Newcastle United (A) - Sun 19th Dec, 14:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[MossHey71]

He either has or hasn'tp got it

had to wait for re-test results - now he has tested negative - but process took longer than planned press conference time

 

[MAG]

Now Villa match off

Doesn't look good now, only 4 games remain and 6 cancelled for this gameweek. How much (timewise) ahead of the actual kick-off have they cancelled this one?

 

[mcfcpf47]

With AVFC - BFC being called off with 2 hours to go, is this game still definitely going ahead? Don't want to travel there only to find the games been called off

 

[kaz7]

With AVFC - BFC being called off with 2 hours to go, is this game still definitely going ahead? Don't want to travel there only to find the games been called off

Well it hasnt been called off

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Feels like this season might be the first where we have games on people rather than games in hand, which tbh I kinda like because if we can post a lead even if others teams have games in hand i think a 4 or a 7 point gap is going to city is going to feel very scary

It's even better if the season has to end early and we are still top.

The Dippers pushed for PPG (points per game) after the halfway point and the Premier League now have it as a rule of no football after 80 days.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

had to wait for re-test results - now he has tested negative - but process took longer than planned press conference time

I assume his LFT was the inconclusive test and then did a PCR to confirm the result, which results take longer to come back.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

It's even better if the season has to end early and we are still top.

The Dippers pushed for PPG (points per game) after the halfway point and the Premier League now have it as a rule of no football after 80 days.

If we’re still top and ahead on PPG, the rest have no real argument to make, seeing as though we’ve played them all away.

 

[mcfcpf47]

Well it hasnt been called off

It has, they waited until 2 hours before kick off

 

[MCFC1993]

I assume we'll try to play this game regardless, even if we've only 12 or 13 players fit.

 

[ysmsa]

Wtf, extract from the PL statement below.
So decisions are not just Covid related cases. This is going to get messy with Clubs fabricating scenario's to get a game off if it suits.
Covid related I get, but not combined with injuries and illness!

Statement

"This decision was based on the number of Covid-19 cases, injuries and illness"