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Edited July 16, 201510 yr by Scotty

anyone know where to get a link to watch the game? used to use <removed site name> but that been taken down now

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congrats to anyone that predicted that line up 

 

C'mon ICT!!!

Anyone got a link they could pm me? Got 3 boys here who couldn't get both legs off work and desperate to watch it.

Goal Astra.

Ryan Esson would have saved that crap goalkeeping 

If anyone has a stream could they pm me the link please?

Not sure why Ryan has been dropped. He's not done anything wrong!

Typical, just after the BBC were bigging us up and saying how much in control we were :(

Not sure why Ryan has been dropped. He's not done anything wrong!

Aye it seems harsh unless he has a knock of some sort 

This new goalie is not inspiring me with confidence we are toiling just now 

Hopefully regroup at half time 

Considine puts the Dons in front at Rijeka...

That really is a strange selection. Putting in a new keeper is not recommended, playing Meekings at full back is a waste and Roberts sounded like the most inspiring of the newbies. Still another 45 though - Need to go to Romanian at least level.

Reckon we'll see Richie and Roberts on as late subs to make it happen...

Turning the screw a wee bit more now - we need a goal from this pressure...

0-2 Dons - Pawlett

Let off as Astra hit the post - we're pushing hard but it's leaving us exposed to a break

Dave the Rave on for Meekings and Roberts for Draper - 10 mins to go...

Here he comes - Richie is back!!!

0-3 dons. They will challenge Celtic this year

Crowd is 5543

Full time: 0-1

Disappointing but sounds like a good performance from the cobbled line-up and we're in with a shout next week.

They are no better than us shame we lost how we did I've never seen a team up here feigning injuries as much shocking and the ref bought it they were falling down with no one round them  this ties not over hopefully we can get a goal next week and see how they respond 

The Brian rice legacy has begun!

The Brian rice legacy has begun!

Ridiculous post!

Half-time that's all. I'm still optimistic and with some of that Romanian cherry boozy rocket fuel in me I'll know we can still do this. 

To be honest I thought we actually played pretty well. First 15 mins we were excellent. Their goal was certainly against the run of play. Can't decide whether it was a great free kick, or bad goalkeeping. There was certainly only one place the ball was going to go...and it did.

Second half we upped the tempo a bit. Doran was unlucky with a shot the keeper somehow managed to scoop up over the bar. And another he curled just past the post. 

When we went more direct we got them a bit rattled. To many times in the first half we were content to just pass it meaninglessly between midfield and defence. 

One thing that was very noticeable was that we were pretty toothless up front. Lopez started off ok, but faded badly. There waa to little support for him from midfield as well, and more often than not he was too isolated.

We're still in it though. We've certainly nothing to fear over there and if we can grab an early equaliser then..game on.

Astra looked neat and tidy on the ball, but were nowhere near as good a team as I was expecting. 

Not too sure who I'd pick as Motm...certainly not Tansey, the sponsors choice. Christie, or maybe Warren.

Edited July 16, 201510 yr by davieB
'kin predictive text!

One of many that I am sure are gutted not to have made it tonight. By the sounds of it we took to the european stage like a duck to water but just lacked that killer instinct. Had we had many of the departed heroes from may then we would have won a reckon but we are still in the tie. Sounded quite good and they created very little so although we have a battle one goal and the tie is back on. We may have a new way under Yogi but we are still a decent counter attacking team so we are capable especially if we keep the ball like we did. Only question if we add more players before the next week will they be eligible? 

Overall I thought we played reasonably well with the ball, however as others have said absolutely toothless upfront and very little penetration going forward. The goal came from a poor Draper challenge who had the worst game I have seen from him in a long time. However the resulting freekick was a bread and butter save for any goalkeeper, questions have to be asked as to why a rookie was thrown in at the deep end with an unsettled back four when we have such a reliable and experienced keeper in Esson, especially when he looked very shaky from the offset.

Never mind, they were not as good as I expected and definitely nothing to fear for the second leg, onwards to Guirgui!