Sheep to lose 8 players - Game vs St Johnstone Now Off

[tsa57]

Went into a pub in Glasgow. They had no water whatsoever. How were they cleaning glasses, (Could have used plastic glasses instead) the toilets, the tables?
I don't know, but I left. Came home and watched it on BT.
Sorry, but pubs need to be better policed or we are going to end up in full lockdown again
if things like this keep up. Just plain stupidity with a lot of people, not just footballers.

 

[Rangers8801]

He has suddenly ‘got well’ again and retaken his position at the SFA as chairman.
According to his statement he had a planned medical procedure and was recovering from it.
Incredibly convenient timing considering he was absent for the duration of the arbitration process involving arch rivals Hearts.

Petrie is back in place as the chairman of the SFA after having a planned procedure and some convalescent time. Mulraney has gone back to blowing Lawell

Aye they ingrowin toe nails are a Bass Mr Petrie

 

[daviemc1872]

They should be made to forfeit the game.

We’d end up with another abandoned league if all players acted the same as these nuggets.

Draw a line in the sand. Immediate 3-0 loss if a game has to be postponed because of your players own fuckwittery.

i know , first game of the season, theyve had plenty time off, i know its not been in normal circumstances but they earn a good wage , they should be far more professional it doesnt just effect them, it has a ripple effect on the rest of the teams, any more delays it could severely hurt many teams financially.

 

[RoyalBlue1]

Not sure that's fair, as much as I despise the sheep.

What if the idiots that were at the pub passed it on to their team mates. It then spreads from one idiot at the pub to 7 players. I cant see how thats fair to punish the club for one idiot.

The sensible option is for the game to be called off.

A more difficult question is, how many players be missing before a game is called off. Is it 2 first team players? 6? 8?

In normal circumstances that would be understandable. The SFA, SPFL and Scottish government came to an agreed arrangement regarding the behaviour of players. The sheep shaggers broke that agreement and went out on the piss!! Unacceptable, especially in the wake of a defeat by us. I hope the scum who follow the red shite are raging and let their club know about it.

 

[Govan36]

Rumour has it

Anderson
Kennedy
McGeoch
Bryson
Ojo
McKenna
Ferguson
Devlin

So if the game went ahead they'd be missing 9 counting in Considine

 

[SW_Bear]

Can't really see why the aren't calling off the games that fall within the 14 day quarantine period.

 

[Govan36]

According to the record the Hamilton game will be off aswell but the celtic game will go ahead with Aberdeen without 8 players, the goal difference will be through the roof

Surely 9 if you include Considine ?

 

[Sir Sasa Papac]

If this was Rangers I would guarantee that we would have had points deducted, now that nothing has happened to the sheep they can’t impose anything on any team now if it happens again.

I think there has to be a distinction between one unlucky player catching it and maybe spreading it and 8 players ignoring their employers guidelines and went out on the piss. I’m not saying they should be forced to forfeit the games but what happens if they do it again? They need deterred with a heavy fine, the club and the players

 

[Govan36]

Everyone’s wearing masks during shopping though.

That's the theory but the virus can be contracted through mouth/nose/eyes. how many shoppers have you seen wearing eye protection ? How many shoppers don't wear masks, the staff at our local Tesco have said that they have no power to prevent people entering the shop without masks. Shoppers can contract the virus through touching a contaminated object. Jings more questions than answers. Time for the SPFL board to present a new resolution ?

 

[Pentasa]

the staff at our local Tesco have said that they have no power to prevent people entering the shop without masks.

Yes they do, a shop doesn't need to admit anyone in to their shop if they don't want to as long as its not discriminatory

 

[borderbear]

England play hundreds of games with little problem, Scotland play one weekend and it’s a clusterfuck, go figure

 

[Kingging]

England play hundreds of games with little problem, Scotland play one weekend and it’s a clusterfuck, go figure

Summed up with one word. Professionalism.

