Aberdeen finally win at home!
By: TheNorthernLight | November 1st, 2008
Well, it took five attempts but we’ve finally done it – a home win.
Sone Aluko’s single goal, an 18-yard screamer past Combe in the Killie goal just after the break was to prove the winner and some measure of revenge following our Cup exit at the hands of the Ayrshire side a few weeks back. All in all it was a great performance from the Dons in front of a crowd of just over 10,000.
Sone Aluko had one of his best afternoons ever in the red and white of Aberdeen and was worthy of his Man of the Match award. He was constantly threatening the Killie goal, whether from open play down the left wing (which he completely dominated right throughout the game) or from set pieces. Lee Miller also had a great game, as did Richard Foster in the midfield and Jamie Langfield in goal. Defensively we took some time to warm up – Diamond and Hodgkiss were immense, but Considine had an akward start and the first 20 minutes of the game where a wee bit scary. Charlie Mulgrew had a shocker however, struggling against Mehdi Taouil for most of the game and his substitution after the restart for Mark Kerr was inevitable.
The win pushes the Dons into 7th place, one point behind Dundee United who we play next week at Tannadice. Kilmarnock move down to fourth spot, overtaken by Motherwell who beat Hamilton 2-0 today. Elsewhere, Hibernian’s last game against St. Mirren at Love Street before the Buddies move to their new ground ended in a dismal 0-0, as did the game between Falkirk and Dundee United. No doubt Ian will be updating us all later, but Inverness Caley had a shocker of a game against Rangers, going down 5-0. Celtic take on Hearts tomorrow.
So, a good win for the Dons – we’re finally on our way!
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Well done to the Dons. At least someone in the north can score a goal and win a match …
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Aye, a win much needed. To think that from being bottom two weeks ago, we’re now 2 points of third spot. There’s a real stramash developing in the middle of the table. I keep forgetting we’re not even a third of the way into the season yet, so there’s still plenty of time to push for glory. Caley had a shocker, what happened there??
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Don’t really know … sometimes, the whole team takes the same day off. Bad keeper, bad defense, bad midfield, bad forwards. Didn’t help that Brewster started a 4-4-2 at Ibrox – the way we’re playing, that was a little ambitious.
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