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11.15am
We lost 1-0 at Pittodrie yesterday, although it sounds as though
we were a bit unlucky and dominated possession for long periods of the game but
lacked a cutting edge upfront (how many times have we heard that about a
Motherwell team?). Apparently we created several clear-cut chances but
without David Kelly (injured in training in midweek) there was no-one there to
put them away. We need a striker, Mr Black!
The team was as follows (4-4-2)...
Brown, Corrigan, Strong, Ready, Hammell, Twaddle (Nicholas 65),
Lasley, Leitch, Pearson (Deloumeaux 50), Elliott, Adams.
Subs not used: Woods, Dow, Forrest
Speaking after the match, Eric Black said:
"I thought that for the first 15 minutes Aberdeen dominated the game
until we lost the opening goal. After that we got several good deliveries
into the box but couldn't put them away. If we'd had two strikers up there
it might have been different. With the quality of the crosses, another striker
might have helped."
"I'm delighted with the response. Their attitude was magnificent
today. I have to have time to assess the squad but I'm impressed so far,
although I'll have to improve things."
"We're always looking for new players and if you can get someone in
who is better than you have, then we'll try and do it. We've been left a
bit stranded with Ned David Kelly being out injured - that left us with only
Derek Adams as a natural striker, so that's maybe one area we could look
at."
Reports suggest that our old friend John Davies has been on
trial with Colorado Rapids and is expected to join up with John Spencer there on
a permanent basis soon.
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