Quotehttps://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2020...-off-by-email/
Waterford's players and staff laid off by email!
It's an interesting and cute spin to put on it, increased testing in sporting context = general benefit.Originally Posted by pineapple stu
"We now see in everyday life that our concept recognises and reduces risks at an early stage," said Tim Meyer, head of the German league's medical task force.
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2020...-off-by-email/
Waterford's players and staff laid off by email!
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
It’s coming for every club , paying players with no income and none on the horizon is not sustainable. Non contact sports are finding it hard to find a way to return to action , football at our level is a good while off.
By email though? Im sure the Chairman could stretch to a phonecall to each!
Waterford's situation handled badly but there has been no clear direction from the FAI across this.
They, along with the clubs, need to come to a decision to cancel the season now. It's going to be next year at this stage, time to accept it and plan accordingly.
The FAI's most recent statement says all football is ceased until 18th May. That's their only response to the government 5-phase plan. Nowhere do they even say 19th June is now off the table - do they think that date is still possible?! Needs to be some clarity on the situation this week.
This behind closed doors, streaming, possibly at a total of 4/5 grounds for 10 clubs, is nonsense. How can any club realistically implement those 40 pages of guidelines. It's hard enough for clubs here to prepare for a match day even in normal circumstances. If they deem Finn Park (just as an example) unsuitable to host games, do Harps have to travel to Sligo or Dublin for all their 'home' games!
Let's say they go ahead with the BCD plan. The First Division is absolutely done whatever happens, so there wouldn't be any relegation in any case. That would leave a lot of Premier clubs with nothing to play for before long, if they for some reason attempt to restart the season.
Something should have been arranged maybe groups on zoom until the whole squad was informed.
It seems the manager wasnt even informed in advanced and found out via messages from players. Just bad form and pure bad manners - the behaviour of a coward who couldnt face the people he was laying off, or someone who just doesnt give a sh!t...
Any argument based around "xxx need to get with the program and stop complaining" can pretty much be dismissed out of hand.
Clubs are businesses in the end of the day. They certainly shouldn't be forced to play behind closed doors just because we football is somehow an essential business we can't do without. The concluding line sums up a ****e article -
It really is a solution. Is it the best one? That's why the current discussion phase is happening - to find out what the least bad option here is. That process shouldn't be undermined by vacuous reasoning that clubs should "need to get with the program and stop complaining"But simply kicking the can down the road and hoping things are better in September, or even 2021, is not a solution.
I think this article is really poor. More like an unsubstantiated rant than anything else.
He completely ignores the question of financial viability, which is one of the major road blocks. Instead, the article reads as if clubs only have to implement some additional health measures and social distancing and that's it.
Thought the exact same thing. There is also a lack of discussion about the first division, the clubs in it are getting left out of the equation in these arguments.
Subtext: how long more will papers carry sports pages that are mostly op eds, nostalgia pieces and increasingly unlikely gossip? Journalism jobs are vulnerable if sport doesn't come back soon. Could be more than a trace of worry and self-preservation in that piece.
Hello, hello? What's going on? What's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here!
- E Tattsyrup.
The nostalgia pieces are getting tiresome alright. A reporter wanting something to report on is no shocker. I just find the tone of the piece a bit strong, id be a fan of Owen Cowzers work normally but reckon he has this one wrong.
It wouldn't be a good sign that Reynolds hasn't had contact with the owner for months. Id be worried about Powers long term commitment.
From https://www.rte.ie/amp/1136883/?__tw...mpression=true
So is he referring to Tallaght or the Aviva? Is this actually a serious consideration!
Needs to stop talking nonsense and admit the 2020 season is over.
Article also says GAA have ruled out inter-county games until at least October.
The WHO have phoned lilywhites!
They want to offer you the position of Director General since you're the only person in the world that knows how this situation doing will be in a month's time! Clearly you know something nobody else is the world does
I think on the basis of everything we can speculate on anything.
"Needs to stop talking nonsense and admit the 2020 season is over."
Isn't speculation in any sense of the word
Clearly you think the virus is going to magically disappear. Enjoy the return of the LOI on July 20th.
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