Villa Request Everton Postponement

[nsno-chris]

So now Richarlison can recover, another week where we have Allan and DCL closer to fitness. And any other minor knocks that may have been picked up can be rested

Momentum will be carried because we have an excellent manager who is slowly drilling them

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Why would he miss leicester?

Because he'd have missed Villa.

He now misses Leicester.

They don't serve suspensions in cup games anymore.

And besides, even that cup game is in doubt.

"At least Allan might be back for when we play them next" negates that we'd have been playing a weakened Villa team.

It also just pushes congested fixtures further back - Man City/Villa will still have to be played and injuries are part of the game.

What happens if Everton get a covid outbreak? More fixtures moved.

Games shouldn't be postponed based on lack of preparation time. You see Fulham getting thrown to play against Spurs with next to no prep.

The Premier League is a farce.

 

[hktoffee]

Best way to take the title off Everton lol.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Villa will be nice and fresh to play next...

*checks notes*

Man City.

 

[Toffeelover]

We will end up playing catch up and have a fixture congestion.

 

[BlueStevie35]

Villa will be nice and fresh to play next...

*checks notes*

Man City.

They may be fresh but they’ll be in no way fit if they’re only allowed back to training at the weekend

 

[hktoffee]

They may be fresh but they’ll be in no way fit if they’re only allowed back to training at the weekend

They should be requested to play their youth team like what they do vs Liverpool.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

They may be fresh but they’ll be in no way fit if they’re only allowed back to training at the weekend

Not sure about that.

They're professional footballers - mid way through the season.

Last played 1st Jan. They'll next play 20th Jan.

That's at least 4/5 days full 'training ground' training.

It's just yet another hit on the integrity of the competition this season.

 

[steven]

If Villa v city gets cancelled, could see the premier league putting our game v city in there instead...

 

[D410]

No matches for 2 weeks - get cracking in the transfer market

 

[MrGrumpy]

This Villa will be 3 games behind everyone else and us 1

 

[ToffeeTim]

They may be fresh but they’ll be in no way fit if they’re only allowed back to training at the weekend

They will be doing individual training programmes you'd imagine. Especially those who were in contact but not positive for covid.

I don't agree with the decision to postpone any match where teams have enough players available, but that's not what the PL have decided. They've set a precedent to allow teams to request postponements so now there has to be consistency on that.

Fulham got chucked into a fixture last night at short notice with very little training, so there's a lack of even handedness in the decision making.

 

[Jim Hopper]

Evertonians over the next 2 weeks.

 

[duncs pigeon]

They should be requested to play their youth team like what they do with Liverpool.

But repetitive this now mate, but the FA Cup is different to the Prem League, different competition different rules.

 

[hktoffee]

But repetitive this now mate, but the FA Cup is different to the Prem League, different competition different rules.

They can amend it much like the handball thing in the beginning of the season.