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Scottish Prem 18/19

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Doon frae Troon said:
I disagree, I think Hearts did quite well out of that deal.
Lafferty is high maintenance and comes with a lot of baggage. I'm not sure if he will get the same support at Ibrox that he got at Tynecastle.

Not sure if he would have been a first pick for Hearts, impact sub at the best.
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As long as you believe it, that's all that counts :)
 
So Rangers have a great to start to the season and Celtic are stuttering however after 3 games Celtic have 6 points and Rangers 5 points!!!!! You've got to love the Scottish media.

As for Lafferty being a loss to Hearts, he will be a huge loss and could well be the difference between Hearts finishing top 6 or bottom 6. DfT, don't get carried away being top of the league in August, there are no prizes dished out then.
 
Levein taken to hospital this morning. Must have got a shock looking at the league table.

(Hopefully not serious)
 
Val said:
So Rangers have a great to start to the season and Celtic are stuttering however after 3 games Celtic have 6 points and Rangers 5 points!!!!! You've got to love the Scottish media.

As for Lafferty being a loss to Hearts, he will be a huge loss and could well be the difference between Hearts finishing top 6 or bottom 6. DfT, don't get carried away being top of the league in August, there are no prizes dished out then.
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Not getting carried away [c'mon, I'm a Hearts supporter :lol:].
I do like the look of the Hearts team though, nice mix of youth and experience.
The defence looks strong, best in Scotland at the moment IMVHO.
McLean and Haring have been great signings and I think the triangle of Naismith, McLean/Morrison, and Ichy working from the back is somewhat more efective than lumping long balls to Lafferty.

Sad news re Levien, hope he recovers well. Out for 3 months they say.
 
Val said:
So Rangers have a great to start to the season and Celtic are stuttering however after 3 games Celtic have 6 points and Rangers 5 points!!!!! You've got to love the Scottish media.
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Well they're generally pretty *****, but surely this is correct? Celtic already lost a game, when everyone has given them the title before a ball is kicked, meanwhile sevco were expected to be utter horse under the DJ basher, yet have started unbeaten. I'd say how they're describing it so far is correct.
 
HughJars said:
Well they're generally pretty *****, but surely this is correct? Celtic already lost a game, when everyone has given them the title before a ball is kicked, meanwhile sevco were expected to be utter horse under the DJ basher, yet have started unbeaten. I'd say how they're describing it so far is correct.
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Sevco couldn't beat the worst Aberdeen performance in years under Del. Next weekend should be interesting after Rangers come back from Russia, will those same pundits who dismissed Aberdeen having a battling 120 minutes in Burnley effecting their build up and performance be so kind when Sevco travel to Celtic Park. Somehow I doubt it.

Personally I think Sevco look very solid at the back and should finish second, unless Celtic continue to ship goals like they're currently doing. I've said it for years and I will say it again. Craig Gordon is a dreadful keeper. He is Celtic's weakest link not their centre half's. Dreadful at pass backs, dreadful at cross balls.
 
Jacko_G said:
Sevco couldn't beat the worst Aberdeen performance in years under Del. Next weekend should be interesting after Rangers come back from Russia, will those same pundits who dismissed Aberdeen having a battling 120 minutes in Burnley effecting their build up and performance be so kind when Sevco travel to Celtic Park. Somehow I doubt it.

Personally I think Sevco look very solid at the back and should finish second, unless Celtic continue to ship goals like they're currently doing. I've said it for years and I will say it again. Craig Gordon is a dreadful keeper. He is Celtic's weakest link not their centre half's. Dreadful at pass backs, dreadful at cross balls.
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Gordon is very flaky, can be an amazing shot stopper but some of his decisions are mental, I believe he cost us the goal last week in Europe and has been responsible for many defensive lapses probably because the centre backs dont trust him.

As for Aberdeen's performances against Rangers, lets get the conspiracy mentalist working. McInnes is an ex Rangers player and has been regularly touted a future Rangers manger (and im aware he's knocked them back once). For some reason these games always bring out Aberdeens worst performances and as it stands Aberdeen in the last 8 fixtures against Rangers have won just once, drawn twice and lost 5, that record is particularly poor for a team who have finished above Rangers the last 2 seasons.

Coincidence :whistle:

Get the conspiracies working :rofl:
 
Val said:
Gordon is very flaky, can be an amazing shot stopper but some of his decisions are mental, I believe he cost us the goal last week in Europe and has been responsible for many defensive lapses probably because the centre backs dont trust him.

As for Aberdeen's performances against Rangers, lets get the conspiracy mentalist working. McInnes is an ex Rangers player and has been regularly touted a future Rangers manger (and im aware he's knocked them back once). For some reason these games always bring out Aberdeens worst performances and as it stands Aberdeen in the last 8 fixtures against Rangers have won just once, drawn twice and lost 5, that record is particularly poor for a team who have finished above Rangers the last 2 seasons.

