Aberdeen v Celtic

[The_Moog]

So, we lost then - quelle surprise.

Didn’t watch it or listen to it - what’s the point. We gave up trying in these games over 20 years ago.

What a complete waste of time these fixtures are. Don’t know why we even bother playing them. Just like AFC were yet again - pointless…

[TheDeeDon]

So, we lost then - quelle surprise.

Didn’t watch it or listen to it - what’s the point. We gave up trying in these games over 20 years ago.

What a complete waste of time these fixtures are. Don’t know why we even bother playing them. Just like AFC were yet again - pointless…

Nah min, today we reached a new low point against the tim. I've seen us pumped plenty, but never seen a display like what I did today. To be fair if we we played games for 86 minutes some would have comended him for a brave point, but nobody can defend that today.

We have players much more capable that the garbage we showed today. He cheated the fans and his own players with that performance today and he'd better wise the feck up before Tuesday.

Crowd looked pretty poor too today too and I say fair play to anyone who gave that a miss today.

[stewarty27]

Duk and Miovski were being used more or less as target men hoping that the occasional lump out of our own box would stick to them. With hardly nae **** rushing to support them, it was pointless.

A dreadful tactic, Goodwin, and predictably we got what we deserved. Just ****ing stop it.

This post says it all. If the tactic was to soak up the pressure then hit them on the break then fine if indeed you are up against a better team that keep possession well. This tactic has been used to great effect by many teams. But WTF ! Half a tactic ? cuz thats what Goodwin played. To hit them on the break you need at least two players in you opponents half ! Goodwin seemed to forget that part of the tactic. That's it folks that's our Manager a tactical genius, God help us !

[Red Zone]

This post says it all. If the tactic was to soak up the pressure then hit them on the break then fine if indeed you are up against a better team that keep possession well. This tactic has been used to great effect by many teams. But WTF ! Half a tactic ? cuz thats what Goodwin played. To hit them on the break you need at least two players in you opponents half ! Goodwin seemed to forget that part of the tactic. That's it folks that's our Manager a tactical genius, God help us !

Exactly. Also why start with Miovski, who has no real pace, if that was the tactic, surely you start with Hayes wide and Duk through the middle

[irnbru1903]

Exactly. Also why start with Miovski, who has no real pace, if that was the tactic, surely you start with Hayes wide and Duk through the middle

Simple. Because he didn't want the gap to come down to six points. Why else would you instruct your team not to try to score?

[rico94]

I found it quite amusing so many people actually thought we had a chance of winning today

We hardly ever play well against Celtic,it’s why we have only beaten them about 10 times in the last 25 years.

We would honestly be better off just forfeiting games against Celtic and give them the 3 points.It would save all of us the time and bother.

[LongDistanceRed]

Exactly. Also why start with Miovski, who has no real pace, if that was the tactic, surely you start with Hayes wide and Duk through the middle

I have already said it on here countless times

You don't play Miovski in these games because he can't press and is useless as target striker - he's a tap in merchant who will score plenty of goals against weaker SPL teams but in these games against superior opposition you need XI runners

I hate the whole concept of a back 5, Goodwin spent the clubs money in the summer with a 4-3-3 in mind signing wingers and agile full backs and he's switched to a back 5 for an extra defender because the players he signed were too small and mentally weak in away games - we have a serious lack of height and strength in that team

I think i would rather play a back 4 with McCrorie as a ball winning anchor in front and 2 wingers as it least it stops the opposiiton full backs from spending the entire 90 minutes in our half as Celtics full backs did today - they had the freedom of the world

But i think the back 5 is set in stone for the rest of the season because it has led to a few good home results, its still useless in away games

[irnbru1903]

I found it quite amusing so many people actually thought we had a chance of winning today

We hardly ever play well against Celtic,it’s why we have only beaten them about 10 times in the last 25 years.

We would honestly be better off just forfeiting games against Celtic and give them the 3 points.It would save all of us the time and bother.

Not disagreeing with most of your post which is evidently true but I don't get the vibe that many thought we might win, just that we as in the manager and players threw in the towel seemingly before the first ball was kicked. It comes across as more respectable because they were not at the races shooting wise and not because of Jim's don't try tactics resulting in only a one nil loss.

[Shetland Don]

I heard a “fan” saying to his friend on the walk back from the game that “we’d have taken a one nil beating if we were offered it at the start”. That mentality says it all. As Jim clearly wanted to “park the bus”, the only criticism I have of such a system is that Duk and Miovski were absolutely wasted up front. Why didn’t he have them behind the ball too!! That would have allowed our Keeper to have a pop at goal every time he got the ball.

[rico94]

There was a few people at the start of this thread predicting we would win,plenty others on various forums said the same thing for some reason.

The tactics were shocking today but even if he set us up to have a go at them we still would have lost.

We will have a new manager at some point with completely different players and the Tims will still beat us 99% of the time.

It’s a complete waste of time playing them.