Match Thread Aberdeen 1 - 0 Kilmarnock

[aberdeen1970]

He looks better with Hoban alongside him.  A spell playing alongside Hoban would be good for him but I suspect he'll be off at the first acceptable offer. 

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

On 9/1/2020 at 1:16 PM, Tord31 said:

Sounds good but I don't think we'll give up on the crazy 3-4-2-1 formation yet.

 

If I remember correctly I think Brazil played that in 2002. Which makes Jonny Hayes Roberto Carlos.

[aberdeen1970]

They did indeed.  Ronaldinho and Rivaldo in the  2 behind Ronaldo. 

Some front three that. 

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

2 hours ago, aberdeen1970 said:

They did indeed.  Ronaldinho and Rivaldo in the  2 behind Ronaldo. 

Some front three that. 

No difference to Hedges, Watkins & Wright really

[afc1903mad]

6 hours ago, aberdeen1970 said:

They did indeed.  Ronaldinho and Rivaldo in the  2 behind Ronaldo. 

Some front three that. 

Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Rivaldo.

The three r's

Must've been good at school too.

 

 

 

 

Pk, I'll get my coat.

[starryfish]

2 minutes ago, V for Vendetta said:

If McKenna wants to get himself a move to a club down south he really needs to string together 5-10 v good performances and hope to catch the eye before the window shuts (when is that?)

October 5 I think 

[CityCentre]

On 9/3/2020 at 9:55 AM, aberdeen1970 said:

He looks better with Hoban alongside him.  A spell playing alongside Hoban would be good for him but I suspect he'll be off at the first acceptable offer. 

 

Yeah we need to keep the McKenna / Hoban partnership going as long as possible.

[V for Vendetta]

If McKenna wants to get himself a move to a club down south he really needs to string together 5-10 v good performances and hope to catch the eye before the window shuts (when is that?)

[WesthillWanderersFC]

30 minutes ago, V for Vendetta said:

If McKenna wants to get himself a move to a club down south he really needs to string together 5-10 v good performances and hope to catch the eye before the window shuts (when is that?)

5th Oct someone told me on here the other day 

[V for Vendetta]

3 hours ago, Millertime said:

Yep all went quiet on his transfer front 

If selected tonight (and thats not definite as I think Tierney might start left centre back) then he needs a barnstorming performance 

I think I'd pick Tierney tbh.

but anyway, McKenna needs to get his shit together if he wants any kind of move this window and even then it won't be for the big fee we hoped

[Tord31]

I'm hoping it's a three at the back with McKenna in the middle.

It gives him big game experience of playing the role which he has filled for a few recent matches for us.

Suits us if we are thinking of using that system often and its likely Consi would be left side.

[V for Vendetta]

I'm not convinced that suits the players Scotland have.

our best full backs (both left sided sadly) are both suited as attacking full backs that overlap, which I don't think always makes them good wing backs tbh
 

last time we used Robertson as a wing back he was pretty crap

[StandFree1982]

37 minutes ago, V for Vendetta said:

I think I'd pick Tierney tbh.

but anyway, McKenna needs to get his shit together if he wants any kind of move this window and even then it won't be for the big fee we hoped

McKenna has been fairly solid for quite some time now. He's no worse than he was when he broke into the side. 

[Zander1903]

looks better paying with Hoban

did he not do the same with Anderson? maybe need someone solid next to him

[StandFree1982]

1 minute ago, Zander1903 said:

looks better paying with Hoban

did he not do the same with Anderson? maybe need someone solid next to him

Was that not Zander?! 

[Zander1903]

Andersons 2nd spell, Diamond was never good

pretty sure it was Anderson & Reynolds with the later being dropped gave McKenna his chance

[afc1903mad]

2 hours ago, V for Vendetta said:

I'm not convinced that suits the players Scotland have.

our best full backs (both left sided sadly) are both suited as attacking full backs that overlap, which I don't think always makes them good wing backs tbh
 

last time we used Robertson as a wing back he was pretty crap

They both spend so much time forward, I'd play them both on the left. One left back, one left midfield, but tell them they have the freedom to swap / exchange with each other

[WesthillWanderersFC]

20 minutes ago, afc1903mad said:

They both spend so much time forward, I'd play them both on the left. One left back, one left midfield, but tell them they have the freedom to swap / exchange with each other

The difference between playing left midfield & left back is big.

Totally different game when your back is to the play a lot of the time as opposed to coming on to & facing the play 

[Ten Caat]

2 hours ago, Zander1903 said:

Andersons 2nd spell, Diamond was never good

pretty sure it was Anderson & Reynolds with the later being dropped gave McKenna his chance

Anderson retired in the summer prior to the season McKenna made his debut with us (in which he only played 2 or 3 matches IIRC)

[V for Vendetta]

53 minutes ago, afc1903mad said:

They both spend so much time forward, I'd play them both on the left. One left back, one left midfield, but tell them they have the freedom to swap / exchange with each other

That was also tried by McLeish and failed badly I think.

being an attacking full back is different to being an attacking mid/winger.

Robertson is better with an inverted winger/attacking mid in front of him, take that away and being an overlapping full back doesn't really work too well.

pick on at left full back and the other right full back / or CB.

[V for Vendetta]

32 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

The difference between playing left midfield & left back is big.

Totally different game when your back is to the play a lot of the time as opposed to coming on to & facing the play 

Yep.

if you play 2 attacking full backs on the same side it'll just be a confused mess.

[afc1903mad]

1 hour ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

The difference between playing left midfield & left back is big.

Totally different game when your back is to the play a lot of the time as opposed to coming on to & facing the play 

 

46 minutes ago, V for Vendetta said:

That was also tried by McLeish and failed badly I think.

being an attacking full back is different to being an attacking mid/winger.

Robertson is better with an inverted winger/attacking mid in front of him, take that away and being an overlapping full back doesn't really work too well.

pick on at left full back and the other right full back / or CB.

Trying in one game doesn't mean its necessarily a flawed plan.

I think both could easily adapt to taking it in turns to overlap and confusing the opposition

[Guest the shepherd]

19 hours ago, Zander1903 said:

Andersons 2nd spell, Diamond was never good

pretty sure it was Anderson & Reynolds with the later being dropped gave McKenna his chance

I think it was Kari Arnason that was dropped after that debacle of a team performance at Fir Park to make way for Scott McKenna. I may be wrong though.

[far's_the_bogs?]

It was after the horrendous 3-0 Hampden defeat that McKenna came in for the league game at Fir Park.

[Ernie McCracken]

9 minutes ago, far's_the_bogs? said:

It was after the horrendous 3-0 Hampden defeat that McKenna came in for the league game at Fir Park.

Na it was 3-0 pumping at fir park. 

[far's_the_bogs?]

Sorry, got my 3-0 defeats mixed up. 

[aberdeen1970]

Aye and I think there was even a third 3-0 defeat that McKenna was actually part of. 

 

[The Cockney Don]

7 minutes ago, Ernie McCracken said:

Na it was 3-0 pumping at fir park. 

The league cup quarter-final, i was there.

Good piss up that day. that's it.

Played them again there in the league three days later, won 1-0(Consi).

[WesthillWanderersFC]

4 hours ago, the shepherd said:

I think it was Kari Arnason that was dropped after that debacle of a team performance at Fir Park to make way for Scott McKenna. I may be wrong though.

I think it was Reynolds & O’Connor if I remember right but might be wrong about O’Connor. 

[aberdeen1970]

19 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

I think it was Reynolds & O’Connor if I remember right but might be wrong about O’Connor. 

Aye it was those two that played the game in question.