Football and the Coronavirus

Raymond Lin · 25 Apr 2020 at 13:42

Honestly, I think my idea of penalty shoot out is still the best, easy to implement, can do it all in a weekend and the fairest way considering the alternatives.

you can do social distancing, no mask needed and even if you wear a mask, it’s not going to be much trouble.

The_One · 25 Apr 2020 at 13:53

Good old fashioned game of Wembley each team picks their best outfield player and those 20 play a game of Wembley until last man standing

Raymond Lin · 25 Apr 2020 at 14:07

Or you can do it in a Ice Hocket style penalty, you run up with the ball from the half way line.

rebel rebel · 25 Apr 2020 at 15:02

Raymond Lin said:
Honestly, I think my idea of penalty shoot out is still the best, easy to implement, can do it all in a weekend and the fairest way considering the alternatives.

you can do social distancing, no mask needed and even if you wear a mask, it’s not going to be much trouble.

I came up with this idea earlier in the thread!

Would be great entertainment.

ubersonic · 25 Apr 2020 at 20:59

adam cool dude said:
Look at Richard Branson. He has so much money and his own island! Yet is asking the government to bailout Virgin Atlantic.

Yeah, he's asking the government to step in and stop the company from going bust (just like hundreds of thousands of bosses of companies big and small all over the country have done), that way the employees won't all end up on JSA which the government would have to pay anyway. It's a perfectly understandable request.

What you think he should pay it himself? Where do you expect him to get the money to afford it from? lol.

BaZ87 · 25 Apr 2020 at 22:00

Arsenal have announced that their players will be returning to training at their training ground from next week. It will be individual training with social distancing regulations being observed. It's a small step but hopefully it's a sign that clubs are beginning to prepare for a return in the next 4-6 weeks.

The_One · 25 Apr 2020 at 22:11

Our cbs have been socially distancing for years anyway

omnomnom · 26 Apr 2020 at 07:44

The_One said:
Our cbs have been socially distancing for years anyway

Lol.

Moise Kean having a lockdown party...well played mate. This is the problem. Some footballers are absolute morons and arent sticking to the lockdown measures and are putting themselves at risk. If these idiots cant stay inside their ridiculously large houses, alone, then what hope do we have of getting the season restarted?

Alex h · 26 Apr 2020 at 10:53

The_One said:
Our cbs have been socially distancing for years anyway

Lol

BaZ87 · 27 Apr 2020 at 19:44

As well as Arsenal, Spurs, Brighton and West Ham players have or will soon return to training. Like Arsenal, this will be on an individual basis to begin with. There's also been quotes from the government stating that they're in talks with the PL about getting football up and running asap (when safe to do so of course) in order to support the whole football community. This roughly translates to, "if the PL can finish with minimal lost revenue then they can bail out the EFL who are ****ed".

adam cool dude · 27 Apr 2020 at 20:07

ubersonic said:
Yeah, he's asking the government to step in and stop the company from going bust (just like hundreds of thousands of bosses of companies big and small all over the country have done), that way the employees won't all end up on JSA which the government would have to pay anyway. It's a perfectly understandable request.

What you think he should pay it himself? Where do you expect him to get the money to afford it from? lol.

Does he need 4 billion pounds? I highly doubt it. I am sure most of us would need to dip into savings if the need arises. He could pay 1 year wages and still have billions left.

Shamikebab · 27 Apr 2020 at 20:10

You realise he doesn't actually have 4 billion pounds don't you?

ubersonic · 28 Apr 2020 at 00:13

adam cool dude said:
Does he need 4 billion pounds? I highly doubt it. I am sure most of us would need to dip into savings if the need arises. He could pay 1 year wages and still have billions left.

He doesn't have 4 billion pounds, he doesn't even have 1 billion pounds. When the internet says a person is worth X billion it doesn't mean they actually have that much money (aside from a handful of people with the first name sheik), it means they're a millionaire who own things or shares in things worth X billion. In many cases the companies/investments may not even be worth that much it's just their share value is because people overpay for them based on the expectation they will be worth more in the future (I.E Amazon).

