Wullie Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Big one off Benton Road, it was alright actually. Decently stocked and they're operating a 1 in, 1 out policy kind of thing so there's not many people at all in store at once. I had to queue to get in but only for a couple of minutes and everyone was keeping their distance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Big one off Benton Road, it was alright actually. Decently stocked and they're operating a 1 in, 1 out policy kind of thing so there's not many people at all in store at once. I had to queue to get in but only for a couple of minutes and everyone was keeping their distance. good to hear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Anything they decide which doesn’t include a crowd is going to be awful. End of. I agree but I think it's the only way they can do it now. Before a vaccine is created, crowds aren't going to be allowed to form and nobody is going to be want to be part of them anyway. I went to Sainsburys today and felt like I was dicing with death, and you could tell everyone else in there felt the same. It's just not going to be possible to go back to any sort of crowd situation pre-vaccine so it's either closed doors or over a year without football. Then go without for a year. Restart in Feb like I said earlier. Don’t know how anyone could watch football without a crowd. Remember when I was young watching Real Madrid v Napoli in (I’m guessing) the UEFA Cup behind closed doors. All these great players and it was awful viewing. Then you had the contrast of the second leg in Naples which was amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8170983/amp/Coronavirus-football-carry-lockdown-expected-months.html?__twitter_impression=true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 That’s the national league been suspended indefinitely which now has an impact on the football league as there will be no promotion to and relegation from league 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 They haven't wrote off the whole National League seasons just yet I don't think? Just suspended it further Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 They haven't wrote off the whole National League seasons just yet I don't think? Just suspended it further Fair enough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Pape Diouf has passed away from the virus. He was Laurent Robert’s agent that helped bring him here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bonk Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Game Zero: Spread of virus linked to Champions League match https://apnews.com/ae59cfc0641fc63afd09182bb832ebe2 That was a sobering read. The biggest moment in Atalanta history also the most tragic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Belgium have cancelled their league and are taking the standings as they are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Belgium have cancelled their league and are taking the standings as they are. Isn't the Belgian league system notorious for being ludicrously convoluted when determining final standings/European places/relegation? It's probably a massive relief for them to be able to simply end things as they are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Yeah they're only one game before the convoluted play offs start so they've basically just cancelled them and are taking the league as is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyn davies Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 quite amusing isn't , Coronavirus can do more damage at Newcastle than a boycott ever could. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 quite amusing isn't , Coronavirus can do more damage at Newcastle than a boycott ever could. A boycott would work. 50,000 empty seats every single home game would have seen him cut his losses and go imo, or at the very least seen some intervention from the Premier League. The wider fanbase weren't bothered enough for that, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 I wonder if and when football starts again that the players could be banned from their none stop spitting while on the pitch. It is said that they need to do it because of their exertions etc but they don't spit all over the floor of the Gym when they are working out in there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Premier League have just announced that football won't be back by early May. Although I get really angry when experts think it still won't be back throughout the summer (which is ages away). Can someone please just give some hope? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Premier League have just announced that football won't be back by early May. Although I get really angry when experts think it still won't be back throughout the summer (which is ages away). Can someone please just give some hope? Just seen a headline stating that the European Leagues were planning to resume in July. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Premier League have just announced that football won't be back by early May. Although I get really angry when experts think it still won't be back throughout the summer (which is ages away). Can someone please just give some hope? It'll be July. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 meanwhile uefa seem to be taking issue with belgium finishing the season early https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/03/clubs-risk-champions-league-exclusion-if-seasons-abandoned-prematurely-uefa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elbel1 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Premier League have just announced that football won't be back by early May. Although I get really angry when experts think it still won't be back throughout the summer (which is ages away). Can someone please just give some hope? It'll be July. July at the very earliest When the pubs and restaurants reopen there will probably be a second spike of infections which would push this date further back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Premier League have just announced that football won't be back by early May. Although I get really angry when experts think it still won't be back throughout the summer (which is ages away). Can someone please just give some hope? It'll be July. July at the very earliest When the pubs and restaurants reopen there will probably be a second spike of infections which would push this date further back I still think when it comes back it will be behind closed door, and rightly so. Outside of football, I don’t think the pubs or places where you gather should be open until later in the year when we know more. Shops and possibly cafés/restaurants possible. Pubs, and other places of gathering, no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Premier League have just announced that football won't be back by early May. Although I get really angry when experts think it still won't be back throughout the summer (which is ages away). Can someone please just give some hope? It'll be July. July at the very earliest When the pubs and restaurants reopen there will probably be a second spike of infections which would push this date further back I still think when it comes back it will be behind closed door, and rightly so. Outside of football, I don’t think the pubs or places where you gather should be open until later in the year when we know more. Shops and possibly cafés/restaurants possible. Pubs, and other places of gathering, no. There'll be increasing pressure to reopen the likes of pubs because a lot of them will be reaching the point of going out of business after a while. I already expect quite a few pubs where I live to never reopen as they were struggling before this anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Tottenham and Newcastle closed for business Tottenham and Newcastle have disabled email accounts and confiscated phones and laptops to prevent staff who have been furloughed from doing any work, which would breach the terms of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which both clubs are using to claim money from government to pay wages. There is bemusement at other clubs at their decision to shut their scouting analysis, as remote video analysis of past matches can still be conducted during the shutdown, and many of their rivals have actually beefed up their recruitment operations with a view to being ready to do business when the transfer window eventually opens later in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 If it does start again in July or whenever surely the players will have to have some sort of pre-season as they'll have barely kicked a ball for months Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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