Sharp increase in positive PL covid tests.

[dockers_strike 4,080]

Wouldnt surprise me if we're heading towards another suspension of the league if this continues.

 

BREAKING NEWS: Premier League clubs record EIGHTEEN new Covid positive cases - a new high for football's top division - after Man City game was called off due to five stars contracting the virus

• The Premier League revealed a season high 18 positive Covid-19 test results
• Of 1,479 players and staff tested, there was an increase of 11 on last week's tests
• An outbreak at Manchester City saw their game away at Everton postponed 

By Nathan Salt For Mailonline

Published: 12:11, 29 December 2020 | Updated: 12:34, 29 December 2020

 

The Premier League has announced 18 new positive Covid-19 tests among players and staff, the highest weekly total since Project Restart. 

The latest round of testing saw 1,479 players and staff tested and the results show a sharp increase on last week's total a day after Manchester City's trip to face Everton at Goodison Park was postponed due to an outbreak in City's squad over the Christmas period. 

Positive tests reported by City on Monday will not have been included in the latest results and so 13 cases have emerged at other clubs. 

PREMIER LEAGUE COVID-19 TEST RESULTS FOR 2020-21 SEASON 

Round 1: Aug 31-Sep 6 - 1,605 tested, with three testing positive.

Round 2: Sep 7-13 - 2,131 tested, with four testing positive.

Round 3: Sep 14-20- 1,574 tested, with three testing positive.

Round 4: Sep 21-27 - 1,595 tested, with 10 testing positive.

Round 5: Sep 28-Oct 4 - 1,587 tested, with nine testing positive.

Round 6: Oct 5-11 - 1,128 tested, with five testing positive.

Round 7: Oct 12-18 - 1,575 tested, with eight testing positive.

Round 8: Oct 19-25 - 1,609 tested, with two testing positive.

Round 9: Oct 26-Nov 1 - 1,446 tested, with four testing positive.

Round 10: Nov 2-8 - 1,646 tested, with four testing positive.

Round 11: Nov 9-15 - 1,207 tested, with 16 testing positive.

Round 12: Nov 16-22 - 1,530 tested, with eight testing positive.

Round 13: Nov 23-29 - 1,381 tested, with 10 testing positive.

Round 14: Nov 30-Dec 6 - 1,483 tested, with 14 testing positive.

Round 15: Dec 7-13 - 1,549 tested, with six testing positive.

Round 16: Dec 14-20 - 1,569 tested, with seven testing positive 

Round 17: Dec 21-27 - 1,479 tested, with 18 testing positive

City confirmed they now had more than five cases in a statement following their postponement while Arsenal revealed defender Gabriel Magalhaes had tested positive and was isolating.

Gabriel Jesus and Kyle Walker were named as the two players in the first round of positive tests and they are two of the 18 cases reported by the League on Tuesday. 

Players or club staff who have tested positive will now self-isolate for a period of 10 days.

City's game against Everton on Monday was postponed due to an increase in positive tests

The identity of those who test positive is not revealed by the Premier League on privacy grounds but clubs have produced statements of their own to clarify absences of first team players if it is virus-related.  

The latest results will be worrying as they are the biggest single weekly total since testing began for players and club staff. 

 

It remains unclear how many clubs are affected and whether other clubs are now at risk of having to postpone matches in a bid to get any potential outbreak under control.

Premier League rules state that matches should not be postponed if a team has 14 players which must include any U23 players that have had first team experience in England or abroad. 

But in the case of City, a decision was made to postpone and it is expected that the League will have the powers to overrule their own guidelines on a case-by-case basis. 

On Monday, the United Kingdom posted its highest daily rate of infection since the pandemic began in March.

The previous highest number of cases in one round of Premier League testing this season was 16, during the week of November 9-15. 

Premier League statement read: 'The Premier League can today confirm that between Monday 21 December and Sunday 27 December, 1,479 players and club staff were tested for Covid-19. Of these, there were 18 new positive tests.

'Players or club staff who have tested positive will self-isolate for a period of 10 days.

