Coronavirus and Football

[moomba]

 

[Art Vandelay_]

RossFC rescheduled

Lei v Tot @ KP
Jan 20 6:30am AEDT

 

[Cruyff14]

Couldn't have happened last week ffs!

 

[Art Vandelay_]

 

[Zidane98]

FA have said that all PL teams must field a team this weekend no matter what.

 

[RossFC]

FA have said that all PL teams must field a team this weekend no matter what.

Where did you find that out?

 

[Zidane98]

Where did you find that out?

Premier League clubs face new FA order after Arsenal vs Liverpool postponed - Mirror Online

Been reported widely elsewhere. Our U18 match was postponed for this reason in case we have a need for U18s to fill the squad.



Kinda makes sense as there's just no room for postponements.

 

[moomba]

Ha ha ffs.

Chester warned by the Welsh police that they've broken covid laws by allowing more than 50 into their games. Chester is an English town but their ground is deemed to be part of Wales.

If they played in their carpark they would be allowed as many as they want.

English football club Chester warned for breaking Welsh Covid rules

Chester FC of National League North, whose ground straddles the border, have been warned by police after contravening Welsh rules limiting crowds to 50 people.

www.theguardian.com

 

[Zidane98]

Ha ha ffs.

Chester warned by the Welsh police that they've broken covid laws by allowing more than 50 into their games. Chester is an English town but their ground is deemed to be part of Wales.

If they played in their carpark they would be allowed as many as they want.

English football club Chester warned for breaking Welsh Covid rules

Chester FC of National League North, whose ground straddles the border, have been warned by police after contravening Welsh rules limiting crowds to 50 people.

www.theguardian.com

Had a brilliant weekend there at the races last time I was over. Nightmare to park though.

 

[moomba]

Had a brilliant weekend there at the races last time I was over. Nightmare to park though.

Chester Races is great.

 

[Frank Bunn]

Countries suffering Covid outbreaks will have to play their Africa Cup of Nations matches even if they have only 11 players available.

New guidelines from the Confederation of African Football (Caf) state matches will still go ahead even if none of the 11 players is a goalkeeper.

Any nation unable to fulfil a fixture will forfeit the game 2-0.

The guidance has been issued after several nations reported Covid cases before the tournament starts on Sunday.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/59924747https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/59924747

 

[RossFC]

 

[chef]

 

[Zidane98]

Countries suffering Covid outbreaks will have to play their Africa Cup of Nations matches even if they have only 11 players available.

New guidelines from the Confederation of African Football (Caf) state matches will still go ahead even if none of the 11 players is a goalkeeper.

Any nation unable to fulfil a fixture will forfeit the game 2-0.

The guidance has been issued after several nations reported Covid cases before the tournament starts on Sunday.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/59924747https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/59924747

Not like they can just wait 7 days and reschedule the match. Guess theres no choice.

 

[Frank Bunn]

Not like they can just wait 7 days and reschedule the match. Guess theres no choice.

You would think, in the circumstances, each country would be allowed to name a set of backup players that they could call on.

 

[moomba]

 

[RPCB]

And he goes home to his mansion and his millions of dollars while other people are struggling to put food on the table.

Sounds like a really tough week Klopp is having.

 

[kreglze]

Klopp doing one of these to avoid the mighty Arsenal. /s

 

[moomba]

Leicester v Everton midweek postponed.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Leicester v Everton midweek postponed.

Ludicrous considering they fielded a team on the weekend easily.

 

[Frank Bunn]

Clearly Liverpool could have fielded a team against Arsenal in the League Cup. They just didn't want to play with a weakened team. I don't think this is justification for a postponement.

 

[Cruyff14]

Clearly Liverpool could have fielded a team against Arsenal in the League Cup. They just didn't want to play with a weakened team. I don't think this is justification for a postponement.

100%

 

[Frank Bunn]

100%

Even the weakened team argument is bogus. After injuries, AFCON and Covid I reckon Liverpool could start have started with this team against Arsenal.

Kelleher
Gomez
van Dijk
Konaté
Robertson
Fabinho
Milner
Henderson
Oxlade-Chamberlain
Jones
Jota

 

[moomba]

Ludicrous considering they fielded a team on the weekend easily.

Might have got some false positives overnight.

Hearing its the done thing.

 

[Zidane98]

Even the weakened team argument is bogus. After injuries, AFCON and Covid I reckon Liverpool could start have started with this team against Arsenal.

Kelleher
Gomez
van Dijk
Konaté
Robertson
Fabinho
Milner
Henderson
Oxlade-Chamberlain
Jones
Jota

Jota, Henderson, Milner, Oxlade Chamberlain, Neco Williams all couldn't play the FA Cup match due to iso. Kelleher couldn't have played either, he only came out of iso on Friday. Our lineup in the FA Cup tie was telling.

The games to postpone for us were Spurs away and Chelsra away after outbreaks prior to both.