Honestly - I’d be very surprised if any of us are sat in the stadium this year. This second phase of the first wave* is coming and it looks to be worse than the first.No surprise, but more or less confirmed by Michael Gove this morning.
To be honest it feels as though we won't be i the stadium this season let alone this year. If the vaccine is available by February at best then it's going to take months to vaccinate everyone anyway, so not much of a chance before May next year.
That's even if there is a successful vaccine it could take years to get one that works and I don't think there will be many clubs or businesses left at all if that's the case.
Had to be that ‘effin weasel* that confirmed it didn’t it ... I absolutely despise him.No surprise, but more or less confirmed by Michael Gove this morning.
I watched Gove - he basically admitted outdoor stadia are in themselves relatively low risk and certainly much safer than the alternative of watching footy in pubs - the issue is transport according to him. I hope that this is just the short 'circuit-break' and things can start again in 2 weeks. I think the stadia pilot may move up the pecking order in terms of priority given it's a socially distanced outdoor activity.
Had to be that ‘effin weasel that confirmed it didn’t it ... i absolutely despise him.
Ironically 1,000 fans inside SB/LNER would probably be the most socially distanced place with these new regulations. 1,000 fans can't sit 2 metres apart but they can walk through a busy shopping centre on a Saturday lunchtime?
Tory scum government have to do more for smaller clubs NOW!!!!
Most sensible post on this thread.Some how I don't think Covid-19 has any political allegiances. It's just a fine balance in saving lives and keeping the economy going.
Some how I don't think Covid-19 has any political allegiances. It's just a fine balance in saving lives and keeping the economy going.
Ironically 1,000 fans inside SB/LNER would probably be the most socially distanced place with these new regulations. 1,000 fans can't sit 2 metres apart but they can walk through a busy shopping centre on a Saturday lunchtime?
Reminds me of something a friend said to me yesterday........ that an extended family of 7 from 2 households can't go to the river and feed the ducks, but a group of 30 people, all from different households, can get together and shoot them. It's all in the interests of the economy apparently.
The country being everyone, not just the politicians. No doubt the government could have done some things better, but if we continue to be a nation of selfish half-wits it doesn't really matter what they do!It certainly doesn’t. How we as a country respond to it certainly does though.
Gove’s argument on fans ‘mingling’ is very flimsy. Timed entry / exit is designed to resolve that.
‘You don’t know what your doing’ song springs to mind.