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Quote from: tokeweed on November 18, 2020, 07:45:25 AM

Anybody else think it's gonna be another 'Leicester moment' again at the EPL this season? I just looked at the table and if there's a season for either Mou or Rodgers to win the EPL trophy with their respective clubs, it's this one surely.

Spurs is at 9.89 and LCFC at 25.84.

I'm very sceptical about Leicester chances to make another miracle. I think they will start dropping points eventually. Their squad isn't deep enough to compete with Liverpool City or Spurs. And don't forget that they also play in Europa league, so they don't have many chances to rest their players. While FA and EFL cup didn't even started for them. If Foxes will finnish in TOP 4, it would be great result for them I think.
Spurs have good chances to take psrt in title race, but no waythqt I'm going to bet on them.

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Quote from: Trofo on November 16, 2020, 05:31:47 AM

@all LFC supporters out there

You guys really got an extraordinary run of bad luck lately. First Salah with corona and then Robertson and now I hear even Henderson got injured.
So that is now whole first team defense (Robertson, Dijk, Gomez, Arnold) + Fabihno, then you are missing Thiago, Henderson and Salah. Who is gonna play?

Good thing Jota started really well so attack should be more than fine, midfield you can sort of also make work but defense is a total problem IMHO.

Sorry, was away for a couple of days. I think it's really hard to say at this point, I hope Robertson will be OK. I expected Rhys Williams to start alongside Matip but he's also picked up an injury in the England camp and was sent back home.

A lot of players are close to returning but our lineup will still be really weak. My guess would be something like Alisson - Milner, Phillips, Matip, Robertson - Wijnaldum, Keita, Jones - Mane, Jota, Firmino.

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Quote from: DeathAngel on November 18, 2020, 08:50:19 AM

Just about to put my predictions in guys, finally we’re nearly back to the real stuff. No international break now until March, woo hoo!

It is the last day of the boring Nations League today.I am also going to put my picks in and I was lazy to do so because I thought the Internationals would keep going with even more boring games like friendlies but a good thing these are out of the way.Thanks for reminding us as most probably many other pool players haven’t put their predictions yet.

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Quote from: tokeweed on November 18, 2020, 07:45:25 AM

Anybody else think it's gonna be another 'Leicester moment' again at the EPL this season? I just looked at the table and if there's a season for either Mou or Rodgers to win the EPL trophy with their respective clubs, it's this one surely.

Spurs is at 9.89 and LCFC at 25.84.

My money wouldn't be on Leicester as I'm sure they'll run out of steam at some point and even though they're sitting in first place right now I don't think they've played exceptional and did lose their first two games to West Ham and Villa, but at the same time them eventually winning it wouldn't surprise me either. I can easily see a team outside the big 3 or 4 winning it this season though. Spurs could be in with a shot especially if Bale starts performing. I think they've got just as much chance as City or Liverpool this year, especially considering all the injuries the latter has now, but it's still far too early to say and this year is surely an anomaly with covid and no fans etc so who knows what could happen. I'd like to see a different team outside of the usual suspects though. It's a shame Villa and Leeds bottled it a bit recently as seeing them do well would have been nice especially newly promoted Leeds who I had to be a relegation favourite (and still might be if they don't turn things around). Some big games this week like Spurs and City, Leicester/Liverpool so that could shake up the table a bit and it will be interesting to see where teams sit after it.

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Just about to put my predictions in guys, finally we’re nearly back to the real stuff. No international break now until March, woo hoo!

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^ Yup. But then again that exactly makes my argument. City and LFC are the favorites to win, yet have been underwhelming really. So maybe... Spurs and Leicester wouldn't be a bad look.

Edit: I'm no betting sharp. So take that as a degen's perspective. Cheesy

Edit: The guy I was replying to deleted his post. Naughty naughty.. Tsk tsk.

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Anybody else think it's gonna be another 'Leicester moment' again at the EPL this season? I just looked at the table and if there's a season for either Mou or Rodgers to win the EPL trophy with their respective clubs, it's this one surely.

Spurs is at 9.89 and LCFC at 25.84.

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Quote from: hilariousetc on November 18, 2020, 06:19:38 AM

It's just a precautionary measure. The disease doesn't magically leave your body one day to the next and you have to quarantine for x amount of days even after a negative test because the disease has a an incubatory period. You could mix with someone who has it on Monday, get a test Tuesday and it comes back negative on Wednesday and by Friday you start showing symptoms and you have another test and it comes back as positive. In that time you could have unknowingly infected dozens of people and they go on to do the same.

