Everton (A) | Game Postponed

[Boo or Boo-urns]

Poor Victor Anichebe missing out on his chance as a guest pundit for his 2nd time ever. :(

 

[BlueLou82]

He has a point though, clearly the ruined evening for a couple of thousand spectators is far more important than people’s health and even whether they might die

Or maybe it was due to a matchday being planned which involves police (albeit a smaller scale) security, catering, stewards, fans, club staff, the players all probably at or on their way to Goodison preparing for the game when the club was just informed it was called off.

Maybe if we were involved, we could have planned for a postponement, or sided with city and agreed it earlier so we could prevent all of the above. The club are well within their right to be informed of something that affects them

 

[BringBackSwales]

To those kicking off about us wanting full transparency, here is Villas statement on their postponed game when Newcastle had an outbreak

Aston Villa can confirm that the Club fully supports the Premier League’s decision to postpone our fixture with Newcastle United on Friday following a significant COVID outbreak at the Tyneside club and the shutdown of their training ground by Public Health England.

We would like to thank both the Premier League Board and Newcastle United for their comprehensive and transparent communication during the process which resulted in this decision being reached.

Everybody at Aston Villa wishes a speedy recovery to all those at Newcastle United affected by the virus.

I particularly note that last paragraph. Classy, so the complete opposite of the classless neverton statement

 

[TomDixie]

It isn't an issue with me, the PL should absolutely be disclosing the reasons for their decision and that is what any reasonable business would do. It's not only Everton FC who need to know, the wider world of football needs to know. I'm scratching my head as to why people would think about City deliberately seeking to get this game postponed.....they are in a pretty good moment, against a team who would be missing several regulars. Perfect time to play them. However, the caveat to that - and it's a massive one - is City don't want to go and infect another team with the virus (imagine the sh*t we'd cop for that!)....and that has to be applauded, however late in the day it is. This virus doesn't f*ck about or discriminate, trust me. Health. Comes. First.

So assuming City sent the results of their Covid tests to the PL, the PL then has to seek medical advice on what to do. From that advice they concluded the game must be called off. That being the case......tell the effing world why it's happened! It instantly shuts down all these gobshite fans and even bigger gobshite journalists on social media, who think City are pulling a fast one. But then the words 'Premier League' and 'transparency' have never gone together.......and to be honest neither have the words 'gobshite fans', 'gobshite journalists' and 'common sense'.

I agree with all of this.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Or maybe it was due to a matchday being planned which involves police (albeit a smaller scale) security, catering, stewards, fans, club staff, the players all probably at or on their way to Goodison preparing for the game when the club was just informed it was called off.

Maybe if we were involved, we could have planned for a postponement, or sided with city and agreed it earlier so we could prevent all of the above. The club are well within their right to be informed of something that affects them

While my heart bleeds for these poor inconvenienced people, allow me to care a lot fucking more about people who have a dreadful virus, and about the need to stop a lot of other people getting it. Let’s light a candle and have a whip round to compensate for a few hundred wasted fucking pies

 

[Horlocksleftpeg]

There might be an issue of when they INFORMED efc but they had no need to consult them, this is a medical matter, not a matter of inconvenience

It’s both.

The ultimate decision lies with the premier league and I don’t think Everton’s opinion should be taken in to consideration but the least they deserve is communication.

Can you imagine this was Nadal Vs Federer and one of the players tested positive, the other would be kept in the loop 100%. I don’t see where the issue lies.

 

[BlueLou82]

I particularly note that last paragraph. Classy, so the complete opposite of the classless neverton statement

Maybe due to the paragraph above it seemingly not applying to Everton or this game

 

[cleavers]

Information can be shared in a way that protects privacy however.

Not on an individuals health information.

It's entirely possible (though rumour suggests otherwise, it could be all our EDS that has gone down with it, and we're playing silly games, but that information is still private to the individual (I don't think that for one minute).

I actually think we have probably protected people at your club today.

 

[TomDixie]

While my heart bleeds for these poor inconvenienced people, allow me to care a lot fucking more about people who have a dreadful virus, and about the need to stop a lot of other people getting it. Let’s light a candle and have a whip round to compensate for a few hundred wasted pies

I think you should consider separating out the health issue (postponement is fine) and the way this has been handled by the Prem (lack of transparency is not fine).

 

[Corky]

Actually under GDPR rules they have no reason to "know exactly who has covid", it's entirely a private health matter for the individual concerned whether it's made public.

That has always been the case before GDPR, and GDPR actually longer applies in the UK from Friday, but thankfully we have the GPA 2018 still holding up data processing integrity.