I'm sure footballers are kept more in check than most of the population , as for footballers have a low I.Q. really
According to the trolls and Chuckle Brother if we have 14 fit players available from our billion £ squad the game should have gone ahead , and as we havent the points should be forfeited.So many? Everyone was saying there was 3 new cases among players
Thinking about title challenge only, it's probably better if there are more cases. If we had just 5 out, we would probably have to play Chelsea with no right back and without 1st choice keeper. If there is more, it will get pulled and we can play them with a full squad later in the seasonIf this is true it’s probably the end of our title challenge. There are bound to be more positives if that many have been infected. No way will we be able to deal with the fixture congestion coming our way.
To be honest I couldn’t care less about the league right now.
I just hope all our players recover without any long term issues.
I was one out.Walker, Jesus, Ederson, Cancelo, Rhodri, Fern, Torres plus staff..
Yes those are the "scheduled" ones, but you can see pretty much any plane that's flying these days (our charters always show up), and I looked last Tuesday evening/Wednesday morning to see if our plane departed, it didn't, and I was working late.Schedule flights quoted just because flights are cancelled does it mean the airport is closed, just no flights operating City would be a private flight it could take off and land Most large airports are manned 24/7 even if it’s just for emergency diversions Final word from me
This should be the over riding concern really, their families have older relatives or perhaps vulnerable relatives who they may have contact with.I was one out.
Not good. Not good at all. Get well soon lads and hope your families are safe and no one else goes down with it.
Stay safe everyone.
It won't sink in until a player is in a coma on a ventilator or even dies.Its spreading like wildfire - loads of EFL games postponed tonight for the same reason and there will be a lot more postponements in the coming weeks. I watched MOD on Saturday night after we’d beat Newcastle and I was shocked to hear no reference at all to how COVID has affected Newcastle in the last few weeks - instead Shearer talked about how Newcastle fans wouldn’t put up with their teams lack of ambition. And all this whilst his teams captain is suffering the effects of long COVID. It’s like folk are closing their eyes to the dangers of a killer virus and carrying on as if everything’s normal. Now our we’ve got infected players who could become seriously ill and / or infect other people and there’s clowns out there calling us cheats and moaning because we’ve been allowed to postpone a game and have not been asked to surrender any points. People need to get their priorities right. Stay safe folks.
It won't sink in until a player is in a coma on a ventilator or even dies.
And can you imagine the shitstorm if an Everton player or Ancelotti had come down with it next week.
Negative till now apparently
I would agree with that. Also negative in the last test means nothing if bubble was compromised. They could very well test positive in next two days.seems a bit of a loose source.
hopefully get clarity from the tests tomorrow and wish the players well. Im sure many nervous for their families
I went to City v Watford 2 seasons ago and arrived lunch time at Watford Junction (evening kick off). The team bus was at the station waiting for the train with the team on it.City , as far as I know , don't fly to London games....logistically it makes no sense , unless its London City Airport. Occasionally they use the train for Wembley trips, but mainly , the team coach . I was on the M56 last week coming towards Manchester and passed the team coach heading towards Southampton, the day before the game.
City have used the same hotel in London for a few years now, for games at Arsenal, Spurs and West Ham , because of its location .
Common sense would suggest given the number of players and staff who have now tested positive ( surely more to come ) those players who were in close contact with those who tested positive would have to self isolate.Will the rest of the squad not be self isolating seeing as they’ve been in such close contact with those who have tested positive?
They do often use the train for London games, and they often use a hotel on the edge of Watford (The Grove), but there certainly wouldn't be a train back after the game against Arsenal last week.I went to City v Watford 2 seasons ago and arrived lunch time at Watford Junction (evening kick off). The team bus was at the station waiting for the train with the team on it.
Good opening post and anybody with common sense would know that with this virus the way the games were being played despite the best of protocols players and staff were going to obtain the virus.City , as far as I know , don't fly to London games....logistically it makes no sense , unless its London City Airport. Occasionally they use the train for Wembley trips, but mainly , the team coach . I was on the M56 last week coming towards Manchester and passed the team coach heading towards Southampton, the day before the game.
City have used the same hotel in London for a few years now, for games at Arsenal, Spurs and West Ham , because of its location .
These are the facts . What we don't know is how footballers are really behaving when on the road or even at home etc. The link with Gabriel of Arsenal with other City players in this hotel, particularly our own Gabriel and fellow players before the Arsenal game is unlikely to be revealed.
I think this is a massive wake up call for football at the highest level. Its City today , but it will continue with other clubs.
Football is only being played in this country and others , because the broadcasters are the puppet masters and own football , and contracts cant be broken. There's 2000 delusional Scousers on alternate weeks who think they can create an atmosphere , every week , being told they've escaped the second wave.
Meanwhile in the real world , (and the previous chap who posted a great deal of sense ) football continues to live in Covid denial whilst 500 people die each day and every hospital is genuinely struggling . I think its time football takes a long look at itself as we go up to Tier 5/National lockdown. Watch this space ......
Despite the reality of all this, best wishes to every City fan and their loved ones in these difficult times