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Aberdeen 0 - 2 Kilmarnock


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Injured: Reynolds, Tansey & McKenna

 

Finish off the first fixtures with a nice thumping of Kilmarnock. A few selection headaches assuming McGinn and Wright both return and DM will be keen to start Wilson. Likely a new signing in the mix too which pushes Forrester into the stand for the first time.

 

Lewis

 

Logan Devlin Hoban Shinnie

 

Gleeson Ferguson

 

Mackay-Steven May Ross

 

Wilson

 

subs: Cerny, Ball, Considine, Wright, McGinn, Cosgrove, Forrester

prediction: 2-0 GMS and Wilson

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There wasn't anything in the Killie v Hearts game until Collum put his mark on it with the red card. Neither team could string 3 passes together. Jones played up front with Boyd and was anonymous. He's more dangerous when played wide which they might do at Pittodrie if they play only 1 up top. 

 

4-0 Aberdeen.

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No chance. He's a far better midfielder than left back and this is the kind of game Considine (should) be fine in. That said, who is the midfielder creating a bit of spark out of Shinnie, Gleeson and Ferguson? 

 

We need to sign a creative midfielder.  Hopefully this is the mysterious area that McInnes is working on...

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Is that humour?

 

Shinnie, as I have said countless times, doesn't have the technical ability to play centre mid

 

He's the heart beat of the team. We are absolutely dreadful without him, see the Hibs and Celtic games he was suspended for last season.

 

He's just got into the Scotland squad based on his midfield appearances, so its clearly not humour, no. McLeish should probably seek your technical advice before naming squads though

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He's the heart beat of the team. We are absolutely dreadful without him, see the Hibs and Celtic games he was suspended for last season.

 

He's just got into the Scotland squad based on his midfield appearances, so its clearly not humour, no. McLeish should probably seek your technical advice before naming squads though

 

Ignore the weegie gype, he knows nothing about our team

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Come on

 

His passion is brilliant yes, but he gifts possession too often by running into blind alleys

 

He is not a midfielder and if we are looking to go up a level he should not be deployed there

 

He brings too many other attributes to the team. Would take a hell of a player to replace him. Would be crackin to find one but I highly doubt we'd find one that we can afford

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No chance. He's a far better midfielder than left back and this is the kind of game Considine (should) be fine in. That said, who is the midfielder creating a bit of spark out of Shinnie, Gleeson and Ferguson? 

 

If Shinnie went to LB then we could Wright or Ross in the 10 position . Far more attack minded team with Shinnie bombing down the wing

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Sorry, have I missed something here. Who is replacing McKenna? Considine Shirley? I get that with Logan he now needs a spot for Hoban (who looks scarily like Fraser Fyvie incidentally).

 

It’s also a function of the market we’re in whereby you need Gleeson to do the sitting/ circulating job and Ball/Hoban to do the adding height at set pieces thing where ideally the same player would do both.

 

Is it a fitness thing with Gleeson or does he just not have the engine for 90 minutes?

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shinnie at the moment is needed at Left back and in the middle 

 

he is a loss from the middle when playing as left back as he gives us bite, energy and determination and reads the game wellno one else really does that not all midfielders need to be technically gifted. No one would ever call Scott brown technically gifted nor would they call ryan jack a technical player, both are bloody good midfielders because they have bite determination energy and read the game bloody well. 

 

when he is positioned at left back he is not really playing left back he is asked to wander and support the midfield, a lot of the problems at the moment are actually caused when he is up the field battling in midfield - quite a lot in the first half we were caught down our left because shinnie was in midfield and considine was turning slower than milk

 

if McKenna hoban logan and devlin are all fit shinnie is in midfield

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