Match Thread Aberdeen 2 - 3 PAOK

[1903Fitba]

Give me 14k proper dons fans over 14k + 3k tourists/guffs/women 

[GAME OF BILLIONS]

49 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

I’m sure they’ll be scratching their heads at the sales.

I’d have thought they’d have been looking at three sell outs for the group games.

And if the Frankfurt games is a dead rubber as is likely then it’ll be slow sales again, especially as it’s close to Xmas. 

And that would be awful as I genuinely think the Dons have a chance of beating them, they are no great shakes this season so far in the Bund. 

I feel certain that PAOK at the Toumba will be a defeat, it's a fucking cauldron, but the other games, I'm not so sure about. 

If we had beat HJK, which we should have, we'd feel a whole lot different about things. The Rangers win, going to Hampden against an average Hibs, Celtic will be absent in the Final - things aren't bad, they are just... uncertain? Uncertainty is the handmaiden of victory!

Here's highlights of PAOK's 2-0 home win on Sunday, link doesn't embed...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP3fPgV3c6w

[DandyWarhol]

1 hour ago, VinegarStrokes said:

I never mentioned them selling it out but as far as I was aware they had two sections and only the front 6 rows of each section were empty? I don't pay close attention to YoYo FC and their scarf twirling fanbase so might well be mistaken

They filled roughly 2/3 of the upper sections - I'd say around 600 or 700 judging by photos of their support that night.

Fair play if they have sold out the away section at Pittodrie but I'll believe it when I see it.  Just don't see them bringing 1,700 to Aberdeen at the end of October.

[Big Hat Logan]

On 10/22/2023 at 4:37 PM, starryfish said:

Probably have to win this one to have any hope of progressing. Not impossible but very unlikely based on what we’ve seen so far this season:

I’d expect Robson to shit the bed and play an extra midfielder rather than two strikers:

Roos, Devlin, Gartenmann, Rubezic, Jensen, McKenzie, Barron, Shinnie, Polvara, McGrath, Miovski 

We’ve looked a much better team when Robson has “shit the bed” and played Miovski as lone striker

[aberdeen1970]

2 hours ago, Millertime said:

The home support has been superb this season has it not?

They've been brilliant. 

Record season ticket sales, record shirt sales, good home attendances, excellent away attendances. 

 

[maryhilldon]

2 hours ago, VinegarStrokes said:

 as far as I was aware they had two sections and only the front 6 rows of each section were empty? I don't pay close attention to YoYo FC and their scarf twirling fanbase so might well be mistaken

Sounds like you pay plenty of attention.

[VinegarStrokes]

6 minutes ago, maryhilldon said:

Sounds like you pay plenty of attention.

Sounds like you're a prick 👍

[Dad]

14 minutes ago, VinegarStrokes said:

Sounds like you're a prick 👍

Gold star for VS - bang on the money 😎

[Tord31]

look forward to seeing Williams and Dadia back on the bench

[Schapenneuker]

4 hours ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

Just backs up what I’ve always felt about the home support.

It’s not very good.

Maybe there’s an apathy to the football offered up? 
If we’re being honest, in the main, it’s awful to watch. 

There's an large element of truth in the last sentence. Parts of the Ross County game aside, we've been fucking rank at home this season. Painful to watch. 

More pertinently, we've looked pretty clueless against Hacken and HJK....2 lower than average European teams. 

Most people are expecting us to get humped against PAOK, and are staying away. If we'd taken 3 points from HJK I reckon we'd be looking at close to a full house.

 

 

[Schapenneuker]

2 hours ago, Big Hat Logan said:

We’ve looked a much better team when Robson has “shit the bed” and played Miovski as lone striker

It would be fucking madness to go into this game with Duk hanging around on the wing doing fuck all aside from watching our midfield being overrun time and time again. 

Leave him on the bench, load the midfield. Win the battles there and the chances will come. 

 

[robbojunior]

Off topic but anyone know why the home game Vs Livingston on 4th Nov is postponed? Can't find anything on the club website about it.

[Tommy]

1 minute ago, robbojunior said:

Off topic but anyone know why the home game Vs Livingston on 4th Nov is postponed? Can't find anything on the club website about it.

