The Footie Thread

[Bunkermagnet]

Can someone explain to me how the City WSL match against West Ham can be postponed because of 4 postive tests by City, the same 4 players who flew to and from Dubai recently??

 

[fundy]

Can someone explain to me how the City WSL match against West Ham can be postponed because of 4 postive tests by City, the same 4 players who flew to and from Dubai recently??

Arsenals WSL similarly affected and likely to be cancelled too it seems. Bristol City had to fulfill a fixture with 5 fit first teamers. Spot the difference lol

 

[Orikoru]

Arsenal have borrowed £120m under the Covid Corporate Financing Scheme, surely that cant be what the scheme is meant for, businesses owned by multi billionaires who are then going to use the loan to buy and pay footballers (and their agents) obscene amounts of money

They need that just to pay Ozil. I'm sure they claimed he's been isolating for six months.

 

[Junior]

He was a good egg at every other club before and after. He scored everywhere else as well. His weakness, Utd's weakness for trying to change him, is that he is not particularly versatile. You need to play a certain way with him. Do that and he scores. Utd bought him and then expected him to change and do as well, he didn't. You then had Jose putting the boot in and his head dropped.

He was amazing for us at the start. Then Jose played him upfront with no one within 50 yards of him. May as well have signed Andy Carroll for the job Jose asked him to do in the 2nd half of his time with us.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

I see Villa (and Middlesborough) have closed training grounds after covid outbreaks, as did Derby yesterday

Just seen that and we play them tomorrow, it cant be rearranged.

Derby have been told to play a team from there U23/18’s sides, Villa must have to do the same.

 

[fundy]

Just seen that and we play them tomorrow, it cant be rearranged.

Derby have been told to play a team from there U23/18’s sides, Villa must have to do the same.

Thought the FA said they would assess each case on a game by game basis so could yet be cancelled as long as can be played before the 4th round is due.

Be interesting to see who Klopp rests especially with this news if it does go ahead

Edit: 5/2 out to 8/1 Villa says its probably being played

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Thought the FA said they would assess each case on a game by game basis so could yet be cancelled as long as can be played before the 4th round is due.

Be interesting to see who Klopp rests especially with this news if it does go ahead

Edit: 5/2 out to 8/1 Villa says its probably being played

Cant expect Derby to play U23/18’s and rearrange a game for another team. Either play the game or forfeit the game.

We had to play u23/18’s last year in the 1/4 finals of the league cup when we were in Qatar, so my view is based on previous.

Klopp doesn’t take the Cups too seriously, look who we play between rounds 4&5 and that’ll tell you what type of team we’ll be putting out tomorrow.

 

[SteveW86]

Women’s games to be decided by coin toss

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Southampton game has been called off because Shrewsbury players being tested positive

Derby having to play U23 players

Villa potentially having big issues

Why is elite sport still going on ? Why not a breaker

 

[SteveW86]

Southampton game has been called off because Shrewsbury players being tested positive

Derby having to play U23 players

Villa potentially having big issues

Why is elite sport still going on ? Why not a breaker

it really should be put on hold. I imagine it is kept going to give people something to watch, but if all we are seeing is these secure bubbles becoming infected it’s just making morale worse

 

[hairball_89]

Women’s games to be decided by coin toss

As a Brighton WSL season ticket holder the last year or so (the mrs is a Seagull!) I can safely say their chances of winning have gone through the roof with this news!

Why is elite sport still going on ? Why not a breaker

Who knows? NULL AND VOID EVERYTHING!

 

[Slime]

Envy of what? What have you done in the last 8 years I'd envy? I'm a lower league fan that is a neutral when it comes to top level football. I like you back your team and think you're a top guy but I just dislike this United side.

In the last 8 years ............................... nowt, but peoples' envy goes back to the beginning of the PL era and even before that.
Maybe I've got you wrong, if so I apologise, but it just seems to me that you are regularly highly critical of a team that's level on points with the league leaders who have played an extra game.

