Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

True_Blue69 said:
What has PPE got to do with it? You're just picking a random topic where there is an issue and linking it to football.

Football clubs have their own medical staff, not impacting the NHS in any way and if they can purchase manufactured testing devices what is the issue?
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Surely you are on a wind-up?

By holding games the chances of infection are increased it’s been estimated that up to 300 people are required to put on a game, will they all be housed in hotels? Will the hotel staff have to stay in the hotels during the duration of the event? The testing kits and PPE are in short supply and should be reserved for essential workers that includes delivery drivers, supermarket workers etc they are far more essential than those required to host a football tournament You speak of workers in the football industry, why do you think these workers are different to those in any other industry? The travel and hospitality industry, which will be absolutely devastated by the pandemic
 
Jogon 127 said:
Does it matter? It’s their choice.....same way if people leave the match early it’s up to them, nobody else’s business is It?
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no,i think problem is- we all expect next season behind closed doors with some expert planing it is doable and we will put up with that and some will purchase the games, but what we dont like his having this game brought back while folk are dying in their hundreds
 
marco said:
i dont think he understands,his posts are very bizare
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I obviously understand more about how many people football clubs employ that aren't match day staff and could lose their jobs.

My point is if it's safe to do so, why shouldn't they play. I'm not saying they should take valuable NHS assets. It's more towards the 'football shouldn't be played without fans brigade'. If there is no football without fans, there will be no football to go back to. I'm not saying start next week, I'm saying start when deemed safe by the government.
 
Gordyola said:
Surely you are on a wind-up?

By holding games the chances of infection are increased it’s been estimated that up to 300 people are required to put on a game, will they all be housed in hotels? Will the hotel staff have to stay in the hotels during the duration of the event? The testing kits and PPE are in short supply and should be reserved for essential workers that includes delivery drivers, supermarket workers etc they are far more essential than those required to host a football tournament You speak of workers in the football industry, why do you think these workers are different to those in any other industry? The travel and hospitality industry which will be absolutely devastated by the pandemic
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That is my whole point, would you be saying the same if the travel and hospitality industries were given the green light to resume their businesses but under a different model? I'm not saying football should be given more priority than others, it seems everyone is saying it should be given less.
 
City Man said:
Indeed. What should be happening is that the stakeholders in football (broadcasters, sponsors, wealthy owners, supporters) should be formulating an 18 month financial plan to ensure the survival of football clubs at all levels in the game. In short a redistribution of wealth.

Supporters? Our financial contribution is as paying customers. Enough of this "done with football" stuff. If the sort of approach above is taken then we as supporters and our wallets should wholeheartedly commit to coming back in droves when that becomes possible.

A lot of people have wondered when or if the billions bubble that is football would burst. Well it just has only in a totally unexpected way. Time now for a reset.
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You need to add players to that list. They need to be part of the financial plan to make it all work.

Clubs could also agree zero transfers this summer
 
True_Blue69 said:
I obviously understand more about how many people football clubs employ that aren't match day staff and could lose their jobs.

My point is if it's safe to do so, why shouldn't they play. I'm not saying they should take valuable NHS assets. It's more towards the 'football shouldn't be played without fans brigade'. If there is no football without fans, there will be no football to go back to. I'm not saying start next week, I'm saying start when deemed safe by the government.
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i think the best thing is they plan for next season,expert planing and people will purchase the games,we will know more about where we stand in august,people simply and me included dont want this going on while there is a rolling 600 a day dying,its just not right,thats my opinion and prob 95% on here,those staff at city would be better staying at home and the club doctors putting an input into the NHS and all the equipment they have going back into the system to help people out,its 9 games and somewhere in the chain it will cost a life via infection its just not worth it
 
True_Blue69 said:
That is my whole point, would you be saying the same if the travel and hospitality industries were given the green light to resume their businesses but under a different model? I'm not saying football should be given more priority than others, it seems everyone is saying it should be given less.
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YOU CANT PLAY FOOTBALL AND BE SOCIALLY DISTANT.
 
