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Other football - 2020/21

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They don't seem to do as well when the opposition gets to take as many penalties as they do.  

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This season was absolutely terrible until those cunts got that game called off. We've been perfect since and they've gone to pieces. You love to see it.

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Ha ha, just realised, my lad is now in the youth set up of a Prem team!

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3 minutes ago, Anubis said:

The Gomez hate has started on the BBC.

 

 

Yup of course to the media and flag waving wankers its nothing to do with asking players from different clubs who are trained in different ways to come and play for a completely different team for a clueless shite manager who has his own ideas on how football should be played and it has nothing to do with how players perform individually. I mean Gomez has only won the European cup and league for a team with a manager who actually deserves his position while Millwall wankers who never get to see football played by top tier players can question his ability.

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21 hours ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

Yup of course to the media and flag waving wankers its nothing to do with asking players from different clubs who are trained in different ways to come and play for a completely different team for a clueless shite manager who has his own ideas on how football should be played and it has nothing to do with how players perform individually. I mean Gomez has only won the European cup and league for a team with a manager who actually deserves his position while Millwall wankers who never get to see football played by top tier players can question his ability.


To be honest I think the point about his partner is to some degree valid. Van Dijk makes his partners look better than they actually are. He filla them with confidence and covers for their mistakes and flaws.

 

When Gomez plays alongside Van Dijk the latter will take care of most of the aerial challenges, which is Gomez’ main weakness imo, and Gomez can focus on covering spaces and balls in behind, for which his pace is perfect.

 

 

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PL clubs told to play or else. In that case, surely clubs should refuse to let their players go on international breaks? Guess that wont be allowed either!

 

Premier League clubs have been told they will be forced to fulfil fixtures in the event of Covid-19 outbreaks among their squads this season.

The Premier League's determination to get the congested 2020-21 campaign completed on time is such that clubs have been told requests for postponements will be rejected unless they have fewer than 14 players available, and that they will be obliged to utilise their Under 21 squads to ensure matches can be played.

The Premier League are yet to release the collated results of the Covid-19 testing that has been taking place at their 20 clubs during pre-season, but there was a rash of positive tests following players' summer holidays with at least 14 players across 12 clubs contracting the virus last month.

That sparked fears the start of the season this weekend was in jeopardy. But given the Premier League's extreme reluctance to call off matches and the high bar they have set for sanctioning postponements, a delay seems unlikely.

In guidance sent to clubs, seen by Sportsmail, it is spelt out by the Premier League that any youngster who has played a minute of first-team football for a Premier League, EFL or overseas club should be promoted to the senior squad to make up the numbers if necessary.

The Premier League will also refuse requests to postpone games if any player has breached their Covid-19 protocols or is undertaking a period of government-mandated isolation following an overseas trip.

If any club refuses to fulfil a fixture the Premier League will convene an independent disciplinary panel to hear the case with the usual sanctions at their disposal ranging from a warning to fines and possible points deductions for repeat offenders.

The Premier League's insistence that matches continue to be played in almost all circumstances risks raising issues about the integrity of the competition if some clubs are forced to regularly field weakened teams, but given their contractual obligation to get the 2020-21 campaign completed on time, they have little choice. 

As Sportsmail revealed last week the Premier League have set a back-stop date of August 15 next year to finish the season without curtailment, although any extension beyond the scheduled final day of May 23 would be fraught with financial and legal problems, particularly given the potential for a clash with the rescheduled European Championship.

The Premier League's demands that clubs play in almost all circumstances are less onerous than those of UEFA, who stipulated that Champions League and Europa League fixtures this summer would continue if both clubs could field 13 players. 

UEFA also ruled that if any club could not fill a 13-man squad they would forfeit the match and lose 3-0, a dramatic stance that has yet to be contemplated by the Premier League.

All 92 matches of Project Restart took place as scheduled last season despite some clubs having multiple positive tests within their squads, but other sports have not fared so well, with four Super League matches postponed since rugby league resumed last month. The Premier League are expected to begin publishing the clubs' anonymised Covid test results ahead of Saturday's big kick, which begins with Arsenal's visit to Fulham.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8703815/Premier-League-clubs-warned-matches-NOT-called-squad-suffers-covid-19-outbreak.html

 

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More people are killed by road traffic accidents in Iceland than corona virus - and that assumes covid was actually the direct cause of death in their statistics not just present in the system. About 30 cases in the country over the past few weeks. Silly boys, yeah, but odds of it impacting them are miniscule. More chances picking up passing through airports etc.

 

The bigger story is Foden has a 2 year old child and long term partner. Scum bag.

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