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[mccole]

The media keep driving this farcical argument that the country is desperate for football to come back.

They couldn't be more wrong. Even a couple of my red mates are starting to say what's the point.

The money is surrounding all semblance of common sense and the public will not look back fondly.

Bang On!

Every Thursday night the NATION is going out into the street to applause the NHS and Health Workers.

It is a utter Pee-Take that we are thinking of running 92 games season with a 1000 test per club a week, spending god know how much to hire a stadium, record live and Dettol the ball every time it leaves the field.

We have a government asking for staff to reuse PPE because they haven't got enough to protect themselves from a DEADLY virus but F-ING John Barnes or whoever Sky/Mirror/Kopite Sun look up under Out Of Touch Kopite See You Next Tuesday think it will be real shame if the can't finish a game.

 

[Shevin Keedy]

Bang On!

Every Thursday night the NATION is going out into the street to applause the NHS and Health Workers.

Oh! Is that what that is for? I thought my reception when I was walking back from the Aldi the other day was a little much if I am honest.

 

[arch stanton]

Very good today mate.

good to hear that mate, hopefully the weather is going to pick up a bit for the weekend

 

[Khalekan]

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.

To be honest with you, I wouldn’t be watching Crystal Palace v Watford even it was being played in a packed Wembley Stadium.

 

[Shevin Keedy]

To be honest with you, I wouldn’t be watching Crystal Palace v Watford even it was being played in a packed Wembley Stadium.

Do you feel there is an argument to be made for the availability of a standard sarcasm font on discussion forums?

 

[Khalekan]

Do you feel there is an argument to be made for the availability of a standard sarcasm font on discussion forums?

I have no opinion on the matter.

 

[WA Toffee]

I reckon they are genuinely worried about upsetting the RS, the backlash from RS fans and the RS loving media macca.

It's the money. If the premier league cancel it, they will get sued by whoever loses out. If it's the government that cancels it, then the epl cant be sued as they are following govt orders.

 

[hirons11]

It's the money. If the premier league cancel it, they will get sued by whoever loses out. If it's the government that cancels it, then the epl cant be sued as they are following govt orders.

I think you are fairly spot on here. There’s a game of cat and mouse going on between the PL and the Government. Government hoping the PL do the sensible thing and just null and void the season and therefore won’t have to look to compensate or help out in any way whilst the PL want the government to give the directive along the lines of “no competitive sport until Sept (al la France) so they have get outs with Sky, sponsors and the like and can go cap in hand to Government for some monetary forms of recompense.

On that basis Government need to not make any knee jerk decisions ahead of what any scientific data is telling them as this will aid PL claims for compensation (don’t really like that word but given their love of money I can’t see the PL/ clubs not trying something along those lines).

I‘m fairly certain it will get voided at some point unless there is a marked changed in circumstances such as an effective treatment being found, new cases/deaths numbers fall of a cliff etc.

I am however getting really pissed off with all the bizarre ideas they seem to be talking about to get these games played. Not sure how much of it is true and how much it’s the PL gravy train “press” just trying to keep themselves relevant?

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

The longer this farce drags on the more the PL is coming across as a pretty ugly organisation.

Post the meeting of owners / CEO’s this week there’s apparently a rift developing between the top 6 who are pushing for the league to be played out, and most of the rest who want it ended.

Any semblance of being able to hide behind ‘the integrity of the game’ has been shot away, this is purely about money and self interest. The players are going to end up being the ones who call this, as I think there’ll be significant numbers who’ll push the PFA to refuse the idea of playing in the current climate.

 

[toffee82]

If it goes ahead, will any players that refuse to play still get paid?

There are zero hour workers out there that are facing that decision.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

It's the money. If the premier league cancel it, they will get sued by whoever loses out. If it's the government that cancels it, then the epl cant be sued as they are following govt orders.

Denying the RS of the title will also be playing a big part in it as well mate, no doubt about that IMO.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

If it goes ahead, will any players that refuse to play still get paid?

There are zero hour workers out there that are facing that decision.

That's going to be conundrum for clubs, if your star players refuse to play then are you going to want to keep them happy or risk them throwing a wobbler by not paying them. You would like to think that players would understand that if you refuse to work (and they would be right in this instance with Covid) then you don't get paid, I won't hold my breath on that though.

 

[hirons11]

That's going to be conundrum for clubs, if your star players refuse to play then are you going to want to keep them happy or risk them throwing a wobbler by not paying them. You would like to think that players would understand that if you refuse to work (and they would be right in this instance with Covid) then you don't get paid, I won't hold my breath on that though.

Any sensible club owners (yeah I know) will have or will be canvassing the views of their players about playing, prior to entering into these fortnightly discussions you would have thought. Whether they are making their (the players that is) currents views publicly known or just sitting on them for the time being is anyone’s guess, probably the latter as per the reporting coming out after these meetings.

 

[roydo]

In what world can you have folk queuing 2 metres apart to buy some beans, but an employer can insist their employees work cheek by jowl?

 

[Minimeister]

If it goes ahead, will any players that refuse to play still get paid?

There are zero hour workers out there that are facing that decision.

If the workplace can't guarantee social distancing and they're not provided with the correct protective gear, then yes they would be paid.