Football’s political clout not as high as rugby’s

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With Coronavirus cases rising across Scotland, those in the game will be anxious about their anticipated plans for some fans to be in attendance at games this weekend.  Ross County hope to have around 500 at their game against Celtic on Saturday, two weeks after the Scottish Government allowed rugby to run similar tests.

There are many things we need to learn.  How long will it take to process fans entering a stadium and which club has the most effective method?  We need to know how fans who have travelled for hours will react when told their temperature is too high to allow entry.  Will fans observe social distancing and how safely can this be enforced by stewarding?

The need for information is great and one iteration of learning will not be enough.  When safe, we should be testing often.

Allowing test events for a few hundred fans at open air football games has to be among the safest activities available in the country.  There is zero scientific reason for preventing them and many valid reasons to hold them, but this is all about signals and how to effectively govern the population.  Football is a political football (sorry).  It does not have the political clout of the drinks industry, or even rugby, for that matter, or some would have been watching football from the safe outdoors weeks ago.

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  1. excuse late

     

    Dominos !

     

    stick pizza vending machines around the

     

    stadium

     

    cook in a minute from fresh dough.

     

    there are always solutions

     

    if you have the drive passion and commitment

     

    and mair margins than multiples/ franchises

     

     

    bis morgen

  2. Fred Dobbs,what you were saying,100percent correct,I’ve said that on here many times about the state off the stadium and outside Can anybody tell me what these shareholders say at the agm,because I say if you love the club then in my eyes all things that needed to be done in the stadium needs to get seen to ,it’s just all about SEVCO the hot water and other problems need to be fixed,I think Lawell and co need to be to told in no uncertain terms ,your bonus will not be paid at the end off the season,then maybe these issues could get fixed,clean the stadium and a good lick of paint on them girders are actually starting to rust ,

  3. Does anyone know if there was ever an estimated time span put on the stadium when built?

     

    How old is Doomdome?

     

    It must be crumbling.

     

    Must be 40 years it’s been up.

  4. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Del Dunk

     

     

    3 “new” stands were built from 1978.

     

     

    I was in the stadium for the first time in almost 20 years for the Commonwealth games rugby sevens in 2014.

     

     

    All bias aside, I was absolutely shocked by both the condition and ergonomic layout of the place.

     

     

    Upper tier of Given stand was “ok” nothing more.

     

     

    Lower tier was horrendous.

  5. The King on Netflix is good.

     

     

    The hand to hand stuff puts me in mind of The Wugby

     

     

    ( Whatever that is?)

  6. ” Am a hunner and sixty suvin, which means awiz born in 1977. The Queen’s Jubullee……Aye! Back me up here LonelyHeart!8888888……….Only jokin’……….Pit Boots wuz aw we hud, that an Ipads!

     

    My Cat plays the trumpet in an auld Lanarkshire beat combo, but don’t yoo get me startit oan them Cats….

     

    BTW I’m 43 an’ curious…………have you seen the price o’ fish oan that Anywherr High Street?

     

    Och , jist ” Och”.

     

     

    Did a tell ye awiz a right oul’ auld yin?

     

     

    Aye!

  7. I suppose that depends on a coupla factors……………

     

     

    :)

     

     

    1) What you’ve just eaten.

     

    2) How much you’ve paid attention to the copious hacks provided by Timmed-Up Techies.

     

     

    HH.

  8. WBC

     

     

    Easy-The-Peasy……………..

     

     

    A Nugget By Any Ither Name…..?

     

     

    As the Baird Bard might huv said.

  9. Awe in thur basement labs makin’ thum up…wan fur you ‘n’ wan…naw, two fur me…

     

    S’easy when ye know how…

  10. Como poco coco como, poco coco compro…

     

    S’easy!

     

    All you need is love…

     

    Goodnight Tims everywhere…

  11. Bankiebhoy

     

    Double Nugget oot Criterion Cafe Partick after Sunday noon Mass at Saint Simon’s was my weekly treat. If we went to Saint Paul’s, it was a MacCallum in Pacciti Cafe Whiteinch.

     

    Happy Days. 👍😊

  12. A song for everyone on CQN tonight.

     

    Let’s forget past disagreements and unite together in the common cause. Celtic is all that matters.

     

    Let’s Come Together in Sweet Harmony please. Peace and Love and Sweet Harmony to all Tims.🤞💚🍀

     

     

    https://g.co/kgs/YTBCZq

  13. Good morning all from a dark, dry Garngad

     

     

    Go get Paddy Robert’s and a left back.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    D :)

  14. Neil Lennon & McCartney on

    DAVID66 on 9TH SEPTEMBER 2020 6:14 AM

     

     

    Many people were convinced that Paddy Roberts would become a “superstar”, so where did it all go wrong? He has been at many clubs in his young career but has not developed as expected.

     

    Come home Paddy, you know it makes sense.

     

    HH

  15. DAVID66 on 9TH SEPTEMBER 2020 6:14 AM

     

     

    Wouldn’t argue with that. Hopefully we could get him cheap and it would put pressure on Jamesie (who I love incidentally but like all players benefits from competition).

  16. Exactly guys get him up here get him fit, if he plays well in later stages of season and a good next season and we have paid 3, 4 or 5 million then there will be a sell on value as he is still young.

     

     

    Only my opinion but I would go for him.

     

     

    D :)

  17. Right another crazy day of meetings about not having meetings ahead.

     

     

    Must dash, play nice yall.

     

     

    DD – I see St Tams is on Test and trace list and Corpus the other day. I hope you are well my fenian friend and maybe we can meet soon for a swally.

     

     

    Hail Hail

     

     

    D :)

  18. BGFC

     

     

    Good post on testing process.

     

     

    pity the meeja don’t teach patience.i hear on r4 the Oxford trial has stopped due to reaction.

     

    keep up great work mate.

     

     

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    enjoy today Celts.

     

     

    hh

  19. I was watching the Celtic v Spartak penalty shoot out and the crowd noise is incredible. If we lose this from football it will be a much poorer spectacle.

     

     

    I think that if any work is done to Celtic park they must do everything to keep the atmosphere (unlike Hampden)