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Going to be a damp squib after Saturday. 1-1 in front of a restless 11,000 (published as 16,000).

Yeah and may do relatively well.

In fairness shankland himself said he wasn’t good enough for afc and it was moving club to a lower level which ultimately saved his career.

I think Robson didn’t have the experience to cope with pressure at AFC when things invariably went wrong. He might go on to be a decent manager.

Must not be up to date. Some knowledge I’d never remember that.

None according to this and conceded 33/36 his whole career https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kelle-roos/elfmeterstatistik/spieler/123503 Craig Gordon only saved 6/68 so I guess Roos record isn’t that unusual.

Study form surely? In a pressured situation most players will go their favoured way? Be interesting if we actually did any work on penalties yesterday. Always mind mcinnes saying penalties are not a lottery and are all about trusting your technique and agree with this

I don’t think shinnie was a factor. There’s been many games we’ve won because he’s driven us on.

Just read about it. Can’t remember it at all 😂 he also saved one v st Mirren. Has roos ever saved one?

My memory is brutal, which final?

thought they both were pens, hoilett and handball, admittedly biased as fuck. we couldn’t have asked much more of players and that’s why we need better players in the summer. That Celtic side was beatable and we couldn’t do it giving it everything we had. if our plan is to sell Miovski to fund it then there will be a huge drop off in quality in our team. He’s without a doubt the best forward we’ve had in 30 odd years. Unbelievable. another Hampden day we will look back on as a real missed opportunity. Phillips penalty was an abomination. No belief. Fuck. So close

For the same reason Barry Robson didn’t ultimately work?

but if you adopted a policy of 3/4 you actually never know what could happen, exposure to higher standard at younger ages may push development? If the youth coach was told at any point your left back, for example, may be called up it would surely create a better environment. At moment as you say it’s maybe one player who’s probably been identified as the best of the group 2 or more years ago who’s given the same opportunity. The counter argument is always that those released don’t go on to achieve much so likely weren’t good enough. always mind tierney broke in at Celtic because he wasn’t in u21 team and they needed an extra body at training so he was moved over. Sometimes you just need luck

This is actually a great point about youth development. We are all guilty of looking at u18 results but they shouldn’t be a barometer of success. I attended 2001 final which we won but very few of that side amounted to anything. . The noticeable aspect is when you have physical players you get results at youth level. But when these players play against men that advantage disappears and it’s why coaches prefer experienced players. I do think technically the Aberdeen youth players are significantly behind elite standard and actually it’s been on a downward trend since early 90s despite lots of work to correct this. The club has recognised the issue but invariably resorts to tried and tested measures. This is testing for height at a young age and speed tests to work out maximum sprint speed, as well as other hidden tests This is really borne out watching international youth games. The gap is huge between Scotland and other nations. We try to overcome the technical differences with pace and power but for us punters we are watching noticeably poorer players each season but who are getting more and more athletic. I think you need mixture of technique and power/pace but clubs will always favour power/pace as it’s more effective.

France did it. The academies were run by the region and you signed to “north east” for example. I think the clubs resented the lack of control. It’s ok in one club cities or regions but would be unworkable in say Glasgow