This is why it's so retarded when people moan that Richard Branson should pay to bail out Virgin Air himself, people are basically demanding that he sells or mortgages his home/etc in order to keep a company he part owns afloat, when the government should be stepping in to help like they are for other companies.

adam cool dude · 28 Apr 2020 at 05:20

ubersonic said:
He doesn't have 4 billion pounds, he doesn't even have 1 billion pounds. When the internet says a person is worth X billion it doesn't mean they actually have that much money (aside from a handful of people with the first name sheik), it means they're a millionaire who own things or shares in things worth X billion. In many cases the companies/investments may not even be worth that much it's just their share value is because people overpay for them based on the expectation they will be worth more in the future (I.E Amazon).

This is why it's so retarded when people moan that Richard Branson should pay to bail out Virgin Air himself, people are basically demanding that he sells or mortgages his home/etc in order to keep a company he part owns afloat, when the government should be stepping in to help like they are for other companies.

How much money does he have then that is his?

omnomnom · 28 Apr 2020 at 06:58

ubersonic said:
He doesn't have 4 billion pounds, he doesn't even have 1 billion pounds. When the internet says a person is worth X billion it doesn't mean they actually have that much money (aside from a handful of people with the first name sheik), it means they're a millionaire who own things or shares in things worth X billion. In many cases the companies/investments may not even be worth that much it's just their share value is because people overpay for them based on the expectation they will be worth more in the future (I.E Amazon).

This is why it's so retarded when people moan that Richard Branson should pay to bail out Virgin Air himself, people are basically demanding that he sells or mortgages his home/etc in order to keep a company he part owns afloat, when the government should be stepping in to help like they are for other companies.

Virgin air are a lost cause who have been losing money for years. Why should they be bailed out?

mmj_uk · 28 Apr 2020 at 13:17

People like Branson will have their savings tied up in secret off shore accounts or other tax avoidance schemes, if they suddenly pull billions out of nowhere the HMRC will start sniffing.

fez · 28 Apr 2020 at 14:08

People get annoyed when they watch company owners pay themselves insane bonuses and dividends when the business is doing well and then take handouts when the business is not doing well. Thats completely reasonable. This is the massive issue with our current financial system. You are rewarded for running businesses on the very edge of collapse and when hardship hits and the business struggles you simply point at the grunts that would lose their jobs and be on the dole and say "save the business for my employees". The banks are the worst for this.

Just watch as all the big companies letting the government pay their staff take fat bonuses again within a year of this being over. The whole system is completely ****** and is only getting worse as time goes on. You shouldn't be able to take massive amounts of money out of a business if that business is not able to survive any sort of hardship for a few months. "Oh but we made X million profit this year so its fine that they get Y million in a bonus". That was a good period, this is a bad one. Why should someone else cover you during the bad when you quite happily reap the rewards of the good.

BaZ87 · 28 Apr 2020 at 14:15

And getting this thread back on topic....... The French League is about to be ended with their government reportedly set to announce that no football can be played until August.

rebel rebel · 28 Apr 2020 at 14:20

Our government seems to have gone the other way, and are trying to find a way to get it going again.

adam cool dude · 28 Apr 2020 at 14:39

BaZ87 said:
And getting this thread back on topic....... The French League is about to be ended with their government reportedly set to announce that no football can be played until August.

This is going to cause a huge amount of mess. I still think the best idea is to scrap the 2020/21 league and finish this one first. Especially if football is not going to get started till October time. Still have Euros to watch in the summer time.

I will be annoyed to say the least if United do not get a champions league place as we were in a very commanding position to qualify before this all kicked off.

I am sure Uefa could bang some heads together and make some one off championship to fill the blanks like that mini tournament we had before the 98 world cup.