Topic: The Impact of COVID 19 on Sport...

[El Lobo]

He's really not up for the relegation fight is he.  Good to see.

He’s just a fuckwit.

The smarter players have kept quiet and got on with what they’ve been told to get on with. Same with managers. There will always be a few who are incapable of not making tits of themselves, and Deeney is right at the top of the list.

[Caligula?]

Deeney is incredibly fortunate, isn't he? If he wasn't a footballer, he'd probably be in prison right now. And no, that statement doesn't have anything to do with race or anything like that. Just him being a complete twat and thug in the early days of his career with numerous disciplinary problems. Along with very obviously not being very bright.

[Onward Liverpudlian]

I wonder if Deeney got annoyed by Hendo's harmless response to his and others concerns the other day, Hendo said "I fully respect the lads that don't feel comfortable as of yet, and I hope that they respect my opinion and that of the other players who have come back".

I'm guessing Deeney has a problem with that quote.

[Black Bull Nova]

Presumably Deeney has picked up a few hundred thousand pounds for sitting on his arse for the last 3 months, don't give me integrity ya dickhead

[Red Beret]

Deeney's gone Full Neville there.  Hope Henderson elbows him in the fucking face next time we play them.

Oh wait, that's not likely to be for a long time, seeing where Watford are and all...

[Hij]

Totally get the concerns about his son and about playing.

But this does smack of him having attempted to organise through the media some sort of player protest to not go back when he's coming out with needless shit about our title victory once he's had to come back to the table with his tail between his legs and the forfeiting of the season isn't happening anymore. A bad rent-a-quote gob shite.

[Son of Spion]

Such a ridiculous overreaction.   

Don't understand how some people have the time or energy to be so negative or angry.

 

Thanks for making my night. 

[LallanaInPyjamas]

Totally get the concerns about his son and about playing.

But this does smack of him having attempted to organise through the media some sort of player protest to not go back when he's coming out with needless shit about our title victory once he's had to come back to the table with his tail between his legs and the forfeiting of the season isn't happening anymore. A bad rent-a-quote gob shite.

His concerns have been proven to be utter opportunist bullshit. You don't put supposedly grave concerns aside one week after appearing on every national breakfast show in the country saying you're refusing to train and play. Like you say, he was expecting more to follow suit, but now he's scared he'll lose his place and miss out.

Fuck him, fuck Danny Rose, fuck Raheem Sterling, they're horrible gobshites.

[Son of Spion]

Errrrrr I did and a lot of his recent posts about this stuff is most assuredly not tongue in cheek.

If you lot have the energy to be that angry and resentful towards some clubs with idiot owners or a couple of loudmouth players or some bellends on Twitter, then knock yourself out I guess. Asterisks of shame and all. 

Everything to do with the asterisk is tongue in cheek. 

[kavah]

Deeney reminds me of a knobhead I once saw getting dragged out The State one night by the bouncers, screaming that the place was a shithole anyway and Panama was a c*nt. What a way to do down in flames.

Flipping heck Jim no need to lump me in with Troy like

I got thrown out by panama 1987 ...

 

[Tesco tearaway]

Everything* to do with the asterisk is tongue in cheek. 

[Son of Spion]

“I only said I wasn’t going back for the first week. People took that as I’ll never go back. But the Premier League and deputy chief medical officer have been honest. I’m not doing my job as a captain if I stay home.” Troy Deeney on returning to training.

https://t.co/iH02p66oC1

*

[Son of Spion]

I think, to be fair, what he’s trying to say is that the season will be remembered as ‘the season that COVID-19 happened’ rather than what it should be remembered for, which is the season that Liverpool blew away all opposition.

He’s not exactly eloquent in phrasing it but that’s what I think he means.

He's still wrong, though. It's not an either/or thing.

Fact is, this season will be remembered for many things. The two major ones will be the virus and also how Liverpool ripped the league to shreds and won it by Christmas.

He really needn't feel sorry for Liverpool in any way. A pandemic happened. That's life. It's affected pretty much everyone on the planet in some way. Football is important, but not quite that important. Like everyone else, our club have to make compromises. So be it. We all just have to pick up the pieces and move forward.

[Son of Spion]

His concerns have been proven to be utter opportunist bullshit. You don't put supposedly grave concerns aside one week after appearing on every national breakfast show in the country saying you're refusing to train and play. Like you say, he was expecting more to follow suit, but now he's scared he'll lose his place and miss out.

Fuck him, fuck Danny Rose, fuck Raheem Sterling, they're horrible gobshites.

