Anfield and Kirkby

I’ve got a 100% record in the Kop :smirk::wink:

And being 16/16 is pretty impressive also includes Man City when they were good as well.

Where is my ticket John W Henry?

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https://x.com/DaveOCKOP/status/1855920834365296947

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Does this still stand ?

Yup. Haven’t been able to go since Covid

Amazed your bladder hasn’t burst.

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Not the best publicity they would want…

Axa threatened to cancel cover for Briton with brain injuries in US, says daughter

Story by Nicola Davis and Anna Tims

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Jane Rubens and her daughter Cat Rubens, before Jane suffered brain injuries after being hit by a vehicle

The daughter of a woman who suffered brain injuries while on holiday in the US has said she was told by her mother’s insurer that she must return to the UK, against the advice of doctors, or face having funding for her medical care withdrawn.

Jane Rubens, 73, from Edinburgh, is in a coma after being hit, as a pedestrian, by a large vehicle in St Louis, Missouri, at the start of November. The collision left her with severe brain injuries requiring multiple surgeries

Her daughter Cat Rubens says insurance company Axa Partners insisted Jane be repatriated to the UK – against the advice of multiple experts.

“We have been shown zero empathy, customer care or reasonableness from Axa at one of the darkest times of our lives,” she said. The firm later backed down after a social media outcry.

Cat Rubens, a solicitor, described how she communicated the medical advice from neurologists in both the UK and US to the insurer, but was told on Sunday that the family had to agree that day to repatriate Jane by Wednesday 27 November or cover for her medical expenses in the US would cease.

“Jane has had a craniectomy where part of the skull was removed to relieve pressure in the brain,” said Rubens. “We were advised by an NHS neurologist and a brain injury charity that they would not expect a patient with my mum’s type of injury to be flown this early in her recovery.”

The family said they asked for the decision to be delayed for 48 hours so they could consult the neurology team, but this was turned down. Axa also declined to let Rubens’ neurosurgeon speak to its medical advisers, they claim, and was unable to produce a medical plan for the repatriation and ongoing care.

“The call handler accepted that we were being asked to agree to a plan we had not seen. Despite this, he reiterated that we had to agree by the afternoon or no further medical expenses would be covered,” said Cat, who has flown from the UK to the US to be at her mother’s bedside.

“We asked to speak to a manager. We were told no manager was available. We asked the call handler for a manager to call us back. He said that could not be arranged. We asked to speak to an underwriter. The call handler said that was not allowed. We asked for more time. Again, Axa said no. Backed into a corner, we had no choice but to agree to their repatriation plan, since we can’t afford to lose her medical cover.”

Jane’s neurosurgeon subsequently told the family that it would be in her best interests to fly after part of her skull had been reattached.

“That’s 3-6 months down the line,” Rubens wrote on X.

Axa changed its stance after the family highlighted their plight on social media. It has now withdrawn its deadline for repatriation pending discussions with Rubens’ medical team, and said it would continue to cover medical expenses while discussions were ongoing.

An Axa Partners spokesperson said: “We are sorry for the distress Ms Rubens and her family have experienced when making a claim and we sympathise with their situation.

“We have spoken with Ms Rubens’ family and will remain in contact with them over the coming days to support them. Our medical team and Ms Rubens’ treating doctors will agree the best course of action going forward.

“We are considering all available options, and the welfare of Ms Rubens and her family remains our priority.”

Axa’s conduct had caused the family intolerable additional suffering, claimed Rubens.

“All the time we are having to fight these battles to try to protect her is time we can’t spend in the room with her, holding her hand and talking to her and doing the things that might make her, if she has moments of greater awareness, feel less lonely and scared. We do not yet know if she will ever recover, but we are trying to give her the best chance possible,” she said.

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I always wondered what the world record was for cramming football fans on the 26.

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Potential SKD stand expansion?

Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand Expansion - The Future Of Skerries Road

What position does he play?

Anfield here i come in April~~~~

He’s a dem, so obviously left wing

Saw this yesterday…skipped through most of it.

The development of the train station is going to be key to unlock any future expansion. Without that, any further expansion will be likely be challenging in planning terms due to the impacts caused by more people travelling to the stadium.

It is positive that the club are continuing to give consideration to further growth at Anfield. These things take time and a lot of work to make happen.

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Fucking useless Richard Hughes. We are losing Salah and we are overstocked on the left and yet we buy another useless left wing.

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His following Shanks’ model which did us pretty well back in the 70’s & 80’s.

I am however a bit depressed because I still cannot get a ticket for the Anfield Derby. I mean I could but the resellers and touts are quoting anything from 250-550 pounds for tickets in the Anfield Road Upper stand. It frustrates me that some of these tickets could be those community tickets meant for low income families? I had seen 19 pound tickets (if i remember the number correctly) sold for 160 pounds for a match again Newcastle. Don’t think I have much choice actually, the hospitality is worse and I don’t think I gonna get lucky again on toutless.com especially on such a hot match after what those blueshite did with their lousy ass behaviour in the last match.

Has anyone been on the Anfield stadium tour? I’m in Liverpool over the weekend of the 21st-23rd and I was wondering whether to take my son along. There’s no football at that time (international break)and I don’t think my son is that interested in the actual football, but he was taken on a school trip to Werder Bremen’s stadium last year and seemed to enjoy it.

(Obviously, I want to go, but is this of general interest?)

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I’ve done it twice. Really enjoyed it both times. :+1::nerd_face:

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I did it May 2023 and it was fantastic. It was when the latest stand was nearly finished. You get a great feeling when you suddenly see the pitch, the dugout and the Sport reporters section.
We got to see the VIP lounge which is usually off limits. You see all the sections where the players eat their after match meals etc.

I would go for it. It is an experience! The guides are really nice and humourous and you meet other people from around the world as well. You can have your picture taken with the famous European Cup and EPL Cup. The museum is also worth it. So many memories there.

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