Pembers

Went to get tested today here in New Zealand. Me and partner have been symptom free since we got here but picked up a mate today and he had a cough so thought we'd all get checked out. 3 hour queue for the drive through but we overheard a worker say there was no queue for the walk in so we ditched the car and were seen to in 20 minutes. Filled out a form and had a chat with the nurses and they said we weren't going to get the test because supplies and time are low and they're reserving it for the people who are showing multiple symptoms which is fair enough, they assured us that we were all most likely fine. Some people were getting pretty irate at queuing for 3 hours to not get tested.

The nurse in charge mentioned that we should come back next week if we developed symptoms but added that would only be if the testing station was actually still there next week as the virus could be spread all over by then and they'd have closed it down. There's only around 60 confirmed cases over here but I saw at least 100 people at this one testing station the 20 mins I was there so I'd imagine the actual number is much, much higher than 60.

49 minutes ago, Morley_crosses_to_Withe said:

Well I’m expected at a wedding this weekend. It’s going to be a ~3 hour drive of which I’ll be stuck in a car with others who need a lift or I’m debating whether to get a train (social distancing might be easier if the carriages are empty) .

I’m then going to be in a venue of around 150 people for about 5/6 hours. 

I’m torn: I don’t want to miss a friend’s “big day” (although  I **** hate that phrase) but also don’t want to congregate in such a large gathering. 
**** knows what to do. I was hoping the bride and groom would see some sense, and call it off/postpone, but nope - plans go ahead as scheduled. 
 

I know how you feel, I've flown out to New Zealand for a mates wedding. My week here so far has consisted of sitting in a room self isolating and i've had to cut the whole trip short to fly back home the day after the wedding out of fear of getting stuck out here.

I'm really not keen on spending a day in a room with a load of strangers who could be infected but obviously don't want to let my mate down and leave. Plus i've spent so much money on this thing now with cancelled and re-booked flights, hotel etc  I feel like I have to stay for the wedding to try and make the whole thing at least somewhat worthwhile. 

I'm flying to New Zealand and back in March with China Southern which includes a short layover in Guangzhou each way, i'm guessing I should start thinking about getting those flights cancelled and booking new ones 

The beta for this is out now if you pre-order!

Enda Stevens assisted Callum Robinson today for Sheff Utd against Chelsea, Robinson got an assist too

New Zealand now has an official Lions Club https://www.avfc.co.uk/the-pride/Lions-Club/Clubs/New-Zealand-villa

The Facebook group Aston Villa New Zealand is also quite active and is where the official Lions Club has come from so it's worth joining if you're a villa fan on this side of the world  

5 hours ago, maqroll said:

Jaaskelainen- Thought he'd retired years ago.

He has, his son was on the bench for Crewe last night.

1 hour ago, sir_gary_cahill said:

Do you know how old he is?

Not sure but i'd agree with Monsieur H and say he'd be 18/19.

1 hour ago, Monsieur Hazdazler said:

https://www.hudl.com/profile/7798328/Jamie-Searle

Some video clips from what looks like his final year in school football, he finished school in 2018 so my guess is he's probably 18 or 19 now? I don't know him so I'm not going to say it's definitely him, but looks like him and he's a goalkeeper, right age range and the right part of NZ, so fairly safe to say it is I think. @Pembers who do you play for up there? I play down south in the Southern Prem for Wanaka (I've been injured all season though boo hoo).

I play for Te Aroha COBRAS in Waikato division 1. A few tiers below the Melville first team but they have a side in our division that's normally quite strong in comparison to the rest of the teams, so judging by Searle's age and ability I'd say it's likely he's played in that team and I've come up against him sometime in the last few years. I've never scored against Melville so if I have faced him he's done a decent job  

Apparently sky bet have us down as favourites to sign Ulloa according to Bham Mail. Odds are 5/1 though so probably nothing in it really. 

9 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Hugh gamble if we pay 20M for Hernendez. 

Does he play upfront?

5 minutes ago, Pilchard said:

Is this anyone of interest?

Before my time so never saw him play but have always known the name and understood what a great player he was for the club in the past, and of course i've always known him for that goal. RIP.

On 8/10/2016 at 22:04, Pembers said:

Did he really score 20 goals in the Championship for Blackburn? Are we sure they didn't just make that up?

Oops! I'll be more than happy if he keeps this up and makes me eat my words!

Thought he did ok in the first half then fell apart in the second along with the rest of the team. I think we should be playing with three in the middle, we've seen tonight and against Wednesday that we don't have two midfielders who are good enough to boss the midfield between the two of them. 

Hutton confirming tonight the need for a new RB. He's so bad i'd actually prefer Richards to play RB over him

Did he really score 20 goals in the Championship for Blackburn? Are we sure they didn't just make that up?

Substitutions ruined the match, they didn't need to be made. Gestede is useless, Hutton is terrible and moving Richards to CB was not a good idea, at least at RB theres less chance of him making an error that leads to a goal. Can't for the life of me figure out why he would make those changes.