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18 seconds here you see him collect a long ball, nip past Milne, play a one-two and force a save from Roos. Nicky Devlin was quoted afterwards praising Milne for his performance by saying "I thought he was outstanding in Helsinki because he was up against their best player (Topi Keskinen) who I played against in the first game. I thought he was brilliant." Devlin and Keskinen both got booked in the 97th minute for I imagine some handbags, but I can't find the incident.

Miovski absolutely should be starting - we don't owe Girona anything and they haven't met the asking price yet. Chances are those negotiations drag on anyway. He could still be here by the time of the Queen's Park game. If MacDonald is fit (and he's training) then I'd pick him over Rubezic. Palaversa likely makes an appearance at some point if Shinnie and/or Nilsen run out of gas again. Morris isn't good enough. Stop making excuses for him. 2-0 to the good guys.

Scott Burns reporting a four-year deal for Topi Keskinen with a €1m transfer fee. That's a statement of intent from the Dons and I fucking love it.

Says on the website he "awaits his UK permit". I imagine it will be quicker than others (from memory Miovski's took a month) as he presumably had a UK work permit at Man City.

From the man himself on the Aberdeen website, he says:- “I am mainly a number six, a holding midfielder. I also play as a number eight. I think I see myself as a creative midfielder, I like the ball at my feet and I like to play football. My passing is one of my strengths. I am happy to play wherever the manager wants me to play, and do a job for the team. I come here to prove myself, to give 100% in training every day.

One year deal with an option to extend it to three is a smart move. Gives us cover for DM (although he describes himself as "a creative midfielder", young guy, is Balkan so will replace Miovski in the car pool, his name provides plenty of pun opportunities. Winger now and we're sorted.

Bit of a palaver getting him here.

Totally disagree. I don't think we should be sending a 16 year old to the Championship at all. He had a fun cameo at the end of the season, and no doubt we'll give him more chances throughout the season. But he's not ready to be a first team regular. You've also got to be careful with players that young that you don't overplay them. He's still developing and he'll do that playing U18 football and training with the first team.

According to transfermarkt, he was once rated at €5m and is now €350k. Has played about 12 games in two years. Probably the type of fella we should take a punt on though if going cheap, plus we need a Croatian to add to our Balkan contingent.

Thoughts with @OrlandoDonat this difficult time.

We have Miovski, Sokler, Ambrose and Gueye. Whether you rate all of them or not, Thelin is going to play them all before Boyd just now, so him sitting on the bench is a waste of time. He's better off getting a run of games at U18 level for now. If he shows enough to be in the first team, then he'll be there.

Enjoyed 75 minutes of that. We need to learn to manage the game better though - second time in a matter of weeks we've been hanging on against an inferior side. Two points ahead of Rangers and Hearts and I don't see them ever catching us to be honest.

Miovski starts. Presumably Sokler out wide. Great to see the black and gold. Just adds to the occasion. Edit: Alfie Stewart on the bench, 17-year-old. Left footed. Versatile in that he's played left-back, centre mid, as a right winger and as a No.10.

Aye. Also, there's probably wee kids that have got Duk 11 on their shirt. Now if he leaves the club can't do anything about it, but if they change his number now then wee Hayden fae Tilly has every right to demand a refund. I think Mackenzie is gonna be a very good player for us. I think he's going to have a very solid two years then earn a move to Wrexham for £1.5m plus add ons.

What?

Will be a lot of fans in England who don't normally bother with Scottish football who might watch a few games this weekend to get away from the Olympics, so that's why Sky are going big on it. All these games are warm ups to what will be an incredible spectacle on Monday night at McDiarmid Park.

I think someone like Allan Campbell would be expecting to be a starter. Going to be hard to convince him that's the case when Thelin has as his first choices his captain, and a guy he's worked with before and has just handed a three-year contract to. Plus, I know he's injured now, but at some point Polvara will be fit, potentially knocking Campbell further down the pecking order. The general consensus on Campbell from Luton and Millwall is he works hard but is too ponderous in possession. I get he's younger than Shinnie/Nilsen but is he better than either of them? For the (presumably) big wages he'd want does he improve us? I'd certainly take him on account we're light there at the moment and the squad as a whole looks thin, but would be very surprised if we did.

Aye, just been reading up on it. Apparently the suspension hadn't "kicked in yet" in time for the QOTS game, but it did for East Kilbride. Well, that settles that then. Nilsen alongside Shinnie and McGrath the No.10.

Aberdeen - the website admin at least - appears to believe Nilsen is available.

This won't be how we line-up because of course Morris will start, but that's how I would play. Milne I agree is better than Jensen, but St Johnstone under Levein are cloggers, so I'd rather they kicked Jensen early on before the yellow cards come out rather than Milne, and have him come on as a second half sub. Also, Milne has played a total of 10 minutes in pre-season so he's not gonna be match fit to last 90. (Mind you, Jensen has had less than 20 minutes). Unless of course we did in fact delay registering Nilsen so he could serve his suspension and Thelin is playing mind games with Levein. Vinnie and Duncan as inverted wingers. McGrath number 10. Sokler to end the weekend as the Premiership's top goal scorer hours after Barcelona have pipped their city rivals to the signature of Miovski.

Day of game confirmed for the Sunday

Not necessarily. Because Kilmarnock are also in the Conference League, one of them may have their game moved to Wednesday for TV purposes. It's a thing Uefa have been doing this season. Dates confirmed in the morning.

Someone is taking the piss

The team finishing last in La Liga get £45m in tv revenue alone. Add in sponsorship, expected gate receipts (40,000 capacity stadium), and that last season they had player sales that amounted to over €30m, then £3m is pocket change to them.