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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 27, 2021 21:07:40 GMT
Can't say I disagree with this: AFC Wimbledon complain to EFL as Covid-related call-offs mount - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59797335It seems odd to me that every rugby Premiership game went ahead yesterday but hardly any football is being played at present.
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Post by Russgas on Dec 27, 2021 21:08:42 GMT
I don’t think injuries should come into it, Covid yes, but in a normal season if you had injuries the game wouldn’t be cancelled. Agree but depends on exactly how many are missing. If the first team squad is massively depleted then it's a no brainer.
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 27, 2021 21:14:15 GMT
I don’t think injuries should come into it, Covid yes, but in a normal season if you had injuries the game wouldn’t be cancelled. I guess the issue is if a teams got less than 11 fit players they can't put a team out. I assume it's easy for us to claim the likes of Taylor are still unfit even if they've recovered and the EFL have no way of challenging it. By the time we next play the likes of Taylor, Brown and Saunders could be back to fitness and we could have also signed players on the 1 January.
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Post by Somersetgas on Dec 27, 2021 21:18:56 GMT
I don’t think injuries should come into it, Covid yes, but in a normal season if you had injuries the game wouldn’t be cancelled. Agree but depends on exactly how many are missing. If the first team squad is massively depleted then it's a no brainer. I’m struggling with it, particularly Premiership teams calling games off yet they can send countless players out on loan, The way it’s going will the season be extended?
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Dec 27, 2021 21:20:12 GMT
Can't say I disagree with this: AFC Wimbledon complain to EFL as Covid-related call-offs mount - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59797335It seems odd to me that every rugby Premiership game went ahead yesterday but hardly any football is being played at present. Yes, I wonder if footballers are being as dilligent as they should be, particularly over the festive season.
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 27, 2021 21:25:23 GMT
Agree but depends on exactly how many are missing. If the first team squad is massively depleted then it's a no brainer. I’m struggling with it, particularly Premiership teams calling games off yet they can send countless players out on loan, The way it’s going will the season be extended? They can still only choose players from those named at the start of the season, plus they couldn't suddenly recall players on loan at other clubs.
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Post by gasandelectricity on Dec 27, 2021 21:37:11 GMT
Amazing how they estimate 1.5mil will have covid come end of festive period (about 2% of the population) whilst amongst footballers it’s rife and seemingly well over 60%
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Post by bs10er on Dec 27, 2021 22:07:29 GMT
Difficult times for the clubs, they could have half a dozen players test positive on the day of the match - they can't predict what will happen in 48 hours. Especially now its been disclosed that as high as 25% have refused to be vaccinated but, from what another poster has said, it would seem that the majority of our have had it. Then again, having the vaccine doesn’t mean you are immune. I know you can you can still catch COVID after having the jabs,but it seems a lot of our players haven't had jabs,a disappointment in my view.Saw in the paper,all City players have had them em-masse.
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Post by pirate on Dec 27, 2021 22:19:47 GMT
Especially now its been disclosed that as high as 25% have refused to be vaccinated but, from what another poster has said, it would seem that the majority of our have had it. Then again, having the vaccine doesn’t mean you are immune. I know you can you can still catch COVID after having the jabs,but it seems a lot of our players haven't had jabs,a disappointment in my view.Saw in the paper,all City players have had them em-masse. Brentford have 100% vaccinated and still managed to have a game called off after 13 members of playing and coaching staff had tested positive. Not sure why it's a disappointment to you if some of ours haven't been vaccinated?
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 27, 2021 22:28:18 GMT
I know you can you can still catch COVID after having the jabs,but it seems a lot of our players haven't had jabs,a disappointment in my view.Saw in the paper,all City players have had them em-masse. Brentford have 100% vaccinated and still managed to have a game called off after 13 members of playing and coaching staff had tested positive. Not sure why it's a disappointment to you if some of ours haven't been vaccinated? Because you'd hope they'd like to set an example to their supporters, given the environment they mix close contact with fellow players etc then they must be a bit brain dead not to have all had the vaccine, in fact you could suggest Barton was negligent in not attempting to ensure most of his players were vaccinated.
