The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC thread - farewell Sadio

[dec]

Mane hits a 97th minute penalty winner for Senegal
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/59855748

[SHEEDY]

"Leicester informed the Premier League they would be unable to fulfil Tuesday's fixture at Everton due to a combination of Covid cases, injuries and players being at AFCON; it is the second time the game has been postponed because of Leicester being unable to field a team"

I'm sure Glenn Hoddle, Danny Mills etc will be all over the airwaves tomorrow with indignation!

Given that all but one of Liverpool’s squad for last weds was miraculously false negative, it’s probably for the best if scouse and their fans keep shush on this, rather than pretend there’s some media conspiracy against them.

Looks like Klopp used the cup week to engineer a mid-season break for his players. It’s underhand. It’s cheating. But I still sort think, fair play.

FFS.

you think theres nothing dodgy about this? The odds of a false positive are over a 1000/1, what are the odds on having so many false positives from a small sample. Let's be honest if this was man city Liverpool fans would be all over this

[laoislad]

"Leicester informed the Premier League they would be unable to fulfil Tuesday's fixture at Everton due to a combination of Covid cases, injuries and players being at AFCON; it is the second time the game has been postponed because of Leicester being unable to field a team"

I'm sure Glenn Hoddle, Danny Mills etc will be all over the airwaves tomorrow with indignation!

Given that all but one of Liverpool’s squad for last weds was miraculously false negative, it’s probably for the best if scouse and their fans keep shush on this, rather than pretend there’s some media conspiracy against them.

Looks like Klopp used the cup week to engineer a mid-season break for his players. It’s underhand. It’s cheating. But I still sort think, fair play.

FFS.

you think theres nothing dodgy about this? The odds of a false positive are over a 1000/1, what are the odds on having so many false positives from a small sample. Let's be honest if this was man city Liverpool fans would be all over this

Let’s be honest,the only reason you or anyone else is all over this is because it’s Liverpool…

[SHEEDY]

"Leicester informed the Premier League they would be unable to fulfil Tuesday's fixture at Everton due to a combination of Covid cases, injuries and players being at AFCON; it is the second time the game has been postponed because of Leicester being unable to field a team"

I'm sure Glenn Hoddle, Danny Mills etc will be all over the airwaves tomorrow with indignation!

Given that all but one of Liverpool’s squad for last weds was miraculously false negative, it’s probably for the best if scouse and their fans keep shush on this, rather than pretend there’s some media conspiracy against them.

Looks like Klopp used the cup week to engineer a mid-season break for his players. It’s underhand. It’s cheating. But I still sort think, fair play.

FFS.

you think theres nothing dodgy about this? The odds of a false positive are over a 1000/1, what are the odds on having so many false positives from a small sample. Let's be honest if this was man city Liverpool fans would be all over this

Let’s be honest,the only reason you or anyone else is all over this is because it’s Liverpool…

to be honest there would've been a time I would've been all over it just for the slagging but at the minute with Rafa as the gaffer across the park I've sorta gone off football 😔

[J70]

"Leicester informed the Premier League they would be unable to fulfil Tuesday's fixture at Everton due to a combination of Covid cases, injuries and players being at AFCON; it is the second time the game has been postponed because of Leicester being unable to field a team"

I'm sure Glenn Hoddle, Danny Mills etc will be all over the airwaves tomorrow with indignation!

Given that all but one of Liverpool’s squad for last weds was miraculously false negative, it’s probably for the best if scouse and their fans keep shush on this, rather than pretend there’s some media conspiracy against them.

Looks like Klopp used the cup week to engineer a mid-season break for his players. It’s underhand. It’s cheating. But I still sort think, fair play.

FFS.

you think theres nothing dodgy about this? The odds of a false positive are over a 1000/1, what are the odds on having so many false positives from a small sample. Let's be honest if this was man city Liverpool fans would be all over this

Ok, let's say it WAS a conspiracy.

To what end? Liverpool now have an away cup semi against an up and coming Arsenal stuck between two very important premier league games, instead of between a premier league game and a cup tie against a minnow.

Also gave up playing the home leg second.

Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?

[J70]

I wonder how much the infected tester got to sneeze all over the test kits or draw in the lines?

Or maybe Trent and Pep Ljinders donated some of their snot to everyone else to plant in their nose.

