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Taylor.....Hollyoaks

Track and Trace overall is being bailed out by Local Health teams....otherwise the figures would look even worse. It’s a shambles. It’s money for old rope. It’s tantamount to fraud.

Yes, you need a NZ style lockdown, shut the borders, quarantine otherwise....and you need track, trace, test and isolate. If you read the stuff from Independent Sage, it isn’t rocket science....but again we are reacting too late. This wave (is it still wave 1?) has already bolted.

Perverse world we live in isn’t it.

Just a simple example, my Van has a service due Tuesday....cancelled because VW have a covid outbreak and are having to close for 2 weeks whilst staff self-isolate. It’s only gonna get worse under the pathetic measures. It’s gonna impact businesses for yonks. They need to find a way to break the increase and change its direction.

Oh, I know, just shows that the ****t of an MP who replied is effin’ clueless. I’m hoping he gets called out as the knob he is.

Chatting to a mate online earlier, who wrote to his MP: about the whole not letting football fans in to stadiums but can sit in a restaurant and watch a game. I suggested it was surely safer outside than inside. He responded with the following quote via his PA "This seems sensible, but it is up to local organisations in conjunction with the local authorities and the police to apply the guidelines. The government cannot possibly determine every local event and how rules are applied." I thought it was Government policy dictating the approach? He has sent on to Mark Kelly. What an Effin’ joke.

Do they know the ground doesn’t belong to the football club ???

It is my hope that they do a 3pm Saturday football / 7.30pm tip off....will be a perfect Saturday. They aren’t playing outdoors on the football pitch! ?

Brave opening header from Hanlon...keeper took his head off. Not dissimilar in lateness as COD’s on Saturday.

People’s front of judea versus Judean people’s front!

Phil Wallace - Stevenage Owner on Covid (SSN 2:35pm today) Highlights: - clubs have invested time and effort working through “return to playing” guidelines with SAG to work out how they can get a safe quantity of fans back in - inconsistent approach re indoor venues - you can watch women’s team in same stadium as the men! - blanket ban on crowds in pro football is wrong, many / all clubs can satisfy a given number for their ground - testing is necessary (needs to come back), but for Stevenage it’s £3.5k per round. He suggests it should be twice weekly (£7k per week) to avoid picking up a symptomatic player on Monday who was sat on a coach with the whole team on Saturday. They can’t afford it - PFA claimed player welfare last season, so shouldn’t they contribute to the testing cost....they have tens of millions of retained earnings. Not saying they should pay for the lot though - commence test events to prove it can be done safely. - lots of Lg1/2 clubs are in real problems in November, not just gate income lost, but banqueting etc etc - potential transfer levy idea to put into a pot to help in bad times (now!) He genuinely looked choked talking about it.

It’s the inconsistency / illogical rationale that does me. It’s the changing of the metrics to suit their agenda that is totally against the level of of competence I’d expect from a government. They are making it up as they go along, they are not following the science. They are playing a game of “chance” with others lives at stake.

That’s the bit I’m frustrated by. I don’t necessarily think football grounds are safe yet, but if they aren’t nor are cinemas, etc. 1m+ indoors...what tosh. And that is why the seating needs careful planning. It might be that early trials are with a bigger social distancing element. Instead if 1m+, you do 2m+....I think a lot of people are ignoring the “+”....that’s means with mitigation, e.g. mask, screen, facing away from each other etc. If 2m+ (initially) meant 4k rather than 8k fans at AG, then City make a commercial decision. They might say start with 3k because they want to control the concourse better etc. Each club needs to plan their implementation of the guidelines....and then enforce it.

I would like to attend, but won’t if it’s not “safe”. Until I know the details I can’t say what I’d do. If they want to give all of Section A4 to Joe and myself, then I’d go and feel safe.

Luckily they all wrote Bake-inson, so he’s safe for a bit longer.

Yep, we subbed on 82 years and subbed off 90 years.

Average age was 25 (and a bit) today....and went below 25 with all 3 subs on.

It was the bit where you said bossing it on his own, but it’s just good we are talking about positive impacts. ??

Depends on whether you are using “average” as in average or “average” in a derogatory way like some people do. For me, overall he did what I expected him to today....good bits and sloppy bits. I don’t do half marks but he was somewhere between a 6 and a 7. Agree, I though his couple of casual bits first half were a bit of a catalyst to giving Forest encouragement. It’s all a learning curve, and he was better second half. Vyner likewise. I suspect at h-t Holden or the coaches re-emphasised to both of them the quality of the Championship and how easy it is to be punished. They both show the ability to soak up info and act upon it. I don’t think he bossed it today. If he was we wouldn’t have been under as much pressure. I do think it does disrespect Pato and Weimann...it is a midfield unit, and they compliment each other (in the main). He is looking good though for a youngster playing his first games at this level.

Unbelievable Jeff. Assumed it was photoshopped until I checked Vue at Longwell Green. I get that Prem football has different licencing for covid, but it’s the sheer inconsistency of who is allowed to offer a service and who isn’t, especially as one is indoors and the other isn’t. ??????

I thought they were on annual reviews?

Maguire was suggesting losses of £27m! Bellingham’s transfer will be in next year’s accounts. You would’ve thought that 19/20s numbers ought to result in points deduction...shouldn’t it?

Yep, it’s a difficult balance. How much would a genuine iFollow (if even available) or Sky commercial sub cost?

Different tv deals between rugby and football as a result of covid.