Kilmarnock v Aberdeen

[The_Moog]

First and foremost, its 3 points, which is all that matters and full credit to all for that.

First half was ok, played some nice stuff in spells, the second half however was just not good at all.

Make no mistake, we absolutely shiithoused that one.

Unlike others, I actually dont think we defended particularly well. We rode our luck a bunch of times.

Apart from a couple of their corners that didnt beat the first man, a Killie player won every single corner that came into our box.

We struggled to clear our lines and win the header nearly every time they launched it into the box.

The amount of times our CHs get beat in a 50/50 challenge for a long ball down the middle is not good enough.

Outside the box we hardly won a second ball all night.

None of that is new, and none of that is conducive to success in this league.

Sorry to appear so negative, Im genuinely delighted we won and full credit to all for that - but we really must sort this stuff out if we are going to get anywhere as we wont win many games like that in this league.

[Jormungand]

I do agree with that , Moog. What I really mean is that the effort was there. Which is obviously a positive sign and there's no 'lost the dressing room' ****e to be polluting the online space. But just generally, in that second half, we didn't look like a team who could dominate the pitch and score a goal. We absolutely rode our luck in that one.

I don't understand how we're at the stage of fluking a win against a team like that. We could go back to the Craig Brown days and see basically the same degree of progress.

[blowupsheep]

First and foremost, its 3 points, which is all that matters and full credit to all for that.

First half was ok, played some nice stuff in spells, the second half however was just not good at all.

Make no mistake, we absolutely shiithoused that one.

Unlike others, I actually dont think we defended particularly well. We rode our luck a bunch of times.

Apart from a couple of their corners that didnt beat the first man, a Killie player won every single corner that came into our box.

We struggled to clear our lines and win the header nearly every time they launched it into the box.

The amount of times our CHs get beat in a 50/50 challenge for a long ball down the middle is not good enough.

Outside the box we hardly won a second ball all night.

None of that is new, and none of that is conducive to success in this league.

Sorry to appear so negative, Im genuinely delighted we won and full credit to all for that - but we really must sort this stuff out if we are going to get anywhere as we wont win many games like that in this league.

There is no point in anyone even attempting to say anything else as this post sums it all up perfectly Moog word for fkn word 100%
Nail on the head material that one.

[TheDeeDon]

Our first win at Killie for six years I believe.

Feels nice to have sh*thoused three points in both Paisley and Kilmarnock.

We'll worry about s*xy fitba another day.

[rico94]

The reason we are ****housing these games is because the team has been made to try to play nice football out from the back.

None of our centre backs or midfielders are suited to play against the likes of St Mirren or Kilmarnock,they are all in the team to pass the ball around like Man City but these teams will never allow you to do that.

If we are going to be able to battle these teams then a whole load of hammer throwers will be needed and a Steven Robinson type put in charge, otherwise we just need to be happy when we “fluke” the 3 points in these games.

[TheDeeDon]

The reason we are ****housing these games is because the team has been made to try to play nice football out from the back.

None of our centre backs or midfielders are suited to play against the likes of St Mirren or Kilmarnock,they are all in the team to pass the ball around like Man City but these teams will never allow you to do that.

If we are going to be able to battle these teams then a whole load of hammer throwers will be needed and a Steven Robinson type put in charge, otherwise we just need to be happy when we “fluke” the 3 points in these games.

Jimmy is possibly adapting to our game. No point trying to play fancy fitba when the other teams players just bounce our players off the ball.

It's like a Fergie Man U team. Wenger and others would bemoan that the likes of Stoke or Bolton would rough their players up to get points and it wasn't proper football. Fergie never moaned about that, as he usually had players who could play and handle the rough stuff.

I honestly think a lot of fans at a lot of clubs watch too much Sky and think fitba should be all tippy tappy shyte, at every level. Whilst you want to see good fitba, it is great to sh*thouse a win.

We have some good battlers in our team and other not so much. It's about getting the balance right and getting confidence into the players, which will come by winning games and pulling ourselves away from the bottom reaches of the league.

If we can do that, maybe the better footballers can start to prove their worth.

Motherwell and Hearts are our next league games at home. I'd quite happily sh*thouse those games too, if it means six points.

[RED_JOHN]

In reality, winning the league games is all that matters so I am pleased we went to Kilmarnock and came away with all the points. Well done Dons.
I was happy to see the young lad Lobban getting a start and he will progress from this if we keep giving the lad the opportunity to play.

[RED_JOHN]

I wonder if the appointment of Lutz is having an effect on everyone regarding the football side of the club. A real football person coming into the club around 10th November will mean only certain excuses will be accepted and tolerated for a short period of time.
I would imagine the new guy will be monitoring how we train and how we conduct ourselves through matches played.
No offence to Steven Gunn (who has now been replaced), Alan Burrows or Dave Cormack but this guy has more clout talking to the manager about football. The manager will be kept on his toes now.
I am pleased we have employed a football person at the club to oversee our football situation. Well done Dave Cormack in that regard.

[rico94]

Jimmy is possibly adapting to our game. No point trying to play fancy fitba when the other teams players just bounce our players off the ball.

It's like a Fergie Man U team. Wenger and others would bemoan that the likes of Stoke or Bolton would rough their players up to get points and it wasn't proper football. Fergie never moaned about that, as he usually had players who could play and handle the rough stuff.

I honestly think a lot of fans at a lot of clubs watch too much Sky and think fitba should be all tippy tappy shyte, at every level. Whilst you want to see good fitba, it is great to sh*thouse a win.

We have some good battlers in our team and other not so much. It's about getting the balance right and getting confidence into the players, which will come by winning games and pulling ourselves away from the bottom reaches of the league.

If we can do that, maybe the better footballers can start to prove their worth.

Motherwell and Hearts are our next league games at home. I'd quite happily sh*thouse those games too, if it means six points.

I completely agree with you dd.

If we win 1-0 and dont play that great I am happy, anything after that is a bonus. Its great if we play well and win by scoring 4 or 5 goals but to me its all about coming away with the victory no matter how it is achieved.

[OneBrianIrvine]

Our first win at Killie for six years I believe.

Feels nice to have sh*thoused three points in both Paisley and Kilmarnock.

We'll worry about s*xy fitba another day.

3 wins in 4 in the league. 3 clean sheets. Only hearts gained more points in same time
And as you say first win in donkeys at both grounds.

Do people not remember our ‘great winning run’ when he came in? A lot of that wasn't bonnie and TBH we didn’t always merit those wins. There wasn’t much complaining then.

This isn’t aimed at anyone here but in general - there’s a narrative around him now and there was absolutely a lot of so called supporters pig sick that we won that last night.

As I said last night, similar to yourself, I actually like that we ‘shithoused’ it. After Sunday I was worried he didn’t have that in him. He’s allayed my doubts a bit, hopefully Sunday was as bad as it gets. Just a bloody rotten day all round.