 

[WATP1979]

 

[Superted 1872]

It's a bit of an out of context comparison really on so many levels.

Is it? A sporting organisation taking their duties seriously to allow sport to continue or our hap hazard approach?

Yes the length of the season creates an issue but the standards that sports people should be held to if they are allowed to compete should be strict, keep in mind people in Aberdeen can't visit their families again because of all this, football players or sports people should not be allowed to do what they want

 

[sregnar]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1291803908315250689

 

[Mview83]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1291803908315250689

The game v the filth has to be off then also for the same reasons

 

[Superted 1872]

Yes, the NBA is a company that generates outrageous revenue and have set up a bubble at a cost of millions of pounds to compress their season into a small window. The players without their family for 3 months. It’s an environment football couldn’t afford to create or logistically even consider.

Not to that level yes but each team could realistically create a bubble no problem

 

[Theresa May]

Their game midweek is 100% off.

 

[Superted 1872]

Expecting them to do that for what could be the best part of 12 months is slightly ridiculous and likely would have meant our game last night couldn’t happen or any further games in Europe.

We disagree, if sport is to continue in Scotland it's going to need a much better and stronger approach moving forward otherwise more games are fucked

 

[hammer17]

If the game goes ahead between them and the filth then we are openly being trolled even more than the last 3 months of that were possible

 

[Boyinblue]

I’m not missing your point at all, I get that the players can pick it up anywhere, if they had been unlucky and picked it up in shop, there wouldn’t be as much made of it.

They most definitely are being quarantined due to stupidity though, yes it’s protocol and had to be done, but the bottom line remains, the players were reckless and have paid the price, in the circumstances they were being urged to be ultra careful, now through their actions and going to a packed boozer, another team don’t have a game and the live TV game on Sky has been cancelled.

Their game midweek is 100% off.

Says who

 

[McCoistscoresforRangers]

The game v the filth has to be off then also for the same reasons

It has to be but will it?

 

[aayjay]

So the St Johnstone game is postponed but Hamilton and Celtic go ahead without 8 players. Incredible but are we surprised. Tainted already. This season a farce already and can only get worse. Scottish football and most within it are so amateurish.

 

[Oduwa]

McInnes angry the players went out after losing to Rangers.

 

[Krissie]

Havent read the whole thread but if say, for example, the mhanks dont fancy their chances against us in a game where the title might hinge on the result, they simply go and party,say oopsie and then self isolate. Game off.

 

[rangersno1]

Sorry, came into this thread late but It seems like Nicola has said she’s raging at the Aberdeen players but then helps them out by postponing their match in which they are down 8 first team players. Surely a better deterrent would be to make them play or if it’s unsafe award the match to their opponents?!? Surely setting a precedent which could easily be manipulated?!?

 

[TheRoofeIsOnFire]

So the St Johnstone game is postponed but Hamilton and Celtic go ahead without 8 players. Incredible but are we surprised. Tainted already. This season a farce already and can only get worse. Scottish football and most within it are so amateurish.

Hamilton is off as well. Just the celtc game that goes ahead at the moment

 

[TQ3]

Hamilton is off as well. Just the celtc game that goes ahead at the moment

It won’t make an ounce of difference, and possibly their under 21s might actually try against them, unlike their first 13.

 

[Iloverangers87]

Hamilton is off as well. Just the celtc game that goes ahead at the moment

Hamilton game is on at the moment

 

[KYBear_74]

The shambles that is Scottish football chunters on. The precedent has been set though.

Has it though?

Didn't teams go into administration both before and after our event in 2012? Only we were demoted to the lowest league.

There seems to be no precedent when dealing with the SFA and SFPL, they just make up the rules that fit the outcome they want at that moment.

The run of games that weren't rescheduled for us in the run up to the UEFA Cup final comes to mind as well.

