Quote Originally Posted by NaeMairNeeps View Post
Aye min, tho yer post is mair balanced than maist lately, even if it has taken on that infectious 'gloomius paranoiatus' virus, Ah hiv tae say, Ah dinna believe Robson is spikkin sh!te ... Ok, he might nae hae said ootright he is clueless regardin his best startin XI ... and clueless regardin fit formation will suit him or the players he has ... but.

He says the new guys hae barely had time tae introduce themsels, let alone understand their 'game' ... fact.

There are a number o' the new guys ... and some older fa are nae up tae required fitness/speed ... fact ... as we have observed and commented on .... Aye, ye could put that at the managers door ... except, there are reasons, previously stated, which the manager has/had no control over. ( fact ... if ye can be arsed researchin ... dinna blame ye if ye canna )

He says we will come good ... weel, that will only be 'fact' if and when we do .... but ... ffs ... surely, anybody watchin oor games, even when we've been gubbed, can see signs that when we 'click' we will go fkn 'BOOM! .... Ah mean, ffs ... it's less than 2 weeks since oor away game v' Hacken when the sensible majority on here were impressed (though nae cairried awa) wi' our general performance and enthused by particular individuals and elements.

We still hae that in oor locker ... and Ah dare say, much mair.

Ah can understand, given certain/many individuals' 'match fitness' and lack o' familiarity wi team-mates and our game plan that Robbo hisna sussed oot his best XI .... Ah also recognise that nae individual on this, our beloved forum, has any better ideas ... but, hey ... we can comment ... and sometimes we're proved right, and other times proved wrang ...

We have that luxury ... fit we say or rant aboot has nae consequence.

For me, Robbo took us fae relegation fear tae third, which has earned us Euro group games. Ah'm nae aboot tae be a bampot an' say he winna earn himsel the sack if things dinna turn roon ... but Ah'd gie him till the end o' the Euros oot o' fairness ... in spite o' results in between .... but, then, that's because Ah believe we've amassed a damn good squad, stuffed wi' quality players jist needin a wee bit mair time tae adjust than we might be comfy witnessin'
Fair paly neeps min, spikin a lot of sense there.
As I said my punts are still dry, but we need to start showing what we are capable of on a regular basis. Ok the final score line against timothy at hame 2nd game of the league reads 1-3 but I was fair impressed with the approach of the team that day as we stood at them and went toe to toe and with bit more composure and nae that howler from Devlin we could have and probably would have came out of that with at least one point if not all three. The turn around against Hacken and the come back was impressive, and we were unlucky not to win the tie on the night.
We were fkn lucky against St Midden and coming away from that with a point was daylight fkn robbery think we all agree on that one.
Stirling Albion in the cup we won and are still in the cup enough said about that.
Yesterday was on a par with the St Midden game probably a worse performance at times if that is even possible and yesterday we ended up getting exactly what we deserved and that was SFA.
There are plenty positive signs there for sure but Barry needs to stop sounding like Jim fkn Cantwin in his post match interviews (withoot the accent)
I do honestly think we will be fine, but to go into the first international break of the season joint bottom of the league is nae the start we all thought of.
Duk needs to be dropped for a few game as he is utter mince right now and seriously sometimes looks as if he is nae even interested, has he had his head turned by supposed interest in him ??
Clarkson needs to be played further forward and in my humble opinion we need to persevere with Polvara as I think he just might go on to prove a lot of his doubters wrong.
You are right, Robson took us from being relegation fodder to europe and subsequently the group stages allbeit at a lower level than we had a shot at, so he does deserve to see that through.
I am nae a lover of sacking managers willie nilly and I hope we stick by Barry.
I have never ever wanted any Aberdeen manager to fail, and that goes for Glass and Cantwin as well, I never wanted them appointed in the first place, but when they were I never wanted them to fail.
I dont think Barry will fail, as you say he needs time and so does the 13 new arrivals.
But the big serbian unit Ruby looks as if he is already beyond help, Serbian version of Anthony Stewart by the looks of things.
anyway onwards and upwards and here's to better times ahead for us all.

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