I did start to wonder rather cynically that when it came close to games and training an increasing number of players from the bottom six would start testing positive.
Players will be tested twice a week is it? Should really make training a lot safer than most of us mugs popping to the shops for groceries.
I wouldn't hold it against anyone who doesn't want to return for safety reasons that's absolutely on the individual BUT if you are refusing to work in a workplace that is going to be a safer area than what most of us will be dealing with then that should not hold the league up. Start doing your jobs or at least don't moan when the club decide they don't want to pay you for sitting on your ass at home. It just shows how much of a bubble footballers are still living in, what do players think will happen if the football industry folds? goodbye to 100K a week wages my friends. Mathew Syed wrote a good article in The Times about this recently.
I know Germany are a few weeks ahead of us but I feel like 90% of the people involved in the bundesliga had a clear plan set out, they stuck to it and all pulled together to keep the league going, ironically in a very "keep calm and carry on" kind of way. We on the other hand are still bickering about whether it's safe to run around on a big open pitch 5m away from the nearest person, some people don't want relegation, some want neutral venues other don't, some want financial compensation, players want 8 weeks full training before kicking a ball.... blah blah blah blah... I haven't heard much consensus at all on actually getting going again. This is why I can't see us finishing, because ironically the Germans are becoming more British than we are.
