Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

[johnmcfcagain]

Democracies function on citizens making sensible decisions. Give people the benefit of the doubt, youngsters know to stay away from the old and the infirm. Nanny state doesn’t work. Lockdown served its purpose, now trust the population to behave sensibly

 

[johnmcfcagain]

Oh Boris, you've let yourself down mate. Sensible decisions and yoof are not common bedfellows. Well, they weren't when I was a yoof.

 

[the talisman]

Democracies function on citizens making sensible decisions. Give people the benefit of the doubt, youngsters know to stay away from the old and the infirm. Nanny state doesn’t work. Lockdown served its purpose, now trust the population to behave sensibly

Really? Worst per capita death rate in the world.
I’m not arguing against the lockdown but the response by the UK has been a complete shambles, far too little too late.

 

[johnmcfcagain]

Really? Worst per capita death rate in the world.
I’m not arguing against the lockdown but the response by the UK has been a complete shambles, far too little too late.

Harsh but true. Like to keep it light and apolitical myself but the facts don't lie.

 

[Boris Becker’s Backhand]

Oh Boris, you've let yourself down mate. Sensible decisions and yoof are not common bedfellows. Well, they weren't when I was a yoof.

You’ll always have a minority of dullards but generally speaking people are decent and they won’t want to put people at risk

 

[Boris Becker’s Backhand]

Really? Worst per capita death rate in the world.
I’m not arguing against the lockdown but the response by the UK has been a complete shambles, far too little too late.

I’m a Tory thru and thru but our response has been shocking from start to finish. That said, lockdown has brought the situation to manageable proportions so going forward if we can effectively target hotspots things are hopefully looking ok

 

[johnmcfcagain]

You’ll always have a minority of dullards but generally speaking people are decent and they won’t want to put people at risk

I really want to agree with that as a sentiment - and hope that your positive view is correct - but I think there is at least a sizeable minority who do not behave as responsibly as you and I would wish.

 

[Ted_Bovis]

This actually makes things worse for me from a purely political standpoint.

If a private company can be found to do tests for the PL then what the fuck were the Govt doing in not co-opting them into helping them test the rest of the country for the virus from the off.

The PL is not a special case, especially when there are more dead than can fit in a lot of PL stadiums.

Think about that, the amount who have died would fill Stamford Bridge and the PL big wigs think restarting the PL is the right thing to do.

I’m not disagreeing with the ridiculousness of the restart. I think that unfortunately if you have money you can get what you want, when you want. Even the coronavirus won’t change that.

 

[Boris Becker’s Backhand]

I really want to agree with that as a sentiment - and hope that your positive view is correct - but I think there is at least a sizeable minority who do not behave as responsibly as you and I would wish.

Totally man I share your concern but I honestly think the dafties make up a small enough proportion to enable us to expect a positive outcome

 

[the talisman]

Harsh but true. Like to keep it light and apolitical myself but the facts don't lie.

Nothing political about it. We have a right wing government here as well, but the difference was they listened to the science and acted early and decisively.
We’ve had 102 deaths in a nation of 25 million.