Imagine if ..................

[Tony]

Bouncy, bouncy.

I will not buy this Hillsborough Season Ticket, it is scratched, and who wants to sit with such a pathetic bunch of "fans" and watch garbage. Plus may catch Deludovin 19.

 

[Tony]

Fair point, no problem with criticising Xi, but calling a nation of people defective is a few steps too far.

Never understood why we need to buy cheap, tacky goods from China. Mainly junk (no pun intended). Surely we can make and sell our own trash. Can remember when we made things for the rest of the world which were considered the best. Thank you Mrs T.

 

[JohnDenver]

It’s bit late the day to be looking at blame for this. Different countries will have to develop their responses based on knowledge, understanding and resources. The response in 3rd world and developing countries will be different, even between western countries like UK and USA, standards and responses will differ.
The UK solution is tailored to our needs and available resources. Africa, Europe, Asia and North America are all in different scenarios based on what I describe above.
The virus could yet mutate and cause further problems. No one knows for definite what will work best, but the different regimes and different options will have different results.
It’s possible that most of Europe and UK could be virus free by 1 October 2020. What if people in Italy and Spain are still infected and dying.
The challenge today, is to eradicate the virus in UK first, then plan limited reintroduction for sports and entertainment events.
Maybe the English leagues can play out the rest of the season, but Euro club competitions could still be under sanction.
These are the most likely scenarios with the current UK system, disease peaking in 10 - 14 weeks, with another 12 weeks to eradicate it. The UK will probably be able to resume activity in October this year. That’s the best you can hope for.
Others can resume when the battle is over depending on their response.

This is simple guesswork based on current facts, knowledge and understanding by me. Take it or leave it.

The first Blades game after this will be a massive party.

 

[Blade-on-Tyne]

Ask yourself who benefits from all of this. Who controls the supply chains?

This virus is the best thing that has ever happened to the Chinese government.

It’s worse than that.
Share prices around the world are collapsing. Umpteen businesses are likely to go bust. The Chinese have plenty of money to buy them up.
When it’s all over China will own a big chunk of the world economy.

 

[grafikhaus]

Not to be picky but behind closed doors does ruin home advantage.

I don't see why we can't just push back next season and start it in January say.

I can't argue with much of this:

MATT BARLOW: This season MUST finish... Euro 2020 should be scrapped altogether so clubs can play their remaining games before a delayed start to next term

• Premier League has been suspended until at least April 3 due to the coronavirus
• Everyone seems to accept there is no prospect of games restarting so soon
• Football's power breakers have to find a way to complete this season
• They should start by cancelling the ill-thought-out European Championship
• Then they can call an official break to this season and begin again in the summer

Full article.

We could set a deadline of, say, Aug. or September to complete the 2019-20 season (although, as we saw with Brexit, 'interested parties' - in this case Villa, West Ham, Norwich, Bournemouth etc. - would do their damndest to overrun this...), cancel next years' EFL Trophy, and fucking Johnstone's Paint Trophy, scrap meaningless 'winter breaks' and fulfil the 2020-21 season. Who knows? Maybe fans would get to like watching football in June to August and find it preferable to cold, shitty days in Jan. - March?

Just declaring this season 'null and void' would damage the brand and make buying season tickets pointless.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Anyone die at Castleford today?

Just asking.

It’s very hard to tell in Castleford....

 

[Snake]

From a strategic planning point of view I would look at 4 broad scenarios:

1. We can somehow resume the season in April and manage to complete the season without jeopardising other planned events (eg the Euros)

Realistic chances = very unlikely.

2. The Euros are cancelled and we can resume the season around June/July time and start next season a little later (maybe Sept/Oct). Play a full schedule but scrap EFL Cup and possibly FA Cup.

Realistic chances = possible

3. We finish off this seasons games in Sept/Oct then have a shortened season (of maybe 19 games - home/away decided by lots) which would start on Boxing day. We could then easily keep the FA Cup and maybe even the EFL Cup (although this would be a good opportunity to ditch it).

Realistic chances = highly possible

4. The pandemic proves to be increasingly difficult. We finish off this seasons games as and when (eg maybe next March/April) and start a new season 21/22 as normal.

Realistic chances = probable.

As for the european competitions, well hopefully the timescales would fall in line with the above and we'd be able to at least play some european games. If not, we would need to plan for the resumption of these separately.

 

[stringer]

Sorry if I'm behind the curve with this, but wouldn't it be possible to show games live on big screens. It would be a long way from ideal but at least it might offer a solution.

So people who may have the virus can congregate with others and watch it, in close proximity? Can’t see any issues with that

 

[Grizzly blade]

The biggest issue here, and it’s sad that it’s true, is that the economy in general (including football clubs) will be destroyed by all of this and potentially lead to as many deaths as the bloody virus.

Think about it...if all the loons in the world got their way demanding the world stop for 4 months while the virus dies out, then where does the food come from? How do people buy the food? How do companies generate money to pay staff? What happens to the thousands of folk and their families who lose jobs when their employer is gone? Humans aren’t able to simply hunt and gather.