It was his ''I'm Spartacus'' moment where he thought everyone else would follow suit and say they were Spartacus too.

As only a few decided to pipe up, he's now decided he's not Spartacus anymore.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

Someone explain to Deeney that we got a 25 point lead before COVID.

Just irritates me more that we lost to that fucker this season

[Number 7]

So now the meeting to decide when the league will start is next Thursday! How much do they want to drag this out

I read that Mail article and I think it’s a crock of shite personally. Every other paper I read on the topic said they will discuss the restart date tomorrow. Apparently the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting is neutral venues, broadcasters rebate, restart date, curtailment options, and plans to show the matches.

Why would they wait another week to discuss a restart date when they can discuss it tomorrow? Not buying it.

[Andy @ Allerton!]

"I believe that when it comes to the integrity of this season anyway, it's already gone," Deeney says. "I feel sorry for Liverpool because no matter how it plays out, they deserve to win the league. They deserve to get the trophy.

"But no matter how it plays out, even if we play all the games, it's still going to be the year spoiled by the pandemic. It's not going to be that year that Liverpool won the league being the best team and, you know, it's 30 years they haven't won for.

"So I do feel sorry for Liverpool and their players and Jordan [Henderson], but in terms of integrity, there's no way you could say that this is a viable competition," added Deeney, referring to the Liverpool captain.

Footballers are thick is a massive surprise to everyone.

Who could have seen this coming?

[Tonyh8su]

“I only said I wasn’t going back for the first week. People took that as I’ll never go back. But the Premier League and deputy chief medical officer have been honest. I’m not doing my job as a captain if I stay home.” Troy Deeney on returning to training.

https://t.co/iH02p66oC1

He's made himself look an even bigger tit than usual. Quite the feat.

[Armchair expert]

How would Troy Deeney ever know what winning a league would be like .?
Although after that FA Cup final and now this he’s certainly knows how to make a tit of himself

[Brian Blessed]

Is there an actual quote from last week where he said he wasn’t going back for the first week? I don’t remember reading one.

Any media pointing that out?

[Something Worse]

Wait Deeney is training again?

I was totally fine with him being against it all, he has his reasons and I respect them. But what the fuck is he doing back in training if he's worried about his son's life?

Absolute shitbag.

[muszka]

"I believe that when it comes to the integrity of this season anyway, it's already gone," Deeney says. "I feel sorry for Liverpool because no matter how it plays out, they deserve to win the league. They deserve to get the trophy.

"But no matter how it plays out, even if we play all the games, it's still going to be the year spoiled by the pandemic. It's not going to be that year that Liverpool won the league being the best team and, you know, it's 30 years they haven't won for.

"So I do feel sorry for Liverpool and their players and Jordan [Henderson], but in terms of integrity, there's no way you could say that this is a viable competition," added Deeney, referring to the Liverpool captain.

He's talking like the break in a season makes the outcome of the league less valid than normally forgetting that there are leagues like polish Ekstraklasa with a 3-month break during the winter.

[Americano12345]

Villa coach Dean Smith's father Ron passed away.

He'd been living in a care home for a number of years, and contracted the virus.

https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1265751922696429568?s=20

Thats a shame. 2 PL managers lost a parent to this virus in the space of a month or so. Very sad news.

[Dave D]

Troy Deeney is thick as pig shit. Did he hold his son up with tears rolling down his eyes for the sympathy vote again? The disingenuous c*nt.

One of those players so fucking thick you'd know he'd be in prison if he wasn't thieving a living playing football.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-18584603

A Championship footballer who attacked a group of students in Birmingham has been jailed for 10 months.

Watford FC striker Troy Deeney, 23, was recorded by CCTV cameras kicking one of the victims in the head.

Judge David Tomlinson said CCTV footage of the attack, which happened close to the Bliss nightclub on 29 February, showed the roles of Troy Deeney and Brennan were more serious than the other defendants.

"At least one kicked a man while he was already on the ground and very probably had already suffered a really serious injury."

Once a scumbag, always a scumbag. No one is believing his daily excuses for not playing, because they're not based on fact or science, yet he's still whoring himself around looking for sympathy.

Why doesn't this convicted criminal just get on with enjoying his early retirement and let the footballers like Henderson get on with it? No need to come back to football Troy, stay retired, you add nothing to the game.

[ScouserAtHeart]

Clubs will ask for no relegation because of ‘imbalance’ in fixture list


Some Premier League clubs will today ask that relegation is not enforced if coronavirus stops the season again because of concerns over imbalances in the fixture list.

