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The cancelled game thread (due to Covid)
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Tomorrow's surviving fixtures in the top four tiers:
Aston Villa v Burnley
Leeds v Arsenal
Middlesbrough v Bournemouth
Blackburn v Birmingham
Blackpool v Peterborough
Bristol City v Huddersfield
Nottm Forest v Hull
Cambridge v Rotherham
Ipswich v Sunderland
Morecambe v Fleetwood
Oxford v Wigan
Plymouth v Charlton
Shrewsbury v Cheltenham
Rochdale v Newport
Salford v Stevenage
Sutton v Harrogate
Tranmere v Leyton Orient2 -
Leeds 1 Arsenal 2
Blackburn 2 Birmingham 2
Bristol C 1 Huddersfield 20 -
Are the pools panel sitting then....?Callumcafc said:Tomorrow's surviving fixtures in the top four tiers:
Aston Villa v Burnley
Leeds v Arsenal
Middlesbrough v Bournemouth
Blackburn v Birmingham
Blackpool v Peterborough
Bristol City v Huddersfield
Nottm Forest v Hull
Cambridge v Rotherham
Ipswich v Sunderland
Morecambe v Fleetwood
Oxford v Wigan
Plymouth v Charlton
Shrewsbury v Cheltenham
Rochdale v Newport
Salford v Stevenage
Sutton v Harrogate
Tranmere v Leyton Orient0 -
I bet we still won’t get more than 20 seconds on Quest3
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Vaccination rates in different leagues:
Premier League 68% (Oct figures)EFL 59%Bundasliga 94%France 95%La Liga 92.8%Serie A 98%US Sports:MLS 95%NBA 90%NFL 93%0 -
Any logical reason as to why vaccinated players here would be so low compared to other leagues?
"According to the EFL, 25% of players currently do not intend to get a vaccine"0 -
Perhaps the best way to encourage players to get vaccinated would be for clubs to announce that any unvaccinated players who catch covid and miss games will then not be paid for the time they spend isolating. Might not bother some of the PL superstars who are already multi-millionaires but should at least encourage some of those further down the leagues.
Not sure on the legalities of it though, but i know Bayern announced it for their squad.3 -
Cant be done mate. I looked at that option for my company as a way of encouraging staff to get vaccinated but when I asked the question my HR Department went onto meltdown !Chris_from_Sidcup said:Perhaps the best way to encourage players to get vaccinated would be for clubs to announce that any unvaccinated players who catch covid and miss games will then not be paid for the time they spend isolating. Might not bother some of the PL superstars who are already multi-millionaires but should at least encourage some of those further down the leagues.
Not sure on the legalities of it though, but i know Bayern announced it for their squad.0 -
Any idea of any positive cases with the Charlton squad0
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yeah they made an example out of their unvaccinated players with no pay while quarantined etcChris_from_Sidcup said:Perhaps the best way to encourage players to get vaccinated would be for clubs to announce that any unvaccinated players who catch covid and miss games will then not be paid for the time they spend isolating. Might not bother some of the PL superstars who are already multi-millionaires but should at least encourage some of those further down the leagues.
Not sure on the legalities of it though, but i know Bayern announced it for their squad.
This site has a good timeline of the events at Bayern and which players have had their vaccine since they stopped being paid.
seems Kimmich is having more lung problems now unfortunately
https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/2021/11/23/22798275/bayern-munich-vs-unvaccinated-players-all-updates-timeline-joshua-kimmich-serge-gnabry-controversy
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Villa Burnley off, 2 hours before kickoff and an hour after I bring in 2 Villa players into my Fantasy team
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How have they got to the point where it’s 2 hours before the game before they cancel. Are the player/staff only doing LFT that close to the game, or did someone start feeling really ill all of a sudden?killerandflash said:Villa Burnley off, 2 hours before kickoff and an hour after I bring in 2 Villa players into my Fantasy team0 -
Ridiculous unless somehow 10 players or whatever all suddenly went down this morning with it.FishCostaFortune said:
How have they got to the point where it’s 2 hours before the game before they cancel. Are the player/staff only doing LFT that close to the game, or did someone start feeling really ill all of a sudden?killerandflash said:Villa Burnley off, 2 hours before kickoff and an hour after I bring in 2 Villa players into my Fantasy team0 -
Ha ha same. Absolute chaos this week.killerandflash said:Villa Burnley off, 2 hours before kickoff and an hour after I bring in 2 Villa players into my Fantasy team0 -
UEFA: “Spurs, you are very naughty. As a punishment, you will be banned from competing in the highly prestigious and really important competition, The Europa League. What do you think about that?”JohnBoyUK said:
Really not a surprise. They didnt want to play in what was their winter break. Fully expect us to be kicked out now. With the greatest respect, thank fuck for that! Would much rather us concentrate on the league and FA Cup.clive said:Tottenham's postponed Europa Conference League game with Rennes will not be rescheduled, says Uefa.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59620193
Spurs:
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It's easy to say as we lost today, and I wasn't going to Plymouth but will be going to Wimbledon, but it shouldn't have been played
You've got Omicron running rampant through the football world, with some teams having enough cases to have a game called off, and others not enough but still badly affected. A firebreak weekend was surely a sensible thing to have, with so many games called off already
In addition, you've got hundreds of fans coming down from London, the peak area for the virus, to the West country, which isn't great either.3 -
I think for me.killerandflash said:It's easy to say as we lost today, and I wasn't going to Plymouth but will be going to Wimbledon, but it shouldn't have been played
You've got Omicron running rampant through the football world, with some teams having enough cases to have a game called off, and others not enough but still badly affected. A firebreak weekend was surely a sensible thing to have, with so many games called off already
In addition, you've got hundreds of fans coming down from London, the peak area for the virus, to the West country, which isn't great either.
25 of the 46 games were cancelled, so why not call all the games off.
We will see over the next week how many of the teams who played today have cases.
This will probably mean a lot of games off boxing day.0 -
What’s the point in taking a fire break weekend though. It’s not like players and staff are not going to be catching over the next few weeks. Might as well agree to take a prolonged winter break, or if teams can get games going then try that instead.1
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A reasonable person might expect the Premier League to now forgo their 2 week winter break, scheduled for mid-end January, and play the outstanding matches then.
But then The Premier league aren't reasonable.2 -
Can’t see many Boxing Day games being on.0
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Thought this was an interesting policy9
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That's Lyle Taylor s dream move ruined then.Callumcafc said:Thought this was an interesting policy7 -
Saw a stat that every other top league on Europe has over 90% of players vaccinated, while the Premier League only has 68%.
Only the Premier League having so many matches called off.1 -
razil said:I bet we still won’t get more than 20 seconds on Quest
A blessing in disguise then after yesterdays game isn't it..20 seconds may be pushing it..
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I admire the approach but surely it depends on the player.Callumcafc said:Thought this was an interesting policy
"Hi Jurgen, Kylian Mbappe here. I'd like to sign for you instead of Madrid on a free in the summer but i'm not vaccinated."
Ermm ok i think we'll make an exception here.1
