[Football] Premier League / Football League attempts to finish the season

[schmunk]

Two Fulham players have tested positive for coronavirus...

Bound to be Knocky and Harry Arter (loanee from Bournemouth) - anything to get the season shut down...

 

[A1X]

Two Fulham players have tested positive for coronavirus...

Obvious tactic to try and screw up Leeds' promotion

 

[Badger Boy]

3 out of 1,000 tests. Two at the same club, again. It's safe to resume, so get back to it, fellas.

 

[Marshy]

3 out of 1,000 tests. Two at the same club, again. It's safe to resume, so get back to it, fellas.

Had they been back to full contact training though that could wipe out half your squad..

 

[dazzer6666]

Had they been back to full contact training though that could wipe out half your squad..

....and kill a vulnerable relative of any of them.

 

[Pierre the Painter]

Had they been back to full contact training though that could wipe out half your squad..

...and had they not been in training and been tested they wouldn't know they have it and be spreading it around anyone else they come into contact with as they wouldn't be isolating.

 

[Weststander]

3 out of 1,000 tests. Two at the same club, again. It's safe to resume, so get back to it, fellas.

Breaking positive news - 997 haven't tested positive.

Under the radar.

 

[LamieRobertson]

....and kill a vulnerable relative of any of them.

Potentially...with the odds being quite low ...with the caveat to that

 

[dazzer6666]

Potentially...with the odds being quite low ...with the caveat to that

Agree - odds are very low.......but higher for some, who may not want to take that risk.........all hell will break loose if it happens though.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Agree - odds are very low.......but higher for some, who may not want to take that risk.........all hell will break loose if it happens though.

Don’t disagree as I rarely do with you ...

..we already have TalkSPORT changing there headlines re PL due to one Sam Allardyce giving his view

 

[dazzer6666]

Don’t disagree as I rarely do with you ...

..we already have TalkSPORT changing there headlines re PL due to one Sam Allardyce giving his view

Haven't seen that....will take a look. I don't like him much but he does often talk sense.

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

I saw Troy Deeney said he will probably be back at training next week. Seems pretty likely 100% of players will partake in the re-start come June 19.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Haven't seen that....will take a look. I don't like him much but he does often talk sense.

I just caught it in their news bulletin ..obvs it could be just a clip from a much wider opinion ..you know how these things work

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

20 June re-start being reported as agreed

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/s...start-season-football-FINALLY-set-return.html

 

[Wozza]

Save you a click:

Wed June 17: Aston Villa v Sheffield United, Manchester City v Arsenal, so all teams on 29 games played

Then next round of games would be staggered over weekend of June 19/20/21.

 

[Jim in the West]

Reports:

Wed June 17: Aston Villa v Sheffield United, Manchester City v Arsenal, so all teams on 29 games played

Then next round of games would be staggered over weekend of June 19/20/21.

That's slightly annoying - Arsenal will have a chance to get up to speed before playing us (assuming the matches are played in the same order as the original fixture list).

 

[schmunk]

That's slightly annoying - Arsenal will have a chance to get up to speed before playing us (assuming the matches are played in the same order as the original fixture list).

...or Aubameyang might get injured and Leno a red card?

 

[Tony Le Mesmer]

That's slightly annoying - Arsenal will have a chance to get up to speed before playing us (assuming the matches are played in the same order as the original fixture list).

More likely rest key players against City, for the more winnable game.

 

[Yoda]

3 out of 1,000 tests. Two at the same club, again. It's safe to resume, so get back to it, fellas.

Now apply that same logic and numbers to the UK population. That would equate to 198,000 new cases. Still think it's safe?

Edited to add: I've seen the same logic said about the Premier League testing. Saying that only 0.43% of test have come back positive since they started. In the same week, that would equate to 283,800 people testing positive nationally.

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

Now apply that same logic and numbers to the UK population. That would equate to 198,000 new cases. Still think it's safe?

Edited to add: I've seen the same logic said about the Premier League testing. Saying that only 0.43% of test have come back positive since they started. In the same week, that would equate to 283,800 people testing positive nationally.

Current projection for UK total cases is around 14k infections nationally, down to 4k by 20 June

https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-kingdom

The Prem, and Gov, and all their health experts, are looking at 20 June when there will have been 3 more weeks testing and isolation of positive cases for all clubs. This all went very smoothly as a build-up to re-start in Germany and their fixtures are running fine. It seems very likely the Prem build up / re-start will play out in a similar fashion.