Steven W Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said: Has there been any word on the football test events? Did the fans sitting with masks on and not singing/shouting get the Governments seal of approval to allow others to happen ? I can only assume infections must have soared in the back of it, as SG have confirmed no pilot events this weekend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Just now, Steven W said: I can only assume infections must have soared in the back of it, as SG have confirmed no pilot events this weekend. They really need to pilot events with at least a quarter of capacity there. 300 folk sitting in near silence in a 15,000 seater stadium OUTSIDE proves nothing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 I can only assume infections must have soared in the back of it, as SG have confirmed no pilot events this weekend.That was announced before the events (put back to 5 October as part of last week's new measures). Not as a result of the weekend events. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said: They really need to pilot events with at least a quarter of capacity there. 300 folk sitting in near silence in a 15,000 seater stadium OUTSIDE proves nothing. Pittodrie holds nearly 22k btw. Remember they were just testing the ability for a few hundred people to follow instruction - it had been just over 2 weeks than the last time they tested that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 They really need to pilot events with at least a quarter of capacity there. 300 folk sitting in near silence in a 15,000 seater stadium OUTSIDE proves nothing. The English test events had their capacities slashed last week too. Doncaster had planned 5000 before it was pulled after a day now Newmarket told 1000 max and Warwick negotiating to get 800. Those are big wide open racecourses never mind football grounds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 11 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said: Has there been any word on the football test events? Did the fans sitting with masks on and not singing/shouting get the Governments seal of approval to allow others to happen ? 6 minutes ago, Steven W said: I can only assume infections must have soared in the back of it, as SG have confirmed no pilot events this weekend. 4 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said: They really need to pilot events with at least a quarter of capacity there. 300 folk sitting in near silence in a 15,000 seater stadium OUTSIDE proves nothing. 1 minute ago, Todd_is_God said: Remember they were just testing the ability for a few hundred people to follow instruction.. Finally, we've got there. Well done everybody! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said: 7 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said: They really need to pilot events with at least a quarter of capacity there. 300 folk sitting in near silence in a 15,000 seater stadium OUTSIDE proves nothing. The English test events had their capacities slashed last week too. Doncaster had planned 5000 before it was pulled after a day now Newmarket told 1000 max and Warwick negotiating to get 800. Those are big wide open racecourses never mind football grounds. Someone said last week, it might even have been you, that we need to focus on getting our health service back fully open first, and I agree with that. At the same time, however, with just 48 Covid patients in our hospitals we really need to be getting a move on with that. I also said a few times now that really we need to see a bit of a rise in cases over a period of weeks, coupled with no real rise in hospital admissions and deaths, to calm people down. It's clear that we are going to have to wait a few more weeks till the "wait 2 weeks" crowd can be calmed, but I hope that when we do move forward with re-introducing spectators, we do so at meaningful levels rather than the frankly embarassing "test" numbers. Crowds at sporting events were seen as a low risk activity which had little impact on the spread back in March, yet they are now acting like they are high risk superspreader environments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven W Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 16 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said: 20 minutes ago, Steven W said: I can only assume infections must have soared in the back of it, as SG have confirmed no pilot events this weekend. That was announced before the events (put back to 5 October as part of last week's new measures). Not as a result of the weekend events. Jason Leitch on Off The Ball at the weekend mooted the prospect of each team doing a pilot event as every stadium is different. He seemed to suggest that these could take place over the next few weeks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven W Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 East Stirlingshire are playing Falkirk tonight at the Falkirk stadium. Game behind closed doors with no one allowed to attend. Meanwhile, at the same time, a fun fair is going full pelt in the car park..... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 9 minutes ago, Steven W said: Jason Leitch on Off The Ball at the weekend mooted the prospect of each team doing a pilot event as every stadium is different. He seemed to suggest that these could take place over the next few weeks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 23 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: Pittodrie holds nearly 22k btw. Remember they were just testing the ability for a few hundred people to follow instruction - it had been just over 2 weeks than the last time they tested that. I was just going for a figure between the Pittodrie and Ross County capacity seriously wonder if there was a steward at every toilet at the football, like the rugby had 21 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said: 27 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said: They really need to pilot events with at least a quarter of capacity there. 300 folk sitting in near silence in a 15,000 seater stadium OUTSIDE proves nothing. The English test events had their capacities slashed last week too. Doncaster had planned 5000 before it was pulled after a day now Newmarket told 1000 max and Warwick negotiating to get 800. Those are big wide open racecourses never mind football grounds. Crazy. Same with Ayr racecourse, the gold cup is next weekend. Really no reason they couldn’t have had 500 minimum dotted around there 4 minutes ago, Steven W said: East Stirlingshire are playing Falkirk tonight at the Falkirk stadium. Game behind closed doors with no one allowed to attend. Meanwhile, at the same time, a fun fair is going full pelt in the car park..... That’s the logic we’re dealing with here. SpOrTs FaNs BaD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven W Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 21 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: In fairness he spoke well. And him coming on every week to Off The Ball is to his credit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 East Stirlingshire are playing Falkirk tonight at the Falkirk stadium. Game behind closed doors with no one allowed to attend. Meanwhile, at the same time, a fun fair is going full pelt in the car park.....That's pretty amusing TBF. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Got tested today at 930 am - when should I hear back? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, throbber said: Got tested today at 930 am - when should I hear back? The undertakers opens at 10 tomorrow, so any time after that. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Neds everywhere greetin in tae the buckie, irn bru carnival cancelled. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Just now, RH33 said: Neds everywhere greetin in tae the buckie, irn bru carnival cancelled. I'm surprised this took so long to be announced given it's home is currently occupied for the forseeable with a rather expensive white elephant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Peston saying lockdown in 2 weeks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Donathan said: Peston saying lockdown in 2 weeks Probably took him two weeks to say that 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 25 minutes ago, Donathan said: Peston saying lockdown in 2 weeks Of course, by then it will be creeping into October and cold and flu will be ramping up. As will the knicker wetting from the “stay indoors” brigade 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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