Coincidence :whistle:

Get the conspiracies working :rofl:
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Not really sure what the conspiracy angle is or where its coming from?

What I have said is 100% fact. Aberdeen were dreadful against Sevco. Pundits excluding Michael Stewart were saying that 120 minutes against Burnley on the Thursday shouldn't have effected the Aberdeen performance. Guarantee that the midweek game in Russia will be rolled out after the Old Firm game. Absolutely no conspiracy amongst that.

As for Gordon being a good shot stopper that can be said for every keeper as that is their job. Even Jamie "Clangers" Langfield was a good shot stopper, shame he was prone to every error a keeper can't afford to make and flapped like Gordon at crosses.
 
Jacko_G said:
Not really sure what the conspiracy angle is or where its coming from?

What I have said is 100% fact. Aberdeen were dreadful against Sevco. Pundits excluding Michael Stewart were saying that 120 minutes against Burnley on the Thursday shouldn't have effected the Aberdeen performance. Guarantee that the midweek game in Russia will be rolled out after the Old Firm game. Absolutely no conspiracy amongst that.

As for Gordon being a good shot stopper that can be said for every keeper as that is their job. Even Jamie "Clangers" Langfield was a good shot stopper, shame he was prone to every error a keeper can't afford to make and flapped like Gordon at crosses.
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The conspiracy is McInnes doesn't have his teams try a leg against Rangers.

McInnes is an ex Rangers player and Aberdeen have lost 5 out of the last 8 to Rangers even though they are finishing above them in the league both seasons. That is the conspiracy being rolled out among sections of the Celtic support. Personally I don't buy it but thats the talk.
 
Val said:
The conspiracy is McInnes doesn't have his teams try a leg against Rangers.

McInnes is an ex Rangers player and Aberdeen have lost 5 out of the last 8 to Rangers even though they are finishing above them in the league both seasons. That is the conspiracy being rolled out among sections of the Celtic support. Personally I don't buy it but thats the talk.
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We (Aberdeen) lose just about every game to Celtic too. No story here. Personally think McInnnes would like to beat Rangers more than any other team, they're fans are the most disrespectful to him. Hopefully this season we'll rectify that poor run but I can't see it - Rangers are getting stronger, Aberdeen aren't alas.
 
maxfli65 said:
We (Aberdeen) lose just about every game to Celtic too. No story here. Personally think McInnnes would like to beat Rangers more than any other team, they're fans are the most disrespectful to him. Hopefully this season we'll rectify that poor run but I can't see it - Rangers are getting stronger, Aberdeen aren't alas.
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not 'they're' but 'their' of course.:o
 
Val said:
The conspiracy is McInnes doesn't have his teams try a leg against Rangers.

McInnes is an ex Rangers player and Aberdeen have lost 5 out of the last 8 to Rangers even though they are finishing above them in the league both seasons. That is the conspiracy being rolled out among sections of the Celtic support. Personally I don't buy it but thats the talk.
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My apologies I misinterpreted and thought you were accusing me of thinking there was a conspiracy.

McInnes lost two on the bounce thanks to a media lead campaign to unsettle him and his players. That's my conspiracy. And I don't doubt it either.

:sbox:
 
Val said:
The conspiracy is McInnes doesn't have his teams try a leg against Rangers.

McInnes is an ex Rangers player and Aberdeen have lost 5 out of the last 8 to Rangers even though they are finishing above them in the league both seasons. That is the conspiracy being rolled out among sections of the Celtic support. Personally I don't buy it but thats the talk.
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If there was even the tiniest bit of truth to such a conspiracy theory I suggest a certain Mr Joe Harper would be nose2nose with McInnes.

Ah the days of Joe Harper scoring against Rangers at Ibrox and celebrating in great style ...
 
Aberdeen have an appalling recent record against Rangers and Celtic...…..hard to explain except they seem to set up very defensively for these games.
Perhaps they should adopt the attitude of the Motherwell manager who finished with three [big] strikers on for the last 10 minutes and got a draw. Mind you the last goal in that game was more due to Rangers managerial shortcomings.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Aberdeen have an appalling recent record against Rangers and Celtic...…..hard to explain except they seem to set up very defensively for these games.
Perhaps they should adopt the attitude of the Motherwell manager who finished with three [big] strikers on for the last 10 minutes and got a draw. Mind you the last goal in that game was more due to Rangers managerial shortcomings.
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Possibly is a tad defensive at times however I think where Aberdeen go wrong is unlike Hearts and Motherwell Mcinnes doesn't send his players out to play thug tactics and maim players.
 
Good effort by Rangers, at least they can't blame Scottish refs/SFA/SpfL/SNP/someone's granny etc etc for the 2 red cards this time...:sneaky:
 
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