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Not to be all doom and gloom but I struggle to see how lower league clubs survive this, makes Harry's gesture even more poignant.
"Shrewd investment by Spurs" that is exactly the suggestion.
And having that test done has also potentially avoided the spread to the next club they play in the league. Without testing it could run rampant through the league easily.Not really. It would have been fairly disastrous, both in sporting terms and potentially in terms of health, if several of our players had contracted the virus playing against Leyton Orient. The fact that several of their players have now tested positive shows that paying for those tests has potentially mitiaged a huge problem for us.
These positives didn't come out of nowhere, I expect if they tested throughout the league they'd find dozens (maybe hundreds) more existing cases.FYI they played Mansfield on Saturday and Mansfield do not have a cup game at all. Without us paying for that testing, this could have been so much worse.
Yes I know that. I suspect they will trace it back. But had we not tested Orient, they would play us then at the weekend. It's easily spreadable.These positives didn't come out of nowhere, I expect if they tested throughout the league they'd find dozens (maybe hundreds) more existing cases.
I believe it's both. The training ground as well. With everyone that has been at one or the other they can't have enough players to field surely?So is the issue that their ground is potentially contaminated, or that they don't have 11 to 14 players who could play?
Or both?
It's not ideal for them to have their first team players absent, but you'd have thought they could at least field a squad who have tested negative and make some tv money.
I believe it's both. The training ground as well. With everyone that has been at one or the other they can't have enough players to field surely?
Surely they’d just have to play the players who tested negatively? Otherwise you’re opening a can of worms of what’s to come, say we had 4 positive tests in November, teams can’t be forfeiting games constantly.
Surely they’d just have to play the players who tested negatively? Otherwise you’re opening a can of worms of what’s to come, say we had 4 positive tests in November, teams can’t be forfeiting games constantly.
Totally agree. With the incubation period lasting up to two weeks, it's entirely within the realm of possibility that some of those testing negative on Saturday could well be contagious by Tuesday. It sounds as though there's been a widespread outbreak at the club, so it's highly likely that many of the players have been exposed.Tested negative, but been in contact with someone who tested positive.
For Joe Public, that's a 7-10 day isolation to check no symptoms.
Just because they tested negative on the day the others tested positive, it doesn't mean it hasn't been passed on to them, just that it hasn't manifested itself yet.
I wouldn't think so, the virus will need some time to incubate before it will show on a test. Anyone who has been in close contact with their positive tested players will need to isolate and get tested again in a few days. There is no way we could risk playing them now.Surely they’d just have to play the players who tested negatively? Otherwise you’re opening a can of worms of what’s to come, say we had 4 positive tests in November, teams can’t be forfeiting games constantly.
It's very different for a lower league football club that hasn't done regular testing than it is for a PL club who tests several times a week. You can be fairly sure e.g. Gundogan now is an isolated incident, but as said above more Orient players might be in an early stage of incubation that doesn't show up on the test ... yet.Surely they’d just have to play the players who tested negatively? Otherwise you’re opening a can of worms of what’s to come, say we had 4 positive tests in November, teams can’t be forfeiting games constantly.