N'Golo Kante

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10 hours ago, Tomo said:

The world is starting to reopen again, football is a part of that.

The world, or some parts of the world, may be reopening but whether it is safe to do so with sports is debatable. A lot of it is "forced" by the money involved...

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12 hours ago, Tomo said:

Genuinely didn't think about the on field implications re his decision until now.

I have been thinking about it since he said he was Audi 5000

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It is said that you have more chance to get infected in Supermarket than on football match so...

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48 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

It is said that you have more chance to get infected in Supermarket than on football match so...

Maybe but you also come in contact with others during a match or training and you never know where the other person may have gone to or who the other person may have come in contact with during the off hours. Regardless of what we do these days, the world will never be safe until a vaccine is found. There will always be that fear, paranoia floating around. 

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13 hours ago, Tomo said:

The world is starting to reopen again, football is a part of that.

Yes some are opening up.......this though stinks of Money and nothing else.

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3 hours ago, Jason said:

The world, or some parts of the world, may be reopening but whether it is safe to do so with sports is debatable. A lot of it is "forced" by the money involved...

With the sheer amount of testing and precautions being made its safer than a lot of work environments, infact I'd say our players will be a lot safer than when they last took the pitch against Everton.

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2 hours ago, Tomo said:

With the sheer amount of testing and precautions being made its safer than a lot of work environments, infact I'd say our players will be a lot safer than when they last took the pitch against Everton.

Your father died of a heart attack when you were 11

Your brother died of a heart attack years later

You had a heart scare a few years after that. 

You find out this virus can potentially kill those with underlying heart conditions. 

Would you still go out and increase your exposure of risk? 

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1 hour ago, Tomo said:

With the sheer amount of testing and precautions being made its safer than a lot of work environments, infact I'd say our players will be a lot safer than when they last took the pitch against Everton.

But it doesn't guarantee that one won't get it. You should know by now that the symptoms may not even show up until after a few days, if you unknowingly contracted it. And that's just the players. Still gotta consider those they put at risk - their children, wife, parents etc - and it's worse if they have some sort of health issue(s).

As I said above, the world will never be safe from the virus until a vaccine is found. The fear, paranoia are always gonna be there.

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1 hour ago, Jason said:

But it doesn't guarantee that one won't get it. You should know by now that the symptoms may not even show up until after a few days, if you unknowingly contracted it. And that's just the players. Still gotta consider those they put at risk - their children, wife, parents etc - and it's worse if they have some sort of health issue(s).

As I said above, the world will never be safe from the virus until a vaccine is found. The fear, paranoia are always gonna be there.

The risk is going to be there to some degree or another until a vaccine as you said, what if it never comes, do we shut off football for good?

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1 minute ago, Tomo said:

The risk is going to be there to some degree or another until a vaccine as you said, what if it never comes, do we shut off football for good?

No but in the Premier League's case, there has certainly been a sense that they are trying to rush things back.

Plus for argument sake, IF more players refuse to risk their lives and others and don't want to play, then what?

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1 hour ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Your father died of a heart attack when you were 11

Your brother died of a heart attack years later

You had a heart scare a few years after that. 

You find out this virus can potentially kill those with underlying heart conditions. 

Would you still go out and increase your exposure of risk? 

Kante (and Deeney) have every right to decide against playing if they don't feel comfortable, the same way Dennis Bergkamp had every right to decide against playing European away games (that he couldn't get to on time by driving) because of his fear of flying. 

The economy needs to be rebooted sooner rather than later because if not the consequences would far outreach anything this virus can do, that includes football the same way it does McDonald's.

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5 minutes ago, Tomo said:

The economy needs to be rebooted sooner rather than later because if not the consequences would far outreach anything this virus can do, that includes football the same way it does McDonald's.

If anything, it exposes how money driven football as a sport has become. The Premier League has been so desperate to mitigate the loss of hundreds of millions that they have been trying to force the season to resume when it's not quite safe yet. Their handling of the situation has been as bad as the UK government. 

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1 minute ago, Jason said:

No but in the Premier League's case, there has certainly been a sense that they are trying to rush things back.

No more than other countries. 

Italy and Spain (both of which have had more deaths per million than the UK) have been just as full on in trying to get their league's back on, the former of which officially announcing a restart on June 12th.

Interestingly according to The Athletic in Spain officials and players are all universally on the same page about restarting the season the moment it's logistically possible, I wonder why that is?

7 minutes ago, Jason said:

Plus for argument sake, IF more players refuse to risk their lives and others and don't want to play, then what?

Cross that bridge if we come to it, which isn't looking likely.

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At the end of the day its for money and nothing else. Its clear that money has more say than safety that much is evident.

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20 minutes ago, Jason said:

If anything, it exposes how money driven football as a sport has become. The Premier League has been so desperate to mitigate the loss of hundreds of millions that they have been trying to force the season to resume when it's not quite safe yet. 

I'm surprised LaLiga starting before PL. 

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26 minutes ago, Tomo said:

No more than other countries. 

Italy and Spain (both of which have had more deaths per million than the UK) have been just as full on in trying to get their league's back on, the former of which officially announcing a restart on June 12th.

Interestingly according to The Athletic in Spain officials and players are all universally on the same page about restarting the season the moment it's logistically possible, I wonder why that is?

Serie A and La Liga are only able to proceed with their restarts after the situation has gotten slightly better in their respective country but the Premier League were already trying to force a restart long before the shambolic UK government even announce anything on restarting anything in England.

How many times over the last month we heard or read stupid suggestions from the league to force the restart? Must look away when going into tackles, play in neutral grounds, ban team celebrations (essentially want them to social distance but it's okay to put in challenges, oh the irony) etc. Do those sound like the Premier League have it a clear, conscience plan on restarting the season? How many times have we heard players or managers coming out to voice their concern over restarting too soon? How many times have people brought up the concerns of taking medical supplies away from the frontline workers that's treating people with the symptoms/virus? Why do we still see players coming out and voicing their concerns? Compare to other leagues, the others have certainly handled things far better. 

26 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Cross that bridge if we come to it, which isn't looking likely.

That's why I said, "FOR ARGUMENT SAKE"...

So for argument sake, IF more players refuse to risk their lives and others and don't want to play, then what?

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Or to keep his salary