Cup semi

[robbojunior]

4 minutes ago, Tommy said:

Cup semi

Ah FFS of course. Superfan me. 😂

[huncunts]

15 hours ago, DandyWarhol said:

They didn't sell out their allocation for the Hearts match

Because they had a week's notice or something. Greeks are also banned from almost all away matches domestically so it's a big thing for them. 

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

16 hours ago, 1903Fitba said:

Give me 14k proper dons fans over 14k + 3k tourists/guffs/women 

.....and the other 26k who were in attendance at the LC Cup Final in 2014.

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

14 hours ago, Tord31 said:

look forward to seeing Williams and Dadia back on the bench

Would rather have Jon and Vangelis.

[Clydeside_Sheep]

13 hours ago, robbojunior said:

Ah FFS of course. Superfan me. 😂

I was in two minds about replying to you: thought it was a wind up 🤣

[Clydeside_Sheep]

14 hours ago, Schapenneuker said:

Most people are expecting us to get humped against PAOK, and are staying away.

Expectations play a part, but (especially with several euro games played already this year) is it not likely the financial climate is paying a role too?

[cheesepipes]

22 hours ago, VinegarStrokes said:

Deflated? I don't get that

3 weeks without a game, home Euro night under the lights against a decent side, likely full house.

Personally I can't fuckin wait and I'm buzzing already for the match. Plenty of utter dogshit matches to come this season against the usual suspects no doubt, I'm looking forward to Pittodrie rocking on Thursday and hopefully one of those nights that live long in the memory

That's the Dunkirk spirit right there.

 

More of this.

[GeorgeStreetReds]

21 minutes ago, Clydeside_Sheep said:

Expectations play a part, but (especially with several euro games played already this year) is it not likely the financial climate is paying a role too?

Doubtful, what is playing a role will be 0/4 wins in Europe and 1/6 wins at home in all competitions so far this season.

We aren't very good.

[Footballs coming Rome]

16 minutes ago, GeorgeStreetReds said:

Doubtful, what is playing a role will be 0/4 wins in Europe and 1/6 wins at home in all competitions so far this season.

We aren't very good.

But we were tired. Also we had 7 wins in a row last season!

[GeorgeStreetReds]

10 minutes ago, Footballs coming Rome said:

But we were tired. Also we had 7 wins in a row last season!

They shouldn't be tired anymore, not played a game in 3 weeks.

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

56 minutes ago, GeorgeStreetReds said:

Doubtful, what is playing a role will be 0/4 wins in Europe and 1/6 wins at home in all competitions so far this season.

We aren't very good.

We aren't that bad either. I've seen far, far worse Aberdeen teams.

We could easily beaten celtic on another day but c'est la vie. Same with BK Hacken, however if you don't take your chances, you ultimately don't deserve to win games. 

 

[VinegarStrokes]

1 hour ago, cheesepipes said:

That's the Dunkirk spirit right there.

 

More of this.

It was more likely due to the 15 year old Bowmore spirit than the Dunkirk spirit, I'm normally a right negative bastard 😄

[zeroisgod76]

50 minutes ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

We aren't that bad either. I've seen far, far worse Aberdeen teams.

We could easily beaten celtic on another day but c'est la vie. Same with BK Hacken, however if you don't take your chances, you ultimately don't deserve to win games. 

 

We aren't very good and we're also not that bad. We're pretty damn average then which isn't great considering the money we've spent over the past 2 years.

[thegodfuzzy]

Players have to take the chances they've missed. It's a different competition we're in. Just not getting Duk magic,miovski misses. 

Bloody shame but got to take those sitters

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

2 hours ago, zeroisgod76 said:

We aren't very good and we're also not that bad. We're pretty damn average then which isn't great considering the money we've spent over the past 2 years.

We are a team that incredibly infuriating but can be so good as well, albeit in patches.

If only we could do it for 90+ minutes consistently.

[TerryMcDermott]

Everyone needs to relax and get ready for 3 points as Zander Diamond is in the papers saying we’ll beat them. 
 

done deal. 

[TerryMcDermott]

19 hours ago, Tord31 said:

look forward to seeing Williams and Dadia back on the bench

Keeps PAOK on their tactical toes. They can’t be sure which one of them Robson rates less.