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Random Great Scottish Matches » Random Great Scottish Matches #35 - Aberdeen 3 Ipswich Town 1 » Today 3:35 am

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Our New Firm rivals bater the UEFA Cup holders.

Bobby Robson's, Ipswich Town.


 

Music » The first British artist that has impressed me in many years » Today 1:05 am

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He's at it again.

This is spellbinding. What a talented young guy.


 

Dundee United » The Shed vs Raith » Today 12:45 am

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JerryDungle wrote:

 
Team’s already leaked, it’s not 3 at the back. But no Grieves so swings and roundabouts.

Ain't seen anything mate. 

A wee bit surprised he hasn't gave it till tomorrow, given a few have knocks.
 

Dundee United » The Shed vs Raith » Yesterday 9:40 pm

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Defo go 3 at the back.

Go 3-5-2

McLelland - Graham - McMann

Put Thomson and Middleton wing back roles and give them the remit to get forward at every opportunity.

I am not as despondent as some others.

Gallagher and Holt have been poor for weeks.

Dundee United » The Shed vs Raith » 27/3/2024 8:27 pm

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dufc2019 wrote:

are you high?  lol
 

Nope.
 

Dundee United » The Shed vs Raith » 27/3/2024 6:59 pm

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Assuming neither McMann or Holt makes it.

I'd try something different. Why not? We haven't came close to beating Raith in the previous two defeats and one draw. We need to go all out on Saturday. 

................................Walton.....................
...................McLelland...Graham...Gallagher
Thomson...Wotherspoon..Docherty...Sibbald..Watt
............................Moult....MacLeod

Subs - Newman, Cudjoe, Grieve, Mochrie
Grimshaw, Tillson, Glass, Middleton, Fotheringham
 

Dundee United » The Shed vs Raith » 27/3/2024 4:10 am

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dufc2019 wrote:

been a development

What was it?
 

Dundee United » Modern Football.....United's style » 27/3/2024 4:04 am

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Macbonzo wrote:

David_Blunkett wrote:

Was gonna reply on yesterdays match thread, but it's a general rant rather than specifically about that game.

Football is a relatively simple game, that has somehow been turned into a massively overcomplicated mess, because one guy with all the financial backing he needed, has coached 3 teams, full of superstars and this is now seen as the only proper way to play.

In almost every position we have better players than our opponents in this league. We've shot ourselves in the foot so often it's laughable, and in most cases the damage has been done before they take the park.

The calibre of players we've signed, the financial outlay to get these guys, we should be getting way more from them.

Often at games we still and ask ourselves "What to they do in training all week?" Well, the answer is right in front of you.

It's low intensity, pass, pass, go backwards, pass, don't take risks, pad out the stats football, football is meant to be for the fans, who in their right mind wants to watch 11 plodders try and make pretty patterns?

How the fuck can anyone enjoy the Airdrie style of trying to suck the life our of the opposition?

It's fucking shite. Fuck them all, fuck your clipboards, 48 page opponent dossier and fuck your XG, Bee Gee and Kenny G.

 
One of the things that is becoming common, is new universities eg Manchester Metropolitan are trying to teach a model of how football should be played. They try and apply the Bill Belichick New England Patriots philosophy to football. Much of this merely theory applied to another sport. The whole playing out from the back approach has become part of the philosophy. Interestingly if you watch Airdrie play, they, religiously follow this philosophy. Coincidentally, Rhys McCabe happens to be an Associate of Consilium Ltd - a sports agency set up by Mike Martin and Jackie McNamara. His aunt is Shelley Kerr MSc (Merit).

The problem I have, is, that 1) Anyone seems to get admitted to

Random Great Scottish Matches » Random Great Scottish Matches #34 - Rangers 2 Dundee United 3 » 26/3/2024 12:07 am

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A groundbreaking win for Jim McLean's charges at Ibrox in early '77.

The start of the glory years.


 

Dundee United » UTD vs ICT - Saturday 23rd March » 24/3/2024 2:08 am

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CCX2 2010 wrote:

There is a limit to our budget in the championship mate, as much as it would be great to have two players challenging for every position the budget I guess won't stretch that far.

