The Coach

Being honest. I haven’t missed football one bit.

God damn. I love the patriotism of this country.

You are a true hero Captain Tom Moore

I'm up at 0600 few days a week for hill sprints. Haven't done hill sprints for 4 years or so. One of the few benefits of this lockdown is finding my inner self again to pick up my fitness and health habits once more than which was very extreme.

Already practising my "******* HELL, ARE WE STILL SOCIAL DISTANCING?" shout when our midfield make no attempt to close down the opposition .

Hearing that NHS Nightingale will be fitted with 2 morgues. Very sad but it sounds more like a place to send those who will more than likely lose their life. 4000 beds to be fitted. I don’t think we’ve even scratched the surface yet in terms of deaths in this country.

If you know...you know 

5 minutes ago, bcfcfinker said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52003543

ffs, at least two of those will not be protected by anonymity

I wonder if this is the Tommy R incident.

1 hour ago, Harry said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry for the multiple quotes but I wanted to make a couple of points. 
 

The US system is multi-faceted. They have Medicare, which offers state-funded healthcare for the over 65’s and for the disabled. 
They have Medicaid which offers state-funded healthcare based on means testing. 
Then they have Private Healthcare for those who are deemed to be able to “afford it”. 
 

What many people don’t realise is that the state funded programme covers 64% of treatment and makes up 17.1% of their GDP. Compare that to ours at 9%. 
So the US spend nearly twice as much in terms of GDP than we do. 
We are also the 13th ranked in Europe for spending vs GDP. 
 

There is a lot wrong with their system, as there is with ours. But it’s important to make the point that it is not a system whereby everyone gets turned away or face huge bills if they don’t have insurance. They spend more than we do and a large part of the population DO get free healthcare. 
 

I’m not gonna get into the rights and wrongs but just want to make that point. 

A good all round balanced view @Harry 

Nice to see this day and age.

7 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said:

The citizens of this country also have the option to pay for healthcare if they so wish, securing most of what you refer to above. 

The difference is the most vulnerable in society get screwed by the system you describe.

The NHS is the envy of most Americans I've spoken to, granted they are progressive New Yorkers or Californians. You've presumably only ever discussed it with people that are equally as narrow-minded and thick as you are.

And there we go. You’ve highlighted examples of the two biggest liberal states.

Equally narrow minded as thick as me? So that would private business owners and walk street bankers? Must really be burning your far left eunuch bits.

4 minutes ago, MarcusX said:

It might be ok if you have insurance, I can’t get my head around having a complete accident and leaving hospital with a 6 figure bill. Health care based on financial standing is awful.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/563519/

 

 

Obamacare left those on the lower financial standing even worse.

Its quite funny how we say we hope to never have a healthcare system like the US. They say the exact same about us. Funny old world 

2 minutes ago, Roger Red Hat said:

What a ridiculous statement.

In the US. I can get an mri tomorrow 

You would have to wait 12-16 weeks in the UK.

I get injured tomorrow, I can immediately get into see a surgeon and get scheduled.

Current wait time for orthopedic surgery in the UK is 4-6 months

We have zero access to things like HRT & TRT. Our govt won’t financially support things like that

It’s 3-4 week wait to see a freaking regular doctor in this country. 
 

Not so ridiculous...

2 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said:

And an appalling healthcare system which discriminates against the most vulnerable in society.

Appalling? Pull your liberal head out your lady parts. It’s better than ours in a lot of ways.

Fair play to Tommy R here

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7 minutes ago, JamesBCFC said:

A childish comment like "spineless liberal soyboys"?

I stated a fact 

4 minutes ago, JamesBCFC said:

"It's not about politics at this moment"

*Calls people who disagree with your political opinions names*

 

Well done.

At what point did I disagree? I’m highlight a childish comment. Not political is it?

@Kid in the Riot you’re one of them. Hang your head in shame soyboy.

1 minute ago, AshtonGreat said:

I agree, he has. I've been impressed

Very sad the people on here belittling him and laughing. The man has been carrying Britain on his back this week. More than likely on very little sleep, with a pregnant girlfriend at home.

No surprise the people who reacted to my post are the spineless, liberal soyboys.

It’s not about politics at this moment in time. It’s far beyond that.

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

Play it behind closed doors

Neutral venues so that clubs don't have to stay over night and risk exposure etc. All training grounds to be deep cleaned too.

On 12/03/2020 at 18:46, Lanterne Rouge said:

Anyone else thinks Trump`s massively overreacting? Apparently he has put these measures in place to protect the American people - he won`t do anything to protect those same people from nutjobs with assault rifles though.

I`ll wager more Americans will be shot dead this year than die in the whole of Europe from Coronavirus.

it`s almost as if he`s more concerned about getting re-elected than protecting his citizens - perish the thought.

What a moron you are. 

Has the whole Coronavirus been blown out of proportion? Especially when more die suffering from flu etc 

Gave an actual boxing performance tonight. I did say points would not be enough to get his his reputation back. However, I’ll take that back as he stuck to his game plan without going rogue.

I hope he sticks at this weight. 

1 minute ago, JonDolman said:

No need to apologise. But I think you're wrong as AJ losing to a guy twice does not make him a bum. And you are comparing him to other normal boxers who are not such huge names. AJ is a huge name who would still generate loads of money whoever fought him, so of course people would want to fight him. If he was David Price then you're right, but he isn't.

We’ll see after this fight  

3 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

He'd still be a huge name, so I bet he'd get all the big names.

Yeah..he wouldn’t. Sorry, it’s how it works in boxing. Top fighters wouldn’t want to fight a bum. That’s how they would describe it. 

Why play the US anthem??