Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

SouthStandStander said:
Once the players and managers get a vote then its all over in my opinion.
Pep has just lost his mum to Covid. Can't imagine he will be happy at risking his own, his familys or his players lives.
I can see the entire city squad refusing to play. I wouldn't care if they did either. No matter what the consequences are. Life is more important than football
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ive not caught up yet today, is it going for a player vote? if so you can bet your life any club with a chance of getting sucked into relegation will vote against as with those with nothing to gain, i'd estimate that at over 50%,
 
This whole sorry saga by the powers that be to get football started again is really beginning to get right on my tits!!!!!! Just null and void the rest of the bloody season, christ almighty how hard can it be gods sake. Before anyone says they wont help, if I was a religious person I would have stopped praying weeks ago!!!
 
I find this whole concept disgusting. 600+ people still dying a day in this country, almost everything closed, thousands losing their jobs and thousands more teetering on the brink, yet these money grabbing wankers want to force players, officials and everyone else involved in this farce to risk their health to play football.

Aside from the above, which is the most important bit, it's unfair. Teams who had to play away with a hostile home crowd to contend with lose having the same advantage. Football is also a spectator sport, without fans it is a sterile soulless experience. It will also prove to be a nightmare for the police as fans will congregate outside the grounds no matter what the warnings and penalties if they do. Imagine the game that Liverpool will claim the title if they win. Does anyone think they will stop them descending on the venue in their thousands? End this nonsense now.
 
Chappie said:
Instead of talking on here get of you're arses and start lobbying you're MP , you're local councillor the newspapers, radio stations other footbal forums and anyone who will listen
Start a petition to make parliament debate it, all you need is 100000 names
The more noise you make the more people will come on board.
Its up to the public to force it because the powers that be, wont.
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Petition on change.org
https://www.change.org/p/english-premier-league-null-and-void-the-premier-league
 
johnnytapia said:
And they'd still run out of chips.
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I find it difficult to understand why the caterers are being put on standby. If the matches are played behind closed doors, THERE WILL BE NO SPECTATORS ATTENDING in any case! What's the point of them being there in the first place, as there's no one to serve?
File under B for bullshit.
 
paulchapo said:
I find this whole concept disgusting. 600+ people still dying a day in this country, almost everything closed, thousands losing their jobs and thousands more teetering on the brink, yet these money grabbing wankers want to force players, officials and everyone else involved in this farce to risk their health to play football.

Aside from the above, which is the most important bit, it's unfair. Teams who had to play away with a hostile home crowd to contend with lose having the same advantage. Football is also a spectator sport, without fans it is a sterile soulless experience. It will also prove to be a nightmare for the police as fans will congregate outside the grounds no matter what the warnings and penalties if they do. Imagine the game that Liverpool will claim the title if they win. Does anyone think they will stop them descending on the venue in their thousands? End this nonsense now.
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Only this. And of course the Govt (pilloried by many on here) will make the right call again, and say there will be no football until at least the start of the new season. I honestly believe there will be no football until we have either a vaccine or a strong inhibitor
 
55yr old teenager said:
This whole sorry saga by the powers that be to get football started again is really beginning to get right on my tits!!!!!! Just null and void the rest of the bloody season, christ almighty how hard can it be gods sake. Before anyone says they wont help, if I was a religious person I would have stopped praying weeks ago!!!
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It's utter madness. Sheer denial. Desperately trying to conjure up some sort of scenario in which the season can be completed. Hoping something will turn up before they are forced to decide the inevitable.

However they should conserve their energies on this. Because in a couple of months they're going to have to realise that football as the spectator sport we recognise isn't going to resume until season 2021/22.
 
crazyg said:
I find it difficult to understand why the caterers are being put on standby. If the matches are played behind closed doors, THERE WILL BE NO SPECTATORS ATTENDING in any case! What's the point of them being there in the first place, as there's no one to serve?
File under B for bullshit.
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Slicing the oranges up at half time.
 
City Man said:
It's utter madness. Sheer denial. Desperately trying to conjure up some sort of scenario in which the season can be completed. Hoping something will turn up before they are forced to decide the inevitable.

However they should conserve their energies on this. Because in a couple of months they're going to have to realise that football as the spectator sport we recognise isn't going to resume until season 2021/22.
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This is why I was surprised at the number of people who said they are finished with football if it was played behind closed doors.
The world has changed for quite a while
 
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