Mark Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 4 hours ago, spiegal said: My information from a usually reliable source is that POLAND is currently experiencing a worrying surge of COVID-19 and that the UK officials may well commence restrictions and travel advise from the end of this week.... If your source is right I'm amazed the UK are considering restrictions to/from Poland when the Poles have a much lower problem than ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Mark said: With more testing comes larger sums of confirmed cases. Reading the internet it seems the Poles are not panicing yet. No lockdown even locally in the affected mining areas. We have lock down in the UK such as Aberdeen, Leicester and Preston so we are worse off than them. But I think that is a problem with the UK government that they don’t seem to be consistent at home and abroad with who goes on the list Edited August 11, 2020 by iris123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 1 hour ago, iris123 said: But I think that is a problem with the UK government that they don’t seem to be consistent at home and abroad with who goes on the list They're just making it up as they go along... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 7 minutes ago, Humphrey Appleby said: They're just making it up as they go along... We've not had Covid before. Every government is making it up as they go along. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mark said: We've not had Covid before. Every government is making it up as they go along. There have been pandemics before, and there has been planning for them - for many years in fact. But for some reason this time, governments are taking panicky knee-jerk reactions to every development, even though these are in many cases entirely predictable. And the UK government has been amongst the worst for its inconsistency. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Humphrey Appleby said: There have been pandemics before, and there has been planning for them - for many years in fact. But for some reason this time, governments are taking panicky knee-jerk reactions to every development, even though these are in many cases entirely predictable. And the UK government has been amongst the worst for its inconsistency. you are a wiser owl than the majority then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 15 hours ago, Humphrey Appleby said: There have been pandemics before, and there has been planning for them - for many years in fact. But for some reason this time, governments are taking panicky knee-jerk reactions to every development, even though these are in many cases entirely predictable. And the UK government has been amongst the worst for its inconsistency. Only took about 6 months for the majority of the Finnish population to forget last winter/spring and we are now back to restrictions regarding travel. Harder in fact than 6 months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Central Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) 23 hours ago, Mark said: you are a wiser owl than the majority then. That would be a first for HA. Edited August 12, 2020 by Grand Central Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 14 minutes ago, Grand Central said: That would be a first for HA. I'm always polite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 On 8/12/2020 at 12:44 AM, Mark said: you are a wiser owl than the majority then. Not sure why you and Grand Central put so much faith in politicians. Most are far stupider than you give them credit for, and generally make decisions on what will make them more popular / less unpopular tomorrow than what's better in the long run. The simple fact is that a 'Spanish Flu' type scenario has long been postulated, and the spread and mitigation of other infectious diseases long been studied, including quite recently. That Grand Central and yourself are apparently ignorant of this, and prefer to believe government propaganda that it's the first time anyone has ever had to deal with such things, sums up the sheep-like mentality of much of the population that's been scared into submitting to the edicts of their supposed lords and masters. There are far more sensible measures that could be taken that would allow a modicum of normality for the least likely to die age groups, whilst limiting economic destruction and the loss of important social and sporting institutions. Whilst sport obviously has to come a long way down the list of priorities, there seems to be little real scientific analysis applied to countries declared to be COVID-19 hotspots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 ... Back to the rest of the GP Series... Surely if Emil doesn't win it this year he must be in danger of challenging Leigh Adams of becoming the best rider to never win an Individual World Championship? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 1 hour ago, iainb said: ... Back to the rest of the GP Series... Surely if Emil doesn't win it this year he must be in danger of challenging Leigh Adams of becoming the best rider to never win an Individual World Championship? Tommy Knudsen? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 1 minute ago, PHILIPRISING said: Tommy Knudsen? He's definitely up there isn't he. Tommy spent most of his career riding in semi-professional leagues though, both Leigh and Emil in professional leagues. For me it's: 1. Leigh Adams 2. Emil Sayfutdinov 3. Tommy Knudsen Although Emil is in danger of becoming No 1 very soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 2 hours ago, iainb said: He's definitely up there isn't he. Tommy spent most of his career riding in semi-professional leagues though, both Leigh and Emil in professional leagues. For me it's: 1. Leigh Adams 2. Emil Sayfutdinov 3. Tommy Knudsen Although Emil is in danger of becoming No 1 very soon GIVEN his number of SGP wins I think Emil already is ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 (edited) 59 minutes ago, PHILIPRISING said: GIVEN his number of SGP wins I think Emil already is ... ... and his SoN wins. The thing is I suppose I saw a lot more of Leigh in this country than I have of Emil, and with the SGP series it's not just about the wins it's more about the consistency, not helped by the fact that Emil hid away from the GP's for a few years, for whatever reasons. Certainly during one of those season's he wasn't in the GP's he appeared to be better than Woffy who won the title. One thing's for sure the longer he goes without winning it the more he'll become the definitive number 1 in this league table Edited August 13, 2020 by iainb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 15 hours ago, iainb said: ... Back to the rest of the GP Series... Surely if Emil doesn't win it this year he must be in danger of challenging Leigh Adams of becoming the best rider to never win an Individual World Championship? Tom Farndon! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 As I've little else to do with my time at the moment I did some analysis between Leigh vs Emil and although it's difficult to compare the 2 because of Emil's sabbatical here are the stats: Best Finish: Leigh Emil 15 10 11 7 3 6 15 5 6 4 5 4 6 4 1 SEC 3 1 SEC 5 7 SEC 2 6 6 8 11 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 GP Finals: Leigh Emil Finals 26 23 1st 8 7 2nd 3 4 3rd 5 7 4th 10 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 I think Leigh just edges it still for me... but that could change at the end of the season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 14 minutes ago, iainb said: GP Finals: Leigh Emil Finals 26 23 1st 8 7 2nd 3 4 3rd 5 7 4th 10 5 To come last in 10 from 26 finals would show a weakness when under max pressure or against the best. Sport is also played in the mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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