Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL)

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Why would they not celebrate? Games have been played behind closed doors before and they just play as normal. England played Croatia behind closed doors a couple of years ago: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45786472

I believe @$Crypto$ meant that there would be no group celebration among teammates with them huddling around and holding each other. Contact will be limited as much as possible and any unnecessary one would have to be cut off, such as; hand shakes between players and coaches before kick-off and during substitutions et al. It's going to get some getting used to for the players, but after weeks of solitary training, they should get a hang of it.

[swogerino]

Speaking of booking betting on high number of yellow cards can be a good bet during this time.

What is your logic here? can you explain a bit more?

It is simple logic.Since I believe many goal scorers will forget about the rule of not celebrating there will be high chances of them being booked with yellow cards thus increasing the number of yellow cards and making this an attractive bet to try out during this time.

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Sky sports through a twit reported Manchester United have requested all their players abroad to return to England
Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1257963312576331777

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Sky sports through a twit reported Manchester United have requested all their players abroad to return to England
Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1257963312576331777

Good stuff, should mean a return to first team training is imminent for them. I already saw that Wolves are going back on Monday 11th.

[arallmuus]

Sky sports through a twit reported Manchester United have requested all their players abroad to return to England
Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1257963312576331777

Good stuff, should mean a return to first team training is imminent for them. I already saw that Wolves are going back on Monday 11th.

It could be just a request for their player to come back and do some test wether they are infected or not. If no, then they will proceed to train for matches or some other precautions. Well it is still a good news and If thing goes accordingly then we might see some matches to be played at the end of this month ( the latest possible ) .

[casperBGD]

Sky sports through a twit reported Manchester United have requested all their players abroad to return to England
Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1257963312576331777

Good stuff, should mean a return to first team training is imminent for them. I already saw that Wolves are going back on Monday 11th.

It could be just a request for their player to come back and do some test wether they are infected or not. If no, then they will proceed to train for matches or some other precautions. Well it is still a good news and If thing goes accordingly then we might see some matches to be played at the end of this month ( the latest possible ) .

agree, it could be matches next month, but without audience IMHO
season should be completed, if their is enough conditions for everyone to be safe, it is better than froze it on this point, or cancel it

[Globb0]

In response to the they want to cancel everything comment, I got this from a reliable guy I know personally,

Mate of mine in the championship is back at training being told they have to play behind closed doors for remainder so don't believe all you read

Nothing is set in stone and things can change. But again there are very conflicting news and reports saying the opposite to each other.

See I wasn't lying. Its filtering through now

[DeathAngel]

It could be just a request for their player to come back and do some test wether they are infected or not. If no, then they will proceed to train for matches or some other precautions. Well it is still a good news and If thing goes accordingly then we might see some matches to be played at the end of this month ( the latest possible ) .

I don’t think we’ll see any games played until June but all PL teams will return to training 100% in May.
It’ll probably be mid June when we restart tbh!

[jayce]

May be they will not book just warning is enough as now its too much players cannot celebrate the goal really awkward.

Lol I'm sure they can't hold it, especially scoring in a big match like derby or final game, which they would celebrate any goal they score.

This will be very difficult to do as the players after scoring are used to celebrate.In order for this to happen they need to train hard to simulate a goal during training and try to not celebrate.I think this may be done in training but in a real game before this happens we will see a lot of bookings exactly for this reason.
Speaking of booking betting on high number of yellow cards can be a good bet during this time.

Ha! You're right. Though the house would be aware of it as well and adjust the odds following this rule (if it gets approved). But actually, the idea of getting booked when celebrate the goal sounds bit impossible. Imagine all players celebrate the goal and get booked. And they do again in their second goal. Totally madness lmao.

[Captain Corporate]

 Definitely takes a lot of red paper to make it back on the league, I mean even starting will take days of paper work to let them start again. Right now I think this is just the starting point which will still take time, I do not think that just because they will start training doesn't mean like it will be starting in couple days, even this call back will probably result with another month of no games.

 However one thing for sure this means it will be back, even if it means late June, it means it will be back. So they are going to just be ready and they probably got a call from FA that the league will start back, we haven't heard it just yet, but the teams probably heard it from them so they got that call and thats why they are now starting training back again for it.

