PL COVID Testing Regime

[Banana]

Premier League agrees new Covid measures to stem outbreaks at clubs

Premier League players and club staff will need to take a lateral flow test every day in order to get into training grounds to try to stem the rise of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus.

www.bbc.co.uk

Premier League players and club staff will need to take a lateral flow test every day in order to get into training grounds as part of new measures agreed on Tuesday.

In addition to the daily tests to get into training grounds, players and staff will now have a PCR test at least twice a week, which was the case last season, before it was changed to lateral flows in the summer.

 

[Bombus Bombus]

Hope they have better luck getting test kits. Us mere supporters can't get any at the moment.

 

[readingbee]

Why start next week. Why not this week, that piece of the equation I don’t understand.

 

[BFC1997]

Why start next week. Why not this week, that piece of the equation I don’t understand.

You can’t start punishing clubs for failing to meet the requirements this week because logistically it will take a few days to change the process.

 

[readingbee]

You can’t start punishing clubs for failing to meet the requirements this week because logistically it will take a few days to change the process.

I would have thought Friday would have been fine myself. There already testing so they have a process in place.

 

[nanny58]

You can’t start punishing clubs for failing to meet the requirements this week because logistically it will take a few days to change the process.

So loosing Ivan Toney after the Tottenham game was not worrying enough.They obviously hadn’t done enough for all players concerned No just blatant disregard for health and safety of players and staff . Man United are Also guilty of shoddy contempt . Closed doors football is on its way again and you would have to be stupid to think it won’t happen shortly

 

[nick logan]

So loosing Ivan Toney after the Tottenham game was not worrying enough.They obviously hadn’t done enough for all players concerned No just blatant disregard for health and safety of players and staff . Man United are Also guilty of shoddy contempt . Closed doors football is on its way again and you would have to be stupid to think it won’t happen shortly

perhaps these players should get jabbed , that would help .
we wont go into lockdown as we have vaccines and doctors where it actually started are saying its milder than Delta.
Perhaps people should listen to them before they settle down on the sofa whilst businesses go bust everywhere

 

[rebus]

So loosing Ivan Toney after the Tottenham game was not worrying enough.They obviously hadn’t done enough for all players concerned No just blatant disregard for health and safety of players and staff . Man United are Also guilty of shoddy contempt . Closed doors football is on its way again and you would have to be stupid to think it won’t happen shortly

Let’s be fair, your prediction record on here isn’t great.

 

[Guildford Bee]

perhaps these players should get jabbed , that would help .
we wont go into lockdown as we have vaccines and doctors where it actually started are saying its milder than Delta.
Perhaps people should listen to them before they settle down on the sofa whilst businesses go bust everywhere

Yep. In many states in the US - including New York - I believe if professional athletes haven’t been vaccinated, they don’t play, simple as that.

 

[SH]

Strong article by Henry Winter in the Times today:

Premier League Covid chaos: Fans are suffering – players need to get vaccinated or stay away

It was around 5.30pm yesterday that Watford fans began posting pictures of Turf Moor. From outside. These loyal supporters, determined to back their team in suc

www.thetimes.co.uk

“Clubs like Leeds United, Brentford and Wolves have worked well with their players, ensuring all are double-jabbed. All dressing rooms need to follow suit or players say they can’t, so they have to stay away, and then the clubs can discuss whether they should be paid. If that sounds draconian, unvaccinated players have to understand the situation the country is in, and the predicament facing the sport that pays them so handsomely.”

 

[hobbsy]

Strong article by Henry Winter in the Times today:

Premier League Covid chaos: Fans are suffering – players need to get vaccinated or stay away

It was around 5.30pm yesterday that Watford fans began posting pictures of Turf Moor. From outside. These loyal supporters, determined to back their team in suc

www.thetimes.co.uk

“Clubs like Leeds United, Brentford and Wolves have worked well with their players, ensuring all are double-jabbed. All dressing rooms need to follow suit or players say they can’t, so they have to stay away, and then the clubs can discuss whether they should be paid. If that sounds draconian, unvaccinated players have to understand the situation the country is in, and the predicament facing the sport that pays them so handsomely.”

Hmm, is that correct? We had a 90% rate I thought

 

[bexleybee]

Perhaps creating a fire break might help get things under control. I know we don’t want football to go away but this could quickly spiral

 

[Holysmit]

Perhaps creating a fire break might help get things under control. I know we don’t want football to go away but this could quickly spiral

I think we have to. Maybe cancel till the new year. It sucks but it will be better in the long run.

