Aberdeen Match Thread

Oh Eddie Youds... said:

Callumcafc said:

That was basically the Millwall game but in reverse.

Only problem is Aberdeen scored three in the first half, not two.

I get what you’re saying but Aberdeen created a lot more clear cut chances than we did against  Millwall.

If it wasn’t for the penalty miss & AMB putting in a fantastic performance (showing he’s our number 1) then Aberdeen could easily have had 6.

The 2-3 scoreline flatters us a bit based on our defensive performance today. Wide open and all over the place at times.

Making decent saves is what goalies are supposed to do isn’t it? They were good saves, but not freakishly so. Any keeper who’d let in an extra three goals would probably lose his place in the side. 

hoof_it_up_to_benty said:

Aberdeen are miles behind Celtic and Rangers - most of their players would probably be lucky to sign for Championship clubs.

Firat half display is worrying.

They finished third and were about 35 points behind second place.

wmcf123 said:

Oggy Red said:

Fortune 82nd Minute said:

Oggy Red said:

Fortune 82nd Minute said:

I think we have struck lucky with Dean Holden. He's got something about him.

But ....

If he carries on playing Kirk after today I'm going to start doubting him. Kirk was absolutely woeful - no other words for it. We've got to get Kirk out of the door somehow.

If Leaburn had been fit, he would of course played instead of Kirk. 

Absolutely. But young Campbell would have least have tried. And he showed far more in his 20 minutes on the pitch than Kirk did in a much longer time.

You cannot carry on playing Kirk. He's had so many chances to show he is a good player and never takes them. It's time to finally say enough.

I totally agree, especially regarding Campbell.

Despite a decent enough showing against Millwall in midweek, we all know that Kirk is the square peg in the round hole.
Since Leaburn's injury, we also all know we're lacking the big strong mobile hold up player that the 3-5-2 formation demands.

Kirk ain't that player, just a stop gap.

Stop gap is rhyming slang for what Kirk is .  I’m amazed anyone still has any faith in him 

100%. He is one of the worst players I’ve seen in a Charlton shirt. I wouldn’t mind him being crap if he put effort in - he can’t even do that. 

Oggy Red said:

ElfsborgAddick said:

hoof_it_up_to_benty said:

Aberdeen are miles behind Celtic and Rangers - most of their players would probably be lucky to sign for Championship clubs.

Firat half display is worrying.

They finished third and were about 35 points behind second place.

And Charlton finished 10th in our own lower standard League, 15 points behind even a playoff place and 36 points behind 2nd place.

Neither are going to be beating Man City.

Can only go on what I saw, but what I saw from Aberdeen was a team that were better than anything we saw at The Valley last year. Only Bolton came close to the quick, precise passing and intense press that we just watched. Don't get me wrong, our team defence was abysmal, but I don't think we made Aberdeen look good, I think they were genuinely good. We're just used to thinking (rightly) that we should win at home.

lancashire lad said:

Kirk was playing completely out of position, but having said that he does not fit our team, it did show that May does need a partner. 

What is his position? Would love to find out one day.

Callumcafc said:

oohaahmortimer said:

All of a sudden Aberdeen are a decent team and Scottish football isn’t shit 

It never has been shit…

Compared to the Premier League maybe it is. But we just finished 10th in League One - the 54th best team in England.

And we think we have a right to turn up and beat the 3rd best in Scotland? 

Even if it had finished 3-3, the Scottish record books would have had it as a 3-3 win to Aberdeen.

Brownie12 said:

lancashire lad said:

Kirk was playing completely out of position, but having said that he does not fit our team, it did show that May does need a partner. 

Whilst you are right about being out of position, the minimum requirement (in my book) is effort, he doesn’t put that in. 

And what was that half hearted stab with his left at goal in about the tenth minute from about 12 yards, it didn’t even threaten the target or the away fans in the front row 😏.

Stig said:

lancashire lad said:

Kirk was playing completely out of position, but having said that he does not fit our team, it did show that May does need a partner. 

What is his position? Would love to find out one day.

Apparently he's an excellent Financial Director, but we keep on playing him as a footballer. 

charltonkeston said:

I thought it a 3 o’clock kick off. Missed the whole thing, I might have been fortunate. 

So did my son, here’s a brief summary  @charltonkeston I sent him;

‘You never missed much 3-5-2 with CBT LWB & Ness behind him was like a knife through butter. Assimwe og after 2 mins, 3-0 down HT and they missed a pen could’ve been 6-0. Kirk useless. Second half changes with Thomas LB & CBT LW better. 2-3 flattered us AMB made 4/5 very good saves to keep the score respectable.’

jbaker said:

hoof_it_up_to_benty said:

Aberdeen are miles behind Celtic and Rangers - most of their players would probably be lucky to sign for Championship clubs.

Firat half display is worrying.

Had 2 Aberdeen fans sitting next to me. Yes they are behind those too but that’s irrelevant. Almost every player they told me they had paid a fee for. Also wages are on average 20k a week and also used to playing European football. Personally think you’re being too harsh. 

I’d be amazed if their wage bill is that high 

Callumcafc said:

oohaahmortimer said:

All of a sudden Aberdeen are a decent team and Scottish football isn’t shit 

It never has been shit…

Compared to the Premier League maybe it is. But we just finished 10th in League One - the 54th best team in England.

And we think we have a right to turn up and beat the 3rd best in Scotland? 

No, but they're not top 6 in the championship either.