Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

[johnmcfcagain]

Yes, standing apart at the coin toss and no hand shaking when teams come out is just pointless window-dressing. Although I would support the media having to be sprayed with some nasty germ-killing spray and not being allowed any food, drink or toilets.

 

[Franny's toilet roll]

It’s more to do with how it effects the young not much and the old and the vulnerable who have been in lock down for 3 months.

Yeah but there's been a fair spread of age groups out and about plus a significant amount of BAME, and they will be mixing with their own families & friends, so it's a fair test of how contagious it is , who knows, there so many opinions on it now

 

[asahartford1]

I run on farmland and with the exception of flies getting in my mouth I just don't feel the need to. I understand their reasons for it but the actual act can be controlled.

I am sure that if they were going for a jog on your farmland they wouldn't need to spit.
But as a professional footballer when a green canary enters the throat or the nasal passage, it is not returning to its nest. It has got to get out and earn a living.

 

[johnmcfcagain]

I am sure that if they were going for a jog on your farmland they wouldn't need to spit.
But as a professional footballer when a green canary enters the throat or the nasal passage, it is not returning to its nest. It has got to get out and earn a living.

I understand that elite athletes suffer from a form of asthma brought on by excessive exercise (not a problem I have ever experienced) or at least that is what certain cyclists and runners investigated for drug taking have claimed. It is a claim not without foundation and may explain the spitting. I have felt the need to spit in the past during a decent run in cold weather.

 

[crazyg]

Don't know if it's been asked, but do the officials check to see whether the players have washed their hands before going on the pitch?

 

[johnmcfcagain]

Don't know if it's been asked, but do the officials check to see whether the players have washed their hands before going on the pitch?

I understand that it's part of the Premier League's Operation Restart Protocol that the Referee's Assistant has to sing Happy Birthday to You whilst each player washes their hands.

 

[johnmcfcagain]

Not sure, given his infamous photograph with Vinnie Jones, that Paul Gascoigne would be any good at this social distancing malarkey.

 

[richardtheref]

Don't know if it's been asked, but do the officials check to see whether the players have washed their hands before going on the pitch?

That would be a no. I know an assistant ref in the pl and they have received no notifications at all of any additional duties. Indeed, he still has no idea when or where his 1st game is and what time they are expected to arrive in the ground etc

 

[crazyg]

Not sure, given his infamous photograph with Vinnie Jones, that Paul Gascoigne would be any good at this social distancing malarkey.

Didn't that picture lead to a famous quote on the National Lottery?

"Release those big money Balls!"

 

[kaz7]

I guess they haven't clocked on how stupid they are coming over as. Quite embarrassing reaaly

Here is some more


The two teams will not emerge from the same tunnel at the same time to enter the field. Players will also be keeping a distance from the media - the 'amber zone' at stadiums will include media and club executives, who won’t require virus testing.

(Letting anyone in without a test is a nonsense if they want to keep it as stringent as the profess to do)

#PremierLeague teams are being encouraged to travel across England on the day of the game - ideally by plane - rather than staying in hotels. In some cases, teams will also arrive at stadiums on two buses to maintain social distancing

#PremierLeague players will be asked where possible to maintain social distancing - staying 2 meters apart - in dressing rooms, entering the field, during warm-ups and in goal celebrations

(Have the dressing rooms suddenly got bigger,walking on the pitch and in the warm up but then ok to play)

Only 110 people will be allowed in the 'red zone' around the field of play at #PL grounds, and will be required to have returned a negative COVID-19 test in the previous five days as part of a medical passport that will see a bar code scanned before they can enter

(There is no such thing as a medical passport,certainly not based on a test four or five days ago)

Included within this 110 people are players, coaches, medical staff, match officials, pitch technicians and Hawk-eye personnel for goal-line and video replay technology. [
@RobHarris


Sorry about the source