Fillin

"Suspension of 3 matches. These 3 matches are suspended until 28 February 2021 and will take effect only in the event that the player is found in breach of Disciplinary Rules 24 and/or 71 during that time period."

Loan initially then we pay the fee next summer.

McCrorie deal done. 4 years.

The 6 non-positives went back today. It was 14 days isolation from the night out. The 2 positives are not back yet.

Neither of them were the positive cases anyway. The 6 who had to self-isolate returned today, the positive cases return later in the week.

They have been told (along with others) they are free to leave but not aware it's anything to do with challenging fines, in any case "sackings" or "terminations" are not simple in football (or any other industry)

Might look like an odd position to be going for now but he'll be needed once the 8 are sorted out. McKenna - Selling this transfer window Cosgrove - Selling this transfer window McGeouch - for sale/loan this transfer window, possible mutual release Bryson - available for free/released end of season Anderson - available for free/released end of season Devlin - available for free/released end of season Kennedy - may survive Hayes - will survive

Call me Chick Young

These are scottish government guidelines being flouted - not footballing ones. The scottish government should be enforcing these for everyone - including footballers. I don't see why any punishments should include the footballing authorities or clubs. If the SPFL really need to be seen by the government to do something then give suspensions to the individual players. Caught breaching the Scottish government guidelines? 14 days self isolation & a 3 game suspension beyond those 14 days. Will soon see players fall in line and if not they are just harming their own team. Remember this "2nd incident" took place before or at least as the Aberdeen story was coming out. Not as if Bolongoli saw the Aberdeen stuff and through "im away to Spain for a jolly".

Still comes across as excuse making. Claiming ignorance of the rules is beyond belief considering the level of procedures they go through every day in order to train together. They're not allowed to give each other lifts to work, changing rooms are restricted to 4 players max and it's one person to a table when eating at the training ground but he claims they thought because they worked together they were one big household? Liar.

I'd like to see Ruth given a chance but I think you're right in that McInnes will opt for McGinn up top.

The "bubble" exists only on the training field and pitch. They go through procedures before entering the field which give them the allowance to then ignore social distancing for the duration of training/the game. As soon as they come off the field they are strictly distanced again - to the extent of 3/4 people to a changing room, 1 person to a table if eating on site and not giving eachother lifts to training. The notion that these 8 thought they could go out for a meal/drinks in a group of 8 and this would be within the rules is moronic and they are a bunch of cowards for hiding behind ignorance as an excuse.

The problem is up front!

Edmondson injured. Couple of months.

Looks like I might have been right

Some admin person told to update the page "Under Sport say Aberdeen's next game is postponed" and them going onto a website that's already removed the St Johnstone game.

SPFL insisting this game is still on but I suspect the government will come out on top here.

Cosgrove is on crutches just now. Not a chance in hell if he was in a crowded Soul bar would there be zero photos online.

There was a lot of chat on Monday/Tuesday about Aberdeen players having been in Soul when the pictures of the crowds outside Soul started doing the rounds. Bit given half of Aberdeen claims to have seen first team players out on the piss on Saturday there is a suspicious lack of photos.

It's the second part to the same email RandomGuy just posted above

The second half of the email says: "Suggested actions at this stage may be to: Cancel Aberdeen's upcoming fixture this weekend against St Johnstone in Perth ..... If the rules have been broken then all test and protect protocols will need to be followed, which may in turn result in the cancellation of further Aberdeen Fixtures"

Aye the email looks like if the player is proven to have deliberately broken the rules they'll use us to set an example.

SFA hearing today for the charges put against Hearts and Partick - "Disciplinary Rule 78 - No member or Associated Person shall take a dispute which is referable to arbitration in terms of Article 99 to a court of law except as expressly permitted by the terms of Article 99. "

It's because a main tactic with our signings under McInnes has been to get players who would otherwise have been beyond our reach but who have suffered with injuries and so come back down into our bracket financially and in terms of ambition. Fine to get some of those guys in but when it seems to be the main strategy the manager then bemoaning "luck" when most of them suffer recurrences of their injures is moronic.

I think one of them (probably McGinn) will play off of Anderson. Plan seems to have been to go for a back 3/5 and 2 up front but that might be scrapped/delayed now.