Alex_BCFC Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 2 hours ago, daored said: I don’t disagree and I have little sympathy for clubs who earn the money from tv / European football etc. It’s staggering to think that we’re entering a ‘transfer window’ and Sky and that numpty Jim white will be jumping up and down about clubs spending millions on transfer fees and wages whilst as a country we’re in lockdown. I look forward to the top flight bubble bursting It won’t though - the money from tv is exactly why it won’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 11 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Was a little bit churlish earlier. Probably a necessary evil in retrospect but I worry about the effects of lockdown as well as the benefits or sold benefits. Only saw some headline announcements, football is this still ongoing? Listen mate, we're all getting wound up over things at the moment but just at this time that's life so don't worry because you aren't Robinson Crusoe. I'm just happy to be living in rural France at the moment where I feel relatively safe. As for football I can't see it continuing but like you cannot find a definitive answer anywhere. Expect we will know soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 On 04/01/2021 at 09:57, reddoc said: a failure to maintain capacity with new builds Wasn't that the case with the closure of frenchay hospital & merger with southmead??...(nbt). I believe a deficit of hundreds of beds from the previous combined bed state........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddoc Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 39 minutes ago, Son of Fred said: Wasn't that the case with the closure of frenchay hospital & merger with southmead??...(nbt). I believe a deficit of hundreds of beds from the previous combined bed state........ That's my understanding, although I worked closer with GWH, so had limited contact with Southmead. Although I'm sure I remember when you admitted to the new Southmead you were connected via the concierge, which didn't strike me as pretentious at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 2 hours ago, reddoc said: you were connected via the concierge, which didn't strike me as pretentious at all. Nice 'Delboyesque' touch .. Didn't 'Great Western & Southmead have the same 'chief for respective development phases??.... Specialists eh,??.. Thank you for your dedication & professionalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 16 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Was a little bit churlish earlier. Probably a necessary evil in retrospect but I worry about the effects of lockdown as well as the benefits or sold benefits. Only saw some headline announcements, football is this still ongoing? Just read that PL & other elite football will continue for time being. Are we elite ? Have they seen us play recently ? All amateur football is on hold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 21 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Well I'm not wanting to make this a general Covid debate, erm, maybe on the actual Covid thread. Maybe the death and severe illness rate has changed by age group and I've missed it? So you can continue to post the same things, get corrected then post it again a few days later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 hour ago, MarcusX said: So you can continue to post the same things, get corrected then post it again a few days later? Not getting into this on here, but correction or different stance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 9 hours ago, BigTone said: Listen mate, we're all getting wound up over things at the moment but just at this time that's life so don't worry because you aren't Robinson Crusoe. I'm just happy to be living in rural France at the moment where I feel relatively safe. As for football I can't see it continuing but like you cannot find a definitive answer anywhere. Expect we will know soon enough. Yeah this is true thanks- you're probably in one of the better places for it. Football- don't think it's a huge transmission risk IF protocols maintained significantly, pretty secure environment- testing needed to be upped at our level and apparently it will be. In terms of overall effect on NHS etc, more about optics than critical mass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Yeah this is true thanks- you're probably in one of the better places for it. Football- don't think it's a huge transmission risk IF protocols maintained significantly, pretty secure environment- testing needed to be upped at our level and apparently it will be. In terms of overall effect on NHS etc, more about optics than critical mass? I think football will be curtailed soon but happy if proved otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne allisons tongues Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 Will the club confirm that the club is Covid free or not. Been 6 days since announcement, lab should be open so are the club playing Portsmouth or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 21 minutes ago, wayne allisons tongues said: Will the club confirm that the club is Covid free or not. Been 6 days since announcement, lab should be open so are the club playing Portsmouth or not. In todays presser, no positive cases was just symptoms and squad was half way to Brentford