George Caulkin in The Athletic

[bix01]

Imagine being a sensible senior exec or major shareholder at Shîte Direct and seeing this blundering oaf damaging & devaluing the company time and time again knowing there’s absolutely būgger all you can do about it coz he’s got something like 63% of the shares. Surely the city types must be close to losing any last crum of confidence they might still have and the whole blôôdy thing goes pop.

[pboromag]

why would anyone buy a football club in the current cllimate

and for 300 or even the 340 mill

this lock down think could happen again next year if they dont get a vacine and we get another out break

will sky and others spend the money they have ob footy

will we see the sums of sponsorship again

ti think the saudis will hold back

ash could borrow 300 mill if he wanted to buy the shares out

a bridging loan even maybe
untill things pick up again
if they do

which they will
so why under sell an assett

surely he would just keep taking the money from the toon that everyone thinks he is

[Sclox]

I think this is justbme being a grumpy cnt....

But I hate that term being used now "lockdown".

Sounds like an Americanism. Lockdown

[pboromag]

I think this is justbme being a grumpy cnt....

But I hate that term being used now "lockdown".

Sounds like an Americanism. Lockdown

i personally dont like the lock down
i think we should be finding ways to work and socialise safer
not just for now but the future

this wont be resolved this year and we will prpobabaly be in the same boat next year if we dont sort our selves out

[Sclox]

i personally dont like the lock down
i think we should be finding ways to work and socialise safer
not just for now but the future

this wont be resolved this year and we will prpobabaly be in the same boat next year if we dont sort our selves out

Its just the term I dont like. I agree that there has to be one though.

Not sure we can make normality safer in any other way other than walking around in space suits all day.

Zoom parties seem to be a thing at the moment.

What do you think we should be doing?

[pboromag]

well to be fare im managing to keep 3 companies goingg and nott putting anyone at risk

if people can walk around food stores and petrol stations etc and we only ask people to stay two meters apart surely like i have in a controlled factory situation we shoud allow people to work

here are a few things that have been implemented so people can work
on two of the building sites we are stil installing windows you can only have one trade in each plot .
you must collect a key from the site hut enter the plot and shut and lock the door
we usually have a fitter and a mate
the fitter mate loads out a room the fitter fitts and trims the window ,then moves to the next room ,they are closer in the van going and coming than at any point working just like the ambulance drivers police officers etc etc

when we go to the residents houses or care homes we do the same thing
we go into a room do the necessary work sanitise and areas we have come into contact with and then move to the next ,where we can we ask th tennant or resident to move out whilst the work is done if not as beat we can we do the upstairs ,leave the building /property whilst the tennat goes upstairs and the we do the down stairs again sanitising all surfaces we have come into contact with
they are not allowed taccept ea coffee etc from the tennat
they all have hot water (flasks)in their van along with soap and sanitiser
they all have to take their temperatures with thermometers we supplied and whatsapp the results in

in the factory we have moved items out so we can spread out the benches ,we have implemented two shifts ,we have put in a hatch into the office so staff dont need to come in .we lock the entrance doors so people just cant walk in
we have locked the gates so no deliveries can be made in a non controlled manor

lots of other things as well

i have even said if they have symptoms of what they are told is the virus or even man flu stay home i will pay you
this way all my employees can work safely

i dont think we should be in lock down
i dont hink it is a president we need to set
we do need to change our attitudes to the virus and also flu which ills many more peole than this virus will and puts even more pressure on the NHS than the virus does

working whilst bragging you have man flu going forward shouldnt be accpeted ,it kills miles more people than this virus does
so if we controll this as well it will take some of the pressure of the NHS

[toonlegend]

Not all employees can work in safety - large offices where people are in close proximity - warehouses with narrow aisles, schools, colleges etc etc etc. too many overcrowded small spaces where mass cross infection would invariably happen.

however my view of this "lockdown" is that it is necessary - to stop everyone catching the virus and potentially becoming seriously ill - at the same time.

the crux of it is "AT THE SAME TIME" the governments and people should want measures taken to give everyone who becomes ill the best chance of surviving - that is by limiting as far as possible the number of people who need treatment at one time.

of course the virus is still going to be around, when we eventually ease restrictions, it will probably be around for evermore and morph into different strains. the difference being - hopefully- that as time passes more and more people build up immunity, or at least have some resistance to it that it will be "manageable" , much like the flu today. unfortunately It will still cause peoples deaths etc and there is nothing we can do about that unless we can come up with a vaccine/cure.

The alternative to a lockdown was the potential of the devastation, and more seeing as the population has increased since then, caused by the last pandemic - the spanish flu - where 50 million people died - and in the words of my nana who was around then - people (in newcastle) were literally dying in the streets.

[ex_pat_magpie]

Not all employees can work in safety - large offices where people are in close proximity - warehouses with narrow aisles, schools, colleges etc etc etc. too many overcrowded small spaces where mass cross infection would invariably happen.

however my view of this "lockdown" is that it is necessary - to stop everyone catching the virus and potentially becoming seriously ill - at the same time.

the crux of it is "AT THE SAME TIME" the governments and people should want measures taken to give everyone who becomes ill the best chance of surviving - that is by limiting as far as possible the number of people who need treatment at one time.

of course the virus is still going to be around, when we eventually ease restrictions, it will probably be around for evermore and morph into different strains. the difference being - hopefully- that as time passes more and more people build up immunity, or at least have some resistance to it that it will be "manageable" , much like the flu today. unfortunately It will still cause peoples deaths etc and there is nothing we can do about that unless we can come up with a vaccine/cure.

The alternative to a lockdown was the potential of the devastation, and more seeing as the population has increased since then, caused by the last pandemic - the spanish flu - where 50 million people died - and in the words of my nana who was around then - people (in newcastle) were literally dying in the streets.

Well summed up in a nutshell TL.

[Sclox]

Wet markets are still open in China. The Wuhan one is open again.

Why are this being allowed to happen?

100s of thousands of people are going to die because of a virus created in this kind of environment.

Every filthy fkn deadly bug in recent times seems to originate in these places.

Is China going to be held to account over this or is it going to be ignored and brushed under the rug?

[Jammy89]

Is China going to be held to account over this or is it going to be ignored and brushed under the rug?

It'll be ignored because of China's huge economical power.

However, i do think it'll see an upswing in people buying British, or from whatever country a person comes from.