The Cobra effect

[Lee Newell]

Whilst I get the season cannot start without fans arguement this worked when originally the talk was about the whole of non league all starting at the same time with fans. Now all the leagues below us can have fans and are starting as normal. We currently can't however if we don't start and don't play at all this season (time frame of 6 months with current measures mentioned by which time it maybe too late to start this season) then could be no promotion from step 3 and below.

National League have to try and get fans back. If they can't then they just have to start with online streaming.

[BostonGoals]

Looks like we're among the majority of clubs that do not want the season to start without fans.

So it's either a season with streaming (if possible) or no season at all. Can't see there's much chance of any Governmental support being anywhere near what is required to subsidize this.

[oxo]

Just announced on radio 5 live a deal appears to be done with the Government and the season will kick off as planned, no further info at the moment.

[oxo]

£20 million to be distributed in the form of grants as opposed to loans which is good news and means we can play on Saturday and then start the league. Just need Premier League to match it (loose change for them)and things will look a lot rosier.  UTP

[Old boy thin]

£20 million to be distributed in the form of grants as opposed to loans which is good news and means we can play on Saturday and then start the league. Just need Premier League to match it (loose change for them)and things will look a lot rosier.  UTP

Good that the Government/ Tax payers have helped out.
Premiership clubs won't help out, they are to busy paying out multi millions on players.

[Dipdodah]

£20 million to be distributed in the form of grants as opposed to loans which is good news and means we can play on Saturday and then start the league. Just need Premier League to match it (loose change for them)and things will look a lot rosier.  UTP

Good that the Government/ Tax payers have helped out.
Premiership clubs won't help out, they are to busy paying out multi millions on players.

If each prem player donated one week's wages to a fund to help grass roots football, £22,000000 is the amount quoted.

[Dipdodah]

Worrying times, one of our squad has tested positive for Covid 19.

[Old boy thin]

£20 million to be distributed in the form of grants as opposed to loans which is good news and means we can play on Saturday and then start the league. Just need Premier League to match it (loose change for them)and things will look a lot rosier.  UTP

Good that the Government/ Tax payers have helped out.
Premiership clubs won't help out, they are to busy paying out multi millions on players.

If each prem player donated one week's wages to a fund to help grass roots football, £22,000000 is the amount quoted.

Wow that would be nice, but I  don't think any of them will do it unless they get loads of publicity for it.

[Old boy thin]

Do you think that clubs who have loads of money in our league's should get financial support from the government.
Notts County for instance, they are boasting about signing two midfielders for 6 figure sums next week.
They are surely taking the P*ss.
If the amount of money we receive is based on attendances,then they will get a huge share of the bail out money.

[Pilgrim86]

If the amount of money we receive is based on attendances,then they will get a huge share of the bail out money.

That's the idea, though. The money is to cover for the lack of gate receipts.

[Ed Kandii]

There's talk of a 4 week lockdown after yesterday's Cobra.
JVT's been kicking ass.
Get it done now and then we might get some games over the Christmas break 

[Bostonshire]

There's talk of a 4 week lockdown after yesterday's Cobra.
JVT's been kicking ass.
Get it done now and then we might get some games over the Christmas break 

Schools and uni to be exempt. Im not a big fan of a lockdown but agree now is the time. As im a bigger fan of christmas

[Dipdodah]

Be careful out there guys.  This damn covid is hitting United supporters very hard.  Several supporters have got it, or had it, with various degrees of severity.  One of our fans has lost his wife bless her RIP, and another is in the Pilgrim as I write this.  Keep safe, it's took eight months, but it's here now with a vengeance.

[Dipdodah]

Be careful out there guys.  This damn covid is hitting United supporters very hard.  Several supporters have got it, or had it, with various degrees of severity.  One of our fans has lost his wife bless her RIP, and another is in the Pilgrim as I write this.  Keep safe, it's took eight months, but it's here now with a vengeance.

Forum member Qwerty has now gone down with it.  He has been admitted to Pilgrim. Get well soon mate.

[Ed Kandii]

Worrying news, hopefully a speedy recovery for Qwerty.