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<blockquote data-quote="weasel" data-source="post: 550226" data-attributes="member: 14"><p>Sounds like Spurs tried their best to lose.</p><p></p><p>Leicester played yesterday but don't have enough players to play Everton on Tuesday night. Hhhmmm.</p><p>It is a different competition, and thus different rules. The FA basically told clubs to play or forfeit and Leicester had a bench full of kids, who aren't registered in their PL squad. BUT….it looks ****ing daft if a team can play on sat but with no new injuries/covid cases (that I am aware of) then can postpone a game three days later.</p><p>Precedent had long been set, and neither side has Europe to worry about (the Europa fizzy cup doesn't count and Leicester clearly don't care about European football), but it is farcical that teams can cancel in one domestic competition but not in another.</p><p></p><p>The question of clubs, Newcastle in the example I am thinking of, gaming the system by postponing games now in the hope they have a better team, ie sign a tonne of new players, by the time the rearranged game comes round, does have a whiff of plausibility. </p><p>It looks like 3 from 4 to go down, all four of whom are woeful. But if I was Burnley or Norwich, neither of whom will be splashing the cash, I would be pissed off about games getting postponed for Newcastle/Watford or even the likes of Leeds/Everton.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="weasel, post: 550226, member: 14"] Sounds like Spurs tried their best to lose. Leicester played yesterday but don’t have enough players to play Everton on Tuesday night. Hhhmmm. It is a different competition, and thus different rules. The FA basically told clubs to play or forfeit and Leicester had a bench full of kids, who aren’t registered in their PL squad. BUT….it looks ****ing daft if a team can play on sat but with no new injuries/covid cases (that I am aware of) then can postpone a game three days later. Precedent had long been set, and neither side has Europe to worry about (the Europa fizzy cup doesn't count and Leicester clearly don’t care about European football), but it is farcical that teams can cancel in one domestic competition but not in another. The question of clubs, Newcastle in the example I am thinking of, gaming the system by postponing games now in the hope they have a better team, ie sign a tonne of new players, by the time the rearranged game comes round, does have a whiff of plausibility. It looks like 3 from 4 to go down, all four of whom are woeful. But if I was Burnley or Norwich, neither of whom will be splashing the cash, I would be pissed off about games getting postponed for Newcastle/Watford or even the likes of Leeds/Everton. [/QUOTE]
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