SCOTTISH CUP PROGRESSION REWARDED WITH A HOME TIE VS BONNYRIGG! | #235

Aberdeen progressed into the 5th round of the Scottish Cup with a comfortable – if not entirely convincing – 2-0 win over Clyde. Join us as we review the game and take a look ahead to The Reds’ trip to Perth vs St Johnstone!

Good evening and welcome back to another Monday Night Live episode here on the red tinted Glasses YouTube channel with myself Glenn and co-host Callum who is stuck down in Kodi due to storm Isa but thankfully your internet’s not being affected and you can still make that live episode tonight how are you doing

Oh I’m not too bad thank you um I don’t know it feels weird I feel like we’ve not got all that much to talk about it’s January nothing’s happen and I’m not happy about it this is the time I like to get excited about stuff for no reason

For yeah it’s been a a slow burner on the the transfer front I’m sure most of us can agree and I’m sure we’ll kind of discuss that um in between the Scottish Cup game and looking for ahead to the uh trip to St Johnson on Wednesday night as Premiership football returns but of

Course our focus on this episode will primarily be Scottish cup as the Dons did a professional job um I’m going to say there’s a little bit of debate around the um performance levels and we can get stuck into that as well Callum but the we did what we needed to do we

Won 2N against Clyde the conditions didn’t look great on the TV um less said about the TV coverage the better I’m sure I’ll get a moan about that but goals from boyam meowski and Nikki delin saw us progress I think after last year it really felt like job done let’s

See what we get um afterwards yeah um I was uh relieved I think is may be the word I uh come full time it was a pretty dull game it wasn’t fantastic um you know we had a few chances out with the goals we didn’t

Really make much of any of them at the post at nil nil which I was C for a pie at the time and just s yelling at them like what are you doing just thinking about what happened last year which I am led to believe got mentioned many a Time

On the television many even last night after the draws well they still managed to squeeze it in well yeah I I mean I don’t don’t think we’ll be living it it down any to time soon but I was just glad that and we got through it it maybe

It wasn’t the most convincing but other than then hitting the post there wasn’t all that much to worry about um but we got through that’s the main thing and we kept a clean sheet wow yeah we did and obviously despite Clyde’s best attempts hitting the post and as uh my friend and

Former colleague James pointed out today that um it was just about 90 seconds apart from Clyde hitting the post than it did darville scoring so see seems to be almost Written in the Stars that’s just the first mention um probably already about 10 behind BBC in in the

Opening two minutes of their um sequence from Friday but Paul Donaldson makes a good point horrendous weather plastic pitch and a Clyde team who did well at sitting in defensively I agree with that I thought they were very they stuck to their task very well and was never going

To be the best performance but we got the job done and in the next round I think when you look at how we performed on Friday night versus how Harts got on um on Saturday lunchtime against Spartans you can probably compare and contrast the two I would much rather

Take a fairly comfortable two-nil win rather than kind of scraping through an injury time um against Spartans and almost be a minute away from from extra time um but look it wouldn’t be an Aberdine performance if there wasn’t something for us fans to to moan about

And get wound up about no it wouldn’t be um however I I’ll I’ll I’ll say it at least it was the four at the back that was my main thing going into the game um we sort of spoke on here that surely he’s got to go there I think that was a

General consensus amongst pretty much everyone and but he had to stick with that four at the back H I’m glad he didn’t have too much time to overthink it between that our last game up at Ross County um so encouraging at least I suppose maybe that E’s going to stick

With that um knowing our lot come Wednesday might change his mind again however yeah well well on the back of storm Isa I think there’s St storm Joselin I think it’s called coming in on Wednesday morning so who knows if we even got a game we seem to be preing a

Lot of games um down tside way and games get called off but I think you know you mentioned the four at the back it was an unchanged team from the team that um won convincingly against Ross County last time out we kind of assumed in our

Preview with Paul that that would be the case um I guess you must have been pleased to see us go with our strongest starting 11 going into that game take myself off mute absolutely H yes I was however I do agree with h Kaiser here saying not not enough wi crosses

ETA I do agree with that however I was still glad that we went with what we did and it’s just imagine if we actually played that sort of formation with Wingers it would you imagine what could happen um but just happy to sort of get through the

Tie um honestly as well ever credit to Clyde they don’t they didn’t look like a side that um that should be where they are in terms of bottom the league too um you would think that maybe they won’t struggle down that sort of way much longer and but it it was encouraging

