Derek McInnes asserted at various times throughout the season that Lawrence Shankland is the best striker in Scottish football. Eleven months after the striker ended a saga over his future by signing a three-year deal to stay at Tynecastle, he has abruptly left to join a direct rival. Since his move to Tynecastle in summer 2022, no player has scored more Premiership goals than Shankland, who hit 72 in 135 matches.
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'There's no way you can give a score higher than a 3/10' - season report card
For Chelsea fans, there's no way you can give this season a score higher than a 3/10, based on the fact the team got out of the Champions League league phase and made it to the FA Cup final. There were precious few moments we will remember in the future - Estevao Willian's winner against Liverpool felt like a star being born, so that has to take the crown. Beating Barcelona made us believe we were good for a moment, and beating Napoli away was another brief highlight.
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'I feel so very numb... 0/10' - season report card
It was becoming an impossible position for him to be in, and the club should have put him and us out of our misery much earlier than this. A very close tie between Zian Flemming and Jaidon Anthony - the former for his goals, and the latter for being probably the only player in the squad to show real effort consistently. Ross Wallace, for stepping up to be caretaker manager of the women's team, and overseeing a title and promotion to WSL2.
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