Coronavirus in football

[arnie_ni]

Maybe he tested negative?

The man City game was postponed for fear of outbreak and maybe the negative results were too early to pick up positives yet here the PL are letting a player play who spent all Xmas day in a house with 2 known positive tests.

It's hypocritical.

@UncleBob and I made this point earlier.

How can the PL not call this game of now? How many people have those 2 spurs players infected since and its not picked up?

One rule for City one rule for everyone else

 

[cyberman]

Youd think everyone in the house that day would have to isolate

Nope. Its the same principle as a teammate testing positive. A whole squad doesnt isolate because of it.
The idiot. Especially aftet Joses attack on the league about cancelling games

 

[arnie_ni]

Nope. Its the same principle as a teammate testing positive. A while squad doesnt isolate because of it.
The idiot

So why was the man City game postponed?

Why is there no fear of an outbreak here?

What constitutes a fear of an outbreak to get a game postponed?

 

[Pep's Suit]

Are there pictures from Walker's alleged party yet?

No. He's a cretin but this rumor was started by some football banter twitter account so...

 

[duffer]

The man City game was postponed for fear of outbreak and maybe the negative results were too early to pick up positives yet here the PL are letting a player play who spent all Xmas day in a house with 2 known positive tests.

It's hypocritical.

@UncleBob and I made this point earlier.

How can the PL not call this game of now? How many people have those 2 spurs players infected since and its not picked up?

One rule for City one rule for everyone else

Xmas day was more than a week ago. They've been tested a few times since.

Banning the players for the breach would be fair but there's no need to call the game off.

 

[cyberman]

So why was the man City game postponed?

Why is there no fear of an outbreak here?

What constitutes a fear of an outbreak to get a game postponed?

Because there were signs of an outbreak with a clutch of positive results and they didnt know how far it went.
Its why the game were postponed after the second round of tests and not when Jesus and Walker tested positive.

 

[arnie_ni]

Because there were signs of an outbreak with a clutch of positive results and they didnt know how far it went.
Its why the game were postponed after the second round of tests and not when Jesus and Walker tested positive.

What is the signs though? Genuinely asking, I may have missed the leagues reasoning for the game being postponed.

How may positives?

 

[Pep's Suit]

I think there's simply lack of transparency but that's on the league how they communicate their decisions when they don't even allow City to say which players tested positive.

 

[cyberman]

What is the signs though? Genuinely asking, I may have missed the leagues reasoning for the game being postponed.

How may positives?

Wasnt it 5 more out of nowhere for them? It pointed to it being rife through their bubble and the fear of false negatives being prevalent due to the incubation period.
Imo we either go by the test results or we dont. Thats how the world works these days.
Its either that or the same outbreak principle applies. How can we suddenly trust any negative result from close contacts when they couldn't 5 days ago? .

 

[SlyFiz]

Burnley vs Fulham called off because covid outbreak in Fulham's squad still not contained.
At what point to the league start abandoning games?

 

[arnie_ni]

Burnley vs Fulham called off because covid outbreak in Fulham's squad still not contained.
At what point to the league start abandoning games?

Similar situation to spurs. Players breaking covid rules attending a party

 

[Dumbstar]

No. He's a cretin but this rumor was started by some football banter twitter account so...

Fair enough, couldn't find info that this was confirmed as a non story.

 

[Toad]

fecking idiots

Should get banned for shit like this.

 

[Berbaclass]

Why is everyone taking incriminating pictures at these gatherings

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Why is everyone taking incriminating pictures at these gatherings

It is stupid, then the stupidity to post the incriminating evidence online. The players wouldn't have done it, but they have some seriously stupid mates.

 

[Samid]

Nope. Its the same principle as a teammate testing positive. A whole squad doesnt isolate because of it.
The idiot. Especially aftet Joses attack on the league about cancelling games

You're protected by the football bubble when you're doing your job (training, traveling, playing etc). These idiots are breaching government rules in a non-football setting. There's no way Reguilon should be in the squad today when there are pics of him breaching government rules and he's literally touching a covid positive person in those pics.

 

[SlyFiz]

Similar situation to spurs. Players breaking covid rules attending a party

At least other clubs managed to get it under control in one matchday. Fulham have had to postpone two matches now.

 

[SlyFiz]

You're protected by the football bubble when you're doing your job (training, traveling, playing etc). These idiots are breaching government rules in a non-football setting. There's no way Reguilon should be in the squad today when there are pics of him breaching government rules and he's literally touching a covid positive person in those pics.

