General Football 23/24

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7 days rest before 2nd leg is the plan

Arteta is a mini me of Pep, so no surprise TBH; its a farce bought on by the Prem league's incompetence.

Have they had to shut the training ground - No
Is it a Covid issue - No
Its because the ****s rely on Xhaka & then loaned Maitland Niles & another 1st team player out this month - YES

The league should (but 100% wont) tell them to play

[Deano]

7 days rest before 2nd leg is the plan

Arteta is a mini me of Pep, so no surprise TBH; its a farce bought on by the Prem league's incompetence.

Have they had to shut the training ground - No
Is it a Covid issue - No
Its because the ****s rely on Xhaka & then loaned Maitland Niles & another 1st team player out this month - YES

The league should (but 100% wont) tell them to play

I'd be surprised if it got cancelled tbh, significant uproar in the media, especially given they have sanctioned loan deals and look to do more. the said the EPL bigwigs are ****ing stooges

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haha badly done but sentiment is there

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I'd be surprised if it got cancelled tbh, significant uproar in the media, especially given they have sanctioned loan deals and look to do more. the said the EPL bigwigs are ****ing stooges

i think they have ****ed themselves (EPL) by cancelling games on a whim

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https://www.theguardian.com/football...r-league-covid

Scared to play Tottenham, just play the kids etc etc

This bit is BS:

Should the request be granted they may be open to accusations of playing the system, but the reverse argument will be that Arsenal have been inconvenienced by what they considered a questionable postponement in the past. The semi-final first leg was originally to have been played a week previously until Liverpool requested its postponement on account of Covid-19 cases, but Jürgen Klopp later revealed many of them turned out to be false positives

The comparison with us is a load of crap, it doesn't matter that our tests turned out to be false positives, the fact that players tested positive made them unavailable under the competition rules, that isn't our fault, they have 1 covid case and want the game postponed.

IMO the rule about players being out should have been liked to positive covid tests rather than being about the number of players missing for all kinds of reasons,IMO the PL have made a rod for their own back as this rule now should have to stay beyond covid if they are to be consistent.

[Norbs]

If you show a false positive it means PCR and you still have to isolate. After having covid you're advised not to take a PCR for 90 days. If Reds players who've had covid were asked to take a PCR again then that's really bad advice

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Sterling is one of the biggest cheating ****s in the league and never gets called out on it... Constantly knocking the ball past a defender and then chucking his trailing leg in to the defender. Then every other manc **** screams at the ref for a foul.

It's a Joke

[Kenneth]

Yeah, he’s a ****bag.

Having said that, City’s press is relentless, the kind of energy that we can’t summon at the moment.

[Kenneth]

That Kevin bloke is a bit good. 1-0 City

[Norbs]

Chelsea looked dire, totally inept

[Fredo]

Yeah, he’s a ****bag.

Having said that, City’s press is relentless, the kind of energy that we can’t summon at the moment.

They've got their first choice team, been stable for a while, haven't been affected by covid. Helps a little bit.

[Kenneth]

I’m sure it does. There’s a ‘big gap’ now though, they’re a lot better than us with the ball and without.

[Fredo]

Lot better I'm not sure, as it's not valid to compare when we have a less stable team at the moment and far from our best.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Lot better I'm not sure, as it's not valid to compare when we have a less stable team at the moment and far from our best.

If you compare best XI with best XI and both teams on form, then I would agree with you, however based on actual form over the past couple months and on pitch results I think it would be fair to say they are currently the better team and, if points gained in that period are any guage, by some distance.

[Kenneth]

I guess better is a vague term. They are a lot easier on the eye, they have loads of movement, always seem to have a runner and ping the ball around like we haven’t since before Covid. Their press is more aggressive and consistent, which is of course helped by squad depth and Covid resilience. The pricks.