You play to your strengths and do what you can to win football matches.
Hammer throwers that spill blood and guts to be first to the ball. Even their 17 year old midfielder was going through players whilst ours tip toed about the park.
Let's not sit here and pretend we play like Liverpool or Manchester City. We are capable of playing some nice football but more often than not it's the one paced, turgid, predictable football. Side to side, out wide, sling it into the box (either over or under hit). If that doesn't work we just lamp it down the middle and 9/10 the likes of a Considine or McKenna header it away.
I remember when we took offence to the comments on the style of play that saw us read the UEFA Cup final. Strong, dogged, determined, aggressive, organised, prepared to battle, remain organised and be physical.
Now we have the cheek to have a go at the opposition who have a much smaller budget than us for playing their style and getting the better of us, again.
Doesn't make Derek McInnes a top manager, it just highlights how poor we are and that we have very few answers against the likes.
We play in Scotland, not La Liga or the Bundesliga. Maybe if we had a bit more fight and aggression, desire and passion, we would have seen a more successful domestic season. If hard, aggressive, direct, physical play gets us competing for trophies again then so be it. You've got to learn to walk before you can run and our style, 4-3-3 etc hasn't exactly been a success under numerous managers now.