News that our Scottish football’s star player tested positive for Covid a day after travelling to meet the France Under-23 squad, is an indication of what we are in for. Odsonne Edouard and pretty much all other professional footballers are from a demographic that is immune to the worst excesses of the disease, but it will continue to infect players for the remainder of the season. Celtic, and all clubs, will be required to utilise their squads like never before.
Beyond our worry for Odsonne’s health, the next concern is for the rest of the squad. Odsonne played for Celtic on Sunday and tested positive in France on Tuesday. The club will have a nervous few days ahead while the incubation period of a possible transmission on Sunday expires.
It is more likely the player contracted the disease while travelling. If so, the short-term consequences for Celtic are less, but this indicates the risks we can expect when players mix with the public on commercial flights. When Celtic or any national team travels, they do so on private charters, within their own ‘bubble’. But players who live abroad need to use public transport to get back home.
From Azerbaijan to Iceland, ‘European’ players will cross-fertilise with fellow travellers and each other. When they return to their clubs at the end of next week, most having attended three fixtures, they will be walking petri dishes. Some will have picked up colds and flus, then isolate, due to these symptoms, but Odsonne will not be the last positive test.
These international fixtures are like a big mumps party, seeding populations with a deadly cargo through largely asymptomatic agents. Not your best work, Uefa.
A reminder to us all, wash your hands, don’t touch your face, keep your distance, wear a mask. It does not matter what age you are, you don’t want this disease.
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Thanks again bhoys for the best wishes for my daughter Kirsty and her partner Robert and wee baby Saskia, all dong well and hopefully will be home tomorrow.HH
Because of the Covid outbreak with French Eddy and the possible effect on other Celtic players, Celtic will have to forfeit the game 4-0.
It’s normally 3-0 however rankers were also awarded a penalty
PAPAJOE55
Just catching up, congrats to all.
H.H. Mick
Never understood How the Huns can react to winning and losing with the same violence. Thankfully never had to go that way post match. Glad you were safe but shocking that others were attacked.
Hx2
Bada re 4-0.
Very good :-)
!!BADA BING!! on 7TH OCTOBER 2020 1:55 PM
Because of the Covid outbreak with French Eddy and the possible effect on other Celtic players, Celtic will have to forfeit the game 4-0.
It’s normally 3-0 however rankers were also awarded a penalty
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That’s a cracker.
And Broonie receives a virtual red card
`21-5-79 🍀 on 7TH OCTOBER 2020 1:26 PM`
From where did that `Closed Pubs etc` leak come from?
….and Frimpong was injured in a terrible tackle .
PAPAJOE55
Congratulations…………..is this your first.
…. and Lenny’s formation and tactics are slammed by certan CQNers
There are more questions than answers…..
RIP Johnny Nash
RON BACARDI
And so they should be IMO
GeeBee1978 @1:40
If Celtic are looking for someone who “is great to have around” they can sign me.
I’m available for £6k per week (my final offer).
I saw the back page of the daily record saying that a Qatari team are back in for Morelos!!
They are stating that it gives the option of a fast track to….
…Wait for it…
…One of the richest clubs in the world, PSG!!
I’m surprised PSG are not buying straight from the source rather than “fast track” him through Qatar
Bada… 4-0 tremendous 👍🏼
Christie, Tierney and Armstrong outfits Scotland games. Tested positive
BBC Sport just said Armstrong has covid and he, Tierney, and Christie are out of Israel game
Pubs without alcohol.
You couldn’t make it up.
That should have said out of
Christie negative test result, but must isolate for 14 days as a close contact of Armstrong, who tested positive.
Christie deffo out of huns game, Eddie probably.
Christie and Tierney would have played for Scotland so very bad so far for Thurs game
not a good day so far
How often are SPFL players being tested?
MAJESTIC HARTSON
I’d probably do it for less but unfortunately, I think he was referring to him being great to have around your first eleven. I’m sure you’d be great to have around too :)
Christie and Tierney must have been room-mates with Armstrong? If it’s just training, why isn’t the whole squad isolating? Making players share rooms, what a ridiculous thing to do at the height of a pandemic, when you’re throwing people together from opposite ends of the country.
Another example of why international games need to take a back-seat for the time being. I wonder how many international players around the world will be missing for their clubs after this break.
I’m wondering if other clubs with less squads would be honest enough to declare that their player has COVID, may tell the player to lie low for 7 day and see how he feels, if okay just resume training. Are there things in place to independently check these tests? Anyone know?
ERNIE:
Didn’t see one national or local media outlet wishing him a speedy recovery, not one! Shameful how narrow minded they are, por cierto.
Hopefully this will be the last time Celtic allow players to go off on international duty.
All clubs should just refuse to let their players go.
It’s a feckin nonsense.
Armstrong positive for Covid, so Tierney and Christie who have been identified by Lothian Track n Trace need to isolate for 14 days, even players who dont have symptoms who are a close contact of someone who is will need to repeatedly isolate for 14 days, time to call these internationals off we are going to run out of players
Could have been worse. McGregor could have been caught up as well.
International games, in the current climate, are madness.
It’s like a list of what not to do.
Utter madness
In other news, central Scotland to observe sober October
Ryan Christie: Bet you the SFA executives, or to you and me the Freemasons of this part of the World, aren’t sharing a rooms, they’ll all be in single rooms, por cierto.
Sonsoferin – great point, surely they aren’t sharing rooms!!!
And surely they’re not 3 to a room?
There was definitely some football players talking about how it’s more boring these days going away because you can’t gather together in a games room, and you don’t share with others.
However this is the SFA…
so eddy and Ryan out of thems game , time to call back all international players before this escalates , good job we have a large squad to call upon.
MAJESTIC HARTSON on 7TH OCTOBER 2020 2:52 PM
GeeBee1978 @1:40
“If Celtic are looking for someone who “is great to have around” they can sign me.
I’m available for £6k per week (my final offer).”
I’m only 6 bob a week, gets me into the games as well :)) por cierto
Christie now out Huns game COVID-19
So do Celtic have to pay these players that are isolated, because of being away with Scotland? por cierto