ender4 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Will this match be played on Boxing Day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 28 minutes ago, ender4 said: Will this match be played on Boxing Day? I doubt it. At least I won't be in a bad mood due to villa losing 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Gutted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Think this one will be canned. Travelling to VP on boxing day would have been a ballache anyway so not the worst news in the world, but was hoping we would play today, get the points on the board and then be in 7th. The players who tested positive in our camp will still be isolating in 8 days time right? It will probably be taken out of our hands anyway with the managers' meeting on Monday and there being a strong chance of a circuit breaker of 2/3 weeks for football 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 If our PCR’s came back today, those will have to isolate for 10 days won’t they? In which case this will also be gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 I very much doubt this will be played. If it doesn’t get played, I’ll be going off to Aldershot Town v Woking (Hampshire/Surrey derby) for my footballing pleasure. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 I think this game will go on. Villa U16 vs Chelsea first team 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 5 hours ago, Louis said: I very much doubt this will be played. If it doesn’t get played, I’ll be going off to Aldershot Town v Woking (Hampshire/Surrey derby) for my footballing pleasure. Come on Woking ! (My hometown). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 7 hours ago, robby b said: Come on Woking ! (My hometown). I'm on the Aldershot perspective! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Louis said: I'm on the Aldershot perspective! So we'll be cheering for opposing sides in the Aldershot v Woking match. But the same side in any Villa game, UTV ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 With Chelsea playing today (the PL turned down their appeal not to play), there is a chance this goes ahead on Boxing Day. It will all depend how many players we have out, and how many the PL determine need to be out for the game to proceed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Think the government will take it out of the PL's hands and they will announce new measures just after Christmas. They will probably leak it a couple of days beforehand though. Tuchel wasn't happy to be forced to play today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Looks like the game will go ahead. and gameweek 20(Leeds) will not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 I doubt this game will be played if half the squad is isolating…. Isn’t that at least 10 days? will we see another game before January? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 This is surely not going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted December 20, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 20, 2021 We've got masses of positive tests by the sound of things. Chelsea are fuming that they've been foced to play Wolves yesterday and will definitely want this cancelled. Whether the league will listen to the clubs is an interesting question. I would suggest that the person with most influence over which games get played over the christmas period, regardless of the number of positive tests, the attitudes of fans or players, or the state of the nation at the time will be Jeff Bezos. Amazon will insist that the games on the 28th, 29th and 50th go ahead (that's half of the entire schedule that they've paid for) and I think the league will work around that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 How can we possibly play this? Everyone that testes positive on Saturday would still be ineligible for this (and Leeds). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-1 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 I just hope they announce what's happing soon. I've got Covid so can't go but don't want to put my seat up for resale like Burnley on the chance its rescheduled and i lose my seat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Wainy316 said: How can we possibly play this? Everyone that testes positive on Saturday would still be ineligible for this (and Leeds). It probably depends on how many people have tested positive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Theres a cabinet meeting at 2pm which has been called at fairly short notice. It's not sounding good, and from what I have read the murmurings seem to be that it will be a meeting in which the PM and Whitty and Vallance present a bleak picture and ask the cabinet to rubber stamp added restrictions. I can't see this going ahead, I think Amazon and the other broadcasters will want them played but the decision will be taken out of their hands by the government. Surely with the state of our squad they can't make us play it behind closed doors either as it will be too one sided. There is also the manager's meeting today and the meeting between the CEO's and other authorities 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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