Hutch11
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Sorry to hear about your mum H , she was a lovely lady
Sorry to hear about your mum H , she was a lovely ladyThe Saturday before Xmas was always likely to be affected regardless of Cov-id. The extra 'fear' of this variant, and perceived hassle of taking a LFT (some of our older fans have probably rarely, if ever, taken a LFT, not tech savvy (my son laughs at me!) will have knocked a few thousand off the gate. I am in two minds, purely as I don't want to endanger my stepfather attending our house for Xmas day - we lost my mum to cancer last Xmas, and he relies on us for any companionship.. Will probably go, but with a few tweaks to my normal habits. Travel /no concourse. tie a knot in it (I wish!) etc etc.
Is it the showing your papers thing? If so I get that but I'd personally rather take an LFT than miss the game . Or get someone else to do one for you . No one will ever know . It's all bull shit
Sorry to hear about your mum H , she was a lovely lady
The whole thing is a nonsense and makes no sense. The way that taking an LFT is seen as some sort of compromise when actually it is by far the most sensible measure. A recent negative test trumps a meaningless QR code when most of the current spread is through vaccinated people in any case.
I'm very much against the passports - not comfortable with a 'show your papers' society and segregation by medical history; I'm not sure this sort of thing has served humanity well in the past. But, I'll take an LFT don't think it will harm attendances much at all.
The poor turnout Saturday will have much more to do with the time of year. Last game before Xmas = shit turnout. This fixture was picked out by many in the summer, people were saying why the fuck is the Stoke game being made Cat A a week before Xmas, it'll be a shit crowd. And it will. Saw it coming a mile off.
I’m not I’m afraid. Done 6 home and 2 away this season. I knew this was coming so tried to fit in as many as I could get to before it was curtailed.
may be the lowest for a while but i would be surprised if its anything less than 18k still, which all things considered is still excellent
Don't get all the negativity to be honest, and i dont know anybody that is not going because they have to test or show vaccine proof
clearly a valid reason to not go! not sure positive tests will take many off attendance though, cant be hundreds surely...My mates had to drop out because he's got covid, wonder how many are in the same boat?
Must say, the missus doesn't want us to go Saturday. Its so close to Christmas and it would be shit if we caught it and had to self isolate and ruin Christmas.
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Which is exactly the argument I said, and told her we are going.I mean of course, you could all infect each other at Christmas indoors all day as opposed to being mostly outside at a football stadium.
My mates had to drop out because he's got covid, wonder how many are in the same boat?
Have Stoke sold out? Can’t see anything on their website
Absolutely nothing to do with relatively poor form.I actually think the poor crowd is just as much down to our recent poor form at home.
The fans who had returned to the Ricoh for the West Brom, Birmingham and Swansea games were disappointed. Those are the type to stay away under more challenging circumstances.
Funnily enough, the atmosphere was disappointing in the West Brom game and a return to a smaller crowd may help.
Good chance a few have been instructed by their other halves not to go and risk screwing up Christmas.Well 80,000 had positive tests yesterday. Could be another 100k today and tomorrow.
Doesn't take much to work out that will be a fair few isolating on Saturday.
They're away at Ipswich on Saturday, I believe it's the home game against Sheff Wed on the 30th where ticket sales are going wellSunderland are expecting 34,000 Saturday. One of their highest attendances this season.
Maybe Covid hasn't reached them.
Good chance a few have been instructed by their other halves not to go and risk screwing up Christmas.
There must have been people who picked it up at games before. When the ONS throw around figures like 1 in 60 people currently have it law of averages says there must be people at games with it and with very few masks in sight and people packed together in the concourse & stands it has to have spread there at some point.
That city and its fans are in a seperate universe.Sunderland are expecting 34,000 Saturday. One of their highest attendances this season.
Maybe Covid hasn't reached them.
Absolutely nothing to do with relatively poor form.
Sunderland are expecting 34,000 Saturday. One of their highest attendances this season.
Maybe Covid hasn't reached them.
Sunderland are expecting 34,000 Saturday. One of their highest attendances this season.
Maybe Covid hasn't reached them.
Confirmed, how did you guess that, you lucky bugger?I predict about 0 people in the ground
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