Stephen Glass: What should we do?

[aberdeen1970]

8 minutes ago, super_al said:

I would love to know the stat of how many shots we have had against us vs goals conceded?

What difference would it make? 

If you give the opposition clear cut chances they'll stick it in the net.  The Dutch boy is a good finisher, do you expect him to miss those chances? 

Unlucky would be things like wild deflections. But we're giving them one on ones with our keeper, sometimes right in front of goal. 

And for all our superiority first half we didn't really test Kelly that much. 

[Tord31]

Glass is taking a fair time to get things sorted. He'll get the January window to see what he comes up with.

[RED_JOHN]

Glass is definitely getting the full season so we will just need to see if he can be ruthless getting rid of players in January and bringing in far better replacements.

The pressure is on.

[sooth_stander]

I think we need to accept Glass is getting the full season and will probably be well backed in the January window.

What will be will be though. 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

1 minute ago, sooth_stander said:

I think we need to accept Glass is getting the full season and will probably be well backed in the January window.

What will be will be though. 

It’ll be one step forward & two back as long as we persist with him.

He’s incapable of organising a team defensively and days like today are far too regular an occurrence.

 

[Don_Corleone]

5 minutes ago, RED_JOHN said:

Glass is definitely getting the full season so we will just need to see if he can be ruthless getting rid of players in January and bringing in far better replacements.

The pressure is on.

Yeah, the problem is most of the worst players are those that he's brought in himself or awarded contract extensions to. He should certainly send all the loanees home as they're contributing nothing. There's easily half a dozen others we could get rid of without noticing - Devlin, McGinn, McLennan, Kennedy, Gurr, JET etc - problem is we'll likely end up not being able to get rid of them, and losing the likes of Ramsay, Ferguson and Hedges who will be more of a loss. So far, of the players he's actually signed, only Brown and Ramirez have been any good - not a great hit rate! Hopefully Melton Mowbray will have a few players identified that can sort us out in January. 

[Bournemouth Gee]

I wouldn't mind the defensive frailties ( shocking today) if we were scoring plenty at the other end.

Good teams are consistent. We are not.

[Alex Ferguson]

1 week is all he has given us.  1 week.1 week does not a season make.

I wonder if Nuno fancies a quick return to the dugout.

[aberdeen1970]

1 minute ago, Bournemouth Gee said:

I wouldn't mind the defensive frailties ( shocking today) if we were scoring plenty at the other end.

Good teams are consistent. We are not.

Good teams don't complain about bad luck or poor referees. Or quote their possession statistics. 

They're too busy winning football matches. 

[fine-n-dandy]

Far too many soft cunts about nowadays. Especially at our club. Gold star/sympathy just for participating.

Glass is getting far too much excuses for being shite & having a complete shambles of a transfer window. Brown & Ramirez his only saving grace out of what? Ten signings? 
 

Fkn brutal.

 

make all the excuses you want but he is the one that is 100% to blame here & deserves zero excuses by blaming the players he has signed. They’re SHITE

 

sorry, I’ll credit him for Watkins also. Thanks McInnes for helping Glass with him ?

[DD1903]

He's clearly getting the season, but he'd better get his act together. Another poor result, with a leaky defence. 
 

dire

[DelMonte]

55 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

It’ll be one step forward & two back as long as we persist with him.

He’s incapable of organising a team defensively and days like today are far too regular an occurrence.

 

That’s drivel. Looked pretty organised against Hibs so it can be done. 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

Just now, DelMonte said:

That’s drivel. Looked pretty organised against Hibs so it can be done. 

Yes, that’s fair, you can cite Hibs… how many more can you cite?

Safe to say I’d out number you about 4 or 5 to 1. 

[elephantstone78]

3 minutes ago, DelMonte said:

That’s drivel. Looked pretty organised against Hibs so it can be done. 

What are we up to now 2/23 clean sheets?
what does that stat tell you?

[DelMonte]

2 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

Yes, that’s fair, you can cite Hibs… how many more can you cite?

Safe to say I’d out number you about 4 or 5 to 1. 

You said incapable. Hibs had fuck all against an organised defence. 

[BonnieDon]

4 minutes ago, DelMonte said:

You said incapable. Hibs had fuck all against an organised defence. 

Hibs and Hearts had a combined total of 2 shots on target against us. 

We've actually been playing well this season. It's the individual errors that are costing us. 

It only takes a couple of wins and we can catch the teams above us. Utd and Hearts will drop points.

[WesthillWanderersFC]

21 minutes ago, DelMonte said:

You said incapable. Hibs had fuck all against an organised defence. 

As the poster said, 2 clean sheets in 23 suggests he’s incapable. 

[winchester83]

Was never confident in this appointment and can only think mediocrity is going to be the standard. Looks scared and reacts to pacify the crowd We’ve got the worst manager and goalkeeper in the premiership. This is not transitional already the support is accepting shit I’ve seen it happen before.

[Redtillimdead]

How is this guy still in his position? Clueless

[Laichomoray]

9 hours ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

Yes, that’s fair, you can cite Hibs… how many more can you cite?

Safe to say I’d out number you about 4 or 5 to 1. 

