Parklife Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 25 minutes ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said: Granted but not if he is not in full control of transfers. A manager should always get the final say on such matters. Don't agree at all. The vast majority of clubs operate under a DoF structure, with a DoF or sporting director in charge of recruitment. Glass knew that was the structure when he took the job, nothing has changed. Link to comment
Guest Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 3 hours ago, winchester83 said: Who the fuck cares what English says or writes, just a parasite who lives off of controversy. A fully paid up member of the Glasgow mafia. Whatever the relevance of the content it was good to hear Cormack passion sadly missing for a quarter of a century at AFC. Cannot agree about your appraisal of Cormack. Other folk are saying at least he is better than Milne. That is like being classed as "the best dressed man in Airdrie". It is very much a very low level complement. Regards English you can say what you like but he often writes sense whether it be about rugby, arse cheeks, whoever. Cormack's time is coming and English will not miss whether you are dismissive or not. I for one feel embarrassed as to what is happening to our club at this time.... Link to comment
starryfish Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, Woody21 said: Cannot agree about your appraisal of Cormack. Other folk are saying at least he is better than Milne. That is like being classed as "the best dressed man in Airdrie". It is very much a very low level complement. Regards English you can say what you like but he often writes sense whether it be about rugby, arse cheeks, whoever. Cormack's time is coming and English will not miss whether you are dismissive or not. I for one feel embarrassed as to what is happening to our club at this time.... Who do we think leaked the story prior to the game v Hibs at Easter road earlier this year that McInnes was out if we didn't win? Link to comment
Stoneybloke Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 It seemed that Cormack was mainly basing his judgement on "the stats". We need a little boy who says the Emperor has no clothes. Link to comment
shooftahmooftah Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Cormack you are in denial. You chose the wrong guy to manage Aberdeen, he signed the wrong players face facts, after the next 3 games without a win you cormack and glass may be the only 2 watching home and away games the rest of the season. Link to comment
elephantstone78 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 8 minutes ago, Parklife said: Don't agree at all. The vast majority of clubs operate under a DoF structure, with a DoF or sporting director in charge of recruitment. Glass knew that was the structure when he took the job, nothing has changed. I just wonder what am missing when it comes to the DOF decision making for some of our signings. I mean the likes of Gallagher you can understand; knows the league, capped internationally, plenty of experience etc. Jet - I can almost sort of understand although it was pretty obvious that a guy with a history of being a lazy waste of space was going to turn out exactly like that. But, the likes of Gurr, Samuels & Jenks? What in the name of all that is holy would make you think they should be signed? Why have such an unbalanced squad. Imagine if Ramirez gets injured who are our central strikers? Jet? Watkins? This is the frustrating thing, we are a shambles in every facet of our club. recruitment - garbage overall on the evidence to date. tactics- poor. Too easily nullified and countered coaching - as we are getting worse at a rapid pace we can chalk this up as another failure players attitude- we don’t yet look like the crestfallen side that Mcinnes inherited but we are not far off. Glass gets the most ire as he’s the public face and that’s only correct as if we were doing well he would get the most credit. But, he’s only partly to blame for the total shitshow that we are witnessing Link to comment
Betty Swallicks Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Outstanding yet again from Diamond Dave! Still just the one blot on his copybook. Link to comment
Guest Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 26 minutes ago, starryfish said: Who do we think leaked the story prior to the game v Hibs at Easter road earlier this year that McInnes was out if we didn't win? Who do you think told the person who leaked that story? Link to comment
Kincardine_Mearns_Red Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 25 minutes ago, shooftahmooftah said: Cormack you are in denial. You chose the wrong guy to manage Aberdeen, he signed the wrong players face facts, after the next 3 games without a win you cormack and glass may be the only 2 watching home and away games the rest of the season. That is it really. But ego does not see sense. Link to comment
minijc Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 32 minutes ago, starryfish said: Who do we think leaked the story prior to the game v Hibs at Easter road earlier this year that McInnes was out if we didn't win? I'll guess that it wasn't Cormack or his side of board. Link to comment
Crossbow Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, minijc said: I'll guess that it wasn't Cormack or his side of board. So you're saying the board is split - do tell Link to comment
minijc Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, Crossbow said: So you're saying the board is split - do tell I think it's pretty clear that despite Cormack being in his position and having his guys on the board, Milne and his guys are also still making up the board. Just a guess, maybe wrong. Link to comment
thurso Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 I think the crowd should start the “Steven Steven get tae fuck” chants from the start on Saturday as that’s when the team upped their game and actually put tempo into it against Dundee, might spur them on 1 1 Link to comment
