Does anyone think if the remaining North London derby was played behind closed doors you wouldn’t get Tottenham and Arsenal fans milling around outside the ground?

If it was played in the midlands?

And I think you underestimate the capability of the authorities. They got people to stop smoking in pubs and I imagine they be able to stop fans milling about.
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However ... this would only happen if the disease subsided to the point that it was safe to go ahead. It is not implausible that a spell of warm weather in May or June could do the trick.

But my bet is that this won't happen, and that next season won't be able to start because of fears of a second wave of the epidemic.

Why are you applauding this?

I'll tell you why .....

Because Bubblechris had the nuts to question the system ... every dumb arse on the planet quoting this and that

Look it up you nematode ......... Mrs Kiwi did ....we 've had more flu deaths in the same period last year than Corona .

I'll tell you why .....

Because he had the nuts to question the system ... every dumb arse on the planet quoting this and that

Look it up you nematode ......... Mrs Kiwi did ....we 've had more flu deaths in the same period last year than Corona .

But if it's behind closed doors then there won't be any fans regardless where the games are played. Fans inside I mean.

But if it's behind closed doors then there won't be any fans regardless where the games are played. Fans inside I mean.

There’s no way the government will allow even a closed stadium game to take place. Imagine the game where Liverpool won the title. Guaranteed that selection of fans would congregate outside the ground regardless.

It’s just not happening

Here’s a sobering thought. From recent analysis here in UK, the mortality rate of patients put in intensive care with the virus is running at almost 50%.

So if you make it into IC (I’d suggest hair dye - grey hair is not ideal when selection on the basis of age is already here), it seems ventilators may be just be window dressing - better than nothing - you can’t do nothing - but realistically, it’s a flip a coin, eh?

This was the message from Italy that caused the re-think - not I suspect out of respect for the elderly per se, but because it became obvious that large numbers of them would enter the critical stage and in so doing, they would gum up the works before they die - before WE die.

Stay pissed Kiwi.

Here’s a sobering thought. From recent analysis here in UK, the mortality rate of patients put in intensive care with the virus is running at almost 50%.

So if you make it into IC (I’d suggest hair dye - grey hair is not ideal when selection on the basis of age is already here), it seems ventilators may be just be window dressing - better than nothing - you can’t do nothing - but realistically, it’s a flip a coin, eh?

This was the message from Italy that caused the re-think - not I suspect out of respect for the elderly per se, but because it became obvious that large numbers of them would enter the critical stage and in so doing, they would gum up the works before they die - before WE die.

Stay pissed Kiwi.

A nation that managed to evacuate Dunkirk can't keep a few rowdy fans off the street?

then history would show Corona Virus did have a positive side

I see reports of the FA wanting a July restart to finish the season. Is this simply a way to placate Liverpool. The season is absolutely dead - call it off and if by a miracle football can restart around this time then start a new season in August as always.

I would but that doesn't mean I am right. The season is dead - call it.

I’m not arguing, if this Coronavirus stuff hadn’t been happening and Arsenal were in Liverpool’s position I’d be saying the league has to be completed. Yet I want it declared null and void.

But I’m hopelessly biased. I admit it. The thought of those scouts gits winning the title again is horrible with their cocky, self loving fans is awful. The only good things about Liverpool is that they’re not Manchester United, Tottenham or Chelsea.

Okay, I would like you to think of the club we are dealing with. Do you have absolute trust that playing games behind closed doors the Liverpool supporters will not try and invade the ground to watch their team win the title; that they will not congregate together to celebrate each win and then what happens? Do you start a new season immediately or do the players need a break.

I suspect many clubs will not be able to function in the lower leagues and will in affect be bankrupt and I am not sure there will be too many in the top league looking very good financially. I think it is time to take a step back and think about reorganising what is left. Would like to see a strictly enforced salary cap put in place.

But if it's behind closed doors then there won't be any fans regardless where the games are played. Fans inside I mean.

Well at the moment you’ve got people travelling all over the place and the “lockdown “ hardly being observed by many.

I’m not sure Dunkirk comes into this. A different era with people
With different values

Exactly. Which in my view is another reason why playing games behind closed doors over a part of a season but not all of it is plain wrong.

Stopping 3/4 of the way through and declaring it null and void would be even more wrong.

If it is impossible to finish, fair enough. Finishing behind closed doors is far from ideal but we are not dealing with ideal here. Ideal is off the table.

What do you mean by home support B? There wouldn't be any supporters in the ground which was the point I was trying to make before.

I know you fishing again because your bored but Jesus

Corona is ten times more likely to kill than flu.

As for Bubblechris questioning the system! My goodness, he’s just quoting what Boris said after he did a complete about turn from the strategy of infecting 60% of us that would have killed many.

On the whole play the games behind closed doors thing.

Look at what Jack Grealish has just done for exhibit A.

Sent a tweet yesterday urging people to stay at home and to protect the NHS. Then allegedly threw a house party, got pissed and crashed his Range Rover into numerous vehicles before running away from the scene and getting a mate to try and hide the evidence.

How can you stop the infection when people let alone players are pulling *%^@ like that

I have no problem admitting that had Liverpool stayed unbeaten I wouldn't have been for giving them the title. The fair part of me would say, yes, give them the title. But the gooner in me would have said no.

As for this season - it's done. Wrap it up.

It can't work, even before you think about the fans. Players and coaching/medical staff combined with officials would give you up to 100 people already. All in close proximity to each other. You need some stewards just to get the place open and close it up again if nothing else. Then you have to have some kind of catering for the people there. Add in maybe another 100 people to run the TV side (because you know every game would be televised) and then you've got reporters there as well. Just on the barest numbers you've got a couple of hundred people all around each other.

But even if you just get it down to the 22 on the pitch. Would you like to run around with other people's sweat etc going over you in the middle of this? You'd only need 1 player to be infected at the start for everyone to potentially be infected at the end of the 90.

Would I think differently if it was Arsenal (almost) certain of the title? I may well do, but I don't think I would. It just seems so damned crazy to even think about.

I know this is a time where football is rightly relegated to a less important position in our lives, but frankly living on the planet and the things that are going down all the time it really shouldn’t have the importance it does, but it brings a lot of joy to people’s lives and it would be pretty awful to always focus on the negatives in life, as important as they may be.

In that vein I’ve just listened to the Cesc Fabregas interview on Arseblog and I highly highly recommend it. Hints at a few answers to questions I’m sure we’ve all had, and he comes across as absolutely the kind of player we would love to have at the club now. May induce a large bout of ‘oh what could have been...’

https://arseblog.com/2020/03/episode-570-cesc-fabregas/

I wasn't fishing ..... I was legless .

After drinking God knows how much vodka .... I don't even want to check the bottle it might make me feel worse ; woke Mrs Kiwi up when I decided to listen to Duanne Eddy's "Peter Gunn" at 3 am so the temperature in our house at the moment is about - 20 .

“The Premier League are planning to move clubs into quarantined training camps and play all remaining fixtures in the Midlands during June/July in a World Cup style format“


I really wouldn’t put it past them doing something ridiculous like this, the last time they had a major decision to make was when they refused to dock West Ham points for the tevez saga as it would have relegated them. That was ridiculous

Agree with the Bayern president. If you can’t finish the league by June you should simply put a red line in it and be done with it.

You have to feel for the Liverpool fans.