Re: Fans back - thoughts please : Mon May 24, 2021 9:05 pm  

I see at our stadium they ask everyone to wear a mask, that game at Leeds last night I did not see anyone wearing a mask, are all the stadiums having different approaches to this.

Re: Fans back - thoughts please : Mon May 24, 2021 10:47 pm  

karetaker wrote:

I see at our stadium they ask everyone to wear a mask, that game at Leeds last night I did not see anyone wearing a mask, are all the stadiums having different approaches to this.

Not sure but it is outside so should be ‘advisable’ rather than mandatory.

Seems a bit daft to me that you can go inside a pub and sit at a table without a mask but must sit outside in a socially distanced stadium and wear one.

Re: Fans back - thoughts please : Mon May 24, 2021 10:49 pm  

Going to be a long time before I attend a stadium again anyway.

Re: Fans back - thoughts please : Tue May 25, 2021 6:23 am  

I'm not going to try to convince people whether they should or shouldn’t attend or put forward any theories about the virus. If you are eligible to attend, but have not yet done so, then here are my observations from the North Stand – you can make up your own minds.

There have been no queues at the turnstiles
There is a one way system in the concourse, which is well ventilated, and no crowding
Fans are well spaced but I am close enough to the people sat one row in front that we can communicate (this is the guy I would normally sit next to). He’s the closest person outside of my bubble at approx. 2m distance.
Adherence to mask wearing in the North Stand is very good.
The closest contact / crowding is whilst exiting. People bunch but, since everyone is heading the same way, it isn’t a face-to-face situation and it is for less than 5 minutes.

Re: Fans back - thoughts please : Tue May 25, 2021 2:09 pm  

karetaker wrote:

Going to be a long time before I attend a stadium again anyway.

Are you seriously that in fear of your own health?.. Can only assume that you aren't that healthy to start with, to feel like that?

Re: Fans back - thoughts please : Tue May 25, 2021 4:18 pm  

I dont know if this does deserve a thread or it maybe worth asking here. So if mods wanna separate the threads. Then be my guest.

But what is everyone's thoughts on here about the virus in general and the approach we have taken.
I've not stopped working. I've not worn a mask (exempt, but wouldn't wear it anyway) and I've seen it for what it is. A flu.
I've seen the stats. It has not been that bad at all. Yes. It's sad that people have died but when the average death from the virus is 82 years and 3 months and the average death from anything in england is 81. You can kinda see a pattern forming. And I hate the goverment and main stream Media for the scare tactics imposed at the start. Which has continued since.
You cant have a alternative view and speak up. Because big tech wont allow a opinion and if you go against fouchi in america. Your banned from places like youtube. And that's not just Americans. That's english youtubers as well even of whitty says otherwise. And you generally cant have a opinion on newspaper comment sections because the comment sections get closed because they dont want people to have a opinion contrary to the opinion on what the article says.

Re: Fans back - thoughts please : Tue May 25, 2021 4:52 pm  

wire2004 - I generally agree with your sentiment, however, I think the time for this debate has long passed. I think the more interesting one is the aftermath & the obvious fear that some people now have of returning to a normal society, shown by people stating things like a reluctance to return to the HJ to watch a game.

It's becoming pretty clear that the result of government & media propoganda is going to cause far more issues, which will harm our society, than the virus ever did.

Re: Fans back - thoughts please : Tue May 25, 2021 5:09 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Are you seriously that in fear of your own health?.. Can only assume that you aren't that healthy to start with, to feel like that?

Maybe, this has nothing to do with Covid.

Re: Fans back - thoughts please : Tue May 25, 2021 5:18 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

wire2004 - I generally agree with your sentiment, however, I think the time for this debate has long passed. I think the more interesting one is the aftermath & the obvious fear that some people now have of returning to a normal society, shown by people stating things like a reluctance to return to the HJ to watch a game.

It's becoming pretty clear that the result of government & media propoganda is going to cause far more issues, which will harm our society, than the virus ever did.

I've changed jobs with no problems during the so called pandemic and I am now working for o2. And I am on the phones and get to speak to many people who are struggling now and I have to look at so many accounts and look to help them in anyway I can.
I've been saying this for absolute ages. It's not the pandemic that we have had that is the problem. The real consequence is going to be the next 2 years. The people who are in so much debt now. The people who have the mental problems as a result from this. The people who have lost there jobs as a result of this. The people who will suffer as a result of this. And also for the people who will lose there lives due to the consequences of the pandemic and everything mentioned above.

Will the goverment take responsibility for the aftermath of the pandemic and the consequences of the next 2 years. I doubt it. They've crippled the country as it is with the economy we are going to be in for the next god knows how many years.

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Fans back - thoughts please : Tue May 25, 2021 5:22 pm  

I'm happy for a COVID/Government discussion but not so much on a Fans returning to the HJ thread. If you want to carry on can I suggest that we have a new OT one please?