Dons vs Hearts

[manc_don]

Hearts should hopefully be broken after their trip to Azerbaijan. It’s the one time I’m glad they play in Europe a few plane break downs and delays wouldn’t go amiss. Ideally they don’t get a new manager bounce either, albeit an interim one. 

interested to see if we see all three of palaversa, Nilsen and Shinnie in mid for this one. Setting us up for some of the bigger games coming up? Gueye being out for a min of 4 weeks probably makes some of the decisions easier, providing the answer isn’t Ambrose. Don’t want to make him the token boo boy but he needs to go out on loan.

home team usually wins these fixtures, but this does have the air of banana skin over it, purely because we’re on a good run. Intrigued to see how he sets us up against the biggest team he’s faced so far. 
 

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bed

bed

work

2-1 dons, McGrath and ruby 

[Reekie_Red]

This does have banana skin written all over it. But the Huns Without Busfares are gonna be absolutely knackered, and we have been playing brilliantly (albeit in patches). 

I'd sincerely love it if we absolutely rip this shower of shite into pieces

Out

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Bed 

Work

4-0, Palaversa, Nisbet, Shinnie, Clarkson. Hearts to get a red card too 

[BigAl]

I'm not buying into this Hearts will be knackered because they have a game on Thursday and have to fly back from Azerbaijan. 

I don't know how long a flight it is, but surely only around six hours isn't it 

Not sure when the plan on arriving in Aberdeen, but assume they may well fly back straight after full time, meaning they will have two full days to prepare.

Have they not bulked up their squad size for these moments ?

Sounds like a convenient excuse ready made for them

Let's do these maroon fuckers, even though twats like Tom English @ BBC will still trot out the line that we've not been tested.

A nineteen point gap with a game on hand has a nice ring to it.

4-0 to the good guys

Nisbet x 4

[BigAl]

In addition to my point above about travelling, season 2015-16, we travelled back from Almaty (virtually twice the distance) and went to Tannadice and won 1-0 on the Sunday courtesy of a Kenny McLean goal 

[wee toon red]

Gueye out for 14 weeks. Real shame for the guy after such a strong start to the season. At least we've got Clarkson to come in, although it'll be a different threat that he provides in between McGrath and Keskinen.

[OrlandoDon]

No disrespected intended to pape, but he’s been a bonus. I expected clarkson flanked by McGrath and topi with Morris and Vinny filling in wide, adding duk somewhere too. Opportunity for others to shine, including Nisbet to be the main scorer now.

Edited October 2, 2024 by OrlandoDon

[Kowalski]

Does anyone know how early you have to be outside the players entrance at the main stand to see the team arrive / get autographs etc…?

[Jute]

1 hour ago, Kowalski said:

Does anyone know how early you have to be outside the players entrance at the main stand to see the team arrive / get autographs etc…?

Usually 1.5 hours before kick off. 

[BigAl]

2 hours ago, Kowalski said:

Does anyone know how early you have to be outside the players entrance at the main stand to see the team arrive / get autographs etc…?

Stalker alert  

[RicoS321]

3 hours ago, Kowalski said:

Does anyone know how weird you have to be outside the players entrance at the main stand to see the team arrive / get autographs etc…?

Fixed 

[Panda]

Hearts are flying to Aberdeen from Azerbaijan and training at Cove Rangers' ground.

 

 

[Jute]

Would like to see us going with same team as started against Dundee as think that is our strongest line up. Don’t expect the Hunbos to be as bad as their league position suggests and can see this being a tight game. They do have good players who were being badly coached. Would have been happier if Naismith had lasted a bit longer. 
 

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Train then pub

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Pub then train back to capital

2-1 Nisbet and Clarkson

[Panda]

Game is sold out, home and away ends.

And Alan Shearer reckons we're gonna win the league. He says keeping Eoin Jess and Hans Gillhaus fit will be key.

[Reekie_Red]

12 hours ago, Panda said:

Hearts are flying to Aberdeen from Azerbaijan and training at Cove Rangers' ground.

 

 

Enough current and ex-Dons at Cove to infiltrate the lunchtime kitchen to serve them 8 day old chicken sandwiches. Mitch Megginson, Findlay Marshall, Adam Emslie, Fraser Fyvie, Paul Hartley, Derek Soutar ... let's go

[manc_don]

With the game being a sell out for both home and away supports, this absolutely has me nervous. Please don’t fuck it up!

[OrlandoDon]

I don’t really know what to expect. We were poor second half against Dundee but obviously are on a great run. At the same time, hearts results have been very poor despite a euro win. Don’t think we lose, but a draw, maybe, sneak a 2-1 maybe, plus we’ve missed quite a few chances in games, maybe we take them and it’s 3 or 4-0. 
our winning run will end, but why tomorrow. Hearts should tire and our high pressing should wear them down. And is it set up for unlucky 13 at parkhead??

3-1 us, nisbet, McGrath, shinnie

 

Edited October 6, 2024 by OrlandoDon

[Elgindon]

Also unsure of what to expect,and what that late win may have done for Hearts.Theyve been pretty rank all season otherwise,hopefully deflate them with an early goal and they resume falling apart.Gueye could have been useful in a game like this,I like his unpredictability.Not sure if Sokler or Duk comes into the reckoning for this,but surely not Ambrose.......at any stage

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Prediction 2 - 2 Nisbet,McGrath

[scotfree]

I have a horrible feeling that we are going to get beat... 

[OrlandoDon]

Yeah, hearts got a late win. But that costs energy playing that hard.

would rather see duk off the bench than Ambrose, even sokler. Could be the game all is forgiven when duk comes on and scores the winner??

 

[Jute]

 

[redordead]

Can't say it wasn't coming. A few invisible men in that team today.

[OrlandoDon]

Poor so far, probably fortunate to be tied, palaversa for clarkson please, move shinnie to 10.

[redordead]

Lacking power in there. Shinnie or Clarkson have to come off because we're winning very little in the way of second balls.

McGrath taking an extra touch every time so far.

Big half time talk this. Hearts getting the ball to dhanda far too easily.

[OrlandoDon]

Deserved, we’ve been shite so far.

[OxfordDon]

Scene set for Duk to score the 97th minute winner and complete the most unlikely of redemption arcs.