[Hound]

"Leicester informed the Premier League they would be unable to fulfil Tuesday's fixture at Everton due to a combination of Covid cases, injuries and players being at AFCON; it is the second time the game has been postponed because of Leicester being unable to field a team"

I'm sure Glenn Hoddle, Danny Mills etc will be all over the airwaves tomorrow with indignation!

Given that all but one of Liverpool’s squad for last weds was miraculously false negative, it’s probably for the best if scouse and their fans keep shush on this, rather than pretend there’s some media conspiracy against them.

Looks like Klopp used the cup week to engineer a mid-season break for his players. It’s underhand. It’s cheating. But I still sort think, fair play.

FFS.

you think theres nothing dodgy about this? The odds of a false positive are over a 1000/1, what are the odds on having so many false positives from a small sample. Let's be honest if this was man city Liverpool fans would be all over this

Where did you come across 1000+/1 for a false positive?
Up to 25/1 is what I've found. And that could be understated as most non-symptomatic patients don't get immediately re-tested and just isolate.
The two main reasons for false positive are lab error and cross-reaction (something other than Covid reacting with the test to produce a positive).
Where it's lab error, it tends to result in a number of false tests. There have been a few examples of this happening, including the Irish soccer team and English rugby team.

[RedHand88]

When all the false positives are from one lab it really isn't that unfeasible. Nothing to do with Liverpool FC.
Would love to know where 1000/1 came from too!

[thewobbler]

"Leicester informed the Premier League they would be unable to fulfil Tuesday's fixture at Everton due to a combination of Covid cases, injuries and players being at AFCON; it is the second time the game has been postponed because of Leicester being unable to field a team"

I'm sure Glenn Hoddle, Danny Mills etc will be all over the airwaves tomorrow with indignation!

Given that all but one of Liverpool’s squad for last weds was miraculously false negative, it’s probably for the best if scouse and their fans keep shush on this, rather than pretend there’s some media conspiracy against them.

Looks like Klopp used the cup week to engineer a mid-season break for his players. It’s underhand. It’s cheating. But I still sort think, fair play.

FFS.

you think theres nothing dodgy about this? The odds of a false positive are over a 1000/1, what are the odds on having so many false positives from a small sample. Let's be honest if this was man city Liverpool fans would be all over this

Ok, let's say it WAS a conspiracy.

To what end? Liverpool now have an away cup semi against an up and coming Arsenal stuck between two very important premier league games, instead of between a premier league game and a cup tie against a minnow.

Also gave up playing the home leg second.

Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?

They got a break between a hectic Christmas period, and the CL knockout stages. What’s not to like about that?

[J70]

"Leicester informed the Premier League they would be unable to fulfil Tuesday's fixture at Everton due to a combination of Covid cases, injuries and players being at AFCON; it is the second time the game has been postponed because of Leicester being unable to field a team"

I'm sure Glenn Hoddle, Danny Mills etc will be all over the airwaves tomorrow with indignation!

Given that all but one of Liverpool’s squad for last weds was miraculously false negative, it’s probably for the best if scouse and their fans keep shush on this, rather than pretend there’s some media conspiracy against them.

Looks like Klopp used the cup week to engineer a mid-season break for his players. It’s underhand. It’s cheating. But I still sort think, fair play.

FFS.

you think theres nothing dodgy about this? The odds of a false positive are over a 1000/1, what are the odds on having so many false positives from a small sample. Let's be honest if this was man city Liverpool fans would be all over this

Ok, let's say it WAS a conspiracy.

To what end? Liverpool now have an away cup semi against an up and coming Arsenal stuck between two very important premier league games, instead of between a premier league game and a cup tie against a minnow.

Also gave up playing the home leg second.

Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?

They got a break between a hectic Christmas period, and the CL knockout stages. What’s not to like about that?

CL knockout is not for another month. What difference is three days off training/playing going to make then?

And it still leaves them with a very tough ten days starting this Thursday with the second leg home advantage lost.

But, no one can prove anything either way, so if it makes you happy to go the conspiracy angle, knock yourself out.

[RedHand88]

"Leicester informed the Premier League they would be unable to fulfil Tuesday's fixture at Everton due to a combination of Covid cases, injuries and players being at AFCON; it is the second time the game has been postponed because of Leicester being unable to field a team"

I'm sure Glenn Hoddle, Danny Mills etc will be all over the airwaves tomorrow with indignation!

