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What a lovely story this is.:)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe...-west-51580401

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Last game of Liverpools season is Newcastle away. Steve Bruce taking away an invincibles season would be priceless.

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Hang on there as l suspect defeat will come long before then Jim.:p:

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Nah they're safe Den, they won't be playing Luton for a while ;)


oh the memories of those games :D

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Do you remember the Futcher brothers as Paul sadly passed away a few years ago.

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Saw him play for Oldham Athletic.

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Those were the days of muddy pitches and terracing..:)

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As if you could forget :Yes: and definitely heard about the sad death :(

muddy pitches, standing terraces, proper football with some 'no nonsense' players too :D

Dunno why, but Terry Cooper (Leeds) always stood out to me as an exceptional player

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They are still here if you go to the right games ;)

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Non league l would imagine or the local Sunday league matches.

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And the great managers and there were a few around in that era.:D

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Or most of the women’s leagues apparently.

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A class player and Leeds had a few of them that is for sure in the 70's although not according to a friend who described them as a dirty team.;)

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Garth Crooks has summed it up perfectly.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/51599582

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Absolute shock and disbelief as it turns out Steve Bruce actually doesn't have a clue. :D

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I always thought the ex Arsenal/West Brom Bayern Munich player Serge Gnabrys name was pronounced Nabry with a silent G. Commentator tonight keeps calling him G’nabry. Perhaps he’s been listening to Flanders & Swans famous ditty. 😂

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https://www.tribalfootball.com/artic...y-name-3991194

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Suspected so after listening to the BBC radio commentary as well. I’m sure they were calling him ‘nabry when he ran rings round Spurs a few weeks back.

So he really is a “G’nabry, a g’nother G’nabry”. :D

With apologies to Flanders & Swann.

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Was at Old Trafford last night, just been able to see the highlights. Why on Earth did it need nearly 5 minutes of VAR for that penalty/red card decision.:rolleyes:

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Yes l was watching the BT score centre last night and it did seem to take a eternity Jim.

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It was officially timed at 4:30 minutes and yet they only played 3 minutes of injury time???

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Obvious the referee does not understand the glaring difference between the two.

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The only reason I could see for a delay was in confirming the handball as a clear preventing of goal/red card offence. Looking at the replay several times it’s debatable if. Mignolet would have reached it?

Good performance all the same, next three games, Everton and Derby away then City at home will show if the current optimism is warranted.;)

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What is your current view about Bruno Fernandes?.

City at home surely that is a gimme.;)

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He's doing everything right atm, does seem to want to get the ball forwards quickly, early days yet all the same.

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He can take a penalty though.;)

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That is until keepers learn not to dive when he does his little hop. ;)

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:bigcry::bigcry::bigcry:

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:D:D:D

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Poorest performance for a long long time , no excuses at all.:td::td::td:

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It’s been coming for a while, they have been riding their luck for some weeks now.

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l agree with you for once but thankfully the hard yards worked for the Premiership looks like there is going to be a trophy at the end of it.

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You agree with me far more often than not Den. ;)

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And l am sure you tend to disagree with me quite often as well.:p:

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The best result of Arsenal's season and we weren't even playing.

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Liverpool are going to tank like a Mourinho team that's been playing solid for a year and a half. Our last game of the season is meaningless now :erm:

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l thought that would cheer up those fair-weather Arsenal fans.;)

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Uefa Nations League 2020-21 draw.

https://www.theguardian.com/football...0-21-draw-live

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Klopp will be getting his matching orders this morning I should think .... They should get a decent manager like John Toshack ;)

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The severe downturn in our fortunes might mean you might get a call up soon to become our new manager Mr K.;)

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Just a thought, if teams have to play behind closed doors due to Covid19, will Man City players notice any difference?:D

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l like your dark humour Jim.:D

On a more serious note its just a matter of time before matches are played behind closed doors as Italy announced that today that this will keep happening until sometime in April in Serie A and the England versus Italy six nations match will be played behind closed doors.

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Premier League 'likely' to go behind closed doors because of coronavirus.


https://www.theguardian.com/football...avirus-everton

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Odion WHO? :D

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l never knew you were a doubting Thomas.;)

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The one thing he had in his favour over lots of recent poor signings is how much he cost.:D

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Goalkeeping bloopers don't you just love them.:D

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Good grief l thought l have seen some pretty poor pundits but Micah Richards has to be one of the worse.:td:

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Ederson and Pickford spring to mind for two keepers that have been absolutely atrocious this season. The latter still to represent us in the Euros should it still happen. Just hope he remembers to stand on the line and not behind it when he catches the ball. :erm:

Seems to be a common reoccurring thing this, promising keeper gets England #1 at a decent age and just slides all the way downhill from then onwards.

