Coronavirus could prevent Liverpool from winning the Premier League title

[Barrington Womble]

17 minutes ago, an tha said:

I don't like these Tory bastards in charge here, but they are taking a much more considered and IMO reasoned and sensible approach than many other countries to this virus

 

All those cunts are arsed about is trying not to shake the FTSE any more than they have. The last 3 weeks have been catastrophic for them and their financiers - and what nobody is mentioning the absolute kick in the balls to virtually every single persons pension. And then we've got the shadow of Boris's no deal Brexit awaiting us when all this shit is over. Everyone thought after trump and the almost complete dominance of algo trading we'd got to a point where it was almost impossible to spook the market. The trouble is, as we saw in 2008, once spooked these algos just keep spiralling us downwards and everybody panics managing funds as a consequence. 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

8 minutes ago, Daisy said:

Where is this mass deaths thing coming from? Has a healthy person actually died from it yet? 

Do you not understand the meaning of the words if or when? 

[Butch]

3 hours ago, Nelly-Torres said:

I've made peace with the prospect of the league getting cancelled. 

 

It's not a definite outcome but I wouldn't discount it. I'd guess it's definitely one of the options being considered. 

 

And, I'm not arsed in the grand scheme of things. Disappointed, if it does happen, but it could all pale into insignificance if/when we start getting mass deaths. 

Fuck mass deaths, want the league. 

Over to the hysterical fannies thread with this shit. 

[liverpoolsno9]

I wonder if, with no fans to worry about, that games can be moved at short notice. Eg, play Palace midweek next week.

[dockers_strike]

2 minutes ago, liverpoolsno9 said:

I wonder if, with no fans to worry about, that games can be moved at short notice. Eg, play Palace midweek next week.

Doubt it. If we're playing Monday night no way I want us playing Palace on the Wednesday or Thursday night. Teams still need time to prepare, travel etc.

[Herp McDerp]

1 hour ago, an tha said:

I don't like these Tory bastards in charge here, but they are taking a much more considered and IMO reasoned and sensible approach than many other countries to this virus

 

 

This won't age well.

[liverpoolsno9]

23 minutes ago, dockers_strike said:

Doubt it. If we're playing Monday night no way I want us playing Palace on the Wednesday or Thursday night. Teams still need time to prepare, travel etc.

 
Forgot about the short turn around between our games but it was only an example. If all games are behind closed doors, teams involved on Sat, and they all agree, have a midweek game where possible. 

[Anubis]

4 hours ago, Barry Wom said:

Why do they think it will be contained in a few weeks? 

Gives it two To three months to spread and peak. Then we can get on with shit.

[rubble-rouser]

On 11/03/2020 at 14:36, Ne Moe Imya said:

It's certainly looking like the match at Goodison will be the last one with fans in the stadium.

 

I reckon we probably win the league against Palace behind closed doors. It will probably feel a bit strange for the players but to be honest it won't make much of a difference to me. The main disappointment will be if the league is cancelled before we get to beat City's points record which I reckon would definitely have fallen.

 

As for what the FA/UEFA will do, here's my guess: the league table when it's cancelled will be the final league table. They'll figure out a way to end it with all the teams on the same amount of games and then just call it there, maybe 31 or 32 games, whatever we get to. UEFA will have to just cancel the Euros, surely.

Just finish the season whenever. That’s the only sensible solution. 

[TheHowieLama]

2 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Gives it two To three months to spread and peak.

This is the part I don't understand -- it is not going to go away. By definition more people will continue to get it, and pass it along.

 

This also assumes once you have had it you would be immune but that is not the case. There will be no secession until a vaccine is out.

[an tha]

44 minutes ago, Herp McDerp said:

 

This won't age well.

Probably not - but to be fair to the horrible bastards they have been sound in their approach so far IMO.

[The Golden Eel]

Perhaps wishful thinking but I would have thought there's a chance they'd award us the title anyway if the league got cancelled. I can understand other issues being voided or whatever but I'd like to think they'd award the title to us anyway seeing as how obvious it is we're going to win it. 

[TheHowieLama]

1 minute ago, The Golden Eel said:

I'd like to think they'd award the title to us anyway seeing as how obvious it is we're going to win it. 

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[Barrington Womble]

12 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

This is the part I don't understand -- it is not going to go away. By definition more people will continue to get it, and pass it along.

 

This also assumes once you have had it you would be immune but that is not the case. There will be no secession until a vaccine is out.

A vaccine is 12-18 months out isn't it?

[TheHowieLama]

2 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

 

The college basketball tournament is expected to do the same today.

This was just done - soon the PR pressure will be too much for the league to ignore

[TheHowieLama]

3 minutes ago, Barry Wom said:

A vaccine is 12-18 months out isn't it?

No idea pal - but I don't see how anyone can suggest it is going to peak and decline just by loads of folks sitting at home. Once they come out of their shells they will get infected. 

[Barrington Womble]

Just now, TheHowieLama said:

No idea pal - but I don't see how anyone can suggest it is going to peak and decline just by loads of folks sitting at home. Once they come out of their shells they will get infected. 

I agree. I think it's party of the plan. As I posted before the focus of the UK government seems to be get past the flu season and bring it on. But if like you say catching it isn't enough to stop you getting it again, what the fuck happens from there! 

[Anubis]

21 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

This is the part I don't understand -- it is not going to go away. By definition more people will continue to get it, and pass it along.

 

This also assumes once you have had it you would be immune but that is not the case. There will be no secession until a vaccine is out.

The sooner it’s gone through the population the sooner our immune yet systems will start building resistance to it. You can stay in your tornado shelter if you want. Just make sure you have enough bog roll.

[andyj]

fuck it nobody is going to catch us just give us the title then end the season 

[Harry Squatter]

Just now, andyj said:

fuck it nobody is going to catch us just give us the title then end the season 

Exactly. Its fucking obvious that we are going to win two of those remaining games even if the games were all voided and they did it like a pools panel.

[Stickman]

Can’t they just implement the Duckworth-Lewis system like they do in cricket

when a game is stopped ?
 

 

[Harry Squatter]

All the Man Utd fans getting excited about it being cancelled despite them being outside the Champions League places.

[an tha]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51864868

[an tha]

7 minutes ago, an tha said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51864868

This is exactly why football matches won't be able to continue soon, not even behind closed doors. It's absolutely impossible to keep players away from anybody who may potentially have it and if players get it you've no chance whatsoever.

So many layers to this - and once you have one in camp self isolating because of contact with somebody, you end up with whole team doing same if that one develops it or if the person they were in contact with has been in contact with others in team....and on it rolls.

Think about the levels involved, sponsors, execs, owners, phyios, docs, nutritionists, agents, sports science people, boot manufacturers, and so on and on and on.

[an tha]

Some good news:

 

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1645088?sf231435613=1