Chelsea FA Cup behind closed doors?

[LaCiudad]

Had the date and time of this game not been announced because it could potentially be behind closed doors?

[Bayfox]

Or the tv companies are still squabbling over who gets what games and when. All 4 qf will be on telly. Potentially 1 game a day over 4 days. Fri-Mon

[foxile5]

Probably not - I can't see our infrastructure, the UK in general, wanting to do quarantines and stringent measures until it's past the point of usefulness. 

[Fox92]

There's only 4 games, surely they can play 2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.

[LaCiudad]

1 minute ago, Fox92 said:

There's only 4 games, surely they can play 2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.

Hence my question

[Fox92]

Just now, LaCiudad said:

Hence my question

Yeah I meant in terms of @Bayfox saying spread over 4 days.

 

I thought maybe it'd just be over the weekend but I can see a Friday night or Monday night involved. 

[grobyfox1990]

Will be fri - sun. International week begins after so all the players will be off to their teams on the Monday. Chelsea are in Munich on the Wednesday so at least our game won't be on the Friday night

[Bayfox]

9 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Yeah I meant in terms of @Bayfox saying spread over 4 days.

 

I thought maybe it'd just be over the weekend but I can see a Friday night or Monday night involved. 

BBC tend to go with one on a friday or monday where poss for some reason, but as someone below has poi ted out there can't be a monday so.

 

But I think the tv companies sorting themselves is more likely than the dealy being down to a virus

[Fox92]

1 minute ago, Bayfox said:

BBC tend to go with one on a friday or monday where poss for some reason, but as someone below has poi ted out there can't be a monday so.

 

But I think the tv companies sorting themselves is more likely than the dealy being down to a virus

 Yeah so do I.

 

Playing behind closed doors will be their last option, I can't see it happening.

[Sir Shep]

[Fox92]

Sheffield Wednesday are at home on the Saturday so Sheffield United v Arsenal has got to be on the Sunday.

[lestajigs]

4 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Sheffield Wednesday are at home on the Saturday so Sheffield United v Arsenal has got to be on the Sunday.

Or friday?

[Fox92]

3 minutes ago, lestajigs said:

Or friday?

I thought the schedule for quarters finals is 2 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday.

 

Last year it was 3 on Sat and 1 on Sunday.

 

Last 3 seasons:
16 March 2019    Watford   v  Crystal Palace
16 March 2019    Swansea City    v  Manchester City
16 March 2019    Wolverhampton Wanderers    v   Manchester United
17 March 2019    Millwall v Brighton & Hove Albion

 

17 March 2018    Swansea City     v    Tottenham Hotspur
17 March 2018    Manchester United     v   Brighton & Hove Albion
18 March 2018    Wigan Athletic v    Southampton
18 March 2018    Leicester City v    Chelsea

11 March 2017    Middlesbrough    v    Manchester City
11 March 2017    Arsenal     v    Lincoln City
12 March 2017    Tottenham Hotspur   v    Millwall
13 March 2017    Chelsea    v  Manchester United

[lestajigs]

20 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

I thought the schedule for quarters finals is 2 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday.

 

Last year it was 3 on Sat and 1 on Sunday.

 

Last 3 seasons:
16 March 2019    Watford   v  Crystal Palace
16 March 2019    Swansea City    v  Manchester City
16 March 2019    Wolverhampton Wanderers    v   Manchester United
17 March 2019    Millwall v Brighton & Hove Albion

 

17 March 2018    Swansea City     v    Tottenham Hotspur
17 March 2018    Manchester United     v   Brighton & Hove Albion
18 March 2018    Wigan Athletic v    Southampton
18 March 2018    Leicester City v    Chelsea

11 March 2017    Middlesbrough    v    Manchester City
11 March 2017    Arsenal     v    Lincoln City
12 March 2017    Tottenham Hotspur   v    Millwall
13 March 2017    Chelsea    v  Manchester United

Ahh good research, fair play 

[Fox92]

3 minutes ago, lestajigs said:

Ahh good research, fair play 

Plus it's me hoping  

[st albans fox]

3 hours ago, LaCiudad said:

Had the date and time of this game not been announced because it could potentially be behind closed doors?

Not at the moment ......no

[filbertway]

Players ordered to play wearing masks and latex gloves, which they have to dunk in a tub of hot water and disinfectant for 10 seconds, every 5 minutes.

 

It's gonna be mental

[Aus Fox]

Why the **** is this even a thread? The title is based on zero information other than one persons crazy suggestion. 
Of all the crap on here, this is a new low for FT.

[st albans fox]

2 hours ago, Aus Fox said:

Why the **** is this even a thread? The title is based on zero information other than one persons crazy suggestion. 
Of all the crap on here, this is a new low for FT.

Nearly seven thousand posts tells me your memory is short ............

 

although I agree about the thread .....
 

[Wakeyfox]

11 hours ago, Fox92 said:

 Yeah so do I.

 

Playing behind closed doors will be their last option, I can't see it happening.

Nobody will be able to see it happening! 

[dylanlegend]

Hope not the crowd can be the 12th man for games like these 

[Chrysalis]

I wonder if new tv rights are been drawn up or will games be not viewable at all live.

[Gamble92]

8 hours ago, dylanlegend said:

Hope not the crowd can be the 12th man for games like these 

The crowd might literally be the 12th man if its just the Birch stood next to the tunnel.

[Deeg67]

I don't see why it's so far-fetched.  It's already happening in Japan - it can happen anywhere.  The alternative is to cancel the games outright.

 

Hong Kong adopted very restrictive policies aimed at containing the outbreak there - canceled all public gatherings, schools closed for months, mandated working from home - that were by no means universally praised.  But it looks as if they've largely succeeded at what they were intended to do, based on the numbers coming out of there.  Other countries (not the U.S. obviously, but ones not run by psychopaths) will have noticed that.

[Fox92]

1 hour ago, Deeg67 said:

I don't see why it's so far-fetched.  It's already happening in Japan - it can happen anywhere.  The alternative is to cancel the games outright.

 

Hong Kong adopted very restrictive policies aimed at containing the outbreak there - canceled all public gatherings, schools closed for months, mandated working from home - that were by no means universally praised.  But it looks as if they've largely succeeded at what they were intended to do, based on the numbers coming out of there.  Other countries (not the U.S. obviously, but ones not run by psychopaths) will have noticed that.

Surely that's because Japan and China (Hong Kong) are much closer to the incident though.