NorthBank Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Doubt if the game will be called off unless a whole lot more players test positive. I may be wrong but believe that fewer subs are now permitted on the bench for a game to go ahead. Only if we don't have a first 11 and something like 2 or 3 on the bench can we call off a game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralstonite Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Doctor Sanchez said: Club statement out saying 2nd Saints player confirmed with CV-19. FUXSAKEMAN...! https://www.stmirren.com/all-news/3763-club-statement-7 Well at least they can't catch it twice. We should have all the players mingle, so they all get infected and get it over with IMHO. 1 hour ago, elvis said: I would think next two games will be off now. They should be. Couldn't we just claim that a number of our players have brazenly flouted social distancing rules, like Aberdeen and Celtic did, and have our game postponed? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenburn bud Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 There are genuinely Hearts fans on Twitter gloating that we have two players testing positive for this horrible disease. I despair at these people who are clearly the absolute dregs of society. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralstonite Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, glenburn bud said: There are genuinely Hearts fans on Twitter gloating that we have two players testing positive for this horrible disease. I despair at these people who are clearly the absolute dregs of society. Hahaha! That's funny because to be that bitter they must have been apoplectic when Hearts got relegated. Hopefully the players are asymptomatic, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torfason Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, billyg said: I thought you , of all people , would know who it was , maybe you've even seen him playing. Anyway , over 400 appearances in all competitions in England ! Sounds like a pretty senior player and not some junior lad. Edited September 11, 2020 by Torfason 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 9 hours ago, elvis said: I would think next two games will be off now. 9 hours ago, Coventry Saint said: They absolutely should be. This season in danger of being a farce, though. If two players get injured in training do you postpone games? They'll be two batches of testing done on others (presumably testing after your GK got it has now caught another). The season isn't long enough to be postponing games when a small number of players are put. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 13 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: If two players get injured in training do you postpone games? They'll be two batches of testing done on others (presumably testing after your GK got it has now caught another). The season isn't long enough to be postponing games when a small number of players are put. Agree with pretty much all of that. If we keep calling off games when one or two players test positive then we'll never get the season finished. If it's just a couple, and the rest of the squad hasn't been in close contact with them, then we just have to crack on. It would be interesting to know if there is a number that need to be positive before a game is called off - still amazed the Czechs had to play on Monday. That being said, it's a bit unfair if we have to play Celtic without players who have tested positive given the only reason we're playing them on Wednesday is because one of their players was an irresponsible, selfish p***k and fucked off to Spain. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 I thought the reason that games are likely to be called off when cases occur is that the squad is supposed to be a bubble. The players that have tested positive have been in close contact with the rest of the squad who are then going to be in contact with opponents if matches are played. It's not really similar to having a few injuries. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossC93 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, billyg said: I thought you , of all people , would know who it was , maybe you've even seen him playing. Anyway , over 400 appearances in all competitions in England ! Wild guess at Danny Fox? Ex-Coventry & out the picture at Wigan. He's more a full back than a wing back though IIRC. ETA: Junior Brown? Edited September 11, 2020 by RossC93 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 1 hour ago, RandomGuy. said: If two players get injured in training do you postpone games? They'll be two batches of testing done on others (presumably testing after your GK got it has now caught another). The season isn't long enough to be postponing games when a small number of players are put. Sorry, I do actually agree with that but it was late (for me) and I didn't type my post/thoughts out in full. I was kinda getting at the fact that some clubs had games postponed as 'punishment' when they were also missing players, but yes, I didn't actually write that. Kinda what @Stu has elaborated on. But yeah, we can't keep postponing games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munoz Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 19 minutes ago, RossC93 said: Wild guess at Danny Fox? Ex-Coventry & out the picture at Wigan. He's more a full back than a wing back though IIRC. Nope. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, RossC93 said: ETA: Junior Brown? That'd fit the clues I've heard. JB initials, five letters in surname... Staggering, btw, how many players we seem to get who are in some way linked with Fleetwood. They're a team that has barely ever registered with me in the past but I feel like they get mentioned all the time now. Also, three people at the club called Junior... is this a record? Edited September 11, 2020 by Coventry Saint 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 54 minutes ago, Coventry Saint said: Also, three people at the club called Junior... is this a record? No, in 1999/2000 we had three. Junior Mendes Sergei Baltacha Jr. Junior Panda. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fife Saint Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Uh oh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 I don't think the game should be cancelled either. I think, providing St Mirren and the players have followed the correct procedures, then this is something that's going to happen to most teams. It's a bit annoying we will be without players, especially the Celtic game which is only being played then because of the poor behaviour of a Celtic player, but that's life. The main worry is the health of the players involved now. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it sounded from Goodwin's interview on the BBC that Alnwick might actually be sick, rather than asymptomatic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZingaliMan Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 I think the game will go ahead as all the squad will have had extra tests all the rest of the squad tested negative. Dont see the problem when it's two players affected out the whole squad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambieBud Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 The problem is if all squad members have been exposed, then Hibs players and officials are at risk of exposure too. I feel the game should be postponed until it is clear no others have picked it up 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbowrising Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Surely the 'Czech Rule' should apply and just field their youth team 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZingaliMan Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 19 minutes ago, CambieBud said: The problem is if all squad members have been exposed, then Hibs players and officials are at risk of exposure too. I feel the game should be postponed until it is clear no others have picked it up The extra testing will expose any further cases. I would imagine the last results from the lab will be delivered today. No more cases game goes ahead. Any more Infections game cancelled. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambieBud Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 The extra testing will expose any further cases. I would imagine the last results from the lab will be delivered today. No more cases game goes ahead. Any more Infections game cancelled. Yes you’re probably correct. I suspect that when English Leagues are up and running the chances are, unfortunately, major problems will surface throughout their leagues as well. 92 clubs plus the pyramid leagues, travelling all over England and Wales, an outbreak is all but inevitable 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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