fundy
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One rule for Leyton Orient, a different one for Liverpool it seems.......
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Sounds like Twitter - multiple clubs have asked for postponements due to Covid - we have had to close our training ground , more cases including staff , we ask for a postponement and it’s as if we are the first club to do it. If we have a team available then we would play it - just like when we were having to play the quarter final the day after the World Club Cup two years ago
There is space and time for the game to be played later in the month when hopefully more players are available - when it happens with Orient I believe there was no time to rearrange due to the next round
DanFST
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As long as Klopp doesn't dare bring up fixture congestion again late January.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Pin-seeker
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Pin-seeker
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Bet you set them straight tho didn’t you Phil ??
pokerjoke
Money List Winner
It sounds like he’s on the board and he’s the spokesman
Surely the rules of any competition have to be applied equally across the board - or not. With all the PL fixtures already postponed you could argue there is as little room to rearrange as there was at the very beginning when Orient weren't allowed more timeno Leyton Orient were the first to do it
I heard this discussed on the radio earlier. For orient the next round was the following week, apparently, and so there was no time to fit it in. They could have delayed their next game of course but the competition didn't want that to happen, didn't want the comp to be out of sync.
For the liverpool game there is space, it is being played the week following the new 1st leg and it is before the final.
Whether you buy into this or not is another matter but that is the explanation I heard.
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Different season tho isn't it? So long as applied uniform for that entry there isn't an issue
Captainron
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Great start by Spurs. “Scored” both goals 
SteveW86
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Davies unlucky there, clearly hits him on the arm
Jensen
Tour Rookie
Great start by Spurs. “Scored” both goals
Just goes to show…..we can score
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
Why does the League Cup have 2 legged semi finals again? Weird
completely different circumstances
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Did they mention if they’ve asked for the Cup match against Shrewsbury on sunday to be postponed as well?
No, it wasn't mentioned. They did say that the FA Cup wasn't restricted to just nominated squad players though so if Liverpool have enough U23, U19 or whatever then the game goes ahead. Apparently this happened to villa last year and they had to play an fa Cup game with similar. That was the game mentioned as an example.
SaintHacker
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To try and make it interesting. The only time anyone actually gives a hoot about it is if their team get to a semi final!
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
Soooooo as a Saints fan, you’ve not been very interested in this for a loooooong time
Foxholer
Blackballed
Well, the intention was to prevent clubs over-committing, then/thus going bust!
Not absolutely convinced that it does that, but there have been fewer clubs getting into financial trouble (Barcelona being an obvious exception, but they are a unique club anyway). I think that 'wriggle room' in the chart could well be a result of the policy though, as, from memory, several of those listed were much more severely limited in its early days.
To me, FFP makes it more difficult for clubs to 'move up a level'. So for PL and barring some canny management, the same half dozen or so will be at the top. Similar is likely to happen at the bottom too, with perhaps 1 or 2 'surprises'. That leaves the mid table pretty much 'as usual too'!
