Closed Door Games Coming?

[Since90+2]

Heard someone say on the radio earlier can you imagine if Liverpool played behind closed doors and officially won the league for the first time in 30 years? You'd have tens of thousands out in the streets celebrating. Same with Celtic to a lesser extent.

[darwenhibby]

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Heard someone say on the radio earlier can you imagine if Liverpool played behind closed doors and officially won the league for the first time in 30 years? You'd have tens of thousands out in the streets celebrating. Same with Celtic to a lesser extent.

And can you imagine us winning the Scottish Cup again behind closed doors??
Nobody on the streets after the last mother of all parties??
Let’s just wait until it is safe for football to return

[Phil MaGlass]

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I don't see a problem with this if the players/coaches etc are all tested beforehand and are passed clear. Any player who tests positive for symptoms is excluded and self-isolates. If testing is continually being done by that stage, they'll identify any potential problems and prevent creating the circumstances of spread.

If it means televised football again, rather than a re-run of Euro ****ing 96, then let's hurry it up!

Not a pop at you, but why the f should football players be tested before nurses doctors, me or you? At the moment theres not enough tests for NHS never mind over priveleged football players.I would be ragin if they were to be tested before me because they can play fitba.
This season is finished, and if I am honest I dont think the new season will start with full stadiums until atleast October, if it starts at all. Theres already talk that this may go quiet for a couple of months and then rear its ugly head again next winter, another lockdown?

[Joe6-2]

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Not a pop at you, but why the f should football players be tested before nurses doctors, me or you? At the moment theres not enough tests for NHS never mind over priveleged football players.I would be ragin if they were to be tested before me because they can play fitba.
This season is finished, and if I am honest I dont think the new season will start with full stadiums until atleast October, if it starts at all. Theres already talk that this may go quiet for a couple of months and then rear its ugly head again next winter, another lockdown?

I’m with you on this, bloody disgrace that football seems to be so full of its own importance, thousands of people have died and the powers that be, and others, want to get all these guys together just for a game of football, it’s just beyond belief!!!

[Sir David Gray]

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Not a pop at you, but why the f should football players be tested before nurses doctors, me or you? At the moment theres not enough tests for NHS never mind over priveleged football players.I would be ragin if they were to be tested before me because they can play fitba.
This season is finished, and if I am honest I dont think the new season will start with full stadiums until atleast October, if it starts at all. Theres already talk that this may go quiet for a couple of months and then rear its ugly head again next winter, another lockdown?

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I’m with you on this, bloody disgrace that football seems to be so full of its own importance, thousands of people have died and the powers that be, and others, want to get all these guys together just for a game of football, it’s just beyond belief!!!

I could be wrong but I took it to mean that it's assuming testing is so widespread by that point that keyworkers like nurses are already being routinely tested.

I don't think anyone on here is suggesting that football players should be tested ahead of nurses, just for the sake of getting a few football matches played.

[Joe6-2]

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I could be wrong but I took it to mean that it's assuming testing is so widespread by that point that keyworkers like nurses are already being routinely tested.

I don't think anyone on here is suggesting that football players should be tested ahead of nurses, just for the sake of getting a few football matches played.

If we had widespread testing, why not allow fans to games, tho I know the logistics would be horrendous. Also think it will be a very long time before we have widespread testing.

[Speedy]

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[greenpaper55]

Government and opposition now saying outdoor exercising could be banned ! there goes your football played behind closed doors.

[Keith_M]

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Government and opposition now saying outdoor exercising could be banned ! there goes your football played behind closed doors.

Utter stupidity.


What the hell is wrong with me going for a walk in the park to keep fit... and stop me going (even more) insane?

[Sir David Gray]

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Utter stupidity.


What the hell is wrong with me going for a walk in the park to keep fit... and stop me going (even more) insane?

It's only going to happen if the clowns having barbecues on the beach and meeting up with pals to socialise don't change their behaviour.

[Alfred E Newman]

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Government and opposition now saying outdoor exercising could be banned ! there goes your football played behind closed doors.

