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It's nearly always the English season that's the problem. And that's because there's too many games. This is a perfect opportunity to restrict the EFL Cup to EFL members. I honestly believe there isnt a PL club that really wants to be in it because they all play 2nd teams. FA Cup games, no replays from 3rd Round proper, 1st out the hat get's the advantage which to me, is the way it should be. Community Shield? Fuck it off and you've another 'free' weekend. The international calender has been expanded by FIFA, UEFA and the rest of the confederations to suit their own agendas and the fucking players arent even theirs. That fucking Nations league thing needs fucking off. Why do international managers need games to 'prepare' for actual UEFA and FIFA competitive games? They currently use the non event game to give some players a cap for being loyal. If everyone just goes straight into these games, everyone's on a level footing and no one has an advantage. If an international manager doesnt know his best 11 and tactics, he shouldnt be the fucking manager. And then they go and schedule a World Cup in the arse end of nowheresville when it's boiling hot so re schedule it for a December. They want to introduce more games in the CL in a crowded season. Fuck that off. Honestly, it's not beyond the wit of man to fucking sort this out. Or maybe I give them too much credit?!

Disappointing hearing Kane say enough is enough and the season has to be abandoned at end of June if not completed. What dont these dribbling eejits get that if it isnt safe at the end of June, it's not likely to be safe 4 and a bit weeks later at the beginning of August?

Leaving aside the serious threat the World is facing, it doesnt sound good when you hear chief medical people saying things could be bad for 6 months. That could be they want to push the seriousness and get these people who flout the 'dont go outside' message to wise up. I think we should stop using the term void the season though. Void means it doesnt count. If it's curtailed, shortened whatever, that's a different slant. The hope I cling to is this fucking thing does start to abate as it has in China so games can continue even if behind closed doors. Am I a cunt for wanting the season to finish? Well, I might be but Im not as big a cunt as those proclaiming their joy at it as a means to stop Liverpool. Again, I hope European leagues that have been suspended are as one in determining the outcome. If they all decide to end their season as it is and declare champions, all well and good. If we're champions of a shortened season, so be it. If they do 'void' it and we arent, I'll be gutted but it will be what it is. Stay safe.

I knew Shaq had no future at Anfield when Jurgen hoyed him off at half time against Southampton when he'd scored or made a a couple of goals (forget which!) in the first half.

Fuck sake, that knob ince saying there'd be 'uproar' on Merseyside if Liverpool were stopped from winning the title. Just shut the fuck up will you?

Oh just fuck off with the contradicting messages will you? Why have UEFA got a bee in their bonnet that next season has to start in August? if it's not safe at the end of June, why do these cunts think it's going to be ok in August? This is behind a paywall on the telegraph so it's only a para or two but you get the drift. The president of Uefa has warned “the season is probably lost” if the coronavirus crisis prevents football from returning before the end of June. Aleksander Ceferin revealed European football’s governing body had a “Plan A, B and even C” for resuming the campaign but admitted abandoning it was also under consideration. The Premier League, English Football League and Football Association have agreed an indefinite extension to the campaign but may be forced to scrap those plans if Uefa cancels this season’s Champions League and Europa League and schedules next term’s competitions to start before the English game can complete its own fixtures. “In this dramatic moment, the most important thing is people’s health and getting out of this crisis,” Ceferin told La Repubblica.... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/03/28/season-lost-coronavirus-crisis-prevents-resumption-end-june/

Here mate https://www.football.london/premier-league/premier-league-coronavirus-closed-doors-18000224

Good luck to Karius if he does sign for West Ham. I know different people have different opinions about the lad and they're entitled to them. I think we just need to move on and let him rebuild his career. Keep going on about him costing us the CL isnt going to change the result. Like Adrian, it is what it is.

Thought he was an Oldham fan but still, good sentiment from him! Oh and he needs to say it to his camel lipped mate who's pushing the opposite way again, I see.

Cheers bud. Yeah milk seems to be one thing that's good. We go through a shit load as we like a cuppa virtually every hour!

This guy produces some good vids. The Fermi Paradox and TheGreat Filter always intrigue me. I still think we are alone in this galaxy right now though.

Grow up and stop being a tit for once in your life.

