Match Thread Celtic 2 - 0 Aberdeen

[fine-n-dandy]

Dons win.

Lots of goals

3-4 

[strachanmcgheegoal]

Suck it.

see.

forget it or frame it.

move on.

[Zeus]

3-0 the Dons. FTT

Jota on a stretcher 

 

 

[Beachend Bootboy]

I don't think we'll take anything from this one.  Hope to be proven wrong ?

[Tord31]

We are building a decent team and im fairly hopeful we are on for a really good season.

Normally when we are playing Celtic I would have the attitude of defensive, keep it tight, maybe we can nick something etc. but for this one I'm kinda thinking we have enough goodwill in the bank to take a defeat if it happens.

Play our normal tactics. See what happens.

 

[fine-n-dandy]

Just hope the (first game/big crowd) home ref gives a level playing field ?a fair crack at the whip is all we ask

[Ten Caat]

Don't think our defence is good enough for us to sit back and hit on the break. So hope we give this a right old go. I think we have enough about us to score twice. Whether that's good enough for us to take something from the game remains to be seen

[WesthillWanderersFC]

3-1 the filth.

Defensively we haven’t really been tested much yet.   
We were a little bit today & didn’t look great.

I thought Hancock played pretty well today but Jota up against him would be a worry. 

We’ll also be light in midfield too as neither Barron or McCrorie will be in there. 

Hope I’m wrong. 

[Ernie McCracken]

Unfortunately Celtic will punish the sort of slack play we saw today. 

[caledonia]

2-2 

[zeroisgod76]

We need to get at least a draw to keep the momentum going. After this one we’ve got 5 or 6 winnable games.

[maryhilldon]

2-1. Officials to rob us of a point, somehow. Celtic to score with the aid of a deflection.

[torry_battery_ram]

6 hours ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

3-1 the filth.

Defensively we haven’t really been tested much yet.   
We were a little bit today & didn’t look great.

I thought Hancock played pretty well today but Jota up against him would be a worry. 

We’ll also be light in midfield too as neither Barron or McCrorie will be in there. 

Hope I’m wrong. 

Yep pretty much my view too

 

[RAZOR]

Surprised Scales didn't come off yesterday so they could work on formation for this.

Bates to come in as a direct replacement, McRorie to come back and partner Stewart or potentially a new signing straight in. Not sure what he'll do.

[Andy_123]

Celtic win BTTS.

We still look ropey at the back. We’ve got away with it as the teams we’ve played so far have all been a bit pish. SPFL teams, not just Celtic and The Rangers, will punish us.

Was encouraged by some of the neat link up play between Bojan and Vinny yesterday. Hopefully see more of the same and a fitter Bojan for this one.

[Bamber]

new team - free hit 

our final league position will not be decided by Sunday. i am almost of the mindset you sent out the reserves and say sod it but think quite clearly we are looking at McRorie and Stewart in defence and Polvara and ramadani Midfield as we went to that set up to a large part of the 2nd half. well done for keeping Scales on so we could still keep up with attacking and defending set pieces as a pair

 

[DelMonte]

Reality check inbound most likely. 

[McPhee123]

We looked a bit sluggish/sloppy yesterday, but there will be a mentality shift from a game that we didn't really need to win against an opposition we know aren't as good as us, to a season opener against the best team in Scotland. 

Hope they are fired up enough for it to make a difference. But if we get humped, can't let it affect them too much. 4 games to follow could be 12 points, plus a win at Annan.

[aberdeen1970]

Will be a tough test for our new team this early having played inferior level opposition thus far and not being particularly tested. 

Not expecting anything out of this one what with it being flag day etc.  

Would be nice to spoil the party though. 

[slippers]

6 minutes ago, McPhee123 said:

We looked a bit sluggish/sloppy yesterday, but there will be a mentality shift from a game that we didn't really need to win against an opposition we know aren't as good as us, to a season opener against the best team in Scotland. 

Hope they are fired up enough for it to make a difference. But if we get humped, can't let it affect them too much. 4 games to follow could be 12 points, plus a win at Annan.

Would love to get a result and hope we do but we need to winning the next 6 regardless of the result on Sunday. St Mirren, Motherwell, St Johnstone, Livi, Annan and County need to be won if we are to really push on this season. That would give us a bit of momentum going into the the Rangers game. 

[Ando]

Aberdeen to channel the spirit of October 2004 and the combined awesome footballing abilities of Messrs Mackie and Pasquinelli, and the frankly inexplicable facial features of John Stewart, to produce a shock 3-2 victory after going 2 up within 6 minutes. Keep The Faith, yeah 

[Simply Red]

2-2

[WesthillWanderersFC]

2 hours ago, RAZOR said:

Surprised Scales didn't come off yesterday so they could work on formation for this.

Bates to come in as a direct replacement, McRorie to come back and partner Stewart or potentially a new signing straight in. Not sure what he'll do.

As much as I don’t rate Bates, I can’t see Jim Goodwin throwing him in with NO minutes played at all in the league cup games.

It would be unfair on him too & hanging him out to dry when he in all probability gets rinsed by the Tims attack 

[Durrant Dived]

2-1 the dons. Get at these cunts from the first whistle no sitting in and no respect. 

[TheRedPrawcess]

Goals

[Dynamo]

I want to see us tight at the back and have a threat going forward. I can't see us picking up anything but want to see a positive performance. We go there to try and win.

[redone]

1 hour ago, slippers said:

Would love to get a result and hope we do but we need to winning the next 6 regardless of the result on Sunday. St Mirren, Motherwell, St Johnstone, Livi, Annan and County need to be won if we are to really push on this season. That would give us a bit of momentum going into the the Rangers game. 

Aye , the season'll be over if we don't win all 6 games.

[Footballs coming Rome]

Good early test for our new team. Our form going into this game can give the team some confidence. 
The pessimist in me doesn’t think we will get a result from this game. I hope we put up a good fight and come away with a lot of positives & progress. 
If shit hits the fan it will be good to see what kind of attitude the new players have (will they down their tools or fight). 
The optimist says it will be a 2-1 to us with our new look foreign players not giving them too much respect some of our past Scottish players might have done. 

[redone]

10 minutes ago, Dynamo said:

I want to see us tight at the back and have a threat going forward. I can't see us picking up anything but want to see a positive performance. We go there to try and win.

Not going to be easy with only ten men. 

[GeorgeStreetReds]

How many tickets did we end up getting for the away end?