Match Thread Aberdeen 3 - 2 Hearts

[jamiesd]

Hearts will play dirty.  We need to be streetwise… 3-0

[Durrant Dived]

Just now, jamiesd said:

Hearts will play dirty.

What's new

[Ramandu]

57 minutes ago, Topi Kat said:

Excitement is one thing. Over confidence quite the other.

Remember in 2015 when we won our first 8 league games, then fell to pieces in October?

Won't happen this time. Probably.

[redone]

14 minutes ago, Reed or deed said:

I would expect that anyway tbh.

Assuming an opponent is going to be below their best is just daft.

As would thinking that saying an opponent “may well be jaded/fatigued” is the same as assuming they’ll be below their best.

Absolutely daft. 
 

 

[Topi Kat]

13 minutes ago, Ramandu said:

Remember in 2015 when we won our first 8 league games, then fell to pieces in October?

Won't happen this time. Probably.

Hey listen, I'm as cock-a-hoop with results as the next man/woman/child/thing. But if I'm being realistic, we've still got a long way to go to become consistent. Some great things going on, but you have to piece that together over 90 mins. I'm sure it'll improve, but so too, we're due a loss or a draw at some stage. I'm not fussed as long as we don't drop points by being half at it and we get beat by the better side, and the reaction to the next game is a positive one. Our mental toughness is, I feel, yet to be tested to the full.

[Fairliered]

29 minutes ago, Shinniesta said:

Hearts have a very big squad of similar level players so they should be able to field a team that isn't jaded. It's no excuse when you have a huge squad like they do they should easily be able to field a minimum 6 or 7 outfield players at Pittodrie who didn't play in Minsk. 

Minks in Minsk. Seems appropriate.

[dave_min]

1 hour ago, torry_battery_ram said:

They are flying straight into the airport at Dyce from Azerbaijan so they will have no excuses

Divert to Bergen.

@AirportReds

[Russell]

1 hour ago, Topi Kat said:

Excitement is one thing. Over confidence quite the other.

You do know that nobody commenting on here will actually be involved in the game? 

[Topi Kat]

6 minutes ago, Russell said:

You do know that nobody commenting on here will actually be involved in the game? 

It never crossed my mind. No.

[Shinniesta]

46 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

They dont have many options to change things at the back or up front? 

Keeper and midfield they look to have plenty options

They had 3 defenders on the bench on Saturday. Shankland will obviously play in both games but they can shuffle things around him up top off the top of my head they still have Boyce, Dhanda, Spittall, Vargas, Forrest, Musa & McKay. A lot of those guys won't play in the european game & as you say they have plenty of defensive midfield options. 
 

They can have no excuses on Sunday if they lose they've built a big enough squad.

[GeorgeStreetReds]

Can anyone direct me to the last time Hearts beat us at Pittodrie?

Must be pre-Covid at the very least

[Snelders Snottters 89]

11 minutes ago, GeorgeStreetReds said:

Can anyone direct me to the last time Hearts beat us at Pittodrie?

Must be pre-Covid at the very least

Pre covid was 2016/7

[muttonhumper]

We've won the last 8 on the trot at Pittodrie.

Their last win was 1-0 in a 2015-16 dead rubber in May.

[Shinniesta]

1 hour ago, muttonhumper said:

We've won the last 8 on the trot at Pittodrie.

Their last win was 1-0 in a 2015-16 dead rubber in May.

Exactly it's 8 defeats on the trot they have taken 2 points from the last 33 available to them at Pittodrie since that dead rubber win in 2016. We took 29 points from those games. Hearts haven't taken a single point from Pittodrie since 2017.
 

Our record at Tynecastle is very poor too though no win there since doing a Tynecastle double over them in season 2016-17. We've had 4 draws since then but it's 5 defeats on the spin now at Tynecastle. 

Definitely a fixture that seems to suit the home team. 

[GeorgeStreetReds]

1 hour ago, muttonhumper said:

We've won the last 8 on the trot at Pittodrie.

Their last win was 1-0 in a 2015-16 dead rubber in May.

A famous Derek McInnes post-split melt

[northernlights]

2 hours ago, Topi Kat said:

Hey listen, I'm as cock-a-hoop with results as the next man/woman/child/thing. But if I'm being realistic, we've still got a long way to go to become consistent. Some great things going on, but you have to piece that together over 90 mins. I'm sure it'll improve, but so too, we're due a loss or a draw at some stage. I'm not fussed as long as we don't drop points by being half at it and we get beat by the better side, and the reaction to the next game is a positive one. Our mental toughness is, I feel, yet to be tested to the full.

