craigkillie Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, kingjoey said: I must start by saying that I don’t think that any team should be given three points, or lose three points, for a match that isn’t played. All the postponed matches should be played, if physically possible. However, there are people on here spouting pish about Celtic, Rangers and Aberdeen. Aberdeen have not had any matches postponed due to not being able or willing to play. Celtic have not had any matches postponed due to not being able or willing to play. Rangers have not had any matches postponed. Kilmarnock and St Mirren fans will no doubt jump on any team in the future that are found to be in breach of the SPFL Covid regulations, and quite rightly, but providing there are no matches postponed because of it, no team is going to lose a game in those circumstances. Like others I can’t quite get my head round why players are allowed to pile on each other at goal celebrations, but they’re not allowed to have a shower, and have to socially distance at meals and on buses. The SPFL has made a rod for their own back here, because if either Celtic or Rangers have a match or matches postponed due to Covid rule breaches, they will have no option, regardless of what anyone on here says, but to give them a 3.0 defeat. Now that would be interesting. The only difference between the Aberdeen and Celtic cases and the Killie case is that it was a different public body who decided that the fixtures couldn't go ahead. In the former two cases it was the Scottish Government directly, in the latter case it was NHS Ayrshire and Arran. The ultimate outcome was identical. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, craigkillie said: The only difference between the Aberdeen and Celtic cases and the Killie case is that it was a different public body who decided that the fixtures couldn't go ahead. In the former two cases it was the Scottish Government directly, in the latter case it was NHS Ayrshire and Arran. The ultimate outcome was identical. It wasn’t really. Kilmarnock didn’t have enough players to allow the game to go ahead, Aberdeen did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 I'm disappointed, but not surprised, at the SPFL's ruling today. They were going to find Kilmarnock and St Mirren guilty of something,. A number of other clubs will be thinking "there but for the grace of God go I" about their protocols. By the way good point by the last poster about players piling on top of each other at goal celebrations! I understand that Blair sat on the so-called "independent" tribunal. Scottish football will be a better place when he retires later this season. As for Doncaster? His time as a "shield" for the SPFL board must be about up. Anyway, now precedent has been set....... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Just now, kingjoey said: It wasn’t really. Kilmarnock didn’t have enough players to allow the game to go ahead, Aberdeen did. Kilmarnock had fit and healthy players who were told they couldn't play for public health reasons. Aberdeen had fit and healthy players who were told they couldn't play for public health reasons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Heliums Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 1 minute ago, kingjoey said: It wasn’t really. Kilmarnock didn’t have enough players to allow the game to go ahead, Aberdeen did. Aberdeen arguably benefited from the postponement though. Didn't the players who would otherwise having been isolating play the rearranged game? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sortmeout Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Whilst I’m not too happy about it from our side I have to say if this leads to Hamilton’s survival and St Mirren going down then it’s a price worth paying. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 33 minutes ago, Szamo's_Ammo said: If come the end of the season Hamilton stay up due to the award of these 3 points from the SPFL and St Mirren, for example, go down it would seem incredibly harsh on the Buddies. But it would be really, really funny. Would be yet another example of the football gods favouring Hamilton Academical. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 1 minute ago, craigkillie said: Kilmarnock had fit and healthy players who were told they couldn't play for public health reasons. Aberdeen had fit and healthy players who were told they couldn't play for public health reasons. Kilmarnock's entire squad was in isolation due to social distancing failures. Aberdeen had enough players who weren't isolating to fulfill the fuxture but were not allowed to play in the fuxture because of Sturgeon grandstanding. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyDD Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, craigkillie said: The only difference between the Aberdeen and Celtic cases and the Killie case is that it was a different public body who decided that the fixtures couldn't go ahead. In the former two cases it was the Scottish Government directly, in the latter case it was NHS Ayrshire and Arran. The ultimate outcome was identical. The fact that Celtic and Aberdeen were found not to have breached any of the SPFL guidelines themselves, whereas Killie and St Mirren have, would constitute a fairly significant difference. Indeed, the fact remains that Celtic and Aberdeen could have fielded a team had they been allowed to, whereas Kilmarnock and St Mirren could not? The suggestion that there's a fine margin between this case and the cases of the players being dafties in their own spare time is for the birds. This is breaches by the clubs, contravention of, or the outright ignoring of, rules they had signed up to. The prior cases were quite pointedly NOT that. You'd still like to think that a different punishment could have been found. It should have been more severe than that which was meted out to Aberdeen and Celtic, but did it have to be this one? Maybe the clubs would rather this than a substantial fine, in the current financial climate... surely not. