Most liked posts in thread: Where will it end... 12th September as it happens

For anyone still confused by the latest govt advice, here's the clarification:
This should provide the clarity you are after: * 4 year olds can go to school, but university students who have paid for the tuition they haven’t had and the accommodation they aren’t living in, can’t go to university. * A teacher can go to school with many 4 year olds that they are not related to, but can’t see one 4 year old that they are related to. * You can sit in a park, but not today or Tuesday but by Wednesday that’ll be fine. * You can meet one person from another household for a chat or to sunbathe, but not two people so if you know two people from another household you have to pick your favourite. Hopefully, you’re also their favourite person from your household or this could be awkward. But possibly you’re not. But as I can’t go closer than 2m to the one you choose anyway you wouldn’t think having the other one sat next to them would matter - unless two people would restrict your eyeline too much and prevent you from being alert. * You can work all day with your colleagues, but you can’t sit in their garden for a chat after work. * You can now do unlimited exercise when quite frankly just doing an hour a day feels like you are some kind of fitness guru. I can think of lots of things that I would like to be unlimited but exercise definitely isn’t one of them. * You can drive to other destinations, although which destinations is unclear. * The buses are still running past your house, but you shouldn’t get on one. We should just let empty buses drive around so bus drivers aren’t doing nothing. * It will soon be time to quarantine people coming into the country by air... but not yet. It’s too soon. And not ever if you’re coming from France because... well, I don’t know why, actually. Because the French version of coronavirus wouldn’t come to the UK maybe. * Our youngest children go back to school first because... they are notoriously good at not touching things they shouldn’t, maintain personal space at all times and never randomly lick you. * We are somewhere in between 3.5 and 4.5 on a five point scale where 5 is all of the virus and 1 is none of the virus but 2,3 and 4 can be anything you’d like it to be really. Some of the virus? A bit of the virus? Just enough virus to see off those over 70s who were told to self isolate but now we’ve realised that they’ve done that a bit too well despite us offloading coronavirus patients into care homes and now we are claiming that was never said in the first place, even though it’s in writing in the stay at home guidance. * The slogan isn’t stay at home any more, so we don’t have to stay at home. Except we do. Unless we can’t. In which case we should go out. But there will be fines if we break the rules. So don’t do that. Don’t forget... Stay alert... which Robert Jenrick has explained actually means Stay home as much as possible. Obviously. Control the virus. Well, I can’t even control my dogs and I can actually see them. Plus I know a bit about dogs and very little about controlling viruses. Save lives. Always preferable to not saving lives, I’d say, so I’ll try my best with that one, although hopefully I don’t need telling to do that. I know I’m bragging now but not NOT saving lives is something I do every day. So there you are. If you’re the weirdo wanting unlimited exercise then enjoy. But not until Wednesday. Obviously.

 

According to the beeb, it does include gardens. Being shielded, I have kept rigidly to the rules. I have seen my grandson and new grandaughter twice, in my back garden which is 120ft x 70ft. The bottom third is lawned, the rest scaped and bedded. Now it is not safe for me to see them here but I can see them in a park with hundreds of other people. Peeved? You bet I am. Suppose it doesn't help that I regard Hancock and Johnson as a pair of lying dimwits.

 

I rely totally on Fordy for the real facts.

 

Games now being talked about being less than 45 minutes a half. So far we’ve got no contact at set pieces. Possible masks for players and if one slips the game stops. Neutral venues. No relegation. The list goes on.

if anyone still thinks this is being brought back for sporting integrity then you are deluded. It’s not even the same game.

 

With no clear leadership from the incumbents running the country it has led us to point where folk have said stuff this, we'll do what we want. Got to remember, the vast majority of the British public are that thick they need clear guidance and leading by the hand. Unfortunately that needs to be by a competent and strong government, something we don't have.

 

People are so getting things twisted and it's extremely embarrassing.

This obsession with next season. Next season can start when this season is finished. Even if it finishes in 2021. The only thing you change is a date.

This season in England is nearly finished in even Ryan came out and said that even though our form is bad we could still finish in the play offs. Who is going to decide where clubs finish? The only way to decide is to end the season when we can and if that's June, July or Dec it really doesn't matter but it has to finish. Even if it means a game every 2-3 days it needs to finish.

The key question is do we finish it with a crowd or behind closed doors. In the PL that's not a big problem but lower leagues the EFL will need to step in.

Then players contracts - players get paid a months notice even if they agree a contract with another club. So if the contracts run out on the 30th of June then they get 4 weeks pay from the club. So end of July is really the cut of date for contracts.

I think the contracts are easy. Clubs will pay monthly rolling contracts until the season ends. If a player wants out then out he goes but most will want to see out the contract.

Euro 2020 is now next year and is still going to be called Euro 2020. I think that's the hint to clubs that the dates can stay the same if you want but get the season done.

Right now, we all want sport back on tv but for the next 3 months at least we all just need to try to get control of this virus. Next season really shouldn't be in the mindset, just this one as it will highlight we are moving on from these dark times.

 

As long as they deal with the over 70's first and not in alphabetical order..!!

 

Suits me, Bubbles is about the only thing we're decent at

 

French football will be cancelled with immediate effect. Government say it is not a priority and cannot guarantee safety. Brilliant decision and it makes sense and good a top footballing nation has gone in with this mindset. They want to get the country back to normally first. Hospitality industry is more important and who can blame them? Thousands of lives lost and selfish greedy football fat cats only think of themselves.

I hope we follow suit. Football is secondary

 

They are right not to trust them as well,before the Lockdown came on people were asked not to travel on the weekend before all the beaches and beauty spots were busier than a bank holiday. Unfortunately the public have to be told what to do by force

 

So Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are to stay at home. Sounds more like the World Cup Finals

 

I can't speak for others but not watching City on a weekly basis is doing wonders for my mental health.

 

First game back could look like this :