Lads, it's the Premier League thread - EPL 2019/20

second half was grand. im almost inured to our return to total individual flakiness.

spurs.

Yes, they looked fine in the second half, with the obvious limitations around the lack of a striker. A draw is a fair result.

nice to see noted winner D Moyes coming up with a winning idea for the League Cup

Is it me or is Mourinho morphing into Dom Cummings?

Basically an identical personality type from what I can see.

physically as well tho

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/03/06/22/25644228-0-image-m-2_1583532443840.jpg https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article19524315.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/0_JS191462561.jpg

Cummings looks a bit more like he's doing an amdram performance of Macbeth but yeah.

could be a PhD in physiognomic determinism here

Mou is still handsome, Cummings considerably less so.

Born 8 years apart; cursed generation.

jesus christ i cant unsee this

cummings is jose x levy

Fuck's sake Everton pull your fingers out

Gilmour looks decent for a toddler

Bruno is a god

Fred is looking pretty decent as well.

Fred will win our player of the season pretty handily

Unless Bruno overtakes him I guess...

Fred booked for diving for an obvious penalty

VAR says it's cool

Mike Dean playing a blinder

Comedy keeper capers

^ And again

When you’re pissing around on FIFA and decide to rush the keeper out...#Reina #AstonVilla pic.twitter.com/ru5FXy5bSE

— Jimmy Win (@JimmyWin82) March 9, 2020

So Bergwijn out for the rest of the season, too? Fuck.

So if everything gets cancelled because of coronavirus do they write this season off, leaving Liverpool still looking for a first title win in 30 years?

I think that's the only fair course of action, yes

Pools Panel will be reconvened. I registered poolspanel.fa.co.uk in 2003 so it’s down to me, Bill Kenwright and the ghost of Brian Labone. We will be scrupulously fair. (Spoiler: City by a point).

Lol

EXCLUSIVE: All football matches in England will be played behind closed doors under government plans to combat #coronavirus that could be triggered as early as today. Full details from @mhardysport https://t.co/RrI9c7Aqqw

— Times Sport (@TimesSport) March 12, 2020

they'll go through with this charade for a week or so i guess

Wonder if clubs will have to compensate season pass holders

PL will be ok but imagine that's going to hit some lower league clubs really hard

I’d imagine they would.

Excited for Wolves to be playing a team whose owner has coronavirus tonight.

I know right? Playing staff have tested negative apparently, but the refusal to countenance a postponement has been illuminating.

I'm just remembering that time Alex Ferguson said he wouldn't even sell Real Madrid a virus.

lol merseyside derby with no spectators?

NBA shut down completely now

Once a player tests positive its surely down. We can't be very far from that

the refusal to just call the season off is irresponsible and dangerous imo

Rugani has tested positive in Italy. Seems almost inevitable someone has it here.

CRONa

Agree w/ Deems though. This is not getting any better any time soon. Best to call things off.

sensible thing to do is write this season off and just use last year's top 4 as qualifiers for next season's CL

like i said

they'll do the BCD thing til someone tests positive, then shut it down

delaying the inevitable because they'll be liable for hundreds of millions to the TV companies

Even as a protection of assets, it doesn't make sense to do anything other than keep players wrapped up in cotton wool. What are they going to do £300m worth of players if they get persistent respiratory damage?

the refusal to just call the season off is irresponsible and dangerous imo

well that saves jose's skin then

no title for Liverpool, no promotion for Leeds?
shut the fucker down.

We're all thinking of the lols

It's a fucker considering the great season we're having tho

as much as I despise vile dirty Leeds with every molecule, Bielsa is a manager of rare class and i wish him every success tbh.

i would think that the only possible outcome is to call all qualification to european comps as the league stands, some sort of playoff to decide promotion/relegation, and simply not award a league title to anyone

lol merseyside derby with no spectators?

Never mind that pish, there's an Old Firm game on this Sunday.

Primera and Segundo Division all cancelled now, too.

and simply not award a league title to anyone

― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 March 2020 10:12 (one hour ago)

not sure if trolling or not here.... best to just play the remainder of the games later in the year to decide title imo