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    a clue is one game killed their home GD.

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        Originally posted by Pepe79 View Post
        Southampton
        correct send me your address and i'll send Djimi Traores biography 'Me and my left foot' in the post.

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          Originally posted by Liverpool View Post
          correct send me your address and i'll send Djimi Traores biography 'Me and my left foot' in the post.
          He had a left foot?
          In the beginning, Fowler created the Heaven and the Earth.

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            Originally posted by Charly View Post
            He had a left foot?
            Aye, he used it to drag a ball into his own net.

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              bonus point for the who the fella on the left is

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                David Raven?
                Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’

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                  Yep

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                    Originally posted by Liverpool View Post
                    bonus point for the who the fella on the left is
                    Still one of the best goals I've ever seen
                    Like blood on iron

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                      just rewatched it and still no idea what he was attempting.

                      If that goal doesnt go in and it goes into a replay we go through and go deep in the competition, players are knackered come Istanbul, Djimi and his sliding feet doors

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                        The Football Association chairman, Greg Clarke, fears fans will not be returning to football stadiums “any time soon”.

                        “The reality is that we just don’t know how things are going to pan out,” Clarke said in a letter to the FA Council sent on Friday. “But with social distancing in place for some time to come, we do face substantial changes to the whole football ecosystem.

                        “For example it’s hard to foresee crowds of fans, who are the lifeblood of the game, returning to matches any time soon,” said Clarke, who warned of a “worst-case scenario” of FA budget cuts for the next four years.

                        larke also said the FA board has agreed a “sensible” £75m budget cut amid the uncertainty surrounding a resumption. “In a worst-case scenario, this would be necessary for the next four years to offset a £300m deficit,” he added.

                        The Premier League and EFL accept that any resumption must take place behind closed doors because of the coronavirus pandemic.

                        On Friday, top-flight clubs were told the remaining matches of the 2019-20 season must be played at neutral venues. A number of clubs are reported to have raised concerns, with the Brighton chief executive, Paul Barber, voicing his opposition to the idea on Saturday.

                        The Norwich manager, Daniel Farke, has offered his support to the Premier League, saying he trusts them to find a solution. “If by not finishing the season we save one life, then we should do that,” Farke told Sky Sports on Monday.

                        “I totally trust the key people at the Premier League that have to make the decisions and not easy decisions because there are disadvantages for every scenario,” Farke said. “[Norwich] deserve the chance to work on our little miracle and stay in this league … we should try everything we can to finish the season.”

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                          A number of Premier League club doctors have raised a range of concerns with league bosses over plans to resume the season, BBC Sport has learned.

                          One issue that the senior medics have sought assurances over includes their own liability and insurance cover if players contract the virus.

                          The Premier League has also been asked to provide some clarity over medical protocols, testing and player welfare.

                          The Premier League is hopeful of a potential 8 June resumption.

                          The 20 club doctors have been holding their own discussions about Project Restart - the label given to plans to resume action - with a view to feeding their thoughts into the Premier League's leadership.

                          A Premier League source told the BBC that they viewed the move by the medics as a natural part of the process with clubs, and a means of reaching "the best possible set of protocols".

                          They also confirmed that the league was in talks with insurance companies over the issue of club and doctor liability, and that this would be brought up with government representatives this week.

                          The Premier League is represented on a cross-sport working group of medical experts and public health officials which will meet for the second time in a week on Wednesday.

                          The panel is devising the health and hygiene measures that players, managers and club staff will be asked to agree to before full training and then competition can resume, but only if the government deems it safe to do so.

                          The government is set to review its lockdown measures later this week, with the Premier League meeting to vote on the plans next Monday. A number of players and sports medics have already voiced their concerns about whether it is safe to return to action.

                          Eamonn Salmon, the chief executive of the Football Medicine and Performance Association (FMPA), has told BBC Sport that opinion among doctors and physios at English football clubs regarding resumption plans was varied.

                          Speaking last week, he said: "I guess the views of our members will be a kind of snapshot of society really.

                          "There are those who think it can be done, there are those that are doubtful and there are those that probably suggest it is an impossible task.

                          "We have to wait, this is a waiting game all the time, it is such a changing landscape and fluctuating on a day to day basis.

                          "This is just the start in some respects, whatever proposals are put there it is then open to debate and for comment and opinion to feed into that."

                          If training is resumed before social distancing rules are relaxed, BBC Sport understands players will be tested for coronavirus twice a week and would be screened for symptoms every day.

                          All tests would be carried out by health professionals at a drive-through NHS testing facility that each club would have access to. Training grounds will be optimised for social distancing and high hygiene levels.

                          In addition:

                          Players must arrive at training grounds in kit and wear masks at all times.
                          They must not shower or eat on the premises. If clubs want to provide players with food, it must be delivered as a takeaway to players' cars.
                          Only essential medical treatment would be allowed, with all medical staff in full PPE.
                          All meetings and reviews must take place virtually and off-site.
                          In Germany, where the Bundesliga is set to become the first major football league in Europe to return to competition, 10 positive results have been returned from 1,724 coronavirus tests from clubs in the top two divisions.

                          Cubs have been training in groups and the tests are being taken before a planned return to training as teams.

                          Measures including "the isolation of the affected person" have been taken, said the DFL.

                          Top-flight side Cologne have had no further Covid-19 infections after three people tested positive last week.

                          Bundesliga officials suggested resuming on 9 May but the government delayed the decision and a restart may now be on 16 or 23 May.

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                            All this a "number" of **** is doing my head in have the bollocks to come out and say what you think
                            Oh I say his vision there was lovely

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                              Originally posted by rodo View Post
                              All this a "number" of **** is doing my head in have the bollocks to come out and say what you think


                              You realise that this was never going to be straight forward do you? Whoever have got concerns over this have probably valid reasons.
                              Are we winning?

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                                Originally posted by Fredo View Post
                                You realise that this was never going to be straight forward do you? Whoever have got concerns over this have probably valid reasons.
                                Pretty sure we can guess what clubs have these so called concerns and valid reasons
                                Oh I say his vision there was lovely

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