Popular Post ender4 Posted January 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2021 Just now, OutByEaster? said: That'd leave Spurs potentially needing to play 41 games in 81 days. good good. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 No way any of our first team are playing this game they'll all have to isolate for a while given they're training with the others that have it Saints Shrewsbury only postponed because Shrewsbury have the issue, and their whole squad is so small they don't have enough fit to field a team, even including their youth teams. The other club in a similar situation is Derby who are fielding an under 23 team for their game, because they can, so this is what is likely to happen for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wainy316 Posted January 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2021 Screw it, just forfeit. Can do without the inconvenience of rescheduling it, we've got enough of a backlog. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Given Klopp wants the rest anyway, can we just play our under 10s vs their under 10s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Just now, ThunderPower_14 said: Given Klopp wants the rest anyway, can we just play our under 10s vs their under 10s? Maybe a Vills legends team, we can play Hutton, Gabby, Andre Moreira maybe even Drinkwater 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted January 7, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2021 22 minutes ago, MaVilla said: true, but our next PL game is the 13th Jan, if the team is isolating, we wont be able to play Suprs on the 13th.... Yes, I agree in terms of the PL match(es). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picicata Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 If the U23 train separately and are unaffected then play them. If not then forfeit it. This is only going to get worse in terms of backlog of games and I'd the league to be finished. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brumerican Posted January 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2021 I have lost hundreds of family members and friends due to Covid over the last year but this is the first time it has affected somebody I love. Really hits home. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) January was set to be a busy month of fixtures. Not sure with the squad size of ours will cope well with added congestion, but the health of staff and players is paramount. Wishing for speedy recoveries and nobody around them catches it. There's much bigger things in life than football. Edited January 7, 2021 by The_Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted January 7, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2021 The cup can be played with the kids. The big worry is not only Spurs but Everton too! The players have to isolate till the day before the later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 It’s only the first team isolating guys don’t worry. We’ll still have Lansbury and I think that’s all we’ll need against Liverpool given that we’ve scored 12 goals against them in the past two home games............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 It's extremely worrying when we know one of the first team squad is asthmatic. I don't forsee a scenario where there isn't a temporary halt across the league soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Just now, The_Steve said: It's extremely worrying when we know one of the first team squad is asthmatic. I don't forsee a scenario where there isn't a temporary halt across the league soon. who is asthmatic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Just now, ender4 said: who is asthmatic? Smith mentioned it in May, but understandbly didn't name names. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 1 hour ago, pas5898 said: This. Will damage those kids. How exactly will it damage them? Losing to a team that they know beforehand is vastly superior to them? If anything it would be an opportunity for them to see what the highest level is like and show them how far they have to go. If any of the players are psychologically damaged by losing to Liverpool in the 3rd round of the cup they would have never made it as a pro footballer anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisvilla4 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Louie Barry hat trick tomorrow anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Sorry but we'll come out of this looking very bad from a sporting point of view, if we don't fulfil the fixture or request it to be postponed. Play the u23s. Take our licks. Move on with it. The circumstances are not the same but Liverpool played us with no first team members available. From a sporting and moral perspective, we should reciprocate that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 37 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: That'd leave Spurs potentially needing to play 41 games in 81 days. I don't see how the season can continue now. The situation is worse than what it was in March and April and until the vaccines get it under control then these major outbreaks at clubs are to continue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 We need to get the league game postponed and hope we can be fairly strong for the Everton game. Forfeit or play the u23s in the cup it really doesnt matter. Hope they all recover and dont suffer any long last side effects. I had covid in March and was completely fine, just lost smell and taste for 10 days but that was it. Obviously affects different people differently but id like to think they will all be fine. Couldnt care less about the FA Cup though, just don’t want all our good work in the league to be undone. UTV 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted January 7, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 7, 2021 For the FA Cup game, we'll have been fielding a weakened eleven anyway - there's every likelihood that a good number of the kids will have been mixed in with first team training. Thanks to the recent development of Bodymoor, the U23's do now have their own pitches, training rooms, parking, gym and so on - but I wonder how many of the better ones will have been training in the main building this week. I think it's also worth noting that some of the younger ones from abroad might have gone home for a little while and there's a chance they won't be available. I don't think it's as simple as just saying put the U23's out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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