Orient - positive COVID test (2 at PAFC test positive)

[justanotherfan]

Wouldn't it be in the best interests of the players to be tested anyway regardless of what the EFL say??

It would probably be in the club's best interests. I doubt the players would be too happy having sore throats and nasal passages for three-four days every week.

I have had five tests in the last 9 weeks and not once have I had a sore throat or nasal passage, it is at worst slightly uncomfortable when being carried out.

 

[cheshiregreen]

Now Moyes and two players at West Ham.

This season is going to be one of massive disruption with games off diminished squads and no fans. :sad:

 

[jimsing]

Postponed or cancelled no one knows

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... D-OFF.html

As I see it, if the game was called off because Orient couldn't raise a team then Spurs go through. If the EFL called it off then the match could be re-scheduled (!) when the Orient ground was Covid cleaned.

 

[IJN]

I read somewhere that Orient blamed the dodgy facilities in an Oldham Portakabin.

 

[Willis88]

Let's hope they've not passed it onto the Argyle players, otherwise how would that work?

If we have to play a diminished team due to another team's wrecklessness then surely we need some sort of compensation.

It opens the door to some borderline biological warfare from fans and maybe even teams.

This is going to be a messy season and expect lots of arguments at the end of it around the integrity of relegation.

 

[Willis88]

Just read this in the BBC article

"If I was doing this again I would not do the testing," Orient chairman Mark Travis told BBC Radio 5 Live.

I understand he was making a point about being incentivised to ignore the tests, but seriously!

That attitude is insanely wreckless. I wonder how many teams would force "unwell" players to play knowing the risks just to avoid the drop.

 

[Lundan Cabbie]

Postcode said tests costs £125?
Is that just for footballers because tests are usually FREE!!!!!

Tests are only free if you have symptoms or work in essential jobs.

The cost of testing was the main reason L1 & L2 voted to not restart last season.

I thought I had read in the press somewhere that the Premier League had agreed to cover the cost of the tests for clubs in the EFL. There had originally been a proposal for the parachute payment continuing to be due to the likes of Fulham to be diverted and shared amongst League One and Two teams, now that Fulham had been promoted back to THe Premiership after just one season. The Premiership refused to accept this and offered the testing cost coverage instead [big deal]

Under the current rules on parachute payments, Fulham's second year payment is added to the solidarity payments made from the Premier League to the EFL. The proposal to direct this money to League One and Two clubs only, was rejected by the Championship clubs.

On the testing. PL clubs agreed to pay for the testing of personnel of EFL clubs when an EFL club plays against a PL club in the Carabao Cup. This was agreed because in the PL, testing has been at a higher level than the EFL. It was felt that without doing so it could compromise the level of protection that the PL have been trying to achieve.

 

[leeroy221]

Now Moyes and two players at West Ham.

This season is going to be one of massive disruption with games off diminished squads and no fans. :sad:

How did that work tonight, surely the rest of the West Ham team should be isolating now after being in contact, regardless of if they had a negative result as it could just not be showing in their system yet.

 

[Quintrell Green]

Postcode said tests costs £125?
Is that just for footballers because tests are usually FREE!!!!!

Tests are only free if you have symptoms or work in essential jobs.

The cost of testing was the main reason L1 & L2 voted to not restart last season.

I thought I had read in the press somewhere that the Premier League had agreed to cover the cost of the tests for clubs in the EFL. There had originally been a proposal for the parachute payment continuing to be due to the likes of Fulham to be diverted and shared amongst League One and Two teams, now that Fulham had been promoted back to THe Premiership after just one season. The Premiership refused to accept this and offered the testing cost coverage instead [big deal]

Under the current rules on parachute payments, Fulham's second year payment is added to the solidarity payments made from the Premier League to the EFL. The proposal to direct this money to League One and Two clubs only, was rejected by the Championship clubs.

On the testing. PL clubs agreed to pay for the testing of personnel of EFL clubs when an EFL club plays against a PL club in the Carabao Cup. This was agreed because in the PL, testing has been at a higher level than the EFL. It was felt that without doing so it could compromise the level of protection that the PL have been trying to achieve.

Noted with thanks

 

[Argylegames]

I have had five tests in the last 9 weeks and not once have I had a sore throat or nasal passage, it is at worst slightly uncomfortable when being carried out.

Well one of us got lucky. I suffered days of discomfort after my single test and have advised friends and family to avoid the test if at all possible.

I guess the nurse at QA Hospital in Portsmouth was either inexperienced or a sadist.

I wouldn't wish my experience on anybody - including Joe Kinnear and Hollowords.

 

[Ted]

I've had the test too and would agree it's no bother whatsoever.

 

[Drake]

If you don’t gag when the throat swab is being taken and your eyes don’t water when doing the nasal passage, then the test isn’t being done properly (and the chances of a correct result is reduced).

 

[Daz]

If you don’t gag when the throat swab is being taken and your eyes don’t water when doing the nasal passage, then the test isn’t being done properly (and the chances of a correct result is reduced).

That’s exactly what I had. Was a horrible experience.

 

[falmouthgreen]

Now Moyes and two players at West Ham.

This season is going to be one of massive disruption with games off diminished squads and no fans. :sad:

How did that work tonight, surely the rest of the West Ham team should be isolating now after being in contact, regardless of if they had a negative result as it could just not be showing in their system yet.

Similary,then,Argyle players and staff should quarantine because they have had contact with Orient players and staff! ? Oh dear, when is this going to end!

 

[The Doctor]

Mansfield Town Twitter has reported that they have a complete set of negative tests. They played Orient on Saturday (after Argyle played them on the Tuesday).