Coronavirus could prevent Liverpool from winning the Premier League title

[Harry Squatter]

Glenn Murray is hell bent on not playing. Saw an interview where the sky sports presenter asked him why footballers should be exempt from danger as supermarket workers have been going to work risking themselves. He just replies "what makes you think footballers don't go to supermarkets as well?"

[Reckoner]

Just now, Doctor Troy said:

Glenn Murray is hell bent on not playing. Saw an interview where the sky sports presenter asked him why footballers should be exempt from danger as supermarket workers have been going to work risking themselves. He just replies "what makes you think footballers don't go to supermarkets as well?"

What makes you think supermarket workers don’t play football eh Glenn?

[Harry Squatter]

[A_S]

42 minutes ago, Doctor Troy said:

Glenn Murray is hell bent on not playing. Saw an interview where the sky sports presenter asked him why footballers should be exempt from danger as supermarket workers have been going to work risking themselves. He just replies "what makes you think footballers don't go to supermarkets as well?"

Fucking hell, what an incredibly self-absorbed answer. 

[Leyton388]

44 minutes ago, Doctor Troy said:

Glenn Murray is hell bent on not playing. Saw an interview where the sky sports presenter asked him why footballers should be exempt from danger as supermarket workers have been going to work risking themselves. He just replies "what makes you think footballers don't go to supermarkets as well?"

What an odious little bellend. 

[TheHowieLama]

He'd be lucky to be working in a market if he wasn't playing football.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

One horrible twat that Murray, what does he care though he’s minted.

 

 

Seriously though, shithouse far cunt.

[dockers_strike]

Murray's really making the most of his minutes in the sunshine, isnt he? If it wasnt for his club's stance, Sky Sports wouldnt be giving Glenn Fucking Murray the time of day yet here he is, almost every day popping up sounding off.

 

Has anyone asked him yet if there's no vaccine for, say 3 to 5 years, what do we do? What if there is a vaccine and it doesnt work on everyone and there's still covid 19 deaths? What then?

[Captain Howdy]

End it , PPG now

[Harry Squatter]

 

 

9.25m onwards 

[torahboy]

2 minutes ago, Doctor Troy said:

 

 

9.25m onwards 

The definition of 'no mark'.

[Captain Howdy]

Just end the fucking thing.

[TheHowieLama]

Yea, the season and his career

[Guest]

The government says it is "opening the door" for the return of professional football in England in June.

 

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said Thursday's meeting with the Football Association, Premier League and English Football League had "progressed plans".

 

He added that plans for the sport to resume should "include widening access for fans to view live coverage".

 

Meanwhile, England's deputy chief medical officer said any return would be "slow" and "measured".

 

The Premier League met on Monday to discuss "Project Restart" and hopes for a return to action on 12 June, with matches played behind closed doors.

 

"We all agreed that we will only go ahead if it is safe to do so and the health and welfare of players, coaches and staff comes first," said Dowden.

 

"It is now up to the football authorities to agree and finalise the detail of their plans, and there is combined goodwill to achieve this for their fans, the football community and the nation as a whole.

 

"The government and our medical experts will continue to offer guidance and support."

 

He added that plans to return should "ensure finances from the game's resumption supports the wider football family".

 

The next meeting of Premier League clubs will take place on Monday, when top-flight players may return to initial group training under social distancing protocols.

 

Footballers have so far been limited to individual training but Premier League bosses hope a first phase of team training, under strict guidelines and restricted to 75 minutes, can begin next week.

 

England's deputy chief medical officer, Jonathan Van-Tam, said: "There will be small, carefully measured, step-wise approaches to see what can be achieved safely. The first of those is to return safely to training, still observing social distancing.

 

"We will have to see how that goes before we can even think about moving on to the return of competitive football matches."

 

Monday's meeting will come after a weekend when the Bundesliga, Germany's top flight, becomes the first major league to restart. 

 

The Premier League has been suspended since 13 March because of the Covid-19 pandemic and most teams have nine fixtures left to play.

 

Brighton had a third player test positive for coronavirus earlier in May and boss Graham Potter is wary about a return to action.

 

"We are in uncharted territory. It's a hugely complex situation," he said.

 

"It's very difficult to call one day to the next. The general will from all the clubs is to play out the season as close to the format as possible.

 

Whatever date that is remains to be seen.

"We are sanitising the environment. The players are not coming in for any length of time.

 

"It will be as safe as it is made to be. The challenge will be when [we have] contact, larger groups and different teams. We need to see where we are on Monday and then Tuesday."

