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Trump is screwed if he loses. He already has numerous on going investigations into him that he has been able to stall and get rid of due to him being president. People aren't going to stick up for him if he is not the president. 

5 minutes ago, Genie said:

We’ll never know the answer, but I wonder what would have happened had we locked down 10 days ago when Italy and Spain did. Well ahead of our own personal curve we’d be much better off? Our strategy seems to be to do what they have done, at the same point in the epidemic as them, but get a better result.

Every nation should have gone to lock down the moment they did. The virus still would have spread, but it would have been a lot less of an impact. 

3 hours ago, villa4europe said:

I dont see how you declare 1st but then don't declare 4th or 17th, or any position given the prize money per position

Postponing relies on the idea that by June / July everything will be sorted and OK again and games can be played and delays next season 

There's no answer to it and the bastion of fairness and justice Italy will no doubt end up setting a precedent 

You can't cancel or postpone games or even play behind closed doors and keep everyone happy

It's pretty straight forward in our league. Liverpool should be champions. Liverpool just need 5 points to be mathematically declared champions, and they still have to play us. This is also assuming City win every single one of their last 10 matches. 

I mean their squad is destroyed by injuries. Losing the majority of your key players will make any club shit. 

Moderates are easier for democrats to elect, especially well liked moderates like Biden. Senators and congressmen/women fear that a Bernie presidency would make them lose their seats to republicans whereas a Biden presidency won't really cause alarm. 

Biden isn't a bad candidate too. He has a lot of progressive ideas that get shadowed by Bernie's because Bernie's are more radical. I think Biden will beat Trump pretty easily. I am sure Trump will spew his typical nonsense but I don't think it will work. My biggest concern is Trump will force the republican senators to open an investigation into Biden just to make Biden look bad/tie up his time. 

Warren is smart to side with the DNC and not Bernie. I like Bernie. His ideas are not radical and I think he could do some good, but I just don't see how he could ever implement them in a 4 year presidency. I think Biden's plan of expanding the affordable care act is smart and building on it. Plus I worry that a bernie presidency will just ignite the right to vote like a trump presidency did for the left. People like Biden idk why, but that is good for politics. I do worry that Biden isn't all there in his head, but it's not like Trump is either. 

I am actually surprised how quickly Biden rose up the ranks. If Buttigieg and Kloubuchar didn't drop out, I think Bernie's lead would have basically named him the democratic nominee today. 

I dislike a lot of the stuff I read on twitter and reddit saying the DNC is rigging the election again. No they are not. The candidates don't want Bernie so they made the logical choice to rally behind one candidate. That isn't rigging an election. They just want their guy to win. 

Anyway, I loved what I saw from Anwar. He was up against arguably one of the best right backs in the league, and did well for himself. Left wing really suits him. He seemed so much more comfortable. 

Only problem is Jack also seems more comfortable there. Do we continue with Jack at CAM? I mean it worked in the championship, or do we keep playing El Ghazi at right wing where he definitely isn't as effective? 

1 hour ago, snowychap said:

WHO:

 

Appreciate you clearing that up. My local facebook group was discussing it so that is where I got the statement. 

2 hours ago, bickster said:

Uber shares have dropped $11 (25%) as investors head for safe havens, thank-you coronavirus

I invested in the cruise industry last month. Half my investment is gone. 

2 hours ago, snowychap said:

I read that Dogs can actually get the virus 

Made it back from my cruise. No coronavirus onboard and it was a good cruise. But what was funny to me was they told me come to the port earlier than normal for extra screening due to the virus. All I had to do was fill up a 3 questionnaire asking if I had been to china, am I sick, or was I sick? Even when checking my passport, they never checked stamps. Could have easily come onboard with the virus. There was no screening coming off the ship. 

1 hour ago, Mozzavfc said:

Will be able to get a cracking deal on cruises as well

Going on one saturday. Hoping it'll be a quieter crowd since I've seen numerous posts on various message boards asking can they get a refund because they are scared of coronavirus. 

Although I am fighting a cold right now so I am hoping I don't get turned away when trying to check on board. 

Conor is a great player if we are playing with loads of possession. There is little difference between the championship and premier league in terms of Conor's ability. Conor could easily be a standout premier league player if we played a style where we'd have the ball more. The reason Conor was so potent in the championship was because the majority of matches we played, we would have the majority of the ball, and we were able to be the team attacking. 

