Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

[Corky]

Marvin, of course I do not know your personal position, but let's have a hypothetical. Your late twenties, have a good job, a wife and 2 young kids. You go to work on Monday and say good bye to your wife and kids and say, stay safe I'll see you in 5 weeks, as once your in work you have to eat, drink and sleep there. How would you ,and more importantly you wife and kids take it?

Sounds like what cricketers do all the time - that is why some talented players stopped touring.

 

[Marvin]

Marvin, of course I do not know your personal position, but let's have a hypothetical. Your late twenties, have a good job, a wife and 2 young kids. You go to work on Monday and say good bye to your wife and kids and say, stay safe I'll see you in 5 weeks, as once your in work you have to eat, drink and sleep there. How would you ,and more importantly you wife and kids take it?

I wouldn't like it. Just as I wouldn't like it sending the 2 young kids to primary school, or waiting on the platform for a train etc.

 

[Marvin]

What makes the whole thing even more laughable, sky sports have an advert out (mainly featuring footage of Liverpool and united) where the message is.. that football without fans is nothing!!

What should football do then because fans can't go whilst the virus is here?

Most of you are reacting with horror but dealing with the here and now. We're in this like it or not

 

[asahartford1]

I said hate and public and i meant just that,the public will go mad fuelled by front page headlines in the tabloids.it will have a picture of city players.let it go

Ok

 

[give it to gordon]

Never mind how safe/tested etc. the players will be.

If the Prem restarts, Liverpool win it and thousands of dipper fans descend on Anfield, which they absolutely will, regardless of what Liverpool FC or Merseyside Police say.

Officially, 1 in around 330 people in Liverpool have had or do have Coronavirus and about a quarter have died from it. You can bet that number is significantly higher than that in reality but using the official number, that would mean if 50,000 people turned up at Anfield to celebrate their team winning the league, conservatively, around 100 of them (discounting those who have recovered) will have Coronavirus and will 100% pass it on to at least 20 more people whom are well within 2 metres of them.

100 infected becomes 2,000 in the space of a couple of hours of which circa 500 will statistically die from it.

Why is the restart even being debated???

Void it. Stay Home. Save Lives.

It's that simple.

if football has to restart this season should Liverpool fans ignore the governments advice and mass in their 1000's than the premier league have to give Liverpool a huge fine and perhaps dock points. Even take the title of them and relegate them !!! I can always dream ;)

 

[cleavers]

Marvin, of course I do not know your personal position, but let's have a hypothetical. Your late twenties, have a good job, a wife and 2 young kids. You go to work on Monday and say good bye to your wife and kids and say, stay safe I'll see you in 5 weeks, as once your in work you have to eat, drink and sleep there. How would you ,and more importantly you wife and kids take it?

.....and in those 5 weeks, he caught it, became seriously ill, and died without them even having a chance to see him again ?

 

[blue corby]

Another player from the Spanish league has been tested positive and is in isolation for 14 days . He plays for Granada , midfielder Yangel Herrera , a former youngster who was on loan to City at some time apparently.

 

[Gray]

Neutral venues not going to happen with three teams already against it. Restarting with games at home stadiums behind closed doors is a complete no no. The Government should stop pissing about and coming up with tripe about improving moral, just tell those in charge of the game that the season is over and the next one is not going to start on time either.

Frankly with this lovely weather I am actually missing the cricket more.

 

[Briggs1969]

Not bad for the Guardian: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/pre...ill-come-crashing-down/ar-BB13Pg3t?li=BBoPWjP you know which two teams are in the first couple of images?

 

[urban genie]

What should football do then because fans can't go whilst the virus is here?

Most of you are reacting with horror but dealing with the here and now. We're in this like it or not

If football cannot come back for players or fans until a vacine, then so be it.

That is how it will have to be

I can live 18 months without football if that saves even just one life