Premier League footballers are all young, fit and are unlikely to have any undiagnosed issues as they keep on having medicals so are at a low risk of getting a serious case of Covid. However with the fitness levels required in top flight football a case of long Covid could keep them out of a team for months and could reduce the value of a multi-million pound asset for the club.
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Is it time for Premier League players to strike??
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Doonhamer7
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- Jun 17, 2016
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Haven’t seen a pop singer or golfer complain - either get on with it or like the rest of us change career
Get someone to change your password without you knowing what it is - simples!!
Fat Boy Fat
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- Aug 21, 2020
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As per usual you are so wrong, but I can't really be bothered to have this conversation with you, as you clearly don't read what people put!
Iggle Piggle
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- Sep 3, 2010
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Did you not see Gary Linekar presenting MOTD in his mobility scooter and that stair lift that Chris Kamara had installed in his gaff?
Dangerous stuff football. Not like a walk in the park working in a mine or covid infested hospital for example.
John Byrnes Mullet
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Could not agree more about scaremongering. The BBC are the worst took them over a day to report Omicron variant is not as dangerous as first thought. Not all of us can work from home but the ones who can, don't they love preaching about keeping safe.
Absolutely, if they want to. And the TV companies can withhold their money if they want to. And the TV companies can offer to pay less for future contracts if they want. And the clubs can offer far lower salaries on each new player contract if they want. And the players can suck it up or leave and do something else if they want to. I'm all for it
drew
Drew
So you didn't read about multi millionaire Eric Clapton taking a German woman to court for the audacity of trying to sell a bootleg cd on ebay?
You've never heard tales of pop stars throwing tantrums because of the wrong bottled water in their touring bus etc etc.
Spiros
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The PL players should maybe look a bit to the past before they consider taking any laughable strike action. Back in the 70s Liverpool managed to win every trophy going and across the whole season only used something like 17 players across 62 games. The pitches were much boggier during the winter and the game was much more physical than it is now. Today's PL footballer is overpaid and cossetted IMHO
drew
Drew
Absolutely, if they want to. And the TV companies can withhold their money if they want to. And the TV companies can offer to pay less for future contracts if they want. And the clubs can offer far lower salaries on each new player contract if they want. And the players can suck it up or leave and do something else if they want to. I'm all for it
And fans could go on strike by not paying subscription fees!!! But they won't.
Look at NSC and just see how many are begging TB to splash the cash on a striker.
drew
Drew
Out of interest, which players are threatening strike action?
But far less likely to have their later years blighted by knee replacements or cut short in a fog of degenerative brain injuries, which on a human level, surely has to be a good thing.
Milano
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I can’t believe that this has got to 6 pages already!
Has any EPL player actually threatened to strike? Isn’t this just a throwaway comment by that tosser Guadiola (I can’t stand the guy) rather than any mass player action?
Blown out of all proportion as usual by our relentless, wankfest, media.
Has any EPL player actually threatened to strike? Isn’t this just a throwaway comment by that tosser Guadiola (I can’t stand the guy) rather than any mass player action?
Blown out of all proportion as usual by our relentless, wankfest, media.
IF I/you were on £50-£250k a week, why would one go on strike?
The very thought of the idea is the polar opposite of a professional mercenary
The very thought of the idea is the polar opposite of a professional mercenary
drew
Drew
Strikes aren't always about money, had you thought of that?
drew
Drew
You're banging your head against the proverbial brick wall.
People won't listen as it renders their jealousy redundant on this particular thread.
beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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if the strike is over general fixtures, campaign to get international games cut back and review the cup strucutre, maybe.
if the strike is over congestion due to corona when many of their members havent vaccinated and wilfully not sought to protect themselves, they are badly mis-reading the room.
Guardiola is stirring because foreign managers in this country seem to fixate on the christmas schedule.
if the strike is over congestion due to corona when many of their members havent vaccinated and wilfully not sought to protect themselves, they are badly mis-reading the room.
Guardiola is stirring because foreign managers in this country seem to fixate on the christmas schedule.