We have in my opinion the two best midfielders in the league who dominate the midfield. You could probably count in one hand the amount of games we have lost in the middle of the park (Raith home and Dunfermline away).

Disagree also about a target man being the priority, the priority was Pace, unfortunately we have just signed pace but forgot about footballing ability.

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There is a limit to our budget, yes you are correct.

Yet he's signed two players (one in each window) who haven't played ONE MINUTE in the league (Ollie Denham and Sam Mclleland).

So, please let's not use the excuse of limited funds.

On the midfield. Sibbald and Docherty are reasonably good players at this level but i stand by my point that neither really boss a game. None of our midfielders do actually. And their goal returns are shocking.

Docherty - 2 league goals
Sibbald - 2 league goals

It's nowhere near enough really, and our supporters are kidding themselves on if they think that is anywhere near good enough.

On the forwards. Yes, we needed pace, agreed. But we also needed a big target man that would allow us to play a different way and hit the ball long and bring others into play with his knock downs etc.

We only play one way and we have long since been sussed out.

One dimensional, Jim Goodwin.
 

Dundee United » GOODWIN OUT » 23/3/2024 7:18 pm

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JerryDungle wrote:

Seen enough, we ain’t going up with him at the helm. A perennial loser who’s spent his career cruising along at clubs who play every week with absolutely no pressure whatsoever on them, Hamilton, St. Mirren, Stockport County, Scunthorpe… what pressure really is on you at these sort of clubs? Does it really fucking matter what league they’re or what position they are in the table?

Once he joined Aberdeen, then United, clubs where there is real pressure to get results every week, he soon showed his mettle, a shitebag loser who doesn’t have the stomach for the fight or the shoulders to carry the pressure at a big club. He’ll probably do just fine in his next job at a Morton or a Partick Thistle, but he ain’t cut out for a team with expectations on them.

If Ogren had anything about him, even only to make back some of his investment, he’d sack this loser and move heaven and earth to get Neil Lennon in, even if only till the end of the season.

But he won’t, and we’ll get beat off of Raith next week, they’ll go on to get promoted, and Ogren will be all apologies for not acting and promising lessons have been learned and that things will be different next year etc.

Grow some fucking balls Mark and sack this loser.

Good post JD.

Agree word for word.
 

Dundee United » UTD vs ICT - Saturday 23rd March » 23/3/2024 7:16 pm

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He's made an absolute cunt of this job, in every single way.

Including recruitment (don't buy this myth that his recruitment has been good at all).

Not signing a Left back because he was relaxed about Kevin Holt being able to play there. Then today doesn't play him, instead playing a right sided winger there. Now Holt is injured and our only LB options are Miller Thomson and Glenn Middleton. I mean, c'mon to fuck.

Right Back a similar mess.

No-one in midfield who can boss a game.

No different type of Striker. Were crying out for a target man. Instead he signs Grieve who imo is a League Two level player.

A total mess.

Dundee United » Utd Prediction League - League Table » 23/3/2024 5:02 pm

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After Match Day 34-

1) Motherwellarab - 26 PTS
2) BMT - 25 PTS
3) Dufc2019 - 25 PTS
4) MockChop - 24 PTS
5) Nomad - 21 PTS
6) Kdyteejay - 21 PTS
7) Shedtastic - 20 PTS
8) Lancashire Arab - 19 PTS
9) CCX2 2010 - 19 PTS
10) Stillliving - 19 PTS
11) Glasgow is Tangerine - 18 PTS
12) Shakey Isles Arab - 17 PTS
13) Tek - 16 PTS
14) Macho Man - 14 PTS
15) Lifesanocean - 14 PTS
16) Arabdownsouth - 12 PTS
17) Rick Dagless - 12 PTS
18) United Arab Emarite - 11 PTS
19) Super Mario - 11 PTS
20) Finn Seemann - 10 PTS
21) United23 - 10 PTS
22) Jedi U Knighted - 7 PTS
23) Snacks94 - 6 PTS
24) David Blunkett - 4 PTS
25) Roger The Alien - 4 PTS
26) MorphMan - 2 PTS
27) GFL - 1PT
28) Arabassy - 1 PT

Dundee United » UTD vs ICT - Saturday 23rd March » 20/3/2024 11:07 pm

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Tek wrote:

Surely Wotherspoon will be fit enough for this weekend? 

