11 Aug 2020 08:32:43
Does anyone else feel that, the scottish government has to take the blame in terms of the Aberdeen players incident? I mean it was them after all that stupidly allowed the pubs to reopen already!

Surely they were only doing what everyone else has been told they are allowed to do. Why are they any different to anyone else living in the country?

Or did I miss something with the lockdown rules that stated football players are forbidden to go to pubs/ restaurants?

Listen I cannot stand that club and personally don't think pubs/ restaurants should be open the now, but in terms of rule breaking, I'm not sure I understand what they done wrong.

I get they are risking possible delaying the season, but you could put that into any walk of life. Does A group of teachers going for a drink mean all schools to shutdown again?

1.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 09:06:27
Thats a good point Orangetinted. However, I believe (but can't be 100%) that when football was allowed back there were extra measures put in place for the players and staff of the returning clubs as a condition of the return. I think they are restricted more than the general public in what they are allowed to do ie going to pubs and restaurants etc. Like I say i'm not 100% on what their additional measures are. Obviously they are tested a couple of times a week as well and I don't think the local councils would have the resources to do that with teachers. I take your point though.

2.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 09:11:47
how can you blame the government? they set out the guidelines which the players did not adhere to. 8 players from 8 separate households at one table not allowed simple.

3.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 09:13:57
The crowd that went out was over the guidelines of a three household gap, also apparently there are tighter limits for footballers. Admittedly haven't seen those but is meant to be one of the conditions that the Government wanted to agree to football being allowed to restart.

4.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 09:23:10
Yes there is different rules for footballers but also they broke the rules that apply to us all about meeting up with a large group of people from different family settings.

5.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 09:50:43
Sorry have to disagree. Football was allowed to restart on rules strictly agreed between all clubs, the SFA and SPFL. All clubs knew these rules which somehow English teams managed to follow. There's nobody to blame other than the Aberdeen players and now Griffith's and Bolingoli.

6.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 10:06:37
Ridiculous to blame the government. They set down guidelines and rules and it’s the responsibility of people to follow them. The comment blaming them is a classic example of people who don’t want to take responsibility for their own actions but want to blame others.

7.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 10:21:56
Hold my hands up, didn't even think about the household threshold. Also wasnt aware that there was additional restrictions put in place for football clubs and players.

Tbh I don't agree that one human being living in a country, paying taxes etc should have different rules from another human being in that same country. Shouldnt matter their profession. However I take your points that they were above the 3 home threshold.

In terms of bolingoli and the thumb, there is no defence of that, hence why I didn't include them in original post. And that has nothing to do with the club they play for.

8.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 10:22:02
Sturgeon opened the pubs/ restaurants gave incentives to eat cheap but apparently that’s just for us mere mortals not footballers who contribute to a larger economy! Guys in other words it’s herding imunity and we are het.

9.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 10:41:28
If you don't want to adhere to extra rules then don't do the privileged job of being a professional footballer. The extra procedures in place are to allow football to even be allowed to restart, would you rather that everyone had the same set of rules and the footy wasn't back?

10.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 10:42:31
This is a classic example of highly-paid footballers with very little between their ears. Idiots every one of them. This could spoil the entire season for all clubs and their fans.

11.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 10:46:19
I really don't understand why and how the UK has managed to get it so wrong.

12.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 11:14:45
England has got it wrong. Scotlands had a small spike in cases last few days but by snd large we've handled it well. No deaths in over 20 days there, very low new cases. Was always going to be a bit of a spike in cases with everything opening. Its trusting people not to be stupid that's the problem.

13.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 11:15:15
I know it will be irrelevant to Bolingoli but will he be fined the £1000 for breaking quarantine rules? If i'm not mistaken that is the fine if you are found to break the 14 day quarantine rule. Maybe someone can correct me.

14.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 11:35:13
Thanks herewego we don't get the breakdown here just read a lot on the news that the UK has handled it badly.

15.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 12:14:30
Club = bomber Brown
International = Mattheuse.

16.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 15:09:42
Yeah its confusing Jenkins. Saw a report the other day reporting 119 new uk deaths. 0 scotland 0 Wales 0, 119 england.

17.) 11 Aug 2020
11 Aug 2020 13:07:32
Snell why is there extra rules for footballers though. They are only sportsmen. I could see the point if the extra rules applied to say, doctors, nurses, care home workers etc. People who are doing a job that is more likely to put vulnerable people at risk. I'm not for one minute saying there should be extra rules, there shouldnt. But hopefully you get my point.

Anyway enough politics, it's a football forum 👍.