Manchester City v Arsenal, 19:30 GMT (11/03, SS Main Event)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well thought I had best get the thread whilst it is officially still on.

COBRA meeting this morning. If it changes to 'delay and mitigate', whatever the fuck that means. Sporting events could be postponed.

Would be a massive pisser to the fans that managed to arrange travel to this at short notice.

Hopefully nothing changes.

As for the match, :rose:

[Letters]

3-0...

[Marc Overmars]

Hopefully we can fluke ourselves a draw.

[Mac76]

i still think even if fans can't travel they could have matches behind closed doors - i guess it depends on how much they're worried about players and staff passing things on but that's clearly much more manageable

[Mac76]

also we're currently on the longest current unbeaten run in the PL (8 games)

if they stop the PL at this point then they would have to work out who got the Cl places - if they then judge final positions on recent performance at this point i'm guessing we'd be at least third :scarf: :lol:

[Letters]

And Liverpool's title will for all time have an asterisk against it :d

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Technically we are top/second in the form table but will still be surprised if we take anything from it.

I hope Martinelli and Saka start.

[Gooner23]

Can't see us getting anything out of this one. Shame as 3 points keeps us in with a decent shout of 5th.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

De Bruyne is back. :faint:

[Niall_Quinn]

It's a bit much they have called a COBRA meeting over this. Whenever we got massacred in the past nobody felt the need to intervene in this way. Bloody nanny state.

[Mac76]

Not entirely sure about this but the priority was to keep out the Xhakas and Mustafis who are too slow and constantly give the ball away, plus have pace in attack to move the ball quickly

i realise Nelson might not be a popular choice instead of Pepe, but for me he's shown a greater sense of team-play in attack than Pepe lately and he won't be scared of Citeh

i think Hector can link up well with him and of course Saka links up well with Martinelli on the other side (on the odd occasion Arteta actually plays them together)



Leno

Hector Socratis Luiz Mari Saka

Ceballos

Ozil

Nelson Auba Martinelli

[Niall_Quinn]

Who's the ref? That's all that counts really. The guy on VAR too, I suppose.

[Thierrymon]

Game has been postponed according to a club statement from Man City. Cowards. They should just give us the three point now tbh.

[LDG]

Game has been postponed according to a club statement from Man City. Cowards. They should just give us the three point now tbh.

Apparently it’s Arsenal staff who have been in contact with the bloke from Olympiacos who has a cold the virus.

[Niall_Quinn]

Gives everyone a chance to wash their knickers and sort out their handbag.

[Marc Overmars]

FFS. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's only four of our players that are going in to self-isolatio so why can't it still go ahead?

[LDG]

It's only four of our players that are going in to self-isolatio so why can't it still go ahead?

All four are Martinelli

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good England spelling from me.

[Globalgunner]

If we may have caught something from the Greeks, doesnt that mean we may have passed it on to the Hammers

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Precautionary measure after all.

[I am invisible]

Does that mean Brighton and Sheffield United are also off?

[Letters]

It's only four of our players that are going in to self-isolatio
I thought you needed to have a rib removed to be able to do that :unsure:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Does that mean Brighton and Sheffield United are also off?

Apparently not. I don't get it.

[Marc Overmars]

Seems like a bit of an overreaction. 13 days have passed since the Olympiakos game and no one has reported any symptoms. :shrug:

I feel it’s inevitable that the season is going to be heavily disrupted now.

[Niall_Quinn]

Beware Greeks bearing gifts.

[Mac76]

It's only four of our players that are going in to self-isolatio so why can't it still go ahead?

Xhaka, mustafi, laca, nketiah :pray:

Then he'll just have to play martinelli with auba at the weekend

[Mac76]

Apparently not. I don't get it.

I think it's that we're literally one day short of the 14-day period during which symptoms would show - so if the game was tomorrow it would still be on - maybe they should just have delayed it 24 hours...

This has really fucked fantasy football btw, i can't be thw only person making transfers on the basis there was this match on :pal:

[Niall_Quinn]

So it's their second winter break, but this time they actually have to take a break?

[Letters]

This has really fucked fantasy football btw, i can't be thw only person making transfers on the basis there was this match on :pal:

You are the real victim in all this :sulk:

[Mac76]

You are the real victim in all this :sulk:

totally :lol:

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Is there any way possible that this will eventually lead to Liverpool not winning the league....

Anyway, it seems fate does not want this game at City to be played.

[Marc Overmars]

Is there any way possible that this will eventually lead to Liverpool not winning the league....

Anyway, it seems fate does not want this game at City to be played.

No but there is the next best thing of them winning it without fans present. Which would be pretty funny given how monumental this title win is for them.

[Mac76]

No but there is the next best thing of them winning it without fans present. Which would be pretty funny given how monumental this title win is for them.

and presumably they wouldn't be able to have a street procession or any kind of party or even a half down the local pub :haha:

[Globalgunner]

No but there is the next best thing of them winning it without fans present. Which would be pretty funny given how monumental this title win is for them.

If somehow Pool aren't awarded this title there will be lots of suicided scousers fished out of the Mersey come May. Thats for sure

[Mac76]

If somehow Pool aren't awarded this title there will be lots of suicided scousers fished out of the Mersey come May. Thats for sure

not at all, they love being victims so this will give them something to be self-rightous about for the next thirty years :ninja:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Anybody going to play this on PES/FIFA/Football Manager and tell us how it goes?

[Edinburgh Gooner]

Nae, game??

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nope.

Thanks to some fat owner.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

No but there is the next best thing of them winning it without fans present. Which would be pretty funny given how monumental this title win is for them.

To be fair a lot of us have accepted how fucking hilarious it would be after waiting 30 years to win the league (for a lot of us our whole lives), we'd be stopped by a pandemic.

If it's any consolation, no one expected you to get anything tonight anyway :ninja:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal protecting its precious positive goal difference. :bow:

[Letters]

We haven’t conceded yet :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pablo Mari defensive masterclass. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

P-P FT.

Great result. :bow:

Arteta's boys keep marching on to a unbeaten year in the league. :scarf: