Sean Dyche - vaccine for footballers?

[squirtyflower]

The problem I have with the footballers is that because of the greed of the TV companies they are being put at risk far more that myself, this is also going to affect their immediate family members and any bubble they are in.

I don't know about you, but personally I have been following all the guidelines and rules and have basically been living like a hermit since early March last year. I have had two COVID tests one at Wythenshawe Hospital A&E and another at Trafford General prior to an operation I had in Wythenshawe Hospital on the 30th November and thankfully both were negative.

I am in a bubble with my wife and my son who lives on his own about three miles away. I go out for exercise most days and my Sunday paper each week at 7.00am to the local Co-Op when I am usually the only person there at that time. The wife does a weekly shop early doors on a Wednesday at Tesco's Baguley as she is a fair bit younger than me.

The footballers are in the company of upward of 50 people or more for training and matches and whilst they are a lot younger and fitter than I am they are still at a greater risk.

We all have our opinions on the best way forward but this virus doesn't give a toss about any of them.

Any way I trust you and your family members are all keeping well and not going potty with the fact you can not live your normal life, best wishes from a fellow Blue.

Whilst I agree with everything you say, 98% of deaths have occurred in the upper age bracket of 65 plus and people with underlying health issues.
Football isn’t essential IMO and the footballers shouldn’t be put at risk by the greedy people running football, hence there would be no need to be vaccinated unless in the group above.
We all have our crosses to bear.
My wife also needed an operation but the NHS have cancelled it several times so we went private to ensure it was done before Christmas. She has to have another which the NHS have also cancelled twice, but just at consultation level at the moment.
We had to cancel holidays last year, but we did go to Cornwall in September in our self contained motor home. We’ve been in one pub and no restaurants since Wembley in March, and left the pub as it wasn’t safe. Shopping, like you, is done early doors.

My daughter is a teacher and her husband works in an essential construction job. Both have had to carry on working as their employer dictates. They should be way ahead of any footballer for the vaccine.

All the best and keep well.

 

[TonyM]

Also imagine what morons like Mendy, Mitrovic, Lamela, Walker etc. etc. would get up to when they were vaccinated and bored? It would be a PR disaster for football when the inevitable happened.

I'd have no confidence that as a whole footballers would respect their new freedom. Better IMO to stop playing than divert vaccines away from people who are far more likely to die from this.

 

[squirtyflower]

May as well open up the vaccine to bidding then.

The richest can get vaccinated first, and their money can pay for the treatment of everyone that misses out.

It would open the flood gates.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

Dyche is a fucking slug. Inject him with Domestos and see if it works.

 

[Bluesince1979]

How many vaccines are we talking to be able to cover all footballers and staff?

Is it fair to only do the premier League when lower leagues are suffering financially even more?

Is it morally acceptable to know that every younger person who has the vaccine means one less for the more at risk people?

I just can't justify it in my head. I'd rather see a suspension of the season. By late Feb or early March with the most at risk groups vaccinated, we can look at the rest and then for me is when footballers and staff get the nod. The timescales of vaccine development and deployment may be inconvenient for top class sports, but we take what we have and plan accordingly.

I don't particularly blame Dyche for his stance, if I was being forced into more high exposure scenarios then I'd ask too. But the answer is not now, for me.

2000 apparently

 

[Bluesince1979]

It was aimed Dyche not you you silly sausage

;))

 

[MarsLlama]

2000 apparently

A hundred per club? Doesn't sound right...

This whole thing is fucked anyway. According to teachers I know, a huge percentage of kids are still coming into school anyway because everyone and anyone is considered a key worker under the government guidelines. As long as that's allowed to happen this isn't going anywhere. FiL contracted Covid that almost hospitalised him at work, doing a job that isn't remotely essential.

It's not a simple case of "footballers think they're better than everyone else". It's about the regular people- working class people, lots of them- that can and will lose their jobs. And there's plenty of value in entertainment, especially in a world where TV and film have mostly shut down.

 

[domalino]

A hundred per club? Doesn't sound right...

50 per club x 2 doses.

Probably about 30 players, 20 staff.

 

[Celeste]

I don't see why they would need testing when vaccinated NHS workers no longer need to be tested.

NHS workers are still to be tested.

 

[Centurions]

I presumed that football paid for it's testing, guess that's not the case?

Anyway, Dyche is an idiot if he thinks footballers jumping the queue is going to go down well with almost anybody.