When they return back to Ireland, they will be Ireland's problem.Just wondering. Should they have cancelled Cheltenham. Tens of thousands of people coming over from Ireland.
Well perhaps another title:I think Boris legacy is already cemented to be fair.
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Cracking legacy right there.
We'll be able to say in hindsight. Luckily we don't have to make these decisions, we can sit tight and look back in 6 months times and say how it should have been handled.Just wondering. Should they have cancelled Cheltenham. Tens of thousands of people coming over from Ireland.
It's terribly unfortunate for the would-be champions of this season, but that's the way it is. Suck it up dippers.If they suspend it, we should just start afresh next season.
Reads like a passage from Greek Mythology.Nuno doesn`t want to take his players to Olympiacos.
Imagine Leeds not getting promotion as wellIt's terribly unfortunate for the would-be champions of this season, but that's the way it is. Suck it up dippers.
Icing on the cake indeedImagine Leeds not getting promotion as well
I don`t think the dippers will be that bothered as they are the best team ever so they will walk it next year anyway.It's terribly unfortunate for the would-be champions of this season, but that's the way it is. Suck it up dippers.
There may not be a next year.I don`t think the dippers will be that bothered as they are the best team ever so they will walk it next year anyway.
There`s always a next year Lar.There may not be a next year.
For some there certainly won't be.There may not be a next year.
On man, that's really sad. I so wanted the season to be cancelled but now I think of a dying Liverpool fan.For some there certainly won't be.
I know, pretty reckless of Boris to create and spread the coronavirus
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Cracking legacy right there.
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Create would be harsh, but spread is arguable:I know, pretty reckless of Boris to create and spread the coronavirus
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How would it make it worse?Would do sweet feck all and likely make things worse at this point.
I think that's a no brainer for 90% of their fansIf we forget the non footballing reasons, do United fans prefer:
Premier league suspended = possibly no title for Liverpool, but also no eventual CL qualification for United.
Or Premier League continues and United have a chance for CL, but Liverpool are champions?
i could live with 2.If it gets suspended like in Italy it will surely mean one of these:
1. The Euros get cancelled/postponed/played with several weakened teams.
2. The season is wiped clean(no winner or loser).
3. The league standings at the moment of the cancellation will be final.
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I reckon option 1 is the most likely. Option 2 would be hilarious, but we'd also miss out on CL football. Option 3 would be incredibly unfair.
Over 5% of those infected in Italy have diedImagine shutting everything down for a nasty flu with 2% mortality rate. So much hysteria you'd think this was the black death or something.
2% of even a million people would be 20,000 people dead. My question to people who think like this would be “how would you feel if someone died because you didn’t take the necessary precautions?”Imagine shutting everything down for a nasty flu with 2% mortality rate. So much hysteria you'd think this was the black death or something.
2% death rate is massive if half the population catches it.Imagine shutting everything down for a nasty flu with 2% mortality rate. So much hysteria you'd think this was the black death or something.
Consider the social and economical costs of basically putting an entire country on hold. Just that alone on one side of the scales is astronomical. Quarantining entire infected populations has little evidence base for its effectiveness. Moreover, in a lot of high profiles cases it has shown few benefits.How would it make it worse?
I dig it.I think we should have playoffs. The top 8 teams play against each other in knockout games and the winner wins the title.
Same for relegation. Get it quickly over with
Really? Then how come China seemingly did the impossible?Consider the social and economical costs of basically putting an entire country on hold. Just that alone on one side of the scales is astronomical. Quarantining entire infected populations has little evidence base for its effectiveness. Moreover, in a lot of high profiles cases it has shown few benefits.
Consider how many people's health would deteriorate in other ways through not getting the medical treatment, medicine or other help they need during a quarantine.
Imagine starting the spread of the virus through other paths that were previously less likely. As opposed to a home where 1 adult is self isolating and their partner and kids are out all day Monday-|Friday, you might now have one where a family are now contained together for 16 waking hours, increasing the likelihood they transmit the infection amongst themselves, and then after 14 days now have multiple carriers to go spread it through workplaces, schools and the like.
Yes, continue to isolate sick people or those who are likely sick, but don't stop the rest of society contributing. You have to have a pretty damn good reason to quarantine entire populations and you need public support to do it. You can only do it for a limited time too, before the public won't play ball. The transmission rate so far in the UK entirely supports not quarantining currently. It may happen at some point, but there's a massive cost to doing it, so you only do it at the right time.
A) We still have little idea as to the effectiveness and any peer reviewed evaluation of China’s quarantine. Previous quarantines in similar situations were shown to be far less effective and rational than first thought.Really? Then how come China seemingly did the impossible?
We have data now, which shows rate of infection is slowing down in China. The R0 goes down with social distancing and quarantine, I don't know how that's up for debate quite frankly. Quarantine won't work if the majority of the population are infected but that's not the case here.A) We still have little idea as to the effectiveness and any peer reviewed evaluation of China’s quarantine. Previous quarantines in similar situations were shown to be far less effective and rational than first thought.
B) If China’s decision making was so on point and rational, there would have been no outbreak in the first place. The world is now dealing with a product of China’s political paranoia and disinformation.
C) I am always surprised by how many who have lived and thrived in liberal countries are willing to give up their freedoms, in the guise of “protecting the nation”, as an immediate reaction to panic (terrorism, disease) or long term insecurities (the EU and Brexit, the Weimar Republic, Central European countries today).
You really admire a country forcing
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