It may be shit, but it’s going to lead to folk struggling to survive and the long term effects could be huge, so the best solution was to let it ride its course, yes the vulnerable may perish but for the rest and it seems 90% of The world it’s business as usual, life goes on in the same way it does when people get ill with annual colds, flu, virus’s etc that cause chest infections, stomach bugs and the like.

I realise this is controversial, but knee jerk reactions without looking at the bigger picture and The consequences of ill thought out decisions are more serious than what is trying to be achieved.
The virus will spread regardless. The best solution was always for those most vulnerable to bear the brunt of the risk, for them to take necessary precautions to protect themselves and hope they get through it.
This isn’t a selfish view because I miss football, it’s a realistic and honest opinion. Fact is there’s always something threatening life and human existence, some things we can control, some we can’t no matter what we try and do to resolve it. (Like feeding Africa for example) This planet can only support so much, and when it gets to saturation then something has to give and this is another one of those times.
Most the time we don’t give a monkeys as it doesn’t affect us, we live in a place where infant mortality doesn’t mean we have to have 10 kids to get a few through to adulthood...if we get ill with life threatening illness we can often cure it or prolong life...you get the point.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

It’s very hard to tell in Castleford....

My thoughts as well, Convid-19 was at risk.

 

[I should coco]

There was a post on FB yesterday where some imbecile admitted that he had no expertise whatsoever on the subject of Covid 19 but he had spent “hours” reading about it online and he could definitely state that the Chief Medical Officers statements and strategy were wrong.

Sean Thornton , I did tell you NOT to make that post but don't be overly hard on yourself.

'Imbecile' is a bit strong, but tosspot numpty would be fairer.

 

[SheepdipBlade]

Fucking send a complaint then, like you do for everything else. ❄

Me saying that probably upsets you more than the torture all those different animals endure every day over there doesn't it? It needs addressing. It's fucked up. They are fucked up. Now they've fucked us all maybe there's a small chance it will be addressed.

What are you doing to address all this. Posting on a football forum isn't going to do anything - so what are YOU going to do to make a difference?

 

[Charlieblade]

The biggest issue here, and it’s sad that it’s true, is that the economy in general (including football clubs) will be destroyed by all of this and potentially lead to as many deaths as the bloody virus.

Think about it...if all the loons in the world got their way demanding the world stop for 4 months while the virus dies out, then where does the food come from? How do people buy the food? How do companies generate money to pay staff? What happens to the thousands of folk and their families who lose jobs when their employer is gone? Humans aren’t able to simply hunt and gather.

It may be shit, but it’s going to lead to folk struggling to survive and the long term effects could be huge, so the best solution was to let it ride its course, yes the vulnerable may perish but for the rest and it seems 90% of The world it’s business as usual, life goes on in the same way it does when people get ill with annual colds, flu, virus’s etc that cause chest infections, stomach bugs and the like.

I realise this is controversial, but knee jerk reactions without looking at the bigger picture and The consequences of ill thought out decisions are more serious than what is trying to be achieved.
The virus will spread regardless. The best solution was always for those most vulnerable to bear the brunt of the risk, for them to take necessary precautions to protect themselves and hope they get through it.
This isn’t a selfish view because I miss football, it’s a realistic and honest opinion. Fact is there’s always something threatening life and human existence, some things we can control, some we can’t no matter what we try and do to resolve it. (Like feeding Africa for example) This planet can only support so much, and when it gets to saturation then something has to give and this is another one of those times.
Most the time we don’t give a monkeys as it doesn’t affect us, we live in a place where infant mortality doesn’t mean we have to have 10 kids to get a few through to adulthood...if we get ill with life threatening illness we can often cure it or prolong life...you get the point.

It’s called a global recession and is now pretty much inevitable. In 5 or 6 months, football might be able to resume in UK. That is just the best case scenario.
In other parts of Europe, the scenario is likely to be worse. It won’t even peak in UK for at least 3 months from now, so 3/4 April is just a meeting to claim expenses for league representatives.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

My hovercraft is full of eels!

I know who you are

 

[Sean Thornton]

My apologies for assuming that different country’s might have different responses to the virus.

Which is not what I said.

 

[Guesty]

The first Blades game after this will be a massive party.

Only for those that have survived.

 

[Charlieblade]

Which is not what I said.

In that case i apologise for the lack of clarity in your reply to my original post.

 

[Yoonited]

Imagine if COVID-19 hadn't fuckin showed up at all.

Imagine if we'd not all been sucked into believing all this project fear bollocks. Imagine if we had the means to test everyone. Imagine if we had a government that dealt in honesy,integrity and equality.

 

[Yoonited]

It’s worse than that.
Share prices around the world are collapsing. Umpteen businesses are likely to go bust. The Chinese have plenty of money to buy them up.
When it’s all over China will own a big chunk of the world economy.

And there my friend is the motivation for putting this bullshit out there it could be argued.

 

[Sean Thornton]

In that case i apologise for the lack of clarity in your reply to my original post.

I referenced a FB post. What was unclear?