Coronavirus and football.

[MadAmster]

I thought it was funny Maddy.

Whatever were they thinking?

I doubt they were thinking at all.

[ramAnag]

Apparently there were 10 positive Covid-19 tests amongst the eight Championship clubs who have most recently been tested.
Blackburn, Hull, Cardiff, Fulham and PNE appear to be amongst the clubs concerned.
The players, all believed to be asymptomatic, now enter 14 days of ‘quarantine’.
This season is going to take some finishing.

[Ram59]

Apparently there were 10 positive Covid-19 tests amongst the eight Championship clubs who have most recently been tested.
Blackburn, Hull, Cardiff, Fulham and PNE appear to be amongst the clubs concerned.
The players, all believed to be asymptomatic, now enter 14 days of ‘quarantine’.
This season is going to take some finishing.

What would the level need to be for individual clubs to be able to get games called off?

[ramAnag]

What would the level need to be for individual clubs to be able to get games called off?

No idea Ram, but once they’re back training - and mixing - together I’d have thought one confirmed case would send the rest into self isolation.
Not actually sure of the difference between ‘quarantine’ and ‘self isolation’ either. Thought quarantine, as in animals coming into the country, meant that they were kept apart from absolutely anything else for a prescribed period, whereas ‘self isolating’ seems to mean you can go where you like so long as you stay there once you get there.
Bet if one of our lot gets it it’ll be Marriott...or his groin anyway.

[Geoff Parkstone]

You would hope 1....

And Blackburn are past masters!

[Ram59]

Looking at the idiots crammed onto the beaches today, makes me think that we're going to see crowds turning up to football grounds, come what may.

[ramAnag]

Think you may be right, Ram. Durdle Dor looked insane and crossing the dam at Carsington Water yesterday was bonkers too.

[ramAnag]

Italy’s Serie A aiming to restart on June 20th behind closed doors.
Seeing as they were two to three weeks ahead of us it makes you wonder about the wisdom of EFL matches starting on the same day.
On the other hand, in Hungary they’ve already allowed fans into the stadium, although apparently crowds are normally much smaller than elsewhere, and they only attracted around 400-700 spectators.

[ramAnag]

League 2 decided yesterday on a points per game basis.
Play offs still to go ahead but Stevenage’s fate sealed and no other matches to be played.
So the precedent is set. Hope I’m wrong but I suspect this might be what we end up with elsewhere if there are a few positive Coronavirus tests leading to postponements.

[Geoff Parkstone]

League 2 decided yesterday on a points per game basis.
Play offs still to go ahead but Stevenage’s fate sealed and no other matches to be played.
So the precedent is set. Hope I’m wrong but I suspect this might be what we end up with elsewhere if there are a few positive Coronavirus tests leading to postponements.

Ah, but is it

As I understand it, Macclesfield again failed to pay players salaries for March by the set deadline of June 1st and so may be due a further points deduction which would put them below Stevenage and thus save them........... bots from Herts