I think that we misunderstood each other, completely agree with all that you stated about the possible infection, if you had a contact, you have to go to quarantine, but if you had it, and then tested negative - a.k.a. cured, then you can go out without quarantine, since you won over disease, at least that is the rule in Serbia
you have to be in quarantine while you had the disease, that is for certain

and I think that the same happened to Ronaldo, he tested positive several times, but as soon as he tested negative, he played in the first match afterwards, if I am not wrong

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Quote from: casperBGD on November 18, 2020, 05:40:10 AM

Quote from: hilariousetc on November 18, 2020, 05:22:02 AM

Quote from: examplens on November 17, 2020, 06:06:08 PM

as if I sensed that Liverpool might have trouble with team selecting. I'm not sure how much time players have to pause after a negative test?
but not only happen to them.

I think about it's 14 days in the UK, or that's how long you have to quarantine for. Maybe it's different for sports but two weeks seems a safe bet. However, if you keep testing positive like Ronaldo did that will delay things again and again.

I am not sure about this 14 days, that could quarantine when you are positive, but I do not get why do you need quarantine after tested negative (when you were positive before that)
as far as I know, there is a quarantine when you are a contact, and you are in quarantine before tested positive or negative, but when you were positive, I think that you can go out as far as you test negative (it was a case with Ronaldo, he tested negative and played first match after that) - when you test negative after you had Covid-19, you are not threat, because you do not have it at that moment (and probably have some immunity, we do not know how long that immunity will last, but for sure it is strongest after testing negative for the first time)

It's just a precautionary measure. The disease doesn't magically leave your body one day to the next and you have to quarantine for x amount of days even after a negative test because the disease has a an incubatory period. You could mix with someone who has it on Monday, get a test Tuesday and it comes back negative on Wednesday and by Friday you start showing symptoms and you have another test and it comes back as positive. In that time you could have unknowingly infected dozens of people and they go on to do the same.

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Quote from: hilariousetc on November 18, 2020, 05:22:02 AM

Quote from: examplens on November 17, 2020, 06:06:08 PM

as if I sensed that Liverpool might have trouble with team selecting. I'm not sure how much time players have to pause after a negative test?
but not only happen to them.

I think about it's 14 days in the UK, or that's how long you have to quarantine for. Maybe it's different for sports but two weeks seems a safe bet. However, if you keep testing positive like Ronaldo did that will delay things again and again.

I am not sure about this 14 days, that could quarantine when you are positive, but I do not get why do you need quarantine after tested negative (when you were positive before that)
as far as I know, there is a quarantine when you are a contact, and you are in quarantine before tested positive or negative, but when you were positive, I think that you can go out as far as you test negative (it was a case with Ronaldo, he tested negative and played first match after that) - when you test negative after you had Covid-19, you are not threat, because you do not have it at that moment (and probably have some immunity, we do not know how long that immunity will last, but for sure it is strongest after testing negative for the first time)

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Quote from: examplens on November 17, 2020, 06:06:08 PM

as if I sensed that Liverpool might have trouble with team selecting. I'm not sure how much time players have to pause after a negative test?
but not only happen to them.

I think about it's 14 days in the UK, or that's how long you have to quarantine for. Maybe it's different for sports but two weeks seems a safe bet. However, if you keep testing positive like Ronaldo did that will delay things again and again.

Quote from: examplens on November 17, 2020, 06:06:08 PM

Kasper Schmeichel, he also suffered an injury and is not sure he will be fit for next Liverpool vs. Leicester match. It will be the hard and long season to all teams.

They really should pause or delay the Nations League as far too many people are going to be out with injuries and positive covid tests. Losing Schmeichel would be devastating to Leicester. He's one of the best keepers in the league in my opinion. They can play the nation games at the end of the season.

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Quote from: casperBGD on November 17, 2020, 07:26:22 AM

Quote from: hilariousetc on November 17, 2020, 05:39:03 AM

Quote from: rdbase on November 16, 2020, 11:14:06 AM

Mo Salah did test positive for covid-19 so wouldn't count on him playing for the remainder of the year due to sport league protocols in england.
https://www.thisisanfield.com/2020/11/mohamed-salah-could-still-be-fit-for-leicester-as-egypt-expect-negative-test
Making it even tougher for a roster depleted LFC team to compete for top 5 in the EPL. Embarrassed

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/13/football/mo-salah-tests-positive-covid-19-egypt-spt-intl/index.html

