UEFA

comment by 8==Divock #SLM 🐟 (U22339)
posted 10 minutes ago
It’s a shame there aren’t any Orient fans on Ja606… would be interesting to hear their POV if the game is postponed
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Yeah, would also like to know their thoughts on when Harry Kane sponsored them for a season so they didn’t go broke

Remember when Liverpool begged UEFA to be in the CL even though they hadn’t qualified and then UEFA changed the rules for them - maybe we could ask Liverpool for begging guidance

comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 4 minutes ago
You have a uefa squad registered - surely after there’s no longer the possibility to field a team that is a red line?
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Again, it’s not about who we can field, it’s that we are returning more positive tests each day and our squad seem to be riddled.

The players don’t want to train and play as they could catch it off each other and then pass to vulnerable members of their family.

Why is this difficult to understand?
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It is you having difficulty understanding.

My point was once there were no goalkeepers or 10 outfielders then the game cannot go ahead as TH cannot field a team.

The covid stuff is a sideshow to that fundamental. UEFA cannot easily give in or next time it is players not wanting to train cos some players have failed a flu test or aids test or whatever. The teams are supposed to be taking appropriate covid prevention measures - you are more likely to have UEFA questioning whether TH have been effective in that?

The game is off

Game has been called off.

sanity wins out.

comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 4 minutes ago
You have a uefa squad registered - surely after there’s no longer the possibility to field a team that is a red line?
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Again, it’s not about who we can field, it’s that we are returning more positive tests each day and our squad seem to be riddled.

The players don’t want to train and play as they could catch it off each other and then pass to vulnerable members of their family.

Why is this difficult to understand?
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It is you having difficulty understanding.

My point was once there were no goalkeepers or 10 outfielders then the game cannot go ahead as TH cannot field a team.

The covid stuff is a sideshow to that fundamental. UEFA cannot easily give in or next time it is players not wanting to train cos some players have failed a flu test or aids test or whatever. The teams are supposed to be taking appropriate covid prevention measures - you are more likely to have UEFA questioning whether TH have been effective in that?
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This aged well

I happily doff my cap to UEFA, they have made the right call

comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 1 hour, 30 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 4 minutes ago
You have a uefa squad registered - surely after there’s no longer the possibility to field a team that is a red line?
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Again, it’s not about who we can field, it’s that we are returning more positive tests each day and our squad seem to be riddled.

The players don’t want to train and play as they could catch it off each other and then pass to vulnerable members of their family.

Why is this difficult to understand?
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It is you having difficulty understanding.

My point was once there were no goalkeepers or 10 outfielders then the game cannot go ahead as TH cannot field a team.

The covid stuff is a sideshow to that fundamental. UEFA cannot easily give in or next time it is players not wanting to train cos some players have failed a flu test or aids test or whatever. The teams are supposed to be taking appropriate covid prevention measures - you are more likely to have UEFA questioning whether TH have been effective in that?
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comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know (U18109)
posted 2 hours, 23 minutes ago
Remember when Liverpool begged UEFA to be in the CL even though they hadn’t qualified and then UEFA changed the rules for them - maybe we could ask Liverpool for begging guidance
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This is incorrect. It was actually Everton who got in after UEFA bent the rules for that season, before changing them to allow the winners automatic qualification. There was already a rule in place that meant the winners could qualify, at the request of the FA of that particular country.

In that season rule 1 of the Champions League regulations stated that "each country can have a maximum of four entrants and, if the holders are not among those qualifying through the league, a national association can request their inclusion only at the expense of the fourth-place team, who have to drop down to the Uefa Cup."

The FA requested Liverpool's inclusion but UEFA kept Everton in also.

In 2000 Real Madrid finished outside the qualifying positions but got in after winning the CL. Real Zaragoza, who finished fourth were relegated to the UEFA Cup.