Yeah cheers bro. We've been doing a weekly shop and the missus suggested we go into lock down ourselves after doing ours next week. Im thinking of going no sooner than next Wednesday then after that, stay in for as long as we can. Food wise we'd be ok and when the milk runs out, we'd just have to drink plain tea. You just dont want to get to a position where you have little food left so when you need to go shopping, there's fuck all left. Stay safe.

Fuck me, 260 deaths just announced today. It's increasing exponentially. And still you have tits turning up at places going on 'holiday.' Being a bit of a drama queen I know but Im starting to drift between states of 'it'll be ok' and being scared. Trying not to show it to the missus and my lad who lives with us. I suggested to the missus that only I go out and do the shopping this coming week. It cuts the risk of exposure to just one of us and I can whizz around Asda quicker than she can because she spends a fucking age pondering to buy this brand or that, whether we need or like it or whether it's the best cut of meat she can find. Worrying fucking times.

Soz, hard to tell on a forum, bud!

Ah, I remember Sprake and his 'careless hands' well. Still amazes me Revie stuck with him so long. Mind you, when he did drop him Davey Harvey wasnt that much better. His haircut was a disgrace too.

Well, they and others are in the same position as us. It's as simple as that.

All keepers make mistakes.

Well, on my swingometer of the season not being finished, Im around 85% positive (it will be). I might start to panic if it gets down to 50%. What would take it down to 50% or lower? The first major European league to say they'll scrap their season. Despite the agenda being driven by some sports pages, I believe all the PL clubs do want to complete the season. Any dickhead at a PL club who wants it null and void clearly doesnt think of the wider implication it's going to have on their finances. They might think they'll be able to benefit and argue the toss but I think they're wrong. Fans are clearly tribal. Those who want it voided are just the same who've gone on about LiVARpool and tainted title etc, etc. They dont care, they just see no team could stop us this year so, first, belittle it with the tainted stuff and now this virus is a godsend to them. They dont give a fuck about clubs like South Shields, Barrow, Crewe or Coventry who top their respective leagues, it's pure anti Liverpool stuff. I read one manc celebrating leagues below the National League pyramid being voided because they see it as a means to achieve what they want. Speaks volumes about them than anything I could write.

Henderson made a real gaff for our goal at Sheffield. How many gaffs has de gea made the last couple of seasons?

Are you serious? Read what I posted please because you clearly or deliberately havent.

Not certain that would hold up. Nike might have thought we were going to be champions but they didnt make a deal based on that. Like I say, the PL season wont be scrapped unless La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and other European league start to do so. Serie A might be the first to give up though especially as they had another shocking rise in deaths in the last 24 hours.

