resk Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Further to this, there's an article in The Times today which suggests that there is no official mention of any sort of bubble in the return to football guidelines, and that the issue with the Aberdeen players appears to be that more than three households met up indoors.The Sturge said yesterday that they "blatantly broke the rules agreed between the SFA, SPFL and the Scottish Government". I guess that means that these rules said something like "you must obey the same laws that everyone else has to obey", rather than that the fitba specific rules imposed more stringent rules on footballers (bubbles etc). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, BawWatchin said: Not at all. The vast majority of people are avoiding the pubs and clubs. It's only the high profile venues that are seeing mobbed crowds. Most local pubs are close to empty. Yeah that'll be why the Aberdeen contact tracing update earlier in the week listed nearly every fucking pub in the city centre and not just 'people standing around outside Soul, the only place that was actually mobbed'. You are tuned to the moon if you think that local pubs are 'close to empty' right now: I was in Oban last week (no major nightlife attraction like Soul to be found anywhere) and they were all as busy as you'd expect on a pre-Covid Saturday night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Is it safe go drinking in Aberdeen today or what? Asking for a friend 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, Bohemian said: Is it safe go drinking in Aberdeen today or what? Asking for a friend Yes as the pubs are empty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: Yes as the pubs are empty. Ha.. I'd say they are after this shitstorm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illgresi Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Just think, if those 8 players hadn't been so fucking stupid, we could be desperately clinging to an insipid 1-0 defeat right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 38 minutes ago, BawWatchin said: Most local pubs are close to empty. Fucking cracker. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussellAnderson Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Granny Danger said: Unlucky? How about “stupid”, or “ignorant”, or “selfish”? All would be far more fitting. These adjectives can also be ascribed to those who fail to condemn the players’ actions they are both 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 37 minutes ago, resk said: 54 minutes ago, craigkillie said: Further to this, there's an article in The Times today which suggests that there is no official mention of any sort of bubble in the return to football guidelines, and that the issue with the Aberdeen players appears to be that more than three households met up indoors. The Sturge said yesterday that they "blatantly broke the rules agreed between the SFA, SPFL and the Scottish Government". I guess that means that these rules said something like "you must obey the same laws that everyone else has to obey", rather than that the fitba specific rules imposed more stringent rules on footballers (bubbles etc). I'd guess that the difference is that while the rest of us can probably break these rules without any consequences whatsoever, the government will have warned the SFA/SPFL that players breaking these rules could lead to very specific sanctions. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-MAN Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Players statement, including naming the 8 players, to be released on Sportsound imminently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 A Gammonfest on Radio Scotland the now. Willie Miller thinks players should be indefinitely banned from socialising. Tom English thinks pubs should be banned from showing live fitba and that 8 Aberdeen players going for a beer will somehow delay fans returning to stadium. The fact there are no actual guidelines on any of this doesn't seem to matter at all. If would be decent if Radio Scotland could get someone on who isn't an old duffer who's brain has been broken by lockdown. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szamo's_Ammo Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Detournement said: If would be decent if Radio Scotland could get someone on who isn't an old duffer who's brain has been broken by lockdown. They should get you on imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Statement out from the 8 players. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szamo's_Ammo Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 21 hours ago, Szamo's_Ammo said: The only way this sorry saga will be brought to an end is by the Aberdeen players releasing error strewn statements typed on Apple Notes, tagging Nicola imo. The Budz Bar 8 release a statement! "It was never our intention to put that those jeopardy" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 None of us could have seen the escalation... as we stood in a crowded pub full of people not distancing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bose Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 1 minute ago, paranoid android said: None of us could have seen the escalation... as we stood in a crowded pub full of people not distancing. After having been warned for almost five months that that escalation was the most likely outcome. Not sure who okayed this but I wouldn’t have. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 As excuses go it's piss poor but there's nothing they could say that would justify it. "We had a couple of expiring vouchers in our spree books". 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Szamo's_Ammo said: They should get you on imo. Failing that they could get a PFA rep to get a bit of balance. It's the BBC though so old gammons ranting obviously takes priority over trade unions. Edited August 8, 2020 by Detournement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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