Match Thread Motherwell 0 - 0 Aberdeen

[fine-n-dandy]

Hopefully Lang tests positive for Covid19 before match?

[Guest findlay_1903]

Is this on tv?

[aberdeen1970]

Jesus. Another war of attrition. 

Need to make sure we don't get bullied by them again. 

 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

7 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said:

Jesus. Another war of attrition. 

Need to make sure we don't get bullied by them again. 

 

Most Scottish games are.

 

[aberdeen1970]

1 minute ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

Most Scottish games are.

 

Aye but Motherwell and Kilmarnock games tend to be amongst the most brutal 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

14 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said:

Aye but Motherwell and Kilmarnock games tend to be amongst the most brutal 

McInnes loves those types of games though as it suits his style of football.

We are one of the biggest & most physical teams in the league. 

[sheepcrooky]

35 minutes ago, findlay_1903 said:

Is this on tv?

Can’t see it listed in any of the channels. Motherwell PPV it will be. 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

Running out of defenders.

Hoban, Devlin & Leigh all out. 

Two options - keep back 3 & move McCrorie back like he did today or revert to a 4-2-3-1

Think he’ll keep 3-4-2-1

                     Lewis

      McCrorie Taylor Considine

Kennedy Ferguson Campbell Hayes

            Hedges McLennan

                       Main

          

[Ten Caat]

I'd be tempted to go with Logan on the right hand side of a back 3. He's not too bad in the air for his size and he's still got a bit of pace about him. If Hoban's hammy has gone right enough then it will be nearly February by the time we see him again. We lose McCrorie to suspension on Boxing Day anyway so we may as well get the defence used to what it is likely to be for the next few weeks (and just pray that neither Consi nor Taylor suffer an injury in the interim). Campbell did well when he came on so I'd keep him in. Kennedy did nothing of note so he drops out.

                                                                                                                                                Lewis

                                                                                                                          Logan             Taylor       Considine

                                                                                                        McLennan     Ferguson    McCrorie    Campbell   Hayes

                                                                                                                                       Hedges             Main

[Tord31]

2 hours ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

Running out of defenders.

Hoban, Devlin & Leigh all out. 

Two options - keep back 3 & move McCrorie back like he did today or revert to a 4-2-3-1

Think he’ll keep 3-4-2-1

                     Lewis

      McCrorie Taylor Considine

Kennedy Ferguson Campbell Hayes

            Hedges McLennan

                       Main

          

I'd go with that team for this one. 

[super_al]

28 minutes ago, Ten Caat said:

I'd be tempted to go with Logan on the right hand side of a back 3. He's not too bad in the air for his size and he's still got a bit of pace about him. If Hoban's hammy has gone right enough then it will be nearly February by the time we see him again. We lose McCrorie to suspension on Boxing Day anyway so we may as well get the defence used to what it is likely to be for the next few weeks (and just pray that neither Consi nor Taylor suffer an injury in the interim). Campbell did well when he came on so I'd keep him in. Kennedy did nothing of note so he drops out.

                                                                                                                                                Lewis

                                                                                                                          Logan             Taylor       Considine

                                                                                                        McLennan     Ferguson    McCrorie    Campbell   Hayes

                                                                                                                                       Hedges             Main

Kennedy did very well defensively today.

[Guest findlay_1903]

5 hours ago, sheepcrooky said:

Can’t see it listed in any of the channels. Motherwell PPV it will be. 

Darn the bit. 

[fine-n-dandy]

2 hours ago, Ten Caat said:

I'd be tempted to go with Logan on the right hand side of a back 3. He's not too bad in the air for his size and he's still got a bit of pace about him. If Hoban's hammy has gone right enough then it will be nearly February by the time we see him again. We lose McCrorie to suspension on Boxing Day anyway so we may as well get the defence used to what it is likely to be for the next few weeks (and just pray that neither Consi nor Taylor suffer an injury in the interim). Campbell did well when he came on so I'd keep him in. Kennedy did nothing of note so he drops out.

