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TLEF316
Footballguy
Ramsay Hunt Experience
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Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
Pretty sure 'Achilles' is what he calls the tree branch that was blocking the view of his back yard from the kitchen window.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Good 30 minutes on the history of the LFC v MUFC rivalry.
Also, pause that at 8:18. This is 1963 and those guys are pretty damn fit. Not totally ripped like Salah or Henderson or etc, but it's not like they're a bunch of pub-crawling yobs either -- everyone's sporting a six pack.
Also, pause that at 8:18. This is 1963 and those guys are pretty damn fit. Not totally ripped like Salah or Henderson or etc, but it's not like they're a bunch of pub-crawling yobs either -- everyone's sporting a six pack.
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It looks like someone has really been missing @Bluto Blutarsky during this quarantine period.
Thoughts and prayers that they pull through.
Thoughts and prayers that they pull through.
Bluto Blutarsky
Footballguy
B Maverick
Footballguy
Reports that the constellation will be renamed after Zlatan are premature. Seems its just a calf injury.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
In the first of probably a 100 financial moves that will effect soccer in America, Banc of California has paid LAFC $20m to break their stadium naming rights deal. LAFC now needs to find a new sponsor in a market where no one is likely to be spending large marketing dollars.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Woohoo! Premier League televised schedule on return (all times EST)...
- Saturday - 7am, 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm
- Sunday - 7am, 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm
- Tuesday - 1pm, 3pm
- Wednesday - 1pm, 3pm
charvik
Footballguy
I keep hearing that it will be pushed to 6/26, but hoping for 6/19. I need sports that matter again.
Jaysus
Good times!
I have next to no enthusiasm for this at all.... I think Liverpool ruined the season more than corona did.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
This is going to be crazy. I might have to take the month off.
charvik
Footballguy
Have you seen anything about what grounds they are planning to use? I am curious about how they will be shipping these footballers about.
Found this in the article above:
So, it sounds like those 3 grounds won't be used.
I would think they want to stay away from the larger cities, due to higher concentration of potential infected.
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charvik
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Not sure why they are to be honest. The UK has handled social distancing miles better than the US, with the exception of the Tory MPs. Just sounds like more footballing supporter bias to me, which is still very prevalent in British society.At this point, still just planning. They are obviously concerned over supporters gathering outside big matches, derbies, etc.. Plus everyone knows those lousy Pool fans gonna be running amok thumping their chests, scum
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Similar concerns in Germany have not materialized, but who knows how the English supporters will react? It may well be bias against football supporters. Personally, I can see these yahoos showing up outside the venues whether home or at a neutral site. Before the shut-down, when there was talk of playing champions league games in empty stadiums, I know many British fans were claiming they would still travel to the away games and do their normal away game stuff outside the venue. Hard do say if they really would have, but that was the common online sentiment.Not sure why they are to be honest. The UK has handled social distancing miles better than the US, with the exception of the Tory MPs. Just sounds like more footballing supporter bias to me, which is still very prevalent in British society.At this point, still just planning. They are obviously concerned over supporters gathering outside big matches, derbies, etc.. Plus everyone knows those lousy Pool fans gonna be running amok thumping their chests, scum
B Maverick
Footballguy
That and their first title in 30 years may be why they are avoiding Anfield. Yes its probably a letdown at this point, but it wouldnt surprise me if they did get out to celebrate.
charvik
Footballguy
I'm sure there will be some blerts going around, like always. I saw idiots driving to the beach on Memorial Day, because apparently we are safe now. Not to mention churches are going to open because, you know, Jesus prevents the virus. Or looting a Target because a 49" flat screen keeps the Corona away.
ETA: I listen to a LOT of local radio, and they all say the same thing. Flags in the windows, pyro in the backyard, but nobody is going out in the streets.
ETA2: Latest UK restrictions are groups up to 6 if members of different households, keep 2 meter distance. Lots of backyard TVs being set up for mates.
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charvik
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Note: Long post lost in "Bad Gateway" error - neat. Not going to re-write it all.
Tomorrow marks 35 years since Heysel, something that tends to be forgotten and pushed under the carpet. There is plenty of blame to go around, but that has played out in the courts.
