By any measure, Aberdeen are in miserable form. They have not scored a goal in 192 minutes football and have won only three of 17 league games since Christmas. In the middle of that spell, they kicked off a crisis at Celtic, when a draw at Pittodrie was one of only two from nine points Celtic took in a month which saw the pendulum swing across the city.
Just days before that draw with Celtic, they sacked manager Barry Robson, who was only in the job a year. He followed Jim Goodwin, who survived just less than a year. That appointment came after Stephen Glass was dismissed 11 months after his appointment. Since Barry left town, the club has made interim appointments of Peter Leven, Neil Warnock, then Peter Leven again.
In the three years since fans and major shareholder decided they could do better than Derek McInnes, the football public of Aberdeen have been taught a harsh lesson. McInnes was in the job 8 years, won a trophy and had a percentage win rate unknown elsewhere by Aberdeen fans under 40.
They have a budget and squad superior to most clubs in the league, but are a shambles of a club. Search ‘Dunning-Kruger effect’ and you are bound to see photos of the Aberdeen chief exec and fans, experts all on things they have never done. Mount Stupid is in Aberdeen, not far from the beach.
Instead of the third place they should be, they are ninth, but for what it’s worth, the pending appointment of Elfsborg manager, Jimmy Thelin, should improve things next season, especially if Jimmy brings in his own people – like a CEO and fans. I don’t think the current crop are going to make the cut.
When we dropped points at Pittodrie, we suffered from the managerial change bounce, Robson was sacked immediately before our game. Coincidentally, tomorrow’s Scottish Cup semi-final in Aberdeen’s first game since Thelin’s appointment was announced.
Expect Aberdeen players to care more about this one than a normal fixture. They also have the incentive of European football to play for, which would be theirs for reaching the final.
Hampden, though, is our place. We have a better record there over the last eight years than we do at Celtic Park. 22 wins and a solitary defeat after extra time is testament of how Celtic have repeatedly raised their game when it really counts. Expect the champions to continue their recent good form.
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Morning Celts
Breaki now before walking over to see Celtic in the semi final,looking forward to it,hoping to bump into a few of you good Celts too.We are Celtic.
DrambowieCelt- Brian O Shea a prayer for you 🙏
Keep the spirits up my friend,yours is strong,
a victory to work for today DC,God bless your friend 💚
Spikeys- genocide it is,and it goes on this morning.Netanyahu and his terrorist cabinet will ensure the long term destruction of Israel.take care mate and keep exposing the genocide and its handlers here.
David66-good to read of an act of kindness by a Celtic man.You are a Celtic man.💚
Hail Hail
in the last couple of days ive had a holiday advert flash up a couple of times on CQN on DuckDuckGo even though that browser should stop all that shite.
Paul67 will be delighted.
I can imagine him sitting in a war room with his CQN generals like the Iranian military working out how to breach DuckDuckGo’s Iron Dome
Just got an email from Carpe Diem 63 and will be meeting him in Kitty O’Shea’s for the game! 😃👍
My first CQN meet-up. 😃👍
Mon the hoops! 😃🇮🇪🍀⚽️🏆🍻
GFTB @ 1:28 am
I had to click on the link again myself. I had a few liberations last night; could remember posting a link; but couldn’t remember the song I posted 🙈🤣🤣🤣
HH
https://x.com/DensParkChoir/status/1781442596490911944?t=zSKZz-xxA-TAMVgW7FhdFQ&s=08
Tony Doc on Wednesday’s game….
LADTH
I’ve also started getting a pop up ad on my Duck Duck Go browser 🤷♂️
That Paul67 geezer is a very determined and resourceful fella 😁
HH
HH
Up for cup 🏆🍀 a lovely day for it just setting off for Hampden 😎
Melvin Udall 9.33
Be careful, C is worth the watching. 😂
Call Me Gerry 10.15am
I know even less about music than fitba and very rarely click on any music links but strangely enough I did on yours, again never heard that song before, cheers
No complacency today … just get to the final and win our next 4 league games for me 🍀
Hopefully worry about retaining our Scottish cup back end of May when we have hopefully retained our league by then :-)
Hampden in the Sun ☀️
☘️ Me too ☘️
Mon the ‘Tic.
BRRB
What time will CQN membership be informed of your whereabouts this fine day.
1) Park walk.
2) Library visit.
.. or some Glasgow hosterly.?
Bhoyjoebelfast
I shall be in the library at the Victoria Bar after a walk round the Queens Park Cafe. 😆
BIGRAILROADBLUES on 20TH APRIL 2024 10:24 AM
Melvin Udall 9.33
Be careful, C is worth the watching. 😂
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I will. Cheers for the advice. 😂👍🍻🇮🇪⚽️⚽️🍀
BRRB is the King of Wishful Drinking
BRRB is the King of Wishful Drinking
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aye but i bet he wont Go West today. He will go south (of the city) where the action is!
In Queens Park Cafe, ‘this is the one’ Stone Roses on .
Feels like 1989 living in Battlefield as a student
Might greet😎
Let’s all do the huddle
Very good 😂
Southside the place to be.
Coneybhoy
The patrons of the Queens Park Cafe would greet if you got near a jukebox. 😂
MARSPAPA @ 7.48am
Thanks, that was lovely.
Ave Ave
theres a cop wagon circling the merchant city and saltmarket jumping out on folk having a drink on the street and dishing out fines.
so watch out if youre walking to the game from the city centre
CELTIC: Hart, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, McGregor, Hatate, O’Riley, Kuhn, Kyogo, Yang.
Subs: Bain, Palma, Idah, Nawrocki, Iwata, Bernardo, Kelly, Forrest, Ralston.
the merchant city/saltmarket are pretty quiet so im wondering if theres anywhere not too far away that there may be thousands of folk gathering that would make better use of their resource paid for by us than them dishing out fines in a quiet part of town?
Big game for McGregor….
BRRB
😀 no need today, good tunage so far
MARSPAPA on 20TH APRIL 2024 7:48 AM
That young boy is special. Arsenal could do worse than offer him a chance in front of thousands.
To work Celts
Do your best
Have a good day all
HH
BRRB
Have a good time…and may your hoarsness be supplemented by fine lager.
Three- nil to the leather belts.
BOGNORBHOY on 20TH APRIL 2024 11:15 AM
A fine team selection. I think 4 or 5 nothing.
Shinnie will be a big miss.That`s the kind of luck the Huns usually get.
live updates up
I’m going 5-1 to the hoops. Aberdeen are murder, but do have a bit of a threat upfront.
Kyogo 2, Hatate, O’Reilly and Khun