Orient squad test positive for Covid

[Smendrick Feaselberg]

Also means that theres got to be potentially hundreds of elf players playing every saturday who have it and as passing it around.

Yep, exactly what I thought having heard that testing is optional. Which isn't good at all.

[Cheshunto]

If the game goes ahead , would the shirts
still be auctioned ?

Cant be safe to buy a shirt from a player
whose opponents had players testing positive .

The game won’t be going ahead as the announcement on our website says that both the Breyer Group stadium and the training ground are closed until further notice.

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

Is there anything more Orient than drawing Spurs at home in the Cup during a pandemic when the vast majority of fans aren't allowed in and to then have the squad go down with the Covids and not even get to play them?

[redintheface]

Also means that theres got to be potentially hundreds of elf players playing every saturday who have it and as passing it around.

'Elf and safety gone mad.

They must have “ elf” issues

[George M]

How can the efl allow the lower leagues to continue without paying them to test. We can’t play Northern teams in lockdown areas if neither sides players are being regularly tested. Any national lockdown rules will be pointless if every week 1000 plus players and staff are travelling around the country. It’s senseless

[gshaw]

Obviously first thing is wishing the players well and their families, must be anxious times for them all and truth be told our last two opponents. Looks like our situation may well have been a bit of a wake-up call for other EFL clubs.

As regards the game I remember club saying the youth team are a separate bubble so if the game could be agreed to switch to Spurs then let them play it? For £100k+ even if they concede 15 goals it's worth playing.

[Cheshunto]

Obviously first thing is wishing the players well and their families, must be anxious times for them all and truth be told our last two opponents. Looks like our situation may well have been a bit of a wake-up call for other EFL clubs.

As regards the game I remember club saying the youth team are a separate bubble so if the game could be agreed to switch to Spurs then let them play it? For £100k+ even if they concede 15 goals it's worth playing.

But the stadium is closed according to the club website

[kokomO]

Obviously first thing is wishing the players well and their families, must be anxious times for them all and truth be told our last two opponents. Looks like our situation may well have been a bit of a wake-up call for other EFL clubs.

As regards the game I remember club saying the youth team are a separate bubble so if the game could be agreed to switch to Spurs then let them play it? For £100k+ even if they concede 15 goals it's worth playing.

But the stadium is closed according to the club website

He said switch the game to Tottenham and play the youth, doesn’t matter if our ground is closed then

[Top of the JES]

Spurs would want the same Covid protocol that was in place for the first team for any side we could put out, it takes 48 hours to get test results so it wouldn't work. We are right royally screwed Im afraid.

[Winchesterfan]

'cos at the moment all they appear to have said is:

Devil is always in the small print as A Pendant pointed out.
I fail to understand how rules 5, 5.1/5.1.1/5.1.2
were ever agreed. Suppose we had drawn Man City instead of Spurs. Their costs would have been astronomical
The EFL must go back to the drawing board this is utter lunacy

[RedDwarf 1881]

Obviously first thing is wishing the players well and their families, must be anxious times for them all and truth be told our last two opponents. Looks like our situation may well have been a bit of a wake-up call for other EFL clubs.

As regards the game I remember club saying the youth team are a separate bubble so if the game could be agreed to switch to Spurs then let them play it? For £100k+ even if they concede 15 goals it's worth playing.

But the stadium is closed according to the club website

He said switch the game to Tottenham and play the youth, doesn’t matter if our ground is closed then

If we’re going to be forced to forfeit the game anyway, we might as well play the youth at Tottenham and make a little bit of money out of it .

[BIGRON]

With Northern areas in lockdown then Saturdays game must be called off too I reckon

[y o y o y]

Leyton Orient dealt another devastating blow, we do seem to get more than our fair share of bad luck. Guessing we will have to forfeit the tie, I can't see any other solution.

Wishing everyone at the club a speedy recovery and good health in the future.

[JimbO]

wandering if the players had to be tested or if we've shot ourself (with good intentions) in the foot by allowing them to be.

If so and the club incurs massive costs it's not gonna incentivise anyone else to comply is it.

[StillSpike]

'cos at the moment all they appear to have said is:

Devil is always in the small print as A Pendant pointed out.
I fail to understand how rules 5, 5.1/5.1.1/5.1.2
were ever agreed. Suppose we had drawn Man City instead of Spurs. Their costs would have been astronomical
The EFL must go back to the drawing board this is utter lunacy

It is extraordinary. What if our players caught it at Oldham? - because the EFL doesn't force Oldham to test, it seems. If that were the case, then it's the EFL's rules (or lack of) that's caused the issue in the first place. I could understand a club being penalised if they've broken a rule, but not if they've followed them all (assuming that LOFC have done so)

[kokomO]

Leyton Orient dealt another devastating blow, we do seem to get more than our fair share of bad luck. Guessing we will have to forfeit the tie, I can't see any other solution.

