David Bates

[RED_JOHN]

I feel for Norman that he wasn’t considered for a Scotland call up after all those injuries to squad players. 

[Chewie37]

On 11/7/2021 at 1:25 AM, Dons79 said:

Fuck off back to Hamburg you ginger headed wank. Fucking charlatan

I’ve never been to Hamburg………oh

[Dons79]

21 minutes ago, Chewie37 said:

I’ve never been to Hamburg………oh

??? definately not aimed at you chewie ? that hopeless defender of ours!

[Chewie37]

4 minutes ago, Dons79 said:

??? definately not aimed at you chewie ? that hopeless defender of ours!

Hehe I think I might be a better option than him just now

[RAZOR]

Back in training anyway.

 

[RED_JOHN]

I better not say too much about David Bates as I may have put my foot in it regarding one of our other players. 
Stuff that…..David Bates like Dean Campbell could do with a good loan spell. Simply to get them playing in a less pressured surrounding where they can make their multiple mistakes but not at the expense of Aberdeen. January can’t come quickly enough. We need better reinforcements.

[Guest milne_afc]

6 minutes ago, RAZOR said:

Back in training anyway.

 

Any good news?

[aberdeen1970]

Just now, milne_afc said:

Any good news?

Ojo is suspended 

[RAZOR]

16 minutes ago, milne_afc said:

Any good news?

Ramsay is also.

Doubt they'll risk him on Sunday though.

[Tord31]

3 minutes ago, RAZOR said:

Ramsay is also.

Doubt they'll risk him on Sunday though.

No point risking him in a game we are certain to lose

[Granite95]

9 hours ago, RAZOR said:

Ramsay is also.

Doubt they'll risk him on Sunday though.

Rather we minimise his game time, at best maybe give him a half just to build up match sharpness,m rather have him fully fit for the St Mirren + Livi games

[graham]

Confirmed by Stephen Glass in press conference as back fit and available for selection on Sunday.

[Dons79]

3 hours ago, graham said:

Confirmed by Stephen Glass in press conference as back fit and available for selection on Sunday.

Fuck

[G31DON]

Does he still run like he has a hunchback?  Useless cunt.

[graham]

It has taken him a wee bit of time but thankfully David Bates is gradually coming good.Cool, calm and composed at the back tonight and even scored a goal.

[RUL]

Great performance 

[thurso]

Thought he was pretty good tonight seems to be coming onto a better game more he plays 

[fine-n-dandy]

Yeah. He was immense against a really potent Livi. Has to be said.

I am happy to hold my hands up & say I was wrong about him.

Far better than Gallagher 

[DelMonte]

7 hours ago, fine-n-dandy said:

Yeah. He was immense against a really potent Livi. Has to be said.

I am happy to hold my hands up & say I was wrong about him.

Far better than Gallagher 

Fucking raging tonight ? sad cunt 

[Zeus]

Coming onto a game. 

Scotland squad for the play offs iyam 

[RED_JOHN]

9 hours ago, fine-n-dandy said:

Yeah. He was immense against a really potent Livi. Has to be said.

I am happy to hold my hands up & say I was wrong about him.

Far better than Gallagher 

We all want Bates to do well for Aberdeen, I am sure that is not in question….it’s his general ability to perform well at this level that has been questioned. As you hint at, it was Anderson and Hamilton he was up against and in fairness he strolled it last night. Let’s see how he adapts in the coming weeks where the games are come thick and fast. It should give us an indication of his general ability.

I hadn’t realised he hadn’t played for around 5 months before we signed him so maybe that itself didn’t help him. 
He did well last night though and it probably helped after him having a good conversation with his mother back at the house.

[aberdeen1970]

5 minutes ago, RED_JOHN said:

We all want Bates to do well for Aberdeen, I am sure that is not in question….it’s his general ability to perform well at this level that has been questioned. As you hint at, it was Anderson and Hamilton he was up against and in fairness he strolled it last night. Let’s see how he adapts in the coming weeks where the games are come thick and fast. It should give us an indication of his general ability.

I hadn’t realised he hadn’t played for around 5 months before we signed him so maybe that itself didn’t help him. 
He did well last night though and it probably helped after him having a good conversation with his mother back at the house.

This team needs to go on a consistent run of good results. And that goes for all the players too. They need to start performing consistently as very few have done up to now. 

Great to get 3 points last night but it can't be followed again by another run of defeats. 

Glass must be the first Aberdeen manager to be lauded for the odd win here and there. 

 

[DelMonte]

15 minutes ago, RED_JOHN said:

We all want Bates to do well for Aberdeen, I am sure that is not in question….it’s his general ability to perform well at this level that has been questioned. As you hint at, it was Anderson and Hamilton he was up against and in fairness he strolled it last night. Let’s see how he adapts in the coming weeks where the games are come thick and fast. It should give us an indication of his general ability.

I hadn’t realised he hadn’t played for around 5 months before we signed him so maybe that itself didn’t help him. 
He did well last night though and it probably helped after him having a good conversation with his mother back at the house.

He was very good against Kyogo. 

[Durrant Dived]

16 minutes ago, DelMonte said:

He was very good against Kyogo. 

Agreed he was good at Parkhead and last night. Hopefully this is the turning point for him. 

[Stoneybloke]

He is the master.

[RED_JOHN]

He definitely gave the visitors a scare last night 

[Andy_123]

He played well last night but not sure we can read into that one performance too much. Livi were dreadful and he had very little defending to do.

He was good against Celtic though, which is a far better measure of his ability. 

Hopefully that's him turned the corner and he keeps it up.

[BonnieDon]

McCrorie and Bates have the potential to be a very good partnership at the back. Both are significantly better at distributing the ball than previous centre halves we've had in the past decade.

[Stoneybloke]

33 minutes ago, RED_JOHN said:

He definitely gave the visitors a scare last night 

Were they staying at his motel?

[aberdeen1970]

24 minutes ago, Andy_123 said:

He played well last night but not sure we can read into that one performance too much. Livi were dreadful and he had very little defending to do.

He was good against Celtic though, which is a far better measure of his ability. 

Hopefully that's him turned the corner and he keeps it up.

Showed a bit of confidence in terms of moving forward with the ball which was good to see. 

As you say the opposition weren't up to much but hopefully getting a goal as well will help his confidence. 

He's a good age and has got some decent attributes so would be great if he established himself