 

Time ticking for Rat McCann. Odious little prick.

[Don Fonte]

Proper gents / 90s gents should just form a break away club when we move to Westhill imho.

Nah fuck that. Kick all the poofs and women out to form a breakaway club where they can heart emoji about Mcinnes and wear half 'n' half scarves until they're seeping at the seams.

 

Reclaim Aberdeen, Simmie, Durrant's capitulated knee, Willie Miller, Ricksen's wheelchair and offensive songs for the proper gents.

[minijc]

A relegation fight is what we need.

[Don Fonte]

Now we're talking Minijc min.

[spamspamspam]

There's no point in us taking anyone in unless we think they're going to develop into a top spl level striker. They've no business being here otherwise.

 

He's 22 in December.

 

He played 20 games over various loans in the national leagues and never scored.

 

He played 12 games for Carlisle and scored once. From a header 3 yards out at a corner.

 

He's played 9 games for us now and hasn't scored.

 

Approximately 50 senior games including cup competitions and 1 goal scored. That's not the stats of a striker who's going to make it at any sort of level.

 

I just don't see him ever developing into a player.

 

 

Josh Magennis was a keeper we signed as a striker that got moved to left back because he was a shite striker. He was pap for his entire Aberdeen career but it could be argued now that we let him go too early.

 

20 goals last season, 2 already this season and a regular international.

 

Not every player develops at the same pace and from the same age as Beckham, Owen or Rooney.

 

Saying that you can guarantee that if we sign a striker before the end of the transfer window Cosgrove will be playing a lot more reserve fitba than first team this season.

[RUL]

Whilst I don't really care, why would you sing about durrant v Dundee? It's just irrelevant.

[eeps]

Whilst I don't really care, why would you sing about durrant v Dundee? It's just irrelevant.

I've never understood this, what the fuck do Dundee supporters care?

[Don Fonte]

What relevance does 10 men went to mow have on any football game?

[spamspamspam]

I've never understood this, what the fuck do Dundee supporters care?

 

 

 

I still love singing we all agreeeeeee. Dont care who we're playing, its a great chant.

[Don Fonte]

 

 

 

I still love singing we all agreeeeeee. Dont care who we're playing, its a great chant.

+1

[RUL]

When was last time either of you actually had the balls to sing it?