Aberdeen Back where it all began

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Decent start domestically not so great in europe bud.
Do you use OI like me (close down strikers, weak foot wide/wing backs) or juat leave to the assistant ?

Iam playing a deep defensive line, short passing and into space , sometimes closing down, higher tempo and with low crossing, My players are praising the playing style considering its Scotland lol.
 
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PatrickLFC said:
Still playing but haven't found the time or motivation to do another story
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The writing part of the story takes so long. Every year i start with great ambitions but quickly revert back to shorter match reports and less updates just because it takes so long
 
Teddybear30 said:
Do you use OI like me (close down strikers, weak foot wide/wing backs) or juat leave to the assistant ?
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I get the assistant to d oit automatically but check through certain positions myself, Then play the first 15 mins and see where there passes are coming rom then try and get those influential players out the game
 

Scotland
October Fixtures




Squad
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Snoodgrass is back to complete the 23 man squad




Friendly
Spain 6-0 Scotland
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Last time McGhee takes charge of a game for me


European League Match 3
Russia 1-3 Scotland
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3rd win in a row in the group and amazingly were promoted to the A League. Feels more like Pro Evo by the minute.

Top spot secured



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October




Fixtures

Hibs 1-2 Aberdeen
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Hibs come back kid Jason Cummings almost rescued Hibs a point but our star striker Klein was as usual the difference


Aberdeen 1-1 Celtic
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Celtic showed there title credentials by taking the lead at Pittodrie from midfielder Kainz. to keep the unbeaten run going we needed a unfamiliar player, Ben Gibson to equalize and keep us top of the table.


Champions League Match 3
Aberdeen 1-1 Man Utd
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We simply had to get a result from this match and for a few moments it looked like Borja Garcia was giving us even more as we took the lead. Minutes later Mkhitaryan pulled United level and that how it ended a point that helps us more than them


Betfred Cup S/F
Aberdeen 3-0 Dundee
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We've made it to another final a 5th on the trot.


Aberdeen 4-0 Dundee
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Only 3 days have passed and this time around Klein had his usual devastating effect with 3 goals in 27 minutes. Newbie Isaac Pereira added a 4th


Falkirk 0-5 Aberdeen
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Rested a few players hopefully thats enough to get the back up players off my back.




SPFL Table
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The gap at the top in 5 points so nice and competitive. Rangers and Hibs are showing signs of life behind them and Falkirk and Hearts looking good for top 6.




Champions League
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We finally have a point on the board. Napoli and Lech draw as well which is good for our Champions League ambitions but not for Europa League.



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MatthewElphinstone said:
Nice one.

There doesn#t seem to be a one size fits all anymore now is there?
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I usually try and base it around a 4-2-3-1, never used to have a AMC till i seen the success Klippy was having with so i'll almost always have that tactic as a start but then as you say it has to be played with to counter what the opposition will do. Not done as much reading on the site this year but i've not seen the word plug and play mentioned.
 



November


Champions League disaster means that even a unbeaten season and both cups would be a disappointing season. We may even need a clear out in January to get the ball rolling for next season.


Tommy Wright is the first victim of the season
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Fixtures


Champions League Match 4
Man Utd 3-0 Aberdeen
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Not a surprise to go to Old Trafford and loose but in the fashion we lost was sad. This wasnt in the points target quota. Its all down to the next match at home to Napoli


Inverness 1-3 Aberdeen
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Klein hattricks are becoming more common than him scoring 1


Hearts 0-1 Aberdeen
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With two massive fixtures ahead i had to rest players at Tynecastle.


Champions League Match 5
Aberdeen 1-3 Napoli
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We put in our strongest side and cant blame loosing Garcia to injury as we were beaten before that happened. All this means were totally out of Europe before we even reach December. For shame!




SPFL Table
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Results go our way to move 10 points clear of the old firm, Falkirk & Hibs. The other end is also quite interesting but the real story is Klein's 26 goals, Feels like the 1997/98 Negri season




Champions League
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I'm pretty sure in my last Aberdeen save we took a step back in Europe after our first good season but nothing as drastic as this. One point from 5 games is a unmitigated disaster. Maybe Lech are better than we gave them credit for but we were surly far worse.



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Betfed Cup Final 2020

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Aberdeen vs Celtic

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Formations
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Paul Hartley sticks to his formation that served him so well for Dundee over the years. Better players and a better formation should make this the toughest Betfred final we've had




Match
Aberdeen 2-1 Celtic
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My man for Scotland Leigh Griffiths did me no favors with a goal right from kick off to give Celtic the lead. For once it wasnt Matty Klein but our two new wingers first Serge Gnabry scored before getting his latest 2 month injury, then Isaac Pereira late in the second half grabbed what proved to be the winning goal



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December




League run of unbeaten games goes past 60 matches. Klein has already broken Rooneys goals in a season record and the man of the match awards in a season. He has also won player of the month EVERY month




Fixtures

Aberdeen 5-0 Raith
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5 different scorers for a change to the usual Klein show


Aberdeen 3-0 Partick
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Wingers day at Pittodrie


Champions League Match 6
Lech 0-2 Aberdeen
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Of course the u19s beat them when the first team couldnt


Ross County 0-4 Aberdeen
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Henriken was forced into a more attacking role and he thrived in it, perhaps saving his place in the squad


Aberdeen 5-1 Morton
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There squad looks quite good. Im sure they will be pretty good once they get a stable squad


Celtic 0-2 Aberdeen
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Celtic had everything in there hands. match at Parkhead, run of close game with Aberdeen and we were down to 10 men after Roca got sent off for a two footed tackle. Within 10 minutes however Granger and Klein my two best regens had scored and handed us another big win.


