Coronavirus - a real season spoiling threat?

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Postpone, play behind closed doors or carry on?

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Pedro Verde said:
I dont get the behind closed doors mantra you are safer in a football stadium than in a pub
If you are going to close football stadia then you must close all pubs etc, all public transport especially the tube network in London as that must be the easiest place to catch this virus, but I bet they wont do that
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You still need to keep infrastructure running, otherwise you are looking at societal collapse.
 
Sheffsteel said:
It’s been mentioned that these government actions aren’t to stop the virus....they are theirs to slow it down...so there are no massive spikes.
So first they’ll try football grounds.....and hope it’s a slow increase.
If there is a fast increase in cases....then another target will be chosen...be it pubs, clubs, shops etc.
I see that in Italy there are still large increases..therefore yesterday the Italian government ordered non food shops to temporarily close their shop.
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It’s not rocket science is it? The problem with a lot of posts is that people start with want they want and then work backwards to construct an argument to support it. And when they’ve done so, they believe that’s the only valid argument and they’re right.

The only real argument is to what extent we shut things down, and when. The balance is about slowing the spread versus the economic impact and the practicalities of doing so.
 
To those asking about getting a refund for season tickets if games are cancelled/played behind closed doors/etc, by my reckoning, if you got your season ticket on finance (or bought on a credit card) you may have Section 75 rights to a partial refund.

If that is the case, I'd expect this to be the last ever season where clubs offer season tickets with finance direct to supporters! (because I don't see any finance company stepping up to offer it again).
 
Klaatu Barada Nikto said:
You still need to keep infrastructure running, otherwise you are looking at societal collapse.
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Why exclude people from football stadia then
I thought the reason for all these restrictions was to keep people safe and stop them from contracting and spreading this virus if so closing the tube network down would be a far better way than excludung people from football stadia. You are extremely unlikely to catch this virus in a football ground
 
Pedro Verde said:
Why exclude people from football stadia then
I thought the reason for all these restrictions was to keep people safe and stop them from contracting and spreading this virus if so closing the tube network down would be a far better way than excludung people from football stadia. You are extremely unlikely to catch this virus in a football ground
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Surely the action of actually playing football is more likely to spread the virus than sitting there watching it.
 
Pedro Verde said:
Why exclude people from football stadia then
I thought the reason for all these restrictions was to keep people safe and stop them from contracting and spreading this virus if so closing the tube network down would be a far better way than excludung people from football stadia. You are extremely unlikely to catch this virus in a football ground
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Because nobody needs to be in a football stadium. People need to get to work or the country will have severe economic and functional problems.
 
Pedro Verde said:
Why exclude people from football stadia then
I thought the reason for all these restrictions was to keep people safe and stop them from contracting and spreading this virus if so closing the tube network down would be a far better way than excludung people from football stadia. You are extremely unlikely to catch this virus in a football ground
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Because footballs stadiums aren't infrastructure.

If you close down trains. buses, tube etc, people who work in hospitals can't get to work. Police can't get to work, people who run Vital national infrastucture can't get to work.
 
BushBlade said:
Nobody’s suffering. We’re pissed off, fed up and want to go to the football. It’s not really suffering.
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I can live with the not going, it's just football afterall but I'd sooner have some clarity so I can get on with the rest of my life. From a financial perspective I'd at least like to know whether I should be booking train tickets etc.
 

Pep and solskjaer want season paused/stopped...klopp is unusually quiet on this one..I wonder why??😉
 
Bladedog said:
Pep and solskjaer want season paused/stopped...klopp is unusually quiet on this one..I wonder why??😉
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Probably the same reason Solskjaer and Guardiola want it cancelling.
 
Klaatu Barada Nikto said:
Because footballs stadiums aren't infrastructure.

If you close down trains. buses, tube etc, people who work in hospitals can't get to work. Police can't get to work, people who run Vital national infrastucture can't get to work.
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No one in these professions got cars? Can't they implement car share schemes? Taxis? Walk? Cycle?
 
Telegraph reporting one side has players being tested as three have shown signs of having it.

Then they will have to check on every team they have played against for last two weeks if they are positive. And so on.
 
HillmortonBlade said:
As said on R4, the govt can tell the broadcasters to withdraw rights to show matches from pubs to counter this problem.
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I think the can if they want to , they may not get a license in future , in any case governments can bring In emergency law in which they can do anything they want to especially as regards to public health.
 
Oldun said:
Sounds like a cough assist device (or mechanical insufflator-exsufflator. Not suitable for everyone with a chronic lung disease but used quite extensively on intensive care.
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Oh thanks for that info. I've never heard of them but then I've never needed one. Long may that be the case 😉
 
Klaatu Barada Nikto said:
Well for me personally, if the train network was closed, it’d be a £60 taxi each way to get into work.
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Completely impractical in London when people commute from places like Colchester, there aren’t enough taxis, nowhere to park cars, roads already too busy. Having worked in London during a tube strike I can safely say it wouldn’t work.
 
BushBlade said:
Completely impractical in London when people commute from places like Colchester, there aren’t enough taxis, nowhere to park cars, roads already too busy. Having worked in London during a tube strike I can safely say it wouldn’t work.
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Not to mention that the motorway system would be fucked if everyone got in their cars.
 
Berkshire Blade said:
Telegraph reporting one side has players being tested as three have shown signs of having it.

Then they will have to check on every team they have played against for last two weeks if they are positive. And so on.
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It’s looking like games may be suspended.
 
Players at an unnamed PL are being tested after 3 players displayed symptoms. Think season gets suspended today or tomorrow.
 

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