That fact that we at least kept a clean sheet by you know C hitting the post um and the fact the way we set up I much prefer that we went to B St starting 11 and then had a chance to ring the changes and something we probably should

Have done last season um and probably we should approach all sort of cup ties start with strongest possible 11 and then if you are comfortable then make changes and give other boys a chance yeah I think there could maybe be a a case in point for maybe making some of

The subs earlier and we’ll come on to some of the players um who came on in their performances although if you’re really picking the bones out of performances for 10 minutes over Clyde then it’s a bit of a tough ask and I feel sorry for them but I I want to kind

Of go back to the point that the kais are made about the the width and the crosses because I actually noted it on the back of his first comment which he states that the performance I’m guessing he’s Rel uh relating to is unconvincing to say the least was the comment and I

Think the first half for me it was really patient in terms of our buildup but our final ball was horrendous Leon Clarkson throughout the game on Friday night his delivery was um really poor I think as being being polite um but I think we kind of

Did struggle to use the width and kind of use the pace and as you said without the kind of real directness of the likes of a sheden Morris and a Duke in that team we did lack that in the first half and I couldn’t help but feel like

Throughout the first half when the camera was actually clear to see what was going on on the pitch um once buan scored it really felt like a a release of any maybe sort of pressure or tension building because uh Michael Stewart alluded to like a few MPS and groans

Kind of appearing at maybe a slack pass here a poor cross there and obviously with with Clyde hitting the post before we’d even had a shot on target as had been pointed out to me on on Twitter after the the the tweet that we put out at full

Time look they hit the post but they didn’t score we went up and thank God for buan because once again digging us out a hole in another excellent finish from the north Macedonian um really when we needed it most probably at that point of the game that’s what he tends to do

It seems like in the Aline team um I do wonder if those a few months and Gro would have got slightly larger and certainly I know I would have been um very very nervous had it gone into sort of halftime I know it was we before half

Time but if it got got that far at no n um it certainly would have been woring they would had something to hold on to at that point so the Breakthrough definitely came at a good point and I think it did sort of ease and tension maybe amongst the crowd and perhaps on

The pitch too because we did struggle um it feels like I guess sort of credit Clyde once again because they did make it difficult for us certainly they did um but boyanowski once again and it was an excellent finish as well um he just sort of keeps performing keeps you know

It kind of keeps getting better and better and I love it it’s worrying but I love it yeah but I guess at this stage with only what nine days till the the window closes there doesn’t touch would seem to be kind of much interest uh in

Him at this moment in time but once again good footwork from Jamie McGrath to get probably one of our better balls into the into the box um of that first half and then boy end up doing what he does I think as you say you know we do

Have to credit the discipline and the the shape that Clyde kept throughout the game they didn’t you know I kind of felt when it went one nil the way Paul had spoken in the preview episode that oh we’re going to absolutely run away with this year 340

But possibly coupled with some poor play from us but also some disciplined play from from Clyde they they kept the score line respectable um and we struggled at times to break them down um as Paul Ricky says probably a little bit ring Rusty um with with some of of our play

And I think for me that also does factor and I did mention it in the preview how much coming off the the back of a couple of weeks off Barry Robson saying a lot of the players got seven days holiday you saw both L and cl Clarkson and D

Pvar going on holiday together to New York so you know they did have um some some downtime and probably limited time on the training pitch given the weather last week as well but I I can see why people were concerned on the back of that performance but I think Cup

Football at these early rounds given what we saw last season it’s all about getting through um and I think an improved level level of performance um is certainly what we’ll be looking for come Wednesday night yeah absolutely now that they’ll be back in their groove a

Little bit more and take a little bit of confidence I suppos from a result they been expected to get but nonetheless um once again given how last year went they was probably just glad to sort of get that monkey off their back as well um I suppose yeah I think there was an

Element of rust there however um sort of slightly um not happy to give them that sort of excuse given the complaints of oh we’re tired we’re playing Thursday Sunday we’ve been traveling a lot and then all of a sudden to get a little bit of a

Break and so it’s I don’t know I know it’s difficult when they’re not keeping up that match sharpness and and things but um they should have been rightly rested and ready and raring to go um but it’s good they’ve got the one went under the belt before we go back into League

Business um where hopefully and they’ll be getting back into the swing of things yeah and I guess that’s where you know for those tuning in on YouTube whether it’s live with us here tonight or on on catop the big talking point Banner that is down below our faces is performance

