lenred

Four games out of how many? And it’s two in the Prem isn’t it?

No chance. EFL maybe but no way Prem stops. They’ll just have to manage games as they have done so far with Newcastle and now Man City. Because one game has been postponed?

I’d agree you’ll be right and the Wycombe game will be the only opportunity for fans to see live football for a decent while. All my opinion of course as well!

Only time I’ve gone to leave early was when we lost to Leicester 0-4 under McInnes. We were 0-3 down at halftime and I’d just had a guts full and my mate agreed. Anyway we were in the Williams or Eastend I think - can’t remember - but as we walked out of the ground at the Park End we thought ‘what are we doing here - let’s get back in and support the boys’. So as we were at the park end and the Dolman gate was open for the smokers (and it wasn’t exactly a sell out), we thought nothing of it and went and sat in the dolman. Found a couple of seats near the bottom, checked with everyone around us that we weren’t nicking anyone’s seats very politely and everyone was sound. Anyway just after we went 0-4 down a group of stewards came marching over and escorted us out saying we weren’t in our seats and were breaking the stadium rules. Cue much hilarity from the those in the Atyeo that saw us being walked out along the bottom of the Dolman with a rendition of ‘make them stay make them stay make them stay’!! Very funny and learnt my lesson!

Time to call it in @OldlandReddies Cancer Research please mate

I wish someone could show me where I’m going wrong then because it certainly affects my breathing and I’ve tried all sorts of styles and whilst some are better than others they still all affect me to some degree. I’m relatively fit and healthy and when I had cause to have my oxygen saturation levels recorded last year I was at 98/99 like the doctor in the video. Maybe I’m an outlier or maybe it’s a case that masks don’t affect the oxygen levels but in order to produce those levels you have to breathe harder/less efficiently? I’m in no way against wearing them by the way - just find them a pain!

But the point is that when it comes People’s health - both physical and mental - money has no bearing at all.

Why should they though, if they don’t want to? They haven’t signed up for it and they have no moral or legal obligation to do so. Some, maybe most, will be happy to isolate away from family but for some it could have massive affects on their mental health and that of their families.

I really think the money thing needs to be taken out of the argument. Footballers - regardless of the money they earn - are as entitled as anyone else to protection from the virus and to not go to work if they feel that they or their families are at risk. Because some of them are obscenely rich doesn’t mean they have any more obligation to work if they feel it’s not safe than anyone else.

Indeed and there were always going to be positive tests as soon as they introduced the formal testing procedure and tbh the figures aren’t too bad. My point was that any positive tests will give ammunition to those players / clubs resisting the restart - whether that be for genuine personal reasons or in the case of some clubs more self interest / preservation reasons.

Ok doke. Any need to for the shouting? Was just relating what’s on SSN!

Six players tested positive already in the Prem. Not a great start but not massively surprising. Will certainly give ammunition to those not wishing to proceed so soon though.

Good man. Like I say - hope I lose!

We really won’t. I’ll happily have a £50 wager with you with the winnings going to a charity of the winners choice that we are not back watching football at AG by the end of October. Will be incredibly happy to lose the bet but no chance!

Not sure if anyone saw the Olympiakos v Wolves game just before lockdown but it really was awful, so sterile. Maybe it’ll be different with more familiar names on show and with promotion and relegation to play for (and fantasy football!) as opposed to a nothing Europa game, but I’m with you. It’s the ‘event’ of game day I miss at the moment as opposed to the actual games themselves.

Curtis Davies was on R4 this morning basically saying as much.

Saw him interviewed last week and he spoke very well then as well. Palace are probably 90% safe though so I guess it’s easier to speak more sensibly from that position.

If it is lifted too soon and it all goes wrong once more then you will really see ‘hurt’. A few more weeks is nothing in the grand scheme of things

Another few weeks of ‘pain’ will not hurt in the grand scheme of things. Rushing out of it just to placate the people who believe ‘enough is enough’ thus far will, with the greatest respect, be a complete disaster.

Think you might be in for a shock. And rightly so.

Doesn’t sound daft at all mate but like you say - way way more important things going on at the moment than trying to salvage tv money to the detriment of our critical services and putting more lives at risk, which is essentially what football would be doing if it were to rush back before it is safe to do so. We have the highest death rate in Europe now - risking even more lives for a few games of pretty meaningless football just isn’t worth it.

Agreed. In fact the longer the break the less I miss it and all the peripheral shite that goes with it. The Premier League especially are showing their true colours in their desperation that is purely money motivated.

This guy has been incredible. The most inspiring and competent politician in this sorry mess on both sides of the pond by far. Don’t know his story but surely he has to consider running next time out (too late for this year obviously).

https://www.facebook.com/awaydaysatthefootball/ not sure that will work Ska as it said it wouldn’t embed. It’s the one with 241k followers if that’s of any use!

If anyone follows the ‘Football Away Days’ page on Facebook then the Rugby Ground is today’s ground up for discussion. The post is only 10 mins old but there are some great comments already: ‘wouldn’t look out of place in Syria’....’ I went there once or twice in the 90's & judging by that picture it's stuck there‘.........’Not a great ground, away end is open or you can sit in a tent’.....’Shit ..away end open...pubs home fan friendly only ...train stations miles away’......... I’m sure the ‘compliments’ will keep on rolling in throughout the rest of the day seeing how loved they are!