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It's a breath o' fresh air is Donstalk, a forum which allows the word 'fuck' It's efficiently run, nae sign o' a hun, Ah'm so chuffed Ah could wank in ma sock!

An AFC limerick thread was started by Radiored (neeps as was) way back in 2019. Saw mentioned it was missed so bringing it over here. Rico has approved this Here’s the very first limerick from Radiored (the master of the gemme) which was dedicated to Cosgrove A useless big laddie called Sam Like a ham sannie devoid o' the ham But at penalty kicks, Wi a smirk 'tween eez chicks, made the keeper feel like a right bam And the final offering from Swaddon The Dons have been battered in Greece Which fair made me choke on my piece Our players are sh*te Yes, you hear me right Maist of the c*nts are nae eese

We measure all of our games by the more accurate xD (expected disappointment)

Oh look. Two points above the holders of the We Beat Barcelona Twice Yiz Ken Eh, Trophy. Fannies.

Everyone knows they've got the tidiest penguins.

Ah've rescheduled band practice the morrin So tae the Kirkgate wee aa can be goin Tae watch on teevee oor game v Leevee An' keep coont o' the goals we'll be scorin' ( the game is technically/officially today, but it's still dark an' Ah've nae slept yet, so the game is still, at this point in time, for me ... 'the morrin' )

A swarm of Dons Mad infiltrators Wi' their limericks they did inundate us Their forum was burst Its punctuation was cursed Or perhaps it's a brief hiatus

First and foremost, congrats and well done to all for absolutely shitfesting another 3 points. The new found ability to grind out wins is very welcome, but it’s obviously not sustainable long term. Second half much better and the subs had a positive impact this time so credit for that. Defence very good again today, they are becoming a pretty solid unit. Aouchiche was excellent today. Worked really hard and used the ball well. Didn’t deserve to come off at all. Credit to Shinnie for the goal, excellent work and didn’t give up on it. Good ball in fae Topi and nice header fae Devlin. Lots of the old failings still there though, especially the complete failure to be able to pass and retain the ball - honestly its just ridiculous how often and how easily we give it away. Got to be happy with another 3 points though, but we all know this team needs a lot of work on it yet…

Well, I'll give Thelin some credit. He inverted the wing backs more in the second half which meant we were not as overrun in the midfield. It allowed Aouchiche to find space to pick passes, which also brought the likes of Armstrong and Karlsson more into the game (even if the latter at times was a waste of a shirt). But again, it's individuals that have won us the game rather than what we were doing as a team. The goal is Shinnie refusing to give up on the ball, and Keskinen doing what Karlsson doesn't do and looking up to pick out a teammate. And the first half was unforgivable. A better team than Livingston have that game won by half-time.

Because we're Aberdeen FC. Everybody wants to play for us.

There was a young girl from Australia Who thought all men were a failure So she’d laid on her back And opened her crack And in backed a lorry and tailor. (c) Mr N Milanovic, 2023

A lot of the posters left Mad And went to DonsTalk, it's nae bad We've been on the site For at least a fortnight And a good time for all has been had They'll get better, I promise.

Miovski getting absolute dogs abuse all over social media fae the Orcs - again. How incredibly, unbelievably pleasing…

Raith Rovers at Pittodrie is where our defence begins. To be played the weekend of 17th January.

The bard fae Abmad,Radiored migrated from there ,cos its dead he's seen writin verses when he says he rehearses Then he Pogos himself into bed

Because he was rakin in the buckets for somethin' tae eat, Found a dead rat and he thought it a treat .... the first time .... but efter a few bucket raked rats, he thought "fuck this" ... Ah'm gaggin' for a decent hot rowie wi raspberry jam.

Thanks, I will.

Well done Swaddon you can take credit again

Cammy Sniff

Yasss min,Thelinball....

No clue what shinnie offers now. Gets burned for pace every time at the back, and doesn’t have the pace to attack. Getting caught regularly on both instances. why aren’t we subbing?

Nice of the rest of the league to hang around and wait on us to catch up, like the fat kid on the shit bike - if we win we will be back to 5 points off 3rd with a game in hand over most of the teams above us. Not that this will happen, judging by our play so far.

Yes loudly

It's Cammy Smith

Maybe even the game to yank karlsson and stick nisbet up top/at 10 with lazetic.

For me, it looks like the players have given up on the 'project'. Even if we turn this around, it has been woeful so far, fucking woeful.

Aberdeen have just tweeted saying "0-0 as we search for an opener". Really disappointing to see the club account lying to the fans, because at no point today have we done anything of the sort.

Another game where the opponent passes way better than us. Hanging on a bit.

I think I've only been to Livingston away once too; a boring 0-0, and all I remember of it was the birth of the Leon Mike song. But like @JuteI do enjoy the two shopping centres next each other. @tlg1903 I thought it was a four at the back when I first saw the line up too, but I think it might be Shinnie at LWB. Aouchiche playing deep alongside Nilsen. I think he's resting Jensen with a view to starting him on Wednesday and resting Lobban.

Interesting. We played a 4-3-3 for part of the game on Thursday, so wouldn't be surprised to see it again. However, in my opinion it needs to be 4-2-3-1. Of course, it's probably going to be a back three, with Shinnie at wing back.

I am going to need to check this out. It really is going to be interesting to see what effect he has on the club.

Sold. Make it so.

Fa's Rico

Ah - my mistake. Thought I was making a cultural faux pas by rehashing AbMad tropes!! You know, the snake mountain/Moncler/buttery type debates. That said, the lack of a limerick thread is making me a wee bit nostalgic for the completely dysfunctional site that AbMad became!

I don't think he's fixed anything from a month ago, despite the relatively positive results. Defensively I'm not sure we have really improved. I think we just have an extra man in there which means by default second balls in our own box are more likely to fall to a red shirt. Midfield - no improvement. Up front is the same. When Thelin first came in, the first thing I noticed was how well we passed the ball in little triangles. We'd play our way out of trouble. It's clearly something worked on every week in training and even now we still look confident in small pockets of space, and our touch and control is generally good. However, that's it. There's no real substance there. I don't see a game plan. I expected us to play long ball, or "long pass" the Swedes describe his play. It was supposed to be quick transitions, soak up pressure and counter. Elfsborg were comfortable without the ball, but would jockey the opposition into areas they couldn't hurt them. None of that describes how we play. It almost seems like we're getting away with things because we do have good individuals (not to be confused with having a good team). In Thelin's post match interviews he talks a good game, identifies all the things we're not good at. But I don't see any evidence of him ever fixing these issues.