I was 14, mad at my father for not taking me to see the reds in a final I really wanted to go to. The match was televised, and all played out in front of us, live, in color, and utterly confusing. 39 fellow football fans perished on those terraces, or after succumbing to injuries sustained. I have since read a lot, court reports, eyewitness accounts, articles, columns, watched way too much coverage from all over Europe. It was a preventable tragedy in itself, and a tragedy that repeated itself on April 15th 1989.
In Heysel, thirty nine people — 32 from Italy, four from Belgium, two from France, one from Northern Ireland, the youngest 11 years old — died.
Six hundred more were injured.
Tomorrow marks 35 years since Heysel, something that tends to be forgotten and pushed under the carpet. There is plenty of blame to go around, but that has played out in the courts.
I was 14, mad at my father for not taking me to see the reds in a final I really wanted to go to. The match was televised, and all played out in front of us, live, in color, and utterly confusing. 39 fellow football fans perished on those terraces, or after succumbing to injuries sustained. I have since read a lot, court reports, eyewitness accounts, articles, columns, watched way too much coverage from all over Europe. It was a preventable tragedy in itself, and a tragedy that repeated itself on April 15th 1989.
In Heysel, thirty nine people — 32 from Italy, four from Belgium, two from France, one from Northern Ireland, the youngest 11 years old — died.
Six hundred more were injured.
JaxBill
Footballguy
@LauraScott__: While it will remain under review, PL fixtures moving to neutral venues, at the request of forces, are:
- Man City v Liverpool; Man City v Newcastle; Man Utd v Sheffield Utd
- Newcastle v Liverpool
- Everton v Liverpool + the game in which Liverpool could secure the league title
- Man City v Liverpool; Man City v Newcastle; Man Utd v Sheffield Utd
- Newcastle v Liverpool
- Everton v Liverpool + the game in which Liverpool could secure the league title
B Maverick
Footballguy
I get the Liverpool choices, to an extent, as I noted above. But the others?
Other then the battle for 5th and a potential CL spot (or even 4th if Chelsea faulters), not sure why neutral grounds for United v Sheffield?
Also not sure why City vs Newcastle would need one too?
Typically they wouldn't schedule City and United at home on the same day, but maybe that's why?
charvik
Footballguy
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
Brendan Rogers talking about recovering from the coronavirus and casually dropping in that it made him feel as fatigued as the time he climbed Mt. Kiliminjaro is pretty much the most Brendan Rogers thing ever.
B Maverick
Footballguy
Not sure I get your point. Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield and Newcastle are the north. Not one of those mentioned in the post I responded to are "south."
charvik
Footballguy
B Maverick
Footballguy
charvik
Footballguy
Yup, good point. We could probably add 200 pages to this thread going into all the nuances and details, but not sure I have it in me. Lots of tribalism, lots of Thatcher-isms, lots of Tory v Labour etc etc etc...
B Maverick
Footballguy
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Isn't this all due to local police concerned about home supporters gathering outside the stadium? I don't think it has anything to do with how competitive the games are. Manchester police don't want to deal with United or City home games it seems.
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charvik
Footballguy
B Maverick
Footballguy
charvik
Footballguy
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
I guess I'm just assuming other locations are not concerned, believe they can deal with it, don't expect fans to show up (as has been the case in Germany) ...
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Mjolnirs
Footballguy
This kid that got his debut for Bayern today, Batista-Maier, is 19 and can still play for either Brazil or Germany on the national stage. If he develops to that level.
That’s a hell of a choice. I’ve seen players with the choice between smaller countries and a power, but between those two ... wow.
That’s a hell of a choice. I’ve seen players with the choice between smaller countries and a power, but between those two ... wow.
charvik
Footballguy
Just saw statements from Merseyside and Greater Manchester police that they had zero concerns with playing all games on home grounds.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Mario Gomez is another example, with if memory serves a choice between Spain and Germany.
The Z Machine
Footballguy
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Looks like MLS is getting close to returning. Here is the latest players union statement. It must suck that the first time ever the players signed a half way decent CBA, they now have to give back concessions.
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The Z Machine
Footballguy
MLS and European football are finally on the same schedule!