when they turned around. Kasey is the only positive case at the club after his return from Swansea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne allisons tongues Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Lrrr said: In todays presser, no positive cases was just symptoms and squad was half way to Brentford when they turned around. Kasey is the only positive case at the club after his return from Swansea. Thanks, nothing on club website just KP positive. Which is concerning for what are Swansea protocols if he comes back positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 Just now, wayne allisons tongues said: Thanks, nothing on club website just KP positive. Which is concerning for what are Swansea protocols if he comes back positive. Press conference has only just taken place so not surprised nothing was on there before. Hard to blame any club really when the virus is so widespread, go home to a family and a player can bring it into the club unknowingly. And to say Brentford fans must love that there were no positive cases.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Lrrr said: In todays presser, no positive cases was just symptoms and squad was half way to Brentford when they turned around. Kasey is the only positive case at the club after his return from Swansea. Seems we’ve done some unusual stuff, when looking at that timeline. So they trained on Friday morning and it became evident that 1 player was showing symptoms. The usual guidance / protocol for anyone showing symptoms is to immediately self-isolate and arrange a test. There is no suggestion that this player was immediately sent home. Why not? The timeline then suggests that the players travelled up in 2 buses after training on the Friday and then turned around 55 minutes into the journey when the game was called off. 2 questions on this : 1 - Was the player showing symptoms on the bus? If so, why. He should’ve been self-isolating as soon as he showed symptoms. 2 - Why would the team make the very short journey to Brentford, 24 hours before the game, with a player showing symptoms. A game at Brentford surely doesn’t require travel the day before, presumably to stay in a hotel and thus expand risk - to hotel staff, to each other in enclosed environment etc. And particularly as there was someone in the group showing symptoms!! Is this within footballs protocols. Because, given the rise in cases in football, it certainly appears that the protocols they are adopting are a bag of horseshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Harry said: Seems we’ve done some unusual stuff, when looking at that timeline. So they trained on Friday morning and it became evident that 1 player was showing symptoms. The usual guidance / protocol for anyone showing symptoms is to immediately self-isolate and arrange a test. There is no suggestion that this player was immediately sent home. Why not? The timeline then suggests that the players travelled up in 2 buses after training on the Friday and then turned around 55 minutes into the journey when the game was called off. 2 questions on this : 1 - Was the player showing symptoms on the bus? If so, why. He should’ve been self-isolating as soon as he showed symptoms. 2 - Why would the team make the very short journey to Brentford, 24 hours before the game, with a player showing symptoms. A game at Brentford surely doesn’t require travel the day before, presumably to stay in a hotel and thus expand risk - to hotel staff, to each other in enclosed environment etc. And particularly as there was someone in the group showing symptoms!! Is this within footballs protocols. Because, given the rise in cases in football, it certainly appears that the protocols they are adopting are a bag of horseshit. I could argue that either way. Last season they were taking over hotels (or at least part of the hotel), taking their own chef with them etc. The logistics of travelling up on the day is not conducive to then playing in terms of stiffness of being on a coach for 2/3 hours. The overnight stay allows that to be out of the system, etc. You could also argue, training Friday morning, then going home, is a risk also. I don’t think the bit in bold is clear cut. I obviously have no idea of the timeline of the player reporting symptoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, Davefevs said: I could argue that either way. Last season they were taking over hotels (or at least part of the hotel), taking their own chef with them etc. The logistics of travelling up on the day is not conducive to then playing in terms of stiffness of being on a coach for 2/3 hours. The overnight stay allows that to be out of the system, etc. You could also argue, training Friday morning, then going home, is a risk also. I don’t think the bit in bold is clear cut. I obviously have no idea of the timeline of the player reporting symptoms. Holden said in the presser that the player showed symptoms during training. So it would surely be against any protocol that, without a negative test, that player shouldn’t immediately isolate. As for the coach journey, when has it ever taken 2/3 hours to get to Brentford. They’ve probably sat in Bristol traffic heading to a home game for longer in the past! Edit - maybe that explains our shit home form - the players legs are tired cuz they’ve sat in their cars for 90 minutes in traffic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 31 minutes ago, Harry said: Seems we’ve done some unusual stuff, when looking at that timeline. So they trained on Friday morning and it became evident that 1 player was showing symptoms. The usual guidance / protocol for anyone showing symptoms is to immediately self-isolate and arrange a test. There is no suggestion that this player was immediately sent home. Why not? The timeline then suggests that the players travelled up in 2 buses after training on the Friday and then turned around 55 minutes into the journey when the game was called off. 2 questions on this : 1 - Was the player showing symptoms on the bus? If so, why. He should’ve been self-isolating as soon as he showed symptoms. 