Aberdeen 1-1 Hibs
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Our closest rivals gave us a scare almost taking advantage of Klein's worst performance of the season. but after a tense second half we held on for a point,


Aberdeen 2-1 Falkirk
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Two early goals looked to have us on the way to another big win but Falkirk did not forget there status of our bogie team


Dundee 0-4 Aberdeen
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The Dens park side are really missing Hartley who's proving his worth at Celtic as much as it shows with Dundee




SPFL Table
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The gap of 16 points is looking like its too much for the rest now after us the top 6 looks like a great fight while the bottom looks more competitive than ever. Klein's stats are off the charts




Champions League
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Disgust is the only word i can give for finishing behind Lech.


In the Europa League Hearts did great to finish ahead of Udinese but only 3rd, Rangers were never expected to get through there group but finishing behind Krasnodar was a nasty shock, Celtic managed 3rd place but should be better than Rapid Wien!



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January


Klein is already taking records and its only January
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Fixtures


Aberdeen 4-0 Rangers
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Nothing beats rushing into a 3 goal lead in the first half hour to Rangers


Aberdeen 4-0 Inverness
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Even better result with 4 goal in the first 38 minutes, Still not better than beating Rangers


Scottish Cup 4th Round
Aberdeen 3-1 Forfar
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Only 2 starting players in the squad and the main one Herniksen got two goals that made the difference


Aberdeen 4-0 Hearts
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This was the reverse with 3 goals in the last 15 minutes rather than all fire at the start


Rangers 1-1 Aberdeen
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****** Rangers! We were 2 minutes away from our 23rd win of the season but after all the abuse i was giving Rangers i guess this is a bit of karma. On the flip side our League unbeaten run is up to 65 games.




SPFL Table
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Lead at the top is 16 points from Celtic. Rangers are chased by Falkirk & Hibs while Hearts are doing there best to throw away a top 6 spot. Fantastic 4 way fight at the bottom. Annoying also on the scoring chart to see a former U20 player Scott Wright with 10 goals after being given away by me.




Transfer Window




Aberdeen
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We sign Brazilian wing back Mario Landi on a free , Always pays to go through the Brazilian and Argentine released players to find some gem's. Sadly i miss out on many of these players due to work permit and now have this problem with European's However we overcame this to pick up Zoran Rakic from Partizan


Out
A Club legend Adam Rooney was moved on after failing to make a appearance this season and hardly any last year. Still he played a huge roll in the early days and we wont forget. The other was set to play a huge roll. Vojtech Franc was slowly starting to get more appearances but became the first player to demand Champions League success which is obviously not happening any time soon so rather than keeping a back up player on a false promise Livepool's £12m will make up for the European money were missing out on.


Rooney's Record
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207 games 124 Goals




World Transfers
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Quiet window to begin but PSG as usual had to make a difference




SPL transfers
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Abysmal window for Hearts. They loose there main youth prospect Graham McCann and there stand out player in the save Jamie Walker. They did replace them with Inverness's best 2 players Lewis Vaughan and Liam Polworth as well as John Souttar and Rangers back up Ali Crawford. The other Major transfer out of the SPL was Jai Quitongo after spending almost 2 years on the transfer list he finally got his big move. Celtic beef up there squad while selling off a few back up players.



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February


After a month out of his home Klien wrestle's back player of the month




Fixtures

Raith 2-2 Aberdeen
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Dominated the game but was a dodgy dodgy performance. Back to back games where the squad seemed tired. Jack was awful!


Partick 0-4 Aberdeen
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Two goals in each half for hopefully a back to form victory


Scottish Cup 5th Round
Aberdeen 3-0 Celtic
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Celtic's new signings made little difference to the gap between us at this stage


Morton 0-6 Aberdeen
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Kids this is why you dont gamble. Some ill informed person, like me will tell you they have money and made some good signings and they could do well right away. Then this happens


Aberdeen 5-1 Ross County
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Klein got back to back hatricks to prove he like us is back to form




SPFL Table
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Will we get record points? that and staying unbeaten is our target. Celtic are pulling clear to secure 2nd and the battle for 3rd is at deadlock. Hearts are all but safe for top 6, Battle at the bottom still locked between 4 teams


A few of them changed manager recently. Jim Duffy's back at Dundee too
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Youth intake
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My name sake Alex Donald is a generational player apparently



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