'The Premier League is providing this aggregated information for the purposes of competition integrity and transparency. 

'No specific details as to clubs or individuals will be provided by the League and results will be made public after each round of testing.' 

City officials believe their outbreak has stemmed from a night's stay at a London hotel ahead of last week's Carabao Cup semi-final win over Arsenal.

Subsequently, the virus has now spread within City's bubble - causing their clash at Goodison Park to be postponed and Sunday's big fixture against Chelsea to be called into question.   

Reacting to the outbreak at City, a League statement read: 'This rise has created uncertainty and the Premier League Board received medical advice that the match should be postponed. The Board agreed to rearrange the game as a precaution, and further testing will now take place tomorrow. 

'The decision has been taken with the health of players and staff the priority.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-9095555/Premier-League-clubs-record-EIGHTEEN-new-Covid-positive-cases.html

[an tha 8,271]

I don't understand why they are staying at hotels again....when they restarted it was all in and out on day - surely same can be done now.

[Aventus 2,527]

NULL AND VOI... 

 

*checks league table*

 

Nevermind, carry on. 

[aws 7,973]

There's every chance the U.K. will be in virtual lockdown soon so that must risk the season being suspended for a month or so.  

[an tha 8,271]

1 minute ago, aws said:

There's every chance the U.K. will be in virtual lockdown soon so that must risk the season being suspended for a month or so.  

If they suspend for a month i can't see it getting finished this time unless Euros shite is moved/cancelled.

[dockers_strike 4,080]

21 minutes ago, an tha said:

I don't understand why they are staying at hotels again....when they restarted it was all in and out on day - surely same can be done now.

When city went to play arsenal they supposedly travelled there and back on the day of the game. everton supposedly stayed in a hotel before last night's game. Not sure what we're doing. I guess people had got a little over confident, maybe or tried to get back to normal as possible.

15 minutes ago, an tha said:

If they suspend for a month i can't see it getting finished this time unless Euros shite is moved/cancelled.

Agree. Id rather they cancelled rather than decide a champion on PPG. That really would be a title with an asterisk on it.

 

I just noticed the article repeats the 14 player rule but says the PL can overrule on a case by case basis! The actual fuck can you do that?

[an tha 8,271]

49 minutes ago, dockers_strike said:

When city went to play arsenal they supposedly travelled there and back on the day of the game. everton supposedly stayed in a hotel before last night's game. Not sure what we're doing. I guess people had got a little over confident, maybe or tried to get back to normal as possible.

Agree. Id rather they cancelled rather than decide a champion on PPG. That really would be a title with an asterisk on it.

 

I just noticed the article repeats the 14 player rule but says the PL can overrule on a case by case basis! The actual fuck can you do that?

It does not surprise me at all with the useless bastards.

[sir roger 8,661]

The PL have made a rod for their own backs with the Newcastle and City decisions. They had a perfectly clear rule in place but have caused a situation where they will find it almost impossible now to stop teams deciding on the day whether they will complete scheduled games.

[aws 7,973]

3 hours ago, an tha said:

If they suspend for a month i can't see it getting finished this time unless Euros shite is moved/cancelled.

I don't think there's a law which says the CL final has to be the last game of a season. And if there is, they could always amend it because if we do suspend the season I doubt we'll be alone. 

[Leyton388 1,835]

NULL AND VOID AS ITS THE ONLY THING TO DO AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLES LIVES!!!!!

 

Stop the season and award the season on the table now. Everton will get a CL place so they'll be made up and it will go down as a successful campaign and allow them to keep building. 

 

 

[VladimirIlyich 9,478]

16 minutes ago, Leyton388 said:

NULL AND VOID AS ITS THE ONLY THING TO DO AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLES LIVES!!!!!

 

Stop the season and award the season on the table now. Everton will get a CL place so they'll be made up and it will go down as a successful campaign and allow them to keep building. 

 

 

Well that building wont be Bramley Moor!

