Ryan Cryle

WATCH: Aberdeen's win at Kilmarnock - 5 thoughts, including Jimmy Thelin pressure-o-meter update After Kilmarnock 1 Aberdeen 0, Ryan Cryle and Paul Third discuss Jimmy Thelin's position now, Dante Polvara, Stuart Armstrong, debutant Dylan Lobban and whether we should be worried about goalkeeper D...

📈Jimmy Thelin pressure-o-meter
🇺🇸 Dante Polvara
🥅 Stuart Armstrong
❤️ Dylan Lobban’s debut
👋🏻 Dimitar Mitov’s form

All discussed in our latest video chat 🎥:

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Is unlikely Aberdeen Calvin Ramsay cash boost back on? Arne Slot praises 'very, very decent' ex-Don after Liverpool lifeline Ramsay was praised for his performance after playing the entirety of Liverpool's 3-0 EFL Cup exit to Crystal Palace at Anfield - the injury-hit former Aberdeen youngster's first appearance for the Mer...

🔴🆕Calvin Ramsay’s 'very, very decent' third-ever Liverpool appearance looks like it could lead to further opportunities, and could unlock some of the £2.5million in potential Aberdeen add-ons which, less than a week ago, looked near-totally gone.

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🆎Catch-up - Aberdeen boss Jimmy Thelin's pre-Kilmarnock press conference:

🔴 Sporting director: 'Me and Lutz have ideas to work TOGETHER – I’m not concerned'
🔴Cormack chats
🔴Dons 'start games well', but start 'stressing'
🔴When Gyamfi will be back

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LIVE: Jimmy Thelin Aberdeen press conference before critical Kilmarnock trip Ryan Cryle brings you updates from floundering Aberdeen's press conference before the midweek Premiership game at Kilmarnock.

Another Dons presser live blog with the mood having darkened once more...

🔴LIVE: Jimmy Thelin Aberdeen press conference before critical Kilmarnock trip

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CONFIRMED: Lutz Pfannenstiel is Aberdeen's new sporting director as Dons bolster football structure above boss Jimmy Thelin Aberdeen chiefs had been searching for a more technically-minded sporting director, and Pfannenstiel will bring his 'significant experience to Pittodrie' from next month.

There we go.

Initially, Aberdeen chiefs thought Lutz would be too expensive an option, so it would appear there has been some meeting in the middle (due to him having bought into the project).

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REVEALED: Struggling Aberdeen to announce sporting director imminently as Dave Cormack looks to bolster Jimmy Thelin support structure Aberdeen chiefs have been searching for a more technically-minded sporting director to fill the vacancy left by departed director of football Steven Gunn.

🆎🆕REVEALED: Struggling Aberdeen to announce sporting director imminently as Dave Cormack looks to bolster Jimmy Thelin support structure

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Aberdeen fans/Dons tops everywhere in Athens at this point, but I think my new friend, Razz, is the most committed.

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WATCH: Marko Lazetic or Kevin Nisbet? Aberdeen fans in Athens unanimous over which striker should start against AEK Aberdeen fans in Greece for the Conference League clash with AEK Athens are all hoping one frontman plays from the start on Thursday.

Morning all. Aberdeen fans in Greece for Thursday night’s Uefa Conference League fixture at AEK Athens have been having their say on which striker – Kevin Nisbet or Marko Lazetic – should start for the Dons. And it’s UNANIMOUS!🔴⚽🗣🎥

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Aberdeen defender Nicky Devlin relishing potential ferocious atmosphere against AEK Athens Devlin set up a goal when Aberdeen were last in Greece - 2023's 2-2 draw at PAOK - and thinks the multi-national make-up of the current Dons squad will be a help on Thursday.

Here’s Devlin on the PAOK experience/how Aberdeen’s multi-national squad might be better at dealing with more challenging European crowds:

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Aberdeen boss Jimmy Thelin says Dons must 'manage emotions' in AEK Athens cauldron and with card and penalty-daft ref Thelin's team take on AEK Athens in the Conference League at the OPAP Arena on Thursday.

