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Don't doubt it mate. They'd have put a competitive team out if they had to.

Not sure mate, and I don't know how many u21 players they have who would form part of the 23. Also unclear if there's isolation on top of the covid cases. If correct, that's one hell of an injury list though.

According to their forum, these are the players out: Injured: Wilson (Calf) ASM (Calf) Lewis (Hamstring) Hayden (Knee) Fernandez (Calf) Dummett (Body) Fraser (Picked up a Knock Vs Man United) Shelvey (Picked up a Knock Vs Man United) COVID: Clark Ritchie Darlow Willock Suspended: Manquillo

Would you be saying that if we'd invoked this rule to our advantage?

This one jumped out at me. Rarely has the word "class" been so out of place. LiquidAK Posted 1 hour ago No league game until mid January now. Over to the recruitment team, get some business done early and we’ve got a great set of winnable games ahead. Class

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He wasn't defending it. He was saying he's pretty sure we'd do the same if we needed to. I reckon we would too. Not saying its right, because it's not, but you can understand why they've done it.

What if some of those players have been sold, or are injured / have covid?

Cheers and cheers. I think the issue is less about the rules, but when the goalkeeper is challenged - is it from the initial movement from Doherty or the result of the subsequent momentum from both players? In that clip that mosin posted up, the opinion of both ex players was that it was a fair attempt by Doherty and no foul. Its academic now of course as we got the call, but this place will be interesting if/when a similar call rules out a goal for us.

Cheers mate, seen that. Thank you 👍

In this case Doherty was clearly going for the ball. Forster then moves towards him. Are you saying its a foul when a keepers own movement, combined with the momentum of both players, causes them to come into contact?

@Lighthouse culling some of the crap on here is no bad thing, but the link to the clip where there was a decent discussion re the drop/foul was deleted. Any chance of having that back please?

Cheers, interesting discussion on there and it shows differences of opinion on it. Some call foul, others weak goal keeping. Either way, we got the call, so all good.

The ball was in the air and the keeper and player were both going towards the ball. The keeper dropped it and the players touched. The player had his back to play to avoid a smack in the face. People see it differently, but no need to be a cock about it.

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Can I join in after my new years day rib if beef, and have a cheat day each day?

Yep, some daft comments in that. I have a lot of time for Wright, but his comparison to the Euros was plain silly. The euros happen in the off season, or to put it another way, the tournament respects the existing football calendar and works around it. The ACON doesn't respect that calendar, nor the players commitments to their clubs. I appreciate that heat and weather is an issue, but if it was played in the off season, there'd be no fuss.

Once for me as well. Horrendous. I was young and super fit and have never been so ill. Hospital several times inc coronary care unit, and a throat so inflamed it warranted a biopsy. Hideous stuff and I've made sure I have the vaccine every year as a result. Your timing was better than mine, every cloud etc.

Ha!! True story Whitey 🤣

I doubt many on here have ever had actual flu or know people that have. What people call flu isn't. When you've had actual flu, you know about it, and cab understand how it can kill and why it needs an annual vaccine.

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It may have been me. His asset is running from deep and dragging us up the field. For me, that gets nullified by him starting 30 yards up field, and in a position that's alien to him. That said, I reckon he could do a job up and I wouldn't mind seeing it, especially in a 4141 where the wide men have a different role.

Sure covid will be grim for some, but I'm not sure what you're advocating should be done. We can't lock away the majority to protect the minority. Life is going on for the masses, and quite rightly too. That should apply to sport too. Sure, businesses, services, infrastructure, etc are creaking because of Covid but they're getting on with it. Football clubs, managers and players should look at that, stop moaning, and follow suit. With that all said, I hope that you and your wife will be OK.

Self isolation is one part of it. It's very easy to say that players are too unwell to play. Newcastle may be playing with a straight bat, but I suspect they're milking the system.

I saw that 7 out with covid comment, then saw that squad, and couldn't join the dots. It's bollox to suggest that they have 7 first team players unavailable with covid. He's someone who likes a moan, worst in the league by a mile.