Coronavirus and Football (Plus all Sport in General)

[Rafa Justice]

2 more positive tests from another 996 tests. Rate of 0.45%. 8 out of 1744. 99.55% negative.

Yet the ***** are still out wanting the season voiding.

**** them

Can't wait for the season to play out. Record points total please, no asterisk and 3 ****house clubs relegated. Going to enjoy all of that lol

[McDermotX]

[ChesterDave]

Picture

[Norbs]

Picture was probably funnier

[Exiled_red]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...t-Restart.html

Players kicking back at club, pinch of salt source though.....

Clubs closer to the relegation zone are more regularly raising difficulties about Project Restart, while those above, such as Sheffield United in seventh place and Burnley in 10th, are keen to get going once again.

West Ham, currently 16th, raised the issue about a lack of social-distance marking at set-pieces, though that did not seem to be a problem in the Bundesliga, with everyone on the field properly tested.

Can they not just tell West Ham that they can social-distance mark at set pieces if they want I really hope West Ham go down, alot of the clubs at the bottom end of the table annoyed me in this but them more that most.

[marcus50bucks]

Premier League players drop concerns over full training
GPS tracking may help fight spread of infection

Matt Lawton, Henry Winter
Wednesday May 27 2020, 12.01am,
The Times

The Premier League’s Project Restart is set to receive a significant boost today with all 20 clubs agreeing to a return to full contact training.

English professional football has been suspended since March 13 but the latest steps to resuming the season next month involved a series of video calls between Premier League medical staff and senior players, managers, club doctors and directors yesterday.

The meeting with senior players was scheduled to last two hours but was over after only 45 minutes, The Times understands, with little opposition to the stage-two return-to-training protocols that were presented by the Premier League medical adviser Mark Gillett.

Sources have suggested the view of players has shifted significantly in the last week, not least because of the results from two rounds of Covid-19 testing. A total of eight positives from 1,744 tests — with at least three of those non-playing staff — has given the players confidence in a system designed to make training as safe as possible.

A meeting last week with the black, Asian and minority ethnic players’ advisory group, to address specific concerns around risks to players, also appears to have eased any anxieties, so much so that the majority of players who stayed away from training last week are expected to return.

Yesterday’s managers’ meeting is also thought to have gone smoothly, with club insiders confident all 20 representatives will approve the stage-two protocols at today’s shareholders’ meeting.

One senior executive warned last night that there could yet be issues with the third stage of Project Restart, which is the return to playing matches, expected to be on June 19 or 26. The executive said that playing another team “changes the risk profile massively”.

They also acknowledged the success of the first stage of the process, as a drop from six to two positive tests over the first week demonstrated.

One of the factors that has made players feel increasingly safe while training is the use by clubs of GPS technology that allows them to check instantly which players have been in close proximity to any team-mate who tests positive for Covid-19.

The GPS tracking devices — worn by players between their shoulder blades in vests — also allow clubs to monitor the amount of close contact between players during training sessions.

Players at some clubs underwent a third set of tests yesterday, with Watford’s Adrian Mariappa attending the club’s training ground at London Colney for a test after revealing last week that he had contracted the disease.

“You have to give the Premier League some credit for this but the clubs have done a good job too,” one club executive said last night. “The players and managers seem to be comfortable with where we’re at, and it’s now a case of how we progress. The results from testing will offer the best guidance.”

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/s...ning-whdj37btc

[The_weatherman]

Is the Premier League only league that has been meeting so much opposition and trouble regarding their restart, the Bundesliga went ahead with minimal fuss, Spain and Italy will be up and running soon too, seems like there is always over the top drama in England.

[Red_Polo]

Probably relates to the lack of trust in our institutions.

[The_weatherman]

Probably relates to the lack of trust in our institutions.

Might be, seems like that lack of trust is sometimes justified tbh.

[ChesterDave]

Apart from some initial murmurings from Spurs it seems that all the noise is at the bottom so it would seem it sadly is all about the money. Much more of it in PL than anywhere else. Safety is a smokescreen. It's all about the money

[The_weatherman]

Apart from some initial murmurings from Spurs it seems that all the noise is at the bottom so it would seem it sadly is all about the money. Much more of it in PL than anywhere else. Safety is a smokescreen. It's all about the money

That's probably a big factor, hope they get on with it now and buckle up.

[Reece]

All PL clubs have just unanimously voted to resume contact training.

[ChesterDave]

[Mark79]

Third round of testing results to revealed later too.

[BobTheCharmer]

At this stage I just want the football to restart and us get the required wins to wrap up the title, but typical I'll be back at work and its hard after so long off to request more time to see the games!!