[SCO] Scottish Premier league 2013/2014 (1 Viewer)
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Cheers, abdy. :malt:
As our chairman so eloquently put it live on the radio just after the game:
19 years, 120 minutes and then fucking penalties
https://soundcloud.com/graham-stewart/stewart-milne-on-f-ing
Felt absolutely lousy heading down to the game having been getting gradually more and more worked up through the week. Got into my stride once I got some beer in me and then felt curiously calm through the game and the penalties.
Game wasn't up to much, fairly typically for a final.
very quickly becoming:
ICT put out as muscular a team as they could (even at the expense of the best creative player) and just focused on sitting deep and blocking up the middle of the pitch. With Pawlett out and Hayes getting injured after 10 seconds, we were without our two key creative players and our main players capable of beating a player one-on-one. So without them it was all fairly slow and lacking in penetration.
Key thing was that we kept our discipline. All too often I've seen Dons teams panic when struggling to get a goal and end up losing due to over-committing when trying to force a goal. This team stayed patient and risked nothing.
We still should have won the game as we had three clear chances and should have had a penalty. ICT just had the one incident where they could have scored and should have had a penalty.
But I care little enough about games being pretty at the best of times, so the game being a complete dirge takes nothing from my enjoyment of winning.
Aside from being enormously pleased for myself, there are a number of players that I'm delighted to see finally get a reward for the years of good service they've given the club. Seeing Russell Anderson (fuck knows how he didn't get MotM), the Aberdeen player I've felt most attached to over his nearly 400 games for the club, lifting a trophy was tremendously satisfying.
And then there was the glorious sight of ~42,000 Aberdeen fans taking over Parkhead and generally lording it over Glasgow for the weekend. Hasn't been that big a gathering of Dons fans since the late 60s and, unless we get very lucky with the circumstances around another final, there may never be another gathering of that size.
No goals conceded in the competition and I was present at all the games:
Aberdeen 0-0 Alloa (6-5 on pens)
Falkirk 0-5 Aberdeen
Motherwell 0-2 Aberdeen (we played 77 minutes with ten men)
Aberdeen 4-0 St. Johnstone
Aberdeen 0-0 ICT (4-2 on pens)
As our chairman so eloquently put it live on the radio just after the game:
19 years, 120 minutes and then fucking penalties
https://soundcloud.com/graham-stewart/stewart-milne-on-f-ing
Felt absolutely lousy heading down to the game having been getting gradually more and more worked up through the week. Got into my stride once I got some beer in me and then felt curiously calm through the game and the penalties.
Game wasn't up to much, fairly typically for a final.
Langfield
Logan-Anderson-Reynolds-Considine
Robson-Jack-Flood
Hayes---Rooney---McGinn
Logan-Anderson-Reynolds-Considine
Robson-Jack-Flood
Hayes---Rooney---McGinn
very quickly becoming:
Langfield
Logan-Anderson-Reynolds-Considine
Flood-Jack
Robson--Smith--McGinn
Rooney
Logan-Anderson-Reynolds-Considine
Flood-Jack
Robson--Smith--McGinn
Rooney
ICT put out as muscular a team as they could (even at the expense of the best creative player) and just focused on sitting deep and blocking up the middle of the pitch. With Pawlett out and Hayes getting injured after 10 seconds, we were without our two key creative players and our main players capable of beating a player one-on-one. So without them it was all fairly slow and lacking in penetration.
Key thing was that we kept our discipline. All too often I've seen Dons teams panic when struggling to get a goal and end up losing due to over-committing when trying to force a goal. This team stayed patient and risked nothing.
We still should have won the game as we had three clear chances and should have had a penalty. ICT just had the one incident where they could have scored and should have had a penalty.
But I care little enough about games being pretty at the best of times, so the game being a complete dirge takes nothing from my enjoyment of winning.
Aside from being enormously pleased for myself, there are a number of players that I'm delighted to see finally get a reward for the years of good service they've given the club. Seeing Russell Anderson (fuck knows how he didn't get MotM), the Aberdeen player I've felt most attached to over his nearly 400 games for the club, lifting a trophy was tremendously satisfying.
