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Inter Milan into Europa League final v Sevilla after beating Shakhtar 5-0. Bit of disappointing game Shakhtar did not seem to believe they could win and did not press Inter as hard as they did Wolfsburg and Basel in the previous rounds.

Right so as suspected all the rumours were pish so back to the original question. Why are we signing a player who covers the only positions we already have cover for.

Barca coach sacked tonight. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomsanderson/2020/08/17/fc-barcelona-fire-quique-setien-from-head-coach-role-following-humiliating-bayern-munich-ucl-loss/ No surprise really. Ronald Koeman being touted as his replacement.

Chris Harvey reporting both Bryson and Devlin at training. https://mobile.twitter.com/ChristopherHarv/status/1295335646861697029

This.

Another central midfielder/centre half. Can he play left back? https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/ross-mccrorie-nears-shock-aberdeen-22532566

Manchester United out at semi final stage of Europa league after losing 2-1 to Sevilla. Another cracking game. Really don’t get the hype around Harry Maguire or Marcus Rashford. Don’t think either are top level players English media claim they are. Also another big game where Pogba was anonymous.

End of an era at Barcelona. Too many players who looked like their legs were gone and could not cope with pace and power of the Bayern players. To rub salt into the Barca wounds they will have to pay Liverpool an extra fee for Coutinho if Bayern win the champions league according to English press. How much have Barcelona paid for Coutinho, Dembele and Griezmann for them all to flop. Really enjoying this format for Europa league and Champions league. Sadly don’t think there is any chance it will be kept.

You seem quite certain that there were no guidelines or protocols issued yet clubs own statement says the players breached the clubs protocols and guidelines issued by the Scottish Government for the restart of football. Are you suggesting the club are not telling the truth when they say this?

Bit of a hike from centre of Leeds but cracking stadium. Leeds is a good night out these days as well.

All 8 charged by SFA with brining the game into disrepute. https://spfl.co.uk/news/coronavirus-joint-response-group-14-august-2020

Only his second year in management and given the transfer embargo that was in place I think Lampard has done a reasonable job. Be interesting to see how Lampard does now he can spend.

Club statement which does state players breached clubs own protocols and they have been fined accordingly. https://www.afc.co.uk/2020/08/14/club-statement-23/

As it’s a short term deal to January I assume he is hoping that things will have improved by then and clubs in EFL will be back signing players. One positive that might come out the current COVID situation is that the salary cap being applied by teams in League 1 and 2 in England might make playing for clubs there less appealing and more players will remaining in Scotland.

Motherwell sign Stephen O’Donnell on short term deal. https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2020/08/13/stephen-odonnell-signs-for-motherwell/

Press article. Looks like this is a done deal. https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/celtic-and-aberdeen-players-could-be-hit-by-new-coronavirus-sanctions-1597340404000 ETA - STV saying club could be punished as well. https://news.stv.tv/sport/aberdeen-and-celtic-could-face-coronavirus-sanctions?top

Linfield awarded a 3-0 win in Champions League qualifying after FK Drita had to call the game off due to positive COVID tests in squad.

Edmundson fucked and back to Leeds.

Now been reported as 1 dead. https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/stonehaven-one-dead-after-scotrail-train-derailment-aberdeenshire-2939946

Picture mate has just sent. Looks like train might be on fire.

Train has derailed 4 miles South of Stonehaven. Major incident declared and reports of serious injuries. ETA - Train was heading from Aberdeen to Glasgow.

Poor game though with neither side playing particularly attractive football. However 9 out of 9 is still a cracking start.

Don’t doubt Victim FC player is on a different level however it was stressed to players in the restart document that they should be following the social distancing rules to the letter. Direct quote from document is “IMPORTANT: In the Stadium, under the current situation, the public perception and following of professional football, teams and players will resonate much more than before. We would encourage exemplary behaviour with regards to Hygiene and Isolation measures outside the field.” Players knew or should have that it was against the guidance for 8 of them to be out together in an indoor setting.

Don’t think it started to early but the mistake was trusting idiots who play the game to actually follow the procedures laid down for the return of football.

At home so no travel or ropey plastic pitch to deal with.