Is Radrizanni's "brand" of football good enough for Leeds United?

[eric olthwaite]

Brought a tear to the eye, that.

I know.

The fact that he’s involved with the Blunts and they still gave him the time of day. Extraordinary.

[Tycipa]

Brought a tear to the eye, that.

I know.

The fact that he’s involved with the Blunts and they still gave him the time of day. Extraordinary.

It’s like being from Derbyshire and being die hard Leeds, imagine!

[dirty leeds]

Brought a tear to the eye, that.

I know.

The fact that he’s involved with the Blunts and they still gave him the time of day. Extraordinary.

[Mr Reality]

Phil hay reporting a wage deferral on the way.

[Eddies Boots]

Phil hay reporting a wage deferral on the way.

Understandable, I guess.
And I am sure its not easy to get loans at the moment.
But I would hope he tried to everything to keep the team focused if they still think promotion is achievable this year.

[Quiffy]

similar to the encouraging, but misleading, story about iceland yesterday, here's one from the FT reckoning maybe half the UK has already been infected.
https://www.ft.com/content/5ff6469a-6dd8-11ea-89df-41bea055720b

[Blackwhite]

similar to the encouraging, but misleading, story about iceland yesterday, here's one from the FT reckoning maybe half the UK has already been infected.
https://www.ft.com/content/5ff6469a-6dd8-11ea-89df-41bea055720b

Quotez-vous, s'il vous plait?

[Ontolly]

similar to the encouraging, but misleading, story about iceland yesterday, here's one from the FT reckoning maybe half the UK has already been infected.
https://www.ft.com/content/5ff6469a-6dd8-11ea-89df-41bea055720b

Quotez-vous, s'il vous plait?

This.

[Devi]

similar to the encouraging, but misleading, story about iceland yesterday, here's one from the FT reckoning maybe half the UK has already been infected.
https://www.ft.com/content/5ff6469a-6dd8-11ea-89df-41bea055720b

Quotez-vous, s'il vous plait?

Comme ci?

The new coronavirus may already have infected far more people in the UK than scientists had previously estimated — perhaps as much as half the population — according to modelling by researchers at the University of Oxford.

If the results are confirmed, they imply that fewer than one in a thousand of those infected with Covid-19 become ill enough to need hospital treatment, said Sunetra Gupta, professor of theoretical epidemiology, who led the study. The vast majority develop very mild symptoms or none at all.

“We need immediately to begin large-scale serological surveys — antibody testing — to assess what stage of the epidemic we are in now,” she said.

The modelling by Oxford’s Evolutionary Ecology of Infectious Disease group indicates that Covid-19 reached the UK by mid-January at the latest. Like many emerging infections, it spread invisibly for more than a month before the first transmissions within the UK were officially recorded at the end of February.

The research presents a very different view of the epidemic to the modelling at Imperial College London, which has strongly influenced government policy. “I am surprised that there has been such unqualified acceptance of the Imperial model,” said Prof Gupta. 

However, she was reluctant to criticise the government for shutting down the country to suppress viral spread, because the accuracy of the Oxford model has not yet been confirmed and, even if it is correct, social distancing will reduce the number of people becoming seriously ill and relieve severe pressure on the NHS during the peak of the epidemic.

The Oxford study is based on a what is known as a “susceptibility-infected-recovered model” of Covid-19, built up from case and death reports from the UK and Italy. The researchers made what they regard as the most plausible assumptions about the behaviour of the virus.

The modelling brings back into focus “herd immunity”, the idea that the virus will stop spreading when enough people have become resistant to it because they have already been infected. The government abandoned its unofficial herd immunity strategy — allowing controlled spread of infection — after its scientific advisers said this would swamp the National Health Service with critically ill patients. 

But the Oxford results would mean the country had already acquired substantial herd immunity through the unrecognised spread of Covid-19 over more than two months. If the findings are confirmed by testing, then the current restrictions could be removed much sooner than ministers have indicated.

Although some experts have shed doubt on the strength and length of the human immune response to the virus, Prof Gupta said the emerging evidence made her confident that humanity would build up herd immunity against Covid-19.

To provide the necessary evidence, the Oxford group is working with colleagues at the Universities of Cambridge and Kent to start antibody testing on the general population as soon as possible, using specialised “neutralisation assays which provide reliable readout of protective immunity,” Prof Gupta said. They hope to start testing later this week and obtain preliminary results within a few days.

[Blackwhite]

Mange tout, Rodney. Bien.

[Yeboah]

Phil hay reporting a wage deferral on the way.

Any other top 2 division club discussing or actually doing it?

[FER]

Radz talking to Sky Italy about trying to sign The Zlatan over the winter. My, that would have been wonderful!

[rss1969]

Brum have asked all players on 6k or more to defer 50% of their wages

[Mr Reality]

Phil hay reporting a wage deferral on the way.

Any other top 2 division club discussing or actually doing it?

Don't know.

[LSD&2Es]

Phil hay reporting a wage deferral on the way.

Any other top 2 division club discussing or actually doing it?

Don't know.

Derby will just sell their ground to themselves again to cover anything needed.

[jackos]

Club statement.

Leeds United can confirm that the players, coaching staff and senior management team have volunteered to take a wage deferral for the foreseeable future to ensure that all non-football staff at Elland Road and Thorp Arch can be paid and the integrity of the business can be maintained during these uncertain times.

The spread of the COVID-19 virus has seen the UK and many other nations around the world in a state of 'lockdown' and whilst there is a shared commitment to complete the season, there is no concrete plan for a return date with Marcelo Bielsa's side sitting top of the Sky Bet Championship with just nine games left to play. The lack of fixtures, cancellation of events, impact on ancillary revenue and closure of the football financing market will cost the club several million pounds each month.

Following a regular catch up between chief executive Angus Kinnear, director of football Victor Orta and several senior players, the decision was made by the squad to defer part of their own salaries to ensure that the club can continue to pay all 272 members of full-time staff and the majority of casual staff for the coming months.

Collectively the Leeds United first-team squad said: "Leeds United is a family, this is the culture that has been created by everyone at the club, from the players and the board to the staff and the supporters in the stands. We face uncertain times and therefore it is important that we all work together to find a way that the club can push through this period and end the season in the way we all hope we can. In the meantime, let’s work as one to listen to the government advice and the health service and beat this virus."

Director of football, Victor Orta, added: “My players have demonstrated an incredible sense of unity and togetherness and I am proud of their actions. To Marcelo and his staff and all of the players, we thank them for putting our wider team first and taking care of family. Now we must focus on public health, and when the people are safe, finish what we started. Vamos carajo.”

[Professor Weeto]

The right thing to do, and I'm sure most of the more wealthy clubs will be doing similar but good to see us somewhat leading the way on this. Can't help but feel that being managed by Bielsa for two years will have made this an easy decision for the players.

Hopeful (though doubtful) that matchday staff will also continue to be paid.

[Devi]

Some time ago I had a petty tiff with a certain MT over the banner ‘Side before self’.

I maintain that it’s use then was pithy.

Today, however, it is exactly the right phrase.

[Mr Reality]

Positive move by the club.

Well done to all involved.

[Ponte]

Positive move by the club.

Well done to all involved.

Has Yeboah piped up yet that it's proof we are skint and Bielsa is a fraud?