And then there was the glorious sight of ~42,000 Aberdeen fans taking over Parkhead and generally lording it over Glasgow for the weekend. Hasn't been that big a gathering of Dons fans since the late 60s and, unless we get very lucky with the circumstances around another final, there may never be another gathering of that size.
No goals conceded in the competition and I was present at all the games:
Aberdeen 0-0 Alloa (6-5 on pens)
Falkirk 0-5 Aberdeen
Motherwell 0-2 Aberdeen (we played 77 minutes with ten men)
Aberdeen 4-0 St. Johnstone
Aberdeen 0-0 ICT (4-2 on pens)
Watched the final again.
The reports slating the game are going way overboard.
That wasn't a bad game as finals go.
May have had less excitement than many, but the general standard of play was fine.
It was just a pretty normal big game with one team focused on defending and the other refusing to take risks to try and break that down.
Extra time was pretty shoddy - particularly the set-pieces - but nothing extraordinarily bad to justify the level of stick being dished out regarding the standard of the game.
The reports slating the game are going way overboard.
That wasn't a bad game as finals go.
May have had less excitement than many, but the general standard of play was fine.
It was just a pretty normal big game with one team focused on defending and the other refusing to take risks to try and break that down.
Extra time was pretty shoddy - particularly the set-pieces - but nothing extraordinarily bad to justify the level of stick being dished out regarding the standard of the game.
Gap's too big to bridge in one season.
We just need to keep getting stronger and hope Celtic keep overpaying for shit players.
Our squad is all signed up until the end of next season at least (except a couple of older guys who'll stay if we want them to), so no reason for us to not be stronger next season with some tinkering in the summer.
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We just need to keep getting stronger and hope Celtic keep overpaying for shit players.
Our squad is all signed up until the end of next season at least (except a couple of older guys who'll stay if we want them to), so no reason for us to not be stronger next season with some tinkering in the summer.
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Ah, the wonders of Scottish society...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/...s/michael-gannon-aberdeens-league-cup-3263121
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/...s/michael-gannon-aberdeens-league-cup-3263121
Big win yesterday in keeping the momentum going and not losing focus.
Issues in the first half were tactical as the intensity of the team was as good as could reasonably be expected in the circumstances.
Playing with just two in midfield was a tactical risk taken, I believe, on the basis that we could hold a high line (since Boyd isn't going to run in behind) and thus squeeze the game and prevent being outnumbered in midfield becoming an issue.
Didn't work in the first half because the defence wasn't brave enough in pushing up and because of some poor give-aways when in possession.
Second half was all much more compact and controlled.
We should have won much more comfortably, but McGinn decided to keep missing great chances.
Kilmarnock were terrible. Aberdeen were clearly going to be vulnerable after the final and with us missing our two main creative players, but Kilmarnock were just so negative and tame that we were never put under any pressure.
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http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20140323/redimages-special-league-cup-parade-_2212158_3728321
http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/9228526/
Issues in the first half were tactical as the intensity of the team was as good as could reasonably be expected in the circumstances.
Langfield
Logan-Anderson-Reynolds-Considine
Smith-Flood-Jack-Low
Rooney-McGinn
Logan-Anderson-Reynolds-Considine
Smith-Flood-Jack-Low
Rooney-McGinn
Playing with just two in midfield was a tactical risk taken, I believe, on the basis that we could hold a high line (since Boyd isn't going to run in behind) and thus squeeze the game and prevent being outnumbered in midfield becoming an issue.
Didn't work in the first half because the defence wasn't brave enough in pushing up and because of some poor give-aways when in possession.
Second half was all much more compact and controlled.
We should have won much more comfortably, but McGinn decided to keep missing great chances.
Kilmarnock were terrible. Aberdeen were clearly going to be vulnerable after the final and with us missing our two main creative players, but Kilmarnock were just so negative and tame that we were never put under any pressure.
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http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20140323/redimages-special-league-cup-parade-_2212158_3728321
http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/9228526/
In what sense?
Poor start, followed by playing very well from 15-60 mins where we could have turned the game around.
