v Hull City (a) - 19/1/22

[gumboots]

49 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Union or League?

Either way, yes this should be a 3-0 victory for Rovers. 

Union

[MarkBRFC]

32 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

I have no idea where football can go from here. I suppose they will have to do daily tests therefore ones on the day cannot really be avoided. From 10 Championship games today, 8 are off.

I don't think a circuit break works because that relies on Covid not being prevalent once the season restarts. The current system of playing as much as possible seems pointless when so many games are being called off, when can they be replayed? Unfair on fans potentially calling games off so late too. You can't do points per game as it is far too early to justify that. And to null and void the season would seem crazy too, unless the alternative is behind closed doors rubbish. There is no answer that I can see.

To be fair there there's quite a few midweek slots in the EFL calender available to play the postponed games, especially after the last international break.

[1864roverite]

32 minutes ago, neophox said:

Is it worse than the flu if you are vaccinated?

No, I have had it and with my booster jab all I had was a snotty nose for 2 days. 5 negative tests now and looking forward to some sense of normality 

[1864roverite]

12 minutes ago, gumboots said:

Union

There is not current cut off TIME for an EFL game to be postponed so no penalty no free award and game will be rescheduled in the future. Bin the FA Cup tie concentration on the league

[JacknOry]

17 minutes ago, roverandout said:

No sympathy.  If people are willing to give up their free time to watch a football game that's their loss

Wow - just wow. 

[Paul Mellelieu]

39 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

no,this new variant is just like a bad cold,runny nose and you feel slightly unwell,it appears the virus has become less dangerous but more virelant,it is however lethal to footballers,politicians and journalists😉

We don't know if this is true for older age groups.  We also don't know the impact of long covid from this variant.

Whilst clearly a ridiculous situation to be called off so close to 3pm, the finger of blame has to be pointed at the government and the footballing authorities for allowing these games to given the green light in the first place.  Johnson and his mates are making the same mistakes that were made in early 2020 when they allowed games to go ahead.  Shameful.

[windymiller7]

Anyway, to lighten the mood slightly, I'd just like to say a big thank you to Tyrhys Dolan. My daughter got the new away shirt for Christmas with his name on the back & put a picture on Instagram, tagging him in. At around 2:30pm (about 15 mins after she posted) he replied with "Loving it! ❤️ ". The smile on her face as she read it was incredible.

All credit to you young man for taking the time on Christmas day to reply to a fan & in the process making her day. Well done & thank you! 👏👏

[JacknOry]

If it happened with your beloved England, you'd be up in arms. So disappointed to see you say that. 

I can only feel for those that have planned their boxing day around this fixture. Hull city should be docked points or us awarded them.

[Silas]

Well this is a novel way for football to ruin my Boxing Day.

Here was me thinking a teamsheet including Keith Andrews and Jason Roberts had been the peak.

[arbitro]

I really don't understand why people are angry with Hull. They have complied with the rules as they are laid out. The blame lies completely with the EFL who have allowed this farcical situation to arise without a single thought for the fans.

This postponement will cost Hull a lot of money through lost programme sales, corporate and hospitality cancellations, wasted food and my understanding is that the police need four hours notice to cancel their services.

[arbitro]

31 minutes ago, roverandout said:

No sympathy.  If people are willing to give up their free time to watch a football game that's their loss

What a stupid thing to say. Typical of somebody who doesn't have to leave his front room to watch a game.

Grow up.

[JacknOry]

1 minute ago, arbitro said:

I really don't understand why people are angry with Hull. They have complied with the rules as they are laid out. The blame lies completely with the EFL who have allowed this farcical situation to arise without a single thought for the fans.

This postponement will cost Hull a lot of money through lost programme sales, corporate and hospitality cancellations, wasted food and my understanding is that the police need four hours notice to cancel their services.

Hull only just complained to the EFl that they cannot feild a team. Why was this not done yesterday? Stinks of fould play to leave it to the least minute. 

[1864roverite]

10 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

We don't know if this is true for older age groups.  We also don't know the impact of long covid from this variant.

Whilst clearly a ridiculous situation to be called off so close to 3pm, the finger of blame has to be pointed at the government and the footballing authorities for allowing these games to given the green light in the first place.  Johnson and his mates are making the same mistakes that were made in early 2020 when they allowed games to go ahead.  Shameful.

 

11 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

We don't know if this is true for older age groups.  We also don't know the impact of long covid from this variant.

Whilst clearly a ridiculous situation to be called off so close to 3pm, the finger of blame has to be pointed at the government and the footballing authorities for allowing these games to given the green light in the first place.  Johnson and his mates are making the same mistakes that were made in early 2020 when they allowed games to go ahead.  Shameful.

