Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

[solley attwell]

Now that thought is extremely sad, but we could always organise a game on Mellands with him!

He could come out and play for the champions of England in the community shield as his swansong

 

[nmc]

Pretty obvious isn't it? In 2 weeks we'll know much more about the infection rates, the likely time we'll be effected by this and UEFA will have delayed the Euros potentially allowing summer to fulfill the season.

This will dip I the summer and peak in the winter for a couple of years - simply delaying now to restart in September is not a viable option.. its likely next season will be disrupted by this if it starts again.

 

[domalino]

This will dip I the summer and peak in the winter for a couple of years - simply delaying now to restart in September is not a viable option.. its likely next season will be disrupted by this if it starts again.

That's according to the one model. There's other models predicting 95% of people will get infected in a 9 weeks period.

We just don't know how it's going to play out yet, so suspending things before making permanent cancellation decisions is the obvious way forward.

 

[Akpowell]

It's not hard is it, just scrap the leagues and start a fresh next year

 

[nmc]

candles, vigils, gov.uk petition website ready, need 100,000 to sign up, thats done with 10,000 Norwegians, 1 million Thailanders, the chinese cant vote because their computers have a virus. If it does come to this, we need to get in touch with Putin's lads to sort out the result...

I can have a word with Unite - they learned their returning officer skills from Robert Mugabe.

 

[BlueAnorak]

The only thing that will dip in the summer is the corronavirus rate of increase. Cases will still incerase.

 

[nmc]

http://chng.it/j625xy4dmr
Done and signed

Just looked at that - cant sign that I'd feel like a dipper.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

http://chng.it/j625xy4dmr
Done and signed

That should do it. It’s well know that billion pound industries like the Premier League make decisions based on petitions Well done mate. Hope you get your 100 signatures.

 

[skivitheblue9320]

I can have a word with Unite - they learned their returning officer skills from Robert Mugabe.

Do for me sunshine, all help appreciated….

 

[skivitheblue9320]

That should do it. It’s well know that billion pound industries like the Premier League make decisions based on petitions Well done mate. Hope you get your 100 signatures.

Thanks Didsbury, every little helps!

 

[hello]

Leicester players self isolating so presumably Villa players will have to as well seeing they played on Monday.

Villa were already isolating themselves from Liecester on Monday and adopted the at least 1m away from them at all times that match ;-)

 

[squirtyflower]

I didn't say in UK did I? But let's stick with 10,000 in the UK, anybody worried about that?

Yes, why wouldn’t anyone sane be?
Probably why we offer free flu jabs to vulnerable groups

 

[marco]

A null and void season would mean no promotion which would be very unfair on the championship clubs. Clearly there is no ideal solution. When it comes to identifying the least worst option it could be that the mid table teams, unaffected by relegation or European qualification, would end up as “honest brokers”

just a thought,if football was cancelled then start next season with clubs on the points they have when it was cancelled,so in effect a form of handicap

 

[squirtyflower]

What are they expecting to change on 1 April?

They’re going to tell everyone it was a big hoax?

(PS you have to say that with a Schteeve McClaren accent)

 

[Leveblue]

Now that thought is extremely sad, but we could always organise a game on Mellands with him!

You'll have a job, they've built houses on part of it and whats left is overgrown. The goalposts have gone, and/or the cross-bars have been removed. Mellands is no more, not for football anyway.
Just as a side note, Dave Connor used to work at Mellands, I don't think Alan Ball was with him though ;).

 

[creditunionhero]

That's according to the one model. There's other models predicting 95% of people will get infected in a 9 weeks period.

We just don't know how it's going to play out yet, so suspending things before making permanent cancellation decisions is the obvious way forward.

Really, 95% of the population is about 57million if only 0.1% of them died that would be 570,000 deaths, not much to worry about then. I would rather cancel than risk that.

 

[oakiecokie]

They’re going to tell everyone it was a big hoax?

(PS you have to say that with a Schteeve McClaren accent)

He still holds the City all time game appearances ... Alan Hoaxsssschhhhhhhhhhhhh.

 

[domalino]

Really, 95% of the population is about 57million if only 0.1% of them died that would be 570,000 deaths, not much to worry about then. I would rather cancel than risk that.

If 95% of people who are going to be infected, have been in 9 weeks time then there's almost no one left to infect, mass gatherings aren't dangerous any more.

Also we've already seen South Korea have changed the curve and China has dropped it to the point of not needing temporary hospitals within 6 weeks. We don't know if this is going to be a long, very slow pandemic or a pretty rapid one.


There's absolutely nothing wrong with suspending it for 4 weeks until we know more.

 

[Franny's toilet roll]

Yes, why wouldn’t anyone sane be?
Probably why we offer free flu jabs to vulnerable groups

But we dont cancel events, stop travel, shut down industry or crash financial markets do we? Yet the number of deaths puts corona in the shade. Ps got any bog roll?

 

[r.soleofsalford]

But we dont cancel events, stop travel, shut down industry or crash financial markets do we? Yet the number of deaths puts corona in the shade. Ps got any bog roll?

Havent you got enough of your own.