How did you determine if its Glass' incapability,or poor decision making from a make shift defence?.Lets assume for arguments sake were stuck with what weve got til Jan,how many games have the current line up had to work together.How long is reasonable for them to get their act together? Tell us what you'd do to improve with what weve got to work with

[WesthillWanderersFC]

7 minutes ago, Laichomoray said:

How did you determine if its Glass' incapability,or poor decision making from a make shift defence?.Lets assume for arguments sake were stuck with what weve got til Jan,how many games have the current line up had to work together.How long is reasonable for them to get their act together? Tell us what you'd do to improve with what weve got to work with

We were a disorganised shambles with a full strength defence. 

[Laichomoray]

Ok cheers. ?

[Dons79]

19 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

We were a disorganised shambles with a full strength defence. 

Full strength?, well that’s bollocks, considine our most trusted central defender missing and our only 2 shining lights left and right back injured,a think our defence is simply awful but certainly not full strength. 
@Laichomoray it’s glass job to get the best out his team not us?, was glass that brought in bates and Gallagher!, utter shite the two have been.a full round of fixtures has been played, 1/3 of a season, does this coaching, team and results stack up to someone doing well?, mind folk wanted McInnes gone (no wonder)and he was top half.every year,  because of the product on the pitch, aye watching our defence run about clueless is smashing ain’t it?.how many clean sheets has glass managed?,

guys a shit manager without the experience needed to take us further, top 100 club my arse

[winchester83]

If you had a full strength squad it would still be a disaster, what individual specific roles does Glass tell his defence to  carry out. Every time a goal is lost the players blame each other this shows disorganisation from the top.
Neal Cooper knew exactly what he had to do in Fergies set up and if he made a mistake he expected a rocket.. Same with McInnes players knew there role and mostly followed instructions. This defence hasn’t a clue what it’s doing, badly coached uninspiring management and on field confusion.

 

[Dons79]

22 minutes ago, winchester83 said:

If you had a full strength squad it would still be a disaster, what individual specific roles does Glass tell his defence to  carry out. Every time a goal is lost the players blame each other this shows disorganisation from the top.
Neal Cooper knew exactly what he had to do in Fergies set up and if he made a mistake he expected a rocket.. Same with McInnes players knew there role and mostly followed instructions. This defence hasn’t a clue what it’s doing, badly coached uninspiring management and on field confusion.

 

Spot on

[WesthillWanderersFC]

58 minutes ago, Dons79 said:

Full strength?, well that’s bollocks, considine our most trusted central defender missing and our only 2 shining lights left and right back injured,a think our defence is simply awful but certainly not full strength. 
@Laichomoray it’s glass job to get the best out his team not us?, was glass that brought in bates and Gallagher!, utter shite the two have been.a full round of fixtures has been played, 1/3 of a season, does this coaching, team and results stack up to someone doing well?, mind folk wanted McInnes gone (no wonder)and he was top half.every year,  because of the product on the pitch, aye watching our defence run about clueless is smashing ain’t it?.how many clean sheets has glass managed?,

guys a shit manager without the experience needed to take us further, top 100 club my arse

See before you type all that crap, try reading my post.

We WERE a shambles with a full strength defence… past tense. As in, earlier in the season.

 

[RED_JOHN]

I have completed written off this season. Glass is supposedly learning as Aberdeen manager and the players are learning to adjust to how Glass wants them to play. We are going to just try and make the top six this season, Cormack has taken the pressure right off Glass as he knew he was being swallowed up. When we get to the January transfer window a few reinforcements will be brought in and a few punted out. McGinn, JET and Hayes will free up a few dollars so we can delve into the American market again. I wouldn’t be surprised if one of them head to Atlanta in a swap deal. 

[Sydney_Red]

1 hour ago, winchester83 said:

If you had a full strength squad it would still be a disaster, what individual specific roles does Glass tell his defence to  carry out. Every time a goal is lost the players blame each other this shows disorganisation from the top.
Neal Cooper knew exactly what he had to do in Fergies set up and if he made a mistake he expected a rocket.. Same with McInnes players knew there role and mostly followed instructions. This defence hasn’t a clue what it’s doing, badly coached uninspiring management and on field confusion.

 

Can’t help but agree with all of this. As shite as some of our defenders are, I’m seriously questioning how much of that is down to Glass making his team look awful. I had my hands over my eyes well before both goals went in. You could see gaping holes in our defence well in advance. Defenders looking at each other clueless after each goal. Glass will say momentary lapse of concentration. Bollox - I say no idea what they’re supposed to do in the first place.

[BIG FAN]

4 minutes ago, Sydney_Red said:

Can’t help but agree with all of this. As shite as some of our defenders are, I’m seriously questioning how much of that is down to Glass making his team look awful. I had my hands over my eyes well before both goals went in. You could see gaping holes in our defence well in advance. Defenders looking at each other clueless after each goal. Glass will say momentary lapse of concentration. Bollox - I say no idea what they’re supposed to do in the first place.

How the feck can you blame the manager for individual errors ie a goal keeper who can’t make a decision or a save at fir park two shoots two goals the same today ,he shoots and he scores especially against AFC never a truer word spoken .

 

[sooth_stander]

18 minutes ago, BIG FAN said:

How the feck can you blame the manager for individual errors ie a goal keeper who can’t make a decision or a save at fir park two shoots two goals the same today ,he shoots and he scores especially against AFC never a truer word spoken .

 

Who do you think sets the team up? Who coaches them within the structure of his preferred way of playing? Who signed them in the first place, or has re-educated them to be defenders?