Aberdeen Friendly

[Zebedee]

It's been four years since we won our opening game. It'd be nice to end that run but I'm sure we'll be written off as relegation certs by half the people on here if we don't.

And rightly so.

 

[TSB]

Where we started with Colunga and COG, who were disinterested and ................................................. are on the pitch at the minute.

We really do have some fickle fans, give Hughton a chance, he is still trying to put a team together. If we are still poor in October then fair enough, but we played a near full strength team vs Crawley and murdered them, it really wasn't close, league 2 or not. Today we have an okay team, but mot our strongest, and as [MENTION=267]TSB[/MENTION] said Aberdeen should way ahead of us in terms of match sharpness as they are playing in the Europa cup.

Yeah agreed.
I think what today does is highlight the difference when you take Baldock, Stephens, Kayal and March out of the line-up.
The club must obviously look to address this but I don't think it's panic stations just yet.
Still bossed the game for 75 minutes by the sound of it. Just couldn't score (Poyet second season, anyone?)

 

[The Upper Library]

90: Langfield leaves to a standing ovation, with Brown on. The Aberdeen custodian has frustrated Albion with a fine display. #AFC 1 #BHAFC 0

Sounds like we were unlucky to me - calm down dear it's only a friendly [emoji7]

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Have to laugh at the same people saying IT'S ONLY A FRIENDLY, this is TWO SUMMERS now of very poor work on the transfer market in attacking positions. How can you continue to defend these lot when they clearly aren't good enough, we need some creative and attacking edge ASAP otherwise we will struggle again this year no matter who's at the back. An attack v defence exercise isn't what we should be doing.

But then we played well at Crawley and created loads of chances or are we disregarding it because it was a friendly?

We desperately need a winger maybe two and a creative midfielder and you would hope they would be signed by now, but I certainly don't hold Hughton responsible for our inability to get deals over the line.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Yeah agreed.
I think what today does is highlight the difference when you take Baldock, Stephens, Kayal and March out of the line-up.
The club must obviously look to address this but I don't think it's panic stations just yet.
Still bossed the game for 75 minutes by the sound of it. Just couldn't score (Poyet second season, anyone?)

Nail and head, exactly, no strength in depth and the recruitment department need to pull their finger out.

 

[albionite]

90: Langfield leaves to a standing ovation, with Brown on. The Aberdeen custodian has frustrated Albion with a fine display. #AFC 1 #BHAFC 0

Sounds like we were unlucky to me - calm down dear it's only a friendly [emoji7]

Does sound abit like last season, having 10-30 shots them only 1-2 and scoring. Still early days few players missing with more to be added.

 

[RexCathedra]

Wow. Just wow. It's pre season. Talk about wetting your pants mate.

A new manager, and 442 -- everything sorted.

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[El Turi]

It's been four years since we won our opening game. It'd be nice to end that run but I'm sure we'll be written off as relegation certs by half the people on here if we don't.

Our current squad is not good enough to stay up. I'm sure the lack of numbers and quality in the attacking midfield and wide positions will be addressed but once again, the club are leaving it very late to do this.

 

[TSB]

Our current squad is not good enough to stay up. I'm sure the lack of numbers and quality in the attacking midfield and wide positions will be addressed but once again, the club are leaving it very late to do this.

I suspect that it's already good enough to stay up...just. Rotherham, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Reading and Cardiff will likely be terrible and Hull could go through the division.
But a few signings could see a decent mid-table finish and I think most fans would settle for that after last year.
Fingers crossed we know what we're doing.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

It's been a month since we made our last first team signing, the club have taken to signing some crocked teenagers from noddy leagues rather than fill the glaring holes in our first team squad

Sort it out and bin the dullard Hughton whilst you are at it.

 

[Bra]

Accepting that it was a friendly and Aberdeen have played 4 competitive matches to date the problem last season was evident and the club have failed, so far, to remedy that. I have to admit to surprise that the team have not managed to add creativity and no matter how you dress it up last weeks signings, which may end up being excellent, are not the answer to the issue as it stands. If we are truly going to allow ourselves to begin the season relying on the inconsistent KLL and injury prone March as our wide players, no additions to the attacking midfield area and 75% of the strike force that failed so badly last season then I believe people have a right to be concerned. I know I am , but it is nothing a couple of signings wont resolve and I mean first team now signings rather then the club statements that they are confident that all will be well. We have heard that way to much.

 

[nwgull]

Yeah agreed.
I think what today does is highlight the difference when you take Baldock, Stephens, Kayal and March out of the line-up.
The club must obviously look to address this but I don't think it's panic stations just yet.
Still bossed the game for 75 minutes by the sound of it. Just couldn't score (Poyet second season, anyone?)

Kayal will probably be our most influential player this year, and Baldock and Stephens are going to be key as well. I don't think we should worry that we lost without these 3, and it sounds like their keeper had a blinder as well.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I thought going 442 was the answer to all our problems?

 

[El Turi]

I suspect that it's already good enough to stay up...just. Rotherham, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Reading and Cardiff will likely be terrible and Hull could go through the division.
But a few signings could see a decent mid-table finish and I think most fans would settle for that after last year.
Fingers crossed we know what we're doing.

Maybe but the amount of goals and points we got last season would usually have resulted in relegation and our most creative player has returned to his parent club so I can't see how we'll finish above the team's you listed as they all were comfortably ahead of us. You know me though, I'm an eternal pessimist!

 

[portslade seagull]

Nail and head, exactly, no strength in depth and the recruitment department need to pull their finger out.

We just need to hope that Hughton and the recruitment team are working on this and are not patting themselves on their collective backs with the recent u21 signings.

 

[southstandandy]

Accepting that it was a friendly and Aberdeen have played 4 competitive matches to date the problem last season was evident and the club have failed, so far, to remedy that. I have to admit to surprise that the team have not managed to add creativity and no matter how you dress it up last weeks signings, which may end up being excellent, are not the answer to the issue as it stands. If we are truly going to allow ourselves to begin the season relying on the inconsistent KLL and injury prone March as our wide players, no additions to the attacking midfield area and 75% of the strike force that failed so badly last season then I believe people have a right to be concerned. I know I am , but it is nothing a couple of signings wont resolve and I mean first team now signings rather then the club statements that they are confident that all will be well. We have heard that way to much.

Completely agree - we desperately need another striker, winger and at least 1 centre half. 12 days and counting...

 

[symyjym]

5 games over two weeks, using lots of the DS. Defence has been generally been solid with Rea in it. Can't really judge until we see our strongest team starting together.

 

[carteater]

FFS! People it's a friendly, played with a team that won't all be in next season's starting XI, we have 2 more weeks until the first game of the season which we can make signings in, calm down, no one was wetting their bed's after the Crawley friendly were they.

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[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Finding our true level finally. Monkey tennis.

 

[Justice]

It was a testimonial you generally let the home team win.