Hang in there JonD. Any man that can hang around for over 25 minutes giving instructions via phone to a lunatic he had never met on how to find him to go to a game of football 200 miles away can hardly be described as a lightweight.JonD wrote:Hopefully there aren't too many lightweights like me among the County "faithful" but football is sort of dead to me for the foreseeable future.
Admittedly we can't really see very far Into that future, and the messages coming from Downing Street suggest they're winging it as much as the rest of us.
I've never enjoyed watching County on telly. I've not seen a moment of EPL this season. That football league show Is simply too exhausting as it tries to cram a million goals and a load of inane punditry into 55 minutes. I've a pile of unopened football magazines sat here stretching back years. It's as though I've simply gone off football.
Prior to this health crisis my mate had to more or less haul me into the car to go to games. I think maybe this break will eventually rekindle some interest, though I'm not super-hopeful.
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32Well I'm glad they took notice of my first post.....Playing surfaces to be disinfected according to BBC website
Not so mad
Not so mad
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33How are they going to play when football requires contact with another person
Its ok for them to say we will test players you can test someone they can then 5 minutes later pick up the virus
There is real concern with Black and ethnic players because this virus seems to be infecting them far worse
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52630497
Its ok for them to say we will test players you can test someone they can then 5 minutes later pick up the virus
There is real concern with Black and ethnic players because this virus seems to be infecting them far worse
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52630497
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34One of the league ideas to be discussed in these meetings, is asking players 'to turn away from another player at the point of tackling them'.
I kid you not. So, hypothetically, if Stan is an opponent with the ball at his nimble Irish feet, and I am a clumsy English opponent looking to tackle Stan, I must turn my head away at the point when I try to tackle him. So, presumably I don't give Stan the virus if I've got it but I could possibly give him a broken leg through a mistimed tackle because I wasn't looking.
I kid you not. So, hypothetically, if Stan is an opponent with the ball at his nimble Irish feet, and I am a clumsy English opponent looking to tackle Stan, I must turn my head away at the point when I try to tackle him. So, presumably I don't give Stan the virus if I've got it but I could possibly give him a broken leg through a mistimed tackle because I wasn't looking.
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35That has to be a joke! You will end up with more broken legs! But hey we won't have corona virusDeePeeNCAFC wrote:One of the league ideas to be discussed in these meetings, is asking players 'to turn away from another player at the point of tackling them'.
I kid you not. So, hypothetically, if Stan is an opponent with the ball at his nimble Irish feet, and I am a clumsy English opponent looking to tackle Stan, I must turn my head away at the point when I try to tackle him. So, presumably I don't give Stan the virus if I've got it but I could possibly give him a broken leg through a mistimed tackle because I wasn't looking.
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37Nirm has it wrong they are cleaning practice pitches artificial ones anywayfrostyjohn wrote:How do you disinfect a grass pitch without killing the grass?
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38Donald trump will be able to answer that one.frostyjohn wrote:How do you disinfect a grass pitch without killing the grass?
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39rncfc wrote:Donald trump will be able to answer that one.frostyjohn wrote:How do you disinfect a grass pitch without killing the grass?
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40How about restarting the Six Nations, but play touch rugby and hope no-one notices?DeePeeNCAFC wrote:One of the league ideas to be discussed in these meetings, is asking players 'to turn away from another player at the point of tackling them'.
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41Even in long past youth I was so nimble you could time me with a calendar.DeePeeNCAFC wrote:One of the league ideas to be discussed in these meetings, is asking players 'to turn away from another player at the point of tackling them'.
I kid you not. So, hypothetically, if Stan is an opponent with the ball at his nimble Irish feet, and I am a clumsy English opponent looking to tackle Stan, I must turn my head away at the point when I try to tackle him. So, presumably I don't give Stan the virus if I've got it but I could possibly give him a broken leg through a mistimed tackle because I wasn't looking.
Just my opinion, I don't think football will start again before Christmas.
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42Which Christmas did you have in mind?Stan A. Einstein wrote:Even in long past youth I was so nimble you could time me with a calendar.DeePeeNCAFC wrote:One of the league ideas to be discussed in these meetings, is asking players 'to turn away from another player at the point of tackling them'.
I kid you not. So, hypothetically, if Stan is an opponent with the ball at his nimble Irish feet, and I am a clumsy English opponent looking to tackle Stan, I must turn my head away at the point when I try to tackle him. So, presumably I don't give Stan the virus if I've got it but I could possibly give him a broken leg through a mistimed tackle because I wasn't looking.
Just my opinion, I don't think football will start again before Christmas.
Frankly, I think no-one knows or can even predict the way foreward in popular sports. Things have drastically changed ..No quick fix with the WHO positing the Virus could well be here to stay