steelboy

Having Mugabi under contract and releasing Tait is absolutely chronic planning. We have wasted a fortune on dross like Ndjoli and Manzinga and now we have to release good servants.

That's terrible news. He seemed like a great guy. It was the Irn Bru cup but his goal and celebration against Ross County were superb.

People with serious illnesses will have to self isolate for their own health regardless. There have been less than 700 Covid deaths of u45s in the UK (and only 2 u16s). Given the size of the u45 population the risk is effectively zero for those without underlying conditions. These are tiny numbers despite millions of people still being at work and no strict lockdown. You can pretty much guarantee that for u45s the lockdown will have caused far more issues in terms of suicides, mental health, alcohol abuse, poverty, domestic abuse than Covid. The general lockdown was necessary for the first outbreak but as we go forward with more data then it should be tailored to protect at risk groups.

Looking at the stats there is close to zero risk for u45s without underlying morbidities so I think the government are going to have a hard time justifying extreme social distancing for 60 million people for an indefinite amount of time once the current curve flattens. We should be aiming to play as normal starting in August and change that if there is a second wave of infections.

At least they are offering a refund unlike the robbing travel companies who can apparently just keep people's money if they want to.

There is a lot of talk of playing behind closed doors. It won't be solely up to MFC but it would be better if they at least communicated a position on this and the impact on season tickets.

The issue with furloughing players is that we can't issue them diets or training plans. If we furloughed them they could come back a stone overweight and we would just need to accept it. I don't think our current squad would rip the piss but I think with our ownership model they will be reluctant to furlough players while expecting them to stay fit. On the other hand I've no doubt that some clubs *cough* Livi *cough* Accies will be furloughing but still illegally keeping tabs on their players.

I don't think anyone is furloughing players. I'm not even sure if you can as they are contractors?

I hated John Clark back in the 90s when he was at Falkirk. Him and Stevie Fulton in the same team was horrible.

Hearts becoming Barnsley's feeder team would be incredible. We are safe from this kind of shite due to fan ownership.

Being deputy Chief Economist at RBS in 2008 surely isn't something to brag about. It only cost taxpayers £24 billion and led to austerity.

www.newscientist.com/article/2237259-why-dont-children-seem-to-get-very-ill-from-the-coronavirus

I'm fairly relaxed about it and enjoyed how quiet the gym was this morning but even with a 0.5% it's a big threat to auto immune compromised people and the elderly. No one wants to infect their family or friends. People just need to weigh up their risks and do what they can to support vulnerable family members. The good thing is it doesn't effect children which is hugely fortunate and has probably stopped out right panic.

The one thing that has to be done is to split the prize money equally between the 12 teams to help cover losses.

Every employer has that but the vast majority of people were still at work today and will be throughout. The strain on services argument makes sense but not right now when there are less than 100 confirmed cases. It's been put off for PR reasons.

There's no god forbid. 70% of people will get it this year it doesn't matter where from. You can't beat this kind of virus. The government didn't advise them to put it off either.

They have obviously called it off due to fears about public perception rather than the actual risk factor involved. 60 confirmed cases in Scotland with an upper estimate of 1000. The chances of coming into contact with it at Fir Park tonight (or even Ibrox on Sunday) would be miniscule.

Pubs are still open! Trains and buses were full this morning and will be again on Monday.

As I said I don't see how it's safe to open Ikea - as an example - but not Fir Park. Football matches are drop in the ocean in terms of total contacts.

Sturgeon said yesterday that games aren't unsafe at all. Buchanan Galleries, Silverburn, Braehead, every supermarket, every gym, every school, every work place all open. But 5000 people in the open air at Fir Park is far more dangerous. It's nonsense.

Game off. Have to copy everything England do. Absolutely pathetic.

The talk is that with Euro 2020 being suspended they might try and finish those tournaments in June. Finishing leagues looks extremely unlikely so we can expect a full Celtic meltdown and Accies survive again. Dundee United will be screwed as well which is nice.

It hasn't stemmed the tide in Italy at all.

The Chief Medical Officer says we are likely 10-12 weeks away from the peak. Hopefully the club can handle the loss of income.

That's going to happen anyway in workplaces, shops, public transport etc. Football matches won't make any difference.