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Post by gasandelectricity on Dec 27, 2021 22:37:34 GMT
Ok let’s not turn this thread into if we should be having vaccines or not.
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Post by bridgwatergas on Dec 27, 2021 22:40:21 GMT
I don't think some people still understand what Covid does to you. I am triple jabbed and tested positive on Christmas morning and it has hit me for six. It affects people in different ways and your breathing suffers as I have found out. I am also suffering from lack of energy and have no appetite so imagine being a professional athlete/footballer,this stops you doing your every day routine and it will take time to build back up. If it has spread in the camp it can take weeks for people to fully recover and to call the game off is the only sensible decision the club can make.
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Post by keygas on Dec 27, 2021 22:49:47 GMT
The way it’s going Grant & Kilgour will be available for selection when we play again.
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 27, 2021 22:49:51 GMT
It's not down to the club it's only the EFL who can make the final decision. Although I don't think anyone is suggesting games should go ahead if players have tested positive. Posters are questioning how we can still have so many players testing positive.
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Post by gaelgas on Dec 27, 2021 23:01:28 GMT
Oops it's weds night so hope you don't travel tommorrow It takes 48 hours r by bike from here I had a bike like that once, kept breaking down, I'd get a new one mate
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Post by axegas on Dec 27, 2021 23:06:19 GMT
I no longer view following Rovers or football in general as a hobby. As hobbies are something you use as an escape from the realities of the outside world, yet with Rovers and more widely the sport as a whole, it's just turned into COVID this, COVID that and as a result I've just massively lost interest in it as I hear enough of that in normal, everyday life.
Really, really sad.
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Post by bridgwatergas on Dec 27, 2021 23:11:16 GMT
It's not down to the club it's only the EFL who can make the final decision. Although I don't think anyone is suggesting games should go ahead if players have tested positive. Posters are questioning how we can still have so many players testing positive. Because it spreads so easily,you can be as careful as you want,wear a mask etc but it dosent stop you catching it. Unless you shut yourself away you won't stop it so we have except that this will happen and more games will get called off.
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Post by Gassy on Dec 27, 2021 23:15:43 GMT
Agree but depends on exactly how many are missing. If the first team squad is massively depleted then it's a no brainer. I’m struggling with it, particularly Premiership teams calling games off yet they can send countless players out on loan, The way it’s going will the season be extended? Well you can only register a certain amount of players, right? 25 is it? Seeming as you need 14 fit players for a game to go ahead, take 10 our due to Covid and you only need 2 players either injured or suspended and your game is off. I'd rather see them input an emergency rule to allow for non-season squad players able to backfill for those who've tested positive.
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Post by Somersetgas on Dec 27, 2021 23:17:35 GMT
I’m struggling with it, particularly Premiership teams calling games off yet they can send countless players out on loan, The way it’s going will the season be extended? Well you can only register a certain amount of players, right? 25 is it? Seeming as you need 14 fit players for a game to go ahead, take 10 our due to Covid and you only need 2 players either injured or suspended and your game is off. I'd rather see them input an emergency rule to allow for non-season squad players able to backfill for those who've tested positive. Perhaps the squad rule should be removed, it seems to stop the youth from coming through?
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Post by Gassy on Dec 27, 2021 23:27:35 GMT
Well you can only register a certain amount of players, right? 25 is it? Seeming as you need 14 fit players for a game to go ahead, take 10 our due to Covid and you only need 2 players either injured or suspended and your game is off. I'd rather see them input an emergency rule to allow for non-season squad players able to backfill for those who've tested positive. Perhaps the squad rule should be removed, it seems to stop the youth from coming through? Think it stops teams overspending though? Actually thinking about it, don't players below a certain age not count towards the total squad count?
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