 

[bexleybee]

Here we go…

 

[Rob-BEE]

Perhaps creating a fire break might help get things under control. I know we don’t want football to go away but this could quickly spiral

There could be some merit in that. On the flip side, I guess there is an argument in at least allowing some games to go ahead to help minimise the fixture pile up. My guess is, over the next couple of weeks, we'll see around 50% of matches postponed given the prevalence of this thing. If we had a fire break, I think we'd need to postpone all matches until after the 3rd round FA Cup...that's 4 extra fixtures for each side to cram in between Jan and May!

 

[shaun]

Is there only 1 round of PL between now and Boxing Day?

 

[Guildford Bee]

Is there only 1 round of PL between now and Boxing Day?

Yes

 

[shaun]

Yes

For me then and easy for me to say, but a break from now with an aim to get fixtures on for the 28/29th looks sensible. Sky might not have the same view. ?

 

[nanny58]

Let’s be fair, your prediction record on here isn’t great.

Rebus what a muppet comment keep up with times

 

[abeeforever]

For me then and easy for me to say, but a break from now with an aim to get fixtures on for the 28/29th looks sensible. Sky might not have the same view. ?

ALL football should be shut down for 2 weeks so every club can get full control of their procedures, And Sky should have no say whatsoever in medical matters of this severity, It should all be left to the appropriate authorities, And not the media.

 

[rebus]

Strong article by Henry Winter in the Times today:

Premier League Covid chaos: Fans are suffering – players need to get vaccinated or stay away

It was around 5.30pm yesterday that Watford fans began posting pictures of Turf Moor. From outside. These loyal supporters, determined to back their team in suc

www.thetimes.co.uk

“Clubs like Leeds United, Brentford and Wolves have worked well with their players, ensuring all are double-jabbed. All dressing rooms need to follow suit or players say they can’t, so they have to stay away, and then the clubs can discuss whether they should be paid. If that sounds draconian, unvaccinated players have to understand the situation the country is in, and the predicament facing the sport that pays them so handsomely.”

Except not all of ours are jabbed, let alone double jabbed.

 

[Ealing Bee]

Except not all of ours are jabbed, let alone double jabbed.

And in any case, even double-jabbing doesn't provide great protection against catching/transmitting the Omicron variant. A booster jab does, except that that wasn't available to under-30's until a day or two ago.

 

[clactonbee]

Do players in the lower leagues get covid. Dont seem to hear games being called off.

 

[AB]

Do players in the lower leagues get covid. Dont seem to hear games being called off.

You mean apart from the 13 EFL games already called off?

 

[aslan]

Do players in the lower leagues get covid. Dont seem to hear games being called off.

Yeah, some small club called QPR have had their last and next games called off. For some reason it doesn't make the news like Brentford games

 

[Ealing Bee]

Do players in the lower leagues get covid. Dont seem to hear games being called off.

If they've not got Delta yet, then I think you're going to see a lot getting Omnicron, and very soon:
Quarter of EFL players 'do not want jab'

I've never subscribed to the view that "all footballers are thick etc". Uneducated, yes, but not thick.

However from reading that, I fear I'm going to have to revise my view.

Meanwhile, what the hell have the clubs been doing to let it get that far?

 

[Paludian]

If they've not got Delta yet, then I think you're going to see a lot getting Omnicron, and very soon:
Quarter of EFL players 'do not want jab'

I've never subscribed to the view that "all footballers are thick etc". Uneducated, yes, but not thick.

However from reading that, I fear I'm going to have to revise my view.

Meanwhile, what the hell have the clubs been doing to let it get that far?

Not so much uneducated or thick, but dare I say religious?

 

[Edmundo]

Not so much uneducated or thick, but dare I say religious?

At the risk of being too controversial, what's the difference?

 

[Banana]

Rules for postponing games:

A guide to Premier League match postponements due to COVID-19

More details on the process by which recent fixtures have had to be called off

www.premierleague.com

 

[Banana]

From Mon 20 Dec to Sun 26 Dec
15,186 tests taken by players and staff. (on average 760 per club, 108 tests per club per day)
103 new cases (just over 5 per club on average)

Say 3 players and 2 staff per club, that's c.60 players infected this week.

