7 league one games off now tonight, surely they have to suspend the season for a month at least. Strange how none of the clubs who have postponements where they don’t have infections aren’t demanding answers from their opponents..... no coincidence none are on TV...none are scousersYou definitely don’t need to know the name of the player if they don’t want to be revealed. All reports said 3 players plus 2 previous so there is no basis for postponement that is just 5 players out of a 25 man squad.
So you don’t think 7 cases in a 3 day test interval is enough to investigate why the number is increasing?
Why should city be scared of everton. Walker and Jesus were already out, the rumored names were Ederson, Cancelo and ferran. Maybe cancelo is the only problem because there is no other right back but if we are a serious team then we should still beat them.
There are no conspiracy theories, from advice by medical personnels the best solution was to postpone the fixture, no one is trying to gain any competitive advantage.
It will definitely create an interesting situation, cancellation of the Euros? The thing is whilst this is a bad moment in the pandemic we are at the beginning of the end with the rollout of many vaccines so the logical step is a suspension. But you just know that the money situation will make them hesitate that bit too long.If that happens it will fuck up the league and its precious tv companies!
Ultimately, not playing has been the right course of action, we have numerous with it, so nobody knows how many will test positive in further tests?Bein sports have supposedly said your request to postpone the game was initially rejected then you appealed.
Im wondering if Everton have been informed of the rejection and told by the PL that the game was going ahead as normal (prob due to the stupid 14 available players rule) then all of a sudden at 4pm got told it was off.
Im sure more will come out on this either way but its unusual for us to put something out like that without something in it - we arnt usually petty.
Anyway im sure more will leak out soon and we will either be justified in calling out the PL or look a bit knobish.
Whatever has gone on behind the scenes at least the right call has been made. Other fans screaming forefit need to remember that this could happen to them at some point soon.
His post is OTT, but then the statement issued by your club really missed the mark so you can see why that might occur to a fan base that’s been the brunt of snide attack after snide attack from the press and other clubs, both at home and abroad.
As a club, as a neutral to your team, I think Everton generally get it very right. Lots of common sense, not doing the Liverpool thing etc. This time a public statement was really poorly thought through. There’s more people in hospital than the previous peak of the virus when the league was canned for 3 months. It’s only going to get worse. It’s by far the best approach to see what the actual impact is on the City squad, both staff and players before having another game because the number of cases has risen since the last test.
All clubs can make bad PR decisions. City certainly cock stuff up. Today Everton didn’t get it quite right. Say the stuff about crap levels of information from the PL in private correspondence and instead wish those impacted a speedy recovery. But when people are dying in scores, keep the public message on point.
He's saying Everton pissed the money they received for them up the wallDefine pissed up the wall ? Id say the Trophy cabinet disagrees
You definitely don’t need to know the name of the player if they don’t want to be revealed. All reports said 3 players plus 2 previous so there is no basis for postponement that is just 5 players out of a 25 man squad.
So you don’t think 7 cases in a 3 day test interval is enough to investigate why the number is increasing?
Why should city be scared of everton. Walker and Jesus were already out, the rumored names were Ederson, Cancelo and ferran. Maybe cancelo is the only problem because there is no other right back but if we are a serious team then we should still beat them.
There are no conspiracy theories, from advice by medical personnels the best solution was to postpone the fixture, no one is trying to gain any competitive advantage.
Ultimately, not playing has been the right course of action, we have numerous with it, so nobody knows how many will test positive in further tests?
You have players with families to go home too, officials, some probably older behind the scenes, and fans some probably older and more vulnerable, who also have to go home to families, who also could have come into contact with it.
Calling it off was the sensible option, you may have lost a few pies, and a bit of TV money, so what ?
Yet your clubs statement didn't bother to wish anyone speedy health, so it's hardly a surprise they're getting stick on here.
Not surprised when it comes to Anything that comes out of LiverpoolNot pleased then bud?
Too lateYes they could have added that into the statement and in not doing so probably makes it sound more heartless than they probably intended.
I hope they put out another statement soon wishing the players well.
Perfectly explained , it is the congestion of fixtures that has caused the short notice , but it will be twisted so we are trying to gain an advantage and bend the rules , we could be off to CAS again.How difficult is it to understand that the squad (all players plus coaches) were together just 48 hours ago (playing Newcastle on Boxing Day) and now today’s test suggest a further 5 positive COVID cases (in addition to 4 in last round of testing) ... so everyone in that squad has been in close contact/exposed ... whether they catch it or not is something no one can tell but guideline is to self isolate till another round of tests is done and if you get two consecutive tests 48 hrs apart you can’t be sure ... did Everton or anyone for that matter want to play against the team who have been exposed to confirmed multiple Covid cases??
Question of fielding 14 players doesn’t arise as the squad hasn’t been able to have two rounds of tests ... that’s what happens when you arange games only 46 hrs apart ... we’ll have two more rounds of tests this week and then if we have 14 players available then Chelsea game would go ahead ... it’s quite simple ... only issue has come due to back to back fixture scheduling and not enough time in between for tests to be carried out ...
This above is for elite sports btw, the common man’s guidance is you come in contact with someone who tests positive, you don’t even get tested and still have to self isolate for 10 days ... and even if you don’t have any symptoms as you could still carry it from that positive case and onto someone else ...
That 14 available player thing needs to be fucked off too, thats not helping the hysteria.
If you only have 14 players available then that suggests that Covid is rife and more than just an isolated incident. No team should be playing anyone if thats the case
Great point - totally agree - as infections inevitably rise in line with the rest of the country they’ll be changing games to 5 a side rather than call them off......That 14 available player thing needs to be fucked off too, thats not helping the hysteria.
If you only have 14 players available then that suggests that Covid is rife and more than just an isolated incident. No team should be playing anyone if thats the case
4) Dear Everton, we've had to pull half a dozen players because they've got this potential to pass on a killer virus to your players and staff.What might make sense to ask is why have the City players' names not been released? We now hear Ederson (who else)
I am not suggesting Everton are saints here AT ALL, but I wonder if they feel:
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
Am I missing anything else?
I can also list critiques of ALL 3 of these views.
There is ZERO evidence anybody was acting "wildly", so it shouldn't even be mentioned. I do think the players should be cautioned about the celebrations, but that's players at all clubs, they could all ACT better for me, close contact should be discouraged.Were some City players wildly negligent? Maybe, but even if it was just 1 player or 2, they then are affecting many who did NOTHING and may have followed all of the rules.