Based on the estimates of the Chief Scientific Advisor of the actual (not confirmed) number of carriers in the country right now, and allowing for the current daily increase, we could expect between 10 and 20 carriers at Ibrox on Sunday.
Those carriers shout and sing, projecting their breath particles several meters into the vicinity of dozens of people each. When goals are scored, fans embrace, heartily. Everyone touches their face. Football games on this scale, where goals are celebrated, would rattle coronavirus through the population quicker than any other gathering. More people would die as a result.
The SFA made the right decision. They acted ahead of two hesitant governments, both of whom wanted this game to go ahead.
Let’s look after each other.
………..I had a piece prepared on the Adidas deal; maybe tomorrow.
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“A potential option is to declare the season null and void, but don’t assign the title or enforce promotion or relegation. European places would be communicated to UEFA, presumably based on the table as it stands.”
If the season was declared null & void then you would have to have a playoff for the European places as current standings do not exist. It is either null & void or ir is not.
Bloody hacks
Corkcelt
As usual the voice of common sense and compassion. I think the league and Scottish cup would have to be completed by 1st June as that is when players contracts run out and the transfer window opens ( I think) so if carried on after that players could be playing for different clubs. Let’s hope we are all here to see the bhoys crowned champions. Look after yourselves and keep the faith. HH
Covid 19 in Italy @ 6pm.
Confirmed infection -17,113.
Number of deaths since 6pm yesterday -251.
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Have the bookies said what they intend to do about bets on who was going to win the league?
well done sfa – didn’t get why the experts aren’t closing stadia down even though they said an infected person would spread to 2 or 3 at an event. Gammons looking after gammons as far as I can see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aox7CeOdmOY
smiley a few very justified swearies…..thing
Braw
a great answer to the bog roll hoarding question….
If you can spare a minute could you pray to Our Lady for the infected especially the Italians.
I see the whole of the UK is in panic mode over Covid19 virus according to Wikipedia this virus is from the sars virus back in 2002 Wikipedia says that this covid19 virus @ present has no cure Wikipedia also mentions that said virus is man made & is a virus for chemical warfare there is also media reports saying that the virus originated from a City in China which Wikipedia also agree however the media are saying that it started in a market that sells rodants as food where as Wikipedia stays it started via a Chemical Labority last December (2019) & went Global via people from China travelling around the World come Chinese New Year Time according to Wikipedia there are rougthly 130,000 carriers where @ least over 70,000 of said total are based in the City where covid19 outbreak started from & over 20,000 people have passed on mainly elderly people with underlining health issues there is also a mention of HIV type symtoms in the make up of this type of virus (covid19) & when the weather gets milder it will cause the virus to go away however if they don’t find a cure for this so called strain then what can stop it from coming back next Winter in other words a repeated period of uncertanty time which again could reak havoc on next Season’s footy calendar put it this way how many people are going to renew their Season Card @ the new ott increased prices for only a small amount of guaranteed home fixtures if this so called panic buying bug reappears & shows its ugly head again in the near future an ex player on BTSport last night raised a good suggestion that all UK Footy fixtures should be cancelled up until around the end of this month to see if this serious problem can be contained & then seriously review the situation then if there is no improvement then all Sports Events should be cancelled indefinently until this so called serious matter is sorted out once & for all as for the League Titles they should be awarded to the Teams/Clubs that are @ the top of their Leagues & all the remaining Cup Fixtures should also be cancelled as well this is also going to bring hardship especially to the smaller Clubs financially wise if this serious matter is prolonged to a indefinate sittuation as to how long is this matter going to go on for? is the question here before this serious situation comes to a head once & for all it will also have an effect on our economy in more ways than one where people could end up being out of work in other words more hardship on us all which is no joke we Folks @ present are living through harsh times/times of hardship & quaral & uncertantity that’s for sure the near future looks bleak @ present lets all hope that it is not all doom & gloom & pray to God that things will get better asap God Bless You All Sincerely AKBW1888
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SOUTH OF TUNIS
Love that video of people singing, fantastic!
DENIABHOY
Good luck and hope you get the chance to reopen your business soon!
No footage or mention of the huns game from last night on STV news…………………good day to bury bad news (bears)
All other factors being equal, (which they are not) what scenario poses the greatest risk?
1. An outdoor crowd of 50,000
2. 100 outdoor gatherings of 500
or
3. 500 indoor gatherings of 100
FRIDAY 13TH MAY 1981
I’m not superstitious, and it was an uneventful day today. I feel all right, and my weight is 58.5 kgs.
I was not so tired today, but my back gets sore now and again sitting in the bed. I didn’t get the Irish News, which makes me think there is probably something in it that they don’t wish me to see, but who cares. Fr Murphy was in tonight for a few minutes.
