Stoke game likely to be postponed (3 Viewers)

[vow]

Clive Eakin just confirmed on CWR Stoke game postponed!

 

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[skybluegod]

 

[Nick]

Confirmed.

We have no cases

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Nice for them to be at full strength for the rescheduled fixture. Spineless from EFL

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Nice for them to be at full strength for the rescheduled fixture. Spineless from EFL

Long term injuries aren’t they?

 

[CovBrummie94]

So that statement from the EFL was utterly pointless


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[robbiethemole]

come on then, end of the season, ppg, where do we finish?? surely not Champions again hahaha

 

[Frostie]

Nice for them to be at full strength for the rescheduled fixture. Spineless from EFL

Don't get the conspiracy theories here. Their injured players, with the exception of Sawyers, have already been out for weeks & some such as Souttar are long term

 

[Malaka]

thats fucked the Christmas shopping excuse

 

[SBT]

Are we REALLY going to do the whole charade of "they're too scared/faking it" again? Didn't make sense when Rotherham did it last year and doesn't make sense now.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Don't get the conspiracy theories here. Their injured players, with the exception of Sawyers, have already been out for weeks & some such as Souttar are long term

Not a conspiracy but an unavoidable fact. The rules just published today are meaningless

 

[David O'Day]

Don't get the conspiracy theories here. Their injured players, with the exception of Sawyers, have already been out for weeks & some such as Souttar are long term

It's a good excuse for them though now to get a tricky away game called off.

 

[Frostie]

It's a good excuse for them though now to get a tricky away game called off.

To what end? The fixture will be rearranged for a midweek where all these players will likely still be injured anyway.

 

[harvey098]

We don’t have any cases in the first team (confirmed on the statement). Can’t we play against another team that have also been let down by their opponent so it’s one less fixture to cram in down the line.

Not sure how it would work but there will likely be other teams like us sat there on Saturday when we could be playing each other.

 

[skybluelee]

Not a conspiracy but an unavoidable fact. The rules just published today are meaningless

Has it been confirmed how many of their players are unavailable, if not then there is no way of knowing if the new rule is meaningless at this point?

 

[SkyblueDad]

I reckon this is the start, Boxing Day games doubtful in my opinion as for our Cardiff game that comes under the Welsh authority and possibly different rules.

 

[robbiekeane]

Im fucking fuming. Just can't handle this shit anymore

 

[GaryMabbuttsLeftKnee]

Don't get the conspiracy theories here. Their injured players, with the exception of Sawyers, have already been out for weeks & some such as Souttar are long term

Stop with the logic and get angry about it!

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Has it been confirmed how many of their players are unavailable, if not then there is no way of knowing if the new rule is meaningless at this point?

For it not to be they'd need a good 15+ players out.

 

[David O'Day]

To what end? The fixture will be rearranged for a midweek where all these players will likely still be injured anyway.

They can players back, it won't be played until next month now

they have not got up to 20 players out

 

[SBT]

It's a good excuse for them though now to get a tricky away game called off.

Yes, as we all remember, this strategy worked wonders for Rotherham last year, who didn't suffer any problems at all as a result of all the postponements they managed to engineer.

 

[robbiethemole]

How many games have we called off due to this virus? as far as I remember, it's other teams cancelling not us, even right back to last year. does that mean we're more careful over training and testing our players.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Yes, as we all remember, this strategy worked wonders for Rotherham last year, who didn't suffer any problems at all as a result of all the postponements they managed to engineer.

Doesn't work out well for us either. You'd rather have points on the board than games in hand.

 

[Frostie]

They can players back, it won't be played until next month now

they have not got up to 20 players out

But the injured players you're referring to are mostly out until February/March. What's to stop them picking up more injuries in the meantime too?

I get we're all frustrated but the conspiracy theories don't hold much weight.

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

How many games have we called off due to this virus? as far as I remember, it's other teams cancelling not us, even right back to last year. does that mean we're more careful over training and testing our players.

This is only going to get worse.

 

[SBT]

Doesn't work out well for us either. You'd rather have points on the board than games in hand.

So Stoke saw what Rotherham did last season and thought "Yeah, screw fixture congestion, this is the way to rack up points", before scanning the fixture list and working out which games they might want to sack off?

There is a much simpler explanation here, it's just in some people's ultra-competitive nature as fans to ignore it for a more fun narrative.

 

[steve cooper]

If our game against Cardiff goes ahead on boxing day, and we win it, and stoke don't play again, that will give us 1.6086 points per game to Stoke's 1.5909. They can end the season then if they want to as we will be in the playoffs.

 

[clint van damme]

If agame gets rescheduled can you claim a refund?

 

[CovBrummie94]

We don’t have any cases in the first team (confirmed on the statement). Can’t we play against another team that have also been let down by their opponent so it’s one less fixture to cram in down the line.

Not sure how it would work but there will likely be other teams like us sat there on Saturday when we could be playing each other.

Massive financial burden for away fans


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[David O'Day]

But the injured players you're referring to are mostly out until February/March. What's to stop them picking up more injuries in the meantime too?

I get we're all frustrated but the conspiracy theories don't hold much weight.

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But they will have the covid players back. they have 14 players and as per the rules it should be played

 

[Frostie]

How many games have we called off due to this virus? as far as I remember, it's other teams cancelling not us, even right back to last year. does that mean we're more careful over training and testing our players.

Possibly. I know we've always been very careful on having the first team train away from the U23s & Academy (Ryton v Higgs) perhaps others aren't as prepared or simply don't have the facilities.
That's why I was a little surprised JJ, Shipley & Walker played on Tuesday.

 

[Frostie]

But they will have the covid players back. they have 14 players and as per the rules it should be played

That's a different argument & they will have to have presented their case to the EFL.

The conspiracy theory that it's because of these handful of injuries is nonsense. We're likely to have Hamer, Waghorn & JCS back before any of their lot.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

So Stoke saw what Rotherham did last season and thought "Yeah, screw fixture congestion, this is the way to rack up points", before scanning the fixture list and working out which games they might want to sack off?

There is a much simpler explanation here, it's just in some people's ultra-competitive nature as fans to ignore it for a more fun narrative.

I don't know how many times I have to say it's not a conspiracy.

 

[ccfc92]

Probably a blessing in disguise, remember vs Bolton's U18s.

 

[skybluegod]

For it not to be they'd need a good 15+ players out.

I've just looked and I can't see a single u23 that has made a first team appearance. (Assuming jpt doesn't count as it's their u23 team that appears).

So given that they then have 26/27 first team players beyond that. 5 out injured that we know. Is 8/9 positive cases really far fetched if they have all been at a party? Doesn't seem like it given the numbers being seen at other clubs that high also.