Coronavirus

Will football survive 6 months without fans? Yeah, I know the PL gets most of it’s money from TV companies, but can the top of the tree survive without the roots?

 

I don't see any way the majority of EFL clubs survive without some sort of bailout from the PL/Government.

 

Yeah, I don’t really see the government stepping in to subsidise the grass roots of a sport whose top echelons are awash with money. So it’s down to the PL.

That’s football ****ed then. Gotta find millions for Bale and Aubamayang’s wages.

 

You’ve just made Astro’s day!

 

Had the same conversation with a colleague yesterday and an hour later all year 8 were sent home because of a confirmed case. It's inevitable really.

 

Sales of bog roll and pasta went up 25% yesterday.

 

Britain’s got idiots

 

oh ffs so i'm going to end up having to go to shops again as all deliveries will be gone the moment they come available .
**** think i'll put in some orders for extra beer & wine and just stay pissed for next 6 months .

 

I think I'll do that regardless.

Seriously what the hell is wrong with people? I could understand if they were proved right about the need to go out and hoard but did they honestly not learn from 4/5 months ago that there's no worldwide shortage of bog roll and pasta ffs.

 

Meanwhile back on planet Zarg...

"Now we know it. It affects elderly people. Elderly people with heart problems and other problems. But they have other problems, that's what it really effects, that's it," Mr. Trump continued. "You know in some states, thousands of people [are infected] — nobody young. Below the age of 18, like nobody. They have a strong immune system, who knows."

"But it affects virtually nobody. It's an amazing thing,"

200,000 dead and more than 6.8 million confirmed cases as of Tuesday. One out of every 1,600 people in the United States has died of or with Covid.

 

for once we spend some money and you pull us out as your big example of money at the top of the game

Gooner Kaant

 

They weren’t going to before this latest setback mate, they definitely won’t if fans are kept out for a further 6 months.

The solution is a combination of Govt cash and the PL borrowing cash on their collective part, with a long term repayment schedule that the EFL clubs can in turn repay. That’s what they’ve been working on for a while anyway.

Paul Scully said last week that they collectively needed circa £2-300m as it stood then.

 

Bale sprang to mind because one week of his wages could have saved Mansfield Town. I’m not holding him personally responsible though. The world’s ****ed up, he just lives in it.

 

500 students in lockdown in scotland..

 

toilet rolls and turkey crowns are this Christmas “must haves”!

 

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The ****ers have really shown their true colours over this.

 

So what do people think of Rishi Sunak's latest position on helping employee's/employers?

Seems to me he is trying to be realistic, suggesting I can't pay you for being at home, if there is little prospect of your job returning. Seems harsh but also a stark reality that some jobs, maybe such as night clubs, indoor theatre, have little chance of being part of the new normal.

One of the things I have picked up on, is that a lot of businesses such as restaurants, don't seem to have had a problem with the 6 rule, as most of them have adapted anyway, since March. Their biggest problem appears to be around having to close at 10pm, losing at least several hours trade.

It got me to thinking, surely the reason restaurants have to shut at 10pm is because of the influence of alcohol. So would the better answer here be, NOT to serve alcohol or allow it's consumption on your premises after 10pm, but allow table dining for food only and non alchoholic drinks.

Any business that flouts the law (enforced by the covid squads) can be forced to close with the possibility of huge financial penalties or alcohol licence removed. At least it would make more effective use of these busy bodies, while allowing those later food serving hours.

Afterall some muslim owned restaurants don't serve alcohol, so why should they be made to close. Obviously people could be tanked up beforehand, but those problems can be dealt with at local level, such as non admittance to premises.

 

It would be interesting to see how much of the nighttime economy kept going after 10pm without booze. I agree that booze is probably the problem here, because as plenty of people have said, forget social distancing when people are beered up. I don’t see any reason personally why people shouldn’t be able to stay in a restaurant later than 10.00pm.

He’s probably right that it makes no sense to keep paying people to stay in jobs that have effectively gone anyway. What I didn’t hear, is what he’s doing to create new jobs in growth areas (there are some).

If I was out of work right now I’d be knocking on the doors of courier firms, and supermarkets that deliver door to door. Anyone with IT skills should be laughing.