TwoSheds
More sheds (and tiles) than you, probably
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So Genoa have 14 positive tests amongst their playing squad and staff, and it seems they are likely to have to play their next match anyway despite half their squad self isolating.
https://www.eurosport.com/football/...-genoa-report-14-cases_sto7911187/story.shtml
We also had Spurs getting a bye into the league cup 4th round because they paid for Orient to get Covid tests and it turned out 17 Orient players and staff were positive.
I'm sure this is the first round of many teams who will experience this sort of problem over the course of the season and my first question is, is it fair to force them to play or concede a game because their squad is afflicted, particularly for the smaller teams? UEFA rules say that if you have 14 fit players available then you should play I think.
2nd question, will the season actually finish in all competitions? Things are getting worse all around Europe as winter approaches, it seems, and we've already squashed in shed loads of fixtures between September and the Euros next summer (which I assume will be a hard stop for the season). So let's say for the sake of argument we lost 4 weeks of the season to a lockdown or lockdowns in various leagues, is it possible to actually finish every competition? Should European fixtures even be happening?
https://www.eurosport.com/football/...-genoa-report-14-cases_sto7911187/story.shtml
We also had Spurs getting a bye into the league cup 4th round because they paid for Orient to get Covid tests and it turned out 17 Orient players and staff were positive.
I'm sure this is the first round of many teams who will experience this sort of problem over the course of the season and my first question is, is it fair to force them to play or concede a game because their squad is afflicted, particularly for the smaller teams? UEFA rules say that if you have 14 fit players available then you should play I think.
2nd question, will the season actually finish in all competitions? Things are getting worse all around Europe as winter approaches, it seems, and we've already squashed in shed loads of fixtures between September and the Euros next summer (which I assume will be a hard stop for the season). So let's say for the sake of argument we lost 4 weeks of the season to a lockdown or lockdowns in various leagues, is it possible to actually finish every competition? Should European fixtures even be happening?