Covid-19 update: FA Cup withdrawal

[upthemaggies]

This is insane.

"West Ham fans can watch their team play Man City in a cinema just 500 METRES (a 12-minute walk!) from the London Stadium on Saturday in a move branded 'utter nonsense' by the Football Foundation as crowds continue to be locked out"

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...mile-away.html

[ivansneck]

Whatever we think about Ardley as a manager, he's a decent, caring and intelligent person. The Notts players are in good hands with our current manager, CEo and owners.

[Bridg4d_Pie_]

Whatever we think about Ardley as a manager, he's a decent, caring and intelligent person. The Notts players are in good hands with our current manager, CEo and owners.

Hear, Hear.

[nw6pie]

Neal Ardley interview about the decision to withdraw etc.

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2020/october/ardley-on-fa-cup-withdrawal-231020/

This is a fascinating interview. Two things stood out for me:

1. NA says he’s 90% sure Notts’ Patient Zero got COVID during a game (presumably either Altrincham or Barnet, based on how he talked). Other teams choosing not to test are being willfully ignorant, in his eyes.

2. One of the Notts players who tested positive lost his nan to COVID in March, so that’s a horrible double-whammy. Sounds like a few of the players have it worse than others. Personally, knowing hitherto fit people who have had COVID and are still suffering six months later with long COVID, I won’t be surprised to hear about similar cases affecting footballers as the season progresses.

[Mapperleypie]

This is a fascinating interview. Two things stood out for me:

1. NA says he’s 90% sure Notts’ Patient Zero got COVID during a game (presumably either Altrincham or Barnet, based on how he talked). Other teams choosing not to test are being willfully ignorant, in his eyes.

2. One of the Notts players who tested positive lost his nan to COVID in March, so that’s a horrible double-whammy. Sounds like a few of the players have it worse than others. Personally, knowing hitherto fit people who have had COVID and are still suffering six months later with long COVID, I won’t be surprised to hear about similar cases affecting footballers as the season progresses.

Yep, its a real worry. I have a friend in their early 40's that has suffered massively with long COVID who was otherwise a fighting fit runner with a very active lifestyle. As you say nw6 it would not be surprising to hear of footballers never quite being the same fitness wise having caught the virus.

[Wedgie_pie]

Hope they get all the help they need. I’m just starting to recover from Covid after a terrible 2 weeks. It’s not a very pleasant experience, and I feel it’ll be a fair few weeks before I’m back to normal, so could be a month or so until those at the club affected are back to somewhere near ready to play.

Can I be cheeky and asked your age Kings 1...Hope you get fighting fit very soon mate...

[kings1]

Can I be cheeky and asked your age Kings 1...Hope you get fighting fit very soon mate...

Hey Wedgie. No probs, I’m 44.

[Old_pie]

As well as the escalating statistics I've just seen https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54648684 and it is quite scary. I can't see how we, as a species, are going to be free of it, let alone a football club. It seems full testing needs to be made mandatory, at the ground, prior to kick off to be fully certain, and that would require an instant result scenario. Notts are doing the right thing and for those that think they can get away with it they will find it will come back to haunt them, and if any one club gets a reputation as being a spreader that will create some interesting dialogue.

Stop The World - I Want To Get Off (who said that). Horrible times and we are not even at the end of the beginning imo. Stay safe.

[upthemaggies]

As well as the escalating statistics I've just seen https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54648684 and it is quite scary. I can't see how we, as a species, are going to be free of it, let alone a football club. It seems full testing needs to be made mandatory, at the ground, prior to kick off to be fully certain, and that would require an instant result scenario. Notts are doing the right thing and for those that think they can get away with it they will find it will come back to haunt them, and if any one club gets a reputation as being a spreader that will create some interesting dialogue.

Stop The World - I Want To Get Off (who said that). Horrible times and we are not even at the end of the beginning imo. Stay safe.

Ardley mentioned that the club are being very diligent in taking precautions to prevent the spread, or words to that effect, which I don't doubt and also suspect Notts are taking greater care than others, yet the virus continues to spread. There appears to be similar scenarios in the education system, where, despite all of the rules for social distancing, classes or whole schools are being sent home.

I've willingly had flu jabs in the past, my children were vaccinated against MMR amid the Andrew Wakefield scandal, but from what I know about vaccines in relation to a Coronavirus, I'll be making sure my kids and I are at the very back of that queue.

[crazyfists]

Sad to hear but the right call, hope the players recover.