Aberdeen v Motherwell Countdown to Kick-Off Preview Show

In this pre-recorded show I look ahead to our game against Motherwell at Pittodrie.

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2024 after the weekend’s game against dund D was cancelled the dawns are back at Padre on Wednesday evening to face mother well to see if we can make it three wins on the spin at Padre kickoff is at 1945 so just let me put this into context for you now this show was

Pre-recorded before the end of the dunde Celtic game so depending on that result will obviously depend whether abine can close the gap and go above dund D or stay in eighth position but as we keep saying we have to keep going on a momentum of winning games if we have any

Ambition of making it into the top six come the New Year hi everybody a very warm welcome to Ali abtv this is a pre-recorded show ahead of our game against motherwell on Wednesday evening so I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and you’re all very much

Looking forward to the new year the idea behind this show is to basically look look ahead to the game at p and what I’ve asked is for you to leave your comments on a social media post that I put out on Tuesday morning thank you for leaving those comments I’m going to read

Out nearly all of them during the show today so your input is just as important throughout this show so even though the show is pre-recorded it’s still going to be roughly 15 to 20 minutes long so let me tell you what we’ve got coming up so got the match that for you which

Make for a quite interesting reading not good for mother well we will of course gather the thoughts of manager Barry Robson we’re going to be looking back on this day in the club’s history we’re going to try and predict the team lineup for the game against mother well and as

I mentioned earlier we will of course get the thoughts of you the fans so that’s all coming up so what I’ll do now is just let me clear the timeline so if you’re watching for the first time this is where basically the software that I use I I allowed to put

Certain items across one single timeline but to make room I have to delete them and then drag them in from another part of the of the software so what I’m doing now is literally doing that so I’m just dragging everything across for you so that I don’t have to keep doing it a

Little bit later so we’ll get Barry’s thoughts in there because obviously they’re important he talked about momentum and hoping to build momentum and the frustration of not being able to do that at the moment we get the pick of the stats in as I promised and we shall also grab that as

Well wa to take a quick look at this if you’re not able to go to the game and can we get one more on the timeline uh so yes I can I’ve got room for one more item on the team on the lineup there we go let’s grab that okay

So that’s everything in so let’s try and predict the team that will start against motherwell so what I’m hoping I’m not suggesting this will be the team this is kind of roughly what I’m hoping I really want him to play Four across the back because I just think it gives us more

Attacking options particularly down the flanks I just think we look far more dangerous when we are attacking down the flanks and getting balls into the box and we’ve seen recently where once we do get down the flanks and once we get early balls into the box bjan just laps everything up so

What I’ve done is I’ve gone with James McGary Richard Jansen Stephen gamman and Nicki delin to play across a back four with Jamie mcgr the captain Conor Baron and Dante palaro to play across the middle with Juke and meowski up top now that’s what I’m hoping roughly will be

The team you know you could pick Connor you could pick Leighton you could pick a number of different players um to play across the middle but that is what I’m hoping let’s give you your stats so abadin are looking to win three consecutive home League games for the first time this

Season motherwell have failed to win any of their last 15 matches in all competitions abine are looking to win only their sixth Scottish Premiership game of the season the man in charge is Willie column and on V is Matthew mcdermit okay so how do we see this game

Panning out as I’ve said I really hope we play the back four which gives us the attacking options I just think we look far more settled and far more dangerous going forward when we have a flatback four I don’t want him to play a three because I think it will narrow the game

I certainly don’t want him to play five because why should we play five against a team who have not won in 15 competitive matches that would be far too negative for me so four for me just makes perfect sense but obviously an hour before kickoff we will all find

Out mother well over the past few years have obviously been a very tricky side they’ve always been our bogey side at pitre but when we played them at Fair Park only a couple of months ago that was one of our standout performances of the season and we were absolutely superb

Because on the night we played football there was none of this hoofball it was always balls into feet allowing players to turn bring players into play and being on the front foot for most of the game that is exactly what I am hoping come 1945 on Wednesday evening that we take

The the game by the Scruff of the neck that we very much take control of the game from the first whistle and we don’t allow them to settle in any way shape or form an early goal will completely unsettle them and we should be able to build momentum

From there so everything is in our locker to be able to take this game to motherwell so let me read out some of your comments that have come in over the past 24 hours or so thank you for leaving your comments and thank you for continuing to subscribe to the channel

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On the channel um I keep mentioning that we’ve got big plans and we do have big plans for the channel and once I sort out all my technical difficulties here in the studio we’ll be able to bring you sort of watch along shows um and all

That sort of stuff so three away jump on board I’d be absolutely thrilled Alex Wallace came on and said bet there’s no chance of today’s match at dunde being cancelled we need to take three points at home a strong back four a combative Midfield and two up top selection is

Crucial big test for Barry come on your Reds Scott Bowie has said I would have a 42 31 formation but we will start with five at the back against another team who are struggling at the moment he wishes everybody a very Merry Christmas Brian C says think all the fans want I

Think all the fans want is consistency and Barry and Co stop waiting too long and when it comes to making the right changes whether it’s the subs or the formation Matthew cool is here hi Matthew hopefully win by two or three and he’s also wishing everybody a very Merry

Christmas Ian bachan says wins in the next three games are a must before the winter break play to our strengths and we should get all nine points Dave still says I must win he’s hoping the team is set up to play to our strengths for me McDonald should be starting every game

If fit possession play is fine but it’s what happens at both ends of the pitch that determine result we get a favorable result today as well so don’t forget this uh show was pre-recorded before the end of the Dundee Celtic game so the the Angus McDonald’s selection headache is

Also an interesting one because I did wonder whether I would play him instead of Stefan Garten man who I think even though he’s solid I think he’s struggled a little bit for form and he’s been caught out of a few times in the past couple of games so again depending what Barry prefers

