Thom & Gerry Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Wonder how Greenock Morton will get on financially with no crowds? They are a business and as important to some as their local pub. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 14 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Is that what you all do at Cappielow, huddle? Is that why you go? Social distancing is well under 2 metres radius per person in the Cowshed for any game, yes. We're not weirdo loner types who go to nightclubs on their own and in their 50s like yourself. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Thom & Gerry said: Wonder how Greenock Morton will get on financially with no crowds? They are a business and as important to some as their local pub. We'll get on almost as badly with whatever set of protocols are required to get some but not all fans into games as having no crowds at all and some garbage streaming option instead. The season should just be postponed/binned beneath the top level until the broader restrictions on social gatherings are lifted and clubs should look for government assistance on that basis. Bleating for the government to make a special exception for crowds to be let in after clubs have handed out new contracts and then started a new season behind closed doors is not a strong case for help at all. Edited September 29, 2020 by vikingTON 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom & Gerry Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Why should the top tier get preferential treatment? Until a vaccine is found, which the population can be persuaded to take, then the only way of stopping it is to shut the world down for a couple of weeks. If there is a will there is a way to manage it. All the outbreaks have been in settings where there has been no or poor management. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 It's not preferential treatment - the top flight can operate (just about in Scotland's case) without fans but with a viable TV package/streaming. No other full level of the Scottish game can do that. Until most society-level restrictions are lifted that is the only sensible outcome on the table. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 20 hours ago, welshbairn said: Is that what you all do at Cappielow, huddle? Is that why you go? Seriously doubt he even goes. Seems to be much more into SNP politics than football. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Locos shutting up shop for a month. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 On 29/09/2020 at 22:19, Thom & Gerry said: If social distancing is managed properly then there is less chance of a few hundred people spread out in a football ground catching it than a few hundred mingling about in a public park. It all depends on what your priorities are. What is the end game? What happens if we don’t get a viable vaccine for say 20 years,? What happens if they don’t get enough people to accept a viable vaccine? Everyone's biggest concern at this point should be getting through the winter before thinking further ahead. The NHS is stretched to capacity every winter anyway - if they have to cope with what we saw in April there will be tragedies. Right now we're at the same death rate as on the day lockdown started, and it's rising rapidly. Cases have doubled every 12 days for 5 weeks. Let's worry about the next 5 months before discussing theoreticals about the next 20 years. And fwiw, if we'd all been really strict over the summer we could be going to games now, like they are in Australia, New Zealand and Germany. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom & Gerry Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Different countries, different capabilities, different demographics. You can’t compare like with like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy groundhopper Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Surely the 2m distance and 15 minutes ruling (grassroots guidelines I think) allows fans to attend lower level games with crowd limits in place, distanced naturally. Or was this just for players safety ? My apologies for memory loss 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandcowden Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 32 minutes ago, Andy groundhopper said: Surely the 2m distance and 15 minutes ruling (grassroots guidelines I think) allows fans to attend lower level games with crowd limits in place, distanced naturally. Or was this just for players safety ? My apologies for memory loss one size fits all in scottish footy,apparantly ,so in the meantime we can all expose ourselves to risk at work while getting nannied unnecessarily in our leisure time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin Shed Jaggie Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Have Fort William just imploded? When your Manager & Chairmen walk within hours of each other. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody from Linnhe Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 30 minutes ago, Tin Shed Jaggie said: Have Fort William just imploded? When your Manager & Chairmen walk within hours of each other. Nah we’re ok, thanks for asking though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin Shed Jaggie Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 20 hours ago, Woody from Linnhe said: Nah we’re ok, thanks for asking though. I hope so. I've a genuine affection for the Fort. The afternoon of my stag do 25 years ago was spent watching them take on Lossie in the North of Scotland cup final at Mosset. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share Posted October 6, 2020 21 hours ago, Woody from Linnhe said: Nah we’re ok, thanks for asking though. How are the summer drainage works coping with the recent deluges? An unfair test so early though, normal rain is the big one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody from Linnhe Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 So far so good thanks, it seems to be draining well. Only down side about playing at the foot of the Ben is when it rains. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Shaker Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I hope so. I've a genuine affection for the Fort. The afternoon of my stag do 25 years ago was spent watching them take on Lossie in the North of Scotland cup final at Mosset.A good time was had by all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody from Linnhe Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 I checked that was some run of form. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 This looks hopeful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 With fans? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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