Then both teams looked happy with the point and started to tire after the mid-week games.
Balance of the team was good, as was the movement of the ball.
I make that the best performance since we beat Celtic at Parkhead at the start of February.
Decent point to keep us five point clear of Utd, particularly if we go and win our game in had against Hearts on Wednesday.
Nice bonus that Motherwell lost at home as well.
Poor start, followed by playing very well from 15-60 mins where we could have turned the game around.
Then both teams looked happy with the point and started to tire after the mid-week games.
Balance of the team was good, as was the movement of the ball.
I make that the best performance since we beat Celtic at Parkhead at the start of February.
Decent point to keep us five point clear of Utd, particularly if we go and win our game in had against Hearts on Wednesday.
Nice bonus that Motherwell lost at home as well.
Surprise, surprise...
An investigation into claims Celtic manager Neil Lennon was abused by fans while at a cup match between Aberdeen and St Johnstone has found insufficient evidence of any wrongdoing.
http://news.stv.tv/west-central/270...-claims-neil-lennon-abused-at-cup-semi-final/
I trust all the media outlets who leapt on this story so enthusiastically at the time will devote as much time to announcing this as they did slating Aberdeen fans for the alleged incident.
An investigation into claims Celtic manager Neil Lennon was abused by fans while at a cup match between Aberdeen and St Johnstone has found insufficient evidence of any wrongdoing.
http://news.stv.tv/west-central/270...-claims-neil-lennon-abused-at-cup-semi-final/
I trust all the media outlets who leapt on this story so enthusiastically at the time will devote as much time to announcing this as they did slating Aberdeen fans for the alleged incident.
Remarkable show of idiocy to fail to see out the game when a goal and a man up with 15 minutes left.
Real missed opportunity that.
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Post-split fixtures were announced yesterday:
18 April Inverness CT v Aberdeen
19 April Hearts v Ross County, Kilmarnock v Partick Thistle, Motherwell v Celtic, St Johnstone v Dundee Utd, St Mirren v Hibernian
25 April Partick Thistle v St Mirren
26 April Aberdeen v St Johnstone, Dundee Utd v Motherwell, Ross County v Kilmarnock
27 April Celtic v Inverness CT, Hibernian v Hearts
2 May Hibernian v Partick Thistle
3 May Celtic v Aberdeen, Inverness CT v Dundee Utd, Motherwell v St Johnstone, St Mirren v Ross County
4 May Hearts v Kilmarnock
6 May Dundee Utd v Aberdeen
7 May Hearts v Partick Thistle, Kilmarnock v St Mirren, Motherwell v Inverness CT, Ross County v Hibernian, St Johnstone v Celtic
10 May Hibernian v Kilmarnock, Partick Thistle v Ross County, St Mirren v Hearts
11 May Aberdeen v Motherwell, Celtic v Dundee Utd, Inverness CT v St Johnstone
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26857123
Real missed opportunity that.
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Post-split fixtures were announced yesterday:
18 April Inverness CT v Aberdeen
19 April Hearts v Ross County, Kilmarnock v Partick Thistle, Motherwell v Celtic, St Johnstone v Dundee Utd, St Mirren v Hibernian
25 April Partick Thistle v St Mirren
26 April Aberdeen v St Johnstone, Dundee Utd v Motherwell, Ross County v Kilmarnock
27 April Celtic v Inverness CT, Hibernian v Hearts
2 May Hibernian v Partick Thistle
3 May Celtic v Aberdeen, Inverness CT v Dundee Utd, Motherwell v St Johnstone, St Mirren v Ross County
4 May Hearts v Kilmarnock
6 May Dundee Utd v Aberdeen
7 May Hearts v Partick Thistle, Kilmarnock v St Mirren, Motherwell v Inverness CT, Ross County v Hibernian, St Johnstone v Celtic
10 May Hibernian v Kilmarnock, Partick Thistle v Ross County, St Mirren v Hearts
11 May Aberdeen v Motherwell, Celtic v Dundee Utd, Inverness CT v St Johnstone
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26857123