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The mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, was criticised by the club itself for raising public health concerns about games restarting, but however in-depth the planning may be to avoid people massing outside the stadium or gathering instinctively to celebrate, he was sounding a genuine alarm about risks.

To be balanced against those lethal hazards are the benefits of trying so hard to stage matches again. As seven weeks have gone by since football suspended itself on 13 March, against the advice of Dowden and his government that it was fine to carry on into that weekend, the significance of promotion, relegation and Champions League qualification has been put into perspective by the pandemic’s elemental threat. Now the urge to play is articulated more as a grim job of having to get the season done to avoid difficult conversations with broadcasters, and be able to keep their money.

After Dowden spoke up in parliament, more than one senior football executive told the Guardian this week they felt uneasy, as if the government needs some good news, some entertainment for the masses, and that lies behind their desire to get the Premier League playing “as soon as possible”. Dowden said in parliament that this would “help release resources through the rest of the system”, but the EFL is understood to be baffled by that, as no more money will go down the football pyramid now if the Premier League starts playing again.

In France, where the number of people killed by Covid-19 is lower than in Britain, the government has banned team sports until September and, however much the odd club such as Lyon may grumble, Ligue 1 is cancelled, and the summer is cleared of yet another complication, to try to address the virus. If that were to happen here, however much football people are missing the game and would love current realities to be different, many people could usefully calm down.

The financial situation, of course difficult, will probably be just about manageable. If that did happen, the Premier League could concentrate on being true to the principle it has stressed throughout and did again on Friday: “The thoughts of all are with those directly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic,” and: “The Premier League’s priority is the health and safety of players, coaches, managers, club staff, supporters and the wider community.”
 

I dont get they will only use 10 grounds to limit pressures on the emergency services resources myself, if they use 10 they may as well use your own ground,infact as we know they should not even be even thinking of it


I imagine the ten grounds would be the ten smallest grounds.

If games must be played behind closed doors, better they are played at the likes of Bournemouth, Burnley and Brighton than in the cavernous waste that would be Old Trafford or The Emirates with no spectators.
 
I imagine the ten grounds would be the ten smallest grounds.

If games must be played behind closed doors, better they are played at the likes of Bournemouth, Burnley and Brighton than in the cavernous waste that would be Old Trafford or The Emirates with no spectators.
Aye, I'd have loved to have been watching Friday night football on Sky tonight in an empty Turf Moor.
Crystal Palace against Watford.
Sounds like a thriller.
 
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Also if they approve of the Saudi Murderers buying a english football club on top of this greedy pursuit of TV revenue / appeasement of LFC then I hope alot of average fans get disillusioned and no longer bother.
 
Also if they approve of the Saudi Murderers buying a english football club on top of this greedy pursuit of TV revenue / appeasement of LFC then I hope alot of average fans get disillusioned and no longer bother.
15k - 20k attendances coming to a ground near you soon.. again..
Back to the early 80's.
 

I dont get they will only use 10 grounds to limit pressures on the emergency services resources myself, if they use 10 they may as well use your own ground,infact as we know they should not even be even thinking of it

That was posted more for the 2nd tweet, 3 Cologne players tested positive and will now quarantine for 14 says
 
If any competitions restart the fairest would be fa cup and champs league , can be done in neutral venues without much argument over fairness and there are fewer games to complete
 

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