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Just missing #14: 1. Leeds 2. Notts County 3. Celtic 4. Manchester United 5. Motherwell 6. Queens Park Rangers 7. Newcastle 8. Tottenham Hotspurs 9. Liverpool 10. Bolton Wanderers 11. Sheffield Wednesday 12. Swansea City 13. Millwall 14. 15. Queen of the South

The lower leagues have already voided their seasons. I can't see any real alternative for the PL and EUropean leagues. This virus isn't going away anytime soon, it will still be around even if cases start to drop. Plus players will have gone weeks/months without playing and will basically need a pre-season again, so might as well just start with a new season.

I need to stop reading this stuff. https://www.propublica.org/article/a-medical-worker-describes--terrifying-lung-failure-from-covid19-even-in-his-young-patients

Huh, I also live in Bedford. Who knew.

But then you'll get loads of people congregating in close-quarters, in pubs and homes, whereas in the stadium they are out in the air. You can't really win either way.

Nope. If you didn't take part some weeks, that's up to you.

Obviously with this Coronavirus outbreak going on, the key question on everybody's lips is.. what happens with the predictions competition? Unlike the Premier league, I have robust plans in place to deal with the potential outcome of the season not being finished: If no more games are played this season, I will simulate the rest of them in football manager and let you predict those results.

Some of you may not like this government (I certainly have no love for Boris), but they are following advice from their scientists, so hopefully they know what they are talking about. At least we're not like the US, doing nothing and pretending all is well, while the leader goes and plays golf.

As much as Liverpool deserve the title, to award it to them when it's not mathematically certain they will win it, just isn't fair to the rest of the league. That would mean all the other positions would have to remain the same, so clubs will be relegated when they might not have been had the season played out, same goes for European places. Some of those relegated clubs will have had harder/easier fixtures than the others, as some will still have different teams left to play. It's not balanced at all. If there is going to be a long suspension of the league, beyond the summer and into when the next season should start, then the only fair thing to do is scrap the entire season in all pyramids, with no titles or movements of clubs up or down.

My office is shutting tomorrow and everyone's working remote. Though I work from home already, so no change for me!

People are talking like things will be suspended for 2-3 weeks then resume, but unless a vaccine is made in that time, it's not going anyway any time soon. Nothing to stop people still getting infected 3 weeks from now. It's likely to be months, not weeks.

Chelsea doing their best to get another transfer ban for youth signings no doubt.

I would expect PL, CL and basically all big sporting events to be suspended. Euros probably cancelled entirely.

Week 30 of the PL season predictions. Person with the most points at the end of the season wins a terrible Chelsea-themed prize. Your prediction should be of the score, the first goal scorer and the minute of the first goal. For example, if I am predicting 2-1 to Chelsea with the first goal scored by Zouma in the 5th minute: Aston Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Zouma, 5 If you're predicting a 0-0, then the player name and minute should be of the first shot on target, rather than first goal. Deadline is 30 minutes before kick-off. ------------------ Correct Result (W, D, L): 1 point Correct Score: 5 points Correct First Scorer: 5 points Correct First Scorer and Minute: 15 points Correct Everything: 50 points -------------------- Current Leaderboard So Far: Amputechture 41 Scott Harris 39 Zeta 39 erksblue 35 Salato 32 axeman2526 28 BlueLilly 23 Bonzodog29 22 chiefBlueCFC 22 RIP Mourinho 20 DP2 20

Atletico are playing very badly, very lucky to still be in the game. It's literally been 45 minutes of Liverpool attacks in that 2nd half.

Surely if he's headbutted someone that's assault and we can sack him for gross misconduct.

Interview with an Infectious Disease expert: Or a short clip if you don't want to watch the whole thing:

Still boggles my mind how much we paid for this guy. Who at the club really thought that was a good idea?

Hopefully they cancel the season when Liverpool are 1 win away from the title.

Honestly, I think Giroud offers more to the team as a whole.

Barely played anything for weeks.

Sure, but our form over the last 8 or so games has been pretty poor.

Utd seem to turn up in these big games. Beat City, beat Liverpool, did the double over us. Hitting a good patch of form right at the time we're slipping up.

Current Leaderboard So Far: Amputechture 41 Scott Harris 39 Zeta 39 erksblue 35 Salato 32 axeman2526 28 BlueLilly 23 Bonzodog29 22 chiefBlueCFC 22 RIP Mourinho 20 DP2 20