The Screws had a quick look around my cell today when I was out getting water. They are always snooping. I heard reports of men beaten up during a wing shift …
Nothing changes here.
Sean McKenna (the former hunger-striker) is back in H-4, apparently still a bit shaky but alive and still recovering, and hopefully he will do so to the full.
Mhúscail mé leis an gealbháin ar maidin agus an t-aon smaointe amháin i mo cheann – seo chugat lá eile a Roibeard. Cuireann é sin amhran a scríobh mé; bhfad ó shin i ndúil domsa.
Seo é cib é ar bith.
D’ éirigh mé ar maidin mar a tháinig an coimheádóir,
Bhuail sé mo dhoras go trom’s gan labhairt.
Dhearc mé ar na ballai, ‘S shíl mé nach raibh mé beo,
Tchítear nach n-imeoidh an t-iffrean seo go deo.
D’oscail an doras ‘s níor druideadh é go ciúin,
Ach ba chuma ar bith mar nach raibheamar inár suan.
Chuala mé éan ‘s ni fhaca mé geal an lae,
Is mian mór liom go raibh me go doimhin foai,
Ca bhfuil mo smaointi ar laethe a chuaigh romhainn,
S cá bhfuil an tsaol a smaoin mé abhí sa domhain,
Ni chluintear mo bhéic, ‘s ní fheictear mar a rith mo dheor,
Nuair a thigeann ar lá aithíocfaidh mé iad go mor.
Canaim é sin leis an phort Siun Ní Dhuibir.
Translated this reads as follows:
I awoke with the sparrows this morning and the only thought in my head was: here comes another day, Bobby — reminding me of a song I once wrote a long time ago.
This is it anyway:
I arose this morning as the Screw came,
He thumped my door heavily without speaking,
I stared at the walls, and thought I was dead,
It seems that this hell will never depart.
The door opened and it wasn’t closed gently,
But it didn’t really matter, we weren’t asleep.
I heard a bird and yet didn’t see the dawn of day,
Would that I were deep in the earth.
Where are my thoughts of days gone by,
And where is the life I once thought was in the world.
My cry is unheard and my tears flowing unseen,
When our day comes I shall repay them dearly.
I sing this to the tune Siun Ní Dhuibir.
Bhí na heiníní ag ceiliúracht inniú. Chaith ceann de na buachaillí arán amach as an fhuinneog, ar a leghad bhí duine éigin ag ithe. Uaigneach abhí mé ar feadh tamaill ar tráthnóna beag inniú ag éisteacht leis na préacháin ag screadáil agus ag teacht abhaile daobhtha. Dá gcluinfinn an fhuiseog álainn, brisfeadh sí mo chroí.
Anois mar a scríobhaim tá an corrcrothar ag caoineadh mar a théann siad tharam. Is maith liom na heiníní.
Bhuel caithfidh mé a dul mar má scríobhain níos mó ar na heiníní seo beidh mo dheora ag rith ‘s rachaidh mo smaointi ar ais chuig, an t-am nuair abhí mé ógánach, b’iad na laennta agus iad imithe go deo anois, ach thaitin siad liom agus ar a laghad níl dearmad deánta agam orthu, ta siad i mo chroí — oíche mhaith anois.
(Translated, this reads as follows:)
The birds were singing today. One of the boys threw bread out of the window. At least somebody was eating!
I was lonely for a while this evening, listening to the crows caw as they returned home. Should I hear the beautiful lark, she would rent my heart. Now, as I write, the odd curlew mournfully calls as they fly over. I like the birds.
Well, I must leave off, for if I write more about the birds my tears will fall and my thoughts return to the days of my youth.
They were the days, and gone forever now. But I enjoyed them. They are in my heart — good night, now.
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 13TH MARCH 2020 4:05 PM
Lennie has his say.
Wish he hadn`t .
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Glad he did….get your retaliation in first. That’s my bhoy.
Celtic Mac on 13th March 2020 6:40 pm
All other factors being equal, (which they are not) what scenario poses the greatest risk?
1. An outdoor crowd of 50,000
2. 100 outdoor gatherings of 500
or
3. 500 indoor gatherings of 100
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Depends.
How far would people be travelling to each of these events and how would they be travelling?
How close together would they be at each event?
What level of hand washing facilities would be available at each venue?
Would the ‘outdoor’ event be under cover and surrounded on three sides and accessed through jam packed stairways and concourses?
PeteTheBeat ………Agree with your suggestion that with all sport understandibly binned for the forseeable future that the sports films on BT are excellent and will help fill the void for all us big sports fans.