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It’s safe to say I enjoyed myself this afternoon. City had a lot of the ball but can only remember De Gea having one save to make. De Bruyne was a big loss for them but you have to give credit to United for harrying and slugging it out.:cool:

I was quite close to the Fred diving incident and he was clearly kicked on the ankle by the City defender, Mike Dean is such a self important clod he whipped out the card without giving himself time to think.:(

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It was most pleasant seeing City drop three more points.:D:D

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Champions League is looking likely to be suspended following the round of 16 ties.

La Liga is starting to call off games. Expect that to be suspended too shortly. Seems likely all leagues will follow in the coming weeks including us. Euro 2020 being postponed is almost inevitable. I imagine they'll scrap off the new nations league in 2021 and play the Euros then.

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Indeed its not looking good as Pep just thinks its a matter of time before the Premier league acts as well.

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The Manchester City v Arsenal: Premier League match has been postponed over coronavirus fears.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51829511

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Don’t you just.:shocked:

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Seems the lad has had an effect.......

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One cannot plan for catastrophic goalkeeping errors like that Jim.

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:)

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Some fairly poor goalkeeping by the Liverpool stand in. I'd expect a solid hand to those last two shots come goals.

Ultimately I feel like it won't even matter. All sport is going to be overwhelmed and overshadowed by this virus soon to the point that the winners of any competition if any are going to be left feeling fairly underwhelmed. Finals behind closed doors if they take place at all. Liverpool's return to the Premier League helm after a lengthy period with no crowd to cheer the final whistle. With an assumption that some normality may be resumed in time for a trophy presentation in May.

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Just a matter of days or even hours from what l hear adzii.

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Maybe non- league will escape, and therefore suddenly get massive exposure... Would still have to stop the league/premiership fans from suddenly attending these games and kicking off trouble/not letting the regulars attend.

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l doubt it Mr K.

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If its a case of games being played behind closed doors, the Premiership can afford this with all their TV money. Non league and even the EFL would struggle.

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They might even cancel Premiership and all other matches as l would not rule that out.

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They will leave us the cricket won't they ? The County Championship no one turns up to watch so that should be ok ;)

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As the old saying goes Mr K all bets are off.

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Well there will be no Tennis as they expect 10 weeks of tournament cancellations due to coronavirus.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...ns-coronavirus

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This is the government action plan being discussed.

https://www.the42.ie/behind-closed-d...43233-Mar2020/

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So only the Premiership, Championship and EFL games, which isn't 'all games in England' as the headline claims. I can see a massive influx of support into National League games and below. Football fans need their fix, (apart from Premiership fans who 99% just watch on TV anyway.).

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La Liga has just been suspended.

https://www.laliga.com/noticias/lali...la-competicion


UEFA considers Champions League and Europa League suspension.

https://www.skysports.com/football/n...gue-suspension

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Three Leicester City players self-isolating.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/51848720

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Odion Ighalo must be the best signing since..........Bruno Fernandes.:cool:

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Mikel Arteta tests positive for the virus.

We're done here,

That's Arsenal, Leicester and potentially Man City all out.

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Chelsea now under quarantine.

Getting really close to a full suspension of league games.

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The Premier League is convening a emergency club meeting this morning.

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All matches in UEFA competitions, including the Champions League and Europa League, will not take place next week.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...-a9399216.html

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Sky TV sources and now sky news sources are fairly beaten about the season resuming and think it's finished.

The flip side to that is that it's on both the Premier League and Government to sort this out and mainly the Premier League to decide what's what. Obviously Sky are probably the best placed to already know what the PL are discussing but there's still options available. The lack of International football and cancelling the Euros would open some gaps.

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Cancel Euros to 2021. Play remaining Champions League / Europa League ties as one off matches instead of two legs (in selected Euro 2020 stadiums?). Possibly even with quarters/semi/final played over 8 days or so in June/July. Frees up more time.

Shorter preseason (none of these overseas trips) and abandon cup competitions for next season.

Between all that you buy a couple of months worth of dates. Maybe three.

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Even more outlandish:

Start next season with the remaining games from this season - with the results valid in 19/20 and 20/21. Once those 19/20 fixtures are done promote / relegate as appropriate and play out the remaining games for 20/21 - for the promoted/relegated teams have the corresponding fixture in the second half of the season to the one they missed at the start worth double points to them. Yes I know this would mean they didn’t have the opportunity to play everyone home and away.

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Champions League money is worth a hefty amount to some, clubs will be keen to find a way to see that out. Reducing the amount of games by limiting them to a single leg, nullifying any advantage by having them hosted neutrally is fairly agreeable.

