DaveAV1 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 5 games out of 6 cancelled, plenty in the week too, and the PL need a meeting on Monday to decide what to do. You couldn’t make it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Mic09 said: Possibly. But it could very well be that the players testing positive are the ones vaccinated. We don't have that data, so we just don't know. That would be very much against the trend in the country, where the large majority of people getting it are not vaccinated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Five Ken McNaughts said: Whatever protocols are in place, if they involve information being received / assessed 2 hours before kick off they are the wrong protocols. Proves how many F****s the premier League give about the fans. Edited December 18, 2021 by foreveryoung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 18, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 18, 2021 18 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: I can report that town is jam packed full of Villa on the all dayer. (mate). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Calling a game off 2 hours before kick off when they tell fans to get there early isn't great is it. Its all well and good putting the players first but no reason to treat the fans so shoddily. Could have called it off yesterday and probably should have 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 1 hour ago, sidcow said: People are taking like the club got a load of positive tests and sat around for a few hours twiddling their thumbs waiting for everyone to leave home before taking action. I'm sure if they could have done anything quicker/sooner they would have. And as per my post above the PL specifically said in their statement they had data from Villa this morning. They've taken at least a hour but probably more before cancelling. That's 2 posts now from you, Sid, proving it is not the fault of the club. You realise a number of posters really enjoy blaming the club at every opportunity and you are really spoiling their day. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Pathetic. I am glad I didn't go and sold my seat. I would have been on my way to Villa Park when the news broke today. Are they going to refund fans travel expenses on this? And Burnley fans twice within a week a game called off hours before kick off. Not good enough. They should have suspended the whole round of fixtures on Friday, having a meeting on Monday was clearly too late. A utter shambles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 15 minutes ago, DaveAV1 said: 5 games out of 6 cancelled, plenty in the week too, and the PL need a meeting on Monday to decide what to do. You couldn’t make it up. Its like they've not learnt any lessons at all 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Chelsea is surely not going to happen. Boxing day without football, the horror. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 I blame the bozos in charge,.not Villa by the way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Talldarkandransome said: Its like they've not learnt any lessons at all Its like they signed new deals and put even more money at stake... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ender4 Posted December 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, Talldarkandransome said: Its like they've not learnt any lessons at all The premier League did learn a lesson from last time. The lesson they learnt was to not cancel any premier league matches unless the situation becomes impossible, because otherwise they will have to give a rebate back to the TV companies. So soldier on and keep games running, if you have to cancel then wait until the absolute last minute. Don’t worry about the club, the players, the fans, they are not relevant to bringing in the dollars. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Would have been a idea to bubble the players in December to keep the games going. Most of us tend to follow the rules, most players don't give a F**** about the rules, that's why there are so many Prem players with Covid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 13 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: Would have been a idea to bubble the players in December to keep the games going. Most of us tend to follow the rules, most players don't give a F**** about the rules, that's why there are so many Prem players with Covid. I know they are very well paid, (understatement of the year), but to keep them away from their families at Christmas is a bit much to reasonably ask. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 43 minutes ago, AntrimBlack said: That would be very much against the trend in the country, where the large majority of people getting it are not vaccinated. I'm not disputing that. But considering, and I'm paraphrasing, "villa are not able to field a team" and considering 75% of footballers are double jabbed/boostered, it would suggest at least some of them that have COVID have been jabbed. Unless Villa is an anomaly where there is a large variation from that 75%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 14 minutes ago, DaveAV1 said: I know they are very well paid, (understatement of the year), but to keep them away from their families at Christmas is a bit much to reasonably ask. Did we not have to do this last Christmas. If it was expected and I was on 100k a week, I think I could manage 30 days without contact. I mean these people have everything done for them anyways. It's only ignoring the rules they have probably caught it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted December 18, 2021 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2021 I don't think it's in any way controversial to state that a triple-vaxxed person who catches covid is much less likely to suffer severe or long-term effects. Sure, any such players would still have to quarantine themselves out of action for a while, but at least they'd have done all they can to minimise the risk. A totally unvaxxed player is a different matter. They risk hospitalisation and/or long term fatigue and loss of fitness. If they do that, I'd stop their wages for what is effectively self-inflicted illness detrimentally affecting their ability to meet their terms of employment. With the wages they are being paid, that is a very minimal requirement. 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 36 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: Would have been a idea to bubble the players in December to keep the games going. Most of us tend to follow the rules, most players don't give a F**** about the rules, that's why there are so many Prem players with Covid. That's what I was going to say. Anyone know if team stayed at hotel overnight or just drove into Bodymoor this morning to take the tests? Given what Gerrard said yesterday lunchtime we would've been fine to play the game if it had been on Friday night. Bit disappointing if it was something as innocent as players spending the night with the families, catching it off one of their kids and testing positive first thing this morning. I wouldn't say it's massive hardship to start spending the night before home games in a hotel and perhaps keep players in separate rooms and do team meeting over zoom or something. Going to have to be some form of bubbles introduced again if we're going to see any football in next three weeks. Given how inept premier league and FA are I don't think we'll play again until the Monday night in Fa cup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted December 18, 2021 Administrator Share Posted December 18, 2021 Locked as it's now completely off topic.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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