Kew Owl Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Just heard that Orient have been expelled from the Carabao Cup for failing to fulfil their fixture against Tottenham because a good number of their players tested positive for COVID 19. Professional football doesn’t do its reputation any good sometimes - this seems to me to be one of those occasions. EFL morons rule OK ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Bach Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 You think Spurs are going to wait to play an EFL Cup fixture with the season congestion we are already experiencing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 25 minutes ago, Arthur Bach said: You think Spurs are going to wait to play an EFL Cup fixture with the season congestion we are already experiencing? If boot was on other foot and game hadn't taken place because some Tottenham players had tested positive do you reckon they would have kicked Tottenham out and given Orient a bye? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markowl Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 12 hours ago, bradowl said: If boot was on other foot and game hadn't taken place because some Tottenham players had tested positive do you reckon they would have kicked Tottenham out and given Orient a bye? Would depend whether they had enough players to fulfill the fixture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 13 hours ago, bradowl said: If boot was on other foot and game hadn't taken place because some Tottenham players had tested positive do you reckon they would have kicked Tottenham out and given Orient a bye? If it involved different clubs then would this reaction be the same? Say Preston couldn’t put out a team against Brighton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 It's far from ideal. I can see it from both sides. EFL may have to rethink protocol if this becomes a semi regular issue. Given the steep rise in cases, you would think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coopswfc76 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Funny thing is I cant imagine any other EFL club agreeing to testing again after this. Absolute farce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 1 minute ago, coopswfc76 said: Funny thing is I cant imagine any other EFL club agreeing to testing again after this. Absolute farce. Well, they can't keep voiding games if teams have to miss a game due to COVID infections. Would be absolute farcical...but then this is the EFL so who knows lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 5 minutes ago, coopswfc76 said: Funny thing is I cant imagine any other EFL club agreeing to testing again after this. Absolute farce. Yet if they don’t test and it gets out of hand, the Government night step in and cancel football again. Clubs don’t want that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kew Owl Posted September 26, 2020 Author Share Posted September 26, 2020 20 hours ago, Kew Owl said: Just heard that Orient have been expelled from the Carabao Cup for failing to fulfil their fixture against Tottenham because a good number of their players tested positive for COVID 19. Professional football doesn’t do its reputation any good sometimes - this seems to me to be one of those occasions. EFL morons rule OK ! Just seen that there’s a thread in this in the Matchday section - didn’t see it at the time, apologies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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