Football

So, what does impending lockdown mean for the football? Obvs nobody’s going to games this season (not that anyone here ever did), but will they still be playing?

I dispute that.

Also, I’ve been going to games now too. Have a season ticket for Royston town in lieu of my West Brom one.

I imagine it’ll carry on because they have all the testing in place.

Would Slippy G go to the championship? fair play if he did but wonder if his ego would let him

my dad worked for him in Oxford in the 60's. Even then he was known as the bouncing czech

I dispute that.

Do you mean you reckon there'll be fans in stadiums by end of season? Can't really imagine that being likely, given the utter shambles around pandemic mgmt in this shithole country.

Will there be enough of the demographic who go to football alive and earning enough to go to football?

only players will have enough money to go watch each other on alternate weekends

another game we go behind but fight back to get three points, from 60 mins on we ratcheted up the pressure pushing higher and higher up the pitch creating more and more, the 2nd goal was inevitable in the last 20 mins, jota has to be pushing for bobbies spot after recent performances by both players,

top of the league

damn you villa

Great stat:

No one in the Premier League has conceded more than Liverpool since they were crowned champions.

Who's scored most? Villa?

Don't think so. Though we did have the most points since lockdown (1) up till last weekend. Don't know if that's still true. See how we do tomorrow.

I don't know, the Twitter account I stole that from didn't include that bit!

Liverpool are top scorers this season as well as top conceders - that's how they're still top. But top with a goal difference of +2 and more goals conceded than any other team is not that great.

Villa have "only" got 12 this season (Liverpool have 17, Chelsea and Spurs 16) but they've also got 2 games in hand against some of the teams around them.

Pretty happy with where we are so far. Safety first, then hopefully mid table, anything after that is all gravy.

Impressed that Salah managed to put that penalty away, from the way he was clutching his leg after he went down I thought he was going to be out for a few weeks.

I was working yesterday so could only listen to the game. From the commentary I knew the penalty decision was going to be dubious.
But know having seen it on MotD feel robbed as it did change the game. Liverpool’s only shot on target in the first half.
It was that tame even Sheerer and Mills agreed it wasn’t a penalty for which I’m in so much shock I think I’ll have to have a wee lie down.

True it does look career ending

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he took a nasty rap on the ankle

4 clean sheets in a row, I’ll happily take them and the extra 3 points I thought we’d get in October.

We played some lovely football against Burnley, indeed, nice to see Frank addressing that leaky defence issue... Monstrous header from Zouma, I love that man...

Didn’t see the full 90 minutes but loved seeing Kante being Kante and dropping back in CB to allow our WB to push up and give us more width. Reece James had a good game I thought. Ziyech MOTM for me.

Ziyech MOTM for me.

I love his style, effortless, he has a bit of George Best arrogance about him...

Enjoyed him a lot at Ajax and even his previous clubs in the NL

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Last two games really show the value of Richarlison to the team and also how thin our squad is quality-wise. No one else we have can run in behind a defence or run channels properly like Richarlison. I like Ancelotti a lot, but a midfield of Doucoure, Allan, Gomes, Gomes and Delph is really bloody awful from a creative perspective. Would like to see Anthony Gordon starting.

I dispute that too (the ever did part), I've been a match going season ticket holder for years