True_Blue69 said:
Not on the pitch. But if clubs buy their own testing apparatus and conduct testing by their own medical team every day, do they need to social distance? People aren't social distancing every day in supermarkets and leaving their germs everywhere, where's the outcry about them
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Football isn't exactly classed as essential is it?
 
True_Blue69 said:
Would you all be saying the same if it was pubs or restaurants planning how they can reopen? Why is it open season on football all of a sudden, every business in the world wants to get back up and running why shouldn't football or any sport for that matter. Do we stop football in a bad flu year where 20k can die?

Businesses and tens of thousands of jobs are at stake if football matches don't get played. People starting petitions to stop them from playing, what's that about?

Why not start a petition to close supermarkets or tubes where there is hell of a lot more risk than 22 people coming I to close contact with eachother.

If the government says it's safe under their proposals to play then it should start again. No fans will be at any sport for the next 12 months or so that's the way it is. Rather have some sport to watch than none.
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I think you are struggling to understand the difference between a bad flu year and a global pandemic.
 
Scenario, the season continues, Training starts, players have to be massaged pre & post training, and game playing, who manages their strain, sprains, injuries, this means a masseuse has to put their hands on them, and you can’t massage with plastic gloves on, close contact or other, how is this going to be managed and the lesser point of stopping players picking up injuries...
 
True_Blue69 said:
That is my whole point, would you be saying the same if the travel and hospitality industries were given the green light to resume their businesses but under a different model? I'm not saying football should be given more priority than others, it seems everyone is saying it should be given less.
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Most people see football and all other sports as being not essential and towards the bottom of the list when it comes to resuming I believe that most sports people feel the same
 
The Premier League's bottom teams will make a last-ditch bid to get the season cancelled. [
@DExpress_Spor

The Emirates, Etihad and London Stadium will be among 'up to ten' neutral venues if the Government allows the Premier League to continue from June 12th. Around 40,000 coronavirus tests for players and staff would also be needed amid the Covid-19 pandemic. [
@MartinLipton

Sporting authorities are considering playing all football in England's top-four leagues in front of empty stadiums until May 2021. [
@MartinLipton

More than one Premier League club feels the current campaign should end as the obstacles to resumption in mid-June are simply too great. The main concern is whether playing on would put the health of players, staff and, their families at risk. [
@guardian_sport

The PFA has made it plain that the safety of players is its overriding concern; it will not contemplate putting them in harm's way. Some players want the union to make a stand on their behalf. [
@guardian_sport

The Premier League's big six have warned that voting to cut short the campaign could lead to next season being scrapped as well, as a major split emerged. Up to 10 clubs are threatening to vote against a resumption in a ballot that could be held as early as Friday. [
@MailSport
 
karen7 said:
The Premier League's bottom teams will make a last-ditch bid to get the season cancelled. [
@DExpress_Spor

The Emirates, Etihad and London Stadium will be among 'up to ten' neutral venues if the Government allows the Premier League to continue from June 12th. Around 40,000 coronavirus tests for players and staff would also be needed amid the Covid-19 pandemic. [
@MartinLipton

Sporting authorities are considering playing all football in England's top-four leagues in front of empty stadiums until May 2021. [
@MartinLipton

More than one Premier League club feels the current campaign should end as the obstacles to resumption in mid-June are simply too great. The main concern is whether playing on would put the health of players, staff and, their families at risk. [
@guardian_sport

The PFA has made it plain that the safety of players is its overriding concern; it will not contemplate putting them in harm's way. Some players want the union to make a stand on their behalf. [
@guardian_sport

The Premier League's big six have warned that voting to cut short the campaign could lead to next season being scrapped as well, as a major split emerged. Up to 10 clubs are threatening to vote against a resumption in a ballot that could be held as early as Friday. [
@MailSport
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that last paragraph indicates its going to get tasty
 
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