Everton (A) | Game Postponed

ChicagoBlue said:
I hope that City are not getting special treatment and the Premier League come out with a strong case for their reasoning in short order to avoid the negative spotlight being cast on the club by Everton...which I’m absolutely stunned to read.

By all appearances, it appears the “spread incident” took place at the London hotel for the Arsenal game, then was UNKNOWINGLY brought back to the Etihad Training Complex, where it has been spread to multiple players and staff. Given the increase in players from 2 to 5, it would probably be safe to assume there will be more positive tests amongst the players and staff, and given that (even with current negative test results for more than 14 players), it is being considered UNSAFE for the club to field players who have definitely been in close contact with the infected players and staff.

I’m assuming those extra 3 players were infected before the last game, so it’ll be interesting to see if there was any spread to Newcastle players and/or staff.

Regardless, City do not have the power to have made ANY decision on postponement of games, the Premier League has done that, so we should be Scott free.

From here, it’ll be a matter of how many multiple negative tests we can generate within the squad that will determine if games go forward. I’d be surprised if this went beyond this one game, as I think multiple tests over the ne t few days will clear sufficient squad players that we will be GORCED to play under the 14 man policy put in place. Now it’s down to how many, and which, players are affected!
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It’s could be the 15-16 fa cup game against Chelsea all over again !
 
PrezIke said:
I hear you mate, and want to clarify I absolutely believe the situation IS serious and the game should have been postponed.

I'm not quite clear on what I said implied otherwise. It's more about the timing that the information was given to Everton (so they claim - and WHOSE REASONING CAN ALSO BE CRITIQUED) not what one does with this information with little time to do anything other than postpone the game for safety reasons.

And once again, for those reading I AM NOT BACKING EVERTON'S STATEMENT since I can see how some might think this.

Again, I think the issue Everton has is the timing of the release of information not the itself and the postponement on its own with the revelations.

Everton appear to be insinuating that/trying to explore if City held the COVID cases so late that the game had to be postponed, rather than report the info sooner and have an "independent body" determine who was at risk and if the game needed to be postponed. They also seem to be wondering if the PL just glossed over the timing for whatever/some reasons (not necessarily due to some malicious intent or conspiracy).

Here's the BBC's reporting on Everton's view which is pretty much what I suspected at a minimum was the case (even if one also argues it's "counter-intelligence":

www.bbc.com

Everton v Man City: Premier League fixture postponed after visitors report coronavirus cases

Manchester City's Premier League match at Everton on Monday is postponed after the visitors return a number of positive coronavirus tests.
www.bbc.com



Now, does that mean they have to post that statement? That's arguably an even bigger question.

What if it was discovered City knew of the cases days ago but didn't tell the PL until Monday? I don't know the answer, and does not mean City are "guilty" of anything either, but I can tell you neutrals would sure want to know why.

Respect, btw, but you told me to have some class, and I think that is a misunderstanding on what I'm saying.
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Why are you waffling on about timings? These things happen very quickly and there was only 48 hours between our fixtures.

Here are your three points:


1) The total players City would have out for the game would NOT be enough to postpone the game

2) City waited until the last minute to announce the cases and then be vague because they knew this would allow for a postponement

3) City are doing this basically because they would have lost several key players at the very last minute which would put them at a disadvantage in a huge game but they agreed to the rules for COVID so they should have to deal

The first one suggests we have broken rules.

The second one suggests we manipulated the timings to suit an agenda (God, the irony of that statement).

The third one suggests our motivation was not safety of all concerned. In fact it says more than that, it infers that Everton are annoyed that an opportunity to take advantage of the situation has been taken from them.

Like I said show some class, this is the kind of reaction I would expect from the coach wreckers, you are better than that.
 
@BluePhil8 said:
What the fuck is that username about then @toffee balls lmao
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It was a play on the original tune behind Niall Quinn’s DIsco Pants.
I was a bit younger and naive back in 2004 and I have thought about changing it several times.Ric himself once accused me of a similar crime during a heated debate.

This virus not only turns blue on red , black on white , brother on brother and family on each other , it’s vile and let’s hope we are seeing the sting in its tail.
 
One thing we have learned from this is that Everton football club believe the Covid conspiracy theory.....

"Everton Football Club regret the postponement of tonight’s match against Manchester City - not only for the 2,000 fans who would have been attending, but for supporters on Merseyside and across the world.

Our players were prepared for the game, as were both the team staff and everyone at Goodison. Matchday is the most important date in our calendar. And this was a big one.

Whilst Everton will always have public safety uppermost, we will be requesting full disclosure of all the information that Manchester City provided to the Premier League so the Club can be clear on why this decision was taken."
 
toffee balls said:
It was a play on the original tune behind Niall Quinn’s DIsco Pants.
I was a bit younger and naive back in 2004 and I have thought about changing it several times.Ric himself once accused me of a similar crime during a heated debate.

This virus not only turns blue on red , black on white , brother on brother and family on each other , it’s vile and let’s hope we are seeing the sting in its tail.
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And all of this happens because the world is waiting, waiting for one child Black, white, yellow, no-one knows
But a child that will grow up and turn tears to laughter,
Hate to love, war to peace and everyone to everyone's neighbour
And misery and suffering will be words to be forgotten, forever
 
blueste41 said:
One thing we have learned from this is that Everton football club believe the Covid conspiracy theory.....

"Everton Football Club regret the postponement of tonight’s match against Manchester City - not only for the 2,000 fans who would have been attending, but for supporters on Merseyside and across the world.

Our players were prepared for the game, as were both the team staff and everyone at Goodison. Matchday is the most important date in our calendar. And this was a big one.

Whilst Everton will always have public safety uppermost, we will be requesting full disclosure of all the information that Manchester City provided to the Premier League so the Club can be clear on why this decision was taken."
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absolutely classless. The mind boggles. Do they want us to take a load of infected people to there Tier 2 City and infect them?
 
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