 

[The Moon on Mars is Blue]

They should be made to play if they have enough registered professional players able to play. I don't know if because of this all the Aberdeen players are out but if not make them play. We had to do it when we had players I'll against Hibs all theses years ago.

 

[mark hateley]

McInnes angry the players went out after losing to Rangers.

Celebration that they won a 1.0 loss.

 

[Theresa May]

Says who

It was on the SG website earlier, but that appears to have been issued in error and since removed...

 

[Robocop1960]

The game v the filth has to be off then also for the same reasons

If it gives Celtic an even bigger advantage against Aberdeen (which they wouldnt need considering the way Aberdeen perform against them) I wouldnt bet on that.

 

[Wugs]

Normal Sheep V poets - Sheep lie down - humped
Covid reduced Sheep V poets - Sheep lie down but even bigger humping
Conclusion - same 3 points gifted , bigger goal difference.

 

[Stupots]

There's absolutely no way the corrupt authorities will allow a Celtic game to be postponed and have them playing catch up.

 

[KirkwallTrueBlue]

There's absolutely no way the corrupt authorities will allow a Celtic game to be postponed and have them playing catch up.

Let's be brutally honest, with or without the players the Sheep are no threat to Celtic, the games Imo should not have been postponed, the sheep should have the points deducted for the games they cannot fulfil and the opposition awarded the points.

 

[GF1872]

Let's be brutally honest, with or without the players the Sheep are no threat to Celtic, the games Imo should not have been postponed, the sheep should have the points deducted for the games they cannot fulfil and the opposition awarded the points.

If they were going to do that why not just make them play without the 8 players? They’d need to use youngsters etc. Forfeiting points is a non starter.

 

[BlueSeaOfIbrox]

Let's be brutally honest, with or without the players the Sheep are no threat to Celtic, the games Imo should not have been postponed, the sheep should have the points deducted for the games they cannot fulfil and the opposition awarded the points.

Let's be honest noone should be punished as a result of covid. The games shouldn't go ahead and hearts and partick shouldn't have been relegated

Until Aberdeen are covid fine and no isolations all their games should be postponed. Enough teams have been punished over covid

It's easy to look at it and be narrow thinking but it's only a matter of time before we end up with a cluster of covid aswell. So try not to think about Aberdeen and think about the eventual rangers case

 

[club175]

Let's be honest noone should be punished as a result of covid. The games shouldn't go ahead and hearts and partick shouldn't have been relegated

Until Aberdeen are covid fine and no isolations all their games should be postponed. Enough teams have been punished over covid

It's easy to look at it and be narrow thinking but it's only a matter of time before we end up with a cluster of covid aswell. So try not to think about Aberdeen and think about the eventual Rangers case

I would hope that rangers have made it abundantly clear to players to avoid bars , restaurants and shops. If we haven’t and we get an outbreak we deserve no sympathy

 

[BlueSeaOfIbrox]

I would hope that Rangers have made it abundantly clear to players to avoid bars , restaurants and shops. If we haven’t and we get an outbreak we deserve no sympathy

There's more ways to spread the virus than hitting the club though and you can't turn around and say "hmm you got the virus through different means, you can't play. But you over there, we don't like how you got the virus so lump it up"

Especially given were playing a contact sport here, it's not out with the realm of possibility that our players end up with covid at some point

 

[club175]

There's more ways to spread the virus than hitting the club though and you can't turn around and say "hmm you got the virus through different means, you can't play. But you over there, we don't like how you got the virus so lump it up"

Especially given were playing a contact sport here, it's not out with the realm of possibility that our players end up with covid at some point

Offcourse it could but Aberdeen players have went out as a group to a city centre bar is so stupid and must have been against guidelines passed down from the footballing authorities and Aberdeen themselves. As a result they should be made to play the games or forfeit the points

 

[BlueSeaOfIbrox]

Offcourse it could but Aberdeen players have went out as a group to a city centre bar is so stupid and must have been against guidelines passed down from the footballing authorities and Aberdeen themselves. As a result they should be made to play the games or forfeit the points

Mate regardless of the reason they caught it, rangers will end up with a cluster and the punishment will be the same. It's a dangerous precedent to set when get forced to play with youths in all positions

Especially given when Celtic get a case it'll be the usual the league can't be finished we need to end it now spiel

 

[Avengers]

There is no defending them at all. Football clubs have been told that their players are in bubbles because they can’t socially distance, yet these muppets think it’s ok to go out for a drink after a defeat. If this was Rangers players I would be raging.

