Welcome back Stephen Glass

[maryhilldon]

14 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

Without a shadow. Practise makes perfect. 

If you've been playing football for a living your entire adult life,  I would think being able to control a ball should be instinctive regardless of who's coaching you. 

[YorkDon]

30 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

I totally agree that performance in most sports is a balance between the technical and the mental, the mechanics and the mind where high confidence levels make the exercising of good technique easier.

When it comes to the first touch in particular though, I don't see that confidence should be that influential. This is a simple basic skill and footballers who have been identified as not being as strong in this need balls battered at them for long periods until they do improve. 

Fuck me I didn’t think I’d ever agree with one of your posts but...

If you get paid to play fitba you shouldn’t even need to think about your first touch, it should be there, instinctive.

 

[shooftahmooftah]

5 hours ago, Andy_123 said:

Our passing is absolutely shocking. Most of the players can’t make a basic 10 yard pass into feet. That’s schoolboy stuff.

Going to take Glass some time on the training pitch to get that sorted before his new style of play will become more evident.

Most of them were signed✍️ by the hun manager? at The Accident and Emergency department at ARI what do you expect perfection. 
 

[Parklife]

16 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

"Blah blah blah, go wash your car".

First stanza of a ditty I'm working on.

Your insult was noted. 

Got a backing track for you:

 

[YorkDon]

I think most of us agree that the “basic skills” for being a footballer are being able to control a ball and pass to a team mate? 
Obviously there are more, but if you can’t do these two, you might as well give up.

Mentality and pressure come into it too though, and that’s what separates players.

Temperament also come into it, because If it was just a case of having the skills, these guys and girls that do these keepy uppy videos would all be world beaters.

Like Willie Thorne, cried  Mr Maximum cos he knocked in 147’s for fun in practice, but couldn’t do it when under pressure.

[donswin1983]

5 hours ago, Lencarl said:

That has been my beef for months.

They are professional Football players where the passing of the ball to team mates is essential.

This should come natural to them.

They need to give up being a footballer if they are unable to do the simple things and take up another career such as plumbing.

 

It has been a problem recently and there were some howlers on Saturday. Short balls played straight out the park or behind the man making the run. I think that’s symptomatic of being nervous and low in confidence, as it was much better in the last 30 mins.

I can’t comment on the first team training sessions recently re how technical and skills based they are, but I’ve seen Tony D take sessions like that before and the players looked excellent.

most of the stuff at the academy, all through the age groups is technical, which it should be, so the boys are being taught the skills. At the youngest age groups they are being brought into the academy because they have good technical ability..
 

Having said that, I still feel there is an onus on size, speed and physicality over technical ability for those that we see ‘graduating’ through the system, which is probably not as apparent in countries like; Holland, Spain etc..

 

[Parklife]

7 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

Thanks but I was planning a prosaic piece, possibly poemic, or even limerckian.

If music was on my list, it wouldn't be that gluepot with a face we could never tire of hitting with an 8 iron that would be anywhere near it. 

??

Knew youd hate it. 

[maryhilldon]

1 hour ago, rocket_scientist said:

I would imagine these are drills every professional does every week of their lives. 

That was my point,  in response to another poster saying Glass has a lot of work to do on the training pitch. There's only so much he can do if a player struggles with basics like controlling the ball after years as a pro. 

[alscotoz]

First touch tells you a lot about a player. It can be improved, but I think it should be just about there by the time you leave primary school. But I'm going back to when all you did was play with a ball, 12 months a year. Maybe things have changed? 

[Tord31]

'We need more physicality next season'

Wow where have I heard that old chestnut

[aberdeen1970]

1 minute ago, Tord31 said:

'We need more physicality next season'

Wow where have I heard that old chestnut

We do need more aggression though. And pace. 

But that doesn't mean that we need a team of units. 

[super_al]

Media are already saying, "we told you to be careful what you wished for"

[Guest milne_afc]

Just now, Millertime said:

Ridiculously early days, but so far they are right 

A mcinnes team wouldn't have lost like that 

Except they did.

Can think of cup capitulations against Motherwell x2, Hibs and Hearts. 
St Johnstone cup semi wasn’t too dissimilar even after taking a lead. So you’re talking shite, son. 

[Big Hat Logan]

2 minutes ago, super_al said:

Media are already saying, "we told you to be careful what you wished for"

The old boys network rally round like that all the time. Predictable.