Given that all but one of Liverpool’s squad for last weds was miraculously false negative, it’s probably for the best if scouse and their fans keep shush on this, rather than pretend there’s some media conspiracy against them.

Looks like Klopp used the cup week to engineer a mid-season break for his players. It’s underhand. It’s cheating. But I still sort think, fair play.

FFS.

you think theres nothing dodgy about this? The odds of a false positive are over a 1000/1, what are the odds on having so many false positives from a small sample. Let's be honest if this was man city Liverpool fans would be all over this

Ok, let's say it WAS a conspiracy.

To what end? Liverpool now have an away cup semi against an up and coming Arsenal stuck between two very important premier league games, instead of between a premier league game and a cup tie against a minnow.

Also gave up playing the home leg second.

Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?

They got a break between a hectic Christmas period, and the CL knockout stages. What’s not to like about that?

Stop.... just stop. You're digging a deeper and deeper hole for yourself. The Inter game isn't until February 16th.

[laoislad]

The fume this has caused has been hilarious 

[RedHand88]

The fume this has caused has been hilarious 

It's just ridiculous. This is only the latest in a string of misinformed stories around it. Remember how liverpool faked the tests to get the AFCON players back? Even though there was no possibility of that being the case....
It's gave liverpool a reason to go out and win what was a pointless competition. I really hope it happens now.

[thewobbler]

"Leicester informed the Premier League they would be unable to fulfil Tuesday's fixture at Everton due to a combination of Covid cases, injuries and players being at AFCON; it is the second time the game has been postponed because of Leicester being unable to field a team"

I'm sure Glenn Hoddle, Danny Mills etc will be all over the airwaves tomorrow with indignation!

Given that all but one of Liverpool’s squad for last weds was miraculously false negative, it’s probably for the best if scouse and their fans keep shush on this, rather than pretend there’s some media conspiracy against them.

Looks like Klopp used the cup week to engineer a mid-season break for his players. It’s underhand. It’s cheating. But I still sort think, fair play.

FFS.

you think theres nothing dodgy about this? The odds of a false positive are over a 1000/1, what are the odds on having so many false positives from a small sample. Let's be honest if this was man city Liverpool fans would be all over this

Ok, let's say it WAS a conspiracy.

To what end? Liverpool now have an away cup semi against an up and coming Arsenal stuck between two very important premier league games, instead of between a premier league game and a cup tie against a minnow.

Also gave up playing the home leg second.

Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?

They got a break between a hectic Christmas period, and the CL knockout stages. What’s not to like about that?

CL knockout is not for another month. What difference is three days off training/playing going to make then?

And it still leaves them with a very tough ten days starting this Thursday with the second leg home advantage lost.

But, no one can prove anything either way, so if it makes you happy to go the conspiracy angle, knock yourself out.

It’s not 3 days off! For the vast majority of the Liverpool first team squad, it’s an 11 day break between matches.

Klopp is no daftie. If Liverpool are going to go hard on 4 fronts for the rest of the season, this was the only opportunity for some R&R for a squad that doesn’t have the strength in depth of City and Chelsea.

It’s a form of cheating. But as stated previously, I kind of respect it. Finding and exploiting loopholes is commended in almost every other walk of life.

[Farrandeelin]

"Leicester informed the Premier League they would be unable to fulfil Tuesday's fixture at Everton due to a combination of Covid cases, injuries and players being at AFCON; it is the second time the game has been postponed because of Leicester being unable to field a team"

I'm sure Glenn Hoddle, Danny Mills etc will be all over the airwaves tomorrow with indignation!

Given that all but one of Liverpool’s squad for last weds was miraculously false negative, it’s probably for the best if scouse and their fans keep shush on this, rather than pretend there’s some media conspiracy against them.

Looks like Klopp used the cup week to engineer a mid-season break for his players. It’s underhand. It’s cheating. But I still sort think, fair play.

FFS.

you think theres nothing dodgy about this? The odds of a false positive are over a 1000/1, what are the odds on having so many false positives from a small sample. Let's be honest if this was man city Liverpool fans would be all over this

Or Everton, hell even Man Utd too, come to think of it Chelsea as they're up there as well.

P.S. this is the first I've read of this so I'm not on the anti-Liverpool bandwagon myself.