I thought this was a Brexit thing. We're not Continental. We don't go in for displays of affection, and those Brussels Bureaucrats can't make us anymore.
I think it makes complete sense. Hugging is not an essential part of the game so during a viral pandemic, I think it’s sensible to stop the things.
It’s hardly a massive imposition to not hug people for a few football matches until we’ve got it under control.
When you think that football and rugby are allowed under these protocols it is a bit silly. I think it's more to do with the example it sets
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Considering they are regularly tested and are in physical contact with their team mates virtually every single day, I don’t really see the danger of hugging your fellow team mates as well. Are there scientists who are actually claiming this is an issue that doesn’t exist with other contact within the game?
If it’s really an issue then shouldn’t they actually think about stopping football all together?
Also, will the new border restrictions have any impact on footballers travelling abroad?
It's all for show, read yesterday a footballer saying they sit on a plane together, are all in the changing room together when they shower and get changed but they have to travel to the game in 3 seperate coaches. In a game they're tackling and fighting for aerial balls, opposition players putting hands on each other when there's fouls etc. The no hugging thing is because some people are crying about how footballers can hug each other when they can't hug their family, not for any safely protocols.
I think if it can even make a small difference, it should be banned. Having said that, the virus doesn't seem to spread nearly as easily outside as indoors. And if players aren't infecting opponents by marking them for long periods of games, it's unlikely that a brief hug would have any impact. Better safe than sorry though
Its a load of krap really.
Makes me laugh. Managers can't shake hands but touch elbows and then follow it up with a quick whisper in the ear or hug.
What's way weirder is the celebrations when there is no crowd. I can see why you would run to the crowd with joy but the whole running to the camera and knee slide to an empty stadium tickles me.
Too much hugging and kissing these days.
Players should celebrate by just giving each other a nod of approval.
It’s absolutely absurd and there’s no science behind it... it’s entirely how it looks, PR etc.
Oh and not to mention, the government love a narrative that involve blaming football for things.
Very Thatcher esque
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 44 minutes ago
Considering they are regularly tested and are in physical contact with their team mates virtually every single day, I don’t really see the danger of hugging your fellow team mates as well. Are there scientists who are actually claiming this is an issue that doesn’t exist with other contact within the game?
If it’s really an issue then shouldn’t they actually think about stopping football all together?
Also, will the new border restrictions have any impact on footballers travelling abroad?
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Football should not be suspended in any way. Things are boring enough right now.
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 6 minutes ago
Oh and not to mention, the government love a narrative that involve blaming football for things.
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given some of the comments you read on here it seems to have worked
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 6 minutes ago
Oh and not to mention, the government love a narrative that involve blaming football for things.
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given some of the comments you read on here it seems to have worked
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Sadly very true.
Blame the working class and their disgusting sport.
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 6 minutes ago
Oh and not to mention, the government love a narrative that involve blaming football for things.
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given some of the comments you read on here it seems to have worked
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Sadly very true.
Blame the working class and their disgusting sport.
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True. Though I think this govt would rather blame everyone than themselves. They even attributed pretty much the entire rise in cases to the new variant, and not the slapdash manner in which they toyed with restriction levels
comment by 8bit (U2653)
posted 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
It's all for show, read yesterday a footballer saying they sit on a plane together, are all in the changing room together when they shower and get changed but they have to travel to the game in 3 seperate coaches. In a game they're tackling and fighting for aerial balls, opposition players putting hands on each other when there's fouls etc. The no hugging thing is because some people are crying about how footballers can hug each other when they can't hug their family, not for any safely protocols.
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Aye it’s just PC brigade crying to Ofcom. I hope players ignore it tbh
It's more just a message type thing, a little token gesture not to hug at the moment.
If they were going by the science then they'd be not playing at all or at least socially distance the whole time on the pitch.
Fair points made. Yes, does seem more to do with optics.
However, Wilder should’ve reigned himself in a little, chose his words a little different.
Sensitive times and all that..
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 1 minute ago
It's more just a message type thing, a little token gesture not to hug at the moment.
If they were going by the science then they'd be not playing at all or at least socially distance the whole time on the pitch.
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That’d be an interesting game to watch.
They didn't hug anyway in the dark ages when I started playing. A pat on the back did it, and much better too, nobody got covid then.
People are thick... monkey see monkey do
comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - A Beekers Dozen (U2958)
posted 13 minutes ago
People are thick... monkey see monkey do
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Everyone is influenced by the media... although some more easily than others.
Generally those with a binary view, in my experience.
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 1 minute ago
It's more just a message type thing, a little token gesture not to hug at the moment.
If they were going by the science then they'd be not playing at all or at least socially distance the whole time on the pitch.
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That’d be an interesting game to watch.
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We used to book out a full 11 aside pitch every week and sometimes only get numbers for 5 aside (occasionally we didn't shrink the pitch), it achieved something close
probably hold each others c0<ks in the showers
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posted on 15/1/21
I thought this was a Brexit thing. We're not Continental. We don't go in for displays of affection, and those Brussels Bureaucrats can't make us anymore.
posted on 15/1/21
I think it makes complete sense. Hugging is not an essential part of the game so during a viral pandemic, I think it’s sensible to stop the things.
