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...but they'll have David Brooks back, and he would have missed the season as originally scheduled, and Steve Cook may be able to return as well.

I suspect, particularly at the bottom end of the table, decisions about neutral venues will need to be made as things evolve and some fixtures become more significant.

Watford: One player and two staff Burnley: Ian Woan (assistant manager) Mystery third club. Source >>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52726278

Why August though? What do you see substantially changing between June and August that will make it "safe"? I'm not saying this from a position of "just ****ing go for it in June" but I can't see what can possibly have changed that means by August having footballers playing and in close...

I've never been to one, but I understand that's standard for the "weekly offer" aisle in Lidl (or it might be Aldi). Next week it will be wetsuits.

Me neither, really. But whenever a "thing" happens, eg VE Day street parties, we all seem to be saying something like "let's see how things look in 2-3 weeks" due to what seems to be the accepted lag in the whole infected -> ill -> hospitalised sequence.

7/10. It's not a patch on my bucket of water analogy.

Less than 4 days ago: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52557718

Not sure that makes much sense. Given the general timeline from becoming infected to showing symptoms and, presumably being tested to show a new infection, the upward trend must have started pre-lockdown, although it may well be accelerating now.

The alternative is that it is accepted that teams will lose players who are infected, as has been the case with workplaces that have remained open, and will be the case as others open in coming weeks and months. Of course, losing Lewis Dunk is not quite the same as Bob from accounts being away...

This illustrates the whack-a-mole issue at play. You hit one mole (infected player) and another will soon pop-up, and that will continue to happen unless absolutely everyone involved is "safe" to begin with, ie has been in quarantine, and remains like that until such time as all fixtures have...

The number of cases doesn't mean a great deal. You ramp up testing you find more cases - it's as simple as that. If you tested literally everyone in the country today you'd get a massive spike in cases - it doesn't mean that lots of people have suddenly become infected. The number of deaths is...

So you have an issue with Paul Barber looking out for Brighton's interests (and remember he categorically stated he wanted to find a way to end the season safely), but it's OK for you to look out for Burnley's interests...

I wasn't suggesting he was being disingenuous. He came across very well, as he always does.

Liverpool and Man City - you're probably right. Arsenal and Man Utd though - not so much. We've picked up 10 points out of 12 in our four home fixtures against those sides since we were promoted. You might not like what Barber was saying but he made no pretence that his primary objective was...

Indeed. Disney haven't wasted any time jumping on this bandwagon >>> https://www.shopdisney.com/face-masks/

I'm going to copy and paste something I wrote on this thread many pages back... Like it or not, the Premier League is a complex multi-billion pound international business. Like all businesses it will be trying to make plans to allow it to continue operations when it is able to do so. There will...

If Napper really is Glenn Murray, I think you're going to have to work a bit harder to flush him out.

Prem/FL plan to finish season behind closed doors in JULY Continuing my annoyance at the demonisation of football, can we please stop all this “it’s all about money” bollocks? Of course it’s all about money. The Premier League and all the clubs within it are businesses. A business needs to...

Who is in limbo right now? No one is doing anything at all. Even if this season was written off right now, absolutely no plans at all can be made for next season. All the league and clubs can do is make provisions for different scenarios so they are well-placed for football to return whenever...