Earlier, angry South Shields FC chairman Geoff Thompson said on Twitter the club would ‘seek an appeal or will take legal action’ after their promotion hopes ended. And the club has now released a full – and frank – statement with several questions for the FA to answer. The FA and Leagues at Steps 3 to 6 of the non-league pyramid reached the hugely controversial decision to end the 2019-20 season with immediate effect with all results expunged. It comes after all football was suspended as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Shields are top of the BetVictor Premier Division table and lead nearest rivals FC United of Manchester by 12 points but their promotion hopes are now in tatters following the controversial decision.The club say they ‘do not understand the rush there has been among many quarters of the non-league game to conclude the season so quickly’. This is the South Shields FC statement in full: “Over recent weeks the coronavirus outbreak has reminded us all - as if we needed it - that football is just a game. Health must always take priority over sport and this is a virus which does not discriminate. It has affected us all and there is rightly huge worry over health and livelihoods across the world. Our strong belief is that football will have a key part to play when life eventually returns to normal, whenever that will be. Football binds so many of us together and is important to so many lives. Not important in the grand scheme of life and health, but important nonetheless. It provides a release to so many people once or twice a week and individuals the world over dedicate much of their lives to following their team and striving for every ounce of joy it brings. At its best it is a simply joyful game. For that reason, we make no apology for making our feelings regarding the FA's decision to declare the 2019-20 season null and void from step three of the non-league system downwards known. As has been well-documented, ahead of the season being paused as a result of the coronavirus outbreak just 10 days ago South Shields sat top of the BetVictor Northern Premier Division, 12 points clear of our nearest rivals with nine games to play. We will now never know how the remainder of the campaign would have played out but we have full confidence that our outstanding players and management would have completed the job and sealed promotion to National League North. To have that prospect snatched away so quickly is something all players and staff at the club are finding understandably difficult to comprehend. We do not understand the rush there has been among many quarters of the non-league game to conclude the season so quickly. We recognise that many clubs simply do not have the resources to continue paying players and staff during an enforced lay-off such as this, with so much uncertainty over when football will return. But would it not have been more prudent to keep the season suspended until it is safe to return, end contracts as they would usually end following the completion of the season, allow clubs to re-assemble squads when the situation is more clear and then complete this campaign when the opportunity arises? The FA's decision has effectively punished those clubs further down the non-league system which have strived tirelessly over the last six months to progress up the pyramid. We stand alongside the many other clubs which find themselves in a similar situation and have already opened dialogue with some of them regarding the best way forward. We will write to the FA in the strongest possible terms so they are left in no uncertainty as to our feelings, and will seek to appeal if there is a mechanism to do so. If the response does not satisfy us we will seek legal advice. We will seek clarification over whether, with all of the results of the 2019-20 season now annulled, all fines paid to the FA as a result of players picking up yellow and red cards in those matches will now be reimbursed. We will seek clarification over whether the FA will now refund all tickets bought by supporters for those annulled games. We will seek clarification over whether the FA will reimburse the costs accrued by clubs over the last six months for coach travel to away fixtures, which in our case equates to approximately £20,000. We have several other questions and look forward to the FA's reply. A further concern of ours is that, should coronavirus be 'beaten' over the summer months only to return in a frightening second wave next winter, results next season will also be annulled. It is our strong suggestion that the FA rule book is amended now so that such injustices do not occur again in the future. If seasons cannot be completed, we strongly disagree that they should be consigned to the history books. There are fairer ways to draw a line under things, including applying a points per game ratio to the standings and potentially promoting those in promotion positions and sparing those in relegation spots, leading to some leagues being slightly larger in number the following campaign. We look forward with interest to see which way the National League season is finalised. What is the reason the FA has allowed step three of the non-league system downwards to be cut off from the pyramid in this way? We also look ahead with interest to see which way other leagues higher up the pyramid - particularly the Premier League - are concluded should no more football be possible. Will the Premier League also be null and void should this happen? The 2019-20 season taught us plenty, on and off the pitch. We would like to pay a huge tribute to everyone who played a part in it, from our players and staff to our outstanding supporters, sponsors and volunteers. Your backing is incredible and we are sorry the conclusion to the season is not the one you all deserved. We are even more determined to go again next season and give it absolutely everything we have got to secure promotion in 2020-21, so please keep the faith. We face huge challenges financially over the summer months and hugely appreciate all those who have shown incredible commitment to the club over recent weeks by purchasing early bird season tickets, merchandise and making donations. You will all get the opportunity to buy shares in the club once the current uncertain situation becomes more clear, as we have promised previously. We do not know when the 2020-21 season will begin. That will be determined by how the current worldwide health crisis develops over the coming months. We are hugely looking forward to the day football returns to Mariners Park and we are able to see our supporters again. The next few months are going to be very long for more than one reason but we will be back, and are confident you will be too. Please continue to abide by Government advice and stay at home as much as you possibly can. There will be a day when this virus is an awful memory but there are, of course, many difficult days ahead. Thank you once again for your continued support and please, please stay safe. We wish you and your families the very best of health. There are much better days ahead.” https://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/south-shields-fc-release-damning-statement-demanding-answers-fa-after-devastating-promotion-blow-2519821

The Daily Wail is stepping up the campaign to void it, it seems. In another article today, it's using an Italian vision of cancelling the Serie A while medical staff have insufficient protective equipment. The inference is clear, if the sentiment is there in Italy, why is the PL looking to re start the league? It's clear the FA fucking off clubs below National League North & South has opened pandora's box.

Please, can we not just lock this thread? They're pathetic. We know they're pathetic. Their remembering of past games is pathetic, their opinion on the current season is pathetic and their opinion of next season is pathetic. They're pathetic, did I mention that?