The 'youth product' they signed from Fulham? On loan at Blackburn, not exactly taking the game by storm but he is only 17 or 18.What's happened to that scruffy urchin Harvey Elliot.
I thought he was supposed to be their next superstar.
The 'youth product' they signed from Fulham? On loan at Blackburn, not exactly taking the game by storm but he is only 17 or 18.
Yep. That was the week when it all started to come home to roost. In hindsight we can look back at various sporting events that week and legitimately ask why they were allowed to take place with fans in attendance. Leicester played Villa in the PL on the Monday night, and our game against Arsenal 2 nights later wouldn't have been postponed if some of their players and staff hadn't gone down with it. But the biggie for me - worse than Liverpool v Atletico - was Cheltenham. A 4 day event with tens of thousands in attendance every day, the final day of which was 3 days after the Liverpool game. As for that game itself, yes Madrid was a Covid hotspot at the time but the impression I got was that Liverpool wanted to get that game played in front of a capacity crowd, and I dare say that if a Liverpool fan sadly caught Covid and died as a result of attending the match then it's more likely that they caught it off another Liverpool fan rather than an Atletico fan.seem to remember this as being the same game where klopp was shouting abuse at people who tried to shake his hand as he walked out of the tunnel. they knew the risks attached to playing a game at that time but wanted a great european night under the floodlights etc. the situation was already worsening on merseyside as everton sent their players home from training and cancelled a game ahead of the PL telling them to.
I'd gone to Wembley reasonably happy but sensing the problems ahead.Yep. That was the week when it all started to come home to roost. In hindsight we can look back at various sporting events that week and legitimately ask why they were allowed to take place with fans in attendance. Leicester played Villa in the PL on the Monday night, and our game against Arsenal 2 nights later wouldn't have been postponed if some of their players and staff hadn't gone down with it. But the biggie for me - worse than Liverpool v Atletico - was Cheltenham. A 4 day event with tens of thousands in attendance every day, the final day of which was 3 days after the Liverpool game. As for that game itself, yes Madrid was a Covid hotspot at the time but the impression I got was that Liverpool wanted to get that game played in front of a capacity crowd, and I dare say that if a Liverpool fan sadly caught Covid and died as a result of attending the match then it's more likely that they caught it off another Liverpool fan rather than an Atletico fan.
Not forgetting Ben Woodburn, Harry Wilson and erm Jordan Ibe.What's happened to that scruffy urchin Harvey Elliot.
I thought he was supposed to be their next superstar.
Although he was plucked from another team's academy.
Elliott wasn't even there academy, they poached him off Fulham at 16 and had to pay a record compensation iirc. Not part of the narrative though obviouslyNot forgetting Ben Woodburn, Harry Wilson and erm Jordan Ibe.
Same Academy myths as the Rags
but as always their looking for someone else to blame......Yep. That was the week when it all started to come home to roost. In hindsight we can look back at various sporting events that week and legitimately ask why they were allowed to take place with fans in attendance. Leicester played Villa in the PL on the Monday night, and our game against Arsenal 2 nights later wouldn't have been postponed if some of their players and staff hadn't gone down with it. But the biggie for me - worse than Liverpool v Atletico - was Cheltenham. A 4 day event with tens of thousands in attendance every day, the final day of which was 3 days after the Liverpool game. As for that game itself, yes Madrid was a Covid hotspot at the time but the impression I got was that Liverpool wanted to get that game played in front of a capacity crowd, and I dare say that if a Liverpool fan sadly caught Covid and died as a result of attending the match then it's more likely that they caught it off another Liverpool fan rather than an Atletico fan.
Agree. Cheltenham was a weird one as doesn't appear to have been a massive spike in cases because of itYep. That was the week when it all started to come home to roost. In hindsight we can look back at various sporting events that week and legitimately ask why they were allowed to take place with fans in attendance. Leicester played Villa in the PL on the Monday night, and our game against Arsenal 2 nights later wouldn't have been postponed if some of their players and staff hadn't gone down with it. But the biggie for me - worse than Liverpool v Atletico - was Cheltenham. A 4 day event with tens of thousands in attendance every day, the final day of which was 3 days after the Liverpool game. As for that game itself, yes Madrid was a Covid hotspot at the time but the impression I got was that Liverpool wanted to get that game played in front of a capacity crowd, and I dare say that if a Liverpool fan sadly caught Covid and died as a result of attending the match then it's more likely that they caught it off another Liverpool fan rather than an Atletico fan.
There's a 1 week to 2 week lag between transmission of the virus and cases being reported, in this country anyway. It was probably longer in the early stages. Look a few weeks on from Cheltenham and you'll see your spike, I know we had one with people returning from it.Agree. Cheltenham was a weird one as doesn't appear to have been a massive spike in cases because of it
but as always their looking for someone else to blame......