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Club Statement: Coronavirus

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Jeff Jones said:
When isolation started early in March we were warned by the medical spokesmen not to get complacent when the rates of infection started to slow down.
The certain danger is that when people get out and about again infections and deaths would return in even greater numbers.

Some commentators here are clamouring for a start back to normality and are happy to quote them when it suits them, but I haven't heard one of them refer
to that initial warning.

As for the football, my hope is that whatever is decided about this unfinished season doesn't impact on next season if it's avoidable. I love Everton and
football, but I'm really not interested right now.
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Talk now is of 5 or 6 waves and not just the one peak
WE could see lockdowns becoming the norm over the next 18 months or so to protect the NHS
 
blueblue said:
If Trump were in charge it would be back this weekend.

I think the British government are on the back foot because they undoubtedly were slow in reacting to the threat and were not prepared for what was to come or else they have the worst medical advisors in the world.

Either way they are playing catch up now against mounting criticism and I think they will be slow to try to get things back to normal too quickly in case of a second surge and even more criticism.
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The British Government may have blood on their hands when this is all over but Trump will be swimming in it
 
No Dutch football allowed till Sept 1st not even behind closed doors to prevent second wave. So to be continued for other leagues
 
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Death said:
Bloody Tory kopite government wanted to try so hard to get them two games over the line. Everton had to do the honourable thing and push their hand by pulling a sicky. It was for the greater good.
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I think this is what they will do, just play enough to give them the points then stop again, Everton should refuse to play
 

I still think that the best solution for all is to not play football until September/October, with the first game of the 20/21 season, scrap all national and European cup competitions (surely we shouldn't be encouraging cross border travel anyway) and finish on time while also giving opportunity for Saturday-Wednesday football through a number of weeks in case of further restrictions on a rolling basis. If absolutely required, a full season could be completed in 19 weeks.
 
Death said:
Bloody Tory kopite government wanted to try so hard to get them two games over the line. Everton had to do the honourable thing and push their hand by pulling a sicky. It was for the greater good.
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This nonsense what has the government to do with LFC? Whree did they say about completing two games? Also what about the promotion and relgation issues?
 
Jacko93 said:
I still think that the best solution for all is to not play football until September/October, with the first game of the 20/21 season, scrap all national and European cup competitions (surely we shouldn't be encouraging cross border travel anyway) and finish on time while also giving opportunity for Saturday-Wednesday football through a number of weeks in case of further restrictions on a rolling basis. If absolutely required, a full season could be completed in 19 weeks.
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So you are saying treat this season as null and void?
 
Toffeelover said:
So you are saying treat this season as null and void?
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Well, yes. If they can get back to it in safety, then crack on. If it gets to September though, and there's still no football, then I'm not sure there will be any choice. There is a need for a pre-season, an opportunity for new players to bed into their new teams, adaptation periods of clubs etc, that may take a Month at the minimum, likely August, which may be allowed to happen with relaxation of gathering restrictions in order for them to be allowed to train together. In order for that to happen, this league season will need to be done by July 31st. Uefa and FA are wanting to complete European competitions through the month of July, so anybody competing in those will likely require the PL to be finished in order to compete effectively. That means the final 9 games of the season will bedone over 3.5 weeks on a Saturday - Wednesday schedule, starting mid May. Seems unlikely to me.

In terms of European games and teams competing in both competitions, they will need to play Saturday Wednesday in both Euro and PL, and other countries leagues, so to have both comps on going at the same time would give an unfair advantage to those not in it, and effectively make all results pointless anyway.

A precedent has been set in the past.. In the case of a worldwide event making football unable to be completed, the league was cancelled. Twice.
 

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