Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Reported few days ago that you should leave any parcel for up to 72 hours because the virus can hang around longer than thought!

But yeah let’s get football going.

72 hours for a parcel on yer doorstep? Parcels ieft on Bootle doorsteps don't last 72 seconds!

 

[Gordyola]

Will you have to add on the two metres as well ten yards at a free kick? What if you’re no good at maffs?

It’s recommended that the social distancing for those partaking in physical exertion is a minimum of 10m due to the heavier breathing

 

[Fred_Quimby]

I agree with this point of view. Finding it hard to believe what I've just read in the Athletic re: Liverpool's exemplary record of self-policing;
"As The Athletic reported last week, fans groups and experts on football policing have questioned why the police are so convinced football supporters will not respect the social distancing guidelines, and it is understood that several clubs, including likely champions Liverpool, have pointed out they have strong relations with their fans and a good record on policing themselves. "
YCNMIU

Heysel, Hillsborough??

 

[93.20]

Are City-themed face masks available on Aliexpress yet? I'll have a few

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

No ! I mean what use is a wall with
2 metre gaps in !

Ah, well now, as Chief PL Wallah for Project Restart I hadn't pondered that imponderable. I think we will ban all free kicks in the final third except for the defence - much the same way MCFC have been reffed over the last few seasons.

 

[hampshireblue]

scary figures indeed, but their wrong because the infected/recovery percentage is much much higher than those figures say, the true rate is below 2% and there is a lot of margin for error there

Marco,

Maybe you'd like to produce the "correct" figures then. They are not "wrong" because of anything-they are fact and published daily. Without anything else to go on they are correct. Until we know the actual number of people who have or have had the virus then this is the only measure we can rely on

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Are City-themed face masks available on Aliexpress yet? I'll have a few

Liberty are selling face masks with a repeated banana motif!

 

[Marvin]

That's it! All teams to wear EPP - gloves, those welding masks, all in team colours. And then yer could have a fuckin' big sale in the club shop - just in case the second wave comes along.

The PL now warning players that the game will die if they don't agree to play. Wonder how many deaths among the players would the PL regard as acceptable just so long as the game restarted. And they are also suggesting that players don't come face to face - how the fuck are you gonna defend a corner. Perhaps all corners will be goal kicks during CV-19. You can put in place all kinds of 'safety measures' but when it comes to a game of football I do wonder whether those fuckin' goons at the PL have ever played. We may see the dawn of a new sport - non-contact football! Premierball, anyone?

No one can say that any particular activity is 100% risk-free. You take an occupation in it's totality and you start from an understanding of how viral transmission works, and make an overall assessment. I trust someone has done that. Clearly football is not an essential occupation and the government do not benefit greatly from its activity, so I tend to trust that if SAGE say its safe, it is and this is happening across many of the European leagues, and in other sports too.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

It’s recommended that the social distancing for those partaking in physical exertion is a minimum of 10m due to the heavier breathing

Jeez, the fuckin' rooms at Ewing Towers aren't ten metres let alone the beds when I start 'heavy breathin'!

 

[93.20]

Liberty are selling face masks with a repeated banana motif!

https://www.uusoccer.ru/manchester-...eusable-addida-fabric-masks-tools_p14997.html


They are actually available!