calodo2003
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Just announced the LASK match will be behind closed doors per MEN.
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I imagine this would be good for Lingard to experience the sort of crowds he'll be playing in front of in a couple years time.Lingard needs to stay behind a closed changing room door.
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True but people's lives are more important.Pretty bad for them - one of the biggest games in their history and none of their fans will be able to go.
Advantage United. We already have experience at playing in empty stadiums (Etihad).
Why am I seeing this question everywhere? Is this the first time people are experiencing any professional match being played behind closed doors?Assuming it will be televised still?
It can't be worse than many of our games under Mourinho.Sad state of affairs, but it can only be an advantage for us. I fear it may be slightly boring to watch, as well.
The virus has been known to be transmitted via satellite so it seems unlikely.Assuming it will be televised still?
Said this in the other thread. It’s a small fish in a gigantic pond in terms of containing the virus.The playing behind closed doors is tainting the competition for me. Home team loses a big advantage & it’s just not right fairness wise.
Why is football being targeted to close down and not airports or the tube which has more people in close contact? I don’t understand the logic
The virus has been known to be transmitted via satellite so it seems unlikely.
Due to a virus, yes. Id imagine to televise a game it would take a couple of hundred people to make it work. If gatherings of above 100 are banned, are they allowed to gather to televise a football matchWhy am I seeing this question everywhere? Is this the first time people are experiencing any professional match being played behind closed doors?
True. An entirely different kind of virus causing boring games.It can't be worse than many of our games under Mourinho.
Not one of but definitely the biggest game of their history.Pretty bad for them - one of the biggest games in their history and none of their fans will be able to go.
Some of the Italian "closed doors" matches limited the size of the press contingent last week. A couple reduced the size of the broadcast team as well - single camera position, not the usual multi-angle setup - which would feel a bit like watching youth team football on TV. I doubt they'll do it for this game though.Due to a virus, yes. Id imagine to televise a game it would take a couple of hundred people to make it work. If gatherings of above 100 are banned, are they allowed to gather to televise a football match
Thats the solution then, i wasnt sure how it would work but i knew they'd have to do somethingSome of the Italian matches limited the size of the press contingent last week. A couple reduced the size of the broadcast team as well - single camera position, not the usual multi-angle setup - which would feel a bit like watching youth team football on TV. I doubt they'll do it for this game though.
The virus has been known to be transmitted via satellite so it seems unlikely.
I think the UK has managed it pretty well so far, but difficult to tell when research is suggesting many might not show symptoms for five days after contracting. The UK can't do an Italy too soon and quarantine the whole country, when it is simply not necessary yet. People, and the economy, can't cope with self isolation over a lengthy period, and if you do it too soon, you also undermine the deployment of the measure. People won't take it seriously, when it is actually needed. The best we can hope for now is just managing the curve and trying to avoid that mammoth spike in cases, when hospitals can't cope and the mortality rate surges from 1-3% to 6%+ as it has in Lombardy.I'm glad to see this (given the relative context of the situation). I think it's the right thing to do.
Great to see other Governments actually acting now and doing something to help protect Healthcare systems and their own citizens.
Hopefully the UK Government will soon be forced to follow suit and actually make some moves to protect it's own already struggling Healthcare system.
Maybe not yet. But I'm talking about football matches here, and incoming fans from other countries - like Liverpool vs Atletico tomorrow, that's what I'm talking about when I say act now.I think the UK has managed it pretty well so far, but difficult to tell when research is suggesting many might not show symptoms for five days after contracting. The UK can't do an Italy too soon and quarantine the whole country, when it is simply not necessary yet. People, and the economy, can't cope with self isolation over a lengthy period, and if you do it too soon, you also undermine the deployment of the measure. People won't take it seriously, when it is actually needed. The best we can hope for now is just managing the curve and trying to avoid that mammoth spike in cases, when hospitals can't cope and the mortality rate surges from 1-3% to 6%+ as it has in Lombardy.
Considering the amount of cases in madrid youd think the uk would ban flights in and out of thereMaybe not yet. But I'm talking about football matches here, and incoming fans from other countries - like Liverpool vs Atletico tomorrow, that's what I'm talking about when I say act now.
The UK has been lax thus far in this regard.
Exactly.Considering the amount of cases in madrid youd think the uk would ban flights in and out of there
The tactical elements of a game are much more apparent with no crowd there for some reason.Will be so strange watching a game in total silence on TV. It's right move though, if the Austrian government feel that way.
Yes, but the camera man will be behind the closed door.Assuming it will be televised still?
That doesn’t make sense. Importance shouldn’t matter, either we need to avoid large public gatherings or not
Once you accept the truth that the sole goal of any government official, be they elected or appointed, is to remain a government official, then it all becomes very clear. Effectiveness of a policy comes in a distant second to the appearance of a policy.Feels like a token gesture to reassure the public that they're doing something really.
In what way?Has anyone mentioned that it'll be like playing in the Etihad yet?
This is a truth that absoluely requires some nuances. Firstly, she doesnt say that science doesn't support it. But that it necessarily doesn't support it. What she means is that they don't have the proper data to support the claim.But apparently the science doesn’t even support this measure
Dr Harries said cancelling big outdoor events like football matches would not necessarily be a decision supported by science.
"The virus will not survive very long outside," she said. "Many outdoor events, particularly, are relatively safe."
No fans. lololololol banter banter banterIn what way?
Not really sure how that would help widely. Seems sensible to quarantine people from certain hotpsots, but people quickly make irrational decisions about national borders, as if we somehow have to be more fearful of international travellers carrying the virus, versus British people travelling domestically with the good old red, white and blue version of the virus.Maybe not yet. But I'm talking about football matches here, and incoming fans from other countries - like Liverpool vs Atletico tomorrow, that's what I'm talking about when I say act now.
The UK has been lax thus far in this regard.
It is though... it's going to help a lot right now.Not really sure how that would help widely. Seems sensible to quarantine people from certain hotpsots, but people quickly make irrational decisions about national borders, as if we somehow have to be more fearful of international travellers carrying the virus, versus British people travelling domestically with the good old red, white and blue version of the virus.
I'm not generally in favour of giving the Home Office and UK Border Agency more reason to be prejudiced against people. Sealing off the country isn't going to help. The genie is out of the bottle.
Without even a single other person entering the country with the virus, the virus is here and spreading. It won't be contained any longer. We could close the borders, insist everyone stays at home for two weeks, and that still wouldn't stop it. It's all about flattening the curve now, ensuring the number of cases doesn't peak too highly at any one point, but also accepting there could possibly be an even greater number of them long term, as long we don't get that spike and that we have capacity to help those most vulnerable.It is though... it's going to help a lot right now.
And I'm firmly anti-Brexit.
Having thousands of people from Italy or Spain crammed into a busy stadium and using the public transport systems en masse in a busy city is insane when it can be easily prevented.