Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

[blue b4 the moon]

Government would be immune from prosecution on the basis that they'd be acting in a wider public interest. That Dipper 10 billion petition will fall of deaf ears.

Exactly that's why I think UEFA are sitting back a bit.

 

[Blue Smarties]

we have recently played in madrid, so could be us.

It's Leicester.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Rogers has just announced 3 Leicester players are in self-isolation

PL needs to be stopped tonight.

 

[kaz7]

We played them on the 22nd..

Over 2 weeks ago though

 

[Blue Smarties]

Even Sane will be fit when the rearranged fixtures come out

He could be a Bayern player then too!

 

[Eccles Blue]

So now some Leicester players are showing signs of the Covid19 virus and are self isolating!! The momentum grows!

 

[jayfx]

Bullshit if true. Nobody wants that. You’ve got managers and players everywhere saying they don’t want to play in empty stadiums and would rather not play at all. The only option is to suspend the league entirely and then make the decision on how to move forward in the summer. Have they considered what they’re going to do when players here get it and entire teams have to go into isolation? Are they going to ask teams to play multiple times a week when the fixtures pile up straight after an isolation period almost guaranteeing injury? They’ll be legal claims everywhere from teams who miss out/get relegated claiming unfair advantages.

Suspended it would be the sensible option and would suit the fans the most. But the fans and sense aren't paramount, money is. The decision makers at The PL and UEFA will be shitting themselves at the thought of the financial impacts of Corona.

 

[Phil1]

we have recently played in madrid, so could be us.

It'd make sense with the Mendy rumour as well. You can imagine him jumping in the Madrid changing room after the game wanting selfies then running through the basketball courts pretending he's a harlem globetrotter. Classic Mendy that, wee character that he is.

 

[paulchapo]

It's nuts. These outbreaks are going to pop up all over causing utter chaos. It just needs suspending right now.

 

[Plain Speaking]

Accept that, but how many people have died in this country or others from 'standard flu' so far this winter? And we have done nothing about that apart from issue free flu vaccines. Why isn't that being reported? Every year 70k-100k die from flu and we do bugger all in comparison . I accept my view is over simplistic but I refuse to be scared or panicked by most of the shit that's being peddled

There are vaccines available for most of the common flu types though. I am not trying to scare or panic people but it is a real threat to elderly people with underlying health conditions, it's twice as contagious as flu, and currently there's no vaccine. I am trying to carry on pretty much as normal but with more hand washing. Authorities sometimes have to take the bigger overview to protect the most vulnerable.