[sana54210]

If nothing else they will at least start to train together and that is important, I think Manchester United calling their players could be seen as a "league is starting" thing. I know it is not directly related but even if it will take a long time before league starts, maybe United just wanted to make sure players are in top condition, even if they are at home they could send someone to test the players and see how they are doing and their body weight and so forth to see who needs what. This is a billion dollar company, they can literally send a truck full of training equipment, food stocks, chefs and personal trainers for each of their players to get them back on shape in no time at all. So, I think this is a prove that league will be back soon.

[hahay]

Sky sports through a twit reported Manchester United have requested all their players abroad to return to England
Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1257963312576331777

Good stuff, should mean a return to first team training is imminent for them. I already saw that Wolves are going back on Monday 11th.

It could be just a request for their player to come back and do some test wether they are infected or not. If no, then they will proceed to train for matches or some other precautions. Well it is still a good news and If thing goes accordingly then we might see some matches to be played at the end of this month ( the latest possible ) .

agree, it could be matches next month, but without audience IMHO
season should be completed, if their is enough conditions for everyone to be safe, it is better than froze it on this point, or cancel it

If there is no increase in cases of spreading of the virus, I think it is safe enough to continue the match or competition at the beginning or after the quarantine period it would be better without spectators. Anyway, this is good news, hopefully this pandemic will pass quickly and the competition can continue immediately.

[$crypto$]

Sky sports through a twit reported Manchester United have requested all their players abroad to return to England
Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1257963312576331777

Good stuff, should mean a return to first team training is imminent for them. I already saw that Wolves are going back on Monday 11th.

It seems that the players have returned to England, meaning that the match will start soon in the near future some of the big EPL teams also do the same where players must return to their respective teams.
It will be more exciting in June where European matches will start EPL, LaLiga and Bundesliga are the most fans of course I want to see the Liverpool and Manchester city matches again.

[pakhitheboss]

Sky sports through a twit reported Manchester United have requested all their players abroad to return to England
Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1257963312576331777

Good stuff, should mean a return to first team training is imminent for them. I already saw that Wolves are going back on Monday 11th.

It could be just a request for their player to come back and do some test wether they are infected or not. If no, then they will proceed to train for matches or some other precautions. Well it is still a good news and If thing goes accordingly then we might see some matches to be played at the end of this month ( the latest possible ) .

agree, it could be matches next month, but without audience IMHO
season should be completed, if their is enough conditions for everyone to be safe, it is better than froze it on this point, or cancel it

If there is no increase in cases of spreading of the virus, I think it is safe enough to continue the match or competition at the beginning or after the quarantine period it would be better without spectators. Anyway, this is good news, hopefully this pandemic will pass quickly and the competition can continue immediately.

Where did you hear that there has been a decline in the corna virus spread. I have not seen any news network saying that the spreading has gone down significantly globally. I am only hearing that it is increasing everyday.

Untill they actually come out with a vaccine rather than claiming one I do not foresee any matches to happens in the near future. No one want to get infected especially the players.

[DeathAngel]

It seems that the players have returned to England, meaning that the match will start soon in the near future some of the big EPL teams also do the same where players must return to their respective teams.
It will be more exciting in June where European matches will start EPL, LaLiga and Bundesliga are the most fans of course I want to see the Liverpool and Manchester city matches again.

It feels like a long time since we saw PL football. I think it will give everybody a lift in these tough times to see football again. Football is such an important part of so many peoples lives, it’ll be good to get a small bit of normality back.

[arallmuus]

Sky sports through a twit reported Manchester United have requested all their players abroad to return to England
Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1257963312576331777

Good stuff, should mean a return to first team training is imminent for them. I already saw that Wolves are going back on Monday 11th.

It could be just a request for their player to come back and do some test wether they are infected or not. If no, then they will proceed to train for matches or some other precautions. Well it is still a good news and If thing goes accordingly then we might see some matches to be played at the end of this month ( the latest possible ) .

agree, it could be matches next month, but without audience IMHO
season should be completed, if their is enough conditions for everyone to be safe, it is better than froze it on this point, or cancel it

If there is no increase in cases of spreading of the virus, I think it is safe enough to continue the match or competition at the beginning or after the quarantine period it would be better without spectators. Anyway, this is good news, hopefully this pandemic will pass quickly and the competition can continue immediately.

