Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

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The Huddlefro said:
Can you imagine it’s not outside the bounds of possibility to loan a load of players out during January if you have a Covid case and a game you don’t want to play, say to a friendly lower league club. Get yourself over the threshold then recall them after the postponement?

Would love to see someone try it just to see what the PL would do.
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Any player on loan who is able to be recalled counts as available so they've covered that one
 
My 19 year old niece in her 1st year of training as a maternity nurse had to work on a Covid ward because most of the senior staff either had it or were exhausted, she worked for 8 12hr nights straight and every night held the hands of dying people all the while being paid a pittance, ask her how she feels about a few healthy young footballers who are paid in a week what she earns in a year who are not able to turn out for their team
**** football it's rotten to the core
 
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The Huddlefro said:
What club wouldn’t do the same in their situation? I’d like to think Spurs wouldn’t but if it’s a loophole that exists and it’s to our advantage to exploit it, then we probably would.

The loophole seems to come from the fact that U21 players don’t have to be registered in the squad, but can still be selected. The postponements are judged off the registered squad, not the number of players actually available. Which seems silly.
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That's not true either. Any u21 player who has played a PL match counts.
 
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PowerSpurs said:
Any player on loan who is able to be recalled counts as available so they've covered that one
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Fair point, I don’t know how standard recall clauses are in loan contracts and if it’s at the discretion of the loaning or loanee club.

PowerSpurs said:
That's not true either. Any u21 player who has played a PL match counts.
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But there’s plenty who haven’t had PL minutes who play in the 23s or anything U18 upwards. If all our CBs got injured or suspended but everyone else in the squad was healthy then we’d have to find a solution and play the game using youth players.

EDIT: I also don’t know if that’s true? If they don’t have to be registered in the squad are they counted if they’ve had minutes?
 
The Huddlefro said:
Fair point, I don’t know how standard recall clauses are in loan contracts and if it’s at the discretion of the loaning or loanee club.



But there’s plenty who haven’t had PL minutes who play in the 23s or anything U18 upwards. If all our CBs got injured or suspended but everyone else in the squad was healthy then we’d have to find a solution and play the game using youth players.

EDIT: I also don’t know if that’s true? If they don’t have to be registered in the squad are they counted if they’ve had minutes?
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Yes....i posted the rule yesterday.
 
Tilly'sowner said:
"All clubs are able to apply for a postponement if COVID-19 infections are a factor in their request."

This is from the Statement. The game was allowed to be postponed because there was ONE covid infection that was a factor?

What a joke.
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Odd because the rule in their Handbook doesn't even mention covid in the section on postponements.
Personally it wouldn't seem right to me that if you had 12 players out with broken legs you would have to play.....
 
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