If it’s one or the other I have no problem with cancelling games. My problem is solely with stopping fans who want to attend matches that aren’t cancelled. Staff should have the freedom to work at the games or not. They shouldn’t be made to work.

Well it’s already happening in Italy and France. Likely to be here pdq I would expect.

Awe thanks Bernard. I do what I can.

This whole thing is now starting to have a domino effect. Tip of the iceberg.

Recently on here there was a certain person that indicated that they were glad
Burnley were one nil down to Spurs at the half. It was the opposite until Spurs got level with a penalty second half.
Hmmm maybe AG.

You’ll get yourself blocked at this rate. Welcome to the club.

Great ...... Mrs Kiwi's birthday coming up this Friday , she's booked a motel for three days at a nice little seaside berg ... first outing in about ten years

...she's going to be devastated when I tell her I'm don't want any contact .

The last 6 times we’ve visited City the aggregate score is 17-2! City's opening goals in these 6 games have come in the 19th, 18th, 15th, 14th, first and second minutes.

There are only 2 games a season where I fully expect to lose, Anfield and The Etihad. That’s before a ball is kicked and irrespective of form. There are other games in the season where I get a bad feeling or wouldn’t be surprised at a defeat but these two away trips we never even seem to put up a fight. Time for that to change

Did she actually tell you she was taking you or did you just make that assumption. You might be destroying her plans.

Italy now makes a decision to impose a complete lock down. A complete over reaction for all concerned clearly!

This was always going to happen with modern travel habits (and an ever exploding human population), amidst all the benefits this has brought us we never stopped to think about the fact we are defying millions of years of evolution where we lived in small groups for the most part.

Our arrogance as a species is what will kill us - through virus, climate change or war.

Happy days!.

Cancelling St Pats Day marches in Ireland.

The other thing that can do you in is performances like Olympiocos.

You know it’s got serious then if they have done that !

Watches the entirety of extra time against Olympiacos:

Well I have taken the difficult decision to self isolate for the next two weeks in COVID19-free Barbados. I don’t want thanks. Or sympathy. Really.

of course Zed you do realise Bernard bestowed upon you this mantle of greatness ; as part of the plan to ward off attacks from the evil duo of Socrates / Top Gun and also the odd broadside from Dec .

and arrive back with nothing worse than liver failure , syphilis and chikungunya virus .... wise choice

No. Perish the thought! lol I am always hoping the scum lose unless it helps us for them to win or draw.

There speaks the voice of experience

People need to stop saying it’s just the flu

https://twitter.com/labisbeticah/status ... 30273?s=21

Evil duo ?

We aren’t the one advocating enabling mass death to pursue a leisure activity

At least he'll have fun getting the first two. Beats being sneezed on by someone in the toilet paper queue!

Not sure why we aren't cancelling crowd gatherings of 1,000 people or more as they are doing in other countries. Wouldn't it be better to be ahead of the curve instead of falling behind it?.

Our NHS, particularly A&E, was overstretched and couldn't cope before the outbreak so how are they supposed to cope if thousands start to need hopsital treatment.

Hi Rich,

I'm not even counting this as a game in hand. I don't think we are good enough to get anything, our midfield is weak and will get overrun and our defence is simply not built to cope against really good teams.

The only way I see us getting something is if we score a couple of worldies and City have a really off day. Otherwise I see us with little possession and chasing shadows for most of the game. Damage limitation really.

Sadly I agree. It annoys me that so many teams have got wins away to big 6 sides but we haven’t had one for about 4/5 years. I think those big 6 sides are definitely more concentrated against us but I also think there is a mental block for us.
I don’t think we can concentrate for 90 minutes to execute to all our defence. But as long as we go there with the right mindset we do have players who can hurt their defence on the counter and in 1v1 situations

Well ..no he didn't. Gave me a decent reply.

This summer we really need to find a way to shift on some high earners. Özil (£350k), Mkhitaryan (£200k), Lacazette (£180k), Xhaka (£100k) Sokratis (£90k) Elneny (£70k) is £52m off the season wage bill!
I see prices of £40m for 16 year old Bellingham from B'ham, £70m for Grealish and Maddison. I just don't think we can be shopping in that market at all. Pépé may turn out to be brilliant but £70m for us is a huge risk. We need to move back in to the £20-£30m market and realise our current standing which means selling well and possibly our better players and buying smartly on potential with resale value.

I'm not certain we can afford Aubamayang's new contract but I also can't see how we do anything without him. Not a nice choice for Arsenal to have to make. At least in comparison to the £350k/week Arsenal gave Özil, Aubamayang is still operating as the best striker in the league and would be worth the deal, I'm just not sure a team (possibly) without European football and with the need to tighten the finances can afford him.

Aubamayang deal, 3 years at £300k per week = £47m, plus lets call it zero resale, but 3 more years of the league's top striker.
vs
Sell Aubamayang now for £70m, shift the £200k per week (£10m) of his last year.

So crudely this is a swing of £127m decision for Arsenal to make on 1 player (granted that any replacement has a fee and wages)

We won’t sell Aubamayang and not sign a replacement.

No way considering what he brings the team, who would come in I don’t know though

If we sell Aubameyang it shoukd be to finance a great defense. I'd like that money earmarked only for either a central defender or defensive center midfielder.

Saliva to come in, Mari signed. That's our lot.

Spurs 2 down in 20 minutes. No trophy for Maureen.

Is this a reference to the fact this team needs the kiss of life? Fair assessment

Leipzig look lethal at home. Lloris doing a passable impression of an over the hill once great GK has helped.

Yes, didn't exactly distinguish himself with either goal.

Spurs are lucky Mourinho was able to prioritise the Leipzig game otherwise they might have got a flogging. May he stay with them 3 years. Should totally wreck them in that time. Yesterday’s man.

Happened to catch a few Atlanta games this season. I think we should pencil the manager in as a potential future manager at our club. I like their style of play and organisation

Anything negative with regards departing players not being replaced is possible under the Kroenke ownership regime.

I think Spurs should change their theme tune to yesterday. A yesterdays man manager and a yesterday team past their best.