mozo

Having taken so long for these clubs and players to part with their ludicrous reserves of cash, it feels like it is a reluctant gesture more than anything. Maybe that's just my cynical mind.

I completely agree, but the season will always be tarnished. Say we beat Preston to 6th place, with a fit and firing Afobe playing in each of our remaining games. There would always be the claim that we'd benefitted from a pandemic. Some clubs would benefit from the extended break more than others. More controversial than that will be the contract situation. Imagine a team become weakened by losing a loanee before the season resumes, or even an out of contract first teamer. Could departing players resume the season elsewhere? I'm guessing there will be an agreement made by clubs to adhere to a particular code of conduct which safeguards the status quo until the season has been completed, but who knows. Another curiosity is that there were probably managers out there on the verge of the sack, who have had the most dramatic stay of execution you could imagine. For tons of reasons, this season, if it finishes, will be a complete anomaly. Even Liverpool's almost perfect season will forever be caveated by the pandemic.

You had me convinced right up to the point where you said Dr Who was behind the whole thing. Surely the good doctor is the one trying to solve the virus mystery?! Great post though and you're always welcome on my conspiracy theories/dystopia thread!

Thanks for sharing. Well it's interesting that Germany still only have 2 dozen in serious/critical condition when France and Spain have 2,500!

So no trades?

It is pretty rare, but these are strange times we're living in!

So if you have a hole in your roof, can someone repair it? If you have a car issue can you get it seen at a garage?

I'm thinking they'll go for a lockdown lite of some description.

If life was fair you're due a year where the most unbelievable good fortune comes your way

Take it steady brother, I'm sure it'll be sweet relief to be back out there. A week of sunshine too. I'm sure our OTIB clan will be clocking up the miles.

Cool, that means we're now tracking behind Italy at same point. Guardian said 281 new deaths and I got worried.

Is it 281 dead in UK in total, or in past 24 hours?

Yeah and to he fair to Johnson, I doubt he makes many decisions. If the rumours are true about callous Cummings battling with scientific advice, then a serious review needs to be taken, as it could have cost us dearly. I also accept that we don't know if it is true...yet.

You could always fight the screws so that they put you in isolation...

I don't want to be the one to prove his point by copying and pasting a dictionary definition! Look I'm sure we're not so far apart here. I think that those extra weeks to observe other countries should have made us better equipped. You don't think it makes a difference. I'm happy to have a friendly disagreement on that point.

Yeah something that happened weeks prior.

Except for the precedent of China, Italy, Spain, France...

Is that because you're looking forward to the big IKEA in the sky?!

Good job we all had Italy, France and Spain to look to to make considered decisions.

Yep, the whole back catalogue

I don't have an issue with the phased approach of the move towards lockdown. But I have felt all along the government were too slow to get started and would have protected more people had they looked at what was going on and acted quickly. There was that pointless business as usual phase.

Welcome to our three new runners ???

I'm guessing most people's running clubs are on hold so our OTIB group's virtual club could come in handy. Maybe we can organise an OTIB run in April/May, all virtually of course (we'll probably be just going around the block 100 times by then!) What do we think about running with others? I'm joining a mate on sunday but thinking I'll stay a metre apart when running. We can still chat and run that way.

But the dilemna is that if a relative of yours passed away as a result of these workers spreading the virus you might have a different view. Tricky innit.

That data is probably already out there. Doesn't sound like a difficult comparison if someone wanted to do it.