Match Day Thread Peterborough game also OFF

This really is turning into a dog’s breakfast of a season.

 

It is inevitable. We will be playing catch up.

 

The situation is deteriorating rapidly now.
Guess it might be down to this new strain of Coronavirus that seems to be more infectious.

The whole season will be in jeopardy unless the EFL begins to decide on COVID-postponed results in some kind of 'Pools panel' format.
We'll simply run out of viable dates for postponed fixtures to be played.

 

What with the totally unwanted international breaks and the Covid postponements, this is the most stop/ start season ever.

Does anyone fancy filling the gaps with a non football related thread ?

#Stampede

 

They've had one positive test and 3 displaying symptoms. You don't get a game called off because 4 players are injured.

 

I think the problem is if you have 4 infected & showing symptoms, you've probably got several more who'll test positive eventually but not show symptoms.

Presumably Peterborough will test their whole squad.
But they'll have to test them all again in about a weeks time, as tests can often be negative until you've had the virus for that long.
During the first few days after infection it is still multiplying from a low number, and tests sometimes don't detect it.

I wouldn't be surprised if 8 or more players end up testing positive there, depending on how strictly they've been distancing & sanitising etc.
And everyone else is probably having to isolate for a fortnight.

 

I think I can help

 

Looks like Peterborough could be in hot water with the EFL.

 

That's Sunderland & Peterborough, both pulled out of their next three fixtures.

Six games out of the next thirty six postponed. About 17% of scheduled fixtures.
If this happens to one more L1 team you've got a quarter of fixtures postponed between now and January.

 

Haven't Brizzy Rovers got more games to postpone?

 

Don't think anyone would want one ...

 

I guess so.
That'll mean we're probably down to 9 fixtures in a 'full' L1 programme between now and January.
We're about 4 games behind where we'd usually be at this time anyway, and we've had no weather-related postponements either - so far.

I'm not sure this season can be completed by May.

 

I know 0.5 of a member who would.