Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

[Stoned Rose]

Look they could always let the fans back into the ground by doing what they are doing in Hungary. There must be 3 empty seats between each person on a row, and no one can sit directly behind or either to the left or the right on the row in front or behind.

Emptihad always be like that ;)

 

[asahartford1]

I think the Bundesliga broke all their records for viewers on the first run of games, not sure about the ones just gone. People will watch, it will just be shit though as has been the Budesliga games. Don't know how anyones sat through watching them tbh.

How do you know they were shit?

 

[denislawsbackheel]

a huge second spike of the virus would change everything again I assume ?

Not necessarily.
Just a continual drip of positive tests among players should do it.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Money talks blues and it talks loudest.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Can't wait to see how many last minute penalties the dippers get under these "non contact" rules.

 

[Boris Becker’s Backhand]

I think that covers it.

Over the last 20 yrs the self same broadcasters you are criticising have relentlessly peddled the myth that sport is primarily entertainment and the armchair masses and less partisan modern match goers have fallen for it.

Top sportsmen want the money that goes with big crowds and millions of tv viewers but they’d do it for nothing, they love the competition, the testing yourself against another guy who also dedicated his whole life to being good at a sport.

Supporters are irrelevant

 

[sh249]

No issue whatsoever with the PL actively looking to restart once conditions are safe to do so. But this feels unnecessarily premature.
It would have been much more sensible to embrace the usual rhythm of our competitions, cancel this season, and put proper plans in place for starting again in late August/early September if possible.
But money is money, and only money talks.

 

[give it to gordon]

Is the reason for not making the season null n void because clubs have spent the tv money before producing the goods ? Wouldnt that be against the premier leagues ffp ?

 

[manimanc]

Can't wait to see how many last minute penalties the dippers get under these "non contact" rules.

Salah and mane should have clean kits til the end of the season.

 

[give it to gordon]

June 20 agreed to restart.

So I guess that means the virus is over , fans back , pubs open, no more 2 metres, all back at work.




Not interested in football at all at the moment