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Aubameyang?

Good 2nd test between England and West Indies. Windies putting up a good fight against England. Blackwood especially in both innings. England will probably still win this. Windies need 322 and they're 122-4. Given they've lost a day to rain yesterday it's good to see Test cricket back and potentially to a finish for this test, too. A great result for West Indies if they do manage to hold out for a draw, meaning they won't lose the series. Elsewhere, T20 World Cup in Australia this year has been postponed. 50-Over World Cup in Feb/March 2023 in India has been moved to October/November that year.

This is positive though. Still TBC and still pleny of work to be done by sounds of it but a very promising start for finding a successful vaccine to combat COVID. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53469839

It must be devastating. I'm glad I haven't had to go through it. But it was worse here in April/May when lockdown was at it's highest. It wasn't even 30 people. It was (I think) up to 4 people allowed to attend, socially distanced. I couldn't bear to think what that'd be like. Then you had politicians breaching lockdown rules left, right and centre with barely any consequence. It made a mockery of it all and just added to the pain in some way for those people who couldn't attend funerals.

I wasn't shocked by it. I just don't understand how it appears to be fine to have 250 people just because you have things in place. There's a reason it's 30 people with those criteria to meet. The guidance isn't '30 people with social distancing, hand sanitiser, track and trace, but it can be more as well if you fancy it'. It shouldn't be used as a disclaimer after the event. My other problem with it is if you've gone to the funeral and seen a large crowd, to enter in to that crowd knowing the risks is where the stupidity, for me is. Especially given the fact it would be a relatively tight space indoors where the virus is more likely to spread. I totally agree with the bottom line you mention. I can't imagine the pain I'd feel not being able to go to a funeral of a relative/friend. There have been far worse events/gatherings which I'm more shocked about i.e. an illegal rave over the weekend in Bath where over 3000 (!!!) people turned up.

It's similar to a formation we've been trying but like you say, it's the personnel. I don't think we'll play 3 at the back again this season. Bennett just isn't up to it. You guys impressed yesterday. Seemed defensively sound and going forward, the midfield (led by Mount) and attack really clicked. More managers need to make a note of the penalties they're getting. Just draw attention to it without saying anything provocative.

Stupidity reigns supreme.

Me, for next season, in honour of @Lucas

Well this isn't dodgy, at all. In no way. Basaksehir are state-run and top of the league. For them to win the league today, they needed to win and hope Trabzonspor didn't. Basaksehir win 1-0. Trabzonspor were 3-1 up until the 81st minute. Then relegation-threatened Konyaspor score 3 goals and win 4-3

It said Perth was the home side so was wondering why it was played at Central Coast's ground instead?

To be fair, he was right, it could bore fans. It's just ironic that he and his team are now doing the same more than Vettel/Ferrari ever could/would EDIT: Their dominance in itself bores me but what negates that in a positive way is the excitement across the rest of the track - Racing Point (this weekend) being the best of the rest, Red Bull not doing well to challenge, Ferrari being Ferrari, George Russell proving everyone wrong in a Williams car...

I look forward to the Netflix docu.

@Toinho why us the game being played in Central Coast right now? Ingham scores to put Perth 1 up as I type.

Great...

Good luck.

Yep although based on Johnson's announcement earlier today it's still to be confirmed and also how many people could be allowed.

Penalty to Sydney. Good chance for Sydney to equalise after Phoenix scored theirs earlier.

Penalty to Wellington! How comes there's no VAR any more?

Yes, I know. But at time of writing I didn't know it wasn't going to happen

I think there'll be a considerate amount of people who weren't near the end of their live or died within 6 months to be honest.

The fiasco in England continues

Turns out yesterday's game didn't go ahead so this returns today! Sydney vs Wellington Phoenix. @Toinho watching?

Or the fitness.

They've had 9 months to conjure up excuses of what will come out of that report, as well as why they didn't release it at the time. I find it hilarious this whole Failing Grayling and Lewis fiasco .