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But no team can succeed at the highest level if they have players with poor technical ability in their team, especially if they are an attacking sort of team. I mean we, known to be a pragmatic team in the past, were tearing our hair at out at Bakayoko or Matic for instance.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/afc-bournemouth/story/4100278/bournemouths-aaron-ramsdale-tests-positive-after-shopping-trip Ramsdale tested negative for COVID-19 in the first round of PL testing but a few days later, he tested positive for it in the second round of testing. This after going to a supermarket within a week. And people wonder why people are cautious or don't want the league to restart...

Firstly, why the hell would PSG want Bakayoko? Assuming Tuchel stays on or they hire an attacking manager to replace him, why on earth would they want someone with a poor technical ability like Bakayoko? And secondly, the proposed solution to our goalkeeper problem is to bring someone who decided to leave for game time elsewhere and has played only 1 (ONE) game so far at that new club? If we want to solve the issue, we should just go buy a proven quality keeper and not someone who isn't and certainly not if that person has played only ONE game at the current club and barely even makes the matchday squad for that matter.

The outrage is funny to see.

Can I lock this thread? Is everyone okay with it?

The season has been terminated. What a shame...

Sell players, include a player as trade, beg your club for money.

Here's a taste of what you could have in FM...

Do you need a sponsor to play Football Manager or FIFA? I can send you some money to buy the game...

Considering the reputation of those 2 papers who used that quote, I'm not surprised if they just picked it without checking the validity of it.

But there's usually a mention of where the person said it. Nothing on this one.

I saw that but again, no source on where he said it. I saw this quote circulating on Twitter from a fan...

Any idea where Ballack said that? Because am almost certain that quote is fake. No source quoted...the journalists must be desperate for headlines.

10 away wins in 18 Bundesliga games played since it restarted. Only 3 home wins...

The league is the one offering it, it seems.

16 Bundesliga games played so far without fans since the restart last weekend and only 3 home wins and 2 of them are Dortmund and Bayern wins...

Free, decent pickup for someone in the summer...

Serie A and La Liga are only able to proceed with their restarts after the situation has gotten slightly better in their respective country but the Premier League were already trying to force a restart long before the shambolic UK government even announce anything on restarting anything in England. How many times over the last month we heard or read stupid suggestions from the league to force the restart? Must look away when going into tackles, play in neutral grounds, ban team celebrations (essentially want them to social distance but it's okay to put in challenges, oh the irony) etc. Do those sound like the Premier League have it a clear, conscience plan on restarting the season? How many times have we heard players or managers coming out to voice their concern over restarting too soon? How many times have people brought up the concerns of taking medical supplies away from the frontline workers that's treating people with the symptoms/virus? Why do we still see players coming out and voicing their concerns? Compare to other leagues, the others have certainly handled things far better. That's why I said, "FOR ARGUMENT SAKE"... So for argument sake, IF more players refuse to risk their lives and others and don't want to play, then what?

If anything, it exposes how money driven football as a sport has become. The Premier League has been so desperate to mitigate the loss of hundreds of millions that they have been trying to force the season to resume when it's not quite safe yet. Their handling of the situation has been as bad as the UK government.