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Football clubs aren't taking tests away from the general public. Private testing has always been available and is mutually exclusive to what the government use. Oddly, there is an anti football bent with some on this football message board. This is just another angle that plays into it. I think that Rev's views on coronavirus are cuckoo but I agree with him on the restart of football. Players will be tested 2, 3 times a week, and will be around very few people when not playing. I presume that they'll all be tested either the day before or the day of a match therefore the chances of players on the pitch passing on the virus will be extremely low. I also agree that if the government wants schools to open they should apply the same process, but that means involves coordination and a massive increase in testing numbers. The way to defeat the virus is to test, track, and trace. Those in the firing line so to speak should be tested often.

Deeney can do whatever he feels is right. I'm not having a go at him. I'm only pointing out the cynicism, and hard nosed business decisions that clubs will - in my view - make.

Troy Deeney and the like can grumble all they want, and they have a fair gripe. Yet if the season doesn't end clubs will have to repay broadcasters for revenue they didn't earn. Club owners aren't going to let that happen so my guess is that they'll play on and any player who doesn't feel right will sit it out. If they claim injury then so be it. For every Deeney, who is at the tail end of his career, there will be another who plays in the same position chomping at the bit to get a game.

My understanding is that private labs have always had tests available if a person is willing to pay for them. What the government has and what the labs have can exist separately. There was feigned uproar over here a few months back. 2 basketball players from the Utah Jazz got the virus. Within 24 hours the whole team, plus trainers, coaches, and ancillary staff were tested. Their argument was that they paid for a private lab to do it.

In the what could have been category. I'm watching bits of Union Berlin v. Bayern Munich. If it wasn't for the Icelandic volcano eruption Rovers may have had a few years of Robert Lewandowski up front.

I want Prem football back. No fans will make watching a different experience but I think that there could be some advantages. One being that you will be able to hear what players are saying to each other. I have a feeling though that it will be fleeting due to all the swearing. Hearing Mowbray giving Derrick Williams a bollocking for a bad pass a few months back got a good few laughs on here. Imagine a full game of it?

Something must be up if I'm agreeing with you on a COVID-19 comment. Footballers will be some of the most tested people in Britain (all paid for by private money too). It seems daft to try and keep them apart as much as possible then let them play a full contact game.

I have to agree with this in regards to the UK. Over here in the US there is almost universal acknowledgement that individuals will have to assume some risk until COVID-19 is fully controlled. Britain is trying to legislate a one size fits all approach that is extremely strict and it won't work. Footballers will be tested regularly, and will probably have it drilled into them to follow all recommended precautions to keep them safe. There should be no need for extra coaches.

If all the players wear masks, and are tested regularly, I would assume that they could carry on with their usual arrangements. I think the football authorities are over thinking certain aspects of it all. The cost of testing is small beer to what the overall cost of not completing the season would be.

Not too bad. It's certainly different. It's a top level football match in an empty stadium. The only noises aside from the commentators are players and coaches shouting. There is only the action to concentrate on so I feel that I can see a bit more of what players are doing.

Me too.

I bet that Premier League bigwigs will be watching today's Bundesliga viewing figures closely. If there are big numbers I expect a fast track to resume playing come Monday.

I reckon that ref's are the safest of all on the pitch. Although close to the action they are not in it. Linesmen too.

Regarding Sherwood. Dalglish signed him from Norwich during the 91-92 promotion season and he didn't play much. I thought it was an odd signing if he wasn't going to play. Although Cowans was class. Yet come August 1992 he was in central midfield and by the start of the 1993 season he was captain. He must have had something about him for Dalglish to do that with the likes of Moran, Hendry, and Shearer around. I don't remember him being a fair weather player. He'd always put a shift in. I think that the acrimonious end to his Rovers career has clouded judgement. I do remember his shooting prowess. He always had a go but usually smacked it miles over. Wikipedia had this gem; During his time at the club Dalglish wanted to sign both Zinedine Zidane and Christophe Dugarry, who were playing in France for Bordeaux, but Rovers owner Jack Walker reportedly said to Dalglish: "Why do you want to sign Zidane when we have Tim Sherwood?"[4]

I asked a few questions about this season in another thread. Maybe the change result one. I did a bit of Wikipedia reading the other week to catch up as I don't remember much about it. If I recall I think it went south halfway through his first season. his 1998 was horrific. He must have done something to lose the dressing room. He was ahead of his time back then. My money is on players, more than likely the British ones, not taking a liking to a bloke who never played the game coming in and trying out new ideas learned from abroad. Sutton and Gallacher being injured for most of the season didn't help either. Blake and Ward up front. Enough said.