Versus progression because that did seem to be the kind of hot topic of debate on Friday night come fulltime like as I said I called the performance professional um and I heard the the commentary team on Saturday during the the Hearts game refer to our performance as professional um when

Trying to claim Hearts we’re doing the same and a couple of minutes later they conceded an absolute worldly against Spartans but also look some of some members of our support were unhappy with the level of performance and look the the good thing about football is you’re entitled to your own opinion no one’s

Going to claim our opinions right no one’s going to claim someone saying that that performance was terrible is wrong um because I can totally see why people were frustrated with that performance and you know Kaiser referring to the kind of probably point in case with this

Where when it comes to Cup football we should be getting through that’s all that matters but we should be comfortably beating a team like that four or 5 nil and I think there’s probably is an expectation amongst a support bottim of League 2 you know you’re you’re turning up and we should

Be dismissing these sides with no bother but we’ve got through we kept a clean sheet as you’ve refer to and despite Shaden Morris going underneath the advertising boards we didn’t pick up any injuries um so really job done and all good on that front on mute off it’s an absolute

Disaster over here Glenn but yeah um I’ll tell you what I wasn’t happy when Shady Shady got got thrown under the advertising boards I was not a happy boy at that point but yeah we got through unscathed um I suppose you could say and I am just happy that we are through to

The next round and you know we’ve uh got sort of for the players got that monkey off the back for the ones that were from were still there last season um and yeah I mean I we would have all loved for it to have been a lot more comfortable

Perhaps than it was um I still think as far as two NS go other than the hitting the post it was relatively comfortable there was no hay Moments One we once we went one nil up really um and that was sort of all we were hoping for I suppose

Um off the back of last season um just professional get through the tie and see what happens from there on and and and we’ve been sort of ‘ve we’ve been we’ve locked out with the draw I could argue yeah I know the my heart support team mates of message saying what are we

Bribing the S spfl and SFA with our Cup draws this season but it’s about damn time we got some generous Cup draws because they’ve not been favorable to us in recent times was their aspects Callum um you you’ve mentioned the width um already on the show but was there

Aspects of the performance that frustrated you at all as someone that was a pain punter down there um because I’m sure your experience being live in the stadium was totally different um to to mine H certainly being on TV it looked really windy really rainy I mean

As I said it was like me and you going for a walk in the rain um watching that on TV because you kind of see anything as soon as a bit of raindrop gets on your glasses felt like sometimes it was steaming up in the second half all you

Heard was the occasional squeak of them trying to clean the camera and every second words seemed to be darval the the coverage o of the game was atrocious but on a performance point of view somebody um replied to um our tweet after full time and apologies I’ve forgotten the

Name and I don’t want to get incorrect um said if we were happy with that performance we are part of the problem now I feel that is a slight exaggeration but I can see why people weren’t as I’ve said I can see why people weren’t happy but what aspects if any were frustrating

For you of the performance on Friday night well I think we we didn’t really test their goalkeeper all that much some of it was a very slow and labored as well in terms of the buildup play and then the final ball once again it seemed

To be a lot well it’s been a lot of problem for the most of the season um once again I I do have sympathy again because the conditions were bad and a lot of the time and to be fair than I was wearing my contact lines otherwise

I’d had the same view you because it was just getting blown into our faces uh most of the time that was when I wasn’t trying to clean gravy off my off my jumpers the pies were good but messy um but yeah it wasn’t you know it wasn’t convincing I wouldn’t say but

Comfortable at the same time it kind of was and in terms of just getting the result um it certainly on paper looks looks comfortable but I do agree with Kaiser there saying it sort of lackluster ponderous football and I think a lot of that comes from the lack

Of wood um you know up at Ross County this sort of setup certainly worked um and it’s what we wanted to see but I you can’t help but think with a little bit more direct a little bit more Pacey players and in the form of Wingers God

Forbid it could have been a lot more comfortable in terms of just getting at them and making them a little bit more uncomfortable because when we’re pous and and sort of lck cluster and the buildup slow it plays into their hands they’re looking just sort of set up be

Organized be structured make it frustrating for us I think that that they did so credit to them for that however without any disrespect they are bottom of League too there are a lot of their players that are playing um are part of the reason they are and okay

They looked they don’t look like they should be but there there is a reason they’re there and we should have been more comfortable and we should have caused them more problems than we certainly did you would feel yeah and and looking the debate about performance versus progression think you and Grant

