Leyton Orient chairman expects Carabao Cup fixture to be rescheduled and still played despite cancellation
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rez9000
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I feel for Orient, I really do - it's a huge blow to miss out on the financial rewards of the tie. But Travis, to my mind, is being unrealistic. Plus, the rules don't support his position. Rescheduling this game doesn't just impact on Spurs, it will affect the rest of the competition, given the next round is in a week's time. Is it realistic to expect Chelsea or Burnley to reschedule their games while waiting to find out who they're due to play from our match with Orient? I don't see how this game can be rescheduled, to be honest.
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wirE
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Why not?
carmeldevil
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EFL should pay. They fucked up by not providing tests.
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I'm sure Spurs will assist in some way,we have close ties with Orient. I believe Harry sponsors them , fairly certain we teamed up with them to screw West Ham in that stadium debacle.We usually have a friendly with them aswell,point being were closely tied with them,so i imagine we will find a way to help regardless if obliged to or not.
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It would be good to have a friendly once we can get supports back in the ground and open up the self to Orient fans and all proceeds split between the Orient and Edinburgh's charity.
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Because ultimately it's not our problem
Harsh maybe, but I think we've already been decent in this by providing testing.
Yes, maybe to protect our own players, but we well could have saved these players' nearest and dearest from catching this virus. Some might have even died if they were vulnerable.
We've now given them the chance to isolate away from their loved ones/get tests for loved ones
Orient could have done this. Nope.
I'll add, I don't think enough money filters down to lower league football, and I feel sorry about the lost revenue. But I don't see why we should foot the bill for all concerned and their incompetence.
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Brilliant idea but probably makes to much sense.
Before we learned new information, I’d have agreed. However, we have since learned this is all Orient’s fault. We were left to pay for their covid tests as their doctors refused to give their players and staff despite knowing multiple players were sick over the weekend. Now 18 are positive and its a significant possibility they infected players at other clubs which could very well spell doom for them. Also, Kane sponsors their shirts. Blame the EFL for not mandating or paying for the tests. If shouldnt be Spurs’ job to look out for another club when this is that clubs and the leagues fault.
Absolutely. Given the season is crammed in anyway, there is no margin for a postponement especially as it affects re-scheduling Round 4.
There is no way the Authorities could consider this. A cup-tie is easy for them - the other team gets a bye.
It's league postponements due to Covid that will concern them, that and a bad winter weather-wise.
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Orient endangered their opponents at the weekend playing when they had a number of ill players. Had we not paid for their tests, they'd have endangered us too - why should we compensate their gross negligence? I don't care how small they are as a club, the knock-on effect of their ignorance and pig-headedness could have fucked everything.
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Not mandatory
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I agree but, there is the issue with the revenue for the shirt sale. Up 70k supposedly
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Not going lie my comment was based on the line shown,I wouldn't give talksport the satisfaction of a click.I didn't realise the extent of the issue,I genuinely thought Orient had a case or two of Covid so couldn't fulfill the fixture.
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I wasn’t replying to anybody specifically on here, tbf... More the little jabs by bellends like Ollie Holt acting like it’s our fault they’ve got a few cases!
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