PaulC Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Just now, Vive_La_Villa said: The 2 metre rule on the pitch will make an interesting game. Should be high scoring. If that's rule is still in place in July then I would hate to think how many people it has killed or whether some of us are us are still around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 1 minute ago, villa4europe said: I doubt it's the Footballers they are worried about No crowd, not shown in pubs, trying to stop people going around each others houses to watch it? Good luck to them, then also you have professional Footballers are allowed to play but all Sunday leagues, 5 asides, Park kick abouts etc are all still banned? They wouldn't be able to control the social aspect of football Yes true. Of course a lot of the govt measures might be relaxed by then. But if they cant restart it by July then forget it,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Only2McInallys Posted March 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) 50 minutes ago, PaulC said: People are still working in banks, supermarkets, factories so why is so impossible to believe footballers will start working in 3 months time. Are they better than anybody else? How close are these people to other people.Are they touching them when they are covered in sweat,are they breathing directly into their face as footballers would have at corners etc.Can you imagine the repercussions if one player picked it up and either they died or a relative died from it. The other jobs you mentioned are regarded as essential services football is not. I work in a health area ,I have been completely shut down and told to do things which 2 months ago I would have ended up in prison if I had done them then.This virus is regarded as the most serious health problem the country has ever faced. All other issues are regarded as unimportant. I don’t think the public are aware of how big this is and how big it will become.This talk of 3 months etc is just to keep people calm. Until vaccine comes or a treatment for most seriously affected(more likely to appear sooner)ur lives are never going to be the same This lockdown stuff doesn’t solve anything it just keeps the number of seriously ill people down at one time so the health service isn’t overloaded. Edited March 28, 2020 by Londonastonvilla 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, Londonastonvilla said: How close are these people to other people.Are they touching them when they are covered in sweat,are they breathing directly into their face as footballers would have at corners etc.Can you imagine the repercussions if one player picked it up and either they died or a relative died from it. The other jobs you mentioned are regarded as essential services football is not. I work in a health area ,I have been completely shut down and told to do things which 2 months ago I would have ended up in prison if I had done them then.This virus is regarded as the most serious health problem the country has ever faced. All other issues are regarded as unimportant. I don’t think the public are aware of how big this is and how big it will become.This talk of 3 months etc is just to keep people calm. Until vaccine comes our lives are never going to be the same Yes you are right it’s a really worrying time and football just isn’t important. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie09 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 As soon as one leading football association voids their league all the others will follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 In answer to a previous question I think the main reason I want the season to finish is for optimism. It’s not about whether we stay up or go down. Football isn’t important but it’s good for morale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post terrytini Posted March 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2020 1 hour ago, PaulC said: In answer to a previous question I think the main reason I want the season to finish is for optimism. It’s not about whether we stay up or go down. Football isn’t important but it’s good for morale You can’t possibly be a Villa fan mate 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: The 2 metre rule on the pitch will make an interesting game. Should be high scoring. Our defence has been preparing for that all season so we should be fine 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 4 hours ago, VillaBrum said: But there ARE going to be a minimum of 22 people in close vicinity of each other, at each match. It's not that the players, themselves, are immune from the virus. Ultimately everyone is playing for time and waiting for mass amount of testing to be done. Hopefully in a few months they'll be clearer idea of how much of population has already had virus. Think 50% already is way optimistic currently but could get to that point in a few months (sadly with mass amount of deaths). Really when you think our club massuer has had it I expected quite a few cases in our squad but seens Reina has only had it so far so shows they could be plenty of asymmetric carriers in one squad. Just to confirm I can't see any kind of football to July/August and I'm probably on the optimistic scale, realistically September/October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted March 28, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2020 3 hours ago, PaulC said: People are still working in banks, supermarkets, factories so why is so impossible to believe footballers will start working in 3 months time. Are they better than anybody else? Err, let me see..... Because in no way ever will the Government class football as an essential activity? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 English football has enough PR problems. This is just more stalling, and hoping that the situation improves. I don’t believe the article about July anyway. It would create more legal headaches. If 8 West Ham players are self-isolating. I can only imagine what the figures are like at other clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 8 hours ago, PaulC said: If that's rule is still in place in July then I would hate to think how many people it has killed or whether some of us are us are still around. 7 hours ago, PaulC said: In answer to a previous question I think the main reason I want the season to finish is for optimism. It’s not about whether we stay up or go down. Football isn’t important but it’s good for morale It doesn’t have to be, but the lockdown would be useless if you stopped it even if you’re improving. If the peak is 12th of April, then you’ll need another month or two to start settling down atleast. So we’re looking at June, but even then I don’t think we can go back to normal life then. Our country started locking down partially three weeks ago, we had small cases, two weeks ago they stopped international flights, couple of days later they stopped government work and made it from house, and stopped local flights. Before that they stopped school and football. After that they’ve done the curfew for half of the day, restaurants are only take away for two weeks. Basically with all of that, the numbers are still increasing, even though it wasn’t big originally. The curfew is for 21 days. I think it will improve but they will need to be strict atleast for two weeks or a month even if there were no numbers by then. Because if not it will start again. So not playing football isn’t a sign of things getting worse, but it’s the process of controlling the situation. You don’t want to do this while restrictions and then begin again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted March 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted March 29, 2020 Fairest way forwards - infect all clubs and staff, give it three weeks, finish the season with whoever's still standing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 21 minutes ago, Jareth said: Fairest way forwards - infect all clubs and staff, give it three weeks, finish the season with whoever's still standing. Also known as the Swedish approach. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) People are dying daily and the Premier League are so desperate to continue on with the league. Absolutely disgusting. I have no words. Edited March 29, 2020 by villalad21 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 31 minutes ago, villalad21 said: People are dying daily and the Premier League are so desperate to continue on with the league. Absolutely disgusting. I have no words. Is that a permanent disorder by any chance? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Jareth said: Fairest way forwards - infect all clubs and staff, give it three weeks, finish the season with whoever's still standing. So just McGinn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 42 minutes ago, villalad21 said: People are dying daily and the Premier League are so desperate to continue on with the league. Absolutely disgusting. I have no words. But you can't be surprised?! The PL and UEFA already have the stigma, this won't be what shakes it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Saw last night that Juventus players had agreed not ti be paid for 4 months. Other top clubs players should follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 11 hours ago, sidcow said: Err, let me see..... Because in no way ever will the Government class football as an essential activity? Yes obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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