Spot unfortunately it’s a results business we won the game we progress and you know come May if we’re sitting lifting the Scottish cup a weekend but dream um no one’s going to talk about the performance in beating Clyde you know you look back to when we lifted The

League Cup under DK McKinnis we were absolutely terrible against alaa needed penalties nobody speaks about how bad we were that night when we were lifting the cup at parkhead so you we could sit and speak about the performance for a long time but Cup football we got through and

We Face Bon RI Rose for the first time in our competitive history um another team in League 2 Bon RI Rose of course one of the successful teams from the the pyramid get gaining promotion from the Loland League um back in the day um a team that I’ve seen already in action

This season in the Scottish cup when they beat frasera earlier on this season I’ve actually seen seen Bon rig against Fraser twice in Scottish cup action Bonnie rig winning both those including a 90th minute winner at the bells Lane the first time they met which sent the away keeper running straight into the

Away fans um so they’re certainly a team that have got a very good backing a very vocal backing um and I’m sure that many of them will enjoy the trip up north um again this season but Callum in terms of draws from an aberin point of view a home draw against lower league

Opposition we really can’t complain about that and hopefully not picked for TV as well ideally not it would be nice to have a Saturday 3:00 for once that would be magic um I’m very glad it’s at home um I I know it’s sort of the best

Draw we could have hoped for but the fact it’s at home is even better um I would have been concerned as much as it would have been nice to go to a lovely new ground um I would have been a little bit more concerned I just think we’ve

All got PTSD about that kind of thing right now um but it’s all we can really hope for and hopefully as Kaiser says H in the comments once again I feel like I’m just referencing him I don’t need to be here got 10 pounds get in for that

Game surely if they pric it reasonably it would be magic for that home draw get it get it as close to solds out as possible and look it’s a chance you know to get people in the door that maybe wouldn’t be wouldn’t be bothered normally the fact it’s a lower price and

Then that’s you can perhaps keep them along if it’s a good performance and a good result and they catch that cup fever that would be m but it’s it’s the best we can hope for and my dad text me saying potential banana skin I said at

Least it’s at home yeah and ironic that we’re playing a team with rose in the name on Valentine’s weekend really um coming up but I think you’re absolutely right in terms of pricing let’s be honest I mean even if we did price it a tener we’re still not going to sell out

To to Bonnie rig at home but I think you know I’m kind of with you in the sense that it would have been nice to take off a new ground if it had been away I think though had it been away um would have

Been an absolute nap to be on TV um so hopefully a 3:00 Scottish Cup game at py would be would be ideal um I’m also in agreement that if the pricing is right that um it’ll encourage more people to to come along uh I’m certainly um hopeful of of some reasonable pricing

And I might even take the we man along as well for his second game um get him to hopefully see more goals and another win um but of course uh John keeler’s absolutely correct the issue with the the pricing is that both teams have to agree to pricing for for Cup games and

Bonnie rig given the the games up todrey might be looking at this as an opportunity um for a good payday um obviously Paul mentioned it when we were previewing the Clyde game about how a welcome Payday for a trip to pdre would be so I wouldn’t be surprised to see it

Somewhere up around the the 15 the 15 pound Mark but let let’s hope it’s it’s priced sensibly and even for the younger fans because that’s what the club seem to be banging the drum about um getting those younger fans in is also um priced reasonably as well but you know there’s

Kind of no real I think from the Scottish Cup draw that we saw the weekend no real standout draws for for me there you both Edinburgh teams potentially facing tricky ties away to championship teams hopefully both of them picked by the BBC I think I’m trying to remember but from memory only

Mir and Celtics sticks out as an all Premiership um tie as well so we’ll see what what comes but an ideal opportunity to get to I think it’s a quarter finals this would be if we get through yep it would be the sixth round quarterfinals it would be but it is an ideal

Opportunity um one you’d like to think that they they wouldn’t up but H maybe maybe maybe have Jed it there um but yeah it’s it’s the best we could have asked for and a chance to get through to the quarterfinals at that point and it can potentially be sort of

Anyone’s game depending on how how the draws like however I would have liked more Premiership on Premiership action just get them knocked out yeah nice and early H however not likely to be the case unfortunately no not but he we’ve to win the cup you’ve got to beat some

Teams are probably our same level so we’ll see what is get gets dealt with as the competition progresses if of course we do as well but our Focus returns to Premiership football as the winter break ends um and the dawn’s head to Perth to to face St Johnson Christ that was