Jimmy Thelin and Nicky Devlin’s taxi debacle (in the live blog 🚕) meant a bit of a rush after Aberdeen’s pre-AEK press conference.

Here’s the more in-depth Thelin piece (Devlin is below)🆎 ✍️

Thelin gave some more info on Emmanuel Gyamfi’s injury.

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EXCLUSIVE: Inside AEK Athens' impressive newly-built OPAP Arena and HUGE Aberdeen dressing room Come behind-the-scenes at AEK's 32,500-seater stadium, which only opened in September 2022, as we show you the stands, the tunnel, media facilities and away dressing room.

EXCLUSIVE: I went on an access-all-areas stroll round AEK Athens' OPAP Arena earlier, which I filmed🏟🔴

When Aberdeen see the top-notch away dressing room (you can see it in the video🎥), they'll be desperate to get a new stadium built like AEK did!

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Read what AEK Athens boss Marko Nikolic and ex-Hearts left-back James Penrice had to say about the Dons🗣

🔴LIVE: Key press conference news from Aberdeen and AEK Athens ahead of Greek capital Conference League clash

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In position at the OPAP Arena and AEK Athens' pre-Aberdeen press conference about to kick-off...🦅

🔴 LIVE: Key press conference news from Aberdeen and AEK Athens ahead of Greek capital Conference League clash

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LIVE: Key press conference news from Aberdeen and AEK Athens ahead of Greek capital Conference League clash Ryan Cryle brings you press conference updates from Dons boss Jimmy Thelin and hosts AEK Athens from the OPAP Arena, ahead of Thursday's Euro fixture.

Follow my pre-match press conference updates from Athens over the coming hours👇

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Someone’s got to guard the rear!

WATCH: Early Dons fan arrivals at Athens' James Joyce pub chat to P&J - including AEK v Aberdeen match predictions How do Aberdeen supporters in Greece on Tuesday think the Dons will fare in the Conference League against AEK Athens later this week? We asked them!

Thanks to the Aberdeen fans who gave me their time in Athens today 🙌🏻

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Aberdeen's Jack Milne expects AEK Athens crowd to be as 'toxic' as PAOK was - but has 'we can win' belief Milne has experience of Greek supporters ahead of Thursday's AEK Athens trip, having been on the bench in Aberdeen's fractious encounter at PAOK's Toumba Stadium in 2023.

Aberdeen’s Jack Milne expects AEK Athens crowd to be as ‘toxic’ as PAOK was – but has ‘we can win’ belief🏟️💪

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KALIMERA! I'm in Athens for AEK v Aberdeen this week🔴🇬🇷

Here's my 'what to expect' video from beneath the Parthenon (also includes an ice-cold Mythos and spicy chicken gyros)🎥🏛🍺

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Aberdeen fans in Athens for AEK Conference League clash set for police searches and bus to ground THREE hours before kick-off Aberdeen chiefs have advised fans against making their own way to AEK's OPAP Arena on Thursday, and asked for 'some cooperation and tolerance' over the early shuttle buses.

Aberdeen fans in Athens for AEK Conference League clash set for police searches and bus to ground THREE hours before kick-off

Aberdeen's last trip to Athens and Derek Young drug test stress which saw him abandoned at stadium - 'I just couldn't pee' Aberdeen's Conference League game at AEK Athens comes almost 18 years after the club's last fixture in the Greek capital, when Derek Young and the rest of Jimmy Calderwood's Dons played Panathinaikos.

A tale about Aberdeen, Athens and Derek Young’s inability to pee 🔴

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🇬🇷🆎Seems like more Aberdeen fans heading out earlier to Athens, rather than just Wednesday-

What's everyone's route? Anyone travelling from the other side of the world? ✈️

Aberdeen's Jack Milne on Jimmy Thelin's back-three reasoning to players and how he was 'gutted' to miss out on Dons goal milestone Now an Aberdeen regular, Milne, 22, thinks he's 'got better' every game this term in the build-up to Saturday's Premiership trip to St Mirren.

