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Post by liquidskin on Jul 18, 2020 9:39:53 GMT
It is amazing how a quick stop off at home can be such an expensive exercise. "The ripple effect it could have had could have cost us (ECB)
tens of millions of pounds," said Ashley Giles.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/53435308What a ridiculous overreaction, Giles. |
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Post by flashblade on Jul 18, 2020 9:58:51 GMT
It is amazing how a quick stop off at home can be such an expensive exercise. "The ripple effect it could have had could have cost us (ECB)
tens of millions of pounds," said Ashley Giles.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/53435308What a ridiculous overreaction, Giles. Why do you say that? Seriously? |
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Post by burgesshill on Jul 18, 2020 11:54:34 GMT
What a ridiculous overreaction, Giles. Why do you say that? Seriously? I'm not sure how much the tv rights are worth, but that was what he was getting at. Provided the ECB can give Sky 6 test matches (3 v West Indies, 3 v Pakistan) as well as most of the ODI's and T20's then they have given Sky the international cricket they promised. Same goes for domestic T20. If anyone prevents that from happening then that's the ECB's only source of income this summer gone. |
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Post by flashblade on Jul 18, 2020 12:18:06 GMT
Why do you say that? Seriously? I'm not sure how much the tv rights are worth, but that was what he was getting at. Provided the ECB can give Sky 6 test matches (3 v West Indies, 3 v Pakistan) as well as most of the ODI's and T20's then they have given Sky the international cricket they promised. Same goes for domestic T20. If anyone prevents that from happening then that's the ECB's only source of income this summer gone. Spot on, burgesshill. I thought that was common knowledge. |
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Post by joe on Jul 18, 2020 12:18:54 GMT
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Post by liquidskin on Jul 18, 2020 13:04:31 GMT
Why do you say that? Seriously? I'm not sure how much the tv rights are worth, but that was what he was getting at. Provided the ECB can give Sky 6 test matches (3 v West Indies, 3 v Pakistan) as well as most of the ODI's and T20's then they have given Sky the international cricket they promised. Same goes for domestic T20. If anyone prevents that from happening then that's the ECB's only source of income this summer gone. Yeah, that's what he's getting at - why? Under what circumstances can someone braking the 'bubble' result in a whole summer of cricket being lost? |
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Post by flashblade on Jul 18, 2020 14:02:17 GMT
I'm not sure how much the tv rights are worth, but that was what he was getting at. Provided the ECB can give Sky 6 test matches (3 v West Indies, 3 v Pakistan) as well as most of the ODI's and T20's then they have given Sky the international cricket they promised. Same goes for domestic T20. If anyone prevents that from happening then that's the ECB's only source of income this summer gone. Yeah, that's what he's getting at - why? Under what circumstances can someone braking the 'bubble' result in a whole summer of cricket being lost? Have you been following this virus thingy? If Archer had become infected outside the bubble, and then returned to the bubble, then the virus would be loose within the bubble. Once you get a single positive test inside a bubble that you thought was secure, then everyone in the bubble is vulnerable and no-one would want to stay in that bubble any longer. The members would disperse and self-isolate. The whole test season would be abandoned, and the TV money lost. The Covid security of the bubble is sacrosanct. |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jul 18, 2020 14:49:54 GMT
Fb,
Hang on let us look at the facts. Young Jof went to see his girlfriend at home, allegedly for no-more than an hour. He came into contact
with no-one else. Ten days or so previously the girlfriend complained of illness. Jof then had to take a Covid test just before the first Test
which was shown to be negative. So no Coronavirus then.
What are the chances that the girlfriend would have picked up the virus in such a short time when in recent weeks confirmed cases around
Brighton & Hove have been zilch or absolutely tiny. I am not criticising the ECB for punishing Archer. He broke the rules - simple as that.
But to suggest he could have caught Covid, passed it on to other cricketers, and lost the ECB millions of pounds is close to impossible. A
0.0001% probability.
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Post by liquidskin on Jul 18, 2020 14:59:06 GMT
Yeah, that's what he's getting at - why? Under what circumstances can someone braking the 'bubble' result in a whole summer of cricket being lost? Have you been following this virus thingy? If Archer had become infected outside the bubble, and then returned to the bubble, then the virus would be loose within the bubble. Once you get a single positive test inside a bubble that you thought was secure, then everyone in the bubble is vulnerable and no-one would want to stay in that bubble any longer. The members would disperse and self-isolate. The whole test season would be abandoned, and the TV money lost. The Covid security of the bubble is sacrosanct. Virus thingy? Why would the whole test season be abandoned? Archer leaves bubble, gets virus, returns to bubble, potentially infects everyone, bubble is dispersed, Archer is isolated, everyone is tested, anyone positive is isolated, then crack on. You might lose a test, certainly not ideal behaviour, punishable for sure - although not too seriously obviously. My issue is with exaggeration. Under no circumstances would the whole summer be wiped out - unless they all got it and pegged out. Total drama queen Giles. And then there's what S&F says which is pretty relevant too. |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jul 21, 2020 11:03:37 GMT
Are we surprised? Makes Ashley Giles' comments hollow and embarrassing.
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Post by flashblade on Jul 21, 2020 11:38:02 GMT
Are we surprised? Makes Ashley Giles' comments hollow and embarrassing. Sorry, but that's absurd. The negative test doesn't mean that he hadn't put himself at risk. |
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Post by joe on Jul 21, 2020 14:01:05 GMT
A negative test doesn’t absolve him of wrong doing, it just means that there was limited consequence for his actions. It could easily have gone the other way.
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Post by liquidskin on Jul 21, 2020 19:52:17 GMT
Giles' comments were just excruciatingly dramatic. One test tops would have been lost.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jul 22, 2020 12:53:52 GMT
Young Jof is feeling the mental pressure after his foolish jaunt to Hove last week. And that pressure is coming, not surprisingly, from social
media. Yet, here is the problem. Where is that fine line between accusing people of being racist for their criticism and the public simply being
upset by the foolhardiness of what Archer did?
Here is a typical example from Twitter.
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Post by joe on Jul 22, 2020 14:18:24 GMT
I’m afraid being a professional sportsman with a £m pay packet sets you up for all the haters. It’s not right but unfortunately that’s what happens.. When you’re doing well it must be a real ego trip but when you do something wrong you feel the wrath. If you’re sensitive to it the best thing to do is not engage with it.
Jofra was catapulted into stardom and hasn’t really had time to adjust to all the attention, good or bad. He needs good people around him at the moment to guide him through otherwise he will come out of this sounding like a petulant child.
I hope he plays on Friday.
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