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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2020 18:23:11 GMT
Game must surely be in doubt now after “a number” of players tested positive
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Post by bridgwatergas on Oct 22, 2020 18:29:39 GMT
I would imagine it will be postponed it dosent sound promising.
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Post by Charlton Hayes Gas on Oct 22, 2020 18:30:37 GMT
This could actually prove to be quite useful. No game on Saturday meaning plenty of rest time for the lads before a game Tuesday night against the league leaders. They have Peterborough on Saturday so that’ll be a tough battle where they’ll have their strongest 11 out.
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Post by cockergas on Oct 22, 2020 18:37:27 GMT
No news on how many players? If Wasp can still play a rugby final after 11 players test positive, how many would it take for a professional football team to be unable to field a team from their whole squad? Sure the rules in the prem are the game must go ahead if a team can field at least 14 players from its squad inc under 21s
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Post by EastVanGas on Oct 22, 2020 18:40:24 GMT
Anyone know the EFL rules regarding this?
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Oct 22, 2020 18:43:27 GMT
How many players have come back positive for them?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2020 18:46:47 GMT
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Post by cockergas on Oct 22, 2020 18:51:24 GMT
Tranmere did not postpone their recent match and played against Salford despite several senior players being either positive or self isolating.
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Post by Hudson1883 on Oct 22, 2020 18:57:21 GMT
You would assume a squad of 22 would be enough to field a team come Saturday.
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Post by pucklegas on Oct 22, 2020 19:07:13 GMT
This could actually prove to be quite useful. No game on Saturday meaning plenty of rest time for the lads before a game Tuesday night against the league leaders. They have Peterborough on Saturday so that’ll be a tough battle where they’ll have their strongest 11 out. Being ruthless if they have to play it might be to our advantage, we can make a few changes and still put out a strong team |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2020 19:10:18 GMT
Tranmere did not postpone their recent match and played against Salford despite several senior players being either positive or self isolating. Exactly the sort of game we would lose. Like Bolton at home last season |
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Post by yattongas on Oct 22, 2020 19:14:36 GMT
Surely they’d have to have at least 6/7 positive cases to have the game postponed. Positive tests are something we’re gonna have to deal with , it’s them this week , another club or two the following week and then it could be our turn.
Doesn’t matter anyway how many players they’ll have out.... they’ll still beat us 1-0 with a 79th minute winner
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Oct 22, 2020 19:17:17 GMT
The most important thing in all this is to make sure more players/people do not catch it unneccessarily. If that means calling the game off then so be it.
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Post by yaz on Oct 22, 2020 19:26:44 GMT
Surely they’d have to have at least 6/7 positive cases to have the game postponed. Positive tests are something we’re gonna have to deal with , it’s them this week , another club or two the following week and then it could be our turn. Doesn’t matter anyway how many players they’ll have out.... they’ll still beat us 1-0 with a 79th minute winner I thought it was 82 or 83? |
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Post by Wembley_Gas on Oct 22, 2020 19:43:55 GMT
You would assume a squad of 22 would be enough to field a team come Saturday. If several tested positive and will have come into contact with yet more team mates who will have to self isolate in case they are at the infectious but no symptoms have developed yet stage then even a squad of 22 wouldn’t really be sufficient to ensure the fixture is fulfilled satisfactorily. Best thing to do is call it off and wish their staff and players a speedy recovery from their virus misfortune. One minute we’re wishing everyone to stay safe and come through this and the next we have people suggesting we take advantage of a situation where a club is affected by it...that is an unclassy reaction and not worthy of us. not aiming the unclassy comment at you Hudson, I was quoting you in response to whether squad size could necessarily cope with it. |
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Post by rememberhalifax on Oct 22, 2020 19:52:00 GMT
Surely they’d have to have at least 6/7 positive cases to have the game postponed. Positive tests are something we’re gonna have to deal with , it’s them this week , another club or two the following week and then it could be our turn. Doesn’t matter anyway how many players they’ll have out.... they’ll still beat us 1-0 with a 79th minute winner And there's me 'championing you for match day thread ! |
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Oct 22, 2020 19:56:06 GMT
You would assume a squad of 22 would be enough to field a team come Saturday. If several tested positive and will have come into contact with yet more team mates who will have to self isolate in case they are at the infectious but no symptoms have developed yet stage then even a squad of 22 wouldn’t really be sufficient to ensure the fixture is fulfilled satisfactorily. Best thing to do is call it off and wish their staff and players a speedy recovery from their virus misfortune. One minute we’re wishing everyone to stay safe and come through this and the next we have people suggesting we take advantage of a situation where a club is affected by it...that is an unclassy reaction and not worthy of us. not aiming the unclassy comment at you Hudson, I was quoting you in response to whether squad size could necessarily cope with it. Yeah, does anyone know if there is an official procedure to minimise stuff like this or is everyone just playing it by ear? Afaik L1 teams aren't even obliged to test non-symptom players. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Oct 22, 2020 20:01:09 GMT
The game's postponed according to Rovers Twitter feed
8 players have tested positive for COVID
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Post by cockergas on Oct 22, 2020 20:01:54 GMT
If several tested positive and will have come into contact with yet more team mates who will have to self isolate in case they are at the infectious but no symptoms have developed yet stage then even a squad of 22 wouldn’t really be sufficient to ensure the fixture is fulfilled satisfactorily. Best thing to do is call it off and wish their staff and players a speedy recovery from their virus misfortune. One minute we’re wishing everyone to stay safe and come through this and the next we have people suggesting we take advantage of a situation where a club is affected by it...that is an unclassy reaction and not worthy of us. not aiming the unclassy comment at you Hudson, I was quoting you in response to whether squad size could necessarily cope with it. Yeah, does anyone know if there is an official procedure to minimise stuff like this or is everyone just playing it by ear? Afaik L1 teams aren't even obliged to test non-symptom players. pretty sure Tranmere still played their match against Salford, despite only having 10 senior pros available because they couldn’t get confirmation from the EFL that they wouldn’t fave a misconduct charge. So they were forced to utilise their youth. That sort of implies there are no set procedures. |
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Oct 22, 2020 20:05:01 GMT
Sack the board
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