What is so special about footballers ?

Its so annoying, 3 days to go in my 7 days self isolation and a negative test today. Also as test and trace dont tell you where or when I was in close contact with a positive person for more than 15 minutes I am at a loss to know when it could have been.

Totally agree....whole team should be in isolation.....

Gilmour hugging the manager! Apparently the teams have daily testing but with all the isolating supposedly done how did Gilmour and the English team members catch the virus. Amazing how the general public if one member of a group is positive all others have to isolate too but not the footballers. I don't think much about football and players generally and this certainly hasn't improved my view.

Nothing is special. Overpaid over acting self important lazy men. With a very few exceptions.

It’s all madness ! I’m not a particular fan of football but my household is, it’s a job like any other (but much better paid haha) same rules should apply to everyone !

Missiseff

Footballers don't just kick a ball around a field. It takes skill and talent.

Maybe it does but other people have jobs that take a lot of talent I suppose if you are ‘famous ‘or earning mega bucks you are not important.

Different rules for the rich and powerful

One rule for football one for the rest of us!

I mentioned it before the whole point of the Euros going ahead is so that the data from a big event can be scrutinised so that governments can see if large scale events can now go ahead in the future. Players and staff attached to the teams will be tested and some, may even have had both Covid vaccinations. Each country is looking at this carefully. The Netherlands are not allowing Wales fans to the game for some reason best known to themselves.

One rule for some. Footballers are overpaid and entitled usually, but this really takes the biscuit. Joe public would not get away with this and no wonder everyone is fed up with it all. There was more than just a couple in contact with each other unless the dressing room & showers are outside they should of all been isolating. Ridiculous!

I call them the privaledged. Its not right that they have one rule and we have another.

If football players are not tested more frequently than everyone else then it does sound wrong.

The Royal Danish Ballet's dancers are tested every week and have been since the first lockdown to enable them to rehearse together, as they obviously cannot stay six feet away from each other all the time.

Perhaps something similar applies to football players?

You are right and I want to know how he became infected if following all precautions ?

Im hoping against hope the European fans will not come over for this stupid stupid football game. I cannot believe how they are handling this - absolutely outrageous, the whole team should be quarantined and anyone they’ve been playing against in the past week as well.

its not only footballers who get away without isolating it seems if your among those who have lots of money or are a so called famous person you can get away with it and just dont care how much they could spread it around

As I said on a post yesterday, footballers are above the law! They ignore all the COVID precautions that we are all encouraged to take, and blatantly hug and spit.

However, the player was man of the match and I'm sure inside in the changing room his team mates and other Scotland staff would have been hugging him. Doesn't make sense. My daughter's friends child has to self isolate because someone in his year has tested positive - 100 odd children missing birthday parties, cubs, swimming and other activities and that means his mother has to stay in too and will be returning to work in two weeks after furlough and wanted to catch up with friends and family before this. The 8 year old is really upset.

Footballers don't just kick a ball around a field. It takes skill and talent

Another point but also regarding football. Why for the next England game is a crowd of 60,000 being allowed ? Is there different risk if football is being played ? It’s not just the game but how all those spectators get to the match, absolute madness I think but I am not a football fan. I am however a very sensible person desperate to do some very ordinary activities but am patient. It all makes me very cross.

You are quite right , everyone he came into contact with should be isolating and being tested but then UEFA threatened to stop London holding the final if VIPs had to be quarantined, which is utterly disgraceful but worse, they won and vips will not have to quarantine, seems 1 rule for us and 1 rule for anyone considered elite, or just footballers

Apparently it was because they had a long chat together (more than 15 minutes) after the match and in the tunnel which is considered to be indoors. If they hadn’t done that it wouldn’t have been a problem.

Its not polite to tell people that you are not being discriminatory against them. Just don't discriminate against them or expect them to see discrimination every time their nationality is mentioned. That's discrimination.

Apparently Talullah Billy is asymptomatic, which is good, but he must be so upset.

All most unfortunate. Nobody's fault. I imagine the 2 English players will play. Maybe. Possibly. Probably. Shame about Billy. He must be devastated.

I was being polite, not tiresome but hey-ho maybe your ideas of politeness are different?

At grassroots level we had strict instructions from the FA that our players should not get into huddles, no hugging after goal scoring, no changing bibs, no changing rooms to be used, full PPE for first aides. So we tell our players who then see top players, who are paid a fortune, doing all of those things! So called elite footballers are regularly tested several times a week but even so we have been surprised there have not been more cases. There is big money at the top particularly with lucrative TV showings and that is doing the talking.