Betty Swallocks

1 hour ago, MarcusX said:

Why wouldn't you want the app?

 

Interesting article today, albeit sportsbible so hardly a top level source:

https://www.sportbible.com/football/news-premier-league-players-and-staff-will-have-to-get-covid-vaccinations-20210722

Vaccines mandatory for Premier League players and staff. At least we know we wont be losing Wells to a Prem club this window!

My app went the day I was pinged because someone in the flat below, who I hadn’t had any contact with, had caught the virus. 

1 hour ago, Bristol Rob said:

Which you'll need to prove you can go to the game?

Access to a vaccine passport is via the NHS app rather than the track and trace app.

6 hours ago, Bristol Rob said:

Could be 25,000 of us waking up to the PING! the day after the opening game.

You can only get a ping if you have the app…..

8 minutes ago, BarnzFM said:

Hear the south stand concourse isn’t going to be used due to vaccinations still on going, does that mean the seating in that stand unlikely to be used as well - assume so 

Vaccination centre @ Ashton Gate is ending on the 3rd August in time for them to clear out ready for the Blackpool game. 

21 minutes ago, 22A said:

Not just them  We get M'boro' and possibly Sunderland and/or Newcastle.

All three are great away trips. Newcastle won’t be going down though unfortunately. 

If you want to know what Joey Barton is all about, listen to the latest Undr The Cosh podcast with Danny Mills..... sounds like a proper nice bloke........

It never ceases to amaze me, how much they want to be loved by everyone else. 
Really strange behaviour. 

1 hour ago, weeble said:

His one appearance was for 14 minutes as a substitute in 2011. He left in 2012.

Didn’t take long for the club to leave a lasting impression on him then. 

10 minutes ago, walnutroof said:

Am i missing something here, they couldn’t afford to build at UWE when the land was free but can afford buy the land and build which would be three times as much?

I guess someone is building it for them as part of a bigger project and they will be tenants rather than owners of a new stadium. 

27 minutes ago, Steve Watts said:

Which leagues are letting in fans? I'd wager it's probably countries which haven't been so tight with their restrictions, or have large crowds to deal with, perhaps.  Even Belarus stopped crowds in the end, I believe.

Italy are hoping to allow fans in their grounds before they finish their season.
Spain are looking at it as well. This has caught Real out as they’ve decided to play their remaining games at their mini stadium as they are redeveloping the Bernabéu. 
 

Obviously neither will be opening at full capacity but I think they are working at around 30%.

23 minutes ago, hodge said:

So either their first game is postponed or someone else has to lead training/be in charge first game now, precedent about to be set for this situation

Billy McKinlay, Stokes assistant manager, is taking charge of training and their first game back against Reading. 

3 hours ago, City oz said:

What’s that got to do with the original post. Who is Bradley Dack. I only asked if the Blackburn v Bristol was the first match  behind closed doors. Didn’t need to know s%$t about trains or Dack.

Blackburn ain’t in Bristol’s league. 

Just now, OldlandReddies said:

Under the circumstances I doubt any will train with the first team. 

We will need some to be up to some sort of match fitness. To put out 20 man squads, 9 times over 5 weeks, we will need a squad of around 35 I’d imagine 

2 minutes ago, phantom said:

Matchday squads to be 20 players and up to 5 substitutes to be used 

I know the first team have been back training for over a week now, I wonder how many of the academy lads have been asked to train with the first team squad. 

3 minutes ago, Seneca the Younger said:

I assume the fixture list will be in the same order as it always has been, with that being the case Preston is our next game, what a big one to start off with!

Jayden Stockley has tested positive for Covid-19 at Preston, unsure how that will effect their other players.

If they go in order, Blackburn will be our next game. Preston was due to be the last game of the season. 

9 minutes ago, formerly known as ivan said:

You’d think, but if players are sticking to the rules as they should you’d have to question how there are new infections?

Bournemouth was last week!

Probably in the same way that normal folk who have been following the rules have caught the virus. 
 

From the 3 rounds of testing, I’m sure the total number of players or staff who have tested positive is still less than the number of players who tested positive in just the first round of testing in Germany. 

1 hour ago, formerly known as ivan said:

4 more positive tests from this rounds testing in the prem

Out of over 1000 tests, that’s got to be good news. 

6 minutes ago, sh1t_ref_again said:

I don't think that means anything, players have returned as the season may continue, but ts crazy that clubs will be voting and have an agenda based upon league position. What they should have said is the season will be finished, but the choice is this season or delay next season

BBC news (with non relevant bits removed)

Clubs will still be promoted and relegated from the three divisions of the English Football League if seasons are ended amid the coronavirus crisis.

Play-offs will also be played, but with no more than four teams.

The EFL has confirmed that 51% of Championship, League One and League Two clubs need to agree for the campaign in each division to be curtailed.

This could pave the way for the League One season to be cancelled, with teams currently split over a resolution.

The new regulations still have to be voted on by all 71 EFL clubs before they can be implemented.

Players are set to return to training on Monday but with strict protocols.

By all accounts, the majority of the Championship want to continue.

Leaders, Leeds have already come out to say they are strong in their opinion that the season should be concluded.  

24 minutes ago, phantom said:

I wonder which way our club will sway?

I wonder if there will be any incentives to get fans to waive their right to a refund, ie; a free season ticket for one season if the club were to make the Premier League in the next 5/10 years. 

1 hour ago, phantom said:

So it’s only farmers leagues that have packed up for the season then, all the rest are continuing. 

2 minutes ago, Dolman_Stand said:

Always going to be contentious in that you are effectively simulating a result but my personal view would be to take the result between the two sides earlier in the season as the result of the later game as at least it is based on a direct performance between each side rather than a PPG basis which would fail to take into account the strength of opposition yet to play. Different circumstances altogether but they do use the head to head basis in group stages of World Cup / Euro's to decide final positions so there is a basis of precedence for this.

Ultimatley your never going to keep everyone happy with this whole Virus issue as there are so many "what if's" associated with it.

 

It’s easier to use head to head at the Euros & World Cup because they are one off games at a neutral venue.

4 minutes ago, hodge said:

I'm surprised to see Hull go for null and void though, makes it quite obvious what they're about, I'd have thought (publicly at least) they'd have supported finishing via ppg as its more likely to get support from other clubs

They’d possibly have got more support from other clubs if they hadn’t gone for all out, null and void. 
Fortunately, they won’t get too far with their actions. 

I see Hull are kicking up a fuss about resuming.

Same as with the Premier League, I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that the great humanitarians are also the ones who are battling against relegation. 

57 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

**** off Rooney- many are working much less lower paid, greater risk.

Your moaning is neither helpful nor desirable- if you don't wish to play, fine but you forego pay. Not as bad as his article the other month but still..

Interestingly, I watched some Bundesliga yesterday- some parts of games anyway, dipping in and out and I didn't see a single tackle- dunno if that's due to this, I'm sure there were tackles but it'd be interesting to see data of tackles in games pre lockdown and post.

To qualify my comment, stuff he writes about football, insight- that's all an excellent read, but his moaning about restart or expectation for players to take a bit of a hit- mind you Derby got there in the end- does grate.

Watched Köln v Mainz earlier, was a couple of tasty looking challenges going in from the bits I saw. 

55 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I thought it was stated last night that you couldn’t travel to other parts of the UK, ruling out England to Wales or vice-versa?

That’s for leisure purposes, you can still travel for work.