Tottenham (A) – Sun 19th Dec 2021 (4:30pm)

[dockers_strike]

5 hours ago, Rushies tash said:

The longer this goes on with no word from the club, the more I fear the rumours are true and we're going ahead with the game regardless. I'd be fucking livid if that were the case.

They'll be more tests on the players tomorrow hours before the game. Players are supposed to be in bubbles and unless there are more positive test results, it is down to the PL to cancel games.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

10 hours ago, Freddo said:

If that is the team and the rumours are true we're in trouble. 

Facts are matip and Ox struggle to back up. That could possibly be 2 more issues to deal with. 

More players we have out with Covid, the more stress placed on others so injury risk will rise enormously. 

Struggle to back up?

[Freddo]

1 minute ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

Struggle to back up?

You know, play games in succession. Hence the reason they are heavily rotated. 

[johnsusername]

It was impossible for the Premier League to have drawn up plans for this eventuality, nobody could have known a pandemic was happening, it's been really under the radar. 

 

Who even knew there was a worldwide pandemic? 

[an tha]

If a football match requires a certain level of emergency services on hand for safety reasons and the Mayor of London has just declared a major incident in London due to a lack of available staff at hospitals and for emergency services, surely that means they can't provide adequate services for the game tomorrow and it has to be called off.

[Anubis]

At John’s Ambulance…

[Daisy]

Makes fuck all sense to play the game if Salah is positive 

[Code]

Bunch of fannies in here.

 

So what if we are missing Van Dijk, Fabinho and Hendo?

 

We are superior to Spurs in any way possible. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

1 minute ago, Code said:

Bunch of fannies in here.

 

So what if we are missing Van Dijk, Fabinho and Hendo?

 

We are superior to Spurs in any way possible. 

To be fair were superior to westham, Brentford and Brighton. Shit happens.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

1 hour ago, Freddo said:

You know, play games in succession. Hence the reason they are heavily rotated. 

Got ya!

[Captain Turdseye]

The rumour mill now has Fabinho back in but Thiago out with Covid. 

[Anubis]

Let’s not sweat this, Naby-lad is back…

[Freddo]

6 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

The rumour mill now has Fabinho back in but Thiago out with Covid. 

Haha. I heard hendo back in, thiago out. Salah false news so he's in. It's such fun 

[El Rojo]

58 minutes ago, Code said:

 

So what if we are missing Van Dijk, Fabinho and Hendo?

 

We are superior to Spurs in any way possible. 

Agree, but I’d rather not be without Mo at any stage. He’s become irreplaceable. 

[3 Stacks]

Spurs with rest where they could train more under Conte whilst we're in the middle of the busy period and potentially missing players, is not an easy game whatsoever.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Captain Turdseye said:

The rumour mill now has Fabinho back in but Thiago out with Covid. 

 

1 hour ago, Freddo said:

Haha. I heard hendo back in, thiago out. Salah false news so he's in. It's such fun 

My mum told me never to listen to rumours and now my copy of Tusk is worn out.

[an tha]

3 hours ago, 3 Stacks said:

Spurs with rest where they could train more under Conte whilst we're in the middle of the busy period and potentially missing players, is not an easy game whatsoever.

Is right.

 

Being significantly weakened tomorrow could be fatal for our title hopes.

[Reckoner]

Terrible to wait until a couple of hours before kick off to cancel. What about the lads that travel from Liverpool this morning? Waste of time.

[Jairzinho]

It's on telly, it'll go ahead.

 

Like yesterday's game did where Leeds had to field their under 12s.

[Scott_M]

Echo released a story at 7am saying this is the squad that’s travelled…

 

 

Plus the keepers.

 

Also says VVD, Fabinho and Jones are TBC. 

[Scott_M]

12 hours ago, 3 Stacks said:

Spurs with rest where they could train more under Conte whilst we're in the middle of the busy period and potentially missing players, is not an easy game whatsoever.

Or they’ve not been able to train because their training ground is closed and they continue to have players out?

 

Allegedly they’ve asked for a postponement and we’ve said no. 
 

Roll on kick off!

 

Or cancellation at 3pm. 

[Anubis]

They want a postponement until after the transfer window…

[Anubis]

24 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

 

Allegedly they’ve asked for a postponement and we’ve said no. 

 

 

[Scott_M]

34 minutes ago, Anubis said:

They want a postponement until after the transfer window…

The top 4 want to play. Everybody else wants to make excuses. 
 

I’m surprised Newcastle haven’t found an excuse for today. 
 

Going forwards, if re-infection is such a potential issue with Omnicron, it does make you wonder what the authorities  are going to do. You can’t be cancelling games left and right forever, nor can you expect players to continually live like Monks. 
 

Mandatory vaccinations? But again, that doesn’t stop outbreaks, it only lessens the chance of serious illness.

[Bruce Spanner]

10 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

The top 4 want to play. Everybody else wants to make excuses. 
 

I’m surprised Newcastle haven’t found an excuse for today. 
 

Going forwards, if re-infection is such a potential issue with Omnicron, it does make you wonder what the authorities  are going to do. You can’t be cancelling games left and right forever, nor can you expect players to continually live like Monks. 
 

Mandatory vaccinations? But again, that doesn’t stop outbreaks, it only lessens the chance of serious illness.

 

I assume they'll go back to the bubble protocol that was used last time, though how much support they get from the players I don't know.

 

If they do that then they have to either close doors, or significantly reduce numbers or the whole thing is an illogical farce, unless you mitigate by saying 'personal responsibility' and remove care of duty from the fans.