 

He added: "There are concerns, of course. We have come out of lockdown. The situation is not totally resolved.

 

"I have a young family. My wife's family has health issues. We are human beings."

 

Meanwhile, the Premier League confirmed clubs had decided that short-term contract extensions could be agreed with players whose deals run out on 30 June, with the season set to go beyond that date.

 

Club and players will now have until 23 June to agree extensions which run until whenever the campaign is scheduled to finish.

 

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said it was decided "to ensure as far as possible that clubs complete the season with the same squad they had available prior to the suspension of the campaign".

 

Elsewhere, six League One clubs have united to express their determination to finish the season.

 

Peterborough chairman Darragh MacAnthony has released a statement on behalf of Posh, Oxford, Sunderland, Fleetwood, Portsmouth and Ipswich.

 

League One clubs are due to meet with the EFL board on Friday to discuss options for completing the season.

[Anubis]

8 hours ago, Captain Howdy said:

Just end the fucking thing.

Bit harsh. Murray’s entitled to his say, even if you disagree with him, without these sort of death threats.

[Barrington Womble]

15 hours ago, TheDrowningMan said:

Looks like the government are hellbent on restarting next month.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52665805

 

Yeah, as with almost everything they’re doing it’s for the wrong reasons, but if the rest of the country can go back to work in genuinely risky conditions, there is zero excuse for heavily protected footballers to collect hundreds of thousands of pounds doing noting.

If anything sums up what cunts this government are though it's this passage

"With the Premier League lobbying government to scrap the idea of neutral stadiums to keep their clubs happy, ministers are now asking for something in return."

 

Something in return? It's either safe or it's not safe. If it's just as safe to play in home grounds as neutral, it shouldn't be something traded, it should just fucking happen. Tory twats. 

10 hours ago, dockers_strike said:

Murray's really making the most of his minutes in the sunshine, isnt he? If it wasnt for his club's stance, Sky Sports wouldnt be giving Glenn Fucking Murray the time of day yet here he is, almost every day popping up sounding off.

 

Has anyone asked him yet if there's no vaccine for, say 3 to 5 years, what do we do? What if there is a vaccine and it doesnt work on everyone and there's still covid 19 deaths? What then?

Murray has been gearing himself up for a career in the media for a while. I genuinely hope the regular football fan turns on him and this fucks him up. Unfortunately the tribalism of football will make many fans see him as a hero for standing up for null and void rather than being the little fucking self.entitled princess he is. 

[Pete]

I'm still waiting for one of these 'experts' to explain why it's not safe now but will be in August/September (when the weather will start to get colder and the virus will probably return). 

[Bjornebye]

Troy Deeney has said he would rather go poor than put his family at risk by playing. 

 

CUNT 

[Tony Moanero]

End the season. Give us the title and relegate the rest.

[Elite]

24 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Troy Deeney has said he would rather go poor than put his family at risk by playing. 

 

CUNT 

As if, the stupid tit.

[dockers_strike]

Talk the Scottish Premier League could be decided today and Celtic awarded the title. Doesnt sound like they've made much effort to re start their top flight season and again, have just run down the clock.

[dockers_strike]

27 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Troy Deeney has said he would rather go poor than put his family at risk by playing. 

 

CUNT 

He may very well have been poor at one time. But when you've had all the trappings of being well off, nice house, nice cars in the garage, kids can have almost anything they want, then try being OK with being poor again. You might be ok with it but the missus and kids wont be. And just living on what you have stashed away isnt 'being poor again.'

 

Deeney's another one, doesnt want to start training in another few weeks never mind now or even playing but, if you said 'season 2019 / 20 is cancelled,' Deeney and crew will be 'When does 2020 / 21 pre season start? July? Let's crack on!'

[Vector Sigma]

Bunch of lily-livered, self-serving hypocrites. I hope those desperate not to get football back soon, once an acceptable risk management strategy is in place, all get relegated.

 

If it's good enough for Joe Public on £20K to be asked to return to work then it's good enough for Glenn fucking Murray, who probably earns that much in a day or two.

[Barrington Womble]

1 hour ago, dockers_strike said:

Talk the Scottish Premier League could be decided today and Celtic awarded the title. Doesnt sound like they've made much effort to re start their top flight season and again, have just run down the clock.

I think in Scotland they've accepted they wouldn't restart for some time. Like Belgium and France, they have a new big TV deal to protect for next season.

[JohnnyH]

Good lad Conor