Tbf they've probably tested Reguilon and he's come back negative

 

[Godfather]

fecking idiots

And Cavani gets banned for a friendly tweet

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Tbf they've probably tested Reguilon and he's come back negative

He is extremely lucky, wonder how many others in that group have tested positive.

 

[Pep's Suit]

I swear 90% of players are immature idiots.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

I swear 90% of players are immature idiots.

Most have not matured as human beings at all. They are pampered, have people blowing smoke up their backsides. They don't think rules apply to them.

 

[Judas]

Have to start making it stricter and not just postponing games, it's getting ridiculous.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Have to start making it stricter and not just postponing games, it's getting ridiculous.

People can catch it easily enough through no fault of their own, but if a player gets it through breaking the rules and infects his teammates in the process by then going into training, then the club should be punished for not controlling their players. That player should be banned as well for putting peoples lives at risk.

 

[arnie_ni]

Tbf they've probably tested Reguilon and he's come back negative

And man City tested all their players....

Why are one set of negatives ok and another not?

And again, cancelling the city game was the right choice, as is Fulham, but postponement isn't imo

 

[SlyFiz]

And man City tested all their players....

Why are one set of negatives ok and another not?

And again, cancelling the city game was the right choice, as is Fulham, but postponement isn't imo

Man City are playing tomorrow, so clearly both sets of negatives are treated equally? The reason their last game got postponed was because test results weren't back yet.

 

[Brwned]

At what point do clubs start serious punishing players for these ridiculous breaches?

I reckon it's coming now. feck giving these people priority access to testing if they're just using that as an excuse to party freely

 

[Infestissumam]

have a big party that breaches Covid rules? Better take a group photo! Seriously, the stupidity is astounding.

 

[slored1]

Lamela is such a cnut so not surprising. Genuinely has the most punchable face in world football. As for the others, well they're cnuts too.

 

[Brwned]

Why is everyone taking incriminating pictures at these gatherings

Isn’t it a way for the hanger ons to make a quick bit of cash by selling their pictures to the likes of the Mail?

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Isn’t it a way for the hanger ons to make a quick bit of cash by selling their pictures to the likes of the Mail?

Think it is more that people are that used to posting pictures online. That they just forgot that in this instance it isn't a great idea.

 

[adexkola]

Isn’t it a way for the hanger ons to make a quick bit of cash by selling their pictures to the likes of the Mail?

You have to be a scummy hanger on to go that route. Whatever happened to being the weed man?

 

[Ludens the Red]

fecking idiots

Similar situation to spurs. Players breaking covid rules attending a party

Not surprising, what is surprising is the amount of people who think these large outbreaks at football clubs is ‘bad luck’ and unavoidable. It isn’t.
A few positives tests are understandable but when it starts affecting half a dozen or more it is because players and staff are breaking rules and protocols are not being followed. Footballers, especially PL players do not have conditions that should cause large outbreaks. They have track and trace, they train and play outside only a handful of times a week. Most of them do not live together. Their job does not require them to mix with random members of the public.

The PL need to start getting tougher with this especially when evidence like these photos is coming out. Needs to start being punishment for some of these arrogant and disobedient players and the clubs for failing to control them.

 

[SilentWitness]

Players should be fined and banned and clubs should have to forfeit matches if they’re postponed due to these things.

Lanzini also played last night so what’s the punishment for putting our players at risk too?

 

[el3mel]

That's the problem I was talking about earlier. Matches don't spread COVID. It's the players who are very irresponsible in their own life off the pitch. It's like they think they won't get infected!

 

[Roger]

Was the party picture taken on Christmas Day? I thought up to 3 families from different households could mix.

Even so that looks like more than 3 households.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Was the party picture taken on Christmas Day? I thought up to 3 families from different households could mix.

Even so that looks like more than 3 households.

It is, there were three Spurs players and one WHU player.

 

[arnie_ni]

It is, there were three Spurs players and one WHU player.

And there is at least one dude who isn't a footballer. Minimum 5 families but looks even more. There's 8 dudes there from memory so could be 8 families

 

[Ludens the Red]

Was the party picture taken on Christmas Day? I thought up to 3 families from different households could mix.

Even so that looks like more than 3 households.

That’s wasn’t allowed anyway. Unless it was with an already formed bubble and you can’t form multiple bubbles anyway. These lot all live down south so they were in tier 4.

 

[Roger]

That’s wasn’t allowed anyway. Unless it was with an already formed bubble and you can’t form multiple bubbles anyway. These lot all live down south so they were in tier 4.

Yes London was in tier 4 and so no mixing with other households. I've just looked at a map showing covid tiers from that date. Even if the party was in a tier 3 category it would involve travelling from a tier 4 area. Again a breach of covid regulations.