Highs and Lows of season 2009/2010

One of the biggest highs this season has been the emergence of some promising youngsters in the Aberdeen team, Fraser Fyvie, peter Pawlett, Michael Paton to name a few.

There was the 1-0 win at Pittodrie against Rangers, Coming back from behind to get a 4-4 draw against Celtic, winning 3-0 away to Hearts has to be right up there.

But there were far too many lows. The performances especially of Sone Aluko, Mark Kerr, Gary Macdonald, and the management team of Mark Mcghee and Scott Leitch.

There was the cup exit's at the hands of Raith Rovers and Dundee, the hammering 8-1 on aggregate by Sigma (Which was sort of a high for me despite the score cause it was the 1st game I was at for 5 years), the long unwinning streak, and a high and low was losing Lee miller but getting some good money for him.

Let's hope next season there are much more highs and a lot less lows to write about.

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Happy end to a terrible season

I could not even muster the energy to get up at 7:30am for this one.

A meaningless game which I never expected to see us get anything out of.

Well I woke up just before half time and thought I was still dreaming, St Mirren 0-1 Aberdeen

thanks to a Lee Mair own goal. Think that's the only goal he ever scored for us. (He used to play for Aberdeen).

The 2nd half was kind of dire and we held on for the victory to end a miserable season.

I am not sad to see the back of this season, there were many more lows than there were highs.

Now we can sit back and enjoy the World Cup and hopefully some decent football.

So season 2009/2010 goes into the history books, and what a history. We managed to break a few records this season, only 1 of them good that I remember and that was Fraser Fyvie becoming the youngest scorer in the history of the SPL.

Now we wait and see what next season brings.

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Failure to Kill(ie) off the ghost of JC

I never got to hear the whole game because I was working but it sounded like we started off well and took a well deserved lead into the half time break. A really good strike from Mark Kerr giving us the lead. But as has happened so often this season a completely different Aberdeen team showed up after the break. The Aberdeen that don't seem to care and play like they are playing the sport for the 1st time.

If there is 1 team we really wanted to beat it was Killie, because of old Aberdeen gaffer Jimmy Calderwood being at the helm. Not that I have anything against him but it makes a mockery of us when the man we fired last season comes back and wins 2 out of 3 games against us.

But we failed and poor defending once again cost us. With the crowd being the lowest ever SPL crowd at Pittodrie it is worrying to see how Aberdeen can win the fans back. OK there will be more than that come next season but many are already lost.

The board, Willie Miller and Mark Mcghee if the latter 2 are still there next season have a massive task on their hands. A slow start to the new season could spell disaster.

Mcghee says he has never failed at a club, but in my eyes and many other Dons supporters eyes this season has been an epic fail.

I have my doubts if he can turn things around but I will be backing him (if he is still in charge) and the team come August 15th when the new season starts.

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Dead Man Walking

I had hoped that after a couple of decent result Aberdeen might come out full of pride and confidence and battle for the 3 points that would help them to leapfrog Hamilton in the league.
This hope disappeared after 50 seconds when Hamilton took the lead.
The team showed no battle, no pride and gave me no hope for the coming season.
Mcghee keeps talking about the miracles he will work in the summer when he can move players out and get new ones in, but I honestly think he is a dead man walking and will be gone by this time next week when the season finally ends.
He seems to have given up and it scares me to think of the players he might bring in.
Will he spend weeks chasing players we cannot afford or who have no intention of playing for us like last season and end up buying more panic last minute dross.
I think we have to nip it in the bud now and get in a new man. I am sure the board have been keeping an eye on potential candidates.
Steve Nicol has done well at New England here in the USA but looks like he has taken the team as far as he can and maybe would consider going back to his homeland.
It would cost money but Terry Butcher has done well at ICT and did well with Motherwell before. (But remember the last man we got from ICT).
Eric Black is another name that comes to mind but again we have now had 2 Gothenburg Greats in the hot seat and neither appointment worked out in the long run, so maybe we need to stay away from ex AFC players.
With 2 games left against Killie and St Mirren Aberdeen could play a big part on who gets relegated this season, which must be a worrying thought for Falkirk.


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