Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

[Corky]

The quarantine only applies to air travel and all you need to do is give an address when you land anyway that you says you are going to stay at.

It is more or less useless.

 

[swinton blue]

How are we going to win it when teams playing us at home are going to have to isolate for 14 days before we play them, and if we play away we'll have to isolate 14 days on return ?

It's utter nonsense that it will get played anytime soon, oh and we aren't even yet through to the 1/4 final.

Something was mentioned in the press that city utd and wolves and Chelsea wont have to self isolate on there return they will relax the rules for football
Again buying testing kits and ppe wholesale prices go up for the nhs. Tests result back in 24 hours while everyone else waits at least 48 and now they can travel abroad without having quarantine.
And this is going to boost the publics morale
Dont make me laugh

 

[cleavers]

No we don't know that. The French are already exempted. I assume UEFA will discuss a solution with member associations in the weeks to come. It's quite possible that the CL is played out in an overseas country as home and away legs are now pretty meaningless.

You keep clinging on to every possible chance of football, despite hundreds continuing to die each day, and thousands still being infected, including professional footballers, eventually the stance of football, will make one of their own seriously ill or dead, but it'll all be worth it to "raise spirits" won't it ?

 

[Marvin]

You keep clinging on to every possible chance of football, despite hundreds continuing to die each day, and thousands still being infected, including professional footballers, eventually the stance of football, will make one of their own seriously ill or dead, but it'll all be worth it to "raise spirits" won't it ?

If the epidemic returns then the chances of football will recede but if it continues to ebb slowly away then I don't see why it can not resume just like many other parts of life. And football, even without fans is one of the better parts of life.

 

[BluechesterCity]

Concerns about PPE costs for the NHS are laughable. The NHS wastes billions through their failed NHS trusts procurement system and has done for decades. Large sections of the NHS aren't actually doing a great deal at the moment all over the country. Hence these ridiculous Tik Tok videos. The hospital near where I live has been dead as a door nail for weeks. Same with private hospitals that are being paid billions by the government to turn away their patients in anticipation of a 'wave' of covid patients that have failed to arrive.

 

[Ardwick Green Blue]

Concerns about PPE costs for the NHS are laughable. The NHS wastes billions through their failed NHS trusts procurement system and has done for decades. Large sections of the NHS aren't actually doing a great deal at the moment all over the country. Hence these ridiculous Tik Tok videos. The hospital near where I live has been dead as a door nail for weeks. Same with private hospitals that are being paid billions by the government to turn away their patients in anticipation of a 'wave' of covid patients that have failed to arrive.

That is a great point about huge swathes of the NHS staff doing fuck all currently. There is a small proportion of front line staff doing a great job but apart from that many don't have any day to day work currently. There is the usual over sentimentality whereby all NHS staff are perceived as selfless angels, even though many aren't actually doing anything right now.

 

[marco]

All eyes to Germany, really. If their R rate is above 1, and one of the bigger teams gets it, they'll have the plug pulled for them. And Germany has handled this 100 times better than we have, and a lot of those clubs will be really fucked in a way a lot of the PL clubs won't be.

exactly this^ after yesterdays speech there is only one way the R is going in the UK and thats north,,id put my house on this re start failing it simply isnt going to happen

 

[marco]

You keep clinging on to every possible chance of football, despite hundreds continuing to die each day, and thousands still being infected, including professional footballers, eventually the stance of football, will make one of their own seriously ill or dead, but it'll all be worth it to "raise spirits" won't it ?

it will be woth it mark my words,the whole nation cant wait to watch Brighton v Norwich behind closed doors

 

[pudge]

it will be woth it mark my words,the whole nation cant wait to watch Brighton v Norwich behind closed doors

Nothing could cheer someone up more after not being able to say goodbye to a loved one than Glenn Murray banging in a penalty in front of a raucous empty stadium to be fair.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

#PremierLeague players will this week be told returning to training and games will be 'safer than going to the supermarket'. That is to reassure players in talks about Project Restart amid fears about their health and safety in the coronavirus pandemic. [
@MirrorFootball

Treat them like they are stupid ,is going shopping a contact sport now

#PremierLeague players believe clubs are engaging in unethical practices to influence them ahead of next week's crucial Project Restart vote. Players have been left with the impression they could benefit from new contracts if they act in clubs' interests now. [
@MailSport

Club have lent on senior professionals, using their dressing-room clout to influence teammates, whether in talks on wage reductions or with regards to players' concerns over Project Restart. [
@MailSport


Boris Johnson and his Government believe it is ‘unlikely’ to be safe to stage events with crowds until a Covid-19 cure is found. They will not even consider it until September at the earliest - and that could be extended even further until a vaccine is discovered. [
@SunSport

Match of the Day is starting to plan for a resumption of the Premier League on June 12. [
@TeleFootball

Match of the Day has been advised to prepare for almost two months of uninterrupted games, including rearranged FA Cup games. The plan is for an initial three-day weekend of matches, from Friday to Sunday, with between two and four midweek rounds. [
@TeleFootball

And there you have it in that last line, get the dips over the line then decide it can't carry on.