It’s hardly a massive imposition to not hug people for a few football matches until we’ve got it under control.
posted on 15/1/21
When you think that football and rugby are allowed under these protocols it is a bit silly. I think it's more to do with the example it sets
posted on 15/1/21
Mata is screwed then.
posted on 15/1/21
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posted on 15/1/21
Considering they are regularly tested and are in physical contact with their team mates virtually every single day, I don’t really see the danger of hugging your fellow team mates as well. Are there scientists who are actually claiming this is an issue that doesn’t exist with other contact within the game?
If it’s really an issue then shouldn’t they actually think about stopping football all together?
Also, will the new border restrictions have any impact on footballers travelling abroad?
posted on 15/1/21
It's all for show, read yesterday a footballer saying they sit on a plane together, are all in the changing room together when they shower and get changed but they have to travel to the game in 3 seperate coaches. In a game they're tackling and fighting for aerial balls, opposition players putting hands on each other when there's fouls etc. The no hugging thing is because some people are crying about how footballers can hug each other when they can't hug their family, not for any safely protocols.
posted on 15/1/21
I think if it can even make a small difference, it should be banned. Having said that, the virus doesn't seem to spread nearly as easily outside as indoors. And if players aren't infecting opponents by marking them for long periods of games, it's unlikely that a brief hug would have any impact. Better safe than sorry though
posted on 15/1/21
Its a load of krap really.
Makes me laugh. Managers can't shake hands but touch elbows and then follow it up with a quick whisper in the ear or hug.
What's way weirder is the celebrations when there is no crowd. I can see why you would run to the crowd with joy but the whole running to the camera and knee slide to an empty stadium tickles me.
posted on 15/1/21
Too much hugging and kissing these days.
Players should celebrate by just giving each other a nod of approval.
posted on 15/1/21
It’s absolutely absurd and there’s no science behind it... it’s entirely how it looks, PR etc.
posted on 15/1/21
Oh and not to mention, the government love a narrative that involve blaming football for things.
Very Thatcher esque
posted on 15/1/21
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 44 minutes ago
Considering they are regularly tested and are in physical contact with their team mates virtually every single day, I don’t really see the danger of hugging your fellow team mates as well. Are there scientists who are actually claiming this is an issue that doesn’t exist with other contact within the game?
If it’s really an issue then shouldn’t they actually think about stopping football all together?
Also, will the new border restrictions have any impact on footballers travelling abroad?
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Football should not be suspended in any way. Things are boring enough right now.
posted on 15/1/21
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 6 minutes ago
Oh and not to mention, the government love a narrative that involve blaming football for things.
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given some of the comments you read on here it seems to have worked
posted on 15/1/21
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 6 minutes ago
Oh and not to mention, the government love a narrative that involve blaming football for things.
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given some of the comments you read on here it seems to have worked
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Sadly very true.
Blame the working class and their disgusting sport.
posted on 15/1/21
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 6 minutes ago
Oh and not to mention, the government love a narrative that involve blaming football for things.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
given some of the comments you read on here it seems to have worked
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Sadly very true.
Blame the working class and their disgusting sport.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
True. Though I think this govt would rather blame everyone than themselves. They even attributed pretty much the entire rise in cases to the new variant, and not the slapdash manner in which they toyed with restriction levels
posted on 15/1/21
comment by 8bit (U2653)
posted 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
It's all for show, read yesterday a footballer saying they sit on a plane together, are all in the changing room together when they shower and get changed but they have to travel to the game in 3 seperate coaches. In a game they're tackling and fighting for aerial balls, opposition players putting hands on each other when there's fouls etc. The no hugging thing is because some people are crying about how footballers can hug each other when they can't hug their family, not for any safely protocols.
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Aye it’s just PC brigade crying to Ofcom. I hope players ignore it tbh
posted on 15/1/21
It's more just a message type thing, a little token gesture not to hug at the moment.
If they were going by the science then they'd be not playing at all or at least socially distance the whole time on the pitch.
posted on 15/1/21
Fair points made. Yes, does seem more to do with optics.
However, Wilder should’ve reigned himself in a little, chose his words a little different.
Sensitive times and all that..
posted on 15/1/21
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 1 minute ago
It's more just a message type thing, a little token gesture not to hug at the moment.
If they were going by the science then they'd be not playing at all or at least socially distance the whole time on the pitch.
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That’d be an interesting game to watch.
posted on 15/1/21
They didn't hug anyway in the dark ages when I started playing. A pat on the back did it, and much better too, nobody got covid then.
posted on 15/1/21
People are thick... monkey see monkey do
posted on 15/1/21
comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - A Beekers Dozen (U2958)
posted 13 minutes ago
People are thick... monkey see monkey do
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Everyone is influenced by the media... although some more easily than others.
Generally those with a binary view, in my experience.
posted on 15/1/21
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 1 minute ago
It's more just a message type thing, a little token gesture not to hug at the moment.
If they were going by the science then they'd be not playing at all or at least socially distance the whole time on the pitch.
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That’d be an interesting game to watch.
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We used to book out a full 11 aside pitch every week and sometimes only get numbers for 5 aside (occasionally we didn't shrink the pitch), it achieved something close
posted on 15/1/21
probably hold each others c0<ks in the showers
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