Easier um in my head to say um and Callum this is where it really matters you know we got the right result on um Friday night against Clyde the performance maybe wasn’t all there but showing signs of clicking in into gear but we speak about getting up the table

And Wednesday given our run of fixtures um and quite a congested run of fixtures that we’ve got coming up it feels imperative to start this run with three points yeah it does if it’s on I suppose I will be heading down uh hopefully providing with I’m upstairs in K’s uh

K’s like Loft and it feels like the roof’s about to blow off and which would be would be uh interesting I’m sure for a lot of you um but it’s yeah it’s important we get back to winning we as mentioned with a fixture Schedule H coming up and and it’s a chance possibly

To get into that top six as well dunde face Hearts h and Hibbs uh against Rangers too H there was a goal swing of four between us and Hibbs and obviously we win they lose H then there would be a good chance well then we’d be in the top

Six which would be almost Sun hard of stuff H for us it would feel like um but it’s vital I can’t imagine though that it’s going to be a game that is easy on the eyes especially with these conditions and St Johnston um obviously went out the cup of the weekend against

Aians uh something that Craig LaVine was reluctant to to blame on Rust I can imagine he will have had a rocket up their holes H and will likely make it very difficult for us if we don’t do that for our yeah and we already saw in the previous

Encounter between the two sides that Padre wasn’t exactly played in the most glamorous conditions either High wins and driving rain um played out a thrilling was it nil nil I’m sure that’s how entertaining it was I’ve already forgotten what the score was in that game but I remember it was a draw let’s

Be honest games between the two sides are never really full of much entertainment let alone when we’ve got to face a Craig LaVine side as well and as you said as Johnson side probably looking to to bounce back and react to that Scottish cup exit um we’ve

Mentioned of the fact that we went with that four at the back against Clyde are you nervous that bar changes things up for for Wednesday night I’m always nervous that Bar’s gonna do something mental and but logically it would make no sense for him to to change

It and to stick with the same thing probably even the same exact start 11 the fact it was Friday to Wednesday um a reasonable bit of rest there and uh I opposed them that however would consider me again you know it was sort of slow and laborous um laborious rather H

Against Clyde and that would also suit Johnston as well without any sort of pace and directness and as they will no doubt look to frustrate us and and um boy they have they done that over the years it’s something they do very well and then when it’s Craig LaVine um too

It just makes matters even worse but I’d like to get one over him that would be absolutely excellent yeah and I think that’s my concern as well is kind of that laborious nature that you refer to and the fact that we were kind of slowing the build up and for me kind of

Using the width of the pitch and getting the ball moving quicker we were really kind of slowing in our passing on on Friday night and that was against a you know a part-time team in Clyde this is a fully professional team in and Johnson a team that is renowned for sitting in and

Frustrating teams um at the best of time and it’s how do we go about breaking St Johnson down and with that if we were to repeat the same starting 11 I’m not fully confident that we’ve got the players as you allude to to kind of have that little bit of pace

To get beyond the the last Defender and get the ball into the box and kind of create something because at times on Friday night that’s where we where we lacked but there’s no kind of area of the pitch where I’m looking at what we started with versus what was on the

Bench and thinking yeah I would play like an eser slar instead of Dante pvar for example I’m not I’m not seeing that right now no I think it’s I think the game the team against Clyde was probably our best 11 cerly in terms of performers so far

This season um you you’d probably argue um I suppose if you’re not looking for the pacing dness then you’re looking for the technical quality between those three behind boam offski and we know if he we can get him a chance the likelihood is he’s going to take it and

And I suppose then you are relying on you know mcra Clarks and poar being sharp the passing being crisp and getting up in support of Bo meowski probably mainly too because then we can cause problems um against any side really like John you know they’ve not really set the world

Like I think they have been slightly better since Craig LaVine came in um however perhaps as much as there could be a reaction after their po result of the weekend they could also be low confidence after that um and maybe that sort of slight honeymoon period that slight Improvement they’ve had after

LaVine came in has maybe gone and I suppose that’s what we can hope for rather than the rocket up the bum providing them a bit of imp and um and and starting to worry us a little bit more but it’s just it’s just so annoying that um I mean the weather’s not going

To make it any much more of a spectacle than it would have been already it’s so bad going down there they seem to be worse than the games at pauri somehow um however we also have snuck wins I feel like quite a lot in recent times I