The back four could be James McGary Richard Jensen either Angus or Stefan and then Nikki on the right hand side so he does have selection headaches Paul Donaldson hi Paul H he’s wishing everybody a good Christmas hope you had a good one too mate when we played motherwell at Fair Park earlier this

Season apart from losing two late goals most of that match match was probably the best we’ve played this season motherb I’ve had a poor season if we play as well as we know we can play there’s no reason why we can’t take all three points a back four and no hoofball

Please John Grant has said come on the dawn keep the winning League run going and let’s get up this table Steven brownley has said could we just get a win and no V involvement also some other players to chip in with some goals yeah we are depending a little bit too much

On ban at the moment thank God we are to be honest because where would we be without eight League goals so far for the season John dwood hi John I think Barry will go with the SE the same team selection as the dund d game frustrating

I think we have to try a back four in games from the start next few games are about winning and then can refocus during the winter break Stuart cley has said even bigger must-win game after that shambolic display from the official calling the game off an hour before kickoff last

Saturday why could he not have delayed kickoff seeing the fans were already at the ground and whether was due to brighten up come on you Reds yeah I couldn’t agree more St it was an absolutely appalling decision to cancel it only 50 minutes before 50 minutes before kickoff he could easily have

Delayed it to 3:30 um and also given the ground staff a little bit more time to tend to that part of the the pitch that he deemed was unplayable and unsafe you know we’ve seen the videos from the the Dundee game of the ball bouncing quite freely the ball rolling across that part

Of the park quite fre and the most ironic thing is that dunde actually went out and trained for 90 minutes on the pitch um after the game got called off it really was a shocking decision and I’m so sorry for all of you that made

The the the Journey Down just to have to turn around and come home again Mike Hughes has said play an attacking back four and we could Hammer them stick with the five and we could struggle story of the Season hope to see Pape get a run out if we are

Comfortable Kenneth John mcferson has said an ideal time to play the Steelman or maybe a team fighting for their lives it’s a must-win game for the Reds donkey writer said we all know how mother well are going to set up much the same as Livingston did we all know what

Worked better against Livy in the second half back for Barry come on let’s get another three points and Karen okona replied to dunkey’s message by saying let’s hope he goes with what was right he’s so infuriating and frustrating at times wish he could wish he would

Realize if he did what he did last season he has got this so um let’s get the thoughts of uh Barry in so just let me delete that shot let me delete that shot let me delete that so let’s get Barry Robson thoughts in for you here he

Is so this is what Barry had to say so they’re a really good side well organized and they will try to make things hard for us it’s one we’re looking forward to it’s not been easy for us to get momentum in the league we’ve now got a focus on the league

Which is so important for us we’ve won our last three games at home so we want to keep on winning uh rest will help us at this stage of the season but it’s not something I get too worked up about it’s a game we should be fresh going into now

If you can’t make it to the game this is what the front cover of the red match Day magazine will look like from Dolly digital there he is Jamie mcgr Dawning the front cover our awardwinning program just to bring you a weather update on the game as well so they’re expecting

The weather to be roughly 7° come kickoff time um they’re expecting sort of normal uh to to calm conditions 2° will be the low 9° will be the high so if you are going to the game please wrap up they’re expecting a fairly healthy crowd tomorrow roughly around about 13 and a

Half to 14,000 tomorrow right so just a a quick reminder that before the end of the year we obviously have just the two games still to go starting with the game against motherwell then on Saturday we welcome Sint mirin 3:00 kickoff and then once we get into the new year we then

Face Ross County which will be a tricky game with Derek Adams back in charge and then of course we’ve got the Scottish cup so two games to go to the end of the season both very winnable and also you could argue that the Ross County game is

Also very winnable as well now as most of you know I am one for enjoying my history of the football club so I’ve put something together for you for today and tomorrow so on this day former abedine Defender Tommy McIntyre he was born he celebrates a special birthday today he turned 60

Tommy played 22 first game games for the club and on the 27th of December back in 1980 abdine beat Celtic 4-1 at a c sellout pdre thanks to goals from Alex mcclees Willie Miller Walker mall and a penalty from Gordon Sten that Victory put the dawn’s three points clear at the

Top of the league so let me see if there’s any more comments come in I don’t think they have no that’s all the comments that have come in so far so I can close that okay so as I said it’s a short and sweet show today um all I’m hoping leave you with

The final thoughts all I’m hoping on Wednesday night is that we do play our back four and as I mentioned earlier we do take the game to Mother well and we get on the front foot from the start and uh Barry gets his wish granted that we

Can start going on a run we can start building momentum and really start getting up this table and start to challenge the top six because that’s like let’s be honest that’s where we should be um Leon Clarkson he also gave his thoughts ahead of the game and he

Said look it’s been a very tough start to the season we know that but hopefully come the new year and particularly after the short break that we can really start um finding our form and getting up the table and going on a decent run you know and coming an unbeatable side that’s

What we want we want to become a very difficult team to play against and every time a team comes to P they know they’re going to be absolutely in for a game so let’s try and start building this momentum on Wednesday night against motherwell with a decent performance a

Decent team selection and decent tactics so I will be back on Thursday for the review show where we look back on the game against mother well if I’ve got got the streaming issue sorted out we will do the live show if not I will pre-record the show I will leave I will

Put a social media post out on Thursday mornings for you guys to leave your comments which I will obviously read out so once again thank you so much for watching I really hope you enjoyed the show don’t forget to like if you enjoyed the show and also please don’t forget to

Subscribe if you haven’t already done so I will see you all again on Thursday night enjoy your next couple of days and enjoy the game tomorrow night sign free bye for now