| Doubts about Saturday's match ? 18:29 - Dec 28 with 2440 views | EastTownBlue |
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| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 18:31 - Dec 28 with 2386 views | Illinoisblue |
This is all getting ridiculous. Every club has reserves/U23s and youths they could play. |  |
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| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 18:33 - Dec 28 with 2347 views | bluelagos |
| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 18:31 - Dec 28 by Illinoisblue |
This is all getting ridiculous. Every club has reserves/U23s and youths they could play. |
Agree - but I can't make this Sat so would be quite handy for me :-) |  |
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| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 18:37 - Dec 28 with 2331 views | SitfcB |
| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 18:31 - Dec 28 by Illinoisblue |
This is all getting ridiculous. Every club has reserves/U23s and youths they could play. |
A lot of clubs definitely taking advantage I think. Funny how a few are now saying due to ‘injury and covid’. [Post edited 28 Dec 2021 18:37]
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| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 18:49 - Dec 28 with 2218 views | Illinoisblue |
| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 18:37 - Dec 28 by SitfcB |
A lot of clubs definitely taking advantage I think. Funny how a few are now saying due to ‘injury and covid’. [Post edited 28 Dec 2021 18:37]
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The EFL weak as piss as always. Every club should have to say exactly how many covid cases, timelines of contacts etc. and if they don’t, you forfeit the game. You’d see some quick recoveries from the “injuries” then. | |
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| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 19:12 - Dec 28 with 2095 views | Steve_M |
They are spot on here. Agree on the five subs rule again for this season too, going to help manage players’ fitness. |  |
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| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 19:17 - Dec 28 with 2037 views | Mullet |
Missed this. I’m down for it having booked an air bnb etc. Frustrating to say the least as dragging the kids down here etc is never easy or fun until we arrive.
I’d hope every club calling off can supply records if tests and contacts etc. It’s an area where we get punished for our depth too. Clearly some are using it to their advantage but who and how many will be hard to discern. |  |
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| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 19:40 - Dec 28 with 1864 views | LankHenners |
| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 19:12 - Dec 28 by Steve_M |
They are spot on here. Agree on the five subs rule again for this season too, going to help manage players’ fitness. |
Yep, obviously the nature of the beast means you can’t stop anyone from getting it but it seems increasingly clear that some clubs are doing a much better job at managing it than others and, perhaps cynically, you can’t help but feel some clubs are just putting in a postponement request as it’s the easy/lazy option.
There needs to be much more transparency and leadership from the EFL on this - it’s so obviously causing a problem now and will cause a problem down the line and yet there’s no action.
I saw a suggestion that unvaccinated players shouldn’t count as a Covid absentee and they should automatically be replaced in the squad by a reserve/youth player which is an interesting approach and there may have to be some thinking like that involved as I don’t see how the current situation is sustainable unless omicron turns out to have a very high but short peak and things settle down a bit in a few weeks, which even then is too long to do nothing. |  |
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| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 23:31 - Dec 28 with 1605 views | TheBoyBlue |
| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 19:40 - Dec 28 by LankHenners |
Yep, obviously the nature of the beast means you can’t stop anyone from getting it but it seems increasingly clear that some clubs are doing a much better job at managing it than others and, perhaps cynically, you can’t help but feel some clubs are just putting in a postponement request as it’s the easy/lazy option.
There needs to be much more transparency and leadership from the EFL on this - it’s so obviously causing a problem now and will cause a problem down the line and yet there’s no action.
I saw a suggestion that unvaccinated players shouldn’t count as a Covid absentee and they should automatically be replaced in the squad by a reserve/youth player which is an interesting approach and there may have to be some thinking like that involved as I don’t see how the current situation is sustainable unless omicron turns out to have a very high but short peak and things settle down a bit in a few weeks, which even then is too long to do nothing. |
Like the unvaccinated players not counting!
Hope the match can go ahead, would be a shame for the Pack Out PR campaign to not be completed and I am hoping this will give me something to look forward to on New Year's Day, but obviously safety has to come first. | |
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| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 00:31 - Dec 29 with 1532 views | Matt_Netherlands |
Judging by these new EFL rules then clubs will need a LOT of cases to get games called off….
Need to be able to field 14 players (including a keeper) from:
Registered squad list + Under 21 players who have played one league match + any other contracted player who isn’t on squad list (I guess someone like a Kenlock)
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| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 01:56 - Dec 29 with 1448 views | jayessess |
| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 00:31 - Dec 29 by Matt_Netherlands |
Judging by these new EFL rules then clubs will need a LOT of cases to get games called off….
