iFollow......or not

Everything on the GTFC website still points towards iFollow.

When does it cease to be, now that we are out of the EFL?

No idea but I cancelled my subscription 3 weeks ago.

The Southend website also still points to iFollow, just saying.

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It's already been confirmed that audio commentary is gonna be free on BBC, so if you're on about the £5 per month one then you may as well cancel now. I can't imagine overseas people will be getting streams through iFollow either, but I could be wrong I guess.

Personally not convinced we'll stay with 100% capacity at stadiums for the full season, wouldn't surprise me if at some point a return to restrictions are brought in.  Make no mistake we're at the start of a third wave.  

With that in mind I wonder if there are provisions under way to stream games at this level.  Fully appreciate it's a very difficult task with some of the infrastructure at some grounds.

Quoted from diehardmariner

Personally not convinced we'll stay with 100% capacity at stadiums for the full season, wouldn't surprise me if at some point a return to restrictions are brought in.  Make no mistake we're at the start of a third wave.  

With that in mind I wonder if there are provisions under way to stream games at this level.  Fully appreciate it's a very difficult task with some of the infrastructure at some grounds.

I doubt there will be any restrictions reintroduced this winter. This (so called) government introduced restrictions because of hospitalisations & the stop the NHS collapsing and not because of infection numbers.

Vaccination has broken the link between infection and hospitalisation. The government won’t be bothered with infection rate as long as hospitals aren’t at threat of being overrun.

Quoted from Son of Cod

It's already been confirmed that audio commentary is gonna be free on BBC, so if you're on about the £5 per month one then you may as well cancel now. I can't imagine overseas people will be getting streams through iFollow either, but I could be wrong I guess.

I’m abroad and I follow have told me that they’re will be no coverage. 45 quid has come out of my account which I presume is just for highlights and interviews but I’m not
100 percent sure .

Quoted from GollyGTFC

I doubt there will be any restrictions reintroduced this winter. This (so called) government introduced restrictions because of hospitalisations & the stop the NHS collapsing and not because of infection numbers.

Vaccination has broken the link between infection and hospitalisation. The government won’t be bothered with infection rate as long as hospitals aren’t at threat of being overrun.

Vaccination has not broken the link though it has weakened it. Hospitalisation cases are rising but at a lower rate. If this continues then the pressure on the NHS will become significant. This will be especially if we see an increase in flu hospitalisations which could occur due to more social contact.

Until the vast majority of the population is double vaccinated then the risk of a significant increase in hospitalisation cases is still present. If that was to occur then restrictions could be reintroduced although this is probably remote. To ensure that this is prevented then you need to achieve a vaccination rate of 90 - 95% given the delta variant and its transmission rate.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

I doubt there will be any restrictions reintroduced this winter. This (so called) government introduced restrictions because of hospitalisations & the stop the NHS collapsing and not because of infection numbers.

Vaccination has broken the link between infection and hospitalisation. The government won’t be bothered with infection rate as long as hospitals aren’t at threat of being overrun.

I am not sure of the point you are making. Of course restrictions were introduced because of hospitalisations and to stop the NHS from being overwhelmed. What other matrix would be used?  

The government have indeed broken the link between infections and hospitalisations, which means that irrespective of infection numbers we can get back to normality, albeit gradually.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

I am not sure of the point you are making. Of course restrictions were introduced because of hospitalisations and to stop the NHS from being overwhelmed. What other matrix would be used?  

The government have indeed broken the link between infections and hospitalisations, which means that irrespective of infection numbers we can get back to normality, albeit gradually.

As I work in the acute healthcare provider sector I would like to state that the link has not been broken as the numbers being admitted tell a  different story. Current levels of admission are now at their highest for a number of months and the number of daily admissions continue to increase. The "pressure" is rising and the number of admissions on a daily basis is also rising so can we say the link is broken and restrictions will not come back? Simply answer is not yet.

Quoted from livosnose

I’m abroad and I follow have told me that they’re will be no coverage. 45 quid has come out of my account which I presume is just for highlights and interviews but I’m not
100 percent sure .