ericblack4boss Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 4 hours ago, Sonoftherock said: I didn't realise you were still here? I thought you'd left AFC Chat after McInnes didn't sign for the Huns? Well at least I'm not thick enough to think that football clubs actually listen to supporters Link to comment
Crossbow Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, minijc said: I think it's pretty clear that despite Cormack being in his position and having his guys on the board, Milne and his guys are also still making up the board. Just a guess, maybe wrong. Puts the radio performance into fresh light though as criticism from within is likely to have stirred this outburst - as was observed elsewhere there is more than a hint of the Trump about him Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Listened to it again in the cold light of day. The chairman genuinely seems to think that everything is fine and we've just been unlucky. Completely in denial at this point. Will be interesting to see how long it takes for the view that things are almost working to change to things haven't worked. Yeah the goading of the Huns and the media was a good laugh and hopefully it lights a few fires under people at the club before Saturday but we're in a bit of trouble behind the scenes i reckon. Let's hope we get a win on Saturday to settle things down a bit otherwise things are liable to become toxic. Link to comment
Parklife Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 43 minutes ago, elephantstone78 said: I just wonder what am missing when it comes to the DOF decision making for some of our signings. I mean the likes of Gallagher you can understand; knows the league, capped internationally, plenty of experience etc. Jet - I can almost sort of understand although it was pretty obvious that a guy with a history of being a lazy waste of space was going to turn out exactly like that. But, the likes of Gurr, Samuels & Jenks? What in the name of all that is holy would make you think they should be signed? Why have such an unbalanced squad. Imagine if Ramirez gets injured who are our central strikers? Jet? Watkins? This is the frustrating thing, we are a shambles in every facet of our club. recruitment - garbage overall on the evidence to date. tactics- poor. Too easily nullified and countered coaching - as we are getting worse at a rapid pace we can chalk this up as another failure players attitude- we don’t yet look like the crestfallen side that Mcinnes inherited but we are not far off. Glass gets the most ire as he’s the public face and that’s only correct as if we were doing well he would get the most credit. But, he’s only partly to blame for the total shitshow that we are witnessing The fact they appointed Glass before making a DoF appointment (of a vastly inexperienced person) is a shambles. Link to comment
thurso Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 11 minutes ago, Roberto said: Might confuse Cormack cause we need to sing it with the 'ph' version of 'Stephen'. Can sing it any way you want as long as you put a wee bit effort into it Link to comment
robbojunior Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 16 hours ago, ConsiCanBoogie1903 said: I've heard "proof in the pudding" Never heard the eating bitty. Going to use it all the time now for the sake of it. Even when it doesn't apply the proof is in the pudding is just a common misuse of the phrase. Big Dave said it correctly. Link to comment
AllyDon Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 5 hours ago, RED_JOHN said: He surely can’t be good friends with Ron Gordon….he must have stayed at least an hours journey from him. I sadly had to get rid of a number of good friends this morning. Anyone on google maps over 1 hour drive - gone. Sad times!! 1 Link to comment
beef_sister Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 57 minutes ago, Parklife said: The fact they appointed Glass before making a DoF appointment (of a vastly inexperienced person) is a shambles. giving the DOF job to the tea boy was fucking insane 1 Link to comment
Don_Corleone Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 3 hours ago, DelMonte said: What does “not sure what his best 11 is” even mean? How many managers know this? It’s a term coined off TV that is total irrelevant. It seems to me that Glass thinks his best formation is 433 and his best 11 is this based on his selections this season - these are the players he picks when they are fit... Lewis Ramsay McCrorie Bates MacKenzie Ferguson Brown Ojo Hedges Ramirez Hayes To me, the best formation would probably be 3412 or something along those lines with this line up Lewis / Woods / Traffic Cone McCrorie Gallagher Bates Ramsay Brown Ferguson MacKenzie Hedges Watkins Ramirez It addresses a lot of glaringly obvious problems such as giving an extra defender (maybe 3 will be better than 2!), allows the full backs to push higher up and Brown just to sit and cover. Lets Hedges roam around a little behind the strikers, and gives Ramirez some much needed support up top. Stephen, if you're reading this, give it a go. 1 Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 1 minute ago, Don_Corleone said: It seems to me that Glass thinks his best formation is 433 and his best 11 is this based on his selections this season - these are the players he picks when they are fit... Lewis Ramsay McCrorie Bates MacKenzie Ferguson Brown Ojo Hedges Ramirez Hayes To me, the best formation would probably be 3412 or something along those lines with this line up Lewis / Woods / Traffic Cone McCrorie Gallagher Bates Ramsay Brown Ferguson MacKenzie Hedges Watkins Ramirez It addresses a lot of glaringly obvious problems such as giving an extra defender (maybe 3 will be better than 2!), allows the full backs to push higher up and Brown just to sit and cover. Lets Hedges roam around a little behind the strikers, and gives Ramirez some much needed support up top. Stephen, if you're reading this, give it a go. Aye that's worth a go. Either that or 442 for a while which is unfashionable but has its uses if one of the strikers is prepared to help out in midfield. Link to comment
