City v Arsenal

Paulpowersleftfoot wrote:First city v arsenal fixture in league & cup home and away I’ll have missed since 1985 
First visit to Highbury we lost 1-0 and Tommy Caton was playing for Arsenal

titbumwilly wrote:I watched the game, purely to see how it was going to pan out, and unfortunately it was exactly as I thought it would be.
What was played last night was a complete farce that should never have even been contemplated.
It was a dog’s dinner from start to finish.
Drinks breaks on a wet Wednesday night! More substitutions than an England friendly. Unfit players going through the motions at the end.
All in the name of finishing a season that will be forever tainted.
All I could see was players with expensive haircuts (when nobody else is allowed to go to a barbers or hairdressers), players slapping each other on the back, everybody being seen to do the ‘right thing’ with one eye on the press coverage and all this after the Arsenal squad travelled by car, plane and coach for a 3hour journey!
And for what? So a faceless minister can stand in a press briefing with a smug look pronouncing that he and his government have done such a great job that they are able to throw the proles a bone! “There you go, here’s your football, now you’ll forget that there are still 300 people a day dying.”
People still can’t attend funerals for loved ones, schools are still closed, weddings still cancelled and vulnerable people still shielding. And yet we get served up that crap, as if it’s needed and justifiable!
I’m finished with it.


not keen then?

Wensdi wrote:I'm sure the pressure of law suits by the clubs (Liverpool) and the 3 which could have been relegated and maybe even the broadcasting companies played a huge part in the clubs finishing the season.  

Whereas I think the season should have been abandoned with no changes to the tables, its something to watch while we are all closeted indoors.  I am more angry at the people over here who are not wearing masks in the supermarkets or other stores as if it is all over.  There is no leadership over here.  The "red" states all ignore responsible actions such as distancing and masks and the blue states are abiding by the safety measures.  Its disgusting.  Its as if there are 50 countries here - every state does what it wants to do.  The numbers are spiking again - still in first phase - God knows what will happen if a second wave hits.  It's older "white" guys and rednecks that are flouting safety measures