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Training by April would be great but still doubtful. In an ideal world you’d like to get back training in small groups for April and May and then really pick up the tempo for June with 4 weeks of friendlies in July leading in to a competitive start for August. If this was this case you’d just need to hope clubs approach the lift of restrictions with maturity and not just flout them left, right and centre like overloading changing rooms, 10 aside at training etc. Also, teams will be approaching the restart with a dead start. No funds, pitches like a tattie field and changing rooms in a mess. A couple of months to address these situations along with a couple of fundraisers will go a long way. May be a cliche lads, but failure to prepare and all that?? If we get the green light, let’s do it right!! Mon the fitbaw!!!

How many teams have been setting running or individual training for their boys over lockdown. I’ve seen maybe one team. A lot of boys have taken to working Saturdays etc without the football, that’ll need to be rearranged with notice. So will childcare for a lot of guys. The idea that we can just click our fingers and be back playing this weekend or next is daft. Boys will need a good pre season as well, give or take the few weeks we had post summer, we’ve been out of organised sport for a year.

We all want the football back ASAP. But there will be no training before April we will need 4/5 weeks to prepare ie training and friendlies. We’ve no chance. Prepare for august and hopefully we can play friendlies June and July.

Kind of sums up the SFA and the SAFA though eh? It’s the most sensible and practical decision to make which would help improve our game but the powers at be can’t see passed their stubborn old ways. Ridiculous really. Best months of the year and we take them off for a rest and try to battle through heavy parks, howling winds and congested astro pitches. And especially now, the possibility of passing on symptoms easier than it would be in warm weather. I would settle for an August restart right now if it was doable