Johnnyp Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 49 minutes ago, Zatman said: not many kids in that line up 13Adrián 66Alexander-Arnold 12GomezSubstituted forJonesat 61'minutes 4van DijkBooked at 38mins 26Robertson 8KeitaSubstituted forMinaminoat 45'minutes 3Fabinho 5Wijnaldum 11Salah 9FirminoSubstituted forMilnerat 68'minutes 20Jota Substitutes 7Milner 14Henderson 17Jones 18Minamino 27Origi 62Kelleher 76N Williams https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54313270 I was talking about the carabao cup game. That line up you pulled up was not that game. They fielded their academy basically that night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 31 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: People are aaare if we play the kids we would be expeced tk the play the same kids vs spurs. Son and kane would absolutely have a field day. Its all about safety and i think correct decision is to call it off ro minimise any further risk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 We won’t know the situation until we know how many first teamers have tested positive. It might not be them all and we might still be able to field a decent reserve team. If not, then play the kids, or if that’s not feasible reschedule or forfeit. Or we could just let Ozzy Osborne scrap it out with Paul McCartney in a bare knuckle match at the Aston Social beer garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Johnnyp said: I was talking about the carabao cup game. That line up you pulled up was not that game. They fielded their academy basically that night. edit: sorry mate, I spend far too long on VT. Edited January 7, 2021 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 If it was a case of just play the kids, would they not need to be given notice? Rather than being told on the day of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillz Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 The cup and the league are completely different competitions with different rules and precedent. The PL has already postponed games this season so i think games will get rescheduled.. With the cup, we've already seen teams have to play weaker teams or forfeit where teams have been hit by Covid. As mentioned above, we are just going to have to 'play the kids'/forfeit in the cup and accept it in these strange and uncertain times. For the league, i'd be gearing up for something similar to Project Restart 2.0 com March/April Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted January 7, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2021 Let's hope no long term effects to anyone involved, would be an absolute tragedy. There's a lot of tragedy about though at the moment 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 just forfeit. the cups feel like an unwelcome burden as it is for every club this season, and winning one won’t feel particularly special anyway. aside from that, it’s not worth the extra risk of more spread with a game going ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Mantis said: Villa banter team to face Liverpool: ---------------------Guzan Beye--Crespo--Lescott--Bennett Bacuna--Salifou--Drinkwater--Bannan ----------Harewood---Helenius Barry Bannan is in purely coz of the drink driving yea? He was a good footballer just a terrible driver! Edited January 7, 2021 by Steero113 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 We lose in the 3rd round of the FA cup anyway as it's become a tradition of ours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Anyone know when a decision might be made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry'sboots Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 22 minutes ago, turvontour said: If it was a case of just play the kids, would they not need to be given notice? Rather than being told on the day of the game. Reading that a lot of the U-23s have trained/do train with the first team so you could end up with the U-16s playing Plop ... not the best!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry'sboots Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, GingerCollins29 said: Anyone know when a decision might be made? The Daily/Sunday express is saying that the tie has been cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Shite news this, just when things were good from a Villa point of view. The most important thing to hope is that none of the players are badly affected and start to suffer long term effects. Saint-Maximin being **** for Newcastle is what can happen, also countless examples of myocarditis and lung damage to sports people around the world. However serious questions have to be asked as to how a major outbreak was allowed to develop. Enough is known about how this virus spreads that there should not have been a situation where players were together in an unventilated closed area together. Maybe there is no point in crying over spilled milk at this stage but it is annoying that it has happened. Again though just hope everyone can make a full recovery though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Also couldn't care less about the FA cup, just want the 1st team to be able to recover and be able to perform to the same brilliant levels we've seen already this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I hope everyone gets fine. To be honest, I think it would be better for us to have the next two postponed, and play Man City. It would be too tight and hard games. We’d be smashed against City. I hope some first team players are ok to play against Liverpool. But safety first anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1381092/Aston-Villa-vs-Liverpool-postponed-cancelled-FA-Cup-third-round-coronavirus I was reading some newsnow stories and I'm so done with English journalism. The headline says one thing, you click the article and the headline is at the bottom of the article in one line, with a ton of non relevant crap on the previous pages. Then you got stuff like the one above where the headline says something that isn't even mentioned in the bloody article. Edited January 7, 2021 by KenjiOgiwara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_1989 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 1 minute ago, KenjiOgiwara said: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1381092/Aston-Villa-vs-Liverpool-postponed-cancelled-FA-Cup-third-round-coronavirus Not sure other than the title it’s actually been postponed. Bit of a nothing article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb_82 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 From what I've been told as of now no decision has yet been made on the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Different competitions, and I don't really care about the FA Cup, but it feels like a proper kick in the balls that Newcastle got to reschedule their match with us, but we'll be forced to play the kids or forfeit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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