Good luck enforcing that.

[Billy Whizz]

The whole point of being a football fan, is going to see your team
Unless it’s for Financial reasons, I’d hate if this happened

[Pretty Boy]

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Utter stupidity.


What the hell is wrong with me going for a walk in the park to keep fit... and stop me going (even more) insane?

Absolutely nothing.

Unfortunately a minority of people including a highly qualified, high profile medical professional seem determined to spoil it for everyone though.

The abdication of any kind of personal responsibility demonstrated by some makes me wonder how they get through life. 'Oh the government didn't specifically say I couldn't drive 50 miles, climb a mountain then pop to the beach for a bit of sunbathing on the way home so I thought it might be ok'.

[AltheHibby]

https://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/...led-across-uk/

Some good news at least.

[Viva_Palmeiras]

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Utter stupidity.


What the hell is wrong with me going for a walk in the park to keep fit... and stop me going (even more) insane?

Should take the minority who are still not apparently heeding the mandate
to stay at home. So if you’ve been good and stayed at home then come across some flump or flumps whilst out it could unravel the good work.

Don’t punish the many for the half-wittery of a few. But I dunno how you manage either situation tbh. It wouldn’t be so bad if folks were expiring themselves from the gene pool - but it’s the others they put at risk.

[Greenworld]

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Uefa has lifted the ban on showing games starting at 3pm on a Saturday live on TV in England and Scotland. Making way for closed doors games to enable the leagues to finish.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52161561

Not a chance of any football imagine telling the defenders your not allowed to get within 2m of any player ..maning you can't tackle ..

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[steviehibsleith]

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Absolutely nothing.

Unfortunately a minority of people including a highly qualified, high profile medical professional seem determined to spoil it for everyone though.

The abdication of any kind of personal responsibility demonstrated by some makes me wonder how they get through life. 'Oh the government didn't specifically say I couldn't drive 50 miles, climb a mountain then pop to the beach for a bit of sunbathing on the way home so I thought it might be ok'.

Hopefully before jumping to total lockdown they enforce mandatory fines for breaking the rules. Also as some Scandinavian countries do make the fine a percentage of income . First time fines of 30 pound isn’t a deterrent for most but a percentage of income fine would be . Somebody earns 30k gets a 2% fine £600 may be more help to stop stupidity

[superfurryhibby]

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Good luck enforcing that.

This has been the cade in Spain for three weeks. The police are enforcing it with some vigour. Nobody is walking the streets without good reason. Coming our way very soon.

[GreenCastle]

Yup lockdown will be till minimum end of the this month and probably much longer.

I can see the government getting tougher soon and exercise only 500 yards from home at most.

They are drip feeding it like the previous lockdown so it doesn’t come as complete shock to everyone.

[Viva_Palmeiras]

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This has been the cade in Spain for three weeks. The police are enforcing it with some vigour. Nobody is walking the streets without good reason. Coming our way very soon.

They do have guns to be fain! :)

[Joe6-2]

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This has been the cade in Spain for three weeks. The police are enforcing it with some vigour. Nobody is walking the streets without good reason. Coming our way very soon.

Ridiculous that grown adults can’t be trusted to do the sensible thing!!

[Sylar]

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I could be wrong but I took it to mean that it's assuming testing is so widespread by that point that keyworkers like nurses are already being routinely tested.

I don't think anyone on here is suggesting that football players should be tested ahead of nurses, just for the sake of getting a few football matches played.

You interpreted my post correctly - I could have made it clear that was what I meant, but in my head, I thought it was obvious.

After all of the stuff I've read regarding the PFA etc in the past few days, I'm not sure my initial enthusiasm for televised football remains.

[Frazerbob]

A lot of folk missing the point here. Nobody in their right mind is advocating closed doors games now, or any time soon. When the exit strategy to all this begins, it’ll be a very gradual process. It won’t be a case of one day we all go back to normal. Travel and gatherings of people will be curtailed for a good while after the first lockdown rules are relaxed. I suspect large gatherings such as gigs and sporting events will be a long way off and, if you heard the interviews with the Aberdeen & Raith chairmen yesterday, it’s clearly being discussed in those circles. We might be able to play football long before we can go along to watch it at Easter Road.

