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I was quite proud of this one this morning, mainly for the sky. It has made the photo.

Jupiter photographed by NASA's Juno probe last Tuesday. Just look how detailed it is...

I think Klopp signing that enormous contract extension was a statement of intent that he doesn't want to just milk this current team for all the trophies he can and then bail. Liverpool are stylistically quite an unusual team and the recruitment in the next few years needs to either sign direct replacements who can keep playing in that way, or change the balance of the team to adapt away from it. Signing players to replace the likes of Salah or Henderson is not extremely complicated from a stylistic point of view - there are lots of goalscoring inside forwards and energetic box-to-box midfielders to look at. But Firmino is a more tricky question, since eventually you either have to sign someone with similar qualities, which seems almost impossible, or you change how the entire attack works. Likewise with Van Dijk, there's a freakishly broad skill set which you either have to either replace with one player, or you have to adapt the whole team around.

It's naive at both ends of the spectrum - naive to think absolutely no money will be spent because of COVID and naive to think you'll splash the cash just because it's there. The middle ground is spend well and only where you need to, not just because you have the capability to do so. It's quite clear Klopp has a vision and is the best person to implement that with how he has you playing. He or his scouts will know exactly who they need and it's just a case of what to pay/what's asked for. Good, wise & shrewd owners know how to do it. The investments are there off the pitch, so to speak. That in itself brings an attraction for players. Just because there could be millions/billions sitting in the bank through various means doesn't/shouldn't mean it should just be spent on a whim. So many clubs have suffered through mis-management. Sometimes the best thing is not spending obscene amounts but picking up bargains. I can't imagine you'll go through the next few windows without spending. Especially given that next season is likely to be shorter/crammed in so that it finishes in time for Euros. Squad depth will be key even if it's not going to be the world class players playing all the time.

I can honestly say I have hardly seen him play, I've massively slacked watching our youth games this season - he was relatively highly rated at a point though I think but I think if that was still the case we wouldn't be selling him to Rangers.

Don't know much to be honest. Seen him a few times for our reserves and he's very strong. Good positioning and capability on the ball. Given his age I suspect he wanted more of a chance of starting to play and didn't fancy a loan.

Farming in your family? It isn't an inheritable trait .You, and I everyone on here probably have rapists in our familes as well. So? What does that change? Didn't stop the Cronulla riots from happening in multicultural Sydney.

These protests will intensify the next wave of coronavirus throughout the US and others.

This is why I have a warning for racism and why we'd never choose to go live in England. Saying "Good on her" about a twin who is white after also praising a twin who is dark skinned is an absolute non story. If there's any inappropriateness in there at all it's obviously unintended.

Well, managed to get the wife outside, at last, the first time since the lockdown so we bought wee Kaiden a tent for the back garden, nice and secluded with only the daughter, wife & Kaiden there, 3 meters apart naturally but the wife enjoyed being a little closer to the grandson, I stayed indoors as the smell of fresh-cut grass or hedge cuttings sets my hayfever off and I can't have that with my asthma and COPD. But he came up here to use the loo so I had a wee natter with him after his call of nature had been completed, me in the lounge and Kaiden near the front door then he went back outside, just hope all these restrictions are over with soon and we can get back to normal again.

My new toy has arrived