Liverpool v Arsenal (a) Caraboa Cup Semi Final 1st Leg

[Exiled_red]

Fax, surely?

Does anyone outside of football still use a fax machine

This is the EFL, not the FA with all their fancy smart technology

[Exiled_red]

I think the decision makers are ****ting their pants about allowing us to postpone... given they shafted Leyton Orient against Tottenham for exactly the same reason and made them forfeit the game.

The fume either way from other club fans will be raging... because it's us, and not Citeh, Utd, Spurs, Chavs or Arse themselves...

I think the situation here is slightly different to the Spurs-Leyton Orient situation. The rules say that the game is forfeit if you can't find a suitable time to play it before the scheduled date of the next round. In the case of Leyton Orient the next round was a week later, in this case the final isn't until the end of February, so we have 7/8 weeks to find an alternative date. I have no doubt if we are allowed to postpone there will be other fans outraged at us getting preferential treatment but those are the rules. The thing that screwed Leyton Orient over was the fact that the rounds were so close together at that stage.

[Mark79]

No idea why we had to bargain by forfeiting home advantage but there we are

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Seems bull**** that we forfeit home advantage !!! pedantic ****s

[Mark79]

Ah, 2nd leg now becomes the 1st leg. Meaning only 1 fixture needs rearranged. Fair enough.

[Kenneth]

Who gives a ****, it’s the Worthington cup.

[ChesterDave]

No idea why we had to bargain by forfeiting home advantage but there we are

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I think it is reasonable enough. Plenty of fans will have made travel and accommodation plans already for the second leg. The first leg fans may lose out but no point in screwing over second leg fans too

[Mark79]

I think it is reasonable enough. Plenty of fans will have made travel and accommodation plans already for the second leg. The first leg fans may lose out but no point in screwing over second leg fans too

Yep

Ah, 2nd leg now becomes the 1st leg. Meaning only 1 fixture needs rearranged. Fair enough.

[Exiled_red]

It seems the most sensible outcome, assuming of course the Covid situation is resolved by next week

[wiw]

That's 8 days away...if they are testing positive yesterday/today then there's no real chance of them being back by then?

[Buzzo]

That's 8 days away...if they are testing positive yesterday/today then there's no real chance of them being back by then?

Thats what I was thinking.

[ChesterDave]

Potentially that the earlier cases would be enough to tip the balance back to go ahead. Also, whats the 6 and 7 day of self isolation test rule. Could they then proceed to play with negative tests?

[fabinho]

From an Arsenal forum:

They've 41 players in their first team squad registered with the league this season -

https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/10/Liverpool/squad

plus they'd have a B list registered comprising of 40 odd players from the youth teams that can also be called up if required.

And we're expected to believe that out of a squad of 80 odd players they can't field a team? Absolute ****ing bull****, a joke and a disgrace, but who's surprised?

I've been banging the drum about how crooked the game is for years but what's going on this season with cancellations even has me shocked, blatant cheating, corruption and manipulation of results to suit certain teams.

[Buzzo]

They so desperately want us to either fold and get booted out, and let them get into the final or put out a team of kids.

They don't want to play us at anything close to full strength.

It is desperate stuff from them.

[Slinky Skills]

Postponed.