Corona

[Mikus LFC]

Pagan, no doubt. But it can’t be overlooked that a virus research lab apparently researching bat coronaviruses was just 300 yards from the seafood market.

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[Anonymous]

Well, if Klopp were to leave in the morning, Jose just wouldn’t come to mind for me. I’d pick many coaches before him. If you guys still rate him then fine, I don’t.

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[nine nine nine]

Mak, that’s your choice mate and a lot of fans from a lot of Clubs would say the same thing.

But had Mourinho retired when you said he should have retired he wouldn’t have won a PL title, 2 League Cups and a Europa League so it would have been a bit premature that’s all.

Mourinho has his faults and I get why many opposition fans don’t like him especially Liverpool fans but he’s still contributing to football even if he still makes some of the mistakes he’s made at times throughout his career.

He really is footballs Marmite and will always cause great division. Cheers 9’s

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[Chucky McChuckface]

So, Mikus, was it the Chinese who leaked it so they would get a jump coming out of quarantine with regards to cornering the global market in medical supplies, or was it the Yanks as it seems Trumpf suddenly has a lot of shares in a lot of companies who are benefitting but leaked it in China for cover, or was it Russians leaking it to stir up trouble between the Yanks and US, or perhaps Boris leaked it and him being in hospital is just a smokescreen, or was it Kim Ding-Dong just playing silly buggers, or is it to cover the new G5 interweb and the creation of the worlds first computer-to-person virus?

Seen all of these on the interweb… they can’t all be true, right? 🙂

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[Brian blue]

With the death toll still rising and appears no end in sight, only speculation I find it illogical to be concerned about footballers and football clubs. There are good well run business’s closing with non supportive Banks not helping the cause. My view is, if some clubs go out of business it will happen, mostly because they have relied on outside source backing from sponsors, TV and by own Board who do not or want to invest any further capital in there club, so, my view is there will be more than a few clubs go out of business, leagues will have to be re shaped and costly transfers exiled. Football, as we known it, will change because they will not have the option of doing anything else. It would not surprise me to see at least 20 clubs go from the top two divisions and man many more from the lower divisions. A bleak picture…yes but the priority for the country now is to halt the situation we are in, more money is needed for research, NHS from line. I also watch in amazement as we see emergency hospitals being prepared to take the forthcoming “second wave” and we talk about when the season will start!!!! This is far from being over, there is no magic “off” switch It no longer matters to me what clubs do, players and managers say because in my eyes they are not the issue, solving the problem is and we are a long way short of that, in saying that, this is not just a UK problem but a global one.. I also feel people should be more understanding about the people in Government who I believe are doing there best, those that readily critics them do not offer a solution or if they do one without fact supported evidence. Just let them get on with it, when it is over, then will be the time for a post mortem My apologies for the downbeat tone, one of those days grumpy oldies get

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[Brian blue]

Chuky you are near the mark…I think computer virus will become big and the Apple/Microsoft may not be able to handle it. Conspiracy….I do not know but it is “fishy”

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[Shiney]

I cannot believe the news today “Police in Greater Manchester are having to spend their time breaking up parties as thousands continue to ignore lockdown rules.Between March 25 and April 7, officers had to deal with 166 street parties, 122 group gatherings for sporting activities and 173 gatherings in parks, the force said.” LBC news.
The party season in London has stopped due to police interventions, but it turns out street racing has started on the capitals deserted roads, one driver was stopped doing 140 mph in a 40mph zone.
Such a slap in the face for all NHS and front line staff in the UK.
I was a total f…… idiot when I was younger but this total disregard for their and their families safety/health is nothing short of insanity.

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[nine nine nine]

Scottish FA confirm suspension of the season until least June 10th.

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[Shiney]

27 I wonder what the latest date the FA are looking at before they have to declare the season void ???

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[Adlab]

My guess, Were the park, is the end of July

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[nine nine nine]

Shiney, just my guesstimates buddie but looking at what the various authorities have said whilst they would like to see this season played out they don’t seem to want to carry it on too far into next season.

Reading between the lines I think there is seemingly a desire not to go past early October to start the 2020/21 season and assuming that was indeed possible even that would probably mean no League Cup and may well impact the FA Cup too.

But if we look at early October as a potential start date for next season there would need to be a 2 or 3 week break between the end of the 2019/20 Season and the start of the 2020/21 Season means the 2019/20 Season would have to end by circa the middle of September and to complete the 9/10 games remaining playing 2 games a week would mean that there would have to be a resumption of the 2019/20 Season by the circa early August.

Considering the length of the break of this season the players would probably need a 2/3 week mini pre Season too before recommencing this Season which means they would have to be back in full training by circa the middle of July.

All guess work and obviously everything depends on us getting on top of the Coronavirus which could mean even October could be optimistic.

On the above basis though the latest cut off date to recommence this season looks like early August to me and if we can’t get it started then and completed in circa 5 weeks personally I think they will call the Season.