Good, thoughtful chat with Jack Milne yesterday - speaks better than most 22-year-old’s - and discussed:

The back-3️⃣ - How Thelin sold it to players, why it suits Milne

⚽️ Thinking he had his first Dons goal

🔜 Need to take the game to St Mirren

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Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin gives reaction to Sweden national team job links Aberdeen boss Jimmy Thelin was speaking in his pre-match press conference ahead of Saturday's post-international break Premiership trip to St Mirren.

🆎🆕Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin gives reaction to Sweden national team job links

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Aberdeen-based AEK Athens fan on 'work in progress' Marko Nikolic side, but how Greeks expect 'easy night' - plus, safety advice for Red Army Lifelong AEK Athens supporters and former season ticket-holder Dr Ilia Xypolia, who lives in Aberdeen, lifted the lid on AEK's season, expectations for the Dons clash and atmosphere for travelling fan...

🆎🇬🇷Going to Athens with Aberdeen next week? This should interest you...

Insight on Marko Nikolic's team, expectations against Dons, Agia Sophia Stadium atmosphere and (though common-sense) how stay safe as a visiting football fan in the Greek capital.

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Why HJK Helsinki expert will be 'very surprised' if club sign Aberdeen loanee Vicente Besuijen permanently Attacker Vicente Besuijen is scheduled to return to Aberdeen from his loan at HJK Helsinki when the Finnish season ends next month.

Vicente Besuijen's 4.5-year Aberdeen deal runs out in the summer. BUT, due to the Finnish season, his HJK loan ends next month.

An expert thinks HJK will forego their option-to-buy and Besuijen will return to Pittodrie👇

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Why HJK Helsinki expert will be 'very surprised' if club sign Aberdeen loanee Vicente Besuijen permanently Attacker Vicente Besuijen is scheduled to return to Aberdeen from his loan at HJK Helsinki when the Finnish season ends next month.

🔴🆕Why HJK Helsinki expert will be ‘very surprised’ if club sign Aberdeen loanee Vicente Besuijen permanently

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Aberdeen FC Prague fanzone: Inside bid to organise Czech capital party for Red Army after around 2,000 fans miss out on match tickets There could soon be confirmation of a solution for Aberdeen fans who have flights and hotels booked, but who failed to get tickets for the Conference League away clash with Sparta Prague.

🆎🆕🍻Dons fan going to Prague in December? NOT managed to get a Sparta v Aberdeen ticket?

This may interest you...

Aberdeen FC Prague fanzone: Inside bid to organise Czech capital party for Red Army after around 2,000 fans miss out on match tickets

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🔴🎥Fun chat on whether Jesper Karlsson v Dundee🇸🇪, while superb, is the best individual Aberdeen performance in decades, and other great individual Dons showings since 2000 we could think of -

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(Side quest: Name the players from the teaser...)

Ilian Kiryakov: Ultimate Aberdeen cult hero gives rare interview on time at Dons Ilian Kiryakov was an Aberdeen player from 1996 to 2000 - and the fan favourite has spoken about his time at Pittodrie.

Bulgarian cult hero Ilian Kiryakov has given a rare insight about his time with Aberdeen FC👇

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Shakhtar Donetsk-supporting Banff refugee family who fled Ukraine war relish Aberdeen visit - with Shakhtar a 'symbol' of Donbas resistance The Press and Journal spoke to two Ukrainians who will be watching their team, Shakhtar Donetsk, face Aberdeen at Pittodrie.

🇺🇦 ⚽️ A sad, yet stirring tale -

Spoke to Shakhtar Donetsk fans now living in the Aberdeen area (including Mariupol refugees the Husaks), who - despite having fled, like Shakhtar, from the war-torn Donbas/Eastern Ukraine - will watch their team tomorrow

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