It seems so long ago that Aberdeen were sitting top of the SPL after the first two game of the season.
Since that first game against Hamilton till his last game in charge against Kilmarnock, Mark Mchgee only managed to get ten league points on the board.
With wins against Hibs, Hamilton and now St Mirren, and also the New Years Day draw against Dundee United, Craig Brown has now equaled that tally. That in itself is a remarkable turn around.
To be fair we have not played any of the top teams yet, we have beaten the teams who were on or around the same points as we were, these are the teams we have to beat, the upcoming three games in ten days against Celtic will show us how far we have come.
We may not win any of the games against Celtic, but improved performances and a more respectable result will show us where we stand.
Some of the games have not been pretty in fact they have been scrappy, but in our situation fancy football does not always win games, fighting for every ball and scraping wins is what is needed. Craig Brown, as many said when he first arrived, has made us hard to beat.
There seems to be a buzz around Pittodrie again, Scott Vernon is scoring for fun, Chris Maguire is enjoying his football again and the players seem to be creating a bond amongst themselves, from helping each other out when under pressure to celebrating goals as a team, in one game recently Jamie Langfield ran the entire length of the pitch to join in with the after goal celebrations.
Ryan Jack played well again today and was unlucky not to get on the score sheet, he seems to get better with every game he plays, although he did not score today Chris Maguire played a fantastic game setting up both Scott Vernons goals.
Robert Milsom made his Debut today and looked solid, he seems to like taking shots from long range and it is only a matter of time before they start flying in.
I also look forward to seeing Blackman our other new signing this week, the paperwork is all done but he has been ill and has not joined up with his new team mates yet.
St Mirren had a few chances but did not take them and Aberdeen got a deserved three points.
Aberdeen were missing Sone Aluko and Captain Paul Hartley today, which is always a worry when these players are missing, but the rest of the team did well in their absence today.
Ten Points and still unbeaten in 2011, if someone had told me that would be our situation in Mid January a couple of months ago I would have been calling the funny farm to book a room for them.
Stand Free
Can see Ryan Jack scoring those opportunities this time next year. Thought Young also had a good game. We just need to get the crowds back to Pittodrie. Next home game being Celtic should draw a good crowd, but a midweek game in February is going to do that (unless it's Bayern Munich of course)
ReplyDeleteI'd be happy if we win one game against Celtic, that being the semi final. Don't get me wrong, I'd be even happier to win all three, but I am a realist.
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The game against St Mirren before the Brown/Knox era, this game would have been 0-0 all over it. Of course we would probably have lost a late goal and another 3 points and right in the relagation bottom spot.
ReplyDeleteBrown changed things at half time and we got crosses into the box and Veron will always be there to knock them in. We were not getting crosses into the danger area's in the first half. I thought Jack was not as affective on Saturday, did not have a bad game but not getting crosses over as much he is still young and will learn but he is becoming a fixture in the team and has the strength to keep going for 90 min's. hARTLEY AND ALUKO ARE 2 PLAYERS WE NEED IN THE TEAM BUT IT WAS GOOD TO SEE HOW WE WON THE GAME WITH NOT GIVINNG UP AND A MANAGER WITH TACTICAL KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO CHANGE A GAME.
THIS sATURDAY IT IS CELTIC AWAY SO THOUGH i CANNOT SEE US WIN, YOU NEVER KNOW, THE PAYERS ARE MORE CONFIDENT NOW SO MAYBE WE MAY SHOCK THEM.
MAYBE THEY WILL WAIT TILL THE SEMI FINAL AND WIN THAT ONE wITH ADDITIONAL PLAYERS COMING IN IT IS GOOD TO SEE THE SQUAD GETTING BIGGER.
THE FUTURE IS LOOKING BRIGHTER WITH THE OLD BOYS ON THE BLOCK.