Hi all. I haven’t paid much attention to the football yet since it started. Finding it hard to get that engaged with it, for various reasons. I hope we manage to sneak over the line into the CL though. The way things are going, I think next season will be fucked by covid as well. So far every place ...

I can’t say he ever looked ready when I saw him, so I’m not that bothered right now, but maybe he just needs more time and opportunities.

A Dutch midfielder playing for Ajax can’t be too shabby.

Chelsea have signed Werner. He should be ace for them, he's a real goal machine in Germany.

Sounds like Pogba is staying with us. Looks like we're not buying a striker. Basically Sancho or bust for us then is it?

He doesn't seem bothered by the fuss or inclined to resign. It's like the Trump White House, the old rules of politics don't apply. There's no concept of resigning as a point of principle. You can do or say what you want, apparently. The fact that they made the scientist Ferguson resign makes the hy...

I wonder if some clubs would have business insurance that would take care of that financial hit. There's going to be a lot of lawyering right across the economy.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-matt-hancock-speechless-at-extraordinary-actions-of-govt-scientist-11983885 There's a narrative building here. 'we just provided the advice, government sets policy' versus 'we simply followed the scientific and medical advice'. This will be another David Kelly...

Healthcare workers, supermarket workers, bus drivers all have to go to work. Young millionaire professional athletes too scared to play football don’t. They have a fair point, but just goes to show how fucked it is that the people whose jobs actually matter get paid buttons while some lads good at k...

Aye Ash, it's interesting how it was the government that specifically told Prem clubs to get ready. Like you say, it's to boost moral and to distract from the horrendous job the gov has done containing the virus But I'm just reading that Macron in france has banned all live sport until at least sep...

I think it's stupid to start the season again. It's going to be shit, matches in empty stadiums, players half fit, endless debate about whether it's safe, matches getting canceled or postponed because inevitably somebody will test positive. Why try to finish the season in a half-arsed way that's onl...