14 Jan 2021 12:35:58
What do you guys make of the no hugging while celebrating goals? Is that very different from standing shoulder to shoulder for free kicks and grabbing each other in corners?


1.) 14 Jan 2021
14 Jan 2021 12:50:35
Ignorant bollocks deleted..................


2.) 14 Jan 2021
14 Jan 2021 13:18:16
I thought the whole point of elite sport continuing during these lockdowns was that they were being tested regularly therefore with a relative degree of certainty you can say the matches are taking place in a C.V. secure environment.

I guess the argument being made is that it is not setting a good example to the country with people not complying with social distancing but i think the public are smart enough to realise the players are being tested lol.

On the point of football continuing, there's a pretty good argument that it is a pretty good public health measure, i mean what else is going to keep a large section of the population parked on their sofas at home than football especially blokes lol.

Theres a pretty good argument for the government having a 24 hour bingo channel during the C.V. which would keep a lot of old people at home glued to the tv which could alleviate the burden on the health services in my opinion.


3.) 14 Jan 2021
14 Jan 2021 15:58:22
First off if all the footballers stayed in proper bubbles and their families and the other staff at the football clubs also acted sensibly and with real care then the incidence of positive C.V. tests would be a lot less for the players.
Unfortunately many footballers are quite clearly not taking this seriously enough.

On the playing field as things stand then again it is clear that celebrating goals by hugging is just plain stupid. Physical contact during the game is inevitable but that's primarily for a few seconds at most and normally limited to two players on opposing teams.

Regarding the only partly to vue in cheek comment about bingo for older people. those older people will have worked all their lives paying taxes which have built the NHS to what it is now. They paid their taxes in the expectation that of they needed medical care then it would be available for them.

Whilst nobody really foresaw this crisis and whilst I do sympathise with the effect on young people I do think that condemning older people as "irrelevant" or "of lesser value" as some have commented elsewhere not on this site is absolutely shameful.


4.) 14 Jan 2021
14 Jan 2021 16:42:02
Salford i think that's a great post.
Perception is everything and there is a perception that football players are flaunting rules that we all must adhere to.


5.) 14 Jan 2021
14 Jan 2021 17:27:39
Agree Salford and Ken. Good one. If e football bubble was followed then things will be much simpler - the haircuts suggest otherwise me thinks.


6.) 14 Jan 2021
14 Jan 2021 19:35:44
Salford top post.


7.) 14 Jan 2021
14 Jan 2021 21:22:36
Whilst we are asking people to forego seeing relatives, we are losing people to it and are asked not to go near others, it is wrong and a poor image for PL footballers to be hugging like they are. There are also too many stories of flouting rules off the pitch. Yes there is emotion, imagine scoring a last minute winner, yet exercise some control, don’t slap those watching in the face.


8.) 14 Jan 2021
14 Jan 2021 21:58:43
wait till you get older dsg and some knobhead calls you a burden.


9.) 15 Jan 2021
15 Jan 2021 00:02:28
Dazw, not really about old people being a burden, just that clearly there's a burden on the health service due to the C.V.

I feel like some age related policies and messaging from the government and health bodies could have helped alleviate that burden as opposed to getting up in arms over footballers celebrating a goal.


10.) 15 Jan 2021
15 Jan 2021 07:49:41
Salford7:
First off if all the footballers stayed in proper bubbles and their families and the other staff at the football clubs also acted sensibly and with real care then the incidence of positive C. V. tests would be a lot less for the players.
Unfortunately many footballers are quite clearly not taking this seriously enough. " The very same applies to society generally though.

To DSG. I just know that if this C.V. only, or more largely, affected the young the older folk would be working their nuts off to ensure safety. The old aren't a 'burden'. Awful thing to suggest. The 'burden' continues because people generally are not helping. Voluntary compliance isn't working for a few that are infecting the many.


11.) 15 Jan 2021
15 Jan 2021 09:14:43
Reaplce the word burden with pressure to make it less controversial.

My point is more protection should have been provided to the cohort of people who are at most serious risk of hospitilisation/ death. That should be the leading news story.

Not whether footballers celebrate a goal by hugging each other or two young women go for a coffee on their walk.


12.) 16 Jan 2021
16 Jan 2021 11:12:57
I think to expect them to think at that moment of joy to not celebrate is not going to happen, if as an elite sport with regular testing you can do the one thing sport naturally makes you do in the throws of the moment then we may aswell cancel the season now.
Yes I get the other side of the argument, the spread of C.V., being role models etc. but this is a reactionary thing that just happens, we've all done the same in the pub with a late winner or a great goal, rationale goes out the window. It won't be easy to eradicate, especially late goals but threats to cancel the season if they don't change instinct in the moment is poor aswell, may aswell just cancel it then.


13.) 17 Jan 2021
16 Jan 2021 11:13:00
Of course it is different.
We keep using the term strange times yet we question reasons for some unpopular directives.
Imo we should count ourselves lucky that we still get to watch matches, lockdown without footy on the tv was quite depressing. Why should unnecessary actions be permitted.
I think until this C.V. blows over, fist bumps can suffice.


14.) 17 Jan 2021
16 Jan 2021 11:15:02
Rugby League stopped the hugging after scoring a try throughout the whole season and removed scrums for the game (actually made the games more enjoyable for me) and the players just adhered to it and celebrated on their own or pretended to do a fist bump or whatever.

I score goals for my 11 a side team regularly without everyone hugging me (unless it is a really important goal, but I am sure with C.V. people would be more sensible) so I am sure players can score without hugging, it really isn't difficult and it is so weird that managers are saying that it is.