Match Thread POSTPONED: Everton v Manchester City - Preview only

[Goat]

torally agree with that but you know money talks,just like last year i am afraid

No chance of it being totally scrapped. A 2 or 3 week break where the players are forced to isolate and stay at home might happen though.

Well I dont mean perma canned like.

Im sure the Premier League are trying to get as many vaccines as they can ASAP.

 

[willo30]

I'm not so convinced they did this slyly - I still think when numbers start to grow quickly you have no choice. HOWEVER, if they did, they are in big danger of being hoist by their own petard.

They are next scheduled to play on 3rd Jan - 6 days away. They have already declared they have 5 covid-infected players, who will now need to quarantine for 12 - 14 days. If they have used the numbers game for postponing today's game, they cannot possibly declare themselves able to play on the 3rd. And even then there's a good chance the numbers may increase.

So this could (should) put City out of action for 2 weeks at least, in a season that started late (so we're playing catch up anyway), in which they are still in all competitions, and where this deferment will give them the mother of all fixture congestions somewhere down the line.

On a practical level, I'd take our chances of playing them on their 6th game in 10 days when our best are hopefully back and we may even be able to have the benefit of a significantly larger home crowd.

If you test positive then the 14 day quarantine doesn't apply.
They are good to go as soon as they test negative.

The 10-14 days is to give people a chance to catch it and get over it if they come into contact with it.

 

[andyhemo]

Well I dont mean perma canned like.

Im sure the Premier League are trying to get as many vaccines as they can ASAP.

Hope they dont get them before the people that really need them ,over 70`s etc

 

[DanB90]

It makes West Ham easier, but I think it will make beating Man City much harder.

All if’s and buts, but there was a chance we’d have not gotten the points today, picked up more injuries or suspensions, gone into the West Ham game with less rest/players available and lost points there too.

 

[DanB90]

Well I dont mean perma canned like.

Im sure the Premier League are trying to get as many vaccines as they can ASAP.

Oh absolutely. These super fit athletes will 100% be vaccinated before my 83 year old nana.

 

[Goat]

Hope they dont get them before the people that really need them ,over 70`s etc

They sourced their own tests fairly easy.

Wouldnt be shocked to see them go to China or Russia.

Money talks.

 

[blaze]

The Premier League are probably panicking at the idea of delaying the season, or even worse having to just cancel it outright, there are players moving in and out of tier 2-3-4 areas with a congested fixture list who can quite easily spread covid to multiple clubs before it's even picked up by testing.

It's completely reasonable for them to make the decision to protect players with postponements but that has to be done in a way that all parties are aware of the reasoning behind the decision and all clubs throughout the leagues understand how and why these decisions are being made otherwise it's open to abuse. I don't think Everton will be particularly upset at the postponed game itself but rules shouldn't just be made up behind the scenes without any consultation so it should definitely be called out.

 

[Goat]

Oh absolutely. These super fit athletes will 100% be vaccinated before my 83 year old nana.

To be fair Saint Maxin and Leschelles are goosed.

 

[andyhemo]

All if’s and buts, but there was a chance we’d have not gotten the points today, picked up more injuries or suspensions, gone into the West Ham game with less rest/players available and lost points there too.

Funny old season, Everton are second remember

 

[Amokachi1995]

It makes West Ham easier, but I think it will make beating Man City much harder.

Yeah possibly, particularly if they had lots of key players missing tonight. On the flip side though, they are going to have real fixture congestion and we could have Digne, Richarlison and James back when we do play. In the meantime we get a better rest for West Ham.

 

[davids]

It was a stupid rule to be fair.

These players tested negative on xmas day, yet 2 days later tested positive. Say they did field a team that all tested negative today but tomorrow morning or wednesday a load more who played us then tested positive. If its rife in the club they need to shut it down and contain it

And they need to concede the game and the three points. When Hamilton had it Mercedes had to use another driver and didn't win the GP. ( although they did cock it up themselves) Flaunting rules can't go unpunished.

 

[davids]

Funny old season, Everton are second remember

Third

 

[davek]

Sorry to drag politics in here, but with 40k positive tests today I now agree with @davek that there's every chance this season will be canned fairly soon.

Things are beginning to spiral.

Covid postponements and advantage and disadvantage over home support make this season null and void already IMO.

There is no integrity and therefore competition has gone.

 

[Goat]

And they need to concede the game and the three points. When Hamilton had it Mercedes had to use another driver and didn't win the GP. ( although they did cock it up themselves) Flaunting rules can't go unpunished.

They didnt flaunt the rules.

They asked permission and the Premier League bent for them.

Anyway, lets see what this brings.

 

[kenada_blue]

Oh absolutely. These super fit athletes will 100% be vaccinated before my 83 year old nana.

Definitely. They set up mass testing in football and quick result turn around months before they even bothered doing it in hospitals