Wishing everyone at the club a speedy recovery and good health in the future.

Play the youth team, separate bubble apparently. Can’t turn down £150k in tv money regardless of what the final score is. The result is of secondary importance at the moment (then again the whole of sport is, but hey ho the powers that be wanted everyone to carry on with it during a pandemic , so here we are.)

Maybe the integrity of the competition will then match that of the organisation that runs it

[Real Al]

Oldham have just announced that 2 of their players will no longer be a part of their first team squad. For reasons that can't be divulged

Maybe reading too much into it, but breaking Covid guidelines perhaps?

Update: he's being told to train with the kids, so that seems unlikely

[tuffers#1]

Didn't the Government set something up about making
It safe to go back to work ?

How can the EFL have its members at work in an unsafe enviroment . If they have said testing is not required , then claearly you are breaking government guidelines .

Surely there must be a legal loophole
we can sue the EFL for ?

[y o y o y]

Leyton Orient dealt another devastating blow, we do seem to get more than our fair share of bad luck. Guessing we will have to forfeit the tie, I can't see any other solution.

Wishing everyone at the club a speedy recovery and good health in the future.

Play the youth team, separate bubble apparently. Can’t turn down £150k in tv money regardless of what the final score is. The result is of secondary importance at the moment (then again the whole of sport is, but hey ho the powers that be wanted everyone to carry on with it during a pandemic , so here we are.)

Maybe the integrity of the competition will then match that of the organisation that runs it

Where are we going to play the tie, WHL?
Brisbane Rd and our training ground are closed atm

[kokomO]

Leyton Orient dealt another devastating blow, we do seem to get more than our fair share of bad luck. Guessing we will have to forfeit the tie, I can't see any other solution.

Wishing everyone at the club a speedy recovery and good health in the future.

Play the youth team, separate bubble apparently. Can’t turn down £150k in tv money regardless of what the final score is. The result is of secondary importance at the moment (then again the whole of sport is, but hey ho the powers that be wanted everyone to carry on with it during a pandemic , so here we are.)

Maybe the integrity of the competition will then match that of the organisation that runs it

Where are we going to play the tie, WHL?
Brisbane Rd and our training ground are closed atm

Yes, this was suggested about 10 posts ago......

[tuffers#1]

Leyton Orient dealt another devastating blow, we do seem to get more than our fair share of bad luck. Guessing we will have to forfeit the tie, I can't see any other solution.

Wishing everyone at the club a speedy recovery and good health in the future.

Play the youth team, separate bubble apparently. Can’t turn down £150k in tv money regardless of what the final score is. The result is of secondary importance at the moment (then again the whole of sport is, but hey ho the powers that be wanted everyone to carry on with it during a pandemic , so here we are.)

Maybe the integrity of the competition will then match that of the organisation that runs it

Where are we going to play the tie, WHL?
Brisbane Rd and our training ground are closed atm

White Hart lane or Spurs new super training complex .
After testing has been done ?

[spen666]

...

As regards the game I remember club saying the youth team are a separate bubble so if the game could be agreed to switch to Spurs then let them play it? For £100k+ even if they concede 15 goals it's worth playing.

Spurs would get the £100k+ off Sky then, not Orient as Spurs would be host club?

[spen666]

Didn't the Government set something up about making
It safe to go back to work ?

How can the EFL have its members at work in an unsafe enviroment . If they have said testing is not required , then claearly you are breaking government guidelines .

Surely there must be a legal loophole
we can sue the EFL for ?

Why? I'm at work as are millions of others and we are not being tested

[gshaw]

...

As regards the game I remember club saying the youth team are a separate bubble so if the game could be agreed to switch to Spurs then let them play it? For £100k+ even if they concede 15 goals it's worth playing.

Spurs would get the £100k+ off Sky then, not Orient as Spurs would be host club?

Better that than having to pay their costs and chances are they'd either share with us or donate part / whole to JE3

[tuffers#1]

Didn't the Government set something up about making
It safe to go back to work ?

How can the EFL have its members at work in an unsafe enviroment . If they have said testing is not required , then claearly you are breaking government guidelines .

Surely there must be a legal loophole
we can sue the EFL for ?

Why? I'm at work as are millions of others and we are not being tested

And how do you feel about that ?