Coronavirus in football

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They really need to go back to one leg games this season.
 

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How is one team to be adjudged to lose if an alternative site cannot be found? Shouldn’t the onus be on the idiots running the tournament, not the club in a country trying to protect its citizens?

This is going to become untenable with the new variants.
 

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How is one team to be adjudged to lose if an alternative site cannot be found? Shouldn’t the onus be on the idiots running the tournament, not the club in a country trying to protect its citizens?

This is going to become untenable with the new variants.
If there are new variants every 6 or 12 months? No more cross border football?
 

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This is because Germany doesn't want people from Britain in their country, have I got that correct? Seems mad that because our country is in a mess our teams somehow end up benefiting from that? :lol:
This sort of luck can only happen to a team like Liverpool :rolleyes:
 

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That absolutely will not happen. If it didn’t completely stop now then it won’t.
Look at where we were a year ago til now, nothing’s out of the realm of possible. National governments won’t give a shit about international club football at the end of the day if that could jeopardize the safety of their citizens.

It probably won’t get that draconian, but it’s definitely possible. All it would take is a couple of countries to lock down that tight & the domino effect would happen.
 

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Look at where we were a year ago til now, nothing’s out of the realm of possible. National governments won’t give a shit about international club football at the end of the day if that could jeopardize the safety of their citizens.

It probably won’t get that draconian, but it’s definitely possible. All it would take is a couple of countries to lock down that tight & the domino effect would happen.
So, throughout all the peaks and with no vaccines we continue to play football across continents but it’s possible that will stop? It isn’t so unlikely it doesn’t bear conversation but then you love living in the misery of the whole thing.
 

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So, throughout all the peaks and with no vaccines we continue to play football across continents but it’s possible that will stop? It isn’t so unlikely it doesn’t bear conversation but then you love living in the misery of the whole thing.
Okay. Sure. The future will be linear with this thing going forward, totally simple to predict. Hope you’re right, but it seems a little facile to just think in those terms.
 

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Okay. Sure. The future will be linear with this thing going forward, totally simple to predict. Hope you’re right, but it seems a little facile to just think in those terms.
Okay. Sure. The future will always be the absolute worst case scenario so you can continue to revel in it.
 

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Whats happening with the Euros? Quarter filled stadiums will kill the best thing about international football.
 

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:lol: That's amazing logic from UEFA.

Maybe Sociedad is particularly bad in terms of covid, while other parts of the country aren't.
It's about which countries allow planes from UK, Portugal, South Africa etc. So Spain can allow people travelling frlm Norway while it doesn't those from England.
 

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:lol: That's amazing logic from UEFA.

Maybe Sociedad is particularly bad in terms of covid, while other parts of the country aren't.
It's about which countries allow planes from UK, Portugal, South Africa etc. So Spain can allow people travelling frlm Norway while it doesn't those from England.
Yes the UEFA can do nothing about "Which countries allow planes from which country" but they should have made decisions about this problem much earlier (For example single ties would be the right decision).
 

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Second time he has to quarantine and miss games. Just take the jab you selfish anti-vaxxer.
 

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Second time he has to quarantine and miss games. Just take the jab you selfish anti-vaxxer.
He might already be as it is known since 4 weeks now that he is unvaxxed - and the storm of media and politicians was very huge in Germany because of that.
But especially with a 2-jab-vax (In Germany Johnson and Johnson is not really used anymore) it takes some time until you are fully vaccinated...

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Pep told in his presser today that Kevin de Bruyne tested positive and has to isolate 10 days.
 

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Some of you might have a better overview...

Kevin de Bruyne tested positive after being with the national team. Today Hazard (Dortmund) and Casteels (Wolfsburg) tested positive.
Anybody else of the Belgium national team in other teams?
 

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Pretty sure there's a midweek prem round next week and then it's the xmas fixtures so don't see how they can slot in Rennes game before the year is out.

Brighton game will likely be postponed as happened last year for a few prem games so don't have issue with that so I think they'll have to play europe with whoever can run (and probably be knocked out) but will get the weekend off (don't play until next Thursday in league so should have time to get some players back).

Actually just remembered there was one Spurs fan on here just under a year ago who was demanding we put out a youth team out v them as we were due to play them in the league straight after the Liverpool cup game when we had to put the under 12s out so I look forward to him stating they should put out a youth team v Brighton if needs be. ;)
 

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If Spurs are granted a series of postponements I'm worried it will majorly benefit them in the race for top 4. Once they bin off that silly conference league thing they'll be able to focus on the league with one of the best domestic managers in the game.
 

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Just do what the Portugese did a few weeks ago. If you can field 7, play away.
 

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Are the Spurs players not vaccinated or something? Why are they having such a major outbreak? And if they are vaccinated and are basically going to have an asymptomatic or very mild case - shouldn’t this be treated like any other flu type virus?

If, at the end of the day, this is only really affecting the unvaccinated, do we really need to be so careful anymore?
 

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Are the Spurs players not vaccinated or something? Why are they having such a major outbreak? And if they are vaccinated and are basically going to have an asymptomatic or very mild case - shouldn’t this be treated like any other flu type virus?

If, at the end of the day, this is only really affecting the unvaccinated, do we really need to be so careful anymore?
Weird take after we see players who previously had Covid having heart issues literally every week lately. Are you suggesting allowing them infect others and roll the dice with their future careers instead of postponing a game?

Also it might be the new strain which we have no data about.

I don't remember players playing while having flu either.