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Watching the news there and it's madness some of the stuff going on in India at the minute. 320,000+ cases recorded in the last day. Oxygen supplies running low too. Hospitals completely overwhelmed and it doesn't seem to be slowing down.

Klopp will be getting some grilling tomorrow after the game no matter the result. Be interesting to hear his views after what he said in 2019

I'm sure his views will be no different. Whether he expresses them or not is his call. This isn't his doing. It's not on the managers of these clubs. Or the fans. There is no chance that any manager was sitting around their laptops for these zoom calls. It's all on the owners.

Exactly. When Joel Glazer is vice chairman it tells you all you need to know about the motives for this shit show.

I don't know about anyone else but I don't have a clue what is going on in Line of Duty at the minute. A lot of names being mentioned at a very fast pace. My heads wrecked trying to follow it all. I normally have to rewatch the episodes the next day to give myself half a chance.

Anyone watching the last 2 incredible breaks by Ronnie O Sullivan. Man is a total genius. Is there anyone in any sport such a master of their talent

Been watching it on and off during the day. Most of the match he was rubbish and only his opponent played 10 times worse he should be getting hammered. Amazing how he can just turn a switch and produce snooker of that quality.

Chelsea bullied City for most of that game. They're a very strong and physical team. Anytime I've seen them since Tuchel took over he's had them set up in a way that they look really hard to beat. Didn't see the WBA game so don't know what happened there lol

Quite fancied City to do all four this season. They would have been hoping to keep their poor performances for the league. Think the Arabs will be content with the champion leagues though.

Wee Robbie Swann sounds positive. Better be decent dates given tomorrow

He must have gotten a blow to the head. Expecting Michael Mcbride or fellow doom merchant/minor celeb Dr. Tom Black to come out crying that we're moving too quickly any day now.

I got the AZ one yesterday. I have definitely felt better than I have done today.

My two, fairly aged, parents got the pfizer one (both jabs).

Got the AZ myself. Felt like shit the next day, real chills and headache. Few paracetamols and I was right as rain the next day.

That 2nd half performance from Utd was top quality. Really enjoyable to watch. Harsh decision to rule out the goal in the 1st half but rallied well in the 2nd half. Cavani was brilliant. His movement in the box is something else. Deserved MOTM.

Pogba was great too with the exception of him dicking around for that goal chance which thankfully wasn't costly. AWB, Luke Shaw and Greenwood were very good also. Fred too who I've been fairly critical of had a decent 2nd half and  even managed to string a few passes together for the equaliser.

Was on Any Second Now, thought it would have had a great chance if it hadn't been badly hampered by the faller. That's part and parcel of the big field handicaps though.

Credit to Rachael Blackmore. she's far and away the best jockey around at the minute. Her tactical awareness is second to none and she has an uncanny ability to avoid trouble in running. She's ruthless as f**k also.

[proved it was offside]

But VAR proved it was offside!

So VAR is there to prevent illegal plays, like offsides, or not.

If that goal stood and afterwards as a supporter, manager or player seen that it was scored from an offside position you'd be happy for that? I doubt very much anyone would

I'm not really sure that they did. They've drawn a line and went with it. Are other leagues in Europe going to this length to try and disallow goals?

I don't think anyone would be complaining had that goal been allowed to stand. Hard to imagine Dcott Parker being furious post match that the thread on his shirt was offside. The outrage that it wasn't is more telling.

I'd have probably have been of the opinion when VAR was first introduced that offside is offside but over the course of the season they've taken obscene amounts of time to rule out goals by the most minute detail and even then there has been some debate as to if it was the right decision. I didn't see the match last night so don't know how long it took to come to the decision but in general taking so long to come up with half assed decisions is ruining the game.

Marginal calls should go with the on field decision. If the linesman puts his flag up, the VAR should be trying to prove beyond reason that he's on side and vice versa if given on side.

What would threshold for marginal be?

No threshold as such but the onus should be on VAR to disprove the on field call. As shown in the picture above they are drawing lines from asses and elbows and it's still no clearer as to whether he was on or off so the on field ruling should stand IMO.

Marginal calls should go with the on field decision. If the linesman puts his flag up, the VAR should be trying to prove beyond reason that he's on side and vice versa if given on side.

Leader board nice and compact with a few big hitters still up around the top. Should hopefully make for an exciting 2 days.

Fancy Spieth to take it home from here.

Good job the golf is on tonight or the tv be going out the window. BBC showing the same Prince Philip children in need style TV marathon on both BBC1 and BBC2. No real consideration given for those on basic tv packages.

I'm expecting a fundraising appeal for veterans of the falklands whose sweat glands have been left unable to function any second now.

3 bogeys in a row for Rory, +3 through 7. Maybe next year.

Went with Schauffle, Reed and Kuchar at 22/1, 33/1 and 100/1. Hopefully get some sort of sweat come Sunday.