Jute

Spain by far the better team on the night and best team in the tournament. They look like they could have a team that will be a threat at next few tournaments again. Yamal is a joy to watch and with Nico Williams on the other side can see them being team to beat. Leave it to Danes to sum it up.

Messi is not fit to lace Shinnie’s boots.

Young team beat Huntly today. Adam Emslie double And Alfie Bavidge with 1.

I am not as convinced about the squad strength. I think Devlin is a bottom 6 type player would rather we brought in a better right back and moved Devlin to the back up role. Richardson needs moved on as not the required standard. McKenzie is fine at left back and happy with Jensen as back up but McGarry needs moved on as not good enough. Agree we are fine at centre back as looks like we will be playing a 4. Agree with comments on Shinnie and Nilsen. Would be great to play them week in week out but asking players their age to play every ga d is a stretch so would like to see one more defensive mid coming in although Jack Milne did play that type of role when on loan at Kelty. If we do sign someone might be a loan player as they won’t be playing every week. Wide positions still worry me. Saw nothing today to suggest Morris is good enough to play in SPL Think we need to get in at least one if not two wide right players and move Morris on. Besuijen probably needs moved on as well. Don’t think McGrath is as effective wide as he is in the middle behind the striker. Think we need a starting wide left player as well. Think Sokler will be fine replacement for Bojan if/when he is sold but not convinced that any of others would be good enough to step in if Sokler got injured.

Aye apparently only confirmed to clubs this week. Second half not as good as first but overall happy enough with that.

Definite promising signs. Sokler looks good. Nilsen looks like he will be fine when he gets used to speed of the game. Will caveat all of this with Queens look shite.

That list is dated July 2023. Very odd. Shinnie was definitely booked in semi final and final so that used to be a suspension for next seasons cup.

Apparently Shinnie is suspended for today. Missed that when I looked earlier. So is Miovski so even if we weren’t protecting him for his sale he couldn’t play. Hopefully Nilsen’s suspension is for league or we are looking a bit lightweight in midfield.

Game day and no match thread. Can see everyone is buzzing for the season to start. Going to be interesting to see how we line up for this. Expecting Mitov to start in goal. I think it will be a back 4 of Devlin Rubi McDonald and Jensen. Not sure if Nilsen will be suspended for this as he was sent off for Brann recently or if that will carry over to the league campaign so suspect we might have Shinnie, McGrath and Clarkson in the middle of midfield. Width again is the issue that jumps out as the major weakness in squad. I would go with Ryan Duncan on the left and Besuijen on the right but only because we don’t have much else. I expect Sokler to start up front. The kick off time and issues with trains mean there is no chance of getting to this from Edinburgh so I will be watching on TV. Oot Local game In front of tv flat 3-0 Sokler, Besuijen and McGrath

Yeah length of contract is interesting for a player of his age.

Cunts into the final courtesy of the worst refereeing decision since somebody won a World Cup with a shot that didn’t cross the line.

Jimmy’s post match comments. Includes footage of goals.

Dons won closed door game 4-0.

Dundee sign Simon Murray

Under contract until 2025 so assume there would be a fee. Not sure we will pay a fee for a 32 year old.

Despite the monsoon like conditions in North East Peterhead saying game is going ahead.

I went the other way with last years away top. Liked the initial pictures but hated it once I saw it in the club shop. Also new Scotland top I initially didn’t like it when saw release pictures but liked it once I saw it in JD Sports.

Scored for Ecuador against Argentina the other night. Was on loan to WBA and Ipswich last season so would be surprised if they would loan him out to us this season.

Olmo’s touch and control for second was brilliant as well. Spain have been a joy to watch and deserved finalists.

So was I especially as I had 2-1 as correct score bet.

2-1 Spain now. This looks like it could be a classic.

France v Spain been brilliant so far. Stunning equaliser by Yamal. Hard to believe he is just 16.

Not keen on the diagonal lines.

If we don’t we now can blame you for the above statement in bold. I am with Al on not being overly happy with lack of game time. League Cup group stages should not be treated as friendlies. They are games in one of the two competitions we have a realistic chance of winning. Not advocating having the number of games under Goodwin but at the same time would have liked at least a couple more games before we start the competitive games.