[Football] Everton v Leicester OFF

[Bozza]

Tuesday night's PL fixture has been postponed, again, due to Covid, injuries and international absences in the Leicster squad.

 

[DJ NOBO]

Tuesday night's PL fixture has been postponed, again, due to Covid, injuries and international absences in the Leicster squad.

I still don’t understand how injuries and international call-ups are factors, when it comes to postponing matches.

 

[dazzer6666]

I still don’t understand how injuries and international call-ups are factors, when it comes to postponing matches.

It’s not down to just those, it’s the combination. With no Covid they’d have a squad

 

[banjo]

Since yesterday and now can’t get a team together

 

[Easy 10]

Convenient again

Get the AFCON out of the way eh. And a chance to patch the squad up with some January signings.

 

[KZNSeagull]

It’s not down to just those, it’s the combination. With no Covid they’d have a squad

They have a squad that played yesterday. Have they all contracted Covid today?

 

[GT49er]

It’s not down to just those, it’s the combination. With no Covid they’d have a squad

I'd still prefer the league to apply the same rues as AFCON - including available U23s.

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

As others have said ridiculous, they played yesterday with a strong team. Hopefully it bites them on the backside and the have major injuries when the have to fulfil their fixtures. Another case of big team bias.

 

[scooter1]

I wouldn’t class either of those clubs as particularly big, just using the system to their advantage. Unfairly….

 

[Swansman]

I wouldn’t class either of those clubs as particularly big, just using the system to their advantage. Unfairly….

Indeed. Doesnt strike me as a "the entire population of China wants to watch the Leicester superstars so we're postponing this" type of thing really..

 

[Stat Brother]

Big team bias


Shirley that's it.
We must now draw a line under this season's proliferation of 'woe is poor lickle Brighton' bollox.


Everton v Leicester - I have no idea which is the team who's being favoured by this "big team.bias".

 

[Rogero]

There needs to be more transparency. They all have u23 teams . When we played Wolves we had 9 players out.

 

[lawros left foot]

To be fair, Leicester only had 7 on the bench yesterday, which included 2 keepers.

It doesn’t mean I agree with another postponement.

 

[A1X]

Surely if you have 11 players available you can fulfil a fixture?

 

[GT49er]

Surely if you have 11 players available you can fulfil a fixture?

Yes - as per AFCON. No pandering to delicate litte flowers there!

 

[Wozza]

Surely if you have 11 players available you can fulfil a fixture?

Premier League clubs agreed to limit as 14 'first-teamers'.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Not much sympathy for Leicester if they have a covid outbreak a week after a group of their first team were larging it at the Ally Pally

 

[Weststander]

As Covid variants (hopefully) diminish further still in terms of the severity of illness, I hope soon that we see the end of this being a factor in squad availability. And the milking of the situation by clubs.

Is Omicron a threat to the life of a 25 year old athlete? We’ve already come along way, in April 2020 Troy Deeney was on a ventilator.

All players and staff getting vaccinated would be helpful.

 

[Weststander]

Big team bias


Shirley that's it.
We must now draw a line under this season's proliferation of 'woe is poor lickle Brighton' bollox.


Everton v Leicester - I have no idea which is the team who's being favoured by this "big team.bias".

We’ve finally ditched the “all refs are biased against us” mindset.

For now.

 

[Pevenseagull]

We'll finish above both of 'em


Spin on it.