Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Tim of the Oak]

I will watch it do I think it right ? No.
Do I think it's right making them to play football every 3 days ? No.
But the players union dont seem to have a problem with the treatment of their members.
Do I like the xbox crowd ? No



I dont really enjoy the games part of me thinks if you have to be tested every other day just to play sport when frontline works arent is that right ?

The reality is Gordon is that the Clubs face the majority of their expenditure but very little of their income if Leagues were suspended, whilst hardly any players have become very ill from Covid. (Btw the players of the damned Leeds Utd took hefty pay cuts so safeguard jobs and wages of non playing staff. Ours didn’t but that’s another story).

I know some fans on here don’t like football any more but tell you the truth, I was thrills with City’s thumping win at the swamp to give the King of the Kippax the send off he deserved. I was too anxious to watch the game in full so I had to check the score every now and then lol.

 

[give it to gordon]

There’s almost a conspiracy of silence over football. Blatant breaches every match. I even saw Mahrez gobbing on the floor before walking out for the derby match. Even the fact it was Old Trafford doesn’t excuse it ;)

Seriously though, are commenters on a 3-line whip from the media, I wonder?

I saw Marhez do that in the tunnel and thought 'what the f**k some little minion will need to disinfect that astroturf. All joking aside about it being old trafford. Marhez should have been pulled up over it perhaps even fined. As should all players.
When you see players just gobbing everywhere, there is no way all the gob can be cleaned up.
I thought gobbing was meant to be banned during the pandemic.

 

[sir baconface]

I saw Marhez do that in the tunnel and thought 'what the f**k some little minion will need to disinfect that astroturf. All joking aside about it being old trafford. Marhez should have been pulled up over it perhaps even fined. As should all players.
When you see players just gobbing everywhere, there is no way all the gob can be cleaned up.
I thought gobbing was meant to be banned during the pandemic.

Pretty disgusting, to be honest. You and I saw it but nobody in authority or in the Press?

 

[Bluesince1979]

There’s almost a conspiracy of silence over football. Blatant breaches every match. I even saw Mahrez gobbing on the floor before walking out for the derby match. (Not that I’m singling him out deliberately.)

Seriously though, are commenters on a 3-line whip from the media, I wonder?

I was thinking when watching the lads go into that huddle after beating the red bastards that the players should be really encouraged to social distance, a fist bump rather than a hug.
rightly or wrongly, footballers set a huge example, specially to the young, and shouldnt be hugging each other when most cant even hug there own mum

 

[Toney’s bookie]

If they ever get a league team they might take over the answer for the notorious quiz question as to which pro football ground is closest to the River Mersey. Which the world and its cat guesses Everton or Liverpool and gets wrong (as It is actually Stockport - not in Merseyside either but ON the Mersey!)

You’d get this one wrong HP! County is no longer a pro ground ;-)

 

[give it to gordon]

The reality is Gordon is that the Clubs face the majority of their expenditure but very little of their income if Leagues were suspended, whilst hardly any players have become very ill from Covid.

I know some fans on here don’t like football any more but tell you the truth, I was thrills with City’s thumping win at the swamp to give the King of the Kippax the send off he deserved. I was too anxious to watch the game in full so I had to check the score every now and then lol.

Now that's how I am in normal times to scared to watch lol.
But football at the minute doesnt do much for me and can take it or leave it.
I am not emotionally engaged with it, I cant go to watch, no fans,
If City had lost to utd i really wouldnt have been bothered ( cant believe I just wrote that ! ).
Football could be stopped at any minute, the league, cups, promotion, relegation could all be decided on which teams have been hit the least by covid19. That's not sport that's a lottery.

By all means have a round robin league etc but that's not kid ourselves it's the premier league, with a premier league title being awarded to someone ;)

 

[blueparrot]

Okay this may or may not slip, but think it probably won’t and wouldn’t be surprised if they get ahead. Either way sounds good news

Every adult will be offered a Covid-19 vaccine by the autumn, Health Secretary Matt Hancock says.

He adds that this will be "according to need", with the most vulnerable offered a vaccine first.

Over the last week, he says, the UK has vaccinated around two million people - more people than it did in the entirety of December.

The exact figures will be published tomorrow, he adds.

 

[HolisticJim]

My workmates 6 off us had to get tested yesterday 4 of us went to the one were you get results within the hour. 2 went to the 'wrong' test place which can tack longer.
Just send the WhatsApp group chat and the manager isn't happy as they might miss Monday work waiting for the results.
Yes they went to the wrong place but missing one day in the middle of winter is no big problem, just means the towns xmas lights are a day late coming down and no one should be in the town to complain anyway!
Management seem more worried about a missed day work than us being negative.

Think I need to change job !!

I won't say where I work but we have a new essential store which we have purchased. It starts with us tomorrow and all of the staff will Tupe over to us.

II'm told to go and make sure every actually shows up for work.
Personally i think this is against the rules as it isn't an emergency or anything but I'm a key worker and so it's my intention to count everyone in and return home.
Our management would like us to join a video call from the store and get everyone in a room to see the screen so they can be greet our new employees. This call will take place several hours later.

They are telling me this at which point I stop them to clarify.... "Against government legislation you want me to drive to a store around 40 minutes away from my house, go into a room with around 10 other people, wait there for several hours so that you can, from the safety of your home, say hello to these people???"

Yes, that's what they want me to do. I refuse. It kicks off and I'm told that I must do it or else.
I refuse and inform them that my former partner is shielding and I'm sharing the childcare responsibilities, she could die and what for???? So they can say hello to some people in a shop.
I then received a carefully worded email confirming that I need to attend and given instructions for joining the video call.

I'm going to go, count the people and leave. I'll have to deal with the fallout.

My company are absolutely unimpressed by this.

Flabbergasted how some people are not taking this seriously and putting lives at risk. Basically threatening my livelihood because I don't want to die and leave my kids without a dad!!

 

[give it to gordon]

Pretty disgusting, to be honest. You and I saw it but nobody in authority or in the Press?

Perhaps I am just getting to old and bitter, but I feel sorry for people that have to clean up behind thoughtless people.
When I have to do litter picking I hate it I have never drop litter in my life.
I need to retire;)

 

[117 M34]

Bluntly, I wish they'd cancelled football completely. Football without fans is completely pointless, as well as creating a false sense of normality.

It's not the same as being there of course but looking forward to watching the football twice a week and having something positive to think about is really helping me