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Aberdeen v Motherwell 29/03/2025


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2 minutes ago, mfc said:

Defensively we're a shambles and until the manager has the time to make the necessary changes and get some new faces in were not going to make any steps forward,I'll be glad when this season is done and we can part ways with several players that aren't good enough.

It's the good players we part ways with.  

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Every international break without fail its like they just switch off goes in one ear and out the other time and time again its the same old story.If i didnt know we had changed manager thats a Kettlewell on one of his bad runs performance a carbon copy same players making the same mistakes and effort.

Just need to squeek over the line and Wimmer can gent some players in that will do the job he wants them to do properly.

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2 minutes ago, wellup83 said:

Agreed. Balcome holds zero. Parries everything.

He's done not bad at points and maybe he couldn't have saved it but that second goal for them - we cleared it and two seconds later - back of the net. 

Just a Ps. That's the first time I've ever been at Pittodrie - horrible wee shed and their fans 🤣🤣🤣

They were gesturing to our support - and at one point I thought they were going to start fighting each other 

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1 hour ago, MJC said:

The squad is full of mediocre/poor players so it’s no surprise. 
 

As you say that’s clearly not Wimmers fault but he’s inherited a shite squad and he’s got a big challenge to try and get a tune out of it.

Been saying it for months that squad is garbage.  How can we have so many players who couldn't trap a bag of cement or pass the ball 10 feet to one of their own players under no pressure. Wimmer has inherited some amount of shite. He has a big rebuild, if we don't get dragged into the mix at the bottom. Based on the last two games that is still a possibility. Dundee beating Ranger 2-0 right now isn't a help. Who is rescuing Kilmarnock next week?

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1 hour ago, wellfan said:

New manager, same issues. Aberdeen have completely bossed us. We can’t defend and we can barely string an attack together. The intensity of the press is also non-existent. I’ve said before that the damage done by Kettlewell will take Wimmer at least 18 months to rectify. 

Thats pretty much it for me. I didn't quite get all the hype about today's game but a £10 entrance was, for many, a huge attraction and a chance to visit Pittodrie.  All today's results went the way I thought they would, and its a game less for St Johnstone to catch up. If Dundee get beaten later, then I'll be happy. We were never going to make top 6 and it we can retain 8th spot before the split I'll be delighted; it'll be tough though. 

Our line up was limited with only Armstrong being a striker and not a goalscorer at that. Manwhanise, of course wouldn't be fully recovered from his travels.  

Michael Wimmer will need time to rectify Kettlewell's personnel mistakes as you say, and today's game turned out, in the end, to be an excellent opportunity to assess our weaknesses. Today will be an invaluable lesson for him in his quest to bring in new faces in the summer. Surely defdnce must be a priority? Short term pain long term gain as the saying goes. For me, finishing 10th this season will be job done. Anything better than that is a bonus.

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5 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:

Great result from Dundee. That maintains our cushion over the bottom two. It also takes pressure off us needing to take anything from the Kilmarnock game, although a point would be most welcome. 

Absolutely. Particularly as they looked like they were going to win at one point 

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2 hours ago, Kmcalpin said:

Great result from Dundee. That maintains our cushion over the bottom two. It also takes pressure off us needing to take anything from the Kilmarnock game, although a point would be most welcome. 

We should be putting pressure on ourselves to beat Killie. Even if we don’t make top 6 the more points we get the better. 
St Mirren away at Dundee and Hearts v Utd. A win could see us back in top 6, possibly only needing a draw versus Hearts in the last game, to stay there. 

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We should be, but I doubt if we will. Kilmarnock will have taken heart from watching how St Mirren and now Aberdeen physically bullied us. Killie are a hard physical side whereas we have a soft centre. I can't see us taking any/many more points before the split but even at that  I think we'll  be able to hold onto 8th place. I'm not overly fussed who finishes 11th and 12th so long as its not us. 

MW publicly aired a few home truths after today's game. We'll see how the players react to that next week. 

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7 days ago we had a discussion on a forum with many considering SOD a fine signing for another year which I do not agree with.

I stated that SOD is part of an overall issue of a whole complete defensive restructure. Simply put we should be reshaping our whole back line come the 24-25 season. We need an overhaul and again I'd love to say goodbye to nearly all of our defence. 5 at the back and Nisbet scores ,open the seas of our defence with a simple header.

These ongoing contracts only hinders us solving a much bigger picture.

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36 minutes ago, wunderwell said:

I stated that SOD is part of an overall issue of a whole complete defensive restructure. Simply put we should be reshaping our whole back line come the 24-25 season. We need an overhaul and again I'd love to say goodbye to nearly all of our defence. 5 at the back and Nisbet scores ,open the seas of our defence with a simple header.

These ongoing contracts only hinders us solving a much bigger picture.

I won't argue with that. Our defence needs a virtually complete overhaul; our goals against tally makes that crystal clear. That said, we also need to stiffen the defensive midfield - Jordan McGhee maybe?

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