It’s faff all to do with Boris and the government it’s the FA who control it. This virus has to be lived with as it begins to die off just like Spanish flu did in 1918. We have to get on with everyday life. Ffs even smarmy Starmer and co agree on that point.,

[des]

Well I have the virus and so some it's like flue but for other much worse yes I had three jabs but my stroke has made fatguie worse however to leave it so late it's not good for the fans or the game as a whole better to have a break then we all know we're we are

[roversfan99]

4 minutes ago, arbitro said:

I really don't understand why people are angry with Hull. They have complied with the rules as they are laid out. The blame lies completely with the EFL who have allowed this farcical situation to arise without a single thought for the fans.

This postponement will cost Hull a lot of money through lost programme sales, corporate and hospitality cancellations, wasted food and my understanding is that the police need four hours notice to cancel their services.

What would your suggestion as to an alternative to the current rules? Because of injuries being a grey area, it seems impossible to come up with rules that cannot be manipulated or questioned. Also, it could be deemed to be negligent not to do another round of testing on matchday if testing is daily in general and if players need to follow the same rules as supporters to get into the ground. Seems impossible to manage at the moment.

[islander200]

4 minutes ago, JacknOry said:

Hull only just complained to the EFl that they cannot feild a team. Why was this not done yesterday? Stinks of fould play to leave it to the least minute. 

Apparently they did ask for the game to be called off prior to today but the efl turned down the request due to Hull having enough numbers to play the game.

The fault is with the rule makers.Lfts as late as 2 and a half hours prior to kick off should not be happening.

[arbitro]

2 minutes ago, JacknOry said:

Hull only just complained to the EFl that they cannot feild a team. Why was this not done yesterday? Stinks of fould play to leave it to the least minute. 

They did it because the EFL allows them to do it with their rules.There have been many games called off in similar situations but the clubs involved are simply being compliant. Testing at 10.30 is too late when you consider the results have be sent to the EFL who make the decision. If the players had been tested today at 8 am this (and other) situations could have been avoided.

[Madon]

Literally pulled up in Hull 5 minutes before the announcement. Absolutely feckin livid. 

Teams have a squad of around 25 players and then a full squad of U23s and U18s. Absolute bollocks you can't get 14 players together to fulfil a fixture. 

Time and money down the shitter.

[islander200]

4 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

What would your suggestion as to an alternative to the current rules? Because of injuries being a grey area, it seems impossible to come up with rules that cannot be manipulated or questioned. Also, it could be deemed to be negligent not to do another round of testing on matchday if testing is daily in general and if players need to follow the same rules as supporters to get into the ground. Seems impossible to manage at the moment.

 

5 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

What would your suggestion as to an alternative to the current rules? Because of injuries being a grey area, it seems impossible to come up with rules that cannot be manipulated or questioned. Also, it could be deemed to be negligent not to do another round of testing on matchday if testing is daily in general and if players need to follow the same rules as supporters to get into the ground. Seems impossible to manage at the moment.

Testing could be done earlier in the morning.12:30 is ridiculous.3 games were due to take place in the championship prior to our cancellation along with reduced matches in league one and two its not like they would have been over run dealing with clubs.Or you switch the managable distance games to a 5pm kick off.

[JacknOry]

5 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Apparently they did ask for the game to be called off prior to today but the efl turned down the request due to Hull having enough numbers to play the game.

The fault is with the rule makers.Lfts as late as 2 and a half hours prior to kick off should not be happening.

yeah, they were told to play theirs u23s. So why now has it been called off? Im so fckin pissed for those that travelled.

[arbitro]

11 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

What would your suggestion as to an alternative to the current rules? Because of injuries being a grey area, it seems impossible to come up with rules that cannot be manipulated or questioned. Also, it could be deemed to be negligent not to do another round of testing on matchday if testing is daily in general and if players need to follow the same rules as supporters to get into the ground. Seems impossible to manage at the moment.

Injuries should not be a factor in this particular situation as it should solely be Covid related. I have never heard of a team having a game called off for injuries apart from Middlesbrough not turning up at Ewood in the late nineties.

It's simple. Test players on match days a few hours earlier than they are doing now. Burnley had two games off recently in similar circumstances to ours today but testing earlier could have led to a much earlier decision.

Edited December 26, 2021 by arbitro

[JacknOry]

they got tested at fckin 12.30. Why not 9am?

[Exiled_Rover]

7 minutes ago, JacknOry said:

yeah, they were told to play theirs u23s. So why now has it been called off? Im so fckin pissed for those that travelled.

Cos evidently they didn't fancy it.

[JacknOry]

i know a group of 20 that were travelling - they are rolally pissed off about this and can you blame them. THey will get offered their tickets for the reurn fixtture (except most probably can't go as this was a holiday game and they weren't working). 

[JacknOry]

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Cos evidently they didn't fancy it.

Exactly, this stinks of foul play.