Official European Championship Thread

[nottsblue]

Cancelo out of the Euro after being tested positive.

I wonder, aren’t our footballers vaccinated?

Surely been vaccinated doesn’t stop you from being a carrier? You can still contract COVID whilst you are vaccinated so that’s presumably why he has to isolate

[Mase]

Cancelo out of the Euro after being tested positive.

I wonder, aren’t our footballers vaccinated?

Surely been vaccinated doesn’t stop you from being a carrier? You can still contract COVID whilst you are vaccinated so that’s presumably why he has to isolate

If all the other players are also vaccinated, why should it matter?

[Beefymcfc]

Turned the TV off when it looked bad but found out later that the BBC continued coverage, showing the full extent of what was going on and even a close up of a distraught Erikson’s girlfriend.

Just shows how low we have sunk as a society that we continue to watch to see a person die on a football pitch.

What’s BBC got to do with this? I think UEFA is providing the coverage, not them. They zoomed on him, showed his wife, etc.
I didn’t like what I saw either, but here happened the opposite, after they took him off the stadium the station that has the rights showed one of their tv shows, own production, instead of offering info about what happened, if he is alive, etc.

What I am outraged by is that they restarted the game. No one wanted that, it was all bollox. It shows players are dispensable, they do not give a flying fuck. Same as last year when they forced the clubs to end UCL and Europa League in Portugal instead of stopping it.

End it 0-0 and let the teams recover mentally.
UEFA hit a new low for me.

Are you saying that the BBC don’t have control of their own programmes, can’t cut away to something less horrific?

[nottsblue]

Cancelo out of the Euro after being tested positive.

I wonder, aren’t our footballers vaccinated?

Surely been vaccinated doesn’t stop you from being a carrier? You can still contract COVID whilst you are vaccinated so that’s presumably why he has to isolate

If all the other players are also vaccinated, why should it matter?

Fair point. But I guess it’s to do with the spread of the virus. If it spread to more people the R number will increase

[PeterParker]

Turned the TV off when it looked bad but found out later that the BBC continued coverage, showing the full extent of what was going on and even a close up of a distraught Erikson’s girlfriend.

Just shows how low we have sunk as a society that we continue to watch to see a person die on a football pitch.

What’s BBC got to do with this? I think UEFA is providing the coverage, not them. They zoomed on him, showed his wife, etc.
I didn’t like what I saw either, but here happened the opposite, after they took him off the stadium the station that has the rights showed one of their tv shows, own production, instead of offering info about what happened, if he is alive, etc.

What I am outraged by is that they restarted the game. No one wanted that, it was all bollox. It shows players are dispensable, they do not give a flying fuck. Same as last year when they forced the clubs to end UCL and Europa League in Portugal instead of stopping it.

End it 0-0 and let the teams recover mentally.
UEFA hit a new low for me.

Are you saying that the BBC don’t have control of their own programmes, can’t cut away to something less horrific?

I am saying I don’t think they control the broadcast of this competition, they can cut it, yes, but what we see comes from UEFA, not BBC. UEFA zoomed on his wife, not BBC.

[PeterParker]

Cancelo out of the Euro after being tested positive.

I wonder, aren’t our footballers vaccinated?

Surely been vaccinated doesn’t stop you from being a carrier? You can still contract COVID whilst you are vaccinated so that’s presumably why he has to isolate

If all the other players are also vaccinated, why should it matter?

Exactly.

[Scatman]

Cancelo out of the Euro after being tested positive.

I wonder, aren’t our footballers vaccinated?

Surely been vaccinated doesn’t stop you from being a carrier? You can still contract COVID whilst you are vaccinated so that’s presumably why he has to isolate

If all the other players are also vaccinated, why should it matter?

Exactly.

Can't be trusted not to jump into the crowd when they score

[carl_feedthegoat]

Cancelo out of the Euro after being tested positive.

I wonder, aren’t our footballers vaccinated?

Surely been vaccinated doesn’t stop you from being a carrier? You can still contract COVID whilst you are vaccinated so that’s presumably why he has to isolate

If all the other players are also vaccinated, why should it matter?

Exactly.

Can't be trusted not to jump into the crowd when they score

We could have vaccinated parts in the crowd and a leper colony on the other side of the stadium - that way players can jump into the right section of crowd.

See..all options on the table.

