The season needs suspending, end of. Its a farce with no fans allowed anyway.Surely this game gets postponed? Almost half their first team have the rona apparently. If I was a Latics player, I'd be refusing to play for mine and my family's safety.
The main problem with that is our players/staff are still the biggest expense and they'd need to be paid.The season needs suspending, end of. Its a farce with no fans allowed anyway.
And finish WAFC?The season needs suspending, end of. Its a farce with no fans allowed anyway.
In fact just seen two of our players now have it - so surely the rest of our squad should be self isolating regardless of posting negative tests today???
Nathan Cameron and Adam Long are self-isolating after testing positive for coronavirus.
I’m surprised this game is still on. Surely under track and trace rules all their players who have contact with those affected should be self isolating??? Given the nature of football training you can’t avoid close contact and from I understand the virus may not become apparent for a fortnight meaning negative tests now for those other players doesn’t mean they don’t have it???
Not necessarily. I work in a school and volunteer at a football club & am aware of what the PHE (or whatever it’s called nowadays) asks when recommending others isolate after a positive test.
If the only exposure is outdoors and in training that’s supposed to have been adapted to be Covid safe then it’s unlikely they’ll tell others to isolate. If they’ve not followed the guidance on changing rooms such as no more than 6 allowed in etc. then anyone who has spent prolonged contact indoors with them and within 2m are the only ones likely to be asked to self isolate.
In a school that’s what they ask, so if the school knows who was sat where in lessons and the dining room then there’s no need for these whole year off measures some schools have been making. I know if schools that have been told it’s only those sat within 2m of the infected pupil in class who need to isolate.
Similarly I know of football clubs who’ve played a team where a day later a player on the opposition team team has been diagnosed and PHE have told them there’s no need for any of them to isolate despite the fact they had been challenging, tackling etc the infected player
I was unaware about the outdoor guidelines making self isolation unnecessary. Makes the decision to ban small crowds socially distanced at football all the more puzzling.
I don't think it's the seating during the game that is the concern, it's the "pinch points" like turnstiles, gangways, toilets and the likelihood of congested pubs in the vicinity of grounds pre / post match.
Not saying it's not manageable, but there are bigger considerations than just filling 5k (say) out of 25k seats.
I was unaware about the outdoor guidelines making self isolation unnecessary. Makes the decision to ban small crowds socially distanced at football all the more puzzling.
I think Cameron was injured anyway and would not have been training with the first team squad at this time.
Is he not out of contract now as I dont think he had signed an extension.