Row S

Never mind the guy in 65, what about the Dons fan in 66 at our end of the ground!!!

I thought we were going to kick on today after scoring the first goal. However, the comments above on the inept defensive display cover everthing I was going to say. Play like that on Wednesday at Septic Park and they will get absolutely hammered. Even when McCann and Gillet eventually come back I still fear we will not good be enough at the back to survive.

Any news yet on when the postponed game from 2 January is to be played? I bought extra tickets for this one for student son and friends. I'd like to know when it is but odds are it will be a midweek game during term time and no chance of a refund if they can't make it.

What is the deal with Barrowman? Is he injured? If not get him in the squad at least. He surely can't do any worse than those playing up front for most of this season.

Esson Tokely - Munro - Golabek Imrie - Cox - McBain - Shinnie Odhiambo - Barrowman - Foran Subs: Allison, Proctor, Hayes, Rooney, Ross

Forgive me if I'm being thick or missed something in another thread, but there were two cameras opposite the Main Stand filming the game on Saturday. What was that all about and who were they filming for?

I never thought I'd have to resort to saying this about an ICT team but they can't pass, are too slow on the ball, panic in defence and can't create space or chances for our stand in strikers. Foran and Imrie are first and foremost midfielders. All in all p**h poor in my book, right through the team. Gotta change soon or we'll be confined to the 1st Div, or worse. Think I'd have more fun shopping with the wife than watching that again.

Well done lads. Maybe you have to play all your games away. I still think the squad needs changed for Saturday though.

Thought that after Saturday Butcher would have freshened up the squad. Instead he's kept the lot and switched Imrie for Sanchez and Proctor for Eagle. You gotta feel sorry for Barrowman, Shinnie and Ross.

Big mistake today not having a refreshments kiosk open on the west side of the North Stand. Meant that some folk had to queue for over half an hour. Not that they missed much of an awful match but not much fun for those who had to stand for so long.

Well done Donald (Caley D), but unfortunately the sound system wasn't quite in tune with our hearing in the North Stand. It was too sharp for our eardrums. BTW, was that shirt you were wearing not a teepee at Belladrum last weekend?

Tactical mistake bringing on Duncan at RB. Should have gone 3 at the back and kept the numbers up in midfield. We played into Falkirk's hands by not pushing men out wide in the second half so they put on a tricky winger to exploit Duncan. Imrie also posted missing for most of match, just like the midfield for most of the season. Imrie should have been hooked for Odhiambo at half time cos he wasn't bothering their defence at all.

I agree with most of what you say IHE, but a bad day at the office for Munro? Fraid not in my opinion. He's been pretty gash poor most of the season. His defensive clearances with the boot are shocking. He panics to thrash the ball anywhere when there is no one near him. His regular sclaffs are worse than Bobby Mann's. He can't organise the defence - Pavels has been doing that for him since he came in. He often gets on the wrong side of a defender for headers and he got roasted for pace a couple of times yesterday. Time to drop him and get him to practice how to kick a ball.

He's a class act who never seems to get flustered. He reads the game well and makes timely good clearances. The same can't be said for Grant Munro though.

The downward spiral continues and can still get worse. We go from 7 league defeats in a row to 10, with Hearts, Celtic and Dundee United to come next.

Is this not getting back closer to the Huns top again? Still looks like you can shoot peas through it as well.

We already got one player (manager) from the Dons this season and look where that got us.

Does anyone know why some ST holders were sent letters about this offer and not others? I only found out third hand that some other ST holders had been sent a letter last week, but not us. I had to come on line to this site to find out more. Never mind it's only Gretna and there's still the chance that they won't fulfil the fixture.

Maguire should have been taken off after their third goal. He was shocking yesterday - Aberdeen's 13th man, after the ref. Mind you the whole defence was culpable. Proctor standing off Aluko for the first instead of getting stuck in started the rot. Grant Munro still doesn't know how to put in clearance kicks or pass the ball out of defence. He just panics an hoofs it anywhere, usually to an opponent. Hastings wasn't much better. I agree with others that we need a more commanding figure at the back. Shouldn't we be looking at folk like Chris Innes (just sacked by Gretna) or bringing the Terminator back? Imrie can't beat a man or cross the ball. His corners were shocking and as for the free kick on the edge of the box into the wall which set up another Aberdeen attack. We didn't even realise that Russell Duncan wasn't on the pitch in the second half until we heard it on the radio on the way home. Bringing on Paataleinen instead of Denzil also beggared belief. The only bright spots were Rossco and Cowie in midfield and Marius up front. I also heard that Blackie was less than enthusiastic about watching the game. Then where was Graham Bayne? All in all the current situation gives no confidence of winning another game this season. On this form we will be odds on candidates for relegation next season.

Wouldn't blame folks if apathy also set in for our remaining home and away attendances given the last few dire preformances from the team. Look how many streamed out of the ground when Falkirk scored yesterday.

Other clubs have been blooding young players all season and Falkirk's winner was scored by one yesterday. So CB if you are to prove your worth for the remainder of this dire season, don't let these young lads warm the bench any longer and get them on the park. Vigurs, Kerr, Gilliespie and Duff should be tried out and as said on another post let's get Zander and Gary Wood signed up and back for next season. Players like Tokely, Munro, Duncan, McBain, Cowie and Niculae just haven't performed since the start of the year and one or two of them should be shown the door.

A top 6 finish is going to slip away if we lose the next 2 games, but one thing is for sure, we won't be relegated. So get Dennis back in if he signs on and time to start blooding the youngsters. They are getting plenty experience against first team squad players from other clubs in reserve games. So why not pitch them in and get Zander Sutherland and Gary Wood back from their loans? We need something different to turn around 5 or 10 minute blunders into wins.

Is the TCS not the only ground in the SPL where away fans get to sit in the stands allocated to home fans? As far as I'm aware it is not allowed at Pittodrie, Celtic Park, Tannadice, Ibrox, Easter Road or Tynecastle. Is it perhaps the case that it is more obvious at the TCS because the demand from OF fans by far outstrips the capacity of the away section? Apart from the three Huns thrown out of the west stand after the goal, police and stewards failed to take heed of complaints from home fans. It also did not help yesterday that before the game many home fans were openly selling wads of home tickets to Rangers fans. Unless the club stamp the whole nonsense out now we will continue to see a tirade of postings on this website for as long as us and the OF remain in the SPL. Finally, as for other wrong doings, was any action taken against the Sash singing bigots in the away end? Perhaps it is the case that evidence was being gathered during the game, at least I would like to think so. The singing was clearly audible to all in the ground and it is also within the power of a certain Mr Murray to sort it out, given his much publicised stance on the matter.

Formation and tactics wrong again today, just as they were at Fester Road last week. Brewster had a chance to change it at half time but unlike most of us in the stands he failed to see it. Our passing was also pretty woeful again with Munro, Hastings and Black being the worst culprits. Time for Grantie to throw the Bobby Mann Manual of Long Passing and Big Defensive Clearances (hoofs anywhere up the park) in the bin.

Yes and what was the point of the extra policing if they were not going to deal with Huns in the home end? Worse than that, what about the several renditions of "The Sash" which must have been clearly audible on Setanta? Scumbags the lot of them! Despite official complaints about this in the past still we see no visible evidence of the authorities or our club dealing with it. Makes me so feckin angry!!!!!! Now if we were to go to Ibronx or Darkheid and start singing anti-Protestant or anti-Catholic songs it would be a different story. One rule for down there and a different one for the TCS. In the absence of proper action the OF fans will continue to think the authorities up here are just a push over.