I'm following Football Manager rules by counting the start of the Scottish domestic season as the start of the actual season, so here we go! Aberdeen v Rangers kicks us off tomorrow.
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I'm following Football Manager rules by counting the start of the Scottish domestic season as the start of the actual season, so here we go! Aberdeen v Rangers kicks us off tomorrow.
Yassss! It's back, baby :hibees:aok::agree:
Where are we putting the 2019/20 FA Cup final and EFL Play Off final updates? Champions League and Europa League? Is Football Manager rules letting us do it here or is Diclonius going to have to start another ****ing thread for these? I’m sure he won’t mind. History will never forgive us if we don’t address this. Especially if folk don’t want to know the score cos they’re out shopping.
Shame the fa cup final will have no fans.
Morelos starting for Rangers. He's not away yet...
Odds on a red card? :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by bernz
McGeough on the bench
Can't see anything but a horseing for the Sheep today. Nothing upfront.
Imagine he gets a bad injury [emoji15]Quote:
Originally Posted by bernz
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Are we going to get carragher everytime rangers are on the telly.
I ****ing hope not, cannot bear the sound of him and it’s worse when he is talking about the Huns.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tambo
DittoQuote:
Originally Posted by Iggy Pope
Playing behind closed doors will probably help him - he gets wound up by opposition fansQuote:
Originally Posted by Sir David Gray
Surprised they have no connection with Aberdeen on their pundits
2 ex Rangers players, and a player who’s never left played in Scotland, apart from the National team
No place for Docherty in the Rangers squad today.
Atmosohere at Pittodrie better than usual...rangers strip pretty smart...
Aberdeen really defensive here. Barely strung two passes together.
Karma is a bitchQuote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
They look awful so far. I think they’ll really struggle without Cosgrive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart93
Dodged a bullet with Ojo imo
Wow Morelos has piled on the pounds !!
So far it’s all Rangers. They look very sharp all over the pitch, especially Aribo. Kent looks like he will be wound up easily again though
Thought he was looking pretty heavy tooQuote:
Originally Posted by HibbyAndy
Ojo really is a passenger at best...
Id be raging if hibs were playing like aberdeen are against Rangers. They have barely strung 2 passes together.
1-0 Rangers
Was just thinking that he reminds me on Josh Vela Mark 2Quote:
Originally Posted by SaulGoodman
Aberdeen 0 - 1 Rangers
1-0 rangers
Think var mightve ruled that out for handball against I think hagi
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Very good finish. Sheep defenders caught in a straight line.
I assume dons.net will be looking for a new defence.
This Aberdeen team without Sam Cosgrove is absolutely murder.
True.Quote:
Originally Posted by we are hibs
Bottom line is Rangers and Celtic are miles ahead of everyone one with the wages and transfer fees so not a surprise.
I’ve said for years Aberdeen are over rated and even their fans still aren’t sure about their manager.
Last season they struggled when Cosgrove was missing and Shinnie went South.
Take out McKenna and they are average.
His face has put on about two stone !Quote:
Originally Posted by HibbyAndy
How slow does the Aberdeen defence look !
I’m not even sure of McKenna to be honest, very poor so far though but it’s always the same against the old firm for them they seem to have no trouble with grinding out results against the rest but they barely compete against old firmQuote:
Originally Posted by GreenCastle
Derek McInnes has the cushiest job in world football. Big wage, has only ever won a league cup by beating ICT on penalties, third biggest wage budget and doesn’t need to do too much to keep his job.Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenCastle
Just switched it off, I'll watch the highlights if there's any more, Aberdeen are stinking, 2 carthorses at the back and zero creativity throughout the team, Rangers are a decent side but no more than that, can't see them stopping Celtic this season.
The quality difference the past few season between the old firm and the rest is frightening.
I'm sure we played like this when the huns came to easter road last season and won 0-3.
Aberdeen with Cosgrove are still murder to watch, can't believe people watch that pish every week, so void of any flair or imaginationQuote:
Originally Posted by hfc rd
A bold statement 30 minutes into the new season :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by J-C
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Originally Posted by hibee_girl
Couldn't do it last season and I seen nothing in that 25-30 mins that suggest they will this season.
It’s like Rangers TV. McCoist just banging on about The Rangers all the time.
I wonder if Lille have seen the nick of him, has he had a pre-season!🤣Quote:
Originally Posted by erin go bragh
Unsurprisingly Madden is giving the Huns everything!!
Tbf if aberdeen did anything but try hit seagulls with the ball he might say something, unlikely mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blaster
I dont mind McCoist tbh for a currant...hes much better thannlistening to Andy WalkerQuote:
Originally Posted by Blaster
Tell you what though, for Pittodrie the atmosphere is bouncing today.
Ojo has been hopeless
How can Mcgeough not get a game here
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They've also not really signed anyone since last season either, just a goalkeeper on a free transfer from Sunderland who will hardly play and a centre half from Wigan.Quote:
Originally Posted by J-C
Plus they're likely to lose their top goalscorer over the next few weeks.
:agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by Blaster
I like McCoist but my god he's blatantly bias !
Excatly, from my time watching McGeough at hibs he is a much better all around player than ojo and Ferguson combined but i never seen how he played at Sunderland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Callum_62
The sheep have been honking so far, they must be the worst team to watch.
If Sevco wanted to stop ten in a row then it needed to start in league two. Get youngsters in, build them up, get a generation of Rangers players that they could add to with experience once they got to the second tier and when in the top tier they have a squad who know each other, have lots of first team experience and go from there.
Instead they spent big wages on terrible footballers and journeymen like Daly, Sandaza, Clark, Black and more. Half of them they punted because they’re pish, the journeymen who were there for a payday never had the drive to push them forward and now they’re back in the top flight they are tens of millions away from genuinely challenging Celtic over 33-38 games, and that’s if Celtic don’t strengthen.
It could be 15 in a row tbh.
Dylan can't get a game as he's a footballer. Aberdeen are nothing more than a bunch of cloggers. Brutal to watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Callum_62
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
Aberdeen as a club are in a funny place.
New training ground but need new stadium but will it happen ? Add in the fact they move it could easily just become a soulless ground like many moves out of the city.
They have a manager who has been consistently up there but feels like he’s hit a glass ceiling.
He needs to win another cup soon I feel.
As for their players and style is boring to watch / Dylan should have come back to Hibs but money talks - sad as he played his best at us.
I was speaking to an Aberdeen fan a few weeks ago. Said he personally liked McGeouch, but in general their fans hadn’t taken to him at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tambo
Switched off after the goal,bored.
As hopeless as Aberdeen have been they will still get plenty of results over the course of the season and be in and around 3-4th.
Lewis and the defence know their roles inside out, it’s not pretty but against the majority of teams it’s very effective.
Bryson, Ferguson, Kennedy, Hayes and McGinn can all score goals from midfield and be match winners. Plenty of experience there too.
Striker is their issue if Cosgrove is out for a while, depends how good the boy they signed from Leeds is though.
First impressions of Aberdeen this season are that they're Barry White
Agree. 2 terrible decisions football wise from Dylan since leaving us....decent bank balance thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by GlesgaeHibby
I’d just like to reiterate my position that McKenna is absolutely *****.
Aberdeen must be kicking themselves that they didn’t sell him when they had the chance. I don’t think they’ll manage to now.
Very poor game.
Big strong defender that’s punts it away. Pointless.Quote:
Originally Posted by calumhibee1
Every game without fans just feels like a training match.
Celtic have f*** all to worry about if this is what Rangers look like this season.
Dreadful game, hope we are better to watch than this
That was close for aberdeen.
Maybe not as close as I thought at first view.
Aberdeen look terrible so far.
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We really should be pushing for 3rd this season. Aberdeen are brutal.
Allan McGregor not mellowed much during lockdown then
Aberdeen should have scored there... this is dire if these are supposedly second and third.
Fans watching the game from a cherry picker
He’s all about the cash.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dmas
Why would McInnes not leave 2 strikers on he’s got 25mins left it’s not worked with one striker the whole game...jesus
Good man, good to see it all in one place again :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by Diclonius
Are you going to do the same with the Hibs games? I say, yes!
Must be the first rangers game ever with no sectarian singing
He's now taking off natty Kennedy for niall McginnQuote:
Originally Posted by Dmas
Trying to Snatch a draw from set play I guess
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I wouldn't judge Aberdeen based on today, it's just their standard bottle job to Rangers.
Under McInnes I don't know why they turn up, they should just offer the 3 points before the game and save themselves the hassle of rolling over on the pitch.
Dread!:greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Callum_62
Red card for Aberdeen
Considine sent off.
Airfield surely had both feet of the ground and jumped in?
And deservedly so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir David Gray
Not even a foul or a sending off, FFS he only got one of them. :greengrin
Beautiful tackle.
Wasn't hard enough. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Sevco player should have been off for jumping in to the tackle with studs showing. Both feet off the ground and no control.
You're joking, Arfield shat it when he saw the challenge coming, brutal tackle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Falconhoof
If this is what we've been looking forward to for months it doesn't bode well for the rest of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by underscore
So he decided to jump into a challenge instead of moving his feet away, trying to avoid it? He literally jumped in with both feet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
Surely have to finish above that Aberdeen team. They are absolutely rank
It was as clear a red card as you will see all season, horrible tackle there can be no complaint.Quote:
Originally Posted by Falconhoof
It’s the first competitive game in months. Give it a chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by gorgiegreens
Let’s see how we start.Quote:
Originally Posted by hfc rd
Yup. Arfield definitely jumped in with two feet of the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by Falconhoof
If this is the judgement teams are getting after their first game in months, I really don't want to be on here if we lose.
We won’t lose 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by MWHIBBIES
That was a brutal game of 'football' anyway. Hopefully there are better games to come.
Not a single shot on target for Aberdeen
Dundee Utd 1 - 0 St Johnstone