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Old 09-23-2020, 07:58 PM   #170
Slava
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Originally Posted by d_phaneuf View Post
Wasn't it cancelled the night before? I know not officially but all the journos said it wouldn't be going ahead

The most ridiculous part was ollie holt saying how dare spurs take advantage of orient and get a bye to the next round, this will kill smaller clubs

Well ollie, spurs paid for their covid tests, and the spurs captain sponsors their shirts... maybe pick a different example
Well everyone knew they’d have to do something, but it wasn’t officially called off until a couple hours ahead. And at the time they were still deciding what to do. They could have waited until tomorrow, because a loss in Macedonia would open some dates!

I actually think this was poorly handled. Spurs paid for the tests and obviously it’s a good thing they did. But the problem here is that it encourages less testing. You get the positives and lose the opportunity for the game. I don’t know what the solution is here (maybe moving league games until they could be made up later), but to have Orient just miss out on the game in general isn’t great.
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