Nicky Devlin

[minijc]

Just now, muttonhumper said:

You can just see in his mannerisms and his general demeanour that he is fucking delighted to be at AFC.

He is one happy faced fucker. And a determined one too.

Given his prior career trajectory, and to get this chance of making an impact at a decent level at the age of 29, I think he will thrive with us.

I'm sure we're seeing evidence of this already.

 

Think I said before, I don't mind signing certain players from the likes of Livi as you tend to know what you are getting, proper grafters that don't give up and get stuck in, Nicky will run for days, has that dig about him too.

[Millertime]

1 minute ago, muttonhumper said:

You can just see in his mannerisms and his general demeanour that he is fucking delighted to be at AFC.

He is one happy faced fucker. And a determined one too.

Given his prior career trajectory, and to get this chance of making an impact at a decent level at the age of 29, I think he will thrive with us.

I'm sure we're seeing evidence of this already.

 

Yep

Definition of a "true pro"

[torry_battery_ram]

23 minutes ago, Byrne Baby Byrne said:

When we signed a Livingston right back my first thought was - this boy is definitely scoring a Messi style dink over the keeper away from home in Europe 

I spat my drink all over my laptop as I found this comment really funny. 

[Footballs coming Rome]

7 minutes ago, muttonhumper said:

You can just see in his mannerisms and his general demeanour that he is fucking delighted to be at AFC.

He is one happy faced fucker. And a determined one too.

Given his prior career trajectory, and to get this chance of making an impact at a decent level at the age of 29, I think he will thrive with us.

I'm sure we're seeing evidence of this already.

 

You elaborated beautifully on my thoughts. 

[konkas08]

What a run for the goal by the way. Absolutely outstanding. Such a composed finish aswell 

[wanderingscotty]

 

[Redforever86]

On 6/2/2023 at 9:28 AM, NEM said:

A big upgrade on the hun donkey he’s replacing 

True, apologies @Zeus that hun cunt would o never been there. 

[Redforever86]

 

Can't nae love the guy, he made the odd mistake but he's a fucking pro. 

[donswin1983]

He knocks his pan in! Came back brilliantly against Celtic after his fuck up for their goal and was outstanding after that, which takes character.

great finish/ run to get there tonight and overall played really well. He’s fucking rapid too! 
Think the loon will have a cracking season. Quality purchase from the club! 

[Redforever86]

He's an underdog hero in the making if not already made. Shows the character of the man how he's built his career. 

[thurso]

Thought he was really good tonight and took his goal really well. Hopefully we will now see him more in his natural position at full back/wing back 

[JumboJET]

11 hours ago, muttonhumper said:

Hopefully he'll be fine once he displaces Morris, and gets a run in his actual position. 👍

He;s been playing an alien role up to now.

Nicky Devlin:

[aberdeen1970]

A warrior and a leader.  You need a few guys like him. He'll help get us through some tough moments this season. 

[jamiesd]

Ross McCrorie who?  This guy will prove even better. Glad he is here.  Has the passion and fight for all of us to see. 

A great engine and looks strong.  Keep doing what you're doing Nicky.

[Macski]

Nick Devlin has always been a good steady player in our league who has hurt us before when an opponent, the kind of player who can flourish amongst better players. An honest pro with leadership qualities too, great addition to our squad.

[a don in oz]

To be fair I'd not really noticed him only ever seeing our games so only had "from Livi" to go on and was pensive. 

But Celtic howler aside he seems like me might be one to do a job for us. That goal was ridiculous and can't imagine we'll see (m)any of those, but his demeanour and attitude just seem perfect for what Robson is trying to put together. And I like it. 

[CCB III]

He's clearly a grafter, will "run all day" as Robson would put it. 
 

But, I think that's glossing over the fact he's absolutely fucking pap 😂

[Roberto]

Just now, CCB III said:

He's clearly a grafter, will "run all day" as Robson would put it. 
 

But, I think that's glossing over the fact he's absolutely fucking pap 😂

He did pretty well in his natural position at his previous club...

Just saying like.

[CCB III]

8 minutes ago, Roberto said:

He did pretty well in his natural position at his previous club...

Just saying like.

Did well on a plastic pitch playing a very specific style. 
 

Best game he's had for us is probably Livi away, which says a lot. Took his goal in Hacken really well but other than that been found massively wanting. 
 

 

[milne_afc]

6 minutes ago, CCB III said:

but other than that been found massively wanting. 

Ah, really? That’s disappointing. I was hoping he’d be our steady Eddie.

[G man]

6 minutes ago, CCB III said:

Did well on a plastic pitch playing a very specific style. 
 

Best game he's had for us is probably Livi away, which says a lot. Took his goal in Hacken really well but other than that been found massively wanting. 
 

 

Sadly it appears on this forum people go from one player to another trashing them.Very sad.

[Feedtheduk]

Least of our worries, a back 4 would be nice but just can’t see it.

[minijc]

25 minutes ago, CCB III said:

Did well on a plastic pitch playing a very specific style. 
 

Best game he's had for us is probably Livi away, which says a lot. Took his goal in Hacken really well but other than that been found massively wanting. 
 

 

Think you are being harsh, a natural right back who has been shunted about most weeks and now asked to play as an inverted fullback coming inside to basically play midfield when we are in possession.  I'll judge him fully when the manager (or a new guy) uses him properly.

[elephantstone78]

Have no issues with him. Our problems lie elsewhere imo. 
Also like his attitude on the pitch where he can be seen and heard geeing up his teammates. Quite novel for a new guy to be so confident. 

[Roberto]

12 minutes ago, minijc said:

Think you are being harsh, a natural right back who has been shunted about most weeks and now asked to play as an inverted fullback coming inside to basically play midfield when we are in possession.  I'll judge him fully when the manager (or a new guy) uses him properly.

I don't need to answer further to CCB than this post really.

Next up for the criticism, Roos.

Working our way back now.

The problem isn't the players who have proven they can perform... so let's go back to the drawing board and rethink. Fairly simple.

[CCB III]

1 hour ago, G man said:

Sadly it appears on this forum people go from one player to another trashing them.Very sad.

Fucking right. 
 

They are all cunts

[CCB III]

36 minutes ago, elephantstone78 said:

Have no issues with him. Our problems lie elsewhere imo. 
Also like his attitude on the pitch where he can be seen and heard geeing up his teammates. Quite novel for a new guy to be so confident. 

Distracts from the fact he's been piss poor

[G man]

2 minutes ago, CCB III said:

Fucking right. 
 

They are all cunts

A true loyal, supportive fan.

[CCB III]

1 minute ago, G man said:

A true loyal, supportive fan.

A true dumb dumb, scarfer cunt. 

[minijc]

4 minutes ago, CCB III said:

Distracts from the fact he's been piss poor

He hasn't been though, he looked poor on saturday, well more just clueless but that comes down to how we are set up and how the players are unstructured to play.  I don't mind inverted fullbacks but you need to have very skilled players further forward making the right moves, creating space and allowing them to advance up the field.

For me, we don't have the pace in the side, we are far too narrow when trying this and as highlighted by Neil fucking McCann one pass totally eliminates 5 of our players, it happened a lot in the first half away to Hacken as well, it's pure negligence from the manager and coaches to have not addressed that.