Freez wrote:For once, Redrobo, I reckon you’re dead on the nail there, it smacks of lack of communication to me.
Born again Bill wrote:Surely the club have had months to get ready for this and with only 2 weeks before we were hoping to get fans in again on a regular basis ,The question is would the club Have been ready for that !!!
al1 wrote:I would not be to critical of the club over this,we have not got enough staff at the club to be able to sort this minefield out quickly!Even the government with all their resources are struggling to cope.I just think that we need to start more fundraising quickly,because unless the premier league clubs give some help financially the efl is going to be decimated.
Phil Anderer wrote:I think it might be a little harsh to criticise the club over this, albeit perhaps communication could have been better. I wouldn't be surprised if most clubs initially put forward what's known in some circles as 'an expression of interest' over holding the test games, but they would have been expecting a bit more notice in order to get things in place for the game, rather than being told on Wednesday 'Oh, we'd like you to let fans in on Saturday'. I think that's where the biggest problem is. I have in the past put in an expression of interest for a tender, then when the tender documents came through realised that, for one reason or another, I didn't want to proceed with tendering, so I politely withdrew from the process. It seems to me that this could well be what has happened here.
Most areas in Lancashire including Lancaster and Morecambe will be going into lockdown measures on Saturday a government source has confirmed to Lancs Live. This will likely be the same measures currently in place in Preston.
Freez wrote:Maybe somebody in the know has tipped The club off, all that work would have gone to waste as we would be back to no fans Saturday after all. Mmm. Bit strange!
HALMA 1983 wrote:Meanwhile, you can happily go sit in a confined space drinking pints of beer, non of it makes sense!
RedRedWine wrote:I'm not sure why this is difficult to understand?!? The club does not currently have approved SAG safety protocols to host a game. This was part of the criteria for hosting test events (Tranmere Rovers did not apply to host a test event because of this). Simply put the club should not have applied in the first place, so it was a monumental cock up that appears to stem from poor communication amongst the board. Also, the EFL shouldn't have accepted the clubs application.... But theyre not the best at checking this sort of thing (e.g. Suitability of owners, see Wigan Athletic).
The question is, why don't we have approved safety protocols yet? The answer is probably for a number of reasons (we are not alone, see Tranmere), but given this, why is the club making statements to the government stating they are ready to host games when they clearly are not? It just makes everyone connected with the club look like massive tits, and undermines the hard work that I'm sure is going on in the background.
I can't believe people are seemingly now trying to spin this into 'perhaps the club got a tip off' in light of impending local lockdown restrictions. Take the blinkers off. We f***** up!
KenH wrote:HALMA 1983 wrote:Meanwhile, you can happily go sit in a confined space drinking pints of beer, non of it makes sense!
But the rules are that you should still have been social distancing in the pub if you weren't there with only your household/bubble. You certainly weren't supposed to be getting close to random strangers or people outside your household/bubble.
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