Premier League gone surely...

[thatdberight]

Fair point...its hopefully going to be rearranged.I recall the Reading cup game down there being called off even though we gained entry.we were reimbursed as we couldn't attend the re arranged fixture.

What a fun day out that was! ****** wet through in that out of town stadium with three or four hours to wait until my train...

[Steve1956]

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I'm that bored today I've just personalized my TV's screensaver beat that dudes

[Aclaret]

Great looking tv by the way, what make ?

[tim_noone]

Great looking tv by the way, what make ?

Dinky

[thatdberight]

20200314_161844.jpgI'm that bored today I've just personalized my TV's screensaver beat that dudes

Loving the almost hidden glimpse of one of these...

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[Burnley1989]

It’s a bloody long day when your children wake you up at 5am and it’s raining most of the day

[jrgbfc]

20200314_161844.jpgI'm that bored today I've just personalized my TV's screensaver beat that dudes

I've just cleaned the kitchen Hoping for some decent weather the next few weekends so I can get the golf clubs out or get out walking somewhere. Even the pub isn't quite the same with no footy on!

[ayrshireclaret83]

20200314_161844.jpgI'm that bored today I've just personalized my TV's screensaver beat that dudes

I am doing the same

[Steve1956]

Great looking tv by the way, what make ?

Dinky

Its a Panasonic ....but Timbob has a better one

[tim_noone]

Its a Panasonic ....but Timbob has a better one

As Gill told you?

[Steve1956]

As Gill told you?

... not you as well she really is a tart!

[cricketfieldclarets]

This is what will have to be done. The government are now jumping on the Bandwagon by banning all mass gatherings according to the BBC. Legislation to go through Parliament next week.

The question then is - when will all this be over?

My uneducated guess, for what it's worth, will be around this time next year. Hopefully there will be a vaccine by then and any secondary 'winter peak' in cases (should this happen) will be behind us. Things should then be getting back to normal.

Possibly the Premier league could then just restart and finish the 2019-2021 season (as it would then be). Season ends in May/June 2021. Transfer window opens. Euro's take place. Pre-season friendlies and then start of the 2021-22 season.

If it goes on as long as that we’ve a lot more to worry about than football.

[UnderSeige]

CricketfieldClarets wrote: If it goes on as long as that we’ve a lot more to worry about than football.

Not necessarily. It might be better if it is drawn out over a longer period. It is also the case that less people could become critically ill if this occurs. There are two possible things that could slow the spread of the virus down:

• A good summer and the virus being one that is sensitive to heat and sunlight (many viruses are).

• People, organisations and the government putting measures in place to slow the spread down. Stop mass gatherings, wash hands, self isolation etc.

If the virus doesn't slow down over summer it is possible that the number of critical cases might overwhelm the NHS (as per Italy). If it does slow down, there could then be a second wave in winter. At some stage (most likely early next year) a vaccine will become available. Hopefully, the virus can then be halted in it's tracks.

My expectation (which is a non-expert uneducated guess) is that this time next year things will be gradually getting back to normal.

You are right though - we’ve a lot more to worry about than football.

[cricketfieldclarets]

Not necessarily. It might be better if it is drawn out over a longer period. It is also the case that less people could become critically ill if this occurs. There are two possible things that could slow the spread of the virus down:

• A good summer and the virus being one that is sensitive to heat and sunlight (many viruses are).

• People, organisations and the government putting measures in place to slow the spread down. Stop mass gatherings, wash hands, self isolation etc.

If the virus doesn't slow down over summer it is possible that the number of critical cases might overwhelm the NHS (as per Italy). If it does slow down, there could then be a second wave in winter. At some stage (most likely early next year) a vaccine will become available. Hopefully, the virus can then be halted in it's tracks.

My expectation (which is a non-expert uneducated guess) is that this time next year things will be gradually getting back to normal.

You are right though - we’ve a lot more to worry about than football.

We are in impatient species and I cant imagine people wanting to wait around for normality. But if that's what it takes...

That said. The numbers still SEEM low?! no?

[rob63]

That's quite normal. At the minute, this is just, in theory, a rearranged game. Refund or "tickets valid for rearrangement" would normally take a couple of days to announce.

Of course it's not really like that but just give the bureaucracy and the decision a few days. That's not much to ask for.

Till it's lockdown & they're banned from going to work you mean?

[UnderSeige]

cricketfieldclarets wrote: That said. The numbers still SEEM low?! no?

The word 'SEEM', is key and they do seem low. Yesterdays figures were 1140. In a population of over 67 million people this is a tiny fraction (0.000017 of a percent). The problem is that only 38,000 people have been tested so far. Of the people tested 3% have the virus.

On Thursday, Borris Johnson said that the cases are more likely to be around 10,000.

The official figures (1440) show that the number of cases are doubling every 3-4 days. It's only two weeks since the figures were 36. Just using these figures 1440 would become 2280 by Wednesday. By this time next week it would be 4560. A week later it would be 18,240. This would still be less than Italy's current (21,157).

By 1st May (if the doubling continues up to then) the figures would be around 4.5 million. By 13th May 37 million. At this point more than half of the population would be infected. Figures should then start to fall since there would be less people to infect. The government adviser said that once 55% of the population have had the virus 'herd immunity' will kick in and the virus will gradually go.

The problem with all this is the NHS wouldn't be able to cope with all of the critically ill in such a short space of time. The government have now announced the slowing down phase. Self isolating, washing hands, only making necessary journeys, banning mass events etc. A warm sunny summer would likely also help enormously if the virus is killed by ultra violet light and temperatures in the high 20's (degrees celsius).

If successful, the 'slowing down' will stop this rapid growth from occurring and the NHS will not be overwhelmed; less fatalities will occur; and less people should also contract the virus - especially if a vaccine becomes available early next year. The slowing down would mean that the pandemic is then drawn out over a longer period of time - perhaps into next spring.

[UnderSeige]

This video explains the situation very well. It also shows why there is likely to be no football for a year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIuzLf9f5WI

[Bullabill]

This video explains the situation very well. It also shows why there is likely to be no football for a year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIuzLf9f5WI

A waste of 25mins watching this self-indulgent crap. The rubbish graphs showed nothing at all, there was no real insight of disease progression or control measures, and I think that his figures are quite wrong.