Think back to the teddy JS hand ball uh late in Clarkson as well and so hopefully hopefully we have enough about us and I suppose into if you’re thinking about the fullbacks providing with Nikki Devin’s got to uh be full of conference uh excellent finish at the weekend I

Can’t believe it’s taken us nearly half an hour to mention it to be fair um more of that from him would be superb yeah know not even mentioned the fact that Ban’s doing amazing things he even assists up with a back heel not knowing about it but another excellent through

Ball from from Dante pvar in the buildup to that and I mean it’s a good finish from Nicki delin but it screams just hit and hope that hits the side nitting and doesn’t flash out for a corner give him more credit that’s his third goal of the

Season isn’t it oh he’s absolute flying goal machine feels like he’s almost our second top goal scorer with the way boyan C does at this rate um but you you mention about the the league and I’m just looking at the the league table um just now and dunde uh travel to T Castle

Tomorrow night or or today for those maybe listening on audio depending when Callum gets the episode out um so that you know we’re sitting currently 14 points behind hearts and of course we travel to T Castle um at the weekend as well so this kind of really feels like a

Really important couple couple of fixtures for the cuz potentially um we could find ourselves 20 points behind hearts come Sunday if things were to go terribly or the game is off tomorrow night as well that’s mental isn’t it in in January and but yeah it is massive we

We need to get we need to get points on the board H as soon as possible uh this being one of our games in hand over some teams as well um that’s games in hand probably providing people a lot of lot more confidence H however means absolutely nothing uh should should we

Not win those games and we’ve got to start with that that being said as much as I’m expecting a terrible game if it’s a terrible game and it ends 1n abine then I will not give a jot no absolutely and I think that’s what we’ve got to be

Hoping for that the kind of conditions don’t really affect the game too much and I guess might actually benefit us in a sense that we kind of played in some of those conditions on on Friday night um because by all accounts the conditions and Johnson played in

Yesterday they lost on Saturday were a lot calmer than than what we played in on on Friday night um and well the players certainly didn’t look like they were enor to be training at Cormac park today it was a cold and windy um session

For them um but yeah no it’s like I said with the Run of fixtures that we’ve we’ve got coming up of obviously a trip to T Castle this weekend before dundy at home and then Celtic um at home as well we really we speak about pressure

On the team but it could quite easily swing backround on on Barry robs and he’s got the the support turning with the fact that he’s you know changed to move to a back four whether it’s that sticky re terrible one-nil win or a free flowing 3

40 win it kind of feels similar to Friday as long as we get that result yeah that’s s how I feel about it especially just you know with consideration of how our games against St Johnston team seem to always go and let’s just get points on the

Boards shall we I’m not bothered how it how it comes um it would be nice to start playing this free flowing attacking football at some point um I suppose we sort of did see that up at Ross County which I guess gives gives encouragement um however I would just like us to start

Winning games regularly first really and it sort of feels like kind of how where we were when Robson came in in terms of we’re not bothered how it comes just get start getting results and he did do that yeah so he decides to start doing it again that would be absolutely

Superb however H you know I’m sure people have their doubts yeah um I don’t know if you’ve been using uh red TV over the the last last few weeks or that did you see Keller Rose’s um pre-match um interview ahead of the Clyde game on

Friday no I did not no um C he was asked about his future and since you are Keen to to know um any transfer rumors I’m probably Clinging On To The the tiniest bit of Hope um said he was not prepared to to speak about his future um said he

Was happy at the club the club he feels are happy with him and he’ll leave it at that for the the time being um certainly if you you watch the interview and and listen to it it sounds like he comes across a bit prickly a bit not in the

Mood to speak about and rather focus on things on the field could we be reading too much into the reaction um because it kind of I kind of personally feel that there’s that sense of inevitability with a second child on the way that he might actually leave in the summer it sort of

Feels like that and schull mentioned and Roose is away it’s no secret wants to bring up his kid up bring his kid up at home um you would have thought it the extension would it been done long and goal possibly last season with some of his performances and by now and the fact

You know he doesn’t really want to speak about it I know I’ve not seen it myself but it sounds a lot like let’s just start preparing ourselves for another new goalkeeper next season and however is a concern however I I just don’t know given the way we’ve replaced some

Players H if we would do that correct but they’ve got plenty time plenty warning you would hope yeah and we’ve got nine days left of the the January transfer window um the only kind of talk that we’ve seen is about outgoings and the main player that that

