The Football.....

[Accy cyclist]

I saw a kind of backs to the wall Accy win over league leaders Rotherham today. The ground was almost full, with Rotherham making up half the crowd. The game was billed as our manager and assistant manager's 20 years in the job celebration, thought they did depart for a year or so to join 2 other clubs, so it's not 20 consistent years. Anyway, it was a very good game and John Coleman and Jimmy Bell deservedly marked the occasion with a victory!

https://www.skysports.com/watch/vid.../league-one/12504187/accrington-1-0-rotherham

 

[Accy cyclist]

@PaulSB My 49 years a Rovers fan brother drove 280 miles there and back from Lytham to Hull today. Just as he parked up he was told the game was off!

 

[PaulSB]

@PaulSB My 49 years a Rovers fan brother drove 280 miles there and back from Lytham to Hull today. Just as he parked up he was told the game was off!

Yep, several friends had exactly the same experience. Lots of people decided to go as we're playing well, Boxing Day, relatively easy to get to, etc.

I've heard the local police knew of the decision at 10.00am. I can't prove it but it seems logical the police would be informed early.

It's a disgraceful action on Hull's part.

 

[Mike_P]

Even worst was the National League fixture between Kings Lynn and Notts County called off at 2pm due to a waterlogged pitch. The ref asked to speak to the groundsman only to be told they did not have one!

 

[PaulSB]

Have to give credit to AFC Wimbledon for this Facebook Link

 

[Chislenko]

It's all getting a bit serious now, my boys can go second today, level on points with Fulham who tonked us 7-0 at home 8 weeks ago.

Since then we've taken 19 points out of 21 with six wins and a draw, scoring 16 and conceding just 2 goals. It's conceivable by 9.45pm Wednesday we will be top.

Start of the season I began with the hope of a decent side knocking about in the top ten. As games went by top six beckoned but every year for ten seasons each time we've got close the team and manager seem to bottle it. November 3rd Fulham came to town and we had no answer to a team who hammered us 7-0 at home in a game we need to take at least a point from. All I can say in defence of the result is at 0-3 the boys clearly decided to try and get something back, the door was left but open heads didn't drop. This proved to be a turning point.

The following Saturday we saw the perfect response with the dismantling of Sheffield United at Ewood.

Football fans will know our sad story of the past ten years. Today more by luck than judgement we once more have a proper team. This is a sensational side packed with kids who simply don't know when to stop. The nonsense of going 2-0 up and sitting back which cost us 4 points against Luton and Coventry has disappeared. Another turning point.

Covid isolation stops me traveling to Hull today otherwise we would have gone.

One match doesn't decide a season but starting today we have a run of six games which we should win. If we can take 15/18 points we are serious. So far there has been no real pressure but now we're going to discover how a team packed with young players, five are under 21, react. Carry on playing with style and without fear and this can happen.

After ten terrible years under Venkys we can dream again. Once more we can walk along Bolton Road with pride, anticipation and a knot in the stomach. It is so exciting.

A proper team for proper fans. Those of us who stuck by the club when thousands walked away are being rewarded.

Come on you Blues.

How's Pixie getting on, comes from our village, quite a big family, most of the family are in the family plumbing business.

 

[Dayvo]

I love reading the stats from a game (mostly cricket, which I use to obsess over) but football throws up a few from time to time.
Watching a repeat of Doncaster Rovers against Sunderland earlier today,the commentator said that in the game in February at Sunderland, Sunderland beat Doncaster oR 4-1.
All four goals were headers, by the same player (Wyke) with all four assists also coming from the same player (McGeady). The Sunderland goalkeeper scored an own goal but redeemed himself by saving two (😳) penalties.
Possession was shared 50-50 and both teams had the same number of passes (493) AND the same pass accuracy (79%).

 

[PaulSB]

How's Pixie getting on, comes from our village, quite a big family, most of the family are in the family plumbing business.

You mean Harry Pickering? I haven't heard him called Pixie. He's having a very good season in a settled defence, I think it's 5 clean sheets in a row at the moment. Harry works hard, positioning is good and I can't remember anyone making a mug of him this season. He's comfortable on the ball and has good distribution. A good addition to the squad.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Yep, several friends had exactly the same experience. Lots of people decided to go as we're playing well, Boxing Day, relatively easy to get to, etc.