[an tha 8,271]

42 minutes ago, aws said:

I don't think there's a law which says the CL final has to be the last game of a season. And if there is, they could always amend it because if we do suspend the season I doubt we'll be alone. 

I meant the international shite that starts in June which was meant to happen the summer just gone.

[an tha 8,271]

BREAKING: Premier League clubs have discussed a two-week “cooling-off” break in the season next month over fears of COVID-19 outbreaks causing chaos. Some view a mid-season postponement of games as inevitable as the new variant of the virus spreads across the UK and numbers of infections increase. 

(Telegraph)

[Trumo 16,115]

1 minute ago, an tha said:

BREAKING: Premier League clubs have discussed a two-week “cooling-off” break in the season next month over fears of COVID-19 outbreaks causing chaos. Some view a mid-season postponement of games as inevitable as the new variant of the virus spreads across the UK and numbers of infections increase. 

(Telegraph)

 

If the PL has a colling-off break, watch the FA schedule FA Cup ties during that break like last year.

[an tha 8,271]

1 minute ago, Trumo said:

 

If the PL has a colling-off break, watch the FA schedule FA Cup ties during that break like last year.

A cooling off break will make no difference anyway in same way 'firebreak lockdowns' don't in society.

 

You 'hide' away and stay in/stop doing stuff then yeah cases go down, but they go back up again as soon as you come back out/start doing stuff again.

 

Testing and cracking on is only way IMO.

 

Unless of course just cancel the lot - and nobody wants that.

 

My view is if they stop for 2 weeks, it will just then become 2 months, 3 months....

[Leyton388 1,835]

This is never going away and is going to be one of those things we will have to live with. As has been mentioned the lockdowns are not doing a thing because as soon as the lockdown is lifting cases will rise. 

 

They need to get the vaccine rolled out for everyone ASAP but this government is so incompetent I wouldn't count on them doing anything right. 

 

The experts are saying Kids shouldn't be going back to school but the government are ignoring these calls while at the same time saying they are listening to the science. 

 

 

 

 

[Strontium 10,983]

The figures above show the percentage of positive tests was higher in gameweek 11 (Nov 9-15) so I wouldn't expect a suspension based on this week's numbers. 

[dockers_strike 4,080]

37 minutes ago, an tha said:

BREAKING: Premier League clubs have discussed a two-week “cooling-off” break in the season next month over fears of COVID-19 outbreaks causing chaos. Some view a mid-season postponement of games as inevitable as the new variant of the virus spreads across the UK and numbers of infections increase. 

(Telegraph)

So they binned off the pl's winter break because of the congested season and have re introduced it. Sounds like the PL are concerned they may be forced into a suspension soon.

[Bruce Spanner 5,735]

Not a chance they’ll suspend without the government telling them to.

 

You’d see Gladys the tea lady turn out at left back before they risk missing out on broadcaster payments. 

[dockers_strike 4,080]

Fulham's game with Spurs on Wednesday now 'in doubt.'

[sir roger 8,661]

There is no way Scott ' Scotty' Parker will be getting any covid that came from Europe.

[TheDrowningMan 727]

3 hours ago, Leyton388 said:

This is never going away and is going to be one of those things we will have to live with. As has been mentioned the lockdowns are not doing a thing because as soon as the lockdown is lifting cases will rise. 

Because they aren’t locking down adequately - the November “lockdown” was a joke seemingly designed to increase infection rather than minimise it and the tier system a 25 season epic comedy - and then when they do do something more effective, they decide to open it up by encouraging people to fucking eat out and send kids back to school in their masses while claiming that children don’t get or spread the virus.

[an tha 8,271]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55480666

[VladimirIlyich 9,478]

8 hours ago, an tha said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55480666

Hahaha! Nothing to do with celebrating a draw with us like winning the Champions League and the losing 5-0 at home to a team who are potential relegation rivals,no sirree! You can sack a blooshite manager but he'll never stop finding excuses.

[johnsusername 3,332]

God what a prick Allardyce is. The ink probably isn't even dry on his contract and NOW he's worried about the virus.