Villatillidie95 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Welsh Government Economy Minister Vaughn Gething announces that from Boxing day all sporting events will be played behind closed doors. Can't be long until the same announcement in England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Which makes you wonder why the Premier League and EFL didn't do the same today. It is just leading to more uncertainty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 I’ve bought my 10 year old tickets to the United home game in Jan for part of his Christmas present…no point in giving them to him is there if I’m going to have to tell him he can’t go a few days later. Better buy him something else and if we can go, it’s a bonus. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted December 21, 2021 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2021 I don't think we'll ever get FA Cup replays back and I think that's a real shame. It's big clubs getting rid of games that aren't profitable for them (but mean a huge amount to small clubs) and clearing out the calendar a little to help the teams that are in European competition continue to be able to win everything. Disaster capitalism by the Premier league; using a crisis to engineer a change that would otherwise be met with huge opposition. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OutByEaster? Posted December 21, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 21, 2021 Reading some of the stuff in the press conferences from the bigger teams today, it seems that what they actually want is a winter break. They don't seem to be concerned about the effect of Covid on games and on their players, they seem to be worried about the effect of games on their players - it's a Christmas break Klopp wants, not a Covid break. Tarts. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 Yep Klopp doesn't care he wanted the games to go ahead last week. Guy is an absolute piece of scum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 55 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Reading some of the stuff in the press conferences from the bigger teams today, it seems that what they actually want is a winter break. They don't seem to be concerned about the effect of Covid on games and on their players, they seem to be worried about the effect of games on their players - it's a Christmas break Klopp wants, not a Covid break. Tarts. Didn’t get their way with 5 subs so let’s throw our toys out of the pram and moan, moan, moan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 He is a class manager no doubt. But a classless person, always has been, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted December 21, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 21, 2021 53 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Tarts I am in favour of a winter break. I mean I get they're essentially looking after their own interests, but a break after New Year's Day games or FA Cup 3rd round would be a good idea for the Prem (in normal times). Players recovering from tiredness and injuries, avoiding the coldest part of the year for fans. It would let lower leagues garner a few more spectators, too, if they carried on playing. As for Covid, I guess the stronger clubs believe they can still maintain their advantages because of the stronger squad depths they have, so they won't care about that. Tarts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phily85 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 I thought they did bring in a winter break of sorts a few seasons ago only half the teams played one week and then the other half the week after IIRC. Obviously covid stopped it after the 1st winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Yep, there already is a winter break in mid/late Jan. Every team gets at least 2 weeks off without ANY football games scheduled. It’s staggered so not all the teams have a winter break at the same time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPJCB Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 3 hours ago, foreveryoung said: He is a class manager no doubt. But a classless person, always has been, Tbh I’m still a fan. He’s one of the only managers who’s taken a strong stand in favour of vaccinations which is what we need right now. I wouldn’t mind seeing nutjob moyes banned from the game for what he said the other week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withnail Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 1 hour ago, JPJCB said: I wouldn’t mind seeing nutjob moyes banned from the game for what he said the other week What did Moyes say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPJCB Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, Withnail said: What did Moyes say? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted December 22, 2021 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2021 12 minutes ago, JPJCB said: Some players want to inject Heroin, we have to respect that. Some players want to be in nightclubs at 4am drinking shots the same day as a game, we have to respect that. Some players want to murder people and eat their brains, we have to respect that. Some players want to drive sport cars at 150 mph on public roads, we have to respect that Some players want to eat 20 quarter pounders with cheese on the morning of a big game, we have to respect that. Or we have no diversity in the game 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 20 minutes ago, sidcow said: Some players want to eat 20 quarter pounders with cheese on the morning of a big game, we have to respect that. Have some respect for Richard Dunne 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pas5898 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 13 hours ago, ender4 said: Yep, there already is a winter break in mid/late Jan. Every team gets at least 2 weeks off without ANY football games scheduled. It’s staggered so not all the teams have a winter break at the same time. There's 2 options for teams with the big squads like Liverpool, Chelsea, City. There's the staggered 2 week break in the end of Jan + early Jan FACup 3rd round weekend is another opportunity to rest some players with 2 weeks between PL games. He could quite easily rest his big players for 10 days whilst sending the reserves to beat Shrewsbury in the FACup. Of course Klopp cries about burnout then decides to play his full strength 11 against Villa under 12's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 2 hours ago, nick76 said: It’s a bit of a farce, can’t create a game plan because you don’t know whose available or even if the game will go ahead. Trying to train tactics for a particular game throughout the week that may change based on whose available. It’s not a matter of just picking a team on match day for this level of competition, meticulous planning goes into it but that’s thrown up in the air at the moment. Depending on whose available could change approach, particular plays and/or many other things. All goes against the integrity of the competition and the fairness of the competition but money rules I suppose! It's a good point. Steve Bruce would be perfect for this sort of match! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, ender4 said: It's a good point. Steve Bruce would be perfect for this sort of match! He does have an impressive 3 wins from 28 games vs Chelsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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