Europa League sticking point is basically the winner gets a CL spot, which is fairly important for the PL teams competing in it. Otherwise the money involved is fairly drab to most teams and cancellation of the whole tournament would be possible.

Also award the FA cup to the top scoring team. :erm:

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Premier League will meet again, possibly Thursday to decide on the appropriate action. Sources still remain defeated and say the league is finished. Suggestions range from everything at the minute though. From calling it and handing Liverpool the trophy or rendering the entire season void. Doubt anyone actually knows.

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Anyone else had withdrawal symptoms today, only one day in and it just feels so weird.:o:

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It only a game and a bit irrelevant really. Sorry to break it to you !

PS. There was some real live footy on today, did you miss the big one on BT Sport's Halifax v Ebbsfleet ?? If so you missed a treat ;)

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It was very weird Jim as l did watch some horse racing yesterday but personally l expect that to cease next week as well.

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Now they are talking of making the over 70’s stay at home. How are they going to police that I wonder. Will I get arrested as I sneak out twice a week to play squash?:confused:

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We all have to do our bit Jim for the betterment of the country imo even though the government of the day is one l find unedifying.

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Some thoughts by the Sunday Supplement panelists on Sky Sports this morning.

https://www.skysports.com/football/n...CMdU3UfeYrgaUE

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Come on Den, not another Remoaner still sulking are we?:p:

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Come on Jim politics and Brexit is quite unimportant in the great scheme of things giving what this country is facing as everybody is looking to our current leaders and their experts as none of us are experts apart from being armchair experts and they are millions of them as we all know.

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It was your throwaway line about the government being unedifying that I wasn’t that happy with.

It’s new ground for everyone and they are being led by their scientific advisors.

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l am not a fan of Boris Johnson and l have stated that quite clearly for years but he is our leader and we must place our trust in him led by his experts to make the right calls.

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The Champions League and Europa League could be decided by a mini-tournament are one of the options being discussed by UEFA tomorrow.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51906630

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Where would they host the 'mini tournament' . . . the Isle of Wight? :D:D

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Solution just follows Jfman's idea on the previous page. It's basically that or nothing. The domestic leagues are more important than the Euros and the Champions League finishing will allow minimal financial disruption to the clubs involved. After all its just case of club football is more important than internationals.

There's gonna be a real need for a financial package for EFL clubs though. Drop down to league one and below and you're looking at gate losses on match day attendance.

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Indeed lower down the football pyramid unless some clubs get financial help they will go to the wall.

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Not just lower league, most clubs will not survive long with no income.

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They'll last long enough for the league to come back. They've still received their TV money and commercial money which is massively more than gate receipts. Clubs in the EFL rely on match day attendance. The Premier League could run behind closed doors for a year and make minimal losses. Add in the ability for top flight clubs being able to make losses and take on hundreds of millions of debt.

All of this is the same reason we were able to hand out 10,000 free season tickets. The loss was a drop in the ocean. As I'm more familiar with Newcastle's accounts, just 5% of the clubs revenue comes from match day sources per season.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ides-bust.html

This fairly much explains all.

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Euro 2020 postponed for a year by Uefa because of coronavirus crisis.

https://www.theguardian.com/football...box=1584448644

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Frankly UEFA are living in a world of delusion having committed to ending all domestic seasons by June 30, according to a statement released by UEFA.

https://www.skysports.com/more-sport...ffecting-sport

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Premier League clubs have reportedly hatched a plan to save the season amid the coronavirus pandemic - by playing all remaining games behind closed doors and at neutral venues.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footb...-save-21710921

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What a wonderful gesture by Gary Neville.:tu:

https://www.skysports.com/football/n...free-of-charge

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The 2019/20 football season is extended indefinitely.

https://www.skysports.com/more-sport...ffecting-sport

https://www.skysports.com/football/n...on-to-april-30

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The football authorities were in a bind whatever they did:

* under contract to Sky (and others? ) to provide games already paid for
* risking legal challenges from teams who missed out on promotion (or relegated while still having a good chance to not be) if they finished the season as it stands,
* risking the spread of infection if games went ahead - even behind closed doors

I guess we will see how things stand in April as to whether further measures are required - and how it will affect players contract renewals etc

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l think they made the one and only decision they could make in the current climate but obviously closer to the 30th of April they will perhap have a better idea of where we are.

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It'll just continue onwards behind closed doors with players and staff required under some fairly strict isolation rules. Allowing some EFL teams to tap into emergency funding from the government will ease off the financial burden of no gate receipts. As per my previous post, Premier League sides will last just fine without them.

As for Sky and Co, rights packages are loss leaders anyway. To ensure the future, some sacrifices now are key to survival for a lot.

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At the rate its going, it will become a two year season, 2019-21