Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

fredmont said:
How can you make someone play a contact sport in these circumstances? I would imagine the Players Unions might get involved. In Italy they are practising social distancing and it would be reasonable to expect all of us to be doing the same, in the not too distant future.
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Players and staff are together literally seven days a week coming into contact with all manner of personnel from kit staff, grounds people, cleaners, chefs, admin staff the list is endless. What about the massages and rub downs, trips on planes, coaches, close proximity in dressing rooms. Effing ell the list is endless, say it till I’m blue in the face someone have the bollocks to stand up and cancel all sporting events and concerts etc, from now!
 
paulchapo said:
There would be uproar but the government calling a state of emergency or similar would scupper all claims, like in the war.

Just cancel the Euro's, suspend football until May/June then if the situation is under control resume it. None of this behind closes doors shit, anyway if a few players catch it what happens then?
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some one has :(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51844945
 
manclad said:
"It's great service you get,
Renting your colour set from Granada,
It's better TV that's why millions agree,
RENT GRANADA."
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From White And Swales?
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Ticking clock. A matter of when and not if now.

It's the right decision.

Cant wait to see the detail. Will the leagues be voided and start from next season or suspended.

If it’s voided then it has to be throughout every league and scrap the entire thing. Remove from the history books and start again in the summer if this thing is gone.
 
Call the season off for safety of all involved, dippers can try again next year :)

I would take a season call off with them not winning PL and us lose our chance on CL AMOTD:DD
 
Proy said:
Ticking clock. A matter of when and not if now.

It's the right decision.

Cant wait to see the detail. Will the leagues be voided and start from next season or suspended.

If it’s voided then it has to be throughout every league and scrap the entire thing. Remove from the history books and start again in the summer if this thing is gone.
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What does anyone expect from the clowns that "supposedly" run football in this country.

The sensible option would be to cancel the season, null and void, no champions, no relegation, no promotion. Treat this like they did when WWII happened.
 
Bluekiwi said:
What does anyone expect from the clowns that "supposedly" run football in this country.

The sensible option would be to cancel the season, null and void, no champions, no relegation, no promotion. Treat this like they did when WWII happened.
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Also the funniest option.

But yeah, there's too much money in it to do that. If they cancel it, they lose all of the TV money for the remaining games. If it's behind closed doors, it's still on TV.
 
I'm With Stupid said:
Also the funniest option.

But yeah, there's too much money in it to do that. If they cancel it, they lose all of the TV money for the remaining games. If it's behind closed doors, it's still on TV.
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SKY & BT will be running their hands. They’ll hike up their prices and they’ll be PPV games. Profiteering at its most evident.
They’ll never end the season early. It’s too costly. Some clubs will struggle to survive financially. It could cripple a couple and certainly ruin a few.
So they cancel out Gunners game, yet go ahead with Diapers CL game. Importing thousands of possibly infected fans to our island. On a plus side. They got beat.
 
Cornish_Blue said:
SKY & BT will be running their hands. They’ll hike up their prices and they’ll be PPV games. Profiteering at its most evident.
They’ll never end the season early. It’s too costly. Some clubs will struggle to survive financially. It could cripple a couple and certainly ruin a few.
So they cancel out Gunners game, yet go ahead with Diapers CL game. Importing thousands of possibly infected fans to our island. On a plus side. They got beat.
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I think you're failing to give Liverpool credit for the community-minded decision to lose the game. They knew it was a risk to the public for English teams to continue to play in the Champions League and risk foreign fans coming over, and like the bastions of selflessness they are, decided to sacrifice their defence of the trophy. They're the real heroes of this outbreak.
 
I'm With Stupid said:
Also the funniest option.

But yeah, there's too much money in it to do that. If they cancel it, they lose all of the TV money for the remaining games. If it's behind closed doors, it's still on TV.
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There is another (dodgy) option ......
Carry on as usual and let fans decide if they want to attend games
Pay at the gate as per the good old days!
 
This behind closes doors option is only going to work until players start getting infected. Then it goes tits up as the squad then has to self isolate for 14 days. Chaos ensues.

The players could contact their union, as is their right and say, fuck this. I believe one team has already refused to fly into Italy in the Europa league, closed doors or not. They could also argue, again rightly, that without fans then home advantage is lost and their opponents had such when they played them away. It is a minefield and I hope they make a stand.
 
I'm With Stupid said:
I think you're failing to give Liverpool credit for the community-minded decision to lose the game. They knew it was a risk to the public for English teams to continue to play in the Champions League and risk foreign fans coming over, and like the bastions of selflessness they are, decided to sacrifice their defence of the trophy. They're the real heroes of this outbreak.
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And local councils throughout Europe won't have the expense of dredging city centre fountains for missing pensioners.
 
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