In the premier league, we are typically the team on the back foot so we don't really play a more free flowing style. Now we rely on Jack to get the ball and dribble players to get us forward. At least with McGinn, we had another outlet to get forward. The reason McGinn-Conor worked as a CM pairing was because Conor did a lot of the little things right such as quick passes to Jack and McGinn. Then Conor would typically float in the box and pop up with a goal. He still does that in the premier league. 

At the moment, unfortunately Conor doesn't suit us and that is why he looks like a passenger. When we have 9 men behind the ball, it's hard for any midfield to shine. None of our midfielders have looked good since switching to the 3-4-3. If we ever go back to the 4-2-3-1, I'd like to see a midfield of McGinn, Nakamba, Conor. I think that would give us the most versatility. 

Hopefully they are stupid enough to buy him off us, or swap for Bellingham and 5 million

New Halsey song that was produced by the Bring me horizon boys. You can tell this a BMTH song. 

Debate tonight will be interesting. I think Bloomberg was brought in to take Bernie down. 

I like Pete. He is pretty neutral and speaks very concisely. He seems to have a plan, and knows how he will execute it. I also really like Bernie, and would love to see some of his ideas actually implemented. I think he could do a lot for the country, but the reason I am leaning towards Pete is I think republicans are more likely to work with him vs Bernie. I know that's a bad way to choose a president, but if you elect the guy that so many people on the other side hate with a passion, it will likely just cause problems in the long run. A lot of republicans I speak with have no qualms with Pete and think he is reasonable. 

8 hours ago, sne said:

So did they just not get the intended result and are scrambling to adjust the figures?

No I did a little research into what is going on, and it just seems like it was terribly mishandled. The plan was to use an app that was developed specifically for this caucus to promote visibility, but the app was shit and they provided no instructions on how to use the app. So lots of people and precincts did it wrong or just didn't do it at all. Many were told to just take a photo of their choice, and send it to the headquarters but those apparently weren't valid. Some guy drove all the way to the headquarters to tell them his precinct's votes, but was turned away. 

So yea basically a shit show, and it ended up being really close through all this. A couple of the delegates were decided via coin toss (lol) and Pete Buttigieg got lucky and got more delegates than he should have.

There are conspiracy theories saying this is rigged in Pete's favor, but I don't believe it. If this was rigged, there is no way a bunch of folks on twitter could figure it out by searching for 5 minutes. I really just think this is a bunch of old folks getting confused by technology and then being stubborn. 

I have faith in Dean. We saw last season what Dean could do with a team that was clearly quality for the division. This season it's been a lot harder. A lot of our players are still very inconsistent and only have shown flashes of quality. You could even see earlier in the season when we have our full team fit, we were a good team but lacked the experience to close out matches. 

I am not shifting all the blame off Dean because he has made questionable subs/decisions this season, but you also have to look at our team and recognize this is not a top 10 team yet. 

I'm hoping we can pull through this season and continue to build, but Dean needs some more ready to go players. 

How is this legal at all: Rand Paul writes down a question with the alleged whistleblower's full name mentioned, and hands it to the judge to be read aloud. Judge thankfully refuses since it contains confidential information, so Rand Paul proceeds to just tweet his question instead with the name listed. 

I'm going on a cruise in a couple of weeks. The cruise american based and going to the caribbean, but still makes me nervous that something could happen between now and before I leave. Hopefully this virus stays more contained. 

No reason to risk Reina. I know it's a semi final that we all want to win, but Nyland starts for me. Put Sarkic on the bench too.

Bruce got stick for playing Jack at left mid not left wing, and Jack had to play defense in Bruce's system so often Jack was very deep. At LW under Dean, Jack is typically roaming and playing almost as high as the striker. 

On 24/01/2020 at 18:23, Adam2003 said:

“Ruining his career” by ending a loan with a Scottish club a few months early? A tad dramatic even for VillaTalk. Let’s just send him out on loan somewhere else now we have cover...

He was doing well in Scotland and established himself as their starter after a rough start. He was learning and getting minutes. Now he is back to being our 4th choice keeper, and the transfer window closes in 4 days. Even if we loan him out again, there is no guarantee he will be starting like he was.