[Harry Dowd scored]

Not that I give a fuck, but I see Sterling and Foden are starting for England, cannot get interested in this competition for some reason.
I wonder if Croatia “take a knee” be surprised if they do, they seem to be more of a balanced nation when it come to politics in sport.

[Beefymcfc]

Turned the TV off when it looked bad but found out later that the BBC continued coverage, showing the full extent of what was going on and even a close up of a distraught Erikson’s girlfriend.

Just shows how low we have sunk as a society that we continue to watch to see a person die on a football pitch.

What’s BBC got to do with this? I think UEFA is providing the coverage, not them. They zoomed on him, showed his wife, etc.
I didn’t like what I saw either, but here happened the opposite, after they took him off the stadium the station that has the rights showed one of their tv shows, own production, instead of offering info about what happened, if he is alive, etc.

What I am outraged by is that they restarted the game. No one wanted that, it was all bollox. It shows players are dispensable, they do not give a flying fuck. Same as last year when they forced the clubs to end UCL and Europa League in Portugal instead of stopping it.

End it 0-0 and let the teams recover mentally.
UEFA hit a new low for me.

Are you saying that the BBC don’t have control of their own programmes, can’t cut away to something less horrific?

I am saying I don’t think they control the broadcast of this competition, they can cut it, yes, but what we see comes from UEFA, not BBC. UEFA zoomed on his wife, not BBC.

That’s what I’m saying, mate. The BBC had the opportunity to cut to anything but that and chose not to.

Extremely inappropriate for the majority of the audience watching.

[Beefymcfc]

Not that I give a fuck, but I see Sterling and Foden are starting for England, cannot get interested in this competition for some reason.
I wonder if Croatia “take a knee” be surprised if they do, they seem to be more of a balanced nation when it come to politics in sport.

Come on England

Good excuse for beer and BBQ.

[harveytravis]

Cancelo out of the Euro after being tested positive.

I wonder, aren’t our footballers vaccinated?

Surely been vaccinated doesn’t stop you from being a carrier? You can still contract COVID whilst you are vaccinated so that’s presumably why he has to isolate

If all the other players are also vaccinated, why should it matter?

The vaccine does not stop you getting the disease
The vaccine does not stop you spreading the disease
It only slightly mitigates the symptoms.

Not much use at all really

[carl_feedthegoat]

Turned the TV off when it looked bad but found out later that the BBC continued coverage, showing the full extent of what was going on and even a close up of a distraught Erikson’s girlfriend.

Just shows how low we have sunk as a society that we continue to watch to see a person die on a football pitch.

What’s BBC got to do with this? I think UEFA is providing the coverage, not them. They zoomed on him, showed his wife, etc.
I didn’t like what I saw either, but here happened the opposite, after they took him off the stadium the station that has the rights showed one of their tv shows, own production, instead of offering info about what happened, if he is alive, etc.

What I am outraged by is that they restarted the game. No one wanted that, it was all bollox. It shows players are dispensable, they do not give a flying fuck. Same as last year when they forced the clubs to end UCL and Europa League in Portugal instead of stopping it.

End it 0-0 and let the teams recover mentally.
UEFA hit a new low for me.

Are you saying that the BBC don’t have control of their own programmes, can’t cut away to something less horrific?

I am saying I don’t think they control the broadcast of this competition, they can cut it, yes, but what we see comes from UEFA, not BBC. UEFA zoomed on his wife, not BBC.

That’s what I’m saying, mate. The BBC had the opportunity to cut to anything but that and chose not to.

Extremely inappropriate for the majority of the audience watching.

Any hard facts to support your theory on 'majority' ?

In my opinion , just an opinion mind , incidents like this need to be shown to everyone as this might just sway a certain % of the viewers to embrace life a tad more than we currently do ,instead of reading about it in a book or news outlet.

To see is to feel the reality of life and how life can be taken away at any moments notice.

Not the same impact when you read about something as opposed to watching something.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Cancelo out of the Euro after being tested positive.

I wonder, aren’t our footballers vaccinated?

Surely been vaccinated doesn’t stop you from being a carrier? You can still contract COVID whilst you are vaccinated so that’s presumably why he has to isolate

If all the other players are also vaccinated, why should it matter?

The vaccine does not stop you getting the disease
The vaccine does not stop you spreading the disease
It only slightly mitigates the symptoms.

Not much use at all really

The vaccine stops you going to the hospital .........that's all we need to know.