Seems to be um being talked about leaving in probably inverted commas is of course Duke and John kilo asking if the rumors are true about him pushing to leave I’ve not read anything to S suggest that but certainly kind of clubs do seem to be sniffing about for a move

He’s not a player that we need to sell right this second given the the length of time on his contract but as I said with nine days to go in in the window do you expect us to make any signings between now and the end of the window

And if so how many would you be expecting it’s been 22 days and there’s not been any so I’m not expecting anything really at this point fact there’s not even any you know sort of mmers either H there’s a few maybe at start of the window and nothing came of

Them there’s not really been much since um I would be surprised if we signed anyone I would love us to get at least one in either a Winger or or another and like sort of holding midfielder and as that sort of Ramadan replacement but I can’t see that happening I also would

Have thought there was maybe going to be a bit more outs um you’ve got your calendar next to you however don’t you Glenn mhm um you know we’ve seen both of those players go re Williams and or dadia um I’m surprised as it gets ched behind you and

Fair enough uh I’m I suppose a few more in terms of the development loan kind of front and I thought perhaps we might have seen something on the ban front in terms of him going too I can’t see much happening it’s been very quiet in fact all Scotland’s been rather quiet and

Weirdly I I guess you mentioned about Baza and kind of potentially his future and whether or not he comes or or goes kind of going back to Friday Pap pug came on for a cameo and certainly left his mark on um the the Clyde Defender he

Chucked his elbow into um I’m not going to sit here and criticize what we’ve seen from Pap so far this season because it’s been very limited and Bar’s already given his thoughts on it the fact that he hasn’t had a preseason with the players and it’s difficult to get him up

To speed with what he wants to do how much of a benefit do you think sending him out on loan possibly within Scotland would benefit him ahead of next season could potentially be massive um I think there there must be a reason we’ve spent a significant fee on him and we’ve not

Seen any of it yet however as you say it’s been in sort of fits and starts I I don’t know how anyone could be that critical of him after after the game against Clyde because I mean service to him nonexist and he didn’t really get a

Touch of the ball and fact to be to be honest if Jaden Morris had squared instead of going for goal himself he could have had his first goal um you would have liked to thought he’ have stuck it away from about four yards out um I think alone could be beneficial

Whether there’s anyone even interested whether that’s something they’re even considering having spent at such a decent fee on him but in terms of getting him up to speed if he can go somewhere and play then I can’t think of any reason why he wouldn’t do it when

He’s probably you know the third choice strike fourth choice Striker at this moment in time and we’re only playing one we’re not even putting Duke out wide or anything at the moment so um it would be beneficial if he could go there play football maybe even grab a couple goals

And then come into preseason you saw sort of how that affective affected Danny bvar going to America playing regularly um and everyone of course thought that was the end of his Aberdine career when he went to America and look how it’s changed his his path yeah

Certainly so it could be sort of similar however I’m just I I just feel like nothing’s going to happen between now and the end of the window which is dull isn’t it I guess for maybe some of the loans it’s maybe we’re holding off until near the end of the window given that

You know if a a bid of significant money came in for a Duke caroan then the clubs feel maybe the hands tied then then who knows so it could be a busy last day but Aberdine don’t tend to do busy last days of transfer Windows um as you mentioned

Your January calendar um if you’ve got that particular player calendar um is completely useless already this month with Oria um completing his return back to Israel both him and REE Williams featuring in no competitive minutes for for the club the aberin Sher Shield I’m not really counting that as competitive

Minutes um so yeah really kind of unsuccessful stint Aberdine for both um probably the most action was getting flung across by over my shoulder there on the calendar um for for both players and begs the question NE from our work said um we should maybe just start single player calendars I

Know the club did a retro calendar this year instead but um the January curse strikes again for the calendar I would buy a single Sloan rubich calendar that I don’t know about you but I would be fully on board with that does he have to

Have a shaved head or not though he just doesn’t look could mix it up I did think he looked odd I I much prefer him with his shave he looks a bit more mental I I enjoy that but um yeah yeah I would i’ certainly invest in that if they can mix

It up month to month perhaps I’d be on board andus McDonald calendar would sell well I’m sure oh yeah I reckon it probably would but again you know another player that there’s been rumors about which once again seem to have died down massively it’s just all very very

Dull and but I don’t I don’t know on re Williams and or dadia they can’t have been by Robson signings can they they no he wasn’t interested in them was he I certainly feel the latter wasn’t but if the the former was a recommendation on from Leon Clarkson then I feel a bit