I don't think he'll be out for the rest of the year unless there's some restrictions that say people who have had covid have to do so. I'm sure they'll allow he back as soon as he tests negative.

yeah, i also think that he will be back when he tests negative, i do not see why he did not play when negative, you can go to the street if you are negative, why should not you play football

without Salah LFC will have more issues with scoring, but i think that they could compete for the title, all other teams in the top 5 are in worst form than them, and there are underdogs on the top currently, although i think that Tottenham will stay there

as if I sensed that Liverpool might have trouble with team selecting. I'm not sure how much time players have to pause after a negative test?
but not only happen to them. Kasper Schmeichel, he also suffered an injury and is not sure he will be fit for next Liverpool vs. Leicester match. It will be the hard and long season to all teams.

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Quote from: hilariousetc on November 17, 2020, 05:39:03 AM

Quote from: rdbase on November 16, 2020, 11:14:06 AM

Mo Salah did test positive for covid-19 so wouldn't count on him playing for the remainder of the year due to sport league protocols in england.
https://www.thisisanfield.com/2020/11/mohamed-salah-could-still-be-fit-for-leicester-as-egypt-expect-negative-test
Making it even tougher for a roster depleted LFC team to compete for top 5 in the EPL. Embarrassed

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/13/football/mo-salah-tests-positive-covid-19-egypt-spt-intl/index.html

I don't think he'll be out for the rest of the year unless there's some restrictions that say people who have had covid have to do so. I'm sure they'll allow he back as soon as he tests negative.

yeah, i also think that he will be back when he tests negative, i do not see why he did not play when negative, you can go to the street if you are negative, why should not you play football

without Salah LFC will have more issues with scoring, but i think that they could compete for the title, all other teams in the top 5 are in worst form than them, and there are underdogs on the top currently, although i think that Tottenham will stay there

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Quote from: rdbase on November 16, 2020, 11:14:06 AM

Yes I would need to agree with you on this one.
Even though I like sports and it commencing for the regular league play.
I read a ticker saying one team had to withdraw 5 players due to the pandemic.
Even during the weekend in the NCAAF several matches were cancelled due to it.
I think I read half of a team had tested positive and they can catch it quite easily because they probably use the same facilities to train.
So these friendlies and even Nation league games are really unnecessary because they literally amount to nothing in the grand scheme of things in the end.
Unlike the EPL and league play which determines who hoists the trophy at the end of the season.

I wonder if they will cancel or delay the games if people keep catching covid whilst they're on international duties? They can always play them at the end of the season and I think taking a break from them would be a good idea right now. Places like aeroplanes are probably the worst place to be during a pandemic as there's a lot of outside staff on them who might not be tested as well as athletes are and the air is constantly recycled so it's like an incubation chamber for infectious diseases. Have any managers complained about the internationals or called for them to be scrapped?

Quote from: rdbase on November 16, 2020, 11:14:06 AM

Mo Salah did test positive for covid-19 so wouldn't count on him playing for the remainder of the year due to sport league protocols in england.
https://www.thisisanfield.com/2020/11/mohamed-salah-could-still-be-fit-for-leicester-as-egypt-expect-negative-test
Making it even tougher for a roster depleted LFC team to compete for top 5 in the EPL. Embarrassed

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/13/football/mo-salah-tests-positive-covid-19-egypt-spt-intl/index.html

I don't think he'll be out for the rest of the year unless there's some restrictions that say people who have had covid have to do so. I'm sure they'll allow he back as soon as he tests negative. Ronaldo was out for a few weeks I think but that's because he kept testing positive. I saw that he apparently was claiming the tests were defective and giving false positives as well which would make sense since he was asymptomatic. I don't really trust those tests at all and they could quite easily be detecting something else or remnants of the diseases that aren't active any more.

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Quote from: DeathAngel on November 16, 2020, 11:00:37 AM

@hilarious
Agreed, I’m not a fan of international football at the best of times but this year especially it should have all been scrapped except possibly the qualifiers for the Euro’s.
Under no circumstance should the Nations League & friendlies be taking place when we are in a global pandemic.

Yes I would need to agree with you on this one.
Even though I like sports and it commencing for the regular league play.
I read a ticker saying one team had to withdraw 5 players due to the pandemic.
Even during the weekend in the NCAAF several matches were cancelled due to it.
I think I read half of a team had tested positive and they can catch it quite easily because they probably use the same facilities to train.
So these friendlies and even Nation league games are really unnecessary because they literally amount to nothing in the grand scheme of things in the end.
Unlike the EPL and league play which determines who hoists the trophy at the end of the season.