Need to be able to field 14 players (including a keeper) from:
Registered squad list + Under 21 players who have played one league match + any other contracted player who isn’t on squad list (I guess someone like a Kenlock)
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Think it would be 24 for Lincoln City, so they'd need 11 absences for a postponement.
Suspect it's not the Covid cases that are proving difficult to regulate. The EFL can quite easily demand proof that players do in fact have to isolate. Much harder to regulate regular injuries though. If you've got 15 players available for selection and would prefer not to play, easy enough to have 2 claim they're unavailable with unprovable but also unchallengeable ailments. |  |
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| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 09:00 - Dec 29 with 1201 views | Stewart27 |
| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 19:40 - Dec 28 by LankHenners |
Yep, obviously the nature of the beast means you can’t stop anyone from getting it but it seems increasingly clear that some clubs are doing a much better job at managing it than others and, perhaps cynically, you can’t help but feel some clubs are just putting in a postponement request as it’s the easy/lazy option.
There needs to be much more transparency and leadership from the EFL on this - it’s so obviously causing a problem now and will cause a problem down the line and yet there’s no action.
I saw a suggestion that unvaccinated players shouldn’t count as a Covid absentee and they should automatically be replaced in the squad by a reserve/youth player which is an interesting approach and there may have to be some thinking like that involved as I don’t see how the current situation is sustainable unless omicron turns out to have a very high but short peak and things settle down a bit in a few weeks, which even then is too long to do nothing. |
I think it should go without saying that the unvaccinated should be suspended and replaced from squads. Otherwise this makes a mockery of the vaccination and subsequent booster process. | | | |
| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 09:12 - Dec 29 with 1158 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 19:40 - Dec 28 by LankHenners |
Yep, obviously the nature of the beast means you can’t stop anyone from getting it but it seems increasingly clear that some clubs are doing a much better job at managing it than others and, perhaps cynically, you can’t help but feel some clubs are just putting in a postponement request as it’s the easy/lazy option.
There needs to be much more transparency and leadership from the EFL on this - it’s so obviously causing a problem now and will cause a problem down the line and yet there’s no action.
I saw a suggestion that unvaccinated players shouldn’t count as a Covid absentee and they should automatically be replaced in the squad by a reserve/youth player which is an interesting approach and there may have to be some thinking like that involved as I don’t see how the current situation is sustainable unless omicron turns out to have a very high but short peak and things settle down a bit in a few weeks, which even then is too long to do nothing. |
You should have to field a team or forfeit the points, it really is that simple. | | | |
| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 09:24 - Dec 29 with 1107 views | pointofblue |
| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 01:56 - Dec 29 by jayessess |
Think it would be 24 for Lincoln City, so they'd need 11 absences for a postponement.
Suspect it's not the Covid cases that are proving difficult to regulate. The EFL can quite easily demand proof that players do in fact have to isolate. Much harder to regulate regular injuries though. If you've got 15 players available for selection and would prefer not to play, easy enough to have 2 claim they're unavailable with unprovable but also unchallengeable ailments. |
Injuries are a natural part of the game and shouldn’t towards the availability number - it should be Covid cases only. And I like the idea of unvaccinated players not counting either. | |
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| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 09:29 - Dec 29 with 1084 views | textbackup |
| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 09:24 - Dec 29 by pointofblue |
Injuries are a natural part of the game and shouldn’t towards the availability number - it should be Covid cases only. And I like the idea of unvaccinated players not counting either. |
I wonder if we'll ever get to a stage where unvaccinated players could fail medicals at clubs on this alone. |  |
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| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 11:39 - Dec 29 with 913 views | jayessess |
| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 09:24 - Dec 29 by pointofblue |
Injuries are a natural part of the game and shouldn’t towards the availability number - it should be Covid cases only. And I like the idea of unvaccinated players not counting either. |
Frustrating as it is to have games cancelled, I can see why the EFL aren't particularly keen to have teams put out scratch sides of youths and reserves. Doesn't do a great deal for the competition's integrity if we get to play Gillingham's kids but they've got regular first teamers back for their 1st January game. | |
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| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 11:44 - Dec 29 with 897 views | pointofblue |
| Doubts about Saturday's match ? on 11:39 - Dec 29 by jayessess |
Frustrating as it is to have games cancelled, I can see why the EFL aren't particularly keen to have teams put out scratch sides of youths and reserves. Doesn't do a great deal for the competition's integrity if we get to play Gillingham's kids but they've got regular first teamers back for their 1st January game. |
Not that they really give a damn about the integrity of the EFL Cup or Papa John’s Trophy. | |
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