 

[Ealing Bee]

Apparently at one unnamed club last week, they made sure the First XI squad were all isolated and their section of the training ground shut following an outbreak amongst the players., Then virtually all of the club's medical staff tested positive.

Seems they picked it up from their Youth Team players, who were either asymptomatic or not being tested so rigourously.

 

[MinkyBee]

At the risk of being too controversial, what's the difference?

To widely accuse people of faith in such general terms is insulting and inaccurate, and downright offensive.

 

[MinkyBee]

People of faith have many facets some good some extreme. Edmundo to generalise that people of faith compare with people who are thick/ uneducated is way off the mark. If you relate religious faiths in terms of covid response you will find churches and mosques hosting testing and vaccination centres, and religious leaders imploring their congregations to get jabbed. My wife is a vicar and has given the last rites to people dying of covid,giving them comfort in tragic circumstances. She is prominently in favour of vaccination and has also opened a food bank in our area when covid lockdowns caused job losses and poverty. I agree certain religious factions may have different perceptions, but please be more discerning in your wording.

 

[Edmundo]

Chill out, Minky … I probably could have worded it better, but I meant to say that in the context of attitudes to vaccination, it doesn’t really matter why people hold ridiculously antivax opinions.

 

[Indian Bee]

From Mon 20 Dec to Sun 26 Dec
15,186 tests taken by players and staff. (on average 760 per club, 108 tests per club per day)
103 new cases (just over 5 per club on average)

Say 3 players and 2 staff per club, that's c.60 players infected this week.

Some positive news. The first week-by-week decrease in positive results for eight weeks. There were 94 new positive cases from 14,250 players and club staff tested between 27 Dec to 2 Jan.

Hopefully will now see a decrease in the numbers of games being postponed.

 

[Judio1999]

But we all know the games are really called off depending on injuries not cases

 

[Banana]

But we all know the games are really called off depending on injuries not cases

Do we? We know that games are being called off because Ollie Watkins was injured, same as Toney, Pinnock. Mads R and Vitaly. Stop being stupid please.

 

[Judio1999]

I am not being stupid
Look at Newcastle
Played with no issues
Wilson and St Maximum injured
Next 2 games off

Happening all through the EFL as well

 

[Banana]

I am not being stupid
Look at Newcastle
Played with no issues
Wilson and St Maximum injured
Next 2 games off

Happening all through the EFL as well

So obviously they don't have a GK + 13 available. Injured or infected. What do you expect them to do? Put some players in wheelchairs FFS?

 

[Judio1999]

They have an U 23 squad which have more than capable players

2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed

See all the players registered by the 20 top-flight clubs for this season

www.premierleague.com

They are all allowed to play the PL as they are on the list

 

[Indian Bee]

Liverpool asking their game against Arsenal to be called off due to covid outbreak. Probably far too early to see whether our game week on Sunday is in doubt which would be a pain for many whom have changed their plans already.

 

[SmiffyBee]

Liverpool asking their game against Arsenal to be called off due to covid outbreak. Probably far too early to see whether our game week on Sunday is in doubt which would be a pain for many whom have changed their plans already.

Our games on the 16th, so over 10 days away.
Shouldn't affect it surely ?

 

[Indian Bee]

Our games on the 16th, so over 10 days away.
Shouldn't affect it surely ?

Let’s hope not ?

 

[Judio1999]

From the BBC
With the likes of Thiago Alcantara, Takumi Minamino, Divock Origi, Nathaniel Phillips and Harvey Elliott out with injuries and Alisson, Roberto Firmino and Joel Matip also absent having to play on Thursday does not look ideal for Liverpool.
Especially when you consider that Naby Keita, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah are also unavailable.

So none of these are covid related

 

[maddogging]

So first leg postponed and the legs now switched around. So Liverpool will host 1st leg next Thursday (probably good for us that this one still goes ahead) with the second leg now at the Emirates

 

[Judio1999]

Why second leg Thursday

Now Burnley fans have to change trains to London from Sat to Sun

Sounds familiar ?

 

[Banana]

 

[Banana]

Why second leg Thursday

Now Burnley fans have to change trains to London from Sat to Sun

Sounds familiar ?

I know why

Amazon are having their postponed games rescheduled for Wednesday #ITK

 

[Indian Bee]

Leicester got their match with Everton postponed on Tuesday (after wining against a PL side yesterday). Ok.

 

[Judio1999]

And 4 of their players had a night out at The Darts at Ally Pally...