Reserves

[Alex MacLeod]

were beaten 2-0 today at Killie.

Team was:

Fraser

Scott-Woodhouse, Duff, Finnis, Byrne

Odhiambo, Kerr, McBain, Vigurs

Wood, Rooney

subs: Allison, Welsh, Leslie and S. Sutherland

[DanielMacBean]

a strong side Id say!

gee whizz

[caleyrule]

a strong side Id say!

gee whizz

Thats what i thought rather worrying that they lost 2-0

[Kingsmills]

Good to see Byrne and Kerr get a game under their belts.

[Wilsononourwing]

..most are probably lacking competitive games, so probably wouldnt look to much into it. Definitely not many 1st team match minutes between them.

[Guest Muir-Jaggie]

is Odhiambo no a striker???

[AJS]

is Odhiambo no a striker???

He can play right wing as well and given the pace he allegdly has thats no bad thing.

Good to see Kerr and Byrne get some much needed playing time. If anywhere near fit enough i would love to see them involved in some capacity on Saturday.

[DALNEIGHCALEY]

I dont think Byrne is good enough to get a start .

[Alex MacLeod]

I once thought that about Dods and Rankin

[DALNEIGHCALEY]

Granted Alex , but I've seen Byrne many times in the flesh and he's gash , ask any Aberdeen fan what they think of him .

[Kingsmills]

I know and work with a lot of Aberdeen fans. Very few have anything positive to say about Byrne's time at Pittodrie but that Doesn't mean thaty we shouldn't give him a chance to redeem himself at ICT. Many others have done so before him..

[CaleyD]

When you consider that only Woodhouse and Finnis would not be considered first team starters/squad players at this point in time and that none of those who started on Sunday started in this game then it's encouraging to see that we perhaps have more strength in depth than some might have realised.

With regards the result....it all depends on Butchers attitude to reserve games. Some Managers set out with "winning" as the main priority whilst others view it as nothing more than a training exercise with the result being of secondary concern.

It's also good to hear that Butcher was in the dug-out as this was seldom the case with Brewster who seemed to spend most of his time wandering around the stadium at TCS and not taking in the whole game and giving very little direct instruction. Whether this is a product of Butcher's need to get to know players or whether it's his way of doing things I don't know, but I hope it stays like that as there's no better opportunity week to week for getting to try things and for the manager to get feedback from that.

[Morgan Spice]

According to this brief report in the P&J it looks like we played okay but lacked the goals again.

http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1061634

As mentioned before though there are a lot of players that haven't played for a while.

As long as we beat their first team on Saturday I will be happy.

[IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER]

When you consider that only Woodhouse and Finnis would not be considered first team starters/squad players at this point in time and that none of those who started on Sunday started in this game then it's encouraging to see that we perhaps have more strength in depth than some might have realised.

With regards the result....it all depends on Butchers attitude to reserve games. Some Managers set out with "winning" as the main priority whilst others view it as nothing more than a training exercise with the result being of secondary concern.

It's also good to hear that Butcher was in the dug-out as this was seldom the case with Brewster who seemed to spend most of his time wandering around the stadium at TCS and not taking in the whole game and giving very little direct instruction. Whether this is a product of Butcher's need to get to know players or whether it's his way of doing things I don't know, but I hope it stays like that as there's no better opportunity week to week for getting to try things and for the manager to get feedback from that.

Butcher is on borrowed time already and I am sure that he will be spending the next few weeks running his eye over the entire squad - training isnt always the best place to do that - matches are and I would be hoping that the squad at the moment are doing their uptmost to impress Butcher as it is either their lifeline or opportunity to challenge. The lack of goals is worrying but at least Butch will now have learned that you cant play Rooney and Wood together.

[CaleyD]

You could have saved yourself time by just saying you agreed with me

[IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER]

You could have saved yourself time by just saying you agreed with me

Well I did but some of your points needed expanding on. 8/10 though.

[Guest Mahonio]

Were there any Caithness lads playing?