[EI255]

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Not a pop at you, but why the f should football players be tested before nurses doctors, me or you? At the moment theres not enough tests for NHS never mind over priveleged football players.I would be ragin if they were to be tested before me because they can play fitba.
This season is finished, and if I am honest I dont think the new season will start with full stadiums until atleast October, if it starts at all. Theres already talk that this may go quiet for a couple of months and then rear its ugly head again next winter, another lockdown?

100% agree mate. Footballers should be treated no differently to us. In actual fact, many of us will have far more important jobs and skills than any full time footballer. Footballers should actually be lower down the testing pecking order when it comes. Common sense.

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[mjhibby]

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It will not happen . Football is finished for months. The problems football clubs, TV companies are having pales into insignificance compared to what is happening with the virus locally and globally. The least of governments worries.

What I can't understand is why the TV companies seem to think that they can just body swerve this virus and not pay their last installment of the TV deals. Surely commonsense and an appreciation of the situation clubs are in should prevail. Not heard a peep from sky or bt. Surely stopping the payments just starts a chain reaction of events.

[Sylar]

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Not a pop at you, but why the f should football players be tested before nurses doctors, me or you? At the moment theres not enough tests for NHS never mind over priveleged football players.I would be ragin if they were to be tested before me because they can play fitba.
This season is finished, and if I am honest I dont think the new season will start with full stadiums until atleast October, if it starts at all. Theres already talk that this may go quiet for a couple of months and then rear its ugly head again next winter, another lockdown?

Sorry, Phil. I thought I'd had the courtesy to reply to you too, but I only appear to have replied to SDG's post.

They absolutely shouldn't be tested before any key workers - I wasn't for a moment suggesting that these pampered pooches be treated as any kind of priority. It was more 'if and when we get to a place of sufficient testing' and there's sufficient capacity to check everyone entering the stadium pre-match. I thought that would go without saying, but I should have been clearer. It might mean them getting tested before some people, but I thought there might be a bit of a trade-off with regards to live televised sport providing a bit of a morale boost for some.

As I said in my reply to SDG though, I no longer feel an enthusiasm for the idea. The PFA weaponising the NHS in their justification of exorbitant player salaries (who are currently getting paid for **** all other than keeping themselves fit) was utterly disgusting, especially when their billionaire bosses are relying on taxpayer funds to cover the salaries of furloughed non-playing staff.

Agree with the timescales on full spectator games - I doubt we'll see that until next season start at the earliest.

[Forza Fred]

In Oz it’s just been announced that the Rugby League is considering taking a number of teams to an island off the coat of Queensland, supposedly in a ‘bubble’ to play games for television by June.

Sounds a harebrained scheme to me, and given the codes behaviour record, almost a lunatic one.

80 odd Australian rugby league players marooned on an island with little to do but drink......

What could possibly go wrong?

[Joe6-2]

All sport has to take a step back until this virus is dealt with, we are all severely affected by this and sport really has to be low on the agenda.
I know there are massive ramifications but, everyone’s health just has to come first!

[Begbie79]

Some German clubs returning to training today.

[greenflyer]

What would be the special rules?

No spitting on the grass.
No sweating or breathing hard just in case some biological transfer occurs.
Goalie must wash his hands every time he holds the ball.
No headers.
No ball boys - players must retrieve themselves - argue over fetching the ball and red card.
Referee in hazard suit.
An ambulance to the game for each player.
TV personnel special permission to wire up cameras and transmitters.

If players have insurance for end of career injury does it become invalid if lungs are affected so they can no longer maintain physical stress.

Family isolation would be necessary. Where? How?

Covid19 kills people. Stop unnecessary activity until the time is safe to resume from whatever situation we eventually end with.