AllyDon Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, Don_Corleone said: It seems to me that Glass thinks his best formation is 433 and his best 11 is this based on his selections this season - these are the players he picks when they are fit... Lewis Ramsay McCrorie Bates MacKenzie Ferguson Brown Ojo Hedges Ramirez Hayes To me, the best formation would probably be 3412 or something along those lines with this line up Lewis / Woods / Traffic Cone McCrorie Gallagher Bates Ramsay Brown Ferguson MacKenzie Hedges Watkins Ramirez It addresses a lot of glaringly obvious problems such as giving an extra defender (maybe 3 will be better than 2!), allows the full backs to push higher up and Brown just to sit and cover. Lets Hedges roam around a little behind the strikers, and gives Ramirez some much needed support up top. Stephen, if you're reading this, give it a go. Its only papers Stephen dosn't read so imagine he will be reading the hat ok. Link to comment
Sydney_Red Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 15 minutes ago, Don_Corleone said: It seems to me that Glass thinks his best formation is 433 and his best 11 is this based on his selections this season - these are the players he picks when they are fit... Lewis Ramsay McCrorie Bates MacKenzie Ferguson Brown Ojo Hedges Ramirez Hayes To me, the best formation would probably be 3412 or something along those lines with this line up Lewis / Woods / Traffic Cone McCrorie Gallagher Bates Ramsay Brown Ferguson MacKenzie Hedges Watkins Ramirez It addresses a lot of glaringly obvious problems such as giving an extra defender (maybe 3 will be better than 2!), allows the full backs to push higher up and Brown just to sit and cover. Lets Hedges roam around a little behind the strikers, and gives Ramirez some much needed support up top. Stephen, if you're reading this, give it a go. I find this post incredibly sensible. It also seems to me that our (brief) early season form was less 433 and more 451 or some variation that is not too far from what you suggested. We even changed from 4 at the back to three at the back in one match which worked well, admittedly against some euro no marks. The only time jet has looked any good is when he plays high up the park and gets close to Ramirez. Link to comment
DoonTheLine Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Just now, Sydney_Red said: I find this post incredibly sensible. It also seems to me that our (brief) early season form was less 433 and more 451 or some variation that is not too far from what you suggested. We even changed from 4 at the back to three at the back in one match which worked well, admittedly against some euro no marks. The only time jet has looked any good is when he plays high up the park and gets close to Ramirez. The biggest thing out of all of our formations is that none of them matter if the players don’t follow instructions. Now is our manager getting instructions across? Can the players see situations/dangers occurring by themselves? The goal we conceded to Celtic from the throw-in was nothing to do with formations or our full backs being too high, it was down to multiple players making individual decisions and errors within a 10 second spell. We could go 3 at the back but if they get too narrow or too wide then suddenly we are exposed again, if one goes forward, who fills in? Does Ramsay always stay high or does McCrorie shuffle across? If, to use your example, JET stayed high with Ramirez, who gives protection out wide to the overloaded full backs? If that’s the CMs then that leaves us exposed in there - just as an example of the level of thinking (and for me this is simple to for top flight it needs to go even more in depth) that needs to go into this but for the most part it needs players who can adapt to it and who have the energy and nous to spot any potential dangers as well as create opportunities. McInnes constantly tried 3 CBs at random times and it never seemed to work, maybe Glass would be more fortunate? Something tells me he has his one style though and can’t budge from it. Base formations may work to an extent if you have ridiculous resources at your disposal (like Man Utd who still get results despite total tactical ineptitude) or at the lower levels where you don’t want players to do/think too much and keeping it simple is a good/safe mantra - for us to compete with the top sides it needs to be more than just a formation, it needs to be what a team does with and without the ball and how they manipulate situations to allow us to win games. Link to comment
Crossbow Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 We don’t need to worry - we’re working really well and winning on the training field. He’s like the wizard of oz whose had the curtain pulled back on him. Nothing to see hear, everything is fine. The emperor is naked and it’s not a pretty sight. Link to comment
Matt Armstrong's Dog Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 3 hours ago, Parklife said: Don't agree at all. The vast majority of clubs operate under a DoF structure, with a DoF or sporting director in charge of recruitment. Glass knew that was the structure when he took the job, nothing has changed. That's fair enough but one of the manager's main jobs should be recruiting and in charge of all transfer activity. Maybe I'm old fashioned but feel the positions of DoF, Football Consultant, and Director of Football Strategy are completely needless and purely haemorrhage money from clubs. Link to comment
ferlaytio Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 https://imgur.com/a/NCktPnu Link to comment
RED_JOHN Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 2 hours ago, AllyDon said: I sadly had to get rid of a number of good friends this morning. Anyone on google maps over 1 hour drive - gone. Sad times!! The best laugh is that I don’t think Dave Cormack has many friends at all just business associates. If when he is back in Aberdeen and goes to the matches with Stewart Milne well that says it all. Who the hell would want to go to the football with Stewart Milne is beyond me. Link to comment
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