He shouldn't have been playing Arsenal until the 23rd April.

Oh well.

Not to mention the players they've lost to afcon

I can’t keep up anymore. Clubs should just be forced to play regardless, even if they field under 23s.

comment by Roy's Keane (U11635)
posted 27 seconds ago
Not to mention the players they've lost to afcon
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And just loaned out

comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 37 seconds ago
comment by Roy's Keane (U11635)
posted 27 seconds ago
Not to mention the players they've lost to afcon
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And just loaned out
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Same rules been applied to Arsenal as anyone else. They take into affect the impact of Covid on the squad as a whole, not just the current number of active cases.

comment by Tabclear1992 (U22779)
posted 1 minute ago
He shouldn't have been playing Arsenal until the 23rd April.

Oh well.
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Actually scrap that he should have faced them on 2nd December.

What date is the rearranged spurs fixture ?

comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 9 minutes ago
I can’t keep up anymore. Clubs should just be forced to play regardless, even if they field under 23s.
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Which is basically what Leeds did against the hammers

Conte is always right.

Antonio

comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 16 minutes ago
comment by Roy's Keane (U11635)
posted 27 seconds ago
Not to mention the players they've lost to afcon
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And just loaned out
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And ripped up the contracts of

comment by Roy's Keane (U11635)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 9 minutes ago
I can’t keep up anymore. Clubs should just be forced to play regardless, even if they field under 23s.
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Which is basically what Leeds did against the hammers
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Average age of 25.9. A whole 1.9 years older than the Arsenal XI that beat Newcastle 2-0.
In fact we have only once named a line up with an average age greater than Leeds used against West Ham - a 5-0 defeat to City

But, yeah, we should follow Leeds and "play the kids"

Most of the teams shouldn't.

But when arsenal do it, the media loses their minds and everybody else follows.

comment by Roy's Keane (U11635)
posted 39 minutes ago
What date is the rearranged spurs fixture ?
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When they have a full squad plus a couple of new signings to call up.

comment by Boris 'Inky' Gibson (U5901)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Roy's Keane (U11635)
posted 39 minutes ago
What date is the rearranged spurs fixture ?
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When they have a full squad plus a couple of new signings to call up.
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comment by King TUt - I Need a Hiro (U3732)
posted 22 minutes ago
Most of the teams shouldn't.

But when arsenal do it, the media loses their minds and everybody else follows.
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Couldn’t care less if its arsenal personally. Fans have to rearrange everything to make the games last minute that they’re forced to pay for even when it a cancellled the day before the game.

Well said Busby, nobody thinks of the fans.

And I thought the rule was you had to play the game even if you had six out injured.

"Leeds United’s win at West Ham proves Premier League clubs can play through Covid, injuries and Afcon absences"

comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 22 minutes ago
Well said Busby, nobody thinks of the fans.

And I thought the rule was you had to play the game even if you had six out injured.
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The rule is 13 players and a goalkeeper I think. Arsenal didnt have that.

Liverpool did but they conveniently had a bunch of statistically unlikely false positives.

Probably did Conte and Spurs a favour.

He should thank them.

Arsenal had a fair case.

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‘The rule is 13 players and a goalkeeper I think. Arsenal didnt have that.’

So 1 covid case meant Arsenal didn’t have enough players?

comment by King TUt - I Need a Hiro (U3732)
posted 31 minutes ago
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 22 minutes ago
Well said Busby, nobody thinks of the fans.

And I thought the rule was you had to play the game even if you had six out injured.
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The rule is 13 players and a goalkeeper I think. Arsenal didnt have that.

Liverpool did but they conveniently had a bunch of statistically unlikely false positives.
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So Arsenal didn't have 13 players at the club who were fit? Assume they will all not miraculously recover by Thursday then?

comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 8 minutes ago
‘The rule is 13 players and a goalkeeper I think. Arsenal didnt have that.’

So 1 covid case meant Arsenal didn’t have enough players?
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We had 1 COVID case at the time (we have since had 2 more), injuries and a few players at afcon. I think we've had about 13 COVID cases since November/decemberish. This will undoubtedly affect training and injuries over that time period. Not that it matters, because the rule isn't strictly COVID cases.

Leicester and wolves have had games called off for similar. I don't see why the media are painting us as the devil.