                                                                                                                                                Lewis

                                                                                                                          Logan             Taylor       Considine

                                                                                                        McLennan     Ferguson    McCrorie    Campbell   Hayes

                                                                                                                                       Hedges             Main

Logan/Taylor/Considine V Motherwell/Lang

 

oucha!

 

Can’t even Sub Taylor off at 3-0 down this time to ‘manage the game out’ as we have nothing to replace him

[fine-n-dandy]

Maybe we’ll discover the next McKenna from the youth team for this Well game 

[Simply Red]

Did we not sign a promising young CH fae ross coonty earlier this year?

[muttonhumper]

16 hours ago, aberdeen1970 said:

Aye but Motherwell and Kilmarnock games tend to be amongst the most brutal 

Canna believe you've left out St. Johnstone games fae that category!

3 or 4 seasons straight recently, every match against them was a distressing, eye bleeding tragedy.

 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

1 hour ago, Simply Red said:

Did we not sign a promising young CH fae ross coonty earlier this year?

No. 
Mark Gallagher (think that’s the name?)  is a central midfielder. 
 

[Dynamo]

We're certainly a bit thin on the ground. Would be interesting to see just how many players need to be injured at the back before Hernandez gets a game. Would be good to see just how shite he is. 

When does McCrorie's suspension kick in? Imagine he'll drop in to defence and Campbell will play like second half today. 

[aberdeen1970]

We need to bring a centre back in. We're one short with McKenna going anyway now we play 3.  And that was before Hoban and Devlin got injured. 

I'm not a fan of McCrorie at centre back.  

 

[aberdeen1970]

Still 3 games before the window opens as well. 

[Shinniesta]

What was Hoban's injury yesterday. Is he definitely out for Motherwell? 

[Ten Caat]

2 minutes ago, Shinniesta said:

What was Hoban's injury yesterday. Is he definitely out for Motherwell? 

Hamstring and yes

EDIT...McCrorie's suspension kicks in on Boxing Day. I'm sure Ferguson's red card the other week also saw him crash through the points threshold for a suspension.....I think his will kick in the following match v Livi

[WesthillWanderersFC]

9 minutes ago, Ten Caat said:

Hamstring and yes

EDIT...McCrorie's suspension kicks in on Boxing Day. I'm sure Ferguson's red card the other week also saw him crash through the points threshold for a suspension.....I think his will kick in the following match v Livi

And it means for the 3rd time in a row, when we play the scum in early January, we’ll be minus a load of players. 

[Guest findlay_1903]

Do we not have a youth prospect to promote? 
 

sometimes works :diamond/mckenna

sometimes doesn’t: higgins/Rutkiewicz

COYR

[aberdeen1970]

14 minutes ago, Ten Caat said:

Hamstring and yes

EDIT...McCrorie's suspension kicks in on Boxing Day. I'm sure Ferguson's red card the other week also saw him crash through the points threshold for a suspension.....I think his will kick in the following match v Livi

Leigh or even Edmondson at centre back then. 

[Ten Caat]

Just now, aberdeen1970 said:

Leigh or even Edmondson at centre back then. 

Leigh is another of our hammy victims. Won't see him till mid to late January

[aberdeen1970]

Time for young heroes then

[Durrant Dived]

6 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

And it means for the 3rd time in a row, when we play the scum in early January, we’ll be minus a load of players. 

Got time to sign replacements at least..

[aberdeen1970]

Just now, Durrant Dived said:

Got time to sign replacements at least..

Aye we need centre back and attacking reinforcements anyway so hopefully have one or two lined up to come in when the window opens. 

[Guest findlay_1903]

1 minute ago, aberdeen1970 said:

Aye we need centre back and attacking reinforcements anyway so hopefully have one or two lined up to come in when the window opens. 

Can we afford to spend MORE money on an inflated squad as it is? We aren’t getting inside Pittodrie any time soon, financially we can’t look too rosy?