Where did you hear that there has been a decline in the corna virus spread. I have not seen any news network saying that the spreading has gone down significantly globally. I am only hearing that it is increasing everyday.

Untill they actually come out with a vaccine rather than claiming one I do not foresee any matches to happens in the near future. No one want to get infected especially the players.

Then you should probably stop reading news instead and find your own fact regarding it. You could find the data here https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

There is less people infected and less casualties since a week ago so yeah things are going good for now. The reason why you cant find this in your local news is because people like you favor negative news more rather than this kind of news. Negative news will most likely give the media more readers compared to positive one

[hilariousetc]

Speaking of booking betting on high number of yellow cards can be a good bet during this time.

What is your logic here? can you explain a bit more?

It is simple logic.Since I believe many goal scorers will forget about the rule of not celebrating there will be high chances of them being booked with yellow cards thus increasing the number of yellow cards and making this an attractive bet to try out during this time.

Who says it will be a bookable offense though? It's probably not a law per se but a guideline or something they've been told not to do for obvious reasons. I doubt it's something that will get them booked unless they're doing it excessively and don't stop doing it when told.

In response to the they want to cancel everything comment, I got this from a reliable guy I know personally,

Mate of mine in the championship is back at training being told they have to play behind closed doors for remainder so don't believe all you read

Nothing is set in stone and things can change. But again there are very conflicting news and reports saying the opposite to each other.

See I wasn't lying. Its filtering through now

But that's like saying it's going to rain tomorrow then when it rains saying, see I told you. It's also not that you are lying, but believing something someone else told you without sources. You don't know if they were lying or told you something that they got from an unreliable source.

Sky sports through a twit reported Manchester United have requested all their players abroad to return to England
Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1257963312576331777

Good stuff, should mean a return to first team training is imminent for them. I already saw that Wolves are going back on Monday 11th.

It seems that the players have returned to England, meaning that the match will start soon in the near future some of the big EPL teams also do the same where players must return to their respective teams.
It will be more exciting in June where European matches will start EPL, LaLiga and Bundesliga are the most fans of course I want to see the Liverpool and Manchester city matches again.

Not necessarily. They're being told to come home so that they can be ready if things do restart, but nothing is guranteed. The government can still shut this down in an instant, but it's obvious everyone is doing everything they can to get football started asap which is easier said than done. Apparently the Bundesliga is starting in two weeks so I think that will be a good tester to see if anything goes wrong or they can succesfully play football in these times.

[Globb0]

It was 1 level of separation away from me. I don't want  to dox my friend to prove anything. If he said his personal friend has been called back to training? I believe it.

I know him well in RL and he is famous in his own right in certain circles again I don't want to dox either of us.

It was not just some speculation. But thanks for my new title.

[masulum]

There is a scheme for premier league of this season, From talksport.com news, all premier league clubs will be cutting the time whistle to 75 minutes and will be counted as full season in the end. Source

If this true, Liverpool still has a chance to be a champion for this season. This is a league positions based on Daily mail researcher:

1. Liverpool
2. Manchester City
3. Leicester
4. Chelsea
5. Manchester United
6. Arsenal
7. Sheffield United
8. Everton
9. Burnley
10. Tottenham
11. Crystal Palace
12. Watford
13. Southampton
14. Wolves
15. West Ham
16. Bournemouth
17. Aston Villa
18. Norwich
19. Brighton
20. Newcastle

Full article: Dailymail

[snipie]

There is a scheme for premier league of this season, From talksport.com news, all premier league clubs will be cutting the time whistle to 75 minutes and will be counted as full season in the end. Source

Better to play 30 minutes x 2 
Personally I don't see what's the point of doing so? Infection risk will occur whether you played 5 minutes or 90 minutes. The only thing that i think could be beneficial is the time of recuperation between games will be less in case of 60 or 75 minutes game / 2 games per week!