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If you missed it Good Morning Britain reporter outside Fratton Park this morning, began their piece to camera by saying "Small clubs like Portsmouth..."

Buctootim, I agree - My point, I suppose, is that it does appear that the lethality of the virus is well below what was originally feared, but things do get complicated if you are overweight or have pre-existing conditions. Let's be honest here, I don't think 200k Americans is a good look for Trump and certainly the way that the USA is structured (Federal v State) hasn't helped but the fact that a sizeable percentage (pun very much intended) are fat barstewards seems to have had a direct correlation on the number of deaths.

I did caveat that in my post to be fair. The variants of each countries system for testing and counting those who have passed away from the virus differs quite dramatically. For example if you look at the UK - 439,000 cases confirmed with 42,000 deaths - 10% of cases involve death?!?! Of course in the UK we are counting anyone who dies 28 days after a positive test (whether or not it had any contributory factor) plus our testing system was an absolute shower at the beginning of March and April meaning that very few people actually got tested, let alone diagnosed. However if you average out cases to population; then deaths to cases it tends to suggest that around 1-2% of those who test positive go on to become seriously ill and die. Worse than the flu certainly, but also seemingly to certain age groups and those with underlying conditions. To be clear; I follow all the rules related to numbers, social distancing etc, I wear a mask, I limit contact with my parents and older relatives. It obviously badly effects a lot of people, but maybe isn't as bad as the scientific community once feared.

COVID-19 (currently) looks like it affects a vast majority of people who are infected very mildly, if at all. Of the people who do suffer complications, once again the vast majority are those with one or more pre-existing conditions and normally over the age of 70. An even smaller number will unfortunately pass away. As Egg posted above, it does appear that some otherwise healthy individuals who get badly effected by the Virus may have long lasting or chronic problems moving forward. I am sure that this will be an particular area of research that will be important to understand. Was it bad luck, was it genetic disposition? If the latter, is there a way of reducing the chances of someone who has this genetic weakness from getting complications? The data and statistics seem to suggest that populations with high instances of obesity (USA and UK) and associated illnesses connected to this are suffering far worse than countries and populations where this is less of an issue. India has a population of 1 billion (near enough) and as of yesterday 6 million* confirmed cases. (0.6% of the whole population - with 95,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 (so roughly 1.6% of cases end in death). For comparison the USA, with a population of roughly 330 million has over 7 million confirmed cases (2.1% of the population) and slightly over 209,000 deaths - meaning death in nearly 3% of cases. *Obviously this may not be the accurate figure as I don't know the Testing regime in India vs USA India has a larger % of multi-generational households, far greater poverty and higher population density; yet the US is much much worse.

I was feeling nostalgic yesterday evening, as Saints prepare for another season in the Premier League while 'them lot' face more uncertainty and struggles in League One. So I decided to go through the timeline of chaos and hilarity that was their Takeover Saga. I cam across the following website - http://www.chainrai.com/photos/ It is, as you would expect, gloriously tinpot and encapsulates everything about Pompey. Enjoy!

August: 50% off to eat in restaurants; Get those kids back to school; You shouldn't be working from home! Get back to the offices! If you feel unwell or are in any doubt - take a test! September: You can send your kids to school, still meet in pubs and restaurants (as long as it is no more than 6) - oh and still able to work in offices and take public transport. But only from Monday 14th, as we have got a test event at Doncaster races this week where 3,000+ people are attending. But most of all if there are 7 of you in a big open space like a park, we will fine you £100 each! Oh and stop asking for tests - we haven't got enough and if you live in London, your nearest one is in Brecon.

The Government seem to have not realised that if you start 'unilaterally' breaking existing treaties - other countries are a little more hesitant in signing new ones.

Does mean Ings has a decent shout for more game time though - two less forward players to choose from and one would have expected Greenwood to get more minutes. Standard young footballer behaviour unfortunately! (Although I have heard the Icelandic girls can be a bit kinky!)

Group E - purely for selfish reasons (provided crowds might be allowed in for these games under a pilot scheme - you never know!)

If we can offload Carrillo (a big if) and the rumours about Obafemi are true then it makes sense. For the price being quoted it would be decent business too. However, with the exception of Suarez and Aguero (for whatever reason) South American strikers have routinely failed in the Premier League. Not sure if it is a cultural thing or that they don’t get the same levels of protection as they would on the continent.

Matty Longstaff rumoured again

Ings looks a little jaded. He and Obafemi are getting no service. Clearly Vestergaard, Hojberg are not up to it. Vokins has done ok. Smallbone and JWP need to move the ball quicker.

I am struggling to work out which team is which - my Red/Green colour blindness is not helping at the moment. I should point out it is particularly bad when Saints players are running with their back to the camera.

The third kit is absolutely brilliant. Why couldn’t they make it our Home kit?

Players struggled with slow pitch first 10-15 mins, Adams will come good

Anyone else from here going this evening? I will be there with my daughter. Not many opportunities to see Saints play so close to home.

It's a nice little ground, the food (despite being Vegan) is excellent and the club and fans are incredibly friendly - unless they are playing Cheltenham Town. It is an absolute a*se to get to though! Top of a hill in the middle of a small village. Away fans stand on an open terrace along the side of the pitch opposite the main stand.

Saints have been drawn against Walsall; Coventry and Forest Green Rovers in this years' Checkatrade Trophy. As someone who lives in Gloucester, I am very happy.

I agree to a point - however if we are selling to Utd or Arsenal, especially if we get a swap deal included (say £18m + Player) then I would prefer that to selling to an Everton or Leicester for £25m

It's the 9th of July. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11065/11713244/premier-league-ins-and-outs-all-the-2019-summer-transfer-window-moves Take a look at this list of transfers so far. It appears that we are offloading two or three players (all for relatively decent fees) and are known to be targeting a new CB. I am not 'happy-clappy' but lets give the club a couple more weeks before hitting the Meltdown button again.

For the fee we paid he has done everything I would want him to. Yes it would have been better if we could have got more games out of him, but if we can get £8m we should snap their hands off for him. Replace with fitter, younger model

He is a good player, but has been in and out of the team since he joined. If we can recoup or even better the fee and re-invest then that is the best outcome for all concerned. This may not need to be a direct replacement either, rather using the fee towards higher wages for a better CB (for example).

From what I have seen of him (the odd Derby game and England u21's) he has a horrific mistake in him at all times and often covers this by sheer pace. There aren't many young CB's out there currently who I feel are as attainable though, so it does make sense that we would take a look.

Didn't realise we were even playing them - when is it?