 

[DanFST]

it really should be put on hold. I imagine it is kept going to give people something to watch, but if all we are seeing is these secure bubbles becoming infected it’s just making morale worse

"Secure bubbles" Tested once a week (now 2x), players blatantly ignoring the rules we all have to follow. Two WSL matches postponed, all because players flew to Dubai over Xmas. London was in tier 4 already, so Arsenal players broke the law.

All the spurs players and Lanzini from my lot that were so stupid to take a photo of them breaking the rules, all played the next week with no ramifications.

I'm not breaking the rules. As someone without a family, I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I infected someone's. But apparently that's rare.

Clubs have made no effort to discipline players, and the only punishment is a minuscule fine of £200.

 

[clubchamp98]

"Secure bubbles" Tested once a week (now 2x), players blatantly ignoring the rules we all have to follow. Two WSL matches postponed, all because players flew to Dubai over Xmas. London was in tier 4 already, so Arsenal players broke the law.

All the spurs players and Lanzini from my lot that were so stupid to take a photo of them breaking the rules, all played the next week with no ramifications.

I'm not breaking the rules. As someone without a family, I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I infected someone's. But apparently that's rare.

Clubs have made no effort to discipline players, and the only punishment is a minuscule fine of £200.

It said on the news the club gave them permission to go to Dubai .
That seems very strange as they havnt got the power to override the law.
Really is a mess and clubs and players are looking very arrogant.

If you can’t leave a tier 4 area how come you can just get on a plane and leave.
More to the point just come back into the country.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

It said on the news the club gave them permission to go to Dubai .
That seems very strange as they havnt got the power to override the law.
Really is a mess and clubs and players are looking very arrogant.

If you can’t leave a tier 4 area how come you can just get on a plane and leave.
More to the point just come back into the country.

Elite sports persons can travel , prob set up for actual traveling to games but wouldn't surprise me if it was a loop hole

 

[Tashyboy]

Women’s games to be decided by coin toss

it will still go to Stockley park for a decision.

 

[Bdill93]

Southampton game has been called off because Shrewsbury players being tested positive

Derby having to play U23 players

Villa potentially having big issues

Why is elite sport still going on ? Why not a breaker

Well, the Villa game has just been confirmed as going ahead! Looks like the reverse of last year when liverpool had to play kids against us in the cup as the main squad was at the Club World Cup!

I know its a loss already, but looking forward to seeing our Kids play!

 

[GB72]

And after all of this we have at least one manager plus some of the blithering idiots on TalkSport pushing for the Premiership and EFL to have all of their players and staff vaccinated (but they will give the money they spend on testing to the NHS, honest). That really is callous and somewhat farcical to think that footballers should jump ahead of those at risk or in front line positions. Hell, the lovely people on Talksport this morning were even putting forward the case that Footballers were key workers.

If this gathers any momentum it is time to call their bluff and state that they are clearly stating that they cannot safely proceed without vaccination and so the sport should be shut down until the summer.

 

[Tashyboy]

This re players having the vaccine etc.

The virus ain’t choosy who it infects, and you don’t have to be naughty to get it. 99% of players am sure behave. The ones that don’t behave give a bad name to the profession. Games that get cancelled, fans are up in arms and want points deducted and public floggings. Whatever is decided someone is gonna be upset.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

And after all of this we have at least one manager plus some of the blithering idiots on TalkSport pushing for the Premiership and EFL to have all of their players and staff vaccinated (but they will give the money they spend on testing to the NHS, honest). That really is callous and somewhat farcical to think that footballers should jump ahead of those at risk or in front line positions. Hell, the lovely people on Talksport this morning were even putting forward the case that Footballers were key workers.

If this gathers any momentum it is time to call their bluff and state that they are clearly stating that they cannot safely proceed without vaccination and so the sport should be shut down until the summer.

I listened to a lot of it yesterday and it started about the Olympics

The suggestion was that once all the vunerable and at risk people were given the vaccine then if sporting events required a medical passport and the vaccine was required then someone said that Olympic Athletes could be given the vaccine to allow them to compete as for many of them it was their job etc

Then someone mentioned footballers getting it now etc and it went from there

Then I see Dyche has said that they could get the vaccine to release funds from all the testing. Sound in theory - awful in practise - no one should get it before anyone who is vunerable or at risk