Tell that to Norwich fans
Could they void the PL due to the Coronavirus? | No | Resuming June 17th
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Always liked John Barnes
I bet all the scousers were frothing at the mouth hearing him
I don't think you got the actual message. He's saying give Liverpool the title and definitely relegate the annoying tossers at the bottom.
That is why they are scared as they can be and are working day and night. It is not medics that are pushing for football. It is TheFA.
Public mental health? If you looked at the only poll that have been about PL pretty much everyone don't care about football. Those people who are desperate for football to start and are going out of mind should try to find something else to occupy their time. Maybe add som puzzles.
If you resumes sports you got to resume everything. And if people have no problem with that then fair enough.
Nah I don't think it's that.I don't think you got the actual message. He's saying give Liverpool the title and definitely relegate the annoying tossers at the bottom.
Has any poster ever, in the history of forums followed through on their proclamation about "Not posting anymore?"
Was that the YouGov poll where 79% said it would not raise their morale?
Or, in other words, over three quarters of those who replied don't give a monkeys about football coming back (yet at least).
The PL/FA seem to live in a world of their own.
*Football in England: Government 'opens door for safe return in June'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52665805
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52665805
Not that the poll matters or should even be used but who exactly were they asking?
Was it football fans or just general members of the public. I suspect it’s the latter which would then make that poll completely irrelevant.
Are you kidding me? Who else to ask then general members of the public? The FA members? Owners? It would be like asking Arsenal supporters who is the best team in London and take that for granted. Polls are for general members of the public. Not those who are connected with football.
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Inevitable announcement. Pretty much every other country is either allowing for non essential industries to open (which includes sport) or stating it will happen in a month or so (in England, Spain and Italy’s case)
Now that over the last week several other European nations have announced the return of football, the early anti PL sentiments in this thread have faded. Which I never understood in the first place to be honest.
Rather bizarrely we still have the likes of @90 + 5min @Sky1981 still talking about null and void and how football shouldn’t be restarted. The ship has long sailed lads. It’s happening or at the very least there’s going to be considerable effort to make it happen.
Guess we now just wait and see.......
On a seperate note. Much earlier in this thread i said McDonalds would not be able to protect their staff to the level the PL intended to do and I was ridiculed. I won’t @ anybody but I do hope these people read the following.
Here’s an article
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....ambles-uber-eats-delivery-driver-22026858.amp
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/metr...st-day-reopening-since-lockdown-12697994/amp/
So they can’t stay two metres apart because there are far too many drivers queuing because McDonalds are having so many orders, because obviously what the nation needs right now as we begin our bid to become healthier is to stuff everyone’s faces with McDonalds.
I think it will start but will quickly get cancelled after a few matches after it proves to be a mockery and unworkable
Are you actually kidding?
Why would you ask people who don’t watch football if the return of football would boost their morale?
That’s the most stupid thing you’ve said.... this week.
You ask football fans because then you’d have a stick to actually measure.
This thread is a perfect example that not all football fans would have a boost in morale because of a return to football. So your Arsenal comparison is completely nonsensical.
Too right. Tough decisions need to be made and no matter what happens not everyone will be happy. Part of making these decisions means acknowledging you can't please everyone.
So are Koln going to play or are they still in quarantine ?
I agree sammsky - it will probably be stopped AFTER Liverpool* get the points needed for the PL.
Why don't they just declare Covid virus "null and void" and open up everything from Jun 1st?
Maybe, who knows? I think football will do all it can but those with the overall say will ultimately have the biggest impact. Dresden in Germany being the perfect example by forcing the club to isolate because two players tested positive. If that is the benchmark to be used by others then yeah this experiment would fall pretty quickly.
They have never been in quarantine and they are playing on Sunday.
That's a fairly presumptuous statement considering the state the country is in regarding the virus.
Why do you lie? I have never said it would be null and void. Show me where have I said that? I've said, stop the season, give Liverpool title and fix promotions, relegations and other leagues. Plan for next season. You will see the problems that will accure under the way.
Because we are talking about people in UK. Why would they be forgotten? It is not just about us football fans. If you vote for something then everyone have right to vote. Or do you think only politicians should have voted for Brexit? Only teachers should vote about schools and education questions? Should only party and disco people vote for opining of nightclubs? So tell me, how is it going to be a moral booster for those 75% who don't care about football?Are you actually kidding?
Why would you ask people who don’t watch football if the return of football would boost their morale?
That’s the most stupid thing you’ve said.... this week.
You ask football fans because then you’d have a stick to actually measure.
This thread is a perfect example that not all football fans would have a boost in morale because of a return to football. So your Arsenal comparison is completely nonsensical.
Weren't they in quarantine for 14 days?
That was Dresden. They are going to miss the first two games and have asked to postpone their third match as well.
The UK is still among the top 10 worldwide for new cases right now, and the FA considers June a viable start date?
That's crazy.
COVID-19: Cologne plans quarantine-like training camp
Bundesliga club Cologne announced it will head into a training camp in a protected location if politicians approve to conclude the 2019-20 campaign.
04 MAY, 2020 10:37 IST
Cologne is planning to move into a "quarantine-like" training camp after the Bundesliga club was hit with three positive coronavirus tests.
On Friday, Cologne announced three unspecified people at the club contracted COVID-19 amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has brought the Bundesliga and sport to a standstill globally.
The trio – which reportedly consists of two players and a physio – were consequently told to undergo a 14-day quarantine procedure.
Can Liverpool be declared champions, just because its mathematically impossible for anyone else to catch them? The table isn't being restarted purely for them to win a few more points, rather for all the Euro qualification and relegation places also to be confirmed.
