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

[Newman Noggs]

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"

Apppalling

 

[Tangled up in blue.]

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?

2.1/2 hours

 

[citizen_maine]

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 illne

If a club don't have enough players to play it doesn't really matter how the combination is made up though?

 

[remember arthur mann]

Listening to Howe I reckon there will be a convenient outbreak of Covid in the Newcastle camp before this game gets played.

Must have a rag connection.

 

[AliBobbyJ]

Source?

Same one as "noticed dark threatening clouds above" for "looks like rain coming." Again.

 

[Corky]

5/6 gone today, only 1/4 lost tomorrow so far, there will be at least one more lost on the balance of probabilities.

 

[Fordyboy46]

I thought I was being a cynic when I thought the players and staff wanted Christmas off, but it's now looking that way. Just seems very odd that there are suddenly loads of cases, I'm sure there's some bullshittery going on behind the scenes at several clubs

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I thought I was being a cynic when I thought the players and staff wanted Christmas off, but it's now looking that way. Just seems very odd that there are suddenly loads of cases, I'm sure there's some bullshittery going on behind the scenes at several clubs

It’s almost as if a new, more transmittable variant reached the UK a couple of weeks back.

 

[Fordyboy46]

It’s almost as if a new, more transmittable variant reached the UK a couple of weeks back.

This ' tidal wave' you mean lol

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

This ' tidal wave' you mean lol

What’s your analogy for it?