The UK government hasn't helped here. Football was expecting a clear message from them on Sunday and got a load of waffle. Now they are stuck having to work it out themselves and no matter what they decide they'll get blasted for it. Germany, Italy, and Spain are all back in various stages of action, surely the football authorities can work something out. As a football fan who watches on TV I can't wait for it to return but it's looking iffy due to incompetence.

I see both sides on this and luckily I'm not the person tasked with finding a solution. Players value their health so want to be sure. Also players are supremely fit and highly unlikely (although it is possible) that if they do get the virus they'll get seriously ill. Charlie Austin and Mikel Arteta are two people in football known to have had it. What were their symptoms? I've read that clubs have put massive proposals together to figure it out. Testing players regularly, PPE for all staff, and even a special exemption for old man Roy Hodgson. Surely if the Germans can do it Blighty can too. After all it's 75 years since VE day.

This is why the Prem will vote to restart next week. They'll not want the Germans to corner the market on lucre. I assume that the football league will follow suit. "Project restart" needs 14 of the 20 teams to vote for the league's proposals. No fans at neutral grounds (those that aren't in residential areas) seems to be the way they are going. Ignoring a plethora of arguments I'll assume that those close to the bottom would be the most eager to cancel and start again once all is "safe". Here's the current bottom 7, Villa have played 1 game less than the rest. Southampton 34 Brighton 29 West Ham 27 Watford 27 Bournemouth 27 Villa 25 Norwich 21 Would all of the bottom 6 vote to cancel the restart? I'm sure owners would but managers and players would rather play, knowing that it could end in relegation anyway. I reckon that Southampton will vote to finish up as they have enough of a buffer to stay safe which would give the league the 14 they need. Man U, 3 points off 4th, could potentially put a fly in the ointment. But if they voted no they'd miss out on earning necessary revenue this season, something the Glazer's would be mad to do, and they'd blow their chance of claiming 4th, which is certainly up for grabs. I also wonder how much governmental pressure clubs are under to finish up? It would definitely give people a lift if football starts again. Not only would it give a lot of people something new to watch but it would give football and the government plenty of good press.

The Bundesliga is to restart possibly next weekend; German league up and running Let's see what the UK football associations think up.

You may be right. Sellars was like Messi to Rovers fans. Would he have played for England without his injuries? Warhurst has been spoken about quite a bit on here recently. Another who's career was blighted by injuries. He would have been an England regular without them. He oozed class. Tony Gale was brought in by Ray Harford. I think that he was ready to retire but due to the squad being short on numbers during the summer of 1994 he gave it a whirl. He was very composed and was happy to step aside when everybody got fit. I like his commentary too. He's on over here quite a bit.

One of the best Rovers games I've seen. I couldn't stand Dickov, but he was effective for Hughes as he set the tempo of the rest of the team which allowed Hughes to create his "bully boy Blackburn" style of play. Wilcox got no end of stick from Rovers fans. I have no idea why. He was a great servant and a good player. When he broke through I used to stand on the enclosure. All game I'd hear "bloody Wilcox" from the same group who used to stand near us. Rovers should have signed him permanently. He did a very good job. I remember when Short chose Derby instead of Rovers in 92. I think his reason was that he didn't want to move house. He was at Notts County I think. I though that he'd made a terrible decision, then years later he turns up at Ewood. He was another solid player who brought stability and nous in the post Hodgson/Kidd mess.

One of the articles in Alex Rover's link says; "A big change in dynamics was the Live The Dream rave in the village of Tockholes on September 16, 1989 I've no idea if that was the beginning or the end. I was 12, too young to understand. I do remember driving to Sunday morning football matches across East Lancs and having to follow diversions because of road blocks. My dad had a mate who was a copper in Accy. I remember him telling stories of the chaos at Monroe's. Who could imagine today that a dodgy nightclub in Great Harwood would be in the middle of a movement.

If the result went Rovers way and promotion achieved would there have been a title in 1995? There would have been no need for Dalglish as Mackay was able to do it. He would have had the keys to the club too as he managed it all on a shoestring budget.

I'm glad that you enjoyed Bosch. I like the way the stories flow. I also liked how they made LA look quiet. Something it definitely isn't. Tiger King grew on me. I asked on here a few weeks ago about it and got a muted response. I think it was only after I'd finished it that I realised how barmy it all was. I saw a few memes that had me laughing. I was out on a bike ride the other day. I rode past a house which had a sign out for delivery drivers. It said Did Carole Baskin do it? With 2 arrows - 1 yes, 1 no. I'm with you on the Sopranos too. Class all around.

Inside the ground? That would be weird. I was talking about TV only.