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Re: Fri 14th – Wed 19th JAN 2022
DIR By: rustyref
Date: January 15, 2022, 2:45 pm
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That isn't being followed though. It talks about injury and
illness, yet we know the AFCON missing players are being taken
into account. If you look at Arsenal's situation, it appears to
be publicly known that Odegaard is the only one with Covid, so
they are using the Covid rules to get a game called off
primarily because of AFCON, injuries and suspensions.
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Re: Fri 14th – Wed 19th JAN 2022
DIR By: Readingfan
Date: January 15, 2022, 2:59 pm
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--- Quote from: rustyref link ---
>
> That isn't being followed though. It talks about injury and
illness, yet we know the AFCON missing players are being taken
into account. If you look at Arsenal's situation, it appears to
be publicly known that Odegaard is the only one with Covid, so
they are using the Covid rules to get a game called off
primarily because of AFCON, injuries and suspensions.
>
--- End Quote ---
My reading of it is that if you have a positive Covid case and
you also have fewer than 13 'first team' outfield players
available, regardless of the reason, then you can get the game
postponed.
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Re: Fri 14th – Wed 19th JAN 2022
DIR By: MCPridz
Date: January 15, 2022, 6:02 pm
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OF course it should of been postponed, everyone else is allowed
to do it, liverpool even lied to get the first leg postponed,
leicester had players at the darts the day they had a game off,
but because it is arsenal everyone is in uproar over it's like
it is one rule for us and one rule for everyone else, what
failed to be mentioned is we had a massive covid outbreak
opening day of the season but we were forced to play we had no
RB on boxing day against Norwich but we played, this is our
first time requesting it and was rightly cooled off, I didn't
see spurs moaning when they had a massive break over Xmas and
they called Rennes had flown over, I am just hoping us and
Burnley are good to go next week as I am attending that match
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Re: Fri 14th – Wed 19th JAN 2022
DIR By: MCPridz
Date: January 15, 2022, 6:15 pm
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Besides another point the AFCON shouldn’t be played mid-season
anyway it should be like any other tournament and played in the
summer
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Re: Fri 14th – Wed 19th JAN 2022
DIR By: Leggy
Date: January 16, 2022, 5:40 am
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--- Quote from: MCPridz link ---
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> Besides another point the AFCON shouldn’t be played mid-season
anyway it should be like any other tournament and played in the
summer
>
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Do you think its a good idea to play a football tournament in
Africa in the heat of the summer? Even in the south of the
continent (where it is technically winter) its still pretty hot
in June and July.
In any case the football world does not need to revolve around
big clubs - international games used to take precedence. Its
pretty insulting to the whole of African football to suggest
that the needs of Arsenal (or any other Premier League team for
that matter) are more important. There have been a number of
comments in the media saying that the disrespect that has been
shown to AFCON is unjust, unworthy and borderline racist. I am
100% not saying that of anyone on this forum, but it does
deserve the same respect as the Euros, or the Copa America.
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Re: Fri 14th – Wed 19th JAN 2022
DIR By: Hertsref123
Date: January 16, 2022, 5:58 am
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--- Quote from: MCPridz link ---
>
> Besides another point the AFCON shouldn’t be played mid-season
anyway it should be like any other tournament and played in the
summer
>
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The afcon has always been played at this time of year, because
its way too hot in africa to play in the summer. Its a major
international tournament, why should a domestic league take
precedence over it?
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Re: Fri 14th – Wed 19th JAN 2022
DIR By: MCPridz
Date: January 16, 2022, 6:01 am
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I did see it was meant to be played during the summer before it
got postponed and moved to January, and because every other
major tournament is played in the summer so the AFCON should be
the same
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Re: Fri 14th – Wed 19th JAN 2022
DIR By: Hertsref123
Date: January 16, 2022, 6:11 am
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--- Quote from: MCPridz link ---
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> I did see it was meant to be played during the summer before
it got postponed and moved to January, and because every other
major tournament is played in the summer so the AFCON should be
the same
>
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They rescheduled due to unfavourable cimate conditions.
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Re: Fri 14th – Wed 19th JAN 2022
DIR By: Readingfan
Date: January 16, 2022, 6:41 am
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--- Quote from: MCPridz link ---
>
> I did see it was meant to be played during the summer before
it got postponed and moved to January, and because every other
major tournament is played in the summer so the AFCON should be
the same
>
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The World Cup is taking place in November this year, and I think
it's fair to say that's pretty major.
Of course different leagues have their seasons at different
times - June/July is the middle of some seasons in some
countries.
I think they are looking to hold more Afcon's in summer but as
mentioned it depends who host country is and what the climate is
like.
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Re: Fri 14th – Wed 19th JAN 2022
DIR By: rustyref
Date: January 16, 2022, 7:01 am
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--- Quote from: MCPridz link ---
>
> OF course it should of been postponed, everyone else is
allowed to do it, liverpool even lied to get the first leg
postponed, leicester had players at the darts the day they had a
game off, but because it is arsenal everyone is in uproar over
it's like it is one rule for us and one rule for everyone else,
what failed to be mentioned is we had a massive covid outbreak
opening day of the season but we were forced to play we had no
RB on boxing day against Norwich but we played, this is our
first time requesting it and was rightly cooled off, I didn't
see spurs moaning when they had a massive break over Xmas and
they called Rennes had flown over, I am just hoping us and
Burnley are good to go next week as I am attending that match
>
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Liverpool had loads of positive tests, of which most turned out
to be false positives. Arsenal have ONE player unavailable
through Covid, they are taking advantage of the situation to
avoid having to play without their overseas and injured players.
If you look at the statement from the EPL about postponements
it says clubs have to provide proof of injuries and Covid cases,
there is nothing about players called up for international duty.
Yet the statement they put out yesterday about Arsenal not
being able to field a team specifically refers to the players
away at AFCON, they have set a very dangerous precedent here,
and one that is grossly unfair on all those supporters that are
now out of pocket financially.
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