Pre Match | Aston Villa vs. Liverpool | FA Cup Third Round | Friday January 8th 19:45h GMT | Villa Park

I want a 7-0 to avenge our previous games against them. Play no starters but surely they should still be miles ahead of Villa. Probably will get a cheeky 1-0 win now I say it

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If youā€™re asking for domestic cup competitions to have been cancelled, then the league cup was the obvious one to start with, not the oldest cup competition in the world.

More to the point, the real stupidity was the Nations League/Friendlies that were played. After 9 Prem games, I think each international team played 8 or 9 games in total during the three breaks. Crazy.

And things like trying to procure the services of a big bummed Latina certainly doesnā€™t help the situationā€¦

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I know we arenā€™t living in a vacuum, but all the ills of the world aside, this really is a competition Iā€™d like our boys to win. I really do think itā€™s a nice piece of silverware.

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Yes definitely. We never seem to have a proper go at it. We have players outside our first 11 who can get us far in this competition and Iā€™d really like to see us with that trophy

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If the FA and PL want the competitions to go on in a fair matter, playing the U23 is not fair IMO, then start vaccination for the players and staff ASAP.

Probably the only price we have a decent shot at this year.

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Why?
A current blip in form?
The CB situation?
Adrian?

Why not considerā€¦
Maybe topping the CL group
League leaders until at least Tuesday
Current Champions
Big players on way back from injury (Thiago, Jota, Matip, Keita)

See, you are better already.

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Villa hierarchy hopeful that the U23s havenā€™t been exposed. Well, that makes it ok then.

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But weā€™ll look after Son and co, and not play themā€¦the Villa setup is obviously not safe, so is it feasible to send any team there, to mix with their teamā€¦oh yes send LFC coz we need them to give other teams an advantageā€¦bsā€¦cancel the game.

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If this game goes ahead tonight, expect LFC to announce a similar ā€˜significantā€™ outbreak, towards the end of next week.

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I think it more likely that the mystery outbreak will be in Salford, especially if the Mancs lose to Burnley.

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I donā€™t think it will be a mystery outbreak on our part. I genuinely fear our players will be infected at Villa. It only needs one of their players or coaching staff to spread it.

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You can see how this goes.

Friday 8 Jan: FA declares Liverpool v Villa will go ahead, despite Coronavirus concerns.

Wednesday 13 Jan: Liverpool announce they have had a coronavirus outbreak at Kirkby

Thursday 14 Jan: Premier League announce with immediate effect the ruling is that as long as a team can field a team including U18s, matches must go ahead

Sunday 17 Jan: Liverpool U18s get battered by United.

Tuesday 19 Jan: Man Utd announce a coronavirus outbreak at Carrington.

Wednesday 20 Jan: Premier League announce a rule chance so that teams experiencing a significant outbreak can defer fixtures.

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Fixed it for you.

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All football should be stopped until people are able to visit their grandparents, go to work in offices and travel around freely. I love the game and I loved Shanks, but there really are more important things in life.

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Game is on for tonight.
Stupid decision.
Hope none of ours get infected.

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Logic suggests Klopp should field a strong team, but the club have to take safety very seriously. At the very least, Liverpool should be seeking assurances about the safety of the team Villa put out.

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Exactly. Villa U23 Players who trained with the first team in the last week should not be allowed to play tonight even if they are tested negative to far.

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Chances of catching COVID twice are low so why not start Trent, Sadio, Shaq and Salah.

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