Goodwin quoted in the Daily Record, below. 

United will have a near full squad although David Wotherspoon won’t make Saturday’s clash with his former team. Goodwin confirmed: “David is the only one who will be missing. He shouldn’t be too far away and we hope he will be back sooner rather than later.”

Unreal, doesn't even seem certain that he will be back for the Raith game.


 

Lesser Teams » Euro '24 » 20/3/2024 9:22 pm

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Stillliving wrote:

Win England
Scotland to lose against Germany, Switzerland & Hungary and come home without scoring a goal.

Hahaha.

I kinda respect your pessimism Still.
 

Dundee United » Brentford & Brighton » 20/3/2024 9:20 pm

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Rick Dagless wrote:

I've heard it's because of the costs involved of catering and stewarding a two tier stand it's
cheaper to keep it closed.

That may very well be their reasoning RD.

Was just told the club said the Fairplay 'wasn't operational'. So, assumed it must need some work done.

If it's over saving literally 'a few quid' then he (Ogren) really is tightening his financial grip on the club and it seems a poor decision therefore not to have filled the Shed with at least even a handful of Arabs.

Think it always gives the players a boost shooting into two goals housing our fans.
 

Dundee United » Brentford & Brighton » 20/3/2024 9:09 pm

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ArabChris wrote:

What is the issue the with the Fair Play stand not being operational this season?




 

Not exactly sure, just what i was told.

Could be a plethora of things. Don't think that stand has had any renovations or upkeep since it was built.
 

Dundee United » Brentford & Brighton » 20/3/2024 6:55 pm

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Snacks94 wrote:

Tek wrote:

Club denying all links at the DUSG Meeting last night.

Oh and they are also giving Raith the Shed.

 
But not all the seats according to Raith statement, seems utterly bizarre to give them the shed but limit tickets. Should have been in the fair play with Utd fans in the shed but we are just fucking idiots.

Found out a wee bit more info as to why.

They are only getting part of The Shed because part of it is to be taped off to leave a 'segregation area' between the Shed and the George Fox. Seems daft considering there is already a natural segregation area, but perhaps a Police decision and not Utd's (as i'm sure they'd want to make as much money as possible).

The reason they are in the Shed is because apparently the Fairplay Stand is not operational and that is the reason away supporters have been in the Shed all season.

Says everything about Ogren's intentions that a part of our stadium is not fit for purpose but no attempts have been made to retify the situation. 
 

Dundee United » Brentford & Brighton » 20/3/2024 5:51 pm

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UniDundee wrote:

Do we want to go down the multi-club route? Let's keep us local. 

Unfortunately no-one local will have the money Ogren is looking for.

If they did and seriously wanted to buy out Ogren, he'd bite their hand off.
 

Dundee United » Brentford & Brighton » 20/3/2024 12:13 pm

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Club denying all links at the DUSG Meeting last night.

Oh and they are also giving Raith the Shed.

Dundee United » UTD vs ICT - Saturday 23rd March » 20/3/2024 1:02 am

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A must win game, otherwise the fans will really turn on Goodwin.

Surely Wotherspoon will be fit enough for this weekend? If he is i'd have him on my bench ahead of Meekison.

What XI and formation would you play this weekend?

My team - 442

...........................Walton.................
Grimshaw.....Graham....Holt....McMann
Fotheringham...Docherty...Sibbald...Middleton
.......................Moult....Watt.........

Subs - Newman, Gallagher, McLellan, Tillson, Mochrie
           Cudjoe, Meekison, Grieve, Thomson

Dundee United » Brentford & Brighton » 18/3/2024 11:04 pm

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Interesting that later in the article it also says their is 'American interest' in buying Utd.

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