Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

[mat]

Exclusive: Premier League club testing all players for coronavirus after three display symptoms

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...eague-club-testing-players-coronavirus-three/

All players at an unnamed Premier League club are today being tested for the coronavirus after three first-team players displayed symptoms. The test results are expected back tomorrow.​

One player first showed symptoms of the virus earlier this week and was immediately placed in self-isolation. He appeared to be getting better but has since relapsed with two others subsequently displaying symptoms.​

If the results come back positive the club’s game this weekend will certainly be called off but it will also lead to huge pressure on the Premier League to follow the lead of other European leagues and suspend all matches.​

It's the the rags.


Suspicions were raised as the club couldn't work out how they'd beaten City again.

 

[paulchapo]

Looks like all European Games are off..... even tonight's.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...EFA-declare-suspension-club-competitions.html

Rags game supposedly on.

 

[Boris Becker’s Backhand]

Perhaps if you go on the Tate web site you may be able to view the exhibits .
Not perfect but it may give your daughter "a feeling" for the exhibits .
Good luck .

Nice one pal - absolutely it’s the next best thing to see it online. I suggested that to her when she first mentioned it purely to save myself a few quid ! but she really wanted to see the Warhol paintings in real life.

 

[Proy]

Is the health of the supporters effected by playing behind closed doors vs. not playing at all?

That is such an open question and one that involves a lot of context. To completely stop the threat of this virus impacting everyone in the uk is going to require much more than the cancellation of major sporting events.

Stopping fans attending football fixtures is a way of managing it.

Personally if it goes behind closed doors my feeling is that many supporters will just congregate outside the grounds anyway and in local pubs.

There is a simple solution. Stop the competition

 

[I'm Blue]

Surely if the safest thing to do is to cancel all football (and other sports), then it shouldn’t be the decision of the associated governing bodies, but a decision made by the governments.

 

[The Colonel]

Something weird about that, if WHO are saying one thing, the entire world bracing for it to get worse how can China have beaten it?

Because the rest of the world is about 10 weeks behind China

 

[bobmcfc]

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

The league is playing with fire if they don't cancel the season. If a player gets infected they could face major repercussions for not taking the right decision early on that could have prevented the infection.

They can't carry on with full stadiums in the present crisis. It is just madness. I saw the interview last night with Prof John Ashton, one of the UK's leading public health experts and a Liverpool season-ticket holder. He was scathing about the decision to play the Athletico match at Anfield.The greedy pigs running football need to be brought to book.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

What a mess, and it's actually becoming quite frightening.

This is definitely bigger than football or any other sport.

Everything possible needs to be done to try and stop the spread. Cancel the lot - and that's not just in the hope that the title doesn't end up on Merseyside.

 

[Blueal73]

Surely if the safest thing to do is to cancel all football (and other sports), then it shouldn’t be the decision of the associated governing bodies, but a decision made by the governments.

Totally agree this is not going to get better any time soon. Why put peoples lives at risk unnecessarily it should all be cancelled now.

 

[blueparrot]

Looks like all European Games are off..... even tonight's.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...EFA-declare-suspension-club-competitions.html

Looks like the dail mail is wrong.....again.

Uefa statement on coronavirus: "In the light of the ongoing developments in the spread of COVID-19 across Europe and the changing analysis of the World Health Organisation, UEFA has today invited representatives of its 55 member associations, together with the boards of the European Club Association and the European Leagues and a representative of FIFPro, to attend meetings by videoconference on Tuesday 17 March to discuss European football’s response to the outbreak.

"Discussions will include all domestic and European competitions, including UEFA EURO 2020.

"Further communication will be made following those meetings."

 

[paulchapo]

They can't carry on with full stadiums in the present crisis. It is just madness. I saw the interview last night with Prof John Ashton, one of the UK's leading public health experts and a Liverpool season-ticket holder. He was scathing about the decision to play the Athletico match at Anfield.The greedy pigs running football need to be brought to book.

He was totally correct. 3,000 Madrid fans drinking and socialising in Liverpool, as he said some would be infected.

They should ban all travel between countries in and out until it is on top of, but again cash is king.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

When you say football, do you mean this season or completely?

I can see the money being lost as completely debilitating for some and a knife in the kidney for others

Until which time a vaccine is developed.

As I suggested yesterday, football and sport is going into the deep freeze.

Forget suspension, it will be cancellation.

Our kids will all be home by the end of next week.

This needs to be done.

 

[kaz7]

Thank you for sharing. Beautiful video of a key milestone.

The world owes China a great debt. Their scientists saved a lot of live by sequencing the virus in record time which allowed people the world over to diagnose and hence isolate the virus.

oh marvin

 

[alexmcity]

As we speak, are certain clubs applying pressure to the FA to not suspend football games in England? One club in particular must be absolutely desperate the PL season to continue even if behind closed doors.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

This is definitely bigger than football or any other sport.

Everything possible needs to be done to try and stop the spread. Cancel the lot - and that's not just in the hope that the title doesn't end up on Merseyside.

Oh yes it is :)

 

[TheThirdDeano]

Almost an entire week is an entity for things like this.

chances are it’ll get better, but what if it doesn’t? fucking mentalists putting money before humans again.

 

[Akpowell]

I think the players should have a big say in this, after all its their health that's at risk

 

[birch villa]

Oh yes it is :)

Wud be a bonus tho

 

[rowarta]

from BBC, response from UEFA, meeting next Tuesday.......question why not today

Uefa to hold meeting on 17 March


Uefa statement on coronavirus: "In the light of the ongoing developments in the spread of COVID-19 across Europe and the changing analysis of the World Health Organisation, UEFA has today invited representatives of its 55 member associations, together with the boards of the European Club Association and the European Leagues and a representative of FIFPro, to attend meetings by videoconference on Tuesday 17 March to discuss European football’s response to the outbreak.

"Discussions will include all domestic and European competitions, including UEFA EURO 2020.

"Further communication will be made following those meetings."