There will be nothing new from Grimsby Town on iFollow. Everything that was on iFollow is now free on clubs YouTube channel, and audio commentaries will be free off BBC website.(BBC SOUNDS)

Quoted from Son of Cod

It's already been confirmed that audio commentary is gonna be free on BBC, so if you're on about the £5 per month one then you may as well cancel now. I can't imagine overseas people will be getting streams through iFollow either, but I could be wrong I guess.

I got an email from ifollow saying the subs would go down to 45 quid for the year but they did not stipulate what I get for that.  I think it's jut the audio.  

Quoted from livosnose

I’m abroad and I follow have told me that they’re will be no coverage. 45 quid has come out of my account which I presume is just for highlights and interviews but I’m not
100 percent sure .

Same here. I cancelled mine, no point, Humberside fior commentary and YouTube for highlights later. One season only

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

I am not sure of the point you are making. Of course restrictions were introduced because of hospitalisations and to stop the NHS from being overwhelmed. What other matrix would be used?

The government have indeed broken the link between infections and hospitalisations, which means that irrespective of infection numbers we can get back to normality, albeit gradually.

I don’t know, how about they used a matrix that avoided 150,000 people dying? But they chose to ignore deaths and target the bare minimum to avoid the NHS collapsing.

Quoted from Mrbump53

Vaccination has not broken the link though it has weakened it. Hospitalisation cases are rising but at a lower rate. If this continues then the pressure on the NHS will become significant. This will be especially if we see an increase in flu hospitalisations which could occur due to more social contact.

Until the vast majority of the population is double vaccinated then the risk of a significant increase in hospitalisation cases is still present. If that was to occur then restrictions could be reintroduced although this is probably remote. To ensure that this is prevented then you need to achieve a vaccination rate of 90 - 95% given the delta variant and its transmission rate.

I should have said broken the link between infections and uncontrollable/unmanageable hospitalisations.

The coming days and weeks will determine if any link has been broken or even weakened.

I remain to be convinced.  

Quoted from diehardmariner

The coming days and weeks will determine if any link has been broken or even weakened.

I remain to be convinced.  

95% of 50 and overs are fully vaccinated. That is absolute key.

My previous prediction are based on the useless government we have and not what a competent government would do.

The NHS is already feeling the pinch again, Golly.  That's the actual key to it all.  

Quoted from diehardmariner

The coming days and weeks will determine if any link has been broken or even weakened.

I remain to be convinced.  

Of course the link between infections and deaths has been weakened, the data already makes that blindingly obvious. It can't be broken though because not everyone is vaccinated,and even if they were the vaccine won't be 100% effective at preventing deaths.

Even with high numbers vaccinated there will still be rising hospitalisations. Despite massively reducing the risks, older people are still vulnerable- in fact in the recent figures more vaccinated people have died than unvaccinated. That’s not to say the vaccines don’t work, they do, it’s just that the risk of death doubles for every 7 years of age.

Quoted from toontown

Of course the link between infections and deaths has been weakened, the data already makes that blindingly obvious. It can't be broken though because not everyone is vaccinated,and even if they were the vaccine won't be 100% effective at preventing deaths.

The response to Golly was about the link between infections and hospital admissions, not deaths.

Im struggling to work out how all this talk about Covid (AGAIN!) has anything to do with iFollow.

Maybe if you all wanted to bicker between yourselves then you should have started up your own thread in the non-football section.

I think we will keep ifollow as for some unknown reason there is a glitch that has allowed us to stream every game free (other than the annual sub) home and away for about 3 years, so will keep in case we get a quick promotion, ready for next season as stopping for a year then renewing might take that glitch away.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

I doubt there will be any restrictions reintroduced this winter. This (so called) government introduced restrictions because of hospitalisations & the stop the NHS collapsing and not because of infection numbers.

Vaccination has broken the link between infection and hospitalisation. The government won’t be bothered with infection rate as long as hospitals aren’t at threat of being overrun.

They've said the ongoing relaxation of restrictions are irreversible so that will surely mean no u-turns won't it?