Sorry for Lon Clarkson because he’s been massively let down by allegedly um ree Williams attitude and application um when when he’s been here but yeah he’s now playing alongside fza Ojo and James Wilson at Port Bale and I’m sure there’s another Aline player in amongst the port Bale ranks as well so

Who’ have thought it I might go down and watch them that sounds a right laugh what spine of a team exactly funo Ojo Captain as well funo the thing is Ree Williams out of those three is the one who had the lowest impact and that’s despite the

Fact our expectations been so high from coming in from on from Liverpool that’s sort of wild yeah isn’t it just um in terms of any other news um I guess we should congratulate young Dylan lobin and Alfie Stewart on their contract extensions Alfie Stewart’s now gone un

Loan to um Pier head thanks to the Blu tune podcast for the the heads up on that um giving us a message on that before it was announced by the club but um we’re not like other people are going to announce that um into the world just

In case Things fall through um so hopefully he goes and and does well um Out On LAN up Pier head and and Dylan’s now um at four for obviously was cup tied for the weekend upgrading from his loan St for Martin as well so good to get into a bit more competitive action

Not saying Highland league is not competitive um because it is very full-blooded but um stepping up a gear into into um the leagues um and seeing how he gets on there so certainly again if you get the chance or anybody um that’s got red TV and has not gone back

To see it watch the interview with Dylan Lin what what a levelheaded young guy he is um speaks really well and um certainly a player that you’re you’re rooting for and want to see have a good future at the I know certainly he’s wanting to come back and fight for a

Place in the first team um next season and that’s kind of attitude I want to see from some of the the young players coming through um especially ones that you know are Boyhood Aline fans as well yeah Sly encing the fact they’re making those sort of steps up as well um after

Signing New Deals can only be a good thing and I suppose for them playing at level at such young age as well they’re getting a good grounding because it’s you know for a lot of these guys um well for almost all other the ones that are

On loan from clubs high up the pyramid um you know they’re working other jobs and the football really matters them it’s not this glamorous lifestyle that perhaps you get in the Premiership if you can call the Premiership like glamorous and but that’ll certainly they’ll certainly learn a thing or two

And playing against a lot of experienced Pros Hardy chaps I’m sure um it’s it’s encouraging and the fact he wants said he wants to come back and and fight for his place next season he might have a chance to do that if there’s a baron face shaped hole in the Midfield mhm and

Who knows gra Shin is not getting any younger either um the the other big news um which was announced this evening on Monday before we came live was that um there’ll be no winter break um in January next season in the Scottish Premiership that is due to the increase

In European group stage games um increasing from 6 to 10 hopefully that’s something that we are partaking in although I’m sure if we’ve got a trip to dens Park in January we’ll get a winter break judging by the state of their pitch oh T side anywhere H it would seem

But yeah I’m glad they’ve they’ve got rid of it I don’t know if they have wanted to H however it was just I don’t it was total nonsense wasn’t it and the fact it was like I went a break you maybe understand but it’s far too early

Kind of for that kind of thing as well because then weather seems gets worse throughout January and before getting better in February and you’re welcome this is Cal right not Sean bti and so yeah thank God they’re getting rid of it and it’ll be January is will be a bit

Less dull perhaps going forward yeah and maybe not as congested because certainly going to be a congested few weeks on the podcast and playing um Saturday midweek so lots of content for us to um produce and lots of content for you guys to um get stuck into listen to watch and as

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Further reaches so thank you for from both of us for that absolutely and happy birthday I almost said Jimmy Neil there that’s s completely different Jimmy Neil 75 years old today been a Dawns fan for 70 years oh wow you’ve seen some stuff in that time happy birthday hopefully

The next next podcast will be a decent one for you yes indeed happy birthday to Jimmy I’m sure he’s had a right battering up in Shetland with the weather both from the snow and the wind um as well so um I’m sure you’ve enjoyed the podcast it’s not been too negative I

Hope for you Jimmy um and as Calum says hopefully a positive one to look back at as we um review whatever happens providing there’s a game of course against and Johnson and look ahead to that trip to T castle at the weekend Calum though you might not be joining me

Because of course you get the keys to your new flat so all the best with your flat move and we’ll see who is the able Deputy in the co-host seat but thank you very much to everybody that has joined in the Stream tonight and who’s tuned in

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