Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

[jimmygrimblesboots]

My mood will change when people have stopped dying from this virus, our NHS are safe in their job. On a selfish note when after a weeks hard work I can drop the roof and drive through the country side.

Playing football in the middle of all this shit we have at the moment is more likely to make more angry

GITG , you keep on mentioning your little mazda convertible , are you sure you havent got a part time job as a hairdresser :)

 

[MillisleBlue]

The money grabbing nature of the premier league machine is in full display here. This season is never going to be considered legitimate regardless of whether they finish it or not now. Let’s say they do get games on late May/June behind closed doors as planned. Firstly no fans makes it nothing but a business choice and not a football decision so any claim is for the legitimacy of the game is total and utter bullshit. and then the overflow into next season is going to ruin that too. They’ll be a limited pre season and whilst they’ve had a good rest now and won’t impact them immediately it’s going to catch up with them further down the line, next season will have to flow into the summer when they’ll be a euro’s to play too and then the following season is when schedules will be squashed to accommodate the ridiculous winter World Cup. Finishing this season basically means players get no rest and major disruption for the next 3 years.

No doubt corporate greed comes in many forms but a particularly pernicious and nasty variety has been slowly but surely ruining football since 1992. An orchestrated propaganda campaign is just another form of bullying and intimidation on behalf of the red scousers who, no matter what happens, must win the league. Gotta keep all those greedy pigs fed.

 

[give it to gordon]

GITG , you keep on mentioning your little mazda convertible , are you sure you havent got a part time job as a hairdresser :)

Dam my secret is out ;) I am not a hairdresser ! But I am missing driving Oliver through the lanes and stopping for a pub lunch ...more than football lolol

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

The subterfuge used to try and gain support ("It will lift the nation" and "This will be a lifeline to the smaller clubs") for continuing with the season is all rather unedifying. This is purely down to the self-interest of some football clubs, sports broadcasters, the press (who seem to think it will lead to more clicks to their websites and people buying more papers) and the fans of certain clubs. I will certainly will not be watching any PL match whilst the crisis continues. It is clear who is pushing this agenda as there are rarely any references to the importance of continuing with the FA Cup and Champions League, 'otherwise it would be a disaster for football'.

I have no issue with Leeds United, but due to the arrogance of their fans ("If the season is void this is a travesty as we were dead certs to get promoted. We will take legal action as it is unfair" - in the context of thousands of people dying each week), I genuinely hope they miss out.

With the amount of lobbying via the press, especially in the last week or so, this could be due to some parties wanting the season voiding. Maybe some clubs and possibly a significant number of players. You can understand the players having an issue with it. For example, De Bruyne's missus is heavily pregnant. During a pandemic, I doubt he would want to go to the training ground or play matches and then return home to the family. I also doubt he would want to be separated for them for several weeks.

Another thing that has irritated me....players were under a lot of pressure to make a financial contribution. Unfairly so, in my view. Now they are potentially being asked to accept health risks to themselves and their families in order to 'lift the nation'. If I was a footballer, my reaction to being asked to play would be to tell the football authorities authorities to stick it.

Great post , as for the players refusing to play , maybe little fatty Gordon Taylor at the PFA should earn some of his ridiculous pay packet and stand up for the players rights , the PFA should simply tell UEFA and the Premier league that the players are not willing to risk their lives to line UEFA's and others pockets.

 

[give it to gordon]

Great post , as for the players refusing to play , maybe little fatty Gordon Taylor at the PFA should earn some of his ridiculous pay packet and stand up for the players rights , the PFA should simply tell UEFA and the Premier league that the players are not willing to risk their lives to line UEFA's and others pockets.

What ever happen to militant unions , we would strike if the canteen ran out of tea !

 

[asahartford1]

Fuck are vapour plumes?!

Snorted snot and projected goss

 

[Franny's toilet roll]

Fuck are vapour plumes?!

You're obviously not keeping up with the science .When you exhale you emit what is known as a 'breath'' but it ain't fresh air . If you have the dreaded lurgy it will contain micro particles of Covid - 19.
If you are an athlete and you are training you will breath out harder and also breath in more air. Your breath will travel further when your working hard. You'll also be gulping in shed loads ( a scientific term) of air deep into your lungs. If any of our players has the virus , from say a prostitute or a mate at a recent house party he's been to , there'll be virus spores all round the training arena . If you are out for a walk and a runner passes you at 2m it aint far enough, likewise cyclists. When i was playing football or training, occasionally i would like to gob some spittle , or a 'grawl' on the floor,. i imagine that would have to be forbidden , just in case.
Vapour Plumes the new catchphrase

 

[Dannyblue52]

My mood will change when people have stopped dying from this virus, our NHS are safe in their job. On a selfish note when after a weeks hard work I can drop the roof and drive through the country side.

Playing football in the middle of all this shit we have at the moment is more likely to make more angry

It makes me angry too. My brother has the virus and I was told if he died my family cannot attend the funeral as there are more than ten of us.Fortunately he is slowly recovering.Yet it will be ok for 22 players to get together in a penalty area from corners!
How do the poor people that couldn’t attend their loved ones funerals think about this?
Not only that, I have not read anywhere that relatives will get any help towards funeral costs.
Even NHS workers who died treating others have not had a penny offered by this government towards funeral costs.
The government and sporting bodies should hang their heads in shame if they allow games to go on.

 

[kaz7]

Every day in the briefing the scientists ram home that we cannot let the R number go above 1 because then the infection will spread fast again,we are not even sending kids to school even though they are not the main problem

There is no way they can keep that as a credible reason for social distancing if they let football come back any time soon

 

[kaz7]

Can we not bash the BBC please we will probably miss it when its replaced by Fox despite the fact its been very Bias (probably not in the way you think) But its not driving the return of football thats Sky BT and the Government who want the tax money and feel good factor.

I despite reservations I think football will have to return fairly soon but of course behind closed doors perhaps for a very long time.

Listening to talksport Simon Jordan cannot stand him think he is wrong all the time he was talking about lower down clubs needing government loans with conditions attached on wages debt community outreach youth development etc. I think the idea is perhaps not terrible but politically not going to happen more likely more more games further up the table on TV with some of the money paid to lower league clubs

Simon Jordan was worried about the spitting sweeting and contact element of sport He spun some of the figures tho completely ignored the fact players are lot fitter younger healthier than normal people. Also seemed to be implying that because Germany had a lot of people with the disease and lot of people in hospital it was suddenly going to have it really bad despite the fact they have dealt with it better than most have an amazing health system more testing which alters their figures and they have of course had a lockdown like us in fact more severe and went earlier on it which has flatted their curve just like we have started to do so

Also he did not understand the proposal to bring back football seemed to think it would be brought back behind closed door on free TV to stop us going to the pubs but that it would not stop us going to the pub. Its actually suggested that it will be brought back behind closed doors on Free TV to stop people who do not have sky going round to the houses of people who do. The pubs wont be open at the beginning anyway. He did ask how BBC ITV etc would pay for it which I guess is valid but they do pay for some sport and the BBC is ultimately funded by the government who have more money than Sky etc besides what would the existing rights holders and clubs do if the government made them give games away for free the government could just say fine no games full stop behind closed doors or otherwise

Fit healthy people with no symptoms are spreading the virus