2 - Why would the team make the very short journey to Brentford, 24 hours before the game, with a player showing symptoms. A game at Brentford surely doesn’t require travel the day before, presumably to stay in a hotel and thus expand risk - to hotel staff, to each other in enclosed environment etc. And particularly as there was someone in the group showing symptoms!! Is this within footballs protocols. Because, given the rise in cases in football, it certainly appears that the protocols they are adopting are a bag of horseshit. I wonder if the EFL has warned clubs there would be no testing on new years day, as football seems to have different protocols for them it could very much be you just have to get a test asap if you show symptoms rather than isolate so club go about business as normal before being told there's no testing. As for the travelling Watford got a coach to Luton to fly to Cardiff to stay at the Vale hotel just outside Cardiff to then get the coach to Swansea next day for their game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 35 minutes ago, Lrrr said: As for the travelling Watford got a coach to Luton to fly to Cardiff to stay at the Vale hotel just outside Cardiff to then get the coach to Swansea next day for their game. Wow!! That is ******* ridiculous. As I said on another thread - football can go **** itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 This was me after replying to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 Zero positive tests? Wonder if we've heard the last of it. Could raise eyebrows at EFL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 7 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Zero positive tests? Wonder if we've heard the last of it. Could raise eyebrows at EFL? Wasn’t it the EFL who told us the game was off whilst en-route? Holden said we were ready to play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 Brentford fans not amused.... https://griffinpark.org/index.php?threads/bristol-city-postponed.134722/ Quite funny really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenners Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, Lew-T said: Brentford fans not amused.... https://griffinpark.org/index.php?threads/bristol-city-postponed.134722/ Quite funny really. Tinpot ***** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View from the Dolman Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 Some people seem desperate for there to be something underhand at play here. Why not suggest that the club got the team doc to conveniently support the suggestion of possible symptoms? Wonder if we've heard the last of this from the GMC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted January 7, 2021 Admin Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 2 hours ago, Davefevs said: Wasn’t it the EFL who told us the game was off whilst en-route? Holden said we were ready to play? That is what was reported to us 2 hours ago, Lew-T said: Brentford fans not amused.... https://griffinpark.org/index.php?threads/bristol-city-postponed.134722/ Quite funny really. I'm sure they would have seen it differently if they had beaten Tottenham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogue malone Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 Game now on Wed 13th Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 Sunday v Portsmouth Wednesday at Brentford. Saturday we host Preston. Wednesday we go to Norwich. Sunday at home to Huddersfield. Treadmill time again! Otoh, having read higher up the thread, EFL calling it off satisfies me finally that we've no case to answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturny Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 5 hours ago, Lew-T said: Brentford fans not amused.... https://griffinpark.org/index.php?threads/bristol-city-postponed.134722/ Quite funny really. :laugh: Clueless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted January 7, 2021 Admin Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 7 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Sunday v Portsmouth Wednesday at Brentford. Saturday we host Preston. Wednesday we go to Norwich. Sunday at home to Huddersfield. Treadmill time again! Otoh, having read higher up the thread, EFL calling it off satisfies me finally that we've no case to answer. Then apart from FA Cup progression in theory only 5 more midweek fixtures for the rest of the season I would guess that is nothing unusual from here on in? 1 minute ago, Sturny said: Clueless Imagine the scenes if we get a result up there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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