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McHugh looked assured and distributed the ball really well. He never put a foot wrong and that was pleasing to see. Rodriguez seems fairly accomplished and that holds a bit of promise for the season ahead. Campbell and Cadden are none the worse for a shortened break. Frear would appear to have a renewed appetite and the hat-trick can only have given him a confidence boost. Thought Sammon gave a decent effort - showed for a lot of passes that were never made - so I don’t think we should be writing him off so early into his loan. He ought to have a hunger to prove himself as his loan and Hearts contract are both over after this season. In all events last night was a very decent start and as hood a way to give Robinson the beginning of the momentum he sets store by.

Never mind the goalie market.... https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/aberdeen/aberdeen-point-to-rise-of-harry-maguire-as-scott-mckenna-priced-at-10m-1-4769852 10m for McKenna. We will be building the Cedric Kipre Stadium with money left over to bring back Moult, Randolph and Hutchy.

Very easy night for the boys. I thought we did decent in the first half and were pretty ruthless in front of goal. To be perfectly honest, Edinburgh were very bad. Even for League 2 level I thought they looked poor and unfit. End of the day though, you only need to look at the St Mirren result to see that it's not always that easy. Main incentive of going last night for me was to see the new boys, only got bits and pieces and I appreciate it's still very early on but initial thoughts: Gillespie - thought he looked assured enough minus the kick out which he appeared to botch? Donnelly - looks like he is rugid enough and his passing was fine apart from a couple of moments Rodriguez - pretty encouraged, looks to be technically gifted and quite slick on the ball like we hoped for. Appears to like a tackle too which i was pleasantly surprised about. Sammon - looked to put himself about without doing loads. Johnson - not really sure what kind of striker he is. Didn't appear to be that pacey, suspect he's more of a poacher but remains to be seen i guess. From the original boys, I thought McHugh shone with his passing, reminiscent of his role in his first season. I think he looks a lot better at the back where he has a bit more time to pick his pass. Problem is there is 3 centre backs who will be ahead of him so I'm not sure where he will slot in. Not entirely sure where Cadden was playing, he seemed to in a middle role but then be all over the park with a more roaming role. Going to be interesting to see where he lines up this season but I'm still not convinced that through the middle is the best place for him. Prefer Cadds as a winger but obviously our system doesn't suit in that regard. We actually seem like we are totallly overloaded with central midfield options with the likes of McHugh, Campbell, Rose, Bigi, Turnbull, Tanner, Cadden, Gorrin and Grimshaw all appearing to be there for the new season. My hope would be that we can move Bigi on and maybe get another attacking wide option with a bit of quality. We seem to be well covered now overall and the squad is in good shape depth wise. Class performance from Frear btw, hoping Robinson can get that out him more often this season. All in all a good confidence boost.

I thought Sammon did ok when he came on last night although you can't come to any definitive conclusion on such a short appearance. Very early days but he looks to have a bit more than Bowman in his locker. We need to give him a chance. Rumour last night that Carson is on his way as we've accepted a bid - time will tell.

Petravicius should have been nowhere near our club. The fact he was continually given game time doesn't mean we should lower our expectations and accept journeymen who failed at our rivals.