The clubs’ main sticking point concerning relegation is that every team must face every team twice in order for it to be fair to relegate anyone. And in the event that the 2019-20 could not be completed, some teams want to follow League Two’s example and award final league positions but without demotion to the Championship.

They will argue that deciding league positions on points per game is flawed though sources The Athletic spoke to felt it is unlikely that they would gain enough support for the motion.

https://theathletic.com/1840398/2020/05/28/premier-league-coronavirus-project-restart-relegation-injury-home-away/

[Kopout]

"I believe that when it comes to the integrity of this season anyway, it's already gone," Deeney says. "I feel sorry for Liverpool because no matter how it plays out, they deserve to win the league. They deserve to get the trophy.

"But no matter how it plays out, even if we play all the games, it's still going to be the year spoiled by the pandemic. It's not going to be that year that Liverpool won the league being the best team and, you know, it's 30 years they haven't won for.

"So I do feel sorry for Liverpool and their players and Jordan [Henderson], but in terms of integrity, there's no way you could say that this is a viable competition," added Deeney, referring to the Liverpool captain.

heard that one before.... I feel sorry for Liverpool because season has to null and voided. you are really not sorry you bitter c*nts

[The North Bank]

Ill bet anyone anything that Deeney will play again this season, once he sees his chance at earning future millions dwindling he ll come running back and claim that hes now happy with the level of testing etc.

As predictable as he is shit.

[Jm55]

Clubs will ask for no relegation because of ‘imbalance’ in fixture list


Some Premier League clubs will today ask that relegation is not enforced if coronavirus stops the season again because of concerns over imbalances in the fixture list.

The clubs’ main sticking point concerning relegation is that every team must face every team twice in order for it to be fair to relegate anyone. And in the event that the 2019-20 could not be completed, some teams want to follow League Two’s example and award final league positions but without demotion to the Championship.

They will argue that deciding league positions on points per game is flawed though sources The Athletic spoke to felt it is unlikely that they would gain enough support for the motion.

https://theathletic.com/1840398/2020/05/28/premier-league-coronavirus-project-restart-relegation-injury-home-away/

Fuck me.

Like the turd that won’t flush.

[Armchair expert]

"I believe that when it comes to the integrity of this season anyway, it's already gone," Deeney says. "I feel sorry for Liverpool because no matter how it plays out, they deserve to win the league. They deserve to get the trophy.

"But no matter how it plays out, even if we play all the games, it's still going to be the year spoiled by the pandemic. It's not going to be that year that Liverpool won the league being the best team and, you know, it's 30 years they haven't won for.

"So I do feel sorry for Liverpool and their players and Jordan [Henderson], but in terms of integrity, there's no way you could say that this is a viable competition," added Deeney, referring to the Liverpool captain.

Why’s he coming back then surely as a professional sportsman you wouldn’t want to play in a competition that wasn’t legit?
And I don’t remember him saying last week that he would come back after a week

[jillcwhomever]

Clubs will ask for no relegation because of ‘imbalance’ in fixture list


Some Premier League clubs will today ask that relegation is not enforced if coronavirus stops the season again because of concerns over imbalances in the fixture list.

The clubs’ main sticking point concerning relegation is that every team must face every team twice in order for it to be fair to relegate anyone. And in the event that the 2019-20 could not be completed, some teams want to follow League Two’s example and award final league positions but without demotion to the Championship.

They will argue that deciding league positions on points per game is flawed though sources The Athletic spoke to felt it is unlikely that they would gain enough support for the motion.

https://theathletic.com/1840398/2020/05/28/premier-league-coronavirus-project-restart-relegation-injury-home-away/

Sorry, but that is nonsense. They have had the rest of the season to do something about that, really hope the powers that be stick to their guns over this. Most of the fixtures have been played, if they are honest about making this season about integrity they can't mess around with the rules now.

[Coolie High]

Troy Deeney is thick as pig shit. Did he hold his son up with tears rolling down his eyes for the sympathy vote again? The disingenuous c*nt.

One of those players so fucking thick you'd know he'd be in prison if he wasn't thieving a living playing football.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-18584603

Once a scumbag, always a scumbag. No one is believing his daily excuses for not playing, because they're not based on fact or science, yet he's still whoring himself around looking for sympathy.

Why doesn't this convicted criminal just get on with enjoying his early retirement and let the footballers like Henderson get on with it? No need to come back to football Troy, stay retired, you add nothing to the game.