[Dubciteh]

Gutless selection from southgate. What a waste of an opportunity.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Gutless selection from southgate. What a waste of an opportunity.

Did we ever expect him to drop his poster boy from the line up ?

[PeterParker]

Turned the TV off when it looked bad but found out later that the BBC continued coverage, showing the full extent of what was going on and even a close up of a distraught Erikson’s girlfriend.

Just shows how low we have sunk as a society that we continue to watch to see a person die on a football pitch.

What’s BBC got to do with this? I think UEFA is providing the coverage, not them. They zoomed on him, showed his wife, etc.
I didn’t like what I saw either, but here happened the opposite, after they took him off the stadium the station that has the rights showed one of their tv shows, own production, instead of offering info about what happened, if he is alive, etc.

What I am outraged by is that they restarted the game. No one wanted that, it was all bollox. It shows players are dispensable, they do not give a flying fuck. Same as last year when they forced the clubs to end UCL and Europa League in Portugal instead of stopping it.

End it 0-0 and let the teams recover mentally.
UEFA hit a new low for me.

Are you saying that the BBC don’t have control of their own programmes, can’t cut away to something less horrific?

I am saying I don’t think they control the broadcast of this competition, they can cut it, yes, but what we see comes from UEFA, not BBC. UEFA zoomed on his wife, not BBC.

That’s what I’m saying, mate. The BBC had the opportunity to cut to anything but that and chose not to.

Extremely inappropriate for the majority of the audience watching.

Yeah, but as I mentioned, here happened the opposite. They cut it and then went into radio silence.
No news until it restarted and it did on another station.

[Beefymcfc]

What’s BBC got to do with this? I think UEFA is providing the coverage, not them. They zoomed on him, showed his wife, etc.
I didn’t like what I saw either, but here happened the opposite, after they took him off the stadium the station that has the rights showed one of their tv shows, own production, instead of offering info about what happened, if he is alive, etc.

What I am outraged by is that they restarted the game. No one wanted that, it was all bollox. It shows players are dispensable, they do not give a flying fuck. Same as last year when they forced the clubs to end UCL and Europa League in Portugal instead of stopping it.

End it 0-0 and let the teams recover mentally.
UEFA hit a new low for me.

Are you saying that the BBC don’t have control of their own programmes, can’t cut away to something less horrific?

I am saying I don’t think they control the broadcast of this competition, they can cut it, yes, but what we see comes from UEFA, not BBC. UEFA zoomed on his wife, not BBC.

That’s what I’m saying, mate. The BBC had the opportunity to cut to anything but that and chose not to.

Extremely inappropriate for the majority of the audience watching.

Any hard facts to support your theory on 'majority' ?

In my opinion , just an opinion mind , incidents like this need to be shown to everyone as this might just sway a certain % of the viewers to embrace life a tad more than we currently do ,instead of reading about it in a book or news outlet.

To see is to feel the reality of life and how life can be taken away at any moments notice.

Not the same impact when you read about something as opposed to watching something.

Hard facts, why would I need them. Every single person I’ve spoken to has said that the pictures should not have been shown although I did ask them why they watched, to which some said they turned it off, like me, and others watched out of a sense of morbid curiosity. One said that his lad was traumatised as he was old enough to understand what was going on and it’s understandable why the BBC had to make a public apology.

If people want to watch that type of situation then I have no problems at all. I, like others, have seen enough of it in real life and that’s what we sign up for and have to expect but when it is thrust upon groups who are there to be entertained, on a station that is well known for showing these incidents up close, then that’s a different matter.

[HailNerdQueen]

Not that I give a fuck, but I see Sterling and Foden are starting for England, cannot get interested in this competition for some reason.
I wonder if Croatia “take a knee” be surprised if they do, they seem to be more of a balanced nation when it come to politics in sport.

Come on England

Good excuse for beer and BBQ.

Damn straight, I'll be watching and cheering on our boys!

[Beefymcfc]

Not that I give a fuck, but I see Sterling and Foden are starting for England, cannot get interested in this competition for some reason.
I wonder if Croatia “take a knee” be surprised if they do, they seem to be more of a balanced nation when it come to politics in sport.

Come on England

Good excuse for beer and BBQ.

Damn straight, I'll be watching and cheering on our boys!

Beers are on and BBQ prep’d for after the game. What’s not to like