Thats only possible after 38 games played. If I was another club aide from Liverpool, I'd ensure that was clarified before the restart.
Personally, I think you either play 38 games (already with a massive* beside it) or the season is totally voided.
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Yes, media and fans will ensure that happens. The amount of noise when they haven't mathematically won is a good indicator what is going to happen once they are mathematically in. Media will rage like anything if FA even considers anything else.
Every single club has been in a week-long "quarantine-like" training camp according to the league's plan.
Only infected players undergo the normal 14-day quarantine.
So that's two teams who had players quarantined and the bundesliga is still going ahead.
I think it should be stated in the new regulations. Am sure all clubs will insist.
What they agree, who knows!
It's more than two teams, but yes.
You must have said about a thousand times in this thread. ‘Cancel the season but give Liverpool the title’ . That is basically saying null and void for 19 clubs but Liverpool can have their title. How are they supposed to fix promotions and relegations when they don’t finish the season? Do you really think clubs will accept relegation and promotion based on factors outside of playing actual matches.
What the heck?
What are you not getting here? Why would people who don’t watch football say or think that football would boost theirs or others morale.I don’t care about cricket. If I was asked “would cricket boost your morale”? I would say “would it feck” because I don’t care about cricket.
I would be a member of the public but the question would be daft because I don’t like or care about cricket.
As ive already stated asking football fans only would that poll then carry any weight because as we’ve seen through this thread. Not every football fan is behind the idea of football returning. In fact a significant amount are not.
We should start lobbying to get the FA Cup restarted. I'll be surprised if this completes - are looking at 8 footy packed weekends supposedly.
And the trophy being presented inside an empty Anfield.
Altho neutral grounds remains possible too.
What a farce.
And the trophy being presented inside an empty Anfield.
Altho neutral grounds remains possible too.
What a farce.
No, it is not null and void. Tell me how you also include TheFA cup and Europa League/Champions League games (when required 14-day quarantine after every away game?). When should this season end? Tell me what you do with contracts that expire (Just look at EFL with over 1000 players in the last month now) ? Sponsors that changes from a certain date? With next season league? With EFL and other teams? Only fraction of problems.You must have said about a thousand times in this thread. ‘Cancel the season but give Liverpool the title’ . That is basically saying null and void for 19 clubs but Liverpool can have their title. How are they supposed to fix promotions and relegations when they don’t finish the season? Do you really think clubs will accept relegation and promotion based on factors outside of playing actual matches.
What the heck?
I don’t care about cricket. If I was asked “would cricket boost your morale”? I would say “would it feck” because I don’t care about cricket.
I would be a member of the public but the question would be daft because I don’t like or care about cricket.
As ive already stated asking football fans only would that poll then carry any weight because as we’ve seen through this thread. Not every football fan is behind the idea of football returning. In fact a significant amount are not.
It is not wrong. This virus is something we are all part of. Why would it be ok for only fans to vote? Why would you ask a small Group of people if football would be moral booster? Let me than ask you, is it okey to open nightlubs, pubs, restaurants and other places that some other people think are moral booster? According to you it would be ok. So let us all start cheering for goverment to open it. Or is it so that you are making difference between people and people?
You must have said about a thousand times in this thread. ‘Cancel the season but give Liverpool the title’ . That is basically saying null and void for 19 clubs but Liverpool can have their title. How are they supposed to fix promotions and relegations when they don’t finish the season? Do you really think clubs will accept relegation and promotion based on factors outside of playing actual matches.
What the heck?
I don’t care about cricket. If I was asked “would cricket boost your morale”? I would say “would it feck” because I don’t care about cricket.
I would be a member of the public but the question would be daft because I don’t like or care about cricket.
As ive already stated asking football fans only would that poll then carry any weight because as we’ve seen through this thread. Not every football fan is behind the idea of football returning. In fact a significant amount are not.
I agree with @90 + 5min here. If the government is going to say that bringing back football will be a morale boost to the people of the UK, which is what they've been saying, then a poll should include people from all walks of life. They aren't saying it will be a boost to football fans, they're saying it will be a boost to the people of the UK.
You can't just ask football fans, as they have a biased opinion.
I see what you're saying about only asking football fans, to see if they want it back, that is a relevant separate poll. But in order to gauge the morale boost to the people of the country you need to ask a good cross section of those people.
The theory and planning is sound enough and I appreciate why they are ploughing ahead like they are but in practice its not going to happen.
Restrictions relaxed yesterday despite cases and deaths barely reducing and inevitably we are going to see a spike in cases and deaths again and that is likely going to happen around the time this is all due to kick off.
I have absolutely zero doubt whatsoever that we are going to see another Arteta situation, likely at multiple clubs, the whole thing will he put on hold once again with players refusing to risk their own health and the health of their families. If they are following government guidelines on track and trace, a single case will see entire squads and coaching staff forced into self isolation.
It‘s all well and good that they try to get it going again but if they have any respect for players and staff health and any respect for the guidelines the rest of the country must abide by then it’s a logistical impossibility.
It was a poll to gauge the general public's feelings on the potential return of football.
So obviously they were going to ask the general public and not just football fans.
@Leroy The Red
Do tell me what do you think will happen in the next few weeks of football being started. Humor me.
You really think they could finish 90 games behind closed door?
And dont you hide behind the government and expert knows best. I just wanted to know what you think will happen. Personally
Do tell me what do you think will happen in the next few weeks of football being started. Humor me.
You really think they could finish 90 games behind closed door?
And dont you hide behind the government and expert knows best. I just wanted to know what you think will happen. Personally