Don't know if it's been mentioned elsewhere but linked with arsenal and rumours that he was taken out of the squad last minute. Thoughts? I'm not sure how I feel which to me means we could do better.
Quote from: richtheholtender on January 02, 2022, 10:12:28 PMDon't know if it's been mentioned elsewhere but linked with arsenal and rumours that he was taken out of the squad last minute. Thoughts? I'm not sure how I feel which to me means we could do better.I saw what i presumed was just clickbait nonsense about Arsenal and Watkins. However, i was a little disconcerted with Gerards pre match interview, where he seemed to fudge the rxact readon Watkins was out. Probably nothing.
Quote from: RamboandBruno on January 03, 2022, 08:05:37 AMQuote from: richtheholtender on January 02, 2022, 10:12:28 PMDon't know if it's been mentioned elsewhere but linked with arsenal and rumours that he was taken out of the squad last minute. Thoughts? I'm not sure how I feel which to me means we could do better.I saw what i presumed was just clickbait nonsense about Arsenal and Watkins. However, i was a little disconcerted with Gerards pre match interview, where he seemed to fudge the rxact readon Watkins was out. Probably nothing. He's just been very careful not to exactly divulge who's out with Covid, even if it's obvious. Not an approach I happen to agree with, but that's all it was.
I don't understand the secrecy around players about who has tested positive for Covid. It's a pandemic - everyone has either had it, knows someone who has had it or will catch it as some point. It's not like it's chlamydia or something.
Trying not to show up the idiots who still refuse the jab.
Quote from: OCD on January 03, 2022, 03:17:27 PMI don't understand the secrecy around players about who has tested positive for Covid. It's a pandemic - everyone has either had it, knows someone who has had it or will catch it as some point. It's not like it's chlamydia or something. Yes, but the Covid protocols mean it's the only one of those three reasons where you can be SURE if someone is going to miss a certain game. The isolation period for a positive Covid test is fixed. So I totally understand why the club's position is to not confirm ANY covid cases, because it gives opposition information we'd rather they didn't have. Admittedly, if the game is a week away it doesn't tell them much, but I'm perfectly happy with the approach that we don't tend to identify covid cases.