 

[Hazylight1989]

From what I can tell the game between Aberdeen and St Johnstone has been postponed due to the Scottish Goverment not wanting the Aberdeen players travelling down to Perth and potentially bringing the virus with them, it has nothing to do with them missing 8 players.

I also think (and this is guess work) that until the government are content that the whole Aberdeen team is free of the virus and this mini lockdown is lifted then they won't play again no matter who they play.

This was a government decision not a SPFL one.

Also I appreciate medical confidentiality however the question people should be asking (considering this story never broke until Wednesday night) is did any of the 'Aberdeen 8' train on Monday or Tuesday and if so the whole team should surely now be in quarantine ?

 

[KirkwallTrueBlue]

If they were going to do that why not just make them play without the 8 players? They’d need to use youngsters etc. Forfeiting points is a non starter.

Why would they risk passing on the virus by letting them play ? Aberdeen players have royally fuqed up here, for all we know the 2 infected players could have passed on the virus already at their training session on Sunday, they broke the rules so shouldn't get a chance to play for the 3 points.

 

[GF7]

The solution for me is for the 8 of them to be suspended for a game against all other sides, basically a whole round of fixtures.

St Johnstone and maybe Hamilton seem to be the teams being punished and not Aberdeen.

 

[KirkwallTrueBlue]

Let's be honest noone should be punished as a result of covid. The games shouldn't go ahead and hearts and partick shouldn't have been relegated

Until Aberdeen are covid fine and no isolations all their games should be postponed. Enough teams have been punished over covid

It's easy to look at it and be narrow thinking but it's only a matter of time before we end up with a cluster of covid aswell. So try not to think about Aberdeen and think about the eventual Rangers case

The Aberdeen players broke club protocol, they broke government guidelines regarding social distance/socialising rules, why should they get away with it ? Only side being punished is St Johnstone, their players have trained all week, geared up for this game and now have to play catch up because of 8 selfish diddies who have zero respect or regard for the current situation, footballers are protected and tested more than our NHS staff ffs, the sheer stupidity of their actions could jeopardise the whole league, we want fans back asap, this is only going to delay the process.

 

[weetam3106]

You’d have thought, would you not, that the rules behind any such Covid related breach would have been drawn up by the spfl and agreed by the clubs. It’s not beyond the wit of even the thickest of spfl board member to suggest that should games have to be postponed that set rules are followed. I.e. that for the period of isolation all games that fall in that period are postponed to a later date.

what we have now is the situation where the corrupt authorities pull two sheep games due to 8 players not being available but yet they allow the game against Celtic to proceed.

it’s nothing short of corruption and this will be proved later in the year I am sure when, should similar conditions befall our club that whatever rules they apply will NOT be in favour of Rangers. Feel free to dig this post out when it applies and prove me right or wrong.

the game is a bogey and the title is already tainted in favour of the scum.

 

[Barrymoped]

There's more ways to spread the virus than hitting the club though and you can't turn around and say "hmm you got the virus through different means, you can't play. But you over there, we don't like how you got the virus so lump it up"

Especially given were playing a contact sport here, it's not out with the realm of possibility that our players end up with covid at some point

Of course, but this wasn’t an issue in all the EPL games, why only here? I’m guessing they had a bit more professionalism than the Aberdeen players going out en masse to a bar not giving a toss about social distancing.