This Weekend's Fixtures & Man City v Burnley (19/20/21/22 June).

Friday, 19th June 2020
Norwich City v Southampton, 18:00 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United, 20:15 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

Saturday, 20th June 2020
Watford v Leicester City, 12:30 https://i.imgur.com/hISMgBT.jpg]
Brighton & Hove Albion v Arsenal, 15:00 https://i.imgur.com/hISMgBT.jpg]
West Ham United v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 17:30 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg
Bournemouth v Crystal Palace, 19:45 https://i.imgur.com/neu27Nl.png

Sunday, 21st June 2020
Newcastle United v Sheffield United, 14:00 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg
Aston Villa v Chelsea, 16:15 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg
Everton v Liverpool, 19:00 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

Monday, 22nd June 2020
Manchester City v Burnley, 20:00 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

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On the circus goes.

Three Leicester players are in self-isolaton.

Play on.

No mass gatherings, except the football supporters, they don't matter.

Play on.

They want to control the rate at which the virus is spreading but don’t believe stopping mass gatherings of thousands in multiple cities will help with that. Weird.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

They want to control the rate at which the virus is spreading but don’t believe stopping mass gatherings of thousands in multiple cities will help with that. Weird.

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Boris even said that mass gatherings would not cause an increase in contagion. Which makes perfect sense if you think about it. The more people you get clustered around a carrier, the less chance there is of the virus spreading. It's obvious when you are "guided by science*".

*Science is the surname of some incompetent moron who the government have hired to run this shit show.

Good at Powerpoint presentations though.

I'm actually watching the press conference and the question about closing stadiums come up.

This gonad science guy says that you're only likely to infect 2 or 3 people in close proximity, like at work for instance.

Does he not realise how football stadiums work or does he think all grounds are like Wigan and have two rows apart between fans?

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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...

I'm actually watching the press conference and the question about closing stadiums come up.

This gonad science guy says that you're only likely to infect 2 or 3 people in close proximity, like at work for instance.

Does he not realise how football stadiums work or does he think all grounds are like Wigan and have two rows apart between fans?

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What you're forgetting is they've all actually stood in those environments with their measuring kits. It's not like they are pulling guesses straight out of their arseholes. I know you have probably seen those alarmist videos that show sneezes erupting at close on 200mph and spreading over copious areas. But the CV19 sneezes only moves at 2mph and covers a distance of 2 inches (fact checked by Facebook). So it's probably okay to wander into the middle of a 20K crowd during a pandemic. You need to "follow the science" (funding). You can't go wrong if you do that, although prices may go down as well as death.

With Arteta testing positive the Premier League will have an emergency to decide if they want to keep the money rolling in or not.

Hudson-Odoi tests positive.

Definitely these matches will be postponed.

It's insane if not.

Yeah I don’t see how they can carry on for the time being. Every other league has taken steps to halt the spread. Infact every other sport has cancelled whatever events were scheduled.

Meeting this morning to decide.

Liverpool... :lol:

If the season is cancelled

“We start again....”

It'll be suspended. There's a strong economic argument that if you kill all the fans the revenue will go down. This is going to be tough for a while on the PL bigwigs and the legions of middlemen who share at the trough. But if they stick together, avoid panic and maybe come up with some clever merchandise featuring COVID19, they'll get through it.

Everton have gone into self isolation now because a member of the squad had the symptoms.

PL chiefs might have to get a 5-a-side team together to keep the cash flowing.

Sky are reporting the PL is expected to be suspended for 3 weeks.

Confirmed. Suspended until April 3rd.

The BBC says all "elite football" is suspended.
So I guess most of the PL can carry on? :unsure:

Certainly gives us a green light to hit the pitch and open the turnstiles.

'At a news conference on Thursday, Clarets boss Sean Dyche talked about the potential of matches being played behind closed doors or being cancelled.

He said: "We have to be as professional as we can and go with whatever is decided"'

Pity he doesn't think the same about the (very) occasional ref who penalises his players for trying to maim the opposition :rolleyes:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51870539

Just sticking it in here.

Villa v Sheffield United on at 6pm.

:tumbleweed:

Unless you beat Ci....

:tumbleweed:

Everyone on the pitch takes a knee at kick off. :lol:

What a bizarre age we live in.

Sheffield United should have had a goal or something.

From what Rors said it has been 0-0 and a hoof fest.

Goal line tech failed, VAR failed. Should be 1-0

VAR took a knee too.

That looked so obviously over the line even in real time. :blink:

I tuned in just now to see what it was like.

A sporting equivalent of a laughter track?

Fuck that.

Canned crowd noise is so shit. It’s like watching a game of FIFA. :lol:

Though it will probably make the Emirates more intimidating tbf.

I don't like it.

Can't we just have this guy on the PA?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqSJMnrHPLw

0-0 FT. :haha:

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Originally Posted by GP

I don't like it.

Can't we just have this guy on the PA?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqSJMnrHPLw

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Ollie Guru :bow:

And Ollie the Optimist :bow:

Amended the OP for the fixtures now and what channels they're on.

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Originally Posted by Xhaka Can’t

A sporting equivalent of a laughter track?

Fuck that.

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A laughter track is quite useful for Arsenal games tbf :(

when i watched the Citeh game i tried both but much preferred it without the fake crowd noise

Norwich 0-1 Southampton, Ings.

0-2 Armstrong.

only just found out Ryan Fraser's not extended his Bournemouth contract beyond the end of June :lol:

Eddie Howe :pal:

Bournemouth :rose:

Spurs 1-0 up :sick:

0-3 in the end, Redmond with the other Southampton goal.

Bergwijn for the Spuds.

I'm glad you are all enjoying it and I don't begrudge you that, but it's not for me anymore. There's not a faint trace of interest. Football died WITH COVID19.

Bye.

Roy Keane went mental on De Gea and Maguire. :haha: