7 hours ago, Southport Red said:

That would mean they would only be locking out 30,000 at the Mem.

Seriously though, if that applies to all the leagues Rovers would be in big trouble opening the stadium etc for 2,000 attendances

We probably have more stewards than that

I was thinking this morning: imagine if we'd actually got Nketiah after all that January speculation, and then the pandemic had hit :laugh:

27 minutes ago, BS2 Red said:

There does seem to be a lot of mixed messaging. We’re told we should stay in but are allowed out to exercise once a day. But we shouldn’t drive anywhere to do so. But we have to be 2m away from anybody else?

What’s the harm in driving somewhere quiet for a walk? I live in the middle of Bristol, everywhere I go has lots of people. But I know lots of places outside the city that would be quiet. But that’s out as I hear the police are stopping people and questioning them.

We also still have lots of non-essential people out working as their bosses are not letting them WFH or because they are unable to WFH.

It’s all pretty messy.

I was just discussing this with a member of my family. I think they have to make a universal law to ensure that it's enforced. Obviously if you're in the middle of nowhere in the Peak District, you're not going to be affecting anyone. Equally, most of us are sensible enough to do the right thing (i.e. keep our distance). But if they don't bring the measures in, you just know there will be people out there who don't take the necessary precautions, or who live in too built up an area to be able to. 

Only the BBC... 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52039832

48 minutes ago, Stortz said:

'Confused, dangerous, flippant': rest of world pans PM's handling of coronavirus

The international verdict on Boris Johnson and his zigzag handling of the pandemic has been damning, with responses ranging from bafflement and disbelief to anger.

Many consider the prime minister’s initial laissez-faire approach to the crisis, followed by contradictory signals about his government’s strategy, as an inexplicable bout of British exceptionalism.

“Boris Johnson had gone out publicly and essentially asked Britons ... to accept death,” said the Greek newspaper Ethnos. It declared him “more dangerous than coronavirus”.

On Sunday, Singapore’s national development minister, Lawrence Wong, said the UK and Switzerland had “abandoned any measure to contain or restrain the virus”.

The New York Times accused Johnson of sowing confusion. “He has seemed like a leader acting under duress ... playing catch-up to a private sector that had already acted on its own.”

Politicians, scientists and commentators greeted the prime minister’s U-turn on Monday night, when he ordered a UK-wide lockdown, as a belated but welcome decision to join the rest of Europe, and much of the world, in a necessary strategy.

The mystery is why it took so long.

Last week Ireland, which shares a land border with the UK, struggled to understand Downing Street’s hesitation. “Boris Johnson is gambling with the health of his citizens,” said the Irish Times.

On Tuesday, after the prime minister’s sudden reversal, one official in Dublin expressed relief. “The Brits were doing their own thing and it looked like we were going to have to live with it. They got there in the end.”

It was a variation of an observation attributed to Winston Churchill about America doing the right thing after exhausting all other options.

Foreign observers had become accustomed to Johnson’s breezy pronouncements on Britain steering its own course during Brexit showdowns last year but they winced at hearing the same tone in the context of a global health emergency.

He appeared at press conferences alongside the chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, and the chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, but instead of reassurance Vallance caused consternation by appearing to endorse the idea of allowing much of the population to become infected to develop “herd immunity”.

Last week the prime minister made an initial concession to physical distancing – a key tactic to slow contagion – by asking people to avoid pubs. But he did not close them and many people, including his own father, Stanley, cheerily said they still planned to go out for a drink. Nevertheless, Johnson expressed confidence such limited measures were working and could “turn the tide” within 12 weeks.

Many outsiders were aghast. The pandemic was out of control in Italy and Spain, killing thousands, and surging across the globe, prompting a scramble to emulate Chinese-style lockdowns.

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, reportedly threatened to close France’s border with Britain last Friday if it did not intensify measures.

Others worried about the fate of friends and relatives in Britain. Giorgio Gori, the mayor of Bergamo, the city hardest hit by Italy’s coronavirus outbreak, flew his two daughters out of the UK, deeming them safer at home.

“When I saw what the English government was thinking about this problem, I decided to bring them back, because I think that even if we are at the centre of the epidemic, probably they are more secure here than in England, because I don’t understand why the government didn’t decide in time to protect their citizens,” he told Sky News.

Greece, an early adopter of draconian measures, also became alarmed. It has one of the largest overseas student communities in the UK, much of which has been repatriated and ordered into a 14-day quarantine. Athens suspended all flights to Britain on Monday until 15 April.

Not everyone lamented the UK’s foot-dragging.

On Monday, before Johnson’s U-turn, a son of Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, defended his father’s much-criticised response to the pandemic by citing Johnson.

Eduardo Bolsonaro tweeted a 22 March video of Johnson encouraging British citizens to use local parks. “Coronavirus is very serious but the country cannot stop,” he said. “The British prime minister advised his people to take exercise in public parks.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/24/confused-dangerous-flippant-worlds-media-pans-pms-handling-of-coronavirus-boris-johnson

The Guardian can do one

43 minutes ago, reddogkev said:

Starting to think that humanity may never fully recover from this situation.  There's too much damage being caused to the world's infrastructure that will only worsen with time and may never be restored.

Remember the days when football seemed important?

Sorry to sound overly bleak.

 

To be fair, if the world managed to recover from two world wars and the Spanish flu, it can recover from this

1 hour ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Mrs LR popped out to Tesco`s in Launceston this morning and managed to get everything she wanted - mince, cheese, sausages, fresh veg and even some rice ( she only got one of everything, not twenty!). It was all stuff we would have bought every week normally.

I really think the limit on purchases is working PROVIDED it`s being enforced. I also think in smaller towns with only one supermarket there`s an element of `I know what you did` where people acting like selfish idiots can easily be spotted by folks that know them and they`re shamed into acting a bit more considerately.

That's a long way to go for some sausages

39 minutes ago, Redpool said:

Fair play to Boris this week. He’s done a fantastic job so far each day in his conference. Full credit to the man.

I agree, he has. I've been impressed

11 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

Not the time to blame the tories?  Why on earth not?  Their handling of this situation has been a shambles from the very beginning, reminiscent of Chamberlain’s government at the start of the Second World War, which was equally shambolic.  The fact that things are tough for all of is no reason to go soft on a misfiring leadership.  Johnson’s handling of the situation has been chaotic from the outset and he deserves no praise for his attempts to repair the damage he has already done.

No it hasn't

I'm wondering whether the coronavirus outbreak could end up having a massively positive effect on the planet. Aerial heat maps (probably not the right term) have shown massive changes to the smog above cities that have been in lockdown. Add to this the fact that planes could be grounded for months, industry could grind to a halt and traffic will be massively reduced, and it could make an overwhelming difference. 

27 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

Would be funny if liverpool did not win the league to be fair.

It would! 

I've just read that Man United would approve of the Premier League season being cancelled. Course they bloody would - Liverpool are about to win the title! 

1 hour ago, One Team In Keynsham said:

 

David Schneider makes it sound like the apocalypse

15 hours ago, SX227 said:

Australia prepare for 'inevitable' Olympic games cancellation

AFL cancel game in China

Premier League clubs cancel pre-season games down-under - Manyoo, Spurs and Arsenal cancel arranged games in Australia.

Use of armed forces to quarantine areas 'not ruled out'

Massive runs on supermarkets leave shelves empty around the country.

And we only have had one death yet.

 

When you have lunatic Christians in Korea hiding it, and stupid Muslims in religious sites licking the same stone one after each other, and the Indonesian President stating 'Allah will stop the virus from entering our country' - you have to wonder if we actually deserve all we get.

Religion - killing more people than anything else in the history of mankind........

Hmm not sure where you got that idea from

2 hours ago, TomF said:

Solid theme tune, not bad for 18 year old..

