Football During Coronavirus Crisis
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The French Connection
Vital Squad Member
They are letting their clubs and supporters down big time. I can’t imagine it’s going down well with managers and owners of clubs at all. The percentage of non vaccinated players right across the European leagues is much lower than the Premier league. There is far too much player power in the English game, it smacks of arrogance and selfishness.
Pangloss
Vital Football Legend
Footballers who usually love the media when it comes to their issues generally have nothing to say to encourage basic things like mask wearing and vaccines and to set a good example. Spineless and pathetic.
Pangloss
Vital Football Legend
Every match save for Leeds vs Arsenal postponed today. All roads seem to point toward a break. I would prefer reverting to games without fans where possible. A break will leave an incredible fixture pile up cluster fuck.
At this point, the game needs to become less obsessed with money. The FA Cup should be cancelled this year, Champions League should resort to a single tie in the knockout stands and oh, how about getting rid of the abomination that is the world cup.
At this point, the game needs to become less obsessed with money. The FA Cup should be cancelled this year, Champions League should resort to a single tie in the knockout stands and oh, how about getting rid of the abomination that is the world cup.
Gillette
Vital Squad Member
It's player covid not fan covid that is their focus....so no fans isn't the issue.
We may have to have fans attending but five a side games.
Judging by the ‘leaked SAGE minutes’ which made the headlines on the BBC lunchtime news, the whole country could be having a circuit break sooner rather than later. When you’ve got Neil Ferguson banging on again about worst case scenarios the govt will soon revert to plan Z. Can’t see us being back at Villa Park for a while tbh.
Bikini Inspector
Vital Football Hero
This might sound harsh but I have no respect or sympathy for them if they die from Covid just as I have no sympathy for a drunk driver who crashes into a tree and kills themselves.
JuanPabloAngel
Alert Team
Makes sense. Not sure how we can play on Boxing Day if those who have tested positive are isolating for 10 days.
sirdennis
Alert Team
Yes and 10 days will more or less do for the Dirty Leeds game as well.
Was it the daily mail that said that it should come down to 7 days with the new variant
sirdennis
Alert Team
No idea. But I reckon a 2 week circuit break will do the trick.
BringbakMON
Vital Football Hero
doubt it'll make a shites worth of difference tbh - just time for the players to get out and mix
McParlandTheGreat
Vital Champions League
Daily Mail quoting "experts". The small print adds if you've tested negative on a least 2 successive days.
danvilla2
I’m not an expert
I posted a few days ago for the integrity of the final standings, for me there has to be a break. I would suggest all games between now and the 15th January need to be cancelled, and clubs only allowed to return to training in the new year.
Clubs, managers and players need to start taking more responsibility. Keep different teams apart, and even segregate the teams in training. Players seem to disregard every rule going from the pictures that emerged last year like politicians, I guess when you’re paid that much money in your twenties and thirties you think you’re above every law going, but they need to take responsibility.
Fuck the World Cup next winter. The domestic league and international club tournaments to real fans is more important than that sham of a World Cup.
Clubs, managers and players need to start taking more responsibility. Keep different teams apart, and even segregate the teams in training. Players seem to disregard every rule going from the pictures that emerged last year like politicians, I guess when you’re paid that much money in your twenties and thirties you think you’re above every law going, but they need to take responsibility.
Fuck the World Cup next winter. The domestic league and international club tournaments to real fans is more important than that sham of a World Cup.
david-avfc
Vital Football Hero
But if you cancel all the games for 2 or 3 weeks what happens if in the first week back one or more clubs have an outbreak and then even more games neeed to be rearranged, on top of the other rearranged games. And if you put in a full league break because some clubs have outbreaks how is that fair on other clubs who don’t have outbreaks now, but might at other times of the season and presumably wouldn’t get the benefit of the whole league shutting down at the same time?
Villan57
Alert Team
It's either one or the other you postpone games or play with any 11 players you can muster I think.
I think we will have the same players out for 10 days isolation now?
Old Trinity Villan
Vital 1st Team Regular
Quite possibly. Although what will that achieve unless the make players go into a covid free bubble? They will all still be mixing etc Christmas.
danvilla2
I’m not an expert
That’s why I think it has to come down to clubs and players taking more responsibility. If a team can’t put out a first XI, they have to put youngsters in. Goes against my integrity point at the start I know, but I feel you need to start making clubs accountable for some of this too otherwise they inevitably lose games.
I’d be keeping the first team players in a training ground bubble for starters if they’re not already. Surely they could be made to lateral flow test every day too as they walk in to training that would help?
I don’t want to get accused of being an AVFC covid expert because I obviously have no idea what goes on, but I do get the sense the player power is a hidden force, and clubs needs to step up - not by forcing vaccinations, but by implementing the protocols and processes to minimise infections.
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