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Also if anyone believes that Kilmarnock's entire squad stayed home for two weeks then beat Livi the next day they are probably leaving a snack out for Santa and the reindeer in three weeks.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 On another point, who do I need to contact to grass in hearts for their players walking as a group back to their cars after their game vs us? Are we potentially having clubs closely watching opponents warming up making sure distancing isn’t breached where not needed? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Heliums Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 1 minute ago, Detournement said: Aberdeen had enough players who weren't isolating to fulfill the fuxture but were not allowed to play in the fuxture because of Sturgeon grandstanding. Or a 'flagrant breach of COVID guidelines'. Whichever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 1 minute ago, Detournement said: Kilmarnock's entire squad was in isolation due to social distancing failures. Aberdeen had enough players who weren't isolating to fulfill the fuxture but were not allowed to play in the fuxture because of Sturgeon grandstanding. The reason the Scottish government asked for the fixture to be postponed was to prevent the risk of further spread of the disease to other players. This is also the reason why our players were asked to self-isolate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, Detournement said: Also if anyone believes that Kilmarnock's entire squad stayed home for two weeks then beat Livi the next day they are probably leaving a snack out for Santa and the reindeer in three weeks.... Our entire squad definitely didn't stay at home until the day before that Livingston game given that several of them played in a game against Dunfermline a few days earlier. Edited December 3, 2020 by craigkillie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyDD Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, craigkillie said: Kilmarnock had fit and healthy players who were told they couldn't play for public health reasons. Aberdeen had fit and healthy players who were told they couldn't play for public health reasons. Kilmarnock had too many players self isolating to be able to play the match. Aberdeen did not have too many players self isolating to be able to fulfill the matches. Kilmarnock as a club have been found to have failed to adhere to rules they agreed to adhere to. Aberdeen as a club successfully adhered to them. Apple, meet orange. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Just now, craigkillie said: The reason the Scottish government asked for the fixture to be postponed was to prevent the risk of further spread of the disease to other players. This is also the reason why our players were asked to self-isolate. That's nonsense though. The non isolating Aberdeen and Celtic players weren't restricted from doing anything else bar playing in the Premiership. You can't compare a Kilmarnock player who has to stay home for 14 days to an Aberdeen player who was able to train, go to the shops, go out for a meal etc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 How many Killie players were self-isolating after being identified as close contacts? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, AndyDD said: Kilmarnock had too many players self isolating to be able to play the match. Aberdeen did not have too many players self isolating to be able to fulfill the matches. Kilmarnock as a club have been found to have failed to adhere to rules they agreed to adhere to. Aberdeen as a club successfully adhered to them. Apple, meet orange. Aberdeen's entire squad was essentially declared unsafe to play the fixture by the Scottish Government, why is that substantially different to our entire squad being declared unsafe to play the fixture by NHS Ayrshire & Arran? If Aberdeen successfully adhered to the rules then why were they fined by the SPFL for breaching them? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, craigkillie said: Our entire squad definitely didn't stay at home until the day before that Livingston game given that several of them played in a game against Dunfermline a few days earlier. How many of the guys who played against Livi came out of isolation the day before the fixture then? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, AndyDD said: Kilmarnock had too many players self isolating to be able to play the match. Aberdeen did not have too many players self isolating to be able to fulfill the matches. Kilmarnock as a club have been found to have failed to adhere to rules they agreed to adhere to. Aberdeen as a club successfully adhered to them. Apple, meet orange. Who's orange in this scenario? If it's the dons then it probably explains the favourable treatment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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