mikeyp102 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, Zatman said: in theory yes but Spurs did everything above board, they even paid for the tests. EFL obviously have to look into things but with the next round next week then was no other outcome But you have to ask, if it was the other way round, would they kick spurs out? I’m guessing not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 12 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: But you have to ask, if it was the other way round, would they kick spurs out? I’m guessing not true but last season Liverpool tried to re-arrange the game vs us and were told No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 26, 2020 Author Share Posted September 26, 2020 Quote Anti-Covid alcohol spray causes Oxford United coach driver breath-test chaos Team bus immobilised by anti-viral spray before League One tie ‘This week has been sent to test us,’ says head coach The coronavirus pandemic has caused havoc across every sport, from professional to amateur level, but the ongoing disruption took a bizarre and somewhat comical turn on Saturday when Oxford United tried to travel to face Accrington Stanley in League One. With players and staff safely aboard the team bus, ready to set off from their hotel for the Crown Ground, an alcohol-based spray was used on board to prevent potential spread of the Covid-19 virus. Safety was very much in mind – although the anti-viral spray interfered with the coach’s in-built system designed to prevent drink-driving. The coach driver had not touched a drop but the 70% proof spray rendered the coach unusable for the next six hours. Products such as the Alcolock require the coach’s driver to provide a breath sample before every journey. As a result of the safety system kicking in, Oxford’s players were forced to find other modes of transport to get to the stadium for their third league match of the season. Oxford’s head coach Karl Robinson told the Oxford Mail: “The problem is the blowing machine got affected by the alcohol gel on the coach, which meant when he [the driver] blew into it the coach stalled and wouldn’t start for six hours. We had to use staff cars, taxis, you name it to get to the ground.” “This week has certainly been sent to test us. It is what it is, you can’t change it. We know things aren’t falling in our favour. But it won’t affect our attitude, the players are motivated by what’s gone wrong. That’s the beauty of life, when the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Oxford United sit bottom of League One having lost their first two matches, most recently against Sunderland last week. Robinson will no doubt hope they can toast victory with a drink this evening but presumably, if the coach is operational in time, they will risk the journey back to Oxford without deploying the anti-viral spray. Topics https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/sep/26/anti-covid-alcohol-spray-causes-oxford-united-coach-driver-breath-test-chaos?fbclid=IwAR3bsPMTK-hFUKrxw5LuWqebG_bo8sJLSem8ZVH84NE0H-cPPWcvgrZIZS4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Quote Serie A could be SUSPENDED for two weeks after Italian football is left reeling from 14 positive Covid-19 tests at Genoa Genoa returned 14 positive Covid-19 tests after losing 6-0 to Napoli on Sunday Kick-off in the match was delayed after Genoa's goalkeeper tested positive Officials in Italy are discussing how best to combat virus outbreaks in Serie A A two-week postponement this weekend would only disrupt one round of games It is understood the Italian government and the ministry of sport in Italy are working together to decide how best to combat any clusters of the virus in Serie A. A suspension is one of the options under consideration, according to Corriere della Sera. With the international break on the horizon, a two-week pause on Italy's elite league would only disrupt the round of matches that are scheduled for this weekend. Genoa's defeat by Napoli on Sunday had the kick-off delayed by several hours after Genoa's first-choice goalkeeper, Mattia Perin, tested positive for the virus on Saturday. They later announced that their Denmark midfielder Lasse Schone had also tested positive. And after the ensuing tests on the rest of the squad, Genoa announced late on Monday that 14 members had the disease. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8785063/Serie-SUSPENDED-two-weeks-14-positive-Covid-19-tests-Genoa.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 Napoli are banned from entering Turin tonight for the Juventus game but Serie A is insisting the game goes ahead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 33 minutes ago, Zatman said: Napoli are banned from entering Turin tonight for the Juventus game but Serie A is insisting the game goes ahead Utter madness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 There's an international break anyway so that would fill up the two week suspension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 5, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 5, 2020 I have a theory that some of these ridiculous results are down to us having no crowds at games. Last night for example, it obviously felt like Liverpool had given up. Don't get me wrong, we were fantastic. But looking at it objectively, Liverpool just looked defeated after half time, especially for the least 30 minutes. Would they be that resigned to defeat if they had 3 or 4 thousand fans in the ground cheering them on and the team feeling like they have to do something for them? I'm not so sure. It wouldn't have changed the winner, we were far better than them on the night. But would it have prevented the 7-2 scoreline? I think there's an argument that it would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tomaszk Posted October 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2020 Having internationals right now is very silly I think. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 9 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: Having internationals right now is very silly I think. Its rediculous its like covid-19 has gone away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 5, 2020 Author Share Posted October 5, 2020 Tammy, Chilwell and Sancho all breached guidelines at Tammy surprise birthday at the weekend Probably all will be kept out of the England squad now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Travelling all over Europe to play football during a pandemic is a bit silly but international friendlies at all is extremely stupid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Quote In a recent study, we use information on football teams in the top-level competitions across England (Premier League), France (Ligue 1), Germany (Bundesliga), Italy (Serie A), and Spain (La Liga) over the 2019/2020 season to study whether – and to what extent – supporters influence the performance of teams. To do so, we take advantage of an unusual opportunity provided by the lockdown, which forced all matches to take place behind closed doors. Such an exogenous change offers a unique framework to compare the difference between the amount of points gained by teams playing at home (treated) and teams competing away (controls) before Covid-19, when supporters could attend any match, and after the lockdown, when all matches took place behind closed doors. From a theoretical perspective, if performance is positively influenced by workers being observed, the difference in the utility (amount of earned points) should be much more pronounced when performing in front of a supportive crowd (namely, when playing at home before the pandemic) than when performing in front of a neutral one (when playing at home behind closed doors after the outbreak of Covid-19). Results We find that team performance is strongly influenced by crowd supporters. According to our difference-in-differences (DiD) estimates (Figure 1), it emerges that before the pandemic, the average amount of points obtained by home teams (1.624) is significantly higher than that of away teams (1.127), with a difference equal to 0.497. After the lockdown, the same difference reduces to 0.045. It then follows that when teams are forced to play behind closed doors, they obtain 0.451 fewer points compared to what they would have gained in the absence of the pandemic (-0.451 = 0.045 – 0.497). This is a sizable effect, corresponding to roughly a 28% decrease with respect to the points achieved by home teams before the pandemic, on average. What all of this seems to point to is that team performance is affected by fans; that is, performance is better when teams can see that they are being supported... More here from the LSE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Both Russia and Scotland has a couple of infected players who's had to be isolated from their squads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 Ukraine have 3 goalkeepers with Covid so they have called up the 45 year old assistant manager as backup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 12 minutes ago, Zatman said: Ukraine have 3 goalkeepers with Covid so they have called up the 45 year old assistant manager as backup Better option than Pickford 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 Ukraine just conceded the 7 tonight, must have also had the Ukrainian Gomez and Van Dijk in defence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) Totally unnecessary international travel for our national team players. All international tournaments should be cancelled, as well as federation cups and league cup tournaments. A raging pandemic is raging. They should just do domestic league games around the world right now. Ridiculous. Edited October 9, 2020 by maqroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) Ashley Young has tested positive. The 6th Inter player to do so this week. Edited October 11, 2020 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 The Milan derby will probably be called off this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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