Jim Gazebo wrote: » All very quiet lads. What's the consensus, what do people think is going to happen? Any good guesses on what games go ahead / don't go ahead? I have to make my decisions today as I'm away for work this week and won't have the access to fpl, worst timing ever!!
machiavellianme wrote: » I have 5 players, 4 of whom are in the Spurs vs Villa game. Guess I've no choice but to FH. Not ideal given the lack of info out there.
siblers wrote: » If I FH and there is no news on Spurs game. I'll probably have one Spurs player in case it does go ahead and just make sure I have playing subs. I doubt I'll include any Villa players in a FH team even if it is meant to be going ahead
siblers wrote: » Even from a non FPL point of view it seems mad to continue playing. The lower leagues are decimated with it
siblers wrote: » Looks like the Villa Spurs game won't be played and Villa Everton probably won't be played in GW19. At this stage, I wish they would just halt the league
Ace2007 wrote: » I can see us getting to 16:25 on Tuesday and still no confirmation of matches being cancelled
CSF wrote: » 10 players impacted for Villa. If you’ve cancelled 5 games for teams now who had less than that you really have no other option than to follow precedent.
Ace2007 wrote: » West Ham game had to go ahead earlier in the season when Moyes, Diop and Cullen tested positive even though they clearly mixed with the team. Diop was in the starting line up. On the Fulham one, when you hear Mitrovic was at a party on NYE's it's even worse, as they have no control over where players went, and who knows whether or not that was a cause of a further outbreak - either him or actions of other players. Fulham games being cancelled may not be the worse to re-arrange, but teams in Europe for instance - it's a lot harder to find free slots. I mentioned yesterday about the villa game going ahead after discussions with the PL (assumed due to fixtures issues? ) If it's was an european game - do we think that a PL team would be forced to play it with youth team, or do we think the PL would find a solution for their fixture?
CSF wrote: » Reckon that if you push the Everton game back to the Monday and the City game to the Thursday you could probably still get those games in. Not a hope in hell Spurs goes ahead though at this point, unless the Premier League decide to shaft Villa in a way that they haven't done to anyone else. Fulham allowed cancel 2 games over it so no argument could be made that it is down to the lack of control within the bubble rather than the reduced numbers.
Fitz* wrote: » 10 positive cases in the first team player bubble. 14 including staff. Their league game against Spurs is almost a certainty to be called off, with the Everton game a doubt now too.
Shedite27 wrote: » If the Villa/Spurs game does go ahead, I definitely won't have any Villa players in my FH team, can't have had much time to prepare
cizolin wrote: » Hey all, Q re transfers for BGW, if I transferred in two players this game wk for the DGW and then proceed to do a FH for BGW does my two transfers still stick for the DGW when the FH reverts back,?
Jim Gazebo wrote: » I honestly now cannot see why anyone hit the free hit button early. I didn't realise price rises on free hit didn't affect it. I mean there's been minimal changes in prices since the last gameweek. At least no doubles as far as I can see.
Dearg81 wrote: » Plus the break was good for Spurs and City, they have won all their matches since their covid scares.
gormdubhgorm wrote: » Anyone who is non-covid from the senior squad will have earned a nice rest though. Basically in 'fpl land 'Villa players mean Martinez, Mings, Grealish, Watkins. If those four did not get covid they would have had a nice break for themselves. Plus most people would not have been expecting too much of Villa v Spurs anyway. Hard game to call even before the covid outbreak.
