dtp, on 02 June 2020 - 08:16 PM, said:
Except in NL terms we are not talking about playing games in June 2020. We are talking sometime in the future by which time, like it or not, we are going to have to learn how to live with this virus. Supermarkets have gradually improved their methods of doing business, small shops like butchers and bakers have amended their procedures, other businesses are adapting as they re-open. Pubs and restaurants are working on ways in which they will be able to operate hopefully from July. Golf is now being played after careful planning, some takeaways are operating under stricter conditions. So, is it not beyond the imagination that with planning small crowds can be accommodated safely from say October, November or even January 2021?
But, is it easier to be negative, not give the matter any thought, not plan for the future no matter how different it may be, lockdown forever and say "it can't be done"?
If for a temporary period I had to sit in different seats to my present ST seats then so be it. It is quite possible to guarantee a return to my beloved seats as and when things are better. People won't have to sit in single seats if they are from the same household. AC won't be sitting in the posh seats if the Trust or any other takeover is completed. If anything good has come out of the present scenario it is that I've found people more sociable, family orientated, have more patience when queuing etc, show more respect etc. It's just a pity that the minority have to be constantly told to "be sensible" because in the end that's all we have to be. In 2020 we still have to tell people to "wash their hands" really??? Yes, yet that has disgusted me for many years when I've seen people's toilet behaviour in pubs, restaurants etc, or any other places you care to mention. Ultimately, it is this minority who will spoil it for the majority so should we give in to them? No, not at all, with the level of segregation which might be necessary if spectators are allowed at our level it should be relatively easy to sort out the offending minority if they don't stick to the required rules.
You can take pious swipes at negative thinking or ignorant minorities all you want, Dave (though I hope you include government cronies who've certainly not been 'sorted out' in that category).
But you've failed to answer the basic question - how do you social distance in the stadium?
I sit in a seat. I then need four empty ones either side. I then need at least three empty rows in front and behind.
Dunno how you'd apply the two meter thing in the limited disabled sections, either.
And what time do folk turn up to get in? An hour before kick off? Two? Maybe three? What time will they get out afterwards?
That's before we've even consider what happens at half time, too.
Nah mate, it all adds up to a long, sterile, beer free day spent queueing to watch a pale and characterless imitation of what we used to know...
This post has been edited by The Earl of Chesterfield: 02 June 2020 - 09:26 PM