I've heard the local police knew of the decision at 10.00am. I can't prove it but it seems logical the police would be informed early.

It's a disgraceful action on Hull's part.

Whoah there tiger, It's best to get the facts before calling people a disgrace.

The club had been speaking to the EFL through the week, and keeping them up to speed with events. The club told them that they had 14 first team players out, and were told to field the youth side, who when tested, couldn't muster the numbers either. As a fair amount of this was in the media, I would expect Blackburn to have been aware and asking questions themselves.

Plenty of exiles traveled longer distances than the one you mention, including one from Brazil, so it's not just Blackburn fans that were affected, but any fault lies firmly with the EFL.

 

[PaulSB]

Whoah there tiger, It's best to get the facts before calling people a disgrace.

The club had been speaking to the EFL through the week, and keeping them up to speed with events. The club told them that they had 14 first team players out, and were told to field the youth side, who when tested, couldn't muster the numbers either. As a fair amount of this was in the media, I would expect Blackburn to have been aware and asking questions themselves.

Plenty of exiles traveled longer distances than the one you mention, including one from Brazil, so it's not just Blackburn fans that were affected, but any fault lies firmly with the EFL.

I don't read a daily paper which is what I presume you mean by the media so wouldn't know about that aspect.

My understanding is the game was called off at 2.00pm. If this is correct I find it very hard to believe Hull didn't know the youth players were positive till then. My understanding is clubs have private PCRs and presumably don't have to wait for the results in the random way the public do. LFT tests at 8.00am would give the answer in 15 minutes.

Locally, Blackburn, the story is the police knew at 10.00am.

I find it very difficult to understand how Hull did not know their Covid situation till an hour before kick off. I'm waiting to come out of isolation tomorrow but won't be because I was positive this morning. If I can organise myself I feel a professional football club should be able to. Surely these tests should be carried out Friday at the very latest?

 

[Chislenko]

You mean Harry Pickering? I haven't heard him called Pixie. He's having a very good season in a settled defence, I think it's 5 clean sheets in a row at the moment. Harry works hard, positioning is good and I can't remember anyone making a mug of him this season. He's comfortable on the ball and has good distribution. A good addition to the squad.

Good stuff, glad to see him getting on. Yes the whole family go by the nickname Pixie and they all drive cars with a PXY number plate with various prefix, Harry's being H (number) PXY.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

I don't read a daily paper which is what I presume you mean by the media so wouldn't know about that aspect.

My understanding is the game was called off at 2.00pm. If this is correct I find it very hard to believe Hull didn't know the youth players were positive till then. My understanding is clubs have private PCRs and presumably don't have to wait for the results in the random way the public do. LFT tests at 8.00am would give the answer in 15 minutes.

Locally, Blackburn, the story is the police knew at 10.00am.

I find it very difficult to understand how Hull did not know their Covid situation till an hour before kick off. I'm waiting to come out of isolation tomorrow but won't be because I was positive this morning. If I can organise myself I feel a professional football club should be able to. Surely these tests should be carried out Friday at the very latest?

It seems my original reply has been edited clumsily by someone, and for some peculiar reason they deleted a key part explaining that these are quotes from the Club Chairman.

"At the point of the decision, we're just complying with the league rules. We have to test every day, we've had multiple cases this week.

"We could see the squad was being thinned out to a point where we knew it was on the cusp of potentially having to cancel the game.

"We spoke to the league on Friday and said, 'look, we're at fourteen cases this week already with Saturday and Sunday testing still to go, the game is at risk and obviously we'll still comply with all of the rules and we'll try to put the game on but we're just giving you a head's up that we may not be able to comply with the 14 senior players being available for a game.'"

 

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[PaulSB]

@ClichéGuevara - thanks. I get your point.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

@ClichéGuevara - thanks. I get your point.

Hull City call for ‘relaxing’ of rules over Covid-19 postponements


Hull City have called for a relaxing of the rules around Covid-19 postponements after their scheduled Boxing Day clash against Blackburn Rovers was called off at two hours’ notice.


https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/spo...-of-rules-over-covid-19-postponements-3508233