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Was thinking likes of Callan Elliot, Nicholson, Moses should all get some game time. Hopefully Adam Montgomery recovers and gets a few games. Young Ross , Ferrie + Wells are the younger ones who've been in and around the squad.

We're in a position where 1-2 wins will likely see us safe. The youngsters/squad players who we have a chance of being first team regulars we need to start giving them game time. Players we know are leaving start reducing their game time.

McGinn and Casey I'd keep. Completely agree we need someone as a leader in the middle of those 2. Similarly we need to replace both wingbacks - unless we can keep both Gent and Divine. Defence has been an issue this season - I honestly feel the midfield is our weak link for a few years. But then attack also needs some improvement. Overall we need quality throughout the spine of the team.

When signing players in their 30's they need to be of a quality that we wouldn't have been able to afford in their prime. The issue for Halliday, Nicholson (who's 29) I think is the Jan window. Players who are kicking on a bit, not played much football , carrying niggling injuries take time to get up to speed and unlikely to be at their best until next season. When we run as tight as squad size as we have, having several players in their twilight is risky and if we continue with a small squad we need to balance the quality/quantity/risk better than we have this season.

We have been poor and deserve to be where we are . similarly st mirren have had lots of positive press but there’s little between the teams . If we’d won our previous head to heads with them we’d be in their position . appreciate we didn’t but is does show the fine margins . All of which is a bit depressing as it just highlights how poor quality the Scottish game has become . pleased with a point today - it’s at least a fair result .

We’re bang average and have bang average players (in the main) happy with a point - further we get away from bottom 2 the better

disappointed that you feel they'll score against us - expected better

Spittal has been impressive, particularly since Slattery's injury, which I I believe has a lot to do with the balance we've needed in midfield + coincides with when Bair has been a perm fixture. It was always going to be a Hearts /Hibs/Abderdeen type move. Fair play to him and wish him all the very best. He has been a rare commodity beyond his goals - a Motherwell player who's not spent weeks in the Physio room.

VAR - hands up for those who think it's enhanced the game. ???................ Given the clubs are funding this, it would be reasonable for them to vote on whether it stays, goes or changes. If changes it would have to be used sparingly for obvious errors only, and frankly offers very little value. Other than giving us something else to moan and groan about I don't see any tangible value.

like the optimism and it's far better tonic than a pessimistic view. For me our issue has been consistency, we'd need to go on a run that we've not been able to do all season but like you say it's possible and can't think of a better time to go on said run.

Personal view is he's the best manager we've had since McCall, which makes him the best in the last 10 years. Rate him above Barralough, McGhee, Robinson, Alexander and Hammell. Given we've reduced the spending, squad size and he's lost less than 1/3 of games, has a decent enough win record , has us 8th in the league. Plus seems to be a normal guy who cares, speaks well I'd put him close to McCall -who for the majority of time was excellent. He's made plenty of mistakes but appears to learn and move players on quickly. Add to that expect him to improve as he learns and grows. I'm really happy to have him.

completely agree - purpose like a few have mentioned is to correct an obvious error. Feels like there's a bunch of people desperate to prove their value in each and every game, who quite frankly we don't need. There's enough hangers on in footy as it is, having bunch of non players looking at freeze frames is a nonsense. Even with freeze frames I really can't see how Bair handled the ball. Goal should have been allowed. Re Shinnie - for me and in the spirit of the game, thats never a penalty either. I'd have been livid if we got a pen against us for that.

Brilliant post - sums it up to a tee

Aberdeens game mgt was much better than ours. They had better energy, better passing and won the majority of 1st and 2nd balls. Like most teams that play us they dominated midfield , we needed more than just Miller as the defensive style midfield player. That said it was a poor Aberdeen team and with a bit more energy and oomf we could have won. Not great when our best attacking option off the bench is Gent. Brining on Nicholson rather than starting him made more sense. I suspect we're now in no mans land. The slim chance of top 6 is gone, there's still a slim chance of being caught at the bottom. Real shame - we simply blew it yesterday. It's much more fun when thinking about progressing up the league.

Young miller was more than decent and can feel badly done to with VAR

Agree - other than vale I thought all forwards were poor Changing wingbacks didn’t work today either - no real pressure from anyone 1-1 would have been fair - should never have been ruled out

They could give us all night - we don’t look like scoring

We just haven’t turned up too many players sub par

Miss Davor or Paton . Nicholson isn’t the grating type - Don’t think it works with 4 attacking players and only miller working in midfield Equally McGinn isn’t a left wingback - poor to play him there

Sadly agree - very predictable . once again our midfield looks very weak and completely overrun

We’ve been brutal to be fair - bar decision aside we need to reshape and put energy into the game

Not our day

Sleep walking in this match making Aberdeen look good

Looking forward to the game and I think it's fair to say there's more optimism in Lanarkshire than there is in the granite city. Abderdeen have really lost their way since McInnes left and clearly a team struggling with confidence and form. A Not saying we'll win but at least we're thinking we could.

Jesus wept - I hope we have a clause that lets Jon leave at the end of the season