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[Anonymous]

Fair enough Nine, I don’t entirely disagree with you, Jose has won the competitions you said. I threw out an arbitrary number of years but even then, i feel he’s been in decline for all of that time.

it’s true that i never liked him as a manager and you can understand why but on a personal level I just don’t like him at all. Were he manager for Liverpool and won us several titles, I’m sure I’d see the good in him. That’s how it goes.. I will say though that I much prefer him as a pundit, when you actually just get pearls of wisdom and no pent up bitterness and bile. He’s a great pundit and we could use him in that regard, as the quality is just really poor these days.

Maybe some day we’ll have Klopp on Sky, now that would be bloody amazing. Maybe also Pep? It depends on what these guys have planned for their futures. I think Klopp might retire when his contract ends.

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[Anonymous]

As for the league discussions, the chief of UEFA has come out and said that he sees no way where Liverpool don’t end up as champions. Obviously he’s hoping (probably in vain) that the season can be completed but he seemed to be saying this regardless of how things go and although he might not be the deciding party, he’s probably involved in the talks.

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[nine nine nine]

Mak, I think Ceferin expressed the view of most football fans including the majority on here re Liverpool being awarded the title. It’s 100% the right decision imo if the season finally gets called off.

The only problem I could possibly see to it happening if the season is called off are the legal ramifications of voiding the Season and at the same time awarding Liverpool the title but I for one would be definitely in favour of Liverpool being crowned Champions no matter what because I think they’ve more than earned it.

Re Jose as I said he’s Marmite mate but as Paxton rightly said you can’t argue with what he’s won unfortunately he does have the capability to be an absolute prize prune on a regular basis and even Spurs fans are split on him as you can see on here.

As a Manager I know many regard Mourinho as yesterday’s fish and chip paper but I’m not so sure he took on a mammoth task at United and Spurs isn’t a walk in the Park either but given time I wouldn’t write off his chances of delivering a Cup or two.

I will always be grateful for what Mourinho did for Chelsea particularly in his first spell at the Club but I wouldn’t want him back. Cheers 9’s

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[nine nine nine]

…..I can’t see Klopp retiring at circa 56 when his contract at Liverpool expires. I wouldn’t rule out Klopp being prepared to stay at Liverpool past 2024 or him go on to manage Germany or one of the biggest European Clubs like Real, Barca , Juve or Bayern. But it’s difficult to predict what happens a week ahead in football let alone 4 years.?

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[Chelsea1967]

The way things are going they may as well focus on restarting the Premier League on the anniversary date of when it ceased and finish the current season. If the world was free of disease sufficiently for the same to happen everywhere then that could be the answer for all the domestic leagues. In that situation the Champions League and Europa League could also pick up where they left off.

Contracts due to expire June 2020 and contracts due to expire June 2021 both expire June 2021.

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[sean the sailor]

Nine, I agree about klopp beco OMG the German manager but I can’t see him going to a big powerhouse club. doesnt seem to be his style. He’s had those options in the past and turned them down. He seems to like to build up teams and make them big again.

I think he is done with club football after Liverpool and will
Manage Germany. He promised his wife he wouldn’t be managing when he’s in his late 60s etc but time will tell

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[nine nine nine]

67, I think waiting until next March to restart this season is very very unlikely.

My views are based on what’s coming out of the Football authorities and the joint letter from UEFA and the ECA to all PL Clubs and all European Clubs and the extract below indicates their plans and their reluctance to let the current season impact too much on the new season.

I don’t think the old season will be allowed to drag on for ever and if it can’t be completed by September time is likely to be called on it. We’ve already seen it happen in Belgium and there are moves afoot in Scotland now too.

I think there remains a desire to finish the old season by the authorities but not at the cost of completely disrupting next season:

“We are confident that football can restart in the months to come — with conditions that will be dictated by public authorities and believe that any decision of abandoning domestic competitions is, at this stage, premature and not justified.

“Their work is now focusing on scenarios encompassing the months of July and August, including the possibility that the UEFA competitions restart after the completion of domestic leagues.

“A joint management of calendars is strictly required as the conclusion of the current season must be coordinated with the start of the new one, which may be partly impacted because of the overstretch.

“Closely following the development of the current situation, the calendar working group will indicate as soon as possible, and ideally by mid-May, which of the plans can be enacted for the completion of the season without leaving anyone behind.

“Since participation in UEFA club competitions is determined by the sporting result achieved at the end of a full domestic competition, a premature termination would cast doubts about the fulfilment of such condition.”

Of course both restarting the old season or starting the new season is completely reliant on getting Corona virus under control and that’s very difficult to predict but the extract from the letter above suggests a broad plan across Europe. assuming that’s where we get to with Corona virus? Let’s see what they say in mid May. Cheers 9’s

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[nine nine nine]

Sad to hear that Norman Hunter is in Hospital with Corona virus. Keep battling Norman.

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[Chelsea1967]

If there is no football and we reach Christmas then my suggestion starts to have plenty of credit and why wouldn’t it? Time will tell. In the meantime the focus e to be finding a vaccine and saving lives so any thought of live sport happening in the next 2 – 3 months is a pipe dream in my opinion. I hope I am wrong.

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