Quote from: hilariousetc on November 16, 2020, 10:50:17 AM

Yeah, I put my provisional scores in before the international break and I've gone for many draws including two from the ones above but I'll likely change some though it will be hard to decide which ones. I've provisionally backed Liverpool to win at home but I might go for another draw given Liverpool's injuries. They still might be too strong for them at home though.

Mo Salah did test positive for covid-19 so wouldn't count on him playing for the remainder of the year due to sport league protocols in england.
https://www.thisisanfield.com/2020/11/mohamed-salah-could-still-be-fit-for-leicester-as-egypt-expect-negative-test
Making it even tougher for a roster depleted LFC team to compete for top 5 in the EPL. Embarrassed

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/13/football/mo-salah-tests-positive-covid-19-egypt-spt-intl/index.html

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Quote from: DeathAngel on November 16, 2020, 11:00:37 AM

@hilarious
Agreed, I’m not a fan of international football at the best of times but this year especially it should have all been scrapped except possibly the qualifiers for the Euro’s.
Under no circumstance should the Nations League & friendlies be taking place when we are in a global pandemic.

Yeah, it's a bit silly really. The Euros were scrapped this year so they should have just done the same with the pointless Nation's League which are just gloried friendlies anyway. The EUROs would have actually been much safer because the games are all in the same country and the individual groups are all in the same place so you could easily quarantine teams and not have them flying all over Europe like what is happening with the Nation's League and other friendly games. We really don't need them now with everything that's going on so they should have just scrapped them this but I guess money talks and they don't want to lose out on all the broadcasting rights. It annoyed me that Sky bought up the rights to the Nation's League when it was created. International team games have always been on free-to-air TV over here in the UK but this whole Nation's League thing just seems like another cash grab and to try give friendly games some value and meaning. Luckily I have the German Dazn and that shows all of them, not that I'm interested in most of them, but I usually watch the England games and if there's any other big match ups going on.

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@hilarious
Agreed, I’m not a fan of international football at the best of times but this year especially it should have all been scrapped except possibly the qualifiers for the Euro’s.
Under no circumstance should the Nations League & friendlies be taking place when we are in a global pandemic.

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Quote from: tokeweed on November 16, 2020, 09:49:02 AM

Quote from: hilariousetc on November 16, 2020, 07:43:28 AM

Quote from: jeremypwr on November 13, 2020, 02:08:14 PM

This two week PL hiatus is no fun; but at least it gives us plenty of time to research our picks Wink

I'm currently sitting in #4; and only 7.5 points from the lead.

November 21 can not get here soon enough!

Can't research them that much just in case of injuries during the internationals. There's some big games when we return though: Spurs v Man City, Leeds V Arsenal, Liverpool V Leicester are all worth a watch and could shake up the table a bit.

I feel like those fixtures got draws written all over them... With the players getting back from international duty and all.

But yeah, looking forward to Mou vs Pep for sure.

Yeah, I put my provisional scores in before the international break and I've gone for many draws including two from the ones above but I'll likely change some though it will be hard to decide which ones. I've provisionally backed Liverpool to win at home but I might go for another draw given Liverpool's injuries. They still might be too strong for them at home though.

Quote from: DeathAngel on November 16, 2020, 10:27:12 AM

Not long to go until we do battle again

I despise the international breaks, thankfully this is the last one until March now. Glad to be back to the PL & our pool again this weekend coming.

They should probably scrap the international breaks and just do them at the end of the season in the years where there's no EUROs or World Cup. Managers are already complaining about domestic congestion and the internationals just make it worse as they have to then play catch up at some point which then leads to teams playing 2 or 3 games a week at some point.

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Not long to go until we do battle again

I despise the international breaks, thankfully this is the last one until March now. Glad to be back to the PL & our pool again this weekend coming.

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Quote from: hilariousetc on November 16, 2020, 07:43:28 AM

Quote from: jeremypwr on November 13, 2020, 02:08:14 PM

This two week PL hiatus is no fun; but at least it gives us plenty of time to research our picks Wink

I'm currently sitting in #4; and only 7.5 points from the lead.

November 21 can not get here soon enough!

Can't research them that much just in case of injuries during the internationals. There's some big games when we return though: Spurs v Man City, Leeds V Arsenal, Liverpool V Leicester are all worth a watch and could shake up the table a bit.

I feel like those fixtures got draws written all over them... With the players getting back from international duty and all.

But yeah, looking forward to Mou vs Pep for sure.

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