Watched an excellent docu film recently about the great Jimmy Greaves. The highest goalscorer in the history of English top flight football and Spurs alltime top scorer and the player with the record number of hatricks scored for England. Some wonderful footage of his goals and I never realised this guy was so good.
We had no access to British Tv in our single channell home until piped TV arrived in our area in 1975 so Match Of The Day was seldom seen except on the odd occ asion in the public house. There was a big drinking culture in English football in the sixties and seventies which comes accross in the excellent documentary film and a must watch.
Good evening CQN from a mystified Garngad
Surely the corrupt SFA are going to finish the season at some point or just say, well you had 30 games to this point to be top or not be bottom, so it’s finished and your placings count. After all who woul play in European competitions next year??
Poor Hearts and Sevco my bloody arse.
HH
D. :)
ernie lynch
Those are the factors remaining equal.
Even when they are not.
Be interesting to know eg whether any of the 50,000 of us who attended Celtic Park last Saturday, have been infected as a result.
Just heard that, I think, that Berlin was closing bars and restaurants from next week.
We’ll place them in category 3.
SS junior just been told uni’s off from Monday.
I’ve told him to ask his sevco supporting classmates. If they can’t complete term would they rather do the full year again, or be judged on their course assessment.
Schools won’t be far behind.
Celtic Mac on 13th March 2020 7:05 pm
If it was up to me I’d close everything immediately, and keep it like that for as long as necessary.
Interview with Kris Boyd on Sky , he was asked what he thought of Lennys comment about us being crowned champions, I would have put my mortgage on his response !!! The commentator then asked what he thought about playing games behind closed doors….. “I don’t think the fans would like to go to games behind closed doors” ….
Oh well,
Salford v Wigan it is.
HH.
Boyd is as sick as they come eratic, he’s been inconsolable during the s g sponsored slump
I’d also like to spare a thought for Mouldy67 of this parish who cycled to Lisbon from Glasgow with a team of others in May 2017 to celebrate the 50 years anniversary and to raise money for charity.
Mouldybhoy has been in training for months, I’m unsure how long but it could be more than 2 years, for a similar project to coincide with our visit to the San Siro 50 years ago and intended to cycle with his team from Glasgow to Milan. This project must be in serious doubt now considering what is unfolding in front of us.
Hail! Hail! Mouldy67
Thank god for the voice of a football….Billy boy Dodds
ernie lynch
That would seem to clash with the idea/policy of somehow achieving a herd immunity, not to be confused with the herd mentality.
Hankray
Glad you enjoyed ‘Greavsie’. I didn’t know he was in a bad way with hepatitis prior to WC 66 and wasn’t quite the same player afterwards.
Others that I’d recommend are ‘The Crazy Gang’ about that bunch of psychos at Wimbledon and, my own favourite, ‘I believe in Miracles’ about the Clough/Taylor era with the EC winning Notts Forest team of the late 70’s.
I would have that duo down as top of any ‘Best manager’ list as what they achieved together was indeed a miracle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGMB2-rWZcE
Friday night wtf music offering to take our minds off the bug
monthepeteccsc
Many of us older folk are retired with a pension coming in and no massive overheads so staying at home is not exactly a hardship. It is the younger people with families and financial responsibilities that I feel sorry for. So one way or another COVID-19 is going to shaft you. Having said that I’d rather have debt than death. 💀
HT. 6.44
Thank you
HH
Celtic Mac on 13th March 2020 7:48 pm
ernie lynch
‘That would seem to clash with the idea/policy of somehow achieving a herd immunity, not to be confused with the herd mentality.’
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‘Anthony Costello
@globalhlthtwit
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This isn’t a strategy. It’s surrender.
Bloomberg
@business
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LATEST: The U.K. government’s strategy to tackle the outbreak will need almost 40 million Britons to catch the disease to work, according to the country’s top scientific adviser https://trib.al/uYQuxDU‘
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8OyBtMPqpNY
ernie lynch
Mmmm
Anyway that’s TBBs department!
I can see Champions League Groups being increased to about 12 next season, probably no time for qualifiers,and gives clubs a chance to recoup some money.
Football withdrawal symptoms already.
Rugby league is a very poor substitute, but at least it’s sport.
However, how on earth can they condone Rugby games while football has been cancelled.?
Hugging, grappling with body fluids sprayed everywhere, and thats just the supporters. Strange indeed.
greenpinata
Is Eddie Waring still commentating?
https://t.co/88uogeVhA0?ssr=true
Bellend Boyd
Pog@7.51
Time to listen to the David Jacobs collection…..and if I can,it will be Desmond Carrington.Two fine broadcasters who are no longer with us……but play my kind of music.Take care all!