Well, thank you for the exile, and welcome to the diary!
Well, I see my bluff has been called, so here goes., in general terms I would say -
Whilst I don't know anything about Andy Morrison and his maniacal tendencies (though I seem to remember another Andy, Andy Green, who might merit that description!), in general terms I would say
It seems to me that the FAW are wise to call for the full facts before commenting, but in general terms.
1) Rules should be applied evenly to all teams. Whatever one might think of the particular rules put into place, if Connah's Quay or whoever have broken the rules, they should be dealt with appropriately, and I said about Brackley that it was a nonsense that they were able to have their fans singing "at" the Gateshead playoff when other clubs weren't.
2) I'm afraid I can't remember the second point if indeed there was one! (I deleted my text by mistake and had to rewrite it from memory)
3)People who test positive should be able to have a second test within two days or as soon as possible if it is going to affect them seriously, this should be by an independent laboratory, and this is because, as I understand it, there is a significant risk of false positives with these tests, and the same conditions which caused the first false positive may be still present at the same laboratory for a second test.
4) There seem to be rather a lot of symptoms, including, if I remember rightly, actual bedwetting. The headaches and upset stomach may of course be down to pre match nerves, though with some of their team having tested positive, it would seem perhaps rather self serving for their manager to claim that this theory must be right, although I would want to get all the facts about no player showing a temperature or "answering" that they displayed any symptoms. If they "answered", possibly disingenuously or through ignorance, that they displayed no symptoms, and if noone in authority noticed any symptoms, they could, of course, have got away with one, although if the symptoms are not serious enough to notice, then how serious is it?
In general terms, if someone is with this bug but asymptomatic, there is a very small chance of them passing it on, and when they do pass it on, it would almost certainly be to someone who they were in prolonged close contact with , indoors. And very few healthy people below a certain age die from it. So the risk was likely negligible, however they may have technically broken a rule, which is a matter for UEFA and their cup etc. once the full facts have been established.
5) What a cheek a Conservative party politician has coming over all furious about it after infectious people from hospitals were put back into care homes without testing under a Conservative government. Not that I want to get into politics, you understand, but just on this specific point.
Well, it was certainly an interesting story, which gave me plenty to think about, and may I respond with a question of my own - with the sad demise of Bury, Droylsden, Belle Vue and (arguably!) Macc in the last year, how many senior sports clubs do you expect to go under in the next year, and particularly in the North West, and considering that Droylsden, Belle Vue and Nantwich (had to releaseall their players) have been directly affected by the current situation (which may of course get worse, judging by the poll on the new season)?