Work has chosen today to announce that next year hybrid working is moving to a maximum of one (1!) day a week from home. Merry fucking Xmas.

Just home from the match, first half unbelievably brutal. The lack of movement from the whole team is infuriating. 2nd half better and deserved the win against a poor team timewasting from the first half. Need more pace and urgency from whole team, Bilalovic was encouraging when he came on.

Things could get really tough for Celtic once the new manager bounce wears off.

Hideous but unsurprising given the levels of union jackery in both towns.

Reflections on Strasbourg (only got home at 1am). Thought we did well against good team, if we'd taken an early chance it's a different game. They were technically v. good and effective dropping deep to make it hard for us. Would like to see more players take their man on.

Tory scum running the line today.

❤️🔴⚪

My loon's u8 team are playing at half time. We stay down here, he's a massive dons fan, season ticket holder, fighting the good fight behind enemy lines. He'll be coming on/off from the away stand while his pals are in home end. Would mean the world to him if the dandies give him a good reception.

My loon's u8 team are playing at half time. We stay down here, he's a massive dons fan, season ticket holder, fighting the good fight behind enemy lines. He'll be coming on/off from the away stand while his pals are in home end. Would mean the world to him if the dandies give him a good reception.

Does anyone actually like football commentary? I'm really struggling to remember the last time it added anything to my viewing experience.

Nae weel so gutted to be missing the dons match tonight. If I was Aberdeen I'd tough it out but just can't face the 5 hours of driving. Likely means we'll win though!

Disciplined performance today. Knoester was outstanding, Lazetic leads the press well and has great feet. Pleased for Keskinen. Still plenty improvement to come on decision making all round but there's a foundation now. Ref was spectacularly appalling start to finish.

This ref is something else.

7 years old, extra training, in the dark, in November. Dedication. #photography #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography

I don't know what I was expecting from a beer called Iron Brew but it's a beer that really really tastes of Irn Bru. Quite unsettling.

And the Rod Wallace Award for self awareness goes to...

Leaf in a puddle. Surface tension is sometimes all we have keeping our head above water. #photography #momochrome #balckandwhitephotography #macro #abstract

The ceiling of this fairground ride gives me Event Horizon vibes. #photography #horror #halloween

It's a start, now do the rest of them.

Also, these last 10 games have been muck, but we now have as many wins this season as Hibs, Utd, Motherwell and the huns. 3 wins out of the last 4, kick on from here and the season's far from over.

That was better. Not pretty but when is it at Rugby Park? Plenty of fight even if the quality isn't there yet. Looked like more energy in the press, especially in the first half.

Time smoothes rough seas. Aberdeen. #photography #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography

Just home from the match and as I've nothing constructive to say about the Dons I'll get this off my chest. Drums at the football can get right to fuck. And if that makes me a grumpy aul mannie then so be it.

We're so easy to play against.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has an air that's an odd mix of fun and desperation. #photography #monochrome #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography

We're being gubbed and Michael Stewart is still the worst thing about this game.

I can't get too upset about losing to a side like this, they're years ahead of us in terms of squad quality and it shows. We need several years of sustained euro money to be able to compete at this level.

Directional shell. #photography #macro #abstract #nature

Thriving. #photography #urban #abandoned #decay

Standing to attention along the Thames. #photography #industrial #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography

From a less usual angle, here's a tower in Blackpool. #photography #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography

A lovely turn of phrase employed here in the match report.

Well that was a stressful afternoon of constantly refreshing the BBC sport website. Not helped that when we scored the update said the 10 men have done it!

This is one of those times when it's OK to conflate Israel and Jews is it? Let's be clear here, Israeli teams should not be in the competition while Israel breaks intl law and conducts genocide, so the question of allowing their fans to run riot like they did in Amsterdam should never have come up.

Fenced in, Canary Wharf from Greenwich. #photography #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography

Exiting the Greenwich foot tunnel, early morning. #photography #streetphotography #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography

Life's a blur. #photography #streetphotography #momochrome #blackandwhitephotography

Missed focus on this shot but I liked it anyway. #photography #caturday #cats

On the bench and under cover. #photography #monochrome #streetphotography

Been under and over the Thames this morning. #photography #monochrome #london

Ominous looking corridor at the Excel, London. #photography #london

Fall to pieces. #photography

Getting late in the year for these guys, especially in Aberdeen. #photography #bees #nature

It didn't cost us obviously but I said at the time yesterday, why on earth are we using VAR for a decision this obvious that the referee is looking directly at from less than 10 yards away? And how doesn't he give it in real time?

More Police than protesters, passers-by uninterested. #photography #monochrome #streetphotography

Sure enough, 3 or 4 absolute dangers with flags solidly outnumbered by decent human beings counterprotesting across the road. The fash getting zero engagement from fans walking by.

It clicked. It finally clicked. Karlsson looked a cut above, Lazetic has got sexy feet, Gyamfi and Jensen good on the flanks. Dundee guff but 4-0 is 4-0!

I know it's business but come on dons min, get this to fuck. Nae fash at Pittodrie please.

Red and white, underneath the banner. #photography #abstract #aberdeen

Actually enjoyed that. Never good to lose but that was much better than I feared. Asked for something to take a little positivity from and we got it, have to kick on from here.