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Middlesbrough sack Jonathan Woodgate and replace him with the dinosaur that is Neil Warnock. Will probably keep them up though.

Hopefully with a full preseason with the team he will be able get off to a flyer when season starts.

Going for a manager with a track record for escaping the championship would be my guess.

Some of the games have been okay but not the same without the crowd. Definitely takes away from the overall experience. Think no crowds even effects players as do not think any of the close doors games have been played with the same intensity as they were pre COVID.

I am sure Cormack said on the radio that they did not expect play in front of fans until January when he was originally interviewed near the start of this. Would expect most clubs to be in a similar if not worse position.

That will see Kaiserslautern automatically relegated to Regionella so must be bad. I know there was some issue with local council and the stadium a while back and danger of them not getting a license for this season.

Being reported in the Hun (I know) that we have offered Hayes a two year deal.

BT Sport have had crowd noise on Bundesliga games this week and have said it will be a option for EPL games next week.

Oh how I have missed watching football. Final game of the day is Real Mallorca v Barcelona. Not the same without fans but better than nothing.

Andy Considine voted fans and players player of the year. Goal of the season was Ferguson v St Mirren in cup and young player of the year was Dean Campbell.

Was never that impressed defensively with Leigh when he played left back. Pretty sure we could get better especially when we were allegedly paying a fee for Leigh. Happy to see Gallagher getting returned to Atlanta as he was rank rotten. Feel a bit sorry for Frank Ross as he looked decent before he got injured but never seemed to recover from it.

This was unanimously rejected by the lower league teams last time and the time before. Clubs said it devalued lower leagues by turning them into glorified reserve leagues. Claim that this will help the Scottish National team is laughable given the number of non Scots that both teams regularly sign for their development teams. Hopefully this gets punted again. As for Hagi fact that Genk were looking to punt him 6 months after they signed him for €8m tells you there is something not right.

Reports in media suggesting R number for infections in some regions of England (South West and North West) is back up above 1. Interestingly these figures are 7 days behind so don’t include the easing of lockdown when half England went to these regions last weekend.

Charlie Nick and Hans was probably best pairing I saw play together. Dream pairing Hans and Shearer.

Lewis Ferguson nominated for young player of the year. https://mobile.twitter.com/AberdeenFC/status/1267421887677648896

Home kit is a standard Adidas template. Don’t like the collar or the sleeves. Away would be alright if it was not for wired panel with the sponsor logo. Not bought a shirt since the yellow and black half and half effort and cannot see that changing this season.

With league being called Dons have emailed season ticket holders offering a refund in remainder of the season but asking fans not to take it up. Saying it will cost club £1m to refund season ticket holders, sponsors and advertisers. As I am lucky enough to be still working and getting paid full wage I will not be asking for the refund but suspect their are others who will need that money.

Any easing of the lock down is going to lead to an increase in cases as is shown in Germany and South Korea. It is how that increase is managed that will be the difference. I have no doubt BoJo and his three ring circus will make a rip roaring cunt of it which will see deaths increase again.

Trump has announced he is suspending funding the WHO as he carries out an investigation into their serious mishandling of the COVID 19 outbreak. Also accusing them of a cover up of how serious the virus was when outbreak started in conjunction with Chinese Government. Clearly attempting to shift the blame already.

Hiscox are not an insurer I deal with much so don’t know how their policy is worded but in general most of the business interruption covers that do have an infectious diseases extension to their wordings (a lot don’t) are pretty limited in what diseases they would cover (Allianz policy specifically excludes SARS Coronavirus which the current virus is related too for example) and the circumstances under which they will respond. Even those that have a wide enough wording to respond usually require there to be an outbreak at the premises and will be sub limited with a short indemnity period. Can see there being some very lengthy legal battles over this.

Announcement from club of wage deferrals for players and management team. https://www.afc.co.uk/2020/04/04/financial-position-bolstered-by-wages-deferral-and-2million-from-investor-group/

Cormack to appear on Sportsound today at 2pm with announcement about club. https://mobile.twitter.com/CormackDavie?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

As it’s likely to be last game we get to attend for a while I will be heading along. Hopefully we will revert to a back 4 as the back 3 set up last week was shambolic at best. Should be setting up 4-4-2 but no chance McInnes will abandon his holding 3 in the middle of the park. Well’s form has also gone to shit of late so hopefully we can get the win that will secure our least shite of the rest trophy. In Train then pint Away end Train back to capital. 2-1 McGinn and Kennedy.

First half Hibs looked like they could go through our shambolic back 3 at will. It it was not for Joe they could have been out of sight by half time. Was very surprised we did not make changes to set up at half time. Thought second half started with Hibs still in the ascendancy again but red card changed the game. Got the break with own goal as well. Thought McGinn and Ferguson were our best players. Anderson made big difference when he came on as well. McGeouch probably had his best game in a red shirt and is hopefully starting to look like the player Hibs had.

Think this is a game we really have to win with Motherwell playing Hearts and Livingston playing St Johnstone. There is a chance we could be 6 points behind 3rd in 5th if we don’t win. Only 2 wins in last 10 league games really isn’t good enough. Campbell back from suspension but cannot see him getting into side. In Train up Y Train back to capital. 1-1 Kennedy