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I'd say yes, and as Weston says, make football pay for it with bells on. For me, I'd like to see it happen a) to keep the game going as the winter is gonna be bleak enough, b) there will be players impacted longer term by this - a small amount of lung or other physical damage to an elite athlete will make a difference, and c) I would hope that seeing footy players take it will give confidence to the anti vax or reluctant vaxers - as a society we need high take up of the vaccine.

It'll be tier 5 I'd guess, essentially what we have now but no physical schools or universities. Whether it extends to primary and pre schools I'm not convinced though. If be interested to know what the teachers and other school workers on here think should happen. A small Southampton school had 20 cases in 2 days just before Xmas. One has died and 2 are in hospital.

LB for me too. We've looked dreadful there most of the season. Bertrand just doesn't get forward like he has in the past. On the other side, KWP brings the ball into midfield, runs with it between the lines, overlaps, underlaps, and is generally an attacking outlet. Bertrand popped up in the inside left position once yesterday, rarely got to the byline, barely runs with the ball. He's been a fantastic signing for us, but KWP on the right brings so much more to the team and has shown that we need more at LB.

Nil Nil about right. Poor game, although they've been the better side.

Why are there stewards in a ground with no fans?

Teetering here

No N'lundulu on the bench. Walcott playing well, moving him up a bad idea IMHO.

Who? Adams was having a poor game. Had to change it. Couldn't take Walcott out of his 10 position so not a lot of choice.

Our left side is utter shite tonight. Bertrand rarely gives Djenepo the ball, and when he does, you can see why.

Impossible to tell from that, but on TV it looked like his leaning in made him offside.

Yep. Smallbone back on the bench though, and both full backs covered so may just be unlucky.

I thought the same and it appears that he's back above N'Lundulu in the pecking order.

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I'm guessing you don't know any/many people impacted by this. "lockdown fanatics" is patronising. Its possible to be wary of this shit and not want lockdown. I have several friends with long Covid. All under 60, 2 under 50, and one early 50's in hospital as we speak. Its not just and life, but the young / blinkered / stupid see it that way it would seem.

And those who perish can be tossed overboard, or eaten, freeing up the graveyards and risk of infection at the wake. It's a thing of genius. Weston is on course for a knighthood, maybe two.

Race is definitely a factor, weight and fitness too. Two (white friends) have tested positive. He's fit and lean and doing OK ish. She's not so much and now in hospital.

Goliath

Not for me, I can't see him playing with his back to goal. He's a winger all day long. I'd play N'Lundulu who I think has something about him.

Thanks. Interesting reading. Little wander the EU states approved it unanimously.

That highlights the British mentality right there. Selfish idiots who think that getting around rules is a clever thing to do.

You're struggling a bit here pal. Keep plugging away with your uber clever Isle of Wight and boat idea.

Yep, our use of masks came far too late and the lack of kids wearing them is crazy. The slow take up, and the earlier message that they do no good, has created the Sam Allardyce syndrome of thinking of ways of wearing them but not. In shops in particular I see loads of people, mostly men, with masks on chins. Absolutely ridiculous, popping a mask on is no hardship.

Key words = "should have". Stop living in the past. What we should have done solves nothing. As we sit here now, what's your solution beyond filling up the Isle of Wight with over 60's and putting all the infected on boats? Or do you now accept that doing what we have been is all we can carry on doing?

Yep, if we persist with VAR, they should give an explanation like the do in rugby.

The ship has sailed on your hair brain idea. The virus is out of control and teh numbers too high I'm not the one who needs to think of other ways to combat the virus. There are none - it's you that claims there are alternatives but you can't say any better than cramming all our over 60's onto the Isle of Wight, and everyone who's tested positive (30k + daily) onto boats. Mental, absolutely mental.