Football without crowds is going to be a bit ****, isn’t it?

[Billy Goat Sverige]

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[Luis Anaconda]

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Did you see what the German health ministry were saying at the weekend? Players have to wear masks and if a masks slips than play has to be halted. No walls at free kicks and players too close together - genuinely had to check the date to see if it was April 1

[Billy Goat Sverige]

Did you see what the German health ministry were saying at the weekend? Players have to wear masks and if a masks slips than play has to be halted. No walls at free kicks and players too close together - genuinely had to check the date to see if it was April 1

For **** sake. Wouldn’t be worth bringing it back if that’s the sort of *******s they’ll try and implement. They’ll be having no scrums or rucks in rugby at this rate :-|

[Luis Anaconda]

For **** sake. Wouldn’t be worth bringing it back if that’s the sort of *******s they’ll try and implement. They’ll be having no scrums or rucks in rugby at this rate :-|
Yep - be ridiculous. Can't see rugby coming back for a bit.

Mind you - no man-to-man marking in football won't affect our defence at least :)

[Burney]

Yep - be ridiculous. Can't see rugby coming back for a bit.

Mind you - no man-to-man marking in football won't affect our defence at least :)

I take it you've seen the nonsense about allowing substances to be applied to the ball rather than have people rubbing spit and sweat on it? Most cricketers have been using spit on the ball since they were kids. Almost impossible to resist the reflex to do it, I'd have thought.

[Luis Anaconda]

I take it you've seen the nonsense about allowing substances to be applied to the ball rather than have people rubbing spit and sweat on it? Most cricketers have been using spit on the ball since they were kids. Almost impossible to resist the reflex to do it, I'd have thought.

Yes, will be an odd one. Not as much of a factor with the white ball though which I guess will be the first form of cricket to get the go ahead

[Burney]

Yes, will be an odd one. Not as much of a factor with the white ball though which I guess will be the first form of cricket to get the go ahead

I sort of half wonder if people will just get used to the idea of not having sport, resulting in a percentage of fans simply drifting away from it altogether. I certainly think that the sporting world may struggle to reignite interest to pre-virus levels.

[IUFG]

Dhdhxjdkdj

Quite.

And when did air horns disappear from football stadia?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbDHDNGqT_g

also...Gilbert Napthine

[Sir C]

I sort of half wonder if people will just get used to the idea of not having sport, resulting in a percentage of fans simply drifting away from it altogether. I certainly think that the sporting world may struggle to reignite interest to pre-virus levels.

My morning constitutional across the golf course today suggested to me that lockdown is crumbling... at 6 am there were 4 separate groups of covert golfers, not bothering to be covert, and an exasperated security bloke telling me, “I’m wasting my ****ing time, they just tell me to **** off.”

Putting your balls into a little hole would appear to have lost none of its charm for golfists.

[Burney]

My morning constitutional across the golf course today suggested to me that lockdown is crumbling... at 6 am there were 4 separate groups of covert golfers, not bothering to be covert, and an exasperated security bloke telling me, “I’m wasting my ****ing time, they just tell me to **** off.”

Putting your balls into a little hole would appear to have lost none of its charm for golfists.

Oh, I don't mean playing sport so much as watching and fetishising it in the way we did before. I just think it could take a while to recover the levels of engagement.

[Sir C]

Oh, I don't mean playing sport so much as watching and fetishising it in the way we did before. I just think it could take a while to recover the levels of engagement.

If it were a question of lockdown finishing and sporting events starting straight up, I think there would be a huge surge with people rushing back to celebrate a joyful re-commencement of life. Imagine the roar as the teams emerge from the tunnel for the first time... However, as it appears that the release from lockdown is going to be a drawn out process and football is likely to restart under some strange, unnatural conditions, it might just all be a bit of a damp squib.

[Burney]

If it were a question of lockdown finishing and sporting events starting straight up, I think there would be a huge surge with people rushing back to celebrate a joyful re-commencement of life. Imagine the roar as the teams emerge from the tunnel for the first time... However, as it appears that the release from lockdown is going to be a drawn out process and football is likely to restart under some strange, unnatural conditions, it might just all be a bit of a damp squib.

Exactly. It won't be like coming back from a war and everyone just being able to enjoy it. It's going to be hedged about with all manner of fúckery that will make it much less interesting and in that time, I just think a lot of interest will drift away.

[Luis Anaconda]

If it were a question of lockdown finishing and sporting events starting straight up, I think there would be a huge surge with people rushing back to celebrate a joyful re-commencement of life. Imagine the roar as the teams emerge from the tunnel for the first time... However, as it appears that the release from lockdown is going to be a drawn out process and football is likely to restart under some strange, unnatural conditions, it might just all be a bit of a damp squib.
Precisely what I was going to say. Particularly for fans whose clubs are mired in midtable with none of the games being meaningful in any case. Will be very odd

[Sir C]

Precisely what I was going to say. Particularly for fans whose clubs are mired in midtable with none of the games being meaningful in any case. Will be very odd

Add in the huge numbers of newly-unemployed and the inevitable reduction in corporate advertising budgets and the whole thing could be in trouble.

[Burney]

Precisely what I was going to say. Particularly for fans whose clubs are mired in midtable with none of the games being meaningful in any case. Will be very odd

:nod: And no outrageous flobbing by the players. How will it be managed? Will it be yellow for a flob and a straight red for a nasal clearance?

[Burney]

Add in the huge numbers of newly-unemployed and the inevitable reduction in corporate advertising budgets and the whole thing could be in trouble.

On the plus side, we'll be hearing a bit less from Arsenal Fan TV. :cloud9:

[Sir C]

On the plus side, we'll be hearing a bit less from Arsenal Fan TV. :cloud9:

Those narcissistic ****s will probably still broadcast their thoughts to a grateful nation.

[barrybueno]

Did you see what the German health ministry were saying at the weekend? Players have to wear masks and if a masks slips than play has to be halted. No walls at free kicks and players too close together - genuinely had to check the date to see if it was April 1

I read a load of stuff like that in the Mail but about our lot playing again. Was fúcking hilarious, the sort of thing you'd expect from Vic or The Day Today.

[barrybueno]

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100%. I'd rather wait until it can be played as normal tbh even if it meant waiting until next year. All these terrible ideas and compromises are just complete gash.

[redgunamo]

glwtp. Masks etc. appear to be in rather short supply :-(

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/27/german-doctors-pose-naked-in-protest-at-ppe-shortages?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true



Did you see what the German health ministry were saying at the weekend? Players have to wear masks and if a masks slips than play has to be halted. No walls at free kicks and players too close together - genuinely had to check the date to see if it was April 1