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Aberdeen Match Thread
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I loved all the big time match reports v Welling and Wealdstone!3
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Terrible defensive display. Could drive an army between Hector and Ness both of whoms passing has been woeful. Kirk disappeared as usual and CBT having his usual lacklustre spell. Woeful that and could get embarrassing.1
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That was a thrashing and could’ve been worse.
They have very good players a very good structure and are well up for it. We can hardly live with them and maybe it is now damage limitation.
Reality check and all that.0 -
These guys can’t play three at the back. Wrong formation for the players selected.3
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Bit of a worry that I’m the last 2 halves we have played we have conceded 5 goals and a missed Penalty.I’ve never been convinced by Ness, would much rather Thomas was the 3rd CB. Clearly CBT isn’t a WB, so hopefully Edun hits the ground running and stays fit all season.0
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Morris would have been or should have been assigned to CBT. I'm not a fan of CBT but in fairness to him I would never expect him to track a winger, CBT only understands offence not defence.Oh Eddie Youds... said:I know 3-5-2 is the fashion nowadays but in my view it never suits us.
Much prefer 4-3-3 with our squad.
Maybe it will work when we have a left footed wing back & a left footed centre back on the pitch.
Morris (Aberdeen right winger) has torn us to bits on their right side today.0 -
Callumcafc said:
Their front two and Shinnie are definitely playing above Championship level. We’ve not helped ourselves at all but they’ve been very very good to the point where it could be 5 or 6 already…ElfsborgAddick said:
Aberdeen are championship level, no more.AndyG said:Well I think this answers the question about what comparable level the Scottish Premiership is 😂
They're not English Premier League standard though. Shinnie for example has never played in the EPL0 -
Everyone's warming up, maybe we'll see wholesale changes instead at half time?
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Morris is Aberdeen’s right wing back.Oh Eddie Youds... said:I know 3-5-2 is the fashion nowadays but in my view it never suits us.
Much prefer 4-3-3 with our squad.
Maybe it will work when we have a left footed wing back & a left footed centre back on the pitch.
Morris (Aberdeen right winger) has torn us to bits on their right side today.
They are playing the same formation as us, with a very attacking option on one side.
So just as there is space behind CBT, there is space behind Morris. Which is why the couple of times we’ve looked good, it’s come from down the left.
Unfortunately they’re better than us. And the bloke who’s meant to be holding it all together at the back in Hector has just had his worst 45 (apart from perhaps Derby away?) in a Charlton shirt.1 -
CBT has to play as he is our best threat in an attacking sense. I’m not sure league one teams will be able to expose the gaps he leaves as much as today. Hopefully anyway3
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This formation is seeing us exposed far too easily. It’s so easy for the opposition to attack down the wing when our wing backs are up field.
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eastterrace6168 said:
So your equating Aberdeen with Orient...🤔swords_alive said:Orient scouts will be watching. I'm increasingly fancying a bet on the away win next week.
Yes. All three sides will be looking to take, and apply, lessons from this game, presumably.0 -
Don't know whats happening at the back, they look like they can just walk through us every time. May looks OK, but too isolated where he is. He needs more support. Not sure what's going on with Kirk but his position looks all wrong to me. He's too far out to be a proper forward and too far in to be a winger. He's just blocking the space that CBT could be running in to. I'd rather see a traditional 442 with a proper left back, CBT on the wing and a proper battling forward closer to, and working with, May.3
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They’re playing very well, their press has been immaculate and Shinnie is at the heart of it. Duk is destined for a higher level and the number 9, while not the most clinical, is doing a very good job of pressuring our back line and forcing mistakes.killerandflash said:Callumcafc said:
Their front two and Shinnie are definitely playing above Championship level. We’ve not helped ourselves at all but they’ve been very very good to the point where it could be 5 or 6 already…ElfsborgAddick said:
Aberdeen are championship level, no more.AndyG said:Well I think this answers the question about what comparable level the Scottish Premiership is 😂
They're not English Premier League standard though. Shinnie for example has never played in the EPL
Whether they are individually above Championship standard, probably not the case. But as an attacking unit they’re playing like it.1 -
And so he should with the oceans of space he’s been allowed mate. What pi55es me off is that a professional footballer albeit a winger playing out of position is not alive to the runs Morris is making. Also I see Fraser was playing wider left after the drinks break to provide more cover that side after the damage has been done🤷♂️.Oh Eddie Youds... said:I know 3-5-2 is the fashion nowadays but in my view it never suits us.
Much prefer 4-3-3 with our squad.
Maybe it will work when we have a left footed wing back & a left footed centre back on the pitch.
Morris (Aberdeen right winger) has torn us to bits on their right side today.0 -
Has that CB 3 played together before? It's not been an ideal pre season in defence, as the likes of Hector and Jones do seem short of minutes0
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Reality check!5
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Got a text that we are being turned over. Only just checked and after 30 mins we are 3-0 down.
Wake up call to Methven & Co.1 -
Are Aberdeen any good?Is it a bit like Charlton playing Celtic or Rangers both way above and beyond the rest in Scottish Premiership?0
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It’s because nobody bought a ticket in advance and everybody has paid on the day, otherwise they would have known we we all coming to the game todaycafc4life said:1 bar open in the North lower. Queues for days. Shocking1 -
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I wouldn't say they are markedly better than Millwall, for instancesillav nitram said:Are Aberdeen any good?Is it a bit like Charlton playing Celtic or Rangers both way above and beyond the rest in Scottish Premiership?0 -
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Naivety there from Holden in the starting line up. Just look at it! Too attacking with a very thin defence. You must have a strong defence so you can build from there. Instead they're just running through us. A very poor half. Let's see what we do at HT but naivety imo from Holden.
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Can he play as the second striker then? Surely more of a goal threat than KirkAndyG said:CBT has to play as he is our best threat in an attacking sense. I’m not sure league one teams will be able to expose the gaps he leaves as much as today. Hopefully anyway1 -
Only other time is the first half against Wealdstonekillerandflash said:Has that CB 3 played together before? It's not been an ideal pre season in defence, as the likes of Hector and Jones do seem short of minutes0 -
Evidently a higher standard than us or in League One.sillav nitram said:Are Aberdeen any good?Is it a bit like Charlton playing Celtic or Rangers both way above and beyond the rest in Scottish Premiership?
They're exploiting the defensive gap behind CBT and dragging our back line all over the shop.
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The B team clearly weren’t good enough in the first half, hopefully the A team do better in the second half0
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sillav nitram said:Are Aberdeen any good?Is it a bit like Charlton playing Celtic or Rangers both way above and beyond the rest in Scottish Premiership?Not especially. Just doing the obvious - exploiting the weakness, creating chances, converting them.I'd expect a decent L1 side to do similar.0
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Aberdeen look pretty reasonable. If they were in the Championship, I'd tip them for play-offs at least. That said if they were in the Prem I'd tip them for relegation. It's all relative though, because they can only play against who's in front of them and they are making that look very easy this afternoon.2
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How much can you improve that defence though if Edun is not ready yet and Egbo is too fragile? Yes we need defensive reinforcement but we knew that alreadyRob said:Naivety there from Holden in the starting line up. Just look at it! Too attacking with a very thin defence. You must have a strong defence so you can build from there. Instead they're just running through us. A very poor half. Let's see what we do at HT but naivety imo from Holden.0