 

I thought it was distinctly underwhelming. Pretty dull really

2 hours ago, phantom said:

The producer of the James Bond films has ruled out making the character female after Daniel Craig's departure.

No Time To Die, which will be released in April, marks Craig's final outing as 007, and his replacement has not yet been announced.

"James Bond can be of any colour, but he is male," producer Barbara Broccoli told Variety.

"I believe we should be creating new characters for women - strong female characters.

"I'm not particularly interested in taking a male character and having a woman play it. I think women are far more interesting than that."

The forthcoming Bond film will see actress Lashana Lynch play a female 00 agent after Craig's Bond has left active service.

TAKEN FROM: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51133194

Good. All this political correctness is getting out of hand

2 hours ago, Curr Avon said:

It certainly looks bad for the Trotters. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49470865

What have Del and Rodney got to do with it? 

47 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

Really good side he's picked there. 433 I hope with Pack sitting and Brownhill and Pato more advanced. Get O'Dowda and Eliasson to hug the touchline and get balls into Diedhiou. 

It's a shame Pato isn't hugging the touchline. The other side.

24 minutes ago, Esmond Million's Bung said:

I have to say I am sort of OK with what I saw today, after starting the 2nd half surrendering midfield and shipping the inevitable goal by the hour mark I feared the worst and expected our midfield to completely crumble but the introduction of Smith and Taylor strengthened our midfield assisted by the removal of Paterson.

I hope that for the next game LJ starts with Taylor rather than Paterson, he offered nothing today apart from putting into trouble and Smith for COD.

The keeper looks ok, I must say I quite like Hunt, he is robust and just keeps going, perhaps what people don't like about him is that he looks a little ungainly, Webster is quality, Baker is quality but sometimes is far too casual, Joe had a mixed game but mostly good, Eliasson tired towards the end but he has improved and will continue to improve, I hope that LJ shows him the same sort of patience that he shows Paterson. Brownhill was my MOM he played well throughout, Pack excellent in the first half, really poor for the first 15 minutes of the 2nd half and excellent from then to the end, ODowda does not look fit to me. Wiemann what an engine we might not miss Reid as much as people think.

Smith one very loose pass but some great interceptions at very important times, we need him to start. Taylor as I said offers far more than Paterson and his link up play is far better.

I don't know if Smith wasn't fully fit? Because if he wasn't, he should always be first on the teamsheet.

7 minutes ago, old_eastender said:

1-1 FT, disappointing for me. Played Forest at right time before their signings have clicked. Really poor goal to concede with lots of backing off.

Aside from Eliasson no cutting edge for us, Pato very poor, COD ineffective.  

There again if Packs header isn't well headed off the line, we would probably have won it comfortably.

Same old, same old. I don't know why Paterson wasn't sold in the summer

10 minutes ago, You Do The Dziekanowski said:

LJ is out of his depth

To be fair, it wouldn't have to be very deep

21 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said:

Eliasson, every time I've seen him play he looks the only player with a half decent delivery on him.

Yeah I agree

6 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said:

Hahahahahhahahahah WE'RE PLAYING TWO BIG LADS UP TOP

AND THE BEST CROSSER OF THE BALL IS ON THE BENCH

You couldn't ******* write it could you.

 

Come on the City.

Who's our best crosser?

3 hours ago, Fjmcity said:

it feels like a millions years ago, and may be a contributing factor to our downturn, but watch this and remember how good following football can be..

What comes first, decent results or support? Who knows, but all our attitudes to our current situation are fairly poor and it’s amazing how football can do this to you.

Fans packing the new den, Millwall riding on the cusp of a wave towards the playoffs, Bristol city with pretty much the same points but wishing away their lives annoyed that we should have more points, and should be in the playoffs rather than concentrating on trying to get into them. Funny old game

 

You know that feeling One Hit Wonders get when people keep reminding them of their one chart success?

Disappointing result