I see that the decision to postpone The Sheffield United game has upset WBA. It seems the Baggies were made to play their match against Reading after informing the league they had several players who tested positive for Covid. As a result of being told the match must go ahead they had to fill their bench with six untested youngsters.
I see that the decision to postpone The Sheffield United game has upset WBA. It seems the Baggies were made to play their match against Reading after informing the league they had several players who tested positive for Covid. As a result of being told the match must go ahead they had to fill their bench with six untested youngsters.
Perhaps all our positive results were in amongst a group of attackers or defenders, leaving not cover...? I know Spurs were in the same boat and they postponed as well.
anyone know who the players that tested positive for us are?
would it be childish of me crossing my fingers that one of them is Lyndon Dykes?
The club haven't specified the number of players and staff who were affected but said it had left them with ‘insufficient numbers to fulfil the fixture’.
I don’t like the thought we are gonna have games in hand and have to play catch up in the play off battle,the pressure is gonna be on us for sure as the other teams will have their points in the bag but some teams may not and we could cash in on that too I personally rather just play the games and get them out of the way but this is also a chance to get a couple of players back from injury when we replay the sheff Utd game and possible cancelled Swansea game
Last Edit: Dec 13, 2021 16:29:07 GMT by singlespeed
Post by northwesthoop on Dec 13, 2021 17:05:38 GMT
singlespeed I agree it's better to have points on the board and get the matches played - but look at this past weekend - we stayed 5th without kicking a ball. To already be in the top 6 with games in hand is a positive. The pressure will come if we drop out of the top 6.
anyone know who the players that tested positive for us are?
would it be childish of me crossing my fingers that one of them is Lyndon Dykes?
The club haven't specified the number of players and staff who were affected but said it had left them with ‘insufficient numbers to fulfil the fixture’.
I think that is a reasonable approach, but then again WBA were (according to them) forced to play the fixture when they suffered an epidemic amongst the squad.....
“We had four people come down positive with Covid, and we’ve had two more overnight displaying symptoms. We have some unvaccinated players who’ve come into close contact as well…I’ve got 10 isolating.”
Obviously 10 out of a total squad of 28 when 5 are already injured and 3 more are contractually on loan, gives you far too few available players to provide a fair game (and also value for money for subscribers/spectators). It could be as bad as 10 only left to select from, and 3 could be goalies!
This is a good break to get injured players back, but it's also good to give players some much needed rest and recovery. Chair for example hasn't had a rest all season so this will give him a huge chance to rest, as well as other players who haven't had the chance to stop since the last International break. Playing catch-up shouldn't be much of a bother to the players now, they're used to playing Sunday/Monday these days!
“We had four people come down positive with Covid, and we’ve had two more overnight displaying symptoms. We have some unvaccinated players who’ve come into close contact as well…I’ve got 10 isolating.”
Obviously 10 out of a total squad of 28 when 5 are already injured and 3 more are contractually on loan, gives you far too few available players to provide a fair game (and also value for money for subscribers/spectators). It could be as bad as 10 only left to select from, and 3 could be goalies!
With the Swansea game also likely to get called off and with ACON just around the corner it would just be our luck if they reschedule the games whilst Dieng, Chair and Kakay are away.
With another lockdown possibly due and crowds maybe could be banned again that also could affect the end of the season for all teams i really hope not but it’s not looking good at the moment is it
With another lockdown possibly due and crowds maybe could be banned again that also could affect the end of the season for all teams i really hope not but it’s not looking good at the moment is it
You are right singlespeed it's not looking good but as long as we remain cautious and careful then everyone will hopefully be safe.
This is what Mark Warburton is quoted as saying: Obviously 10 out of a total squad of 28 when 5 are already injured and 3 more are contractually on loan, gives you far too few available players to provide a fair game (and also value for money for subscribers/spectators). It could be as bad as 10 only left to select from, and 3 could be goalies!
With the Swansea game also likely to get called off and with ACON just around the corner it would just be our luck if they reschedule the games whilst Dieng, Chair and Kakay are away.
That is what will happen here, games are rescheduled as quickly as possible so both likely to be in January
To hear the news that we had non vaccinated players in the squad is a shock to me.
Having had covid i would say this isnt the brightest thing from 1 the club or 2 the players concerned
Covid was the worse thing ive ever had and im still recovering now a year and a month later having had it in November last year im 46 years old and very fit and ive not been the same since and i had the mild version.
