There’s talk of Spurs calling their game off on Wednesday due to an outbreak in the first team. Potential for our game to go the same way?

I think we need to wait to see if tomorrow's game definitely goes ahead first. Then see what the latest is on Monday.

Any news now could be outdated by after the weekend.

All sport will pause very shortly. Mark my words. Only a matter of time before it stops.

Mark my words
Sound like we could all be grounded if we dont

Well I’ve definitely been naughty enough....

Wellsy1882 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:23 pm

Mark my words
Sound like we could all be grounded if we dont

We already are

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:28 pm

We already are

You wouldn't have thought so. Thousands of cars driving where I live, just like any normal day over the last few years.

You wouldn't have thought so. Thousands of cars driving where I live, just like any normal day over the last few years.

Happen folk are going to work like. Can’t really be any other explanation unless they are driving about for leisure.

PremierLeagueClass wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:59 pm

There’s talk of Spurs calling their game off on Wednesday due to an outbreak in the first team. Potential for our game to go the same way?

Mourinho has said the exact opposite ,Spurs have no cases in first team

joey13 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:01 pm

Mourinho has said the exact opposite ,Spurs have no cases in first team

...but Villa have many first team players out and they are due to play Spurs I think

YES IT WILL !!!!

Havent United announced that this is the game when they go back to the top of the League ? The possibility of them not winning hasnt entered their heads.

Zlatan wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:06 pm

...but Villa have many first team players out and they are due to play Spurs I think

Yes I know that , that’s not what the original post stated

joey13 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:43 pm

Yes I know that , that’s not what the original post stated

apologies, I see what you meant

FactualFrank wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:30 pm

You wouldn't have thought so. Thousands of cars driving where I live, just like any normal day over the last few years.

Padiham road is busier than a normal working day out of lockdown at 8.30am

FactualFrank wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:30 pm

You wouldn't have thought so. Thousands of cars driving where I live, just like any normal day over the last few years.

Done a lot of walking again lately and there are a lot of 'newish' housing developments around. Most have 2/3 cars. No wonder the town gets jammed. I just don't know how people can afford 2 AUDIS and a BMW and a new house.

I think it will all be knocked on the head next week.

It's rife again.

Yep, me too.

Worst days death toll since pandemic began.

Stayingup wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 08, 2021 8:20 pm

Done a lot of walking again lately and there are a lot of 'newish' housing developments around. Most have 2/3 cars. No wonder the town gets jammed. I just don't know how people can afford 2 AUDIS and a BMW and a new house.

Criminal Activity

Only if the powers that be, think United will win.

Staying up. Been saying the same myself for a few years now where we live. New houses, couples in say early 30's, brand new 4 bed house, kids, dog, 2 fancy cars on drive. Where they get the money from is beyond me. I'm in my mid 50's and a decent well paid job but can't afford those sort of properties and all the trappings. Unreal!

I am torn. I see the positives in having the games played. It is a distraction for the population but, why risk the spread? Torn !

randomclaret2 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:28 pm

Havent United announced that this is the game when they go back to the top of the League ? The possibility of them not winning hasnt entered their heads.

Well Sean - there’s your team talk for Tuesday !

Colburn_Claret wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:57 pm

Only if the powers that be, think United will win.

Alternatively, they could simply have played us on the original date instead of a daft friendly against Villa

If we only have 5 first team players available it’ll go ahead.......if Utd only have 15 first team players it’ll be postponed....

I’ve asked this a few times on here, what would anybody gain by stopping Premier League football now?

It’s a genuine question, I just don’t see why it would stop.

arise_sir_charge wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:44 am

I’ve asked this a few times on here, what would anybody gain by stopping Premier League football now?

It’s a genuine question, I just don’t see why it would stop.

I think when you look at the rates of infection in the PL testing, they’re really low. In that sense, football isn’t mirroring wider society and it of course has the benefit of entertaining the population when they can’t do much else.

I think a break should only come when cases start to peak in the testing, but really, for the PL, the clubs should be sensible in cup weeks etc, play the younger/reserve players and give their first team squads a break. We could have easily had two weeks off were it not for the United rearrangement.

NewClaret wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:52 am

I think when you look at the rates of infection in the PL testing, they’re really low. In that sense, football isn’t mirroring wider society and it of course has the benefit of entertaining the population when they can’t do much else.

I think a break should only come when cases start to peak in the testing, but really, for the PL, the clubs should be sensible in cup weeks etc, play the younger/reserve players and give their first team squads a break. We could have easily had two weeks off were it not for the United rearrangement.

Actually if you look at the last weeks test results, the positive results in the Premier League almost exactly mirrored the current rates in the general population. I think it was about 1.8%

StuffyClaret wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:15 am

Actually if you look at the last weeks test results, the positive results in the Premier League almost exactly mirrored the current rates in the general population. I think it was about 1.8%

Didn’t know that. Last time I heard it seemed very low.

40 positive tests from just over 2000 tests I believe

StuffyClaret wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:39 am

40 positive tests from just over 2000 tests I believe

Ah, was 18 last time I heard, which on a numerical basis seemed very low (<1 person per club).

For me, I’d like to carry on and see a very clear system for cancellations on a game by game basis, based on % infections of top 15 first team players based on last 30 games or something.

Those 40 might be at 3-4 clubs in which case the other clubs should continue.

Wouldn’t object to the United game being postponed given our injury list at the moment though

The rates of infection in the Premier League are in ‘real terms’ much lower than in the general population because everybody in the league is being tested.

If you tested the entire population the numbers of infections would increase dramatically.

arise_sir_charge wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 09, 2021 12:18 pm

The rates of infection in the Premier League are in ‘real terms’ much lower than in the general population because everybody in the league is being tested.

If you tested the entire population the numbers of infections would increase dramatically.

I believe the 2% figure is actually an estimate provided by the ONS rather than based on the amount of folk tested. If we base it on positive test cases then the actual percentage works out considerably less than 2%. As an example, if we assume 60,000 people per day were tested positive in the UK last week, that works out at about 420000 from a population of circa 70 million.....or 0.06% of the population


edited to 70 million