Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

The Australian Grand Prix has been called off, two senior Formula 1 sources have told BBC Sport.

Boris says hes considering banning sporting events due to strain on emergency services, not by

chief medical officers advise, which he says would have little impact on the virus situation.
 
The gov't want to get the timing right, they don't think we can maintain restrictions for any longer than 2 weeks at a time. They think we aren't capable of making sensible decisions for ourselves. I like a drink but if the advice is take a 2 month break. I would take a 2 month break.
 
Government announcing that they haven't banned sporting fixtures as there is no scientific data that supports it.

Think the players and clubs will have the final say though.
 
gingerprince said:
The Australian Grand Prix has been called off, two senior Formula 1 sources have told BBC Sport.

Boris says hes considering banning sporting events due to strain on emergency services, not by

chief medical officers advise, which he says would have little impact on the virus situation.
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It seems our medical officers advice is different to everyone else's.
 
Pretty much everyone else is postponing large gathering and sporting events, so we reckon will give a week or two to see just how many can get infected before doing the same? Greeeaaaat
 
Said earlier they wouldn't ban them. It will have to come from the FA or Clubs etc, and player infections. All about the money i am afraid.
 
MCFC1993 said:
Government announcing that they haven't banned sporting fixtures as there is no scientific data that supports it.

Think the players and clubs will have the final say though.
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they are thinking 90 mins and not people packed onto public transport there and back that they could stopand i beg to differ with that advice!
 
I just heard a gov't advisor say mass gatherings aren't a problem, your more likely to become infected only from close contact, I just hope the people sat next to me at these mass gatherings don't pass it on. Would all those attending the Burnley game please give me a metre clearance. Much appreciated.
 
What happened to the post this morning that said all PL games would be behind closed doors and that it would be announced today? Was it in The Times??
 
BigOscar said:
Pretty much everyone else is postponing large gathering and sporting events, so we reckon will give a week or two to see just how many can get infected before doing the same? Greeeaaaat
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Please listen to the statement in full, we are controlling this better than Italy, France and many others.

We are 4 weeks behind Italy due to this, the authorities are doing the right thing here and will continue to. They are managing this the best way according to the scientific advice - including behavioural science.

This is a key point - we don’t want to kick things in too early and have to maintain it for much much longer than we really have to.

More action will slowly be taken at the right time to minimise impact, both on society AND economically, take school closures - if they were closed today the burden of childcare would be place on grandparents and the elderly in the first place which isn’t good.

School closures, event cancellations etc will happen as and when required. The timelines are understood and plans in place and communicated throughout government departments already, that much is clear.

It’s not just keep calm and carry on, it’s keep calm and manage the f#*k out of this.

Flatten the infection rate profile and allow the NHS time to be able to deal with this.
 
paulchapo said:
It is a recipe for disaster. Packed trams, trains, buses, forecourts, what could possibly go wrong?
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True, but most of that is the same for people going to the shops in town. I’m happy for Saturday’s game to be postponed but if that’s going to happen the decision should be made today. The Authorities and the Clubs have enough information not to leave these decisions to the last minute.
 
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