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This probably won't mean much to anyone else on here but @Dan, but we just unveiled our new training ground complex today and it looks fucking sensational if I may say so myself. Considering 10 years ago we'd only just come out of League One, nearly another 10 years before that we'd nearly gone in to administration, and just within the last 5 years we got promoted to PL for first time since 2004, won it, played in Europe twice. Our club has been elevated an absolutely huge amount and of course a massive part of that has been down to our owners. It's hard to put in to words just how much our club has grown in stature in the last decade, or even less.

CEO of BionTech is confident the vaccine covers the new mutant strain/variant of COVID. Good news and encouraging but also means we perhaps need to step up efforts in vaccinating as many people as possible and work through the priority categories. Think it's 500,000 so far in UK vaccinated but there are still some regions (Bedfordshire for one) who have been told they won't be getting the vaccines until 4th Jan in their area. The 'promise' by Johnson was to have 'millions vaccinated by Christmas'... That's not so good news! Wonder if Xmas period and having people in Tier 4 effectively stay at home for 2 weeks will mean it slows down the spread a bit... Can see Tier 4 being spread pretty much UK-wide in first few weeks of January. A step shy of being in a full lockdown like April...

Reckon that's a sign Thiago can't be relied on long-term (injuries etc) for how Klopp likes his squad to play? It's not a bad signing if it's to improve squad depth but underwhelming if the plan is to play him regularly.

Boris to make announcement at 5pm...

Saw a tweet yesterday evening saying Keir Starmer should be named 'Captain Foresight' not Captain Hindsight as I think Johnson called him once in Parliament. It's funny because Johnson regularly criticises Starmer for not working with the government yet when Starmer suggests something decent, he's laughed out of the Commons, when it would be a great opportunity for Johnson to swallow some pride and take on board something the opposition suggests. But then this Tory party are all about status and saving face, not willing to humbly accept they can and do make errors and just generally have too much ego to accept anything but their own thoughts.

There was a virologist on BBC or ITV news yesterday, can't remember which. Saying it's more transmissible and spreads through younger population quicker, but risk of mortality or hospital admission is not any more worse than 'normal' covid.

It will probably be the catalyst but like you say, can't blame them when restrictions announced like they have been today come in to force so quickly. People want to get home to their families and this is the only way they can perhaps do it without possibly facing punishment tomorrow onwards.

Sorry I misread. Saw just Xmas and not winter. Ignore me (most do!).

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.

Did we? I didn't think we'd be put in to lockdown during Xmas. Expected it in January.

What's the deal with this latest new strain though? Tougher restrictions but doesn't pose as much risk in terms of symptoms? Will it increase hospitalisations? Is UK the only one to have picked up on this new strain or has it occurred in other countries?

I swear the ministerial code has been broken several times but people didn't get the sack for it?

Absolute shite. They have no idea what they're doing. Just making it up as they go along.

I never liked cricket anyway.

It's true. If only Gasly was given more time...

Can't not love this can you?!

Will probably be too young for you Johnny boy

American Golf can get in the fucking bin Bought something for my dad a couple of weeks ago. It arrived damaged so as an Xmas gift it's not really suitable to give. Tried to contact them via phone or after-sales e-mail. No response. The only way I managed to get any kind of response from them was through their request via Trustpilot and leave a review there. So I did. They got back to me on there and said to e-mail their after-sales team. So I did. I eventually got an e-mail response asking me if I wanted to get a refund or a replacement. I replied asking for a replacement and how long it might take given it's getting closer and closer to Xmas. No response. I chase. No response. I got an e-mail today saying they've resolved the query Twats

Yeah I think you're right @The Palace Fan no one reads my posts

Bloody hope so having just been put in Tier 3. I realise results and conclusions from vaccinations might not be for a while but one can hope...