[Geoff_Tipps]

6 minutes ago, Millertime said:

Ridiculously early days, but so far they are right 

A mcinnes team wouldn't have lost like that 

Nor would a McInnes team get beat 4v1 by Ross County......oh wait.

[WesthillWanderersFC]

16 minutes ago, Millertime said:

Ridiculously early days, but so far they are right 

A mcinnes team wouldn't have lost like that 

That’s factually incorrect nonsense.

 

[True_Don]

23 minutes ago, super_al said:

Media are already saying, "we told you to be careful what you wished for"

Of course, they would love that. Aberdeen trying to be ambitious, making a change. Use it as fuel...

[Tord31]

McInnes would have continued to lose every game so he'd not have got as far as United.

However a McInnes before December 2020 didnt do losing home cup games.

[shooftahmooftah]

49 minutes ago, Millertime said:

Ridiculously early days, but so far they are right 

A mcinnes team wouldn't have lost like that 

Where have you been these last few months this is the team Mcinnes gave us and was in charge of all the miserable performances we’ve been put through and suffered.   Mcinnes is was a central belt patter merchant and con man. End of story.  Miller time.  

[NEM]

This is a McInnes team you fucking gluepot ?

 

You’re surely fishing here 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

4 minutes ago, Millertime said:

Aye?

A mcinnes team lost 3 nil at home to Dundee utd in a Scottish cup quarter final did they?

“A McInnes team wouldn’t have lost like that”.

Your words.

Motherwell in cup - two 3-0 scuddings, one in a quarter final, one in a semi final when you’re man Chidi Nwakali disgraced the shirt.

So aye, factually incorrect bollocks. 

 

[True_Don]

11 hours ago, Millertime said:

Aye, they really really care...

 

They write about it...so must be something in it?

[Durrant Dived]

11 hours ago, Millertime said:

Aye?

A mcinnes team lost 3 nil at home to Dundee utd in a Scottish cup quarter final did they?

No but a mcinnes team HAS lost 3-0 at home to dundee united, just in the league. 

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

2 minutes ago, Durrant Dived said:

No but a mcinnes team HAS lost 3-0 at home to dundee united, just in the league. 

The Jamie Langfield and Ash Taylor show

[Patty]

Seeing as Millertime is being so obtuse, has a McInnes Aberdeen team ever played Dundee United in a Scottish Cup quarter final at home?

[Zeus]

Cutting Glass any slack for that. It's a Mcinnes team stuck in the doldrums, with no pace, flair or creativity. 

Maybe could've changed it but again, it's a mcinnes team with little options. Not even convinced Ruth, Ross etc are up to it. 

Convinced we'll see a completely different team on Sunday. A lot of those arseholes won't play again. 

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

33 minutes ago, Zeus said:

Cutting Glass any slack for that. It's a Mcinnes team stuck in the doldrums, with no pace, flair or creativity. 

Maybe could've changed it but again, it's a mcinnes team with little options. Not even convinced Ruth, Ross etc are up to it. 

Convinced we'll see a completely different team on Sunday. A lot of those arseholes won't play again. 

Obviously can't be too harsh on Glass but it is a bit worrying.

Glass inherited a team in 4th who have qualified for Europe 7 seasons in a row and drew Dundee United in the cup. They've rocked up to Pittodrie and beat us 3-0 (could have been a lot more) with Calum Butcher in midfield

[Zeus]

 

Calum Butcher and Leandro Fuchs looked like Xavi and Iniesta in their prime yesterday to be fair. 

 

 

[Stoneybloke]

55 minutes ago, Zeus said:

Convinced we'll see a completely different team on Sunday. A lot of those arseholes won't play again. 

You mean he's going to throw in more of the young lads? It might not be a pretty sight. He hasn't exactly got a plethora of options.

[aberdeen1970]

Just now, Stoneybloke said:

You mean he's going to throw in more of the young lads? It might not be a pretty sight. He hasn't exactly got a plethora of options.

He doesn't have much choice I don't think. 

Taylor might come back in. Maybe Hornby but since he didn't even get on the park at 3 nil down that's doubtful. 

I'd give some more of the young lads a free hit.  I know some folk are worried about their confidence getting a knock if we get thumped but they deserve an opportunity to show if they can do better than the senior players. They can't do much worse then yesterday and you can't send a message that guys can be completely shite and stay in the team.