Stan A. Einstein wrote:pembsexile wrote:According to the report, we could have fans back at clubs before Christmas but this could depend upon the tier level that the city/town is in. This is ridiculous. You can’t allow say Sunderland or Salford to play games with fans in attendance but not Gillingham or Plymouth all because of their location.
For me, it has to be all, or nothing. If the Premier league and the efl allow this half baked plan to go ahead with tier restrictions, cue the court cases against the football authorities. Money and the lawyers will win again. The punters will lose out.
With correct and stringent distancing and cleaning protocols in place, I am for attendance resuming when the authorities say so. If that is before Christmas, so be it. However, as always, it will be a political decision, and therein lies the problem. Boris’ nightmare because he has given cautious approval for it. Boris, you are just wrong, plain wrong.
Evening Mike,
I know we disagree on this. (Note to some: Great minds don't think alike and reasoned discussion is good.) However my view remains that we should have simply aborted season 20/21. However I agree totally that it is a political decision, I agree that a balance needs to be struck. But where I am in absolute agreement is that in a time of crisis, and probably the biggest storm of difficulties that the UK has faced in my lifetime, Britain could not have chosen a worse leader than Boris Johnson. Like Trump that catastrophic combination of arrogant entitlement mixed with a total lack of competence.
Morning Brendan,
I think my initial view at the start of this pandemic was that when the league eventually starts we should pick up from when the last season finished. Start on 12 March when last season finished.
The reason I have changed my view is the availability of safety protocols in football. No need to repeat them all here again. It can be done and the clubs seem up for it.
I see lots of legal issues ahead causing pain and cost. The punters will pay. Consistency, that is what I ask for. The government are actively campaigning for restaurants, theatres etc to open eventually, but as yet, sport is marginalised. I think this has been brought to Boris attention and this is why he has come up with this half baked idea.
We can make as many points as we like about the possibility of people still catching it at sporting events and I won’t disagree. However, couldn’t those same people catch it at a theatre or restaurant. Crazy, just bloody crazy. Politics gone completely and utterly bonkers. Get a grip Prime Minister.