Burnley (A) next Saturday - POSTPONED

[FoxyJim1987]

1 minute ago, st albans fox said:

Durham is now just totally embarrassing himself ….

 

 

He is talking in very simple terms but it's the 1st thing I thought about. No doubt they have injuries but surely it's suits them to have this called off.

[South Shire Fox]

11 minutes ago, honeybradger said:

This is good isnt it? We have an injury crisis and multiple players at AFCON, we'll have a better chance in this fixture when he have our squad in better health later in the season

Or we end up playing every 3 days for the rest of the season leading to more injuries (probably serious) from the gruelling schedule..

[Footballwipe]

Just now, Sol thewall Bamba said:

This will never go away btw. The state we've got ourselves in as a country over this virus means pretty much whenever a team wants a game called off in the future they'll just say "sorry Covid haha" and that's it. 

Yep, feels like a dangerous precedent has been set and Burnley are the latest club to follow it. God knows when we're going to get these games rearranged, especially if we go deep in the FA Cup and Conf League.

 

As "good" as some people think this is, the season has to end at some point, fixture congestion is absolutely guaranteed.

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

10 minutes ago, honeybradger said:

This is good isnt it? We have an injury crisis and multiple players at AFCON, we'll have a better chance in this fixture when he have our squad in better health later in the season

It's good for now... but there's bound for be a point in a month or two where we're playing 3 times a week regularly making up for these postponements when we're almost certain to pick up fresh injuries through fatigue, unless we have a mental January window and buy some serious reinforcements. Otherwise I think we're going to need to get some of the youngsters game-time before this backlog is unleashed so they're up to speed when they're called upon

[hejammy]

9 minutes ago, Fox in the North said:

The one thing that I don’t like about the covid rules is the lack of transparency. In Spain or Germany they actually name the players who have tested positive.

Why name them? That's a breach of data protection and anyone's health record are their own and not to be shared with the public. Would you like it if everyone was made aware if you were ill?

[Vacamion]

 

When we play again, it will be our very own "Project Restart". 

 

 

 

 

[st albans fox]

Just to clarify 

if we are moaning about these postponements then we accept we should have played all the games we have called off 

 

it is what it is 

 

 

 

 

[Sunbury Fox]

3 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Durham is now just totally embarrassing himself ….

 

 

The fact is that PL clubs have 25 man squads. The injury website I use says Burnley are missing 8 players including Cornet at AFCON and they have sold Wood. So that means they should have 16 squad members available.  So why can't they play? They have more available than we do, even with the returnees coming back now. 

[TrickyTrevLeftPeg]

Thought it would be called off.

 

Annoying as it is. It teams aren't at full strength then a few injuries and covid and can call a game off quite easily.

 

We did it last week. Burnley this week. Clubs will just take advantage of the rules PL set. 

 

 

[Guest Lako42]

FFS

Edited 14 January 2022 by Lako42

[lcfc_forever]

3 minutes ago, GlennyFox55 said:

Premier league have absolutely ruined this season. 

No, the Government and new variant have damaged things. Lots to blame the PL on but this is not one of them. 

 

If they'd introduced more restrictions, likely more games would have gone ahead. 

Edited 14 January 2022 by lcfc_forever

[Tanya]

Not happy. We have enough players. Just wanna play now to ease congestion 

[st albans fox]

3 minutes ago, FoxyJim1987 said:

He is talking in very simple terms but it's the 1st thing I thought about. No doubt they have injuries but surely it's suits them to have this called off.

Wood’s sale is, in effect another injury for them 

that’s how it should be viewed - they couldn’t stop it 

[South Shire Fox]

Just now, Tanya said:

Not happy. We have enough players. Just wanna play now to ease congestion 

Yes but they dont, thats the problem..

[lcfc_forever]

1 minute ago, st albans fox said:

Just to clarify 

if we are moaning about these postponements then we accept we should have played all the games we have called off 

 

it is what it is 

 

 

 

 

Yep, it is annoying as I think they were there for the taking given their confidence is so low, especially with Wood going. 

 

Only positives are it means we might get Castagne and Soumare back when we next play, and we're playing less games while the AFCON is on. 

[lcfc278]

1 minute ago, Sunbury Fox said:

The fact is that PL clubs have 25 man squads. The injury website I use says Burnley are missing 8 players including Cornet at AFCON and they have sold Wood. So that means they should have 16 squad members available.  So why can't they play? They have more available than we do, even with the returnees coming back now. 

Does the injury website include Covid cases though? I'm guessing they've had some positive cases this morning, with injuries they'd only need 4 to get Covid to have it called off which is feasible. 

[Voll Blau]

3 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Just to clarify 

if we are moaning about these postponements then we accept we should have played all the games we have called off 

 

it is what it is 

I think most of us accept that? Matchgoing fans just an afterthought as usual.

[moore_94]

9 minutes ago, dsr-burnley said:

Sold because of a release clause in his contract.  So there was no option to retain him, even for another week.

He is now going off saying you should have recalled that striker you have on loan at Accrington I think? Who is also injured 

[ren]

Gutted was looking forward to the Cricket ground tomorrow and an actual Saturday 3pm KO. Another away down the drain being moved to midweek then.

[Guest Manini]

I take it tickets will just be rolled over for this when it’s eventually rearranged?

[FuriousFox46]

Looking forward to the opening Match of the Day next season.

 

“As 19 teams kick off the new campaign, we start at Leicester who took on already-relegated Norwich in gameweek 20 of last season.”

[FoxesWalk]

Burnley have 8 men out, from a 25 man squad. So why is the game cancelled? 
 

Edit: we have more unavailable than they do… seems odd 

Edited 14 January 2022 by FoxesWalk

[UniFox21]

10 minutes ago, dsr-burnley said:

Sold because of a release clause in his contract.  So there was no option to retain him, even for another week.

Posted in jest after he made the same comment to us about loaning out an academy player. 

[Sunbury Fox]

Just now, lcfc278 said:

Does the injury website include Covid cases though? I'm guessing they've had some positive cases this morning, with injuries they'd only need 4 to get Covid to have it called off which is feasible. 

It includes Covid cases yes. But I guess some others could (conveniently) have come through this morning. 

[FoxyJim1987]

2 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Wood’s sale is, in effect another injury for them 

that’s how it should be viewed - they couldn’t stop it 

Its still irrelevant, teams can't sell players and then get games called off. I'm not saying they haven't got injuries but something stinks here.