Match Thread POSTPONED - Aston Villa v Everton (Sunday 17 January 12:00)

[OneTrueLegend]

Wondering when we will play the missed games? Is there still a ban on playing Premier league games the same day as champions league games? That seems like the only sensible time to play the villa fixture. Not sure about the man city one, maybe we would have to wait for them to be out of the champions league

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

He has been fine recently, just not as some weird striker role like yesterday

You and I have obviously been watching different matches.

 

[degsy]

The PL will approve and we will roll over for them

This
And then lose the game in hand to go 3rd.
Ancelotti seems to have given us 1 dose of backbone vaccine, but its 3mths to the 2nd one.

 

[Guru888]

Its not. Cup games don't count now

Sake

 

[sdk]

Play a season in a pandemic and you take what you get.

We're all asterisks now.

 

[MikeH72]

You can’t keep letting them rack up games in hand.

 

[Chris O'Connor]

I just don't get all the moaning, it's a pandemic it could happen to us think about how we would feel about that.

 

[hktoffee]

If they aren’t able to field a team because some of their players broke the rules set by the FA then the game should be awarded to us by winning 0-3. Then Villa can have their rest as they like. I hope our club will stand up for this. Clubs can’t just cancel a match like the Citch game which impact our performance such as against West Ham at home.

 

[Death]

I just don't get all the moaning, it's a pandemic it could happen to us think about how we would feel about that.

It's more the fact Liverpool get a free pass in a round in the FA cup yet we must halt our momentum and drop a few places down the league and watch others pull away. For ever getting the short end of the stick historically between us and them.

 

[Chris O'Connor]

It's more the fact Liverpool get a free pass in a round in the FA cup yet we must halt our momentum and drop a few places down the league and watch others pull away. For ever getting the short end of the stick historically between us and them.

Bigger issues imo, cancel football or put up with it is the only way to carry on with the game, we're on a knife edge as regards the top flight continuing

 

[Chris O'Connor]

If they aren’t able to field a team because some of their players broke the rules set by the FA then the game should be awarded to us by winning 0-3. Then Villa can have their rest as they like. I hope our club will stand up for this. Clubs can’t just cancel a match like the Citch game which impact our performance such as against West Ham at home.

Yes they can, these aren't normal times

 

[Jim Hopper]

Mad the way some clubs seem to be riddled with this stuff at the moment and others just really aren’t. I wonder if each club has a different approach and protocols in place for all of this and if/or players haven’t been following the rules correctly...

Of course it could just be a massive unfortunate thing.

 

[hktoffee]

Yes they can, these aren't normal times

3 points awarded to us problem sorted they can take a rest as they wish.

 

[Chris O'Connor]

3 points awarded to us problem sorted they can take a rest as they wish.

The premier league are trying to get through this season they'll cancel, switch etc at short notice, there is nothing about forfeits in their rules atm although you can't discount emergency measures being introduced.

 

[DanB90]

3 points awarded to us problem sorted they can take a rest as they wish.

This won’t be happening.