Back at work today after three weeks off sick. Finally started feeling like I had some energy yesterday. Thankfully not too much email and urgent bookkeeping required, and I got what needed to be done, done this morning.

Coughing has receded and I finished a second course of antibiotics and oral steroids on Sunday. GP said my chest is clear, but I have been wheezing and coughing since. Feel completely wasted, although appetite has returned. Doc says it can take three months to fully recover.

Neighbour’s little dog has been barking non-stop for three hours.

Hi @Manton, not sure of you saw this, or if you can help? No hurry, but just wanted to make sure you’d actually seen it.

Rigid, inflexible, and easily countered by even the weakest opposition. No Plan B.

Why Amorim's system isn't working - tactical analysis: bbc.com

Two years into the genocide and this is now all perfectly normal and acceptable.

Israel struck Gaza's Nasser Hospital four times, analysis finds: bbc.com

“United have backed Amorim by spending £200m on attacking players this summer, while negotiations likely to end with Alejandro Garnacho, Antony and Rasmus Hojlund joining Chelsea, Real Betis and Napoli respectively, are continuing.”

New £73m signing Sesko looks every bit as terrible as unfairly scapegoated Hojlund he has replaced in Amorim’s totally inflexible “system”.

Garnacho isn’t perfect, but he’s a matchwinner. Antony looked reborn on loan at Betis last season.

So, it’s pretty obvious it’s not the players, but the manager’s tactical inflexibility.

Man Utd chiefs back Amorim despite Grimsby defeat: bbc.com

Scenes at Blundell Park!

Had several worrying coughing fits over the weekend, and yesterday evening especially. Chest felt very tight and like I needed to cough to clear it. But no amount of exhausting coughing worked. Inhaler seemed to make it all worse initially. Salbutamol makes me very jittery, too. All seems to have calmed down this morning, thankfully.

British holiday souvenir cough turned into another COPD exacerbation. Finally managed to see my GP this evening who took half an hour to examine me before explaining that he was going to prescribe the exact same medications I suggested in the econsult appointment request form two days ago.