I’m delighted Aberdeen got on-board with the suggestion the SPFL refrain from making a quick decision to curtail the Premiership season. In a letter to the other 11 SPFL teams, the League and SFA, they want to explore every way possible to complete the remaining league and Scottish Cup fixtures, while keeping a full 2020-21 fixture programme.
There is no reason for the SPFL, or our governments, to act quickly to cancel the season, and every reason to monitor what happens in countries where plans to relax lockdown have been prepared.
Chairman Dave Cormack outlined objectives and concerns, including the health of players and their ability to perform during a heavy fixture burden without affecting the outcome of games. His optimism is commendable, but almost certainly misplaced.
Players are in a demographic considered among the safest from the worst consequences of virus, but playing football games will spread Covid among squads. Fixtures cannot be fulfilled if your squad is ill with Covid, or isolating because they have been exposed to the virus. Recuperation time from an illness with such consequences is also likely to be substantial for an athlete (this remains uncertain as no athlete has yet recuperated and returned to competition).
I would love to see the season end competitively. We will not be able to attend games, but we would be able to watch Celtic win the title on the field, see Hearts relegated the way nature intended and watch Newco play their home games in Paisley.
Instead of cramming lots of games into the available time, I suspect the first year football returns will see lots of fixture cancellations and competition overruns. We have yet to get our heads around where the world is right now, but there’s no reason Aberdeen cannot look into possibilities. Wait until June, realise what you should have known for months and call it then.
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DBBIA,
good mhan, but I could have done with that toilet duck advice earlier
I’m going to lie out on my sunbed in the garden and drink some Dettol with ice…
Personally I couldn’t give a flying Toilet Duck about medical advice if Lord Trump says it’s effective then that’s good enough for me.
I’m sure some some antipodean Trump hater will come on and try to discredit his Trumpness’ advice although I am having some difficulty getting this bedside lamp down my trachea.
Is it ok if it has an LED light bulb? Asking for a friend.
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 24TH APRIL 2020 11:15 AM
I’m going to lie out on my sunbed in the garden and drink some Dettol with ice…
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Just make sure it’s the sugar free variety, you don’t want to get fat.
Pog…nae bother, it’s mixed with diet coke…
I only put the Dettol in it to take away the taste of the diet coke…
Quiz question- What does “you know what” stand for in the following context:-
“Pointing to his head, Mr Trump went on: “I’m not a doctor. But I’m, like, a person that has a good you-know-what.”
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 24TH APRIL 2020 11:37 AM
A good bank balance.
New Trump Cocktail known as the Washington Bomb:
Place some crushed ice into a large glass. Add 2 fl ozs of isopropyl alcohol, 1 fl oz of Domestos (or similar) and 1.5 fl ozs of disinfectant. Shake contents well and top up with orange juice. Garnish with maraschino cherry and one slice of orange. Paper parasol is an optional extra.
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 24TH APRIL 2020 11:37 AM
Quiz question- What does “you know what” stand for in the following context:-
“Pointing to his head, Mr Trump went on: “I’m not a doctor. But I’m, like, a person that has a good amount of shares in disinfectant companies”
The tactful cactus by your window
Surveys the prairie of your room
The mobile spins to its collision
Clara puts her head between her paws
They’ve opened shops down the West side
Will all the cacti find a home
But the key to the city
Is in the sun that pins
The branches to the sky
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 24TH APRIL 2020 11:37 AM
‘Cognitive impairment’ would be my guess.
new article posted.
Last!
If you pray, please pray for the repose of the soul of a wonderful Celtic supporter who passed to his eternal reward yesterday.. Father Michael Clark was a Pallottine Father. A few years after ordination, it was discovered that he had MS. He spent the last thirty five years or more confined to bed. This did not stop him being interested in all things Celtic. By means of TV and radio, he followed his heroes. He learned this love of the bhoys from his father Herbie who was, in his day, a member of the Greenock Celtic Supporters Club.
Father Michael died on the anniversary of his mother’s death. No doubt, she was waiting for him at gates of the Eternal Paradise. Rest in peace, Father Michael, and enjoy company of the Lisbon Lions who are with you now.