We are a developing squad with some of our now first choice players being newcomers.  Molloy, Nilsen, Keskinen will all be learning about scottish football and the significance of different fixtures.

Others like Nisbet and Mitov know what to expect, but there is a group here getting to know one another's game.

Setbacks are inevitable but like you say there is also potential for improvement still.  

Our limitations were exposed at Dens but agree we can yet improve.  Perhaps the most important thing to resolve will be selection dilemmas, I think JT will need to be desicive in who he promotes.

Do we play Clarkson and Mcgrath  together?  Should Palaversa start?  Where does Polvara feature?  Who are our impact subs?  

You also wonder if Jimmy has an alternative set-up in mind as a utility to close a game out, or just surprise the opponent.  Gameplan A is working wonders, but it may become predictable as teams figure us out.

It does look like we can potentially win most of our games though and we have come a long way.

COYR

 

 

 

[ericblack4boss]

Mitov,

Devlin, rubi, molloy mackenzie

Clarkson, Nilsen, palaversa,  mcGrath. 

Sokler, Nisbet 

 

Hopefully  they still have Fox in charge , 

2-0 to us

[Willo flood]

Let’s fucking smash them

[WesthillWanderersFC]

1 hour ago, ericblack4boss said:

Mitov,

Devlin, rubi, molloy mackenzie

Clarkson, Nilsen, palaversa,  mcGrath. 

Sokler, Nisbet 

 

Hopefully  they still have Fox in charge , 

2-0 to us

Lol

Clarkson wide right.

Sokler up front.

Fuck that 

[Tord31]

1 minute ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

Lol

Clarkson wide right.

Sokler up front.

Fuck that 

Didnt watch on Saturday, presumably Clarkson was playing wide from when Palaversa came on? 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

7 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

Didnt watch on Saturday, presumably Clarkson was playing wide from when Palaversa came on? 

Briefly, before Morris came on to play there.

You do not play Clarkson wide. 

[Wester Hailes Skins]

Team I'd go with.

                        Clark

              Kent Halkett Kingsley 

Oyegoke Boateng Beningime Penrice 

                  Dhanda Spittal 

                      Shankland 

Admitted zero pace anywhere and probably set up to be stifling, as physical as we can be, try to nick a goal.

Musa, Vargas and Forrest our only real pace options from the bench.

[Topi Kat]

11 minutes ago, Wester Hailes Skins said:

Team I'd go with.

                        Clark

              Kent Halkett Kingsley 

Oyegoke Boateng Beningime Penrice 

                  Dhanda Spittal 

                      Shankland 

Admitted zero pace anywhere and probably set up to be stifling, as physical as we can be, try to nick a goal.

Musa, Vargas and Forrest our only real pace options from the bench.

None of them would get a place in our team. End of.

[Russell]

13 minutes ago, Wester Hailes Skins said:

Team I'd go with.

                        Clark

              Kent Halkett Kingsley 

Oyegoke Boateng Beningime Penrice 

                  Dhanda Spittal 

                      Shankland 

Admitted zero pace anywhere and probably set up to be stifling, as physical as we can be, try to nick a goal.

Musa, Vargas and Forrest our only real pace options from the bench.

With that back three I'd be starting Morris and Duk with Keskinen. Down to 10 men after 20 minutes.

[Wester Hailes Skins]

2 minutes ago, Russell said:

With that back three I'd be starting Morris and Duk with Keskinen. Down to 10 men after 20 minutes.

For some reason the club rates Rowles at LCH but fans just see a defender easily bullied. 

[Russell]

2 minutes ago, Wester Hailes Skins said:

For some reason the club rates Rowles at LCH but fans just see a defender easily bullied. 

Is he ginger? Plooky? Virgin?

[strachanmcgheegoal]

It’s Butteries

[Tord31]

34 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

Briefly, before Morris came on to play there.

You do not play Clarkson wide. 

from 66 mins to 87 mins though. Would have been interested to see how he fared

[englishred]

30 minutes ago, Wester Hailes Skins said:

Team I'd go with.

                        Clark

              Kent Halkett Kingsley 

Oyegoke Boateng Beningime Penrice 

                  Dhanda Spittal 

                      Shankland 

Admitted zero pace anywhere and probably set up to be stifling, as physical as we can be, try to nick a goal.

Musa, Vargas and Forrest our only real pace options from the bench.

You'd play Clark ???! even at 40 Gordon is better.  That team just looks like relegation fodder even on paper

[WesthillWanderersFC]

27 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

from 66 mins to 87 mins though. Would have been interested to see how he fared

We struggled a bit in the 2nd half. 
Thought Palaversa helped when he came on. 

I like him. You can see he’s a quality player.