Once a scumbag, always a scumbag? Why? We didn’t  seem to be bringing up his criminal past which he served time for and by his own admission became a better person for when he was praising VVD?

[No666]

If the broadcasting money is reduced this year, presumably that means the parachute payments are reduced too?

[FlashGordon]

Steven Gerrard assaulted a DJ for not playing a particular song  Kicking someone in the head is not good, but if he's done his time and shown remorse/apologised then you can't hold it against him really.

[Dave D]

Once a scumbag, always a scumbag? Why? We didn’t  seem to be bringing up his criminal past which he served time for and by his own admission became a better person for when he was praising VVD?

Everyone was content with celebrating his retirement from football and had moved on. Along comes Deeney to throw petrol on the fire. He's fair game now.

You don't have to dig too deep in Deeney's past to prove he's a scumbag. Whether it's being sent to prison for what many people believe should be attempted murder. Being told to calm down and threatened by police with pepper spray outside a nightclub a few years ago. Cheating on his wife and leaving her for a younger model. We can go on and on proving what level of scumbag he is. It's not that difficult.

I don't believe the man has any credibility. I don't believe any of his concerns are genuine.

[Kekule]

"I believe that when it comes to the integrity of this season anyway, it's already gone," Deeney says. "I feel sorry for Liverpool because no matter how it plays out, they deserve to win the league. They deserve to get the trophy.

"But no matter how it plays out, even if we play all the games, it's still going to be the year spoiled by the pandemic. It's not going to be that year that Liverpool won the league being the best team and, you know, it's 30 years they haven't won for.

"So I do feel sorry for Liverpool and their players and Jordan [Henderson], but in terms of integrity, there's no way you could say that this is a viable competition," added Deeney, referring to the Liverpool captain.

In other words...“I’ve made myself look a tit by saying I wouldn’t come back to training, but now I have so I need to say something daft in order to draw attention away from all the excuses I used.”

[red_Mark1980]

Steven Gerrard assaulted a DJ for not playing a particular song  Kicking someone in the head is not good, but if he's done his time and shown remorse/apologised then you can't hold it against him really.

Two entirely different matters. I mean for one, does Mr. Gerrard have a criminal conviction?

Deeney is a non entity. Whether he's praising Virgil or pimping himself to every media outlet going.

His career doesn't exactly mean he's of any interest to me

[Jm55]

I read that Mail article and I think it’s a crock of shite personally. Every other paper I read on the topic said they will discuss the restart date tomorrow. Apparently the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting is neutral venues, broadcasters rebate, restart date, curtailment options, and plans to show the matches.

Why would they wait another week to discuss a restart date when they can discuss it tomorrow? Not buying it.

If you read Delaney’s article on it, it says that it’s ‘possible’ a return date could be agreed today (see below) but that he expects clubs to vote in favour of a return to football today, quite what that would mean without a date being agreed, I’m not sure.

The really cynical part of me thinks the media are saying ‘xxx is to be voted on Thursday’ and then when it gets near to said date, they start backtracking - it allows them to sell papers on the subject in the interim.

What is clear is that we do seem to be getting closer to a resolution but if I had to guess I’d say we’re not getting a date today.


The Premier League clubs will discuss proposals for a 20 June return date, as they vote on the final stage of ‘Project Restart’ at Thursday’s videoconference.

It is now fully expected that the 20 clubs will vote to go back playing at that meeting – and may even be unanimous since so many obstacles have been cleared – but it is also possible that they agree an exact return date to add to that.

[FlashGordon]

Two entirely different matters. I mean for one, does Mr. Gerrard have a criminal conviction?

Deeney is a non entity. Whether he's praising Virgil or pimping himself to every media outlet going.

His career doesn't exactly mean he's of any interest to me

No he doesn't but that doesn't mean he didn't assault someone. Fuck it I've no reason to defend Deeney here though so I'll bow out.

[clinical]

So now the meeting to decide when the league will start is next Thursday! How much do they want to drag this out

Is this right? I thought it was today.

[Red Beret]

Clubs will ask for no relegation because of ‘imbalance’ in fixture list


https://theathletic.com/1840398/2020/05/28/premier-league-coronavirus-project-restart-relegation-injury-home-away/

Okay, this is getting silly now. It's like the US trying to justify the Iraq war.

The have WMD.
There's evidence they have WMD.
There's evidence of WMD systems.
There's evidence of WMD systems programs.

They're really freaking out because it's like coming back after pre season and starting cold. They will take four or five games just to get going, so their PPG could take a really bad hit in the short term, which could cripple them if the league has to he stopped again.