Postponment of Premier League fixtures due to the death of Her Majesty the Queen.

[Paul Rideout]

Beyond a load of serf cockneys, is there bollocks.

This is what they want the world to think.

That's the reason the games are off. The silences would have been broken up and down the land in pockets of each ground apart from a few servile club supporters like West Ham and Chelsea. They cannot have that.

TBF it's what the world does think. My 'in laws' (i'm not married but might as well be) are foreign - shocked that I wasn't all that bothered, but in fact was a tiny bit annoyed to find out that we don't get a day off.

 

[TheBigIguana]

You can reschedule a football match over the winter. You can't reschedule a test match over the winter.

You can't reschedule football this winter very easily

 

[jamieni]

people dont really watch it? I dont know. A bit weird, would have thought it would be off.

They’ve cancelled all domestic rugby games here in Ulster. I guess it’s all up to the various organisations. No disrespect intended to anyone but going to be a fairly boring weekend with no footy to watch.

 

[Paul Rideout]

Just the football peasants getting screwed out of their hard-earned then:

we might boo the minutes silence I think is their genuine concern

 

[roydo]

people dont really watch it? I dont know. A bit weird, would have thought it would be off.

Prem rugby get pretty good crowds mate. Bristol/Bath tomorrow will most likely be a sell out at Ashton Gate. Not often that happens with Bristol City.

 

[Toffeeslam]

People are missing the point, games postponed this weekend leaves an extra week for injured players to return.

 

[mightymoyes]

People are missing the point, games postponed this weekend leaves an extra week for injured players to return.

or extra week to get more injuries

 

[OneTrueLegend]

People are missing the point, games postponed this weekend leaves an extra week for injured players to return.

the way our luck is with injuries, we will get more player injured in training this week!

 

[Wat Tyler]

You can reschedule a football match over the winter. You can't reschedule a test match over the winter.

Pubs, bars, museums, restaurants, galleries are all open, all other sports are on, but the entire English football calendar has closed down. It is beyond farcical.

 

[MikeH72]

or extra week to get more injuries

This is how it works for Ebeptoh

 

[arbok]

People are missing the point, games postponed this weekend leaves an extra week for injured players to return.

but if you play too frequently (now that you have to squeeze the game in between two others), you'll pick up more injuries!

 

[arbok]

This isn't a comment on the queen but I wish the football was on.

I'd rather it on the weekend than on a weeknight (in Australia weeknight games are in the middle of the night 2am-6am) which means I can't watch them.

 

[Azza]

Rugby getting it right.


But then of course they'll all be privately educated Tories unlike us drooling gorms, so they're bound to come to the logical decision.

 

[Tony’s Carp]

People are missing the point, games postponed this weekend leaves an extra week for injured players to return.

In the short term it’s good for Everton, but then there’s so little room in this season’s schedule that cramming the games in will likely cause other problems. A stop start season could also make it hard to get any momentum going- we’re looking at a possible month off then another long lay off soon after.

These are issues all clubs face though I guess- on balance I guess if the next two games get put back to the new year then there’s more of an opportunity to get the squad knitted together and maybe get extra bodies in the next window.

 

[blue to the bone]

I think next weeks games will be on if the funeral is on Monday week.
Seems to be a backlash to this week's games been off when other sports continue