Scottyboi
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They are cramming games into 48 hour windows and then complaining about lack of notice for the postponement what do you expect.
Everton (A) | Game Postponed
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PannickAtTheDisco
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Just to add, it's not unreasonable for City to have contacted Everton and made them aware. I would have thought they would have done, perhaps it's a case that the PL has made an arbitrary decision without consulting Everton and City haven't had time to brief Everton before it was made.
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Seven out of twelve League 1 fixtures are postponed tomorrow due to covid....I assume that Neville is pushing for those games to either go ahead and be forfeited along with points awarded?
Massive **** who has been using an impartial facade for years to get people on side but he’s a snidey, two faced rag **** and will do whatever it takes to use his position to drive an agenda that suits united.
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https://www.premierleague.com/news/1957344?sf241491393=1
From the official PL statement:
Gary Neville should be fined for suggesting it's ok to ignore official medical advice on COVID safety measures. A poll should get the ball rolling, make it happen twitter members.
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In case you missed a football match.....
My 2nd game that aged 7.
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Apologies. Someone made mention of it but when I checked he was actually referring to the league cup rather than the premier league fixture. I should’ve verified it before posting.
Im effectively guilty of exacerbating of “fake news“ here.
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Gutted the game wasn't on tonight but the club have made the correct decision.
We have to accept that Everton and the PL will want to know more about why the game was called off, just as we would do. We need to be clear and transparent. The PL don't want teams calling games off at the last minute as some teams with less scrupulous owners may "call covid" to avoid playing harder teams.
This isn't just 15 people travelling from City to play 15 people at Everton. There will be Sky commentators, media production staff, BBC MOTD staff, advertising contracts to honour, crowds, car park attendants, the police, heating the stadium, admin staff, stewards, referees, PL representatives, kit men, coach drivers etc etc to consult. There's a lot more to a game than what you see on the pitch.
We're in a period where the virus is basically out of control. PL players are still human beings and some will get it. We need to protect them, and any staff that come into contact with them. We absolutely should not risk taking the virus to Everton.
We should applaud the club for their honesty. I would rather have played Everton tonight with James, Digne etc missing and when we play them they are likely to be at full strength. However, we could have put a lot more people at risk.
It's just one of those things that happens.
We have to accept that Everton and the PL will want to know more about why the game was called off, just as we would do. We need to be clear and transparent. The PL don't want teams calling games off at the last minute as some teams with less scrupulous owners may "call covid" to avoid playing harder teams.
This isn't just 15 people travelling from City to play 15 people at Everton. There will be Sky commentators, media production staff, BBC MOTD staff, advertising contracts to honour, crowds, car park attendants, the police, heating the stadium, admin staff, stewards, referees, PL representatives, kit men, coach drivers etc etc to consult. There's a lot more to a game than what you see on the pitch.
We're in a period where the virus is basically out of control. PL players are still human beings and some will get it. We need to protect them, and any staff that come into contact with them. We absolutely should not risk taking the virus to Everton.
We should applaud the club for their honesty. I would rather have played Everton tonight with James, Digne etc missing and when we play them they are likely to be at full strength. However, we could have put a lot more people at risk.
It's just one of those things that happens.
Ive just said in an earlier post that I dont remember this much outrage or coveragd and 'forefit' shouts when it was Newcastle but then the media are full of Liverpool fans who of course want you to lose points so it gets amplified.
It also appears that you requested postponement this morning, yet it seems the first Everton heard about it was the decision around 4pm - thats shocking. Maybe if we had have been informed of the request when it was made, with the reasons behind it, we could have agreed there and then and avoided all this. As z previous poster put it, it probably benefits us too as we have had one of the shortest rest times over xmas and looked leggy against Sheff U.
Blueknows
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The premier league called it off not city