Aberdeen 1 - 1 Queen of the South

Edited by NORMAN MacDONALD

ABERDEEN FC. officials are back where they started. Their problems are no nearer solution. This was emphasised by the display of the team against Queen of the South.
Team changes and experiments have been made, but have not been successful. The right blend has not been found.
What the official attitude will after Saturday’s inept display I have no Idea. Certainly I don't envy them their Job of finding a team capable of beating Partick Thistle at Pittodrle this week.

Now is the time to review the facts. The management have given a number of reserves a chance, and have attempted to strengthen the team by switching some of their seasoned players. They are still groping for a settled eleven.
There are several promising reseves on the Pittodrie playing staff, but it is doubtful if they are yet ready for the increased tempo of "A" Division football.
If you adopt a realistic attitude the answer seems to be, either the club must be prepared to wait until their young oplayers develop and be content with a mediocre team, returning mediocre results, or they must go into the transfer market.

The eleven players who did duty on Saturday tried hard enough, but they did not play as a team.
There was little cooperation between half-backs abd forwards, and the attack appeared to have no plan of action. They sacrificed skil in an effort to take the Queen of the South goal by storm in the closing stages.
The forwards had a bad day. They were mainly responsible for the loss of the point. It couldn't truthfully be said that one member of the line played really well.

THERE was no keener player or more energetic worker afield than Lowrie. He never spared himself and was no worse than any of the others, but I am still of the opinion that he is a better half-back than he is a forward.
Newlands didn’t get much of a chance against Binning. The young winger is hardly strong enough yet physically, and is too easily brushed aside.
Spectators were entitled to expect a better showing than they got from the regulars — Pearson, Hamilton and Yorston. Probably the fact that Hamilton was well held by Aird was a big factor in the failure of the attack.

THERE wasroom for improvement in the play of both Harris and Emery. Samuel is a coming player, and the experience he is getting will him a power of good.
The two Aberdeen players who emerged from the Queen the South game with most credit were Thomson and Shaw. If the others had played as well as this two the Dons would have won.
The Dumfries defence put up a game display, with chief awards going to Aird, at centre-half, and Sharp at right back.

Source: Evening Express, 5h November 1951