GAD Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Are France able to call up players at this point that have not been in the bubble? I would be very surprised if this game goes ahead now. It's clear the French bubble is fucked, and these are just the guys who have tested positive. You'd think most of the rest will have been close contacts. Will the government even let the team travel there under these circumstances? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Are France able to call up players at this point that have not been in the bubble? I would be very surprised if this game goes ahead now. It's clear the French bubble is fucked, and these are just the guys who have tested positive. You'd think most of the rest will have been close contacts. Will the government even let the team travel there under these circumstances?Agree@GAD. Can't see the Scottish team being allowed to travel plus more positive tests will emerge in coming days. Game is unlikely to go ahead which means it's either played in rest week or end of tournament. Appreciate it can't be helped but I'd rather it is played at end of tournament to allow us a fully fit rested squad for Ireland coming to town. I'm still reeling from the Welsh farce as I firmly believe a Grand Slam was on this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 1 minute ago, John Lambies Doos said: Agree@GAD. Can't see the Scottish team being allowed to travel plus more positive tests will emerge in coming days. Game is unlikely to go ahead which means it's either played in rest week or end of tournament. Appreciate it can't be helped but I'd rather it is played at end of tournament to allow us a fully fit rested squad for Ireland coming to town. I'm still reeling from the Welsh farce as I firmly believe a Grand Slam was on this year. Yeah, agreed mate, I guess the problem with end of tournament is that it'll be outside the international window and you know the English clubs will kick up shit. French too for that matter. If it ends up being a Glasgow/Edinburgh select v a French D team agreed with the clubs, it's not a very satisfactory outcome either. I actually think the French might take a walkover defeat. I think if they weren't 2/2 right now they definitely would. The politics for them are a nightmare. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 They can still call players up to the squad, as long as they have been getting regualr tests at their clubs, which most will be. Im sure most countries have a reserve pool of players who have been following the strict testing regimes of the international squads, which is above what the clubs have been doing normally. I think this will either go ahead this week or next. Even next saturday you would have thought the majority testing positive now will still be unavailable next weekend (I assume its 10 days from positive test, but still need a negative to joing back up with the squad?). I think the French will realise that and go with this weekend as normal but with a weakened team. End of the tourney is probably a no go as they like to have all the games on the same day to avoid any tactics on what teams need to win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 On 16/02/2021 at 20:07, ajwffc said: the problem is that is all they could get planning permission for from the council due to complaints from the locals. FWIW that doesn't seem to be true. Even if it were true the only neighbouring houses are on the other side of the Water of Leith behind the west goal, and it wouldn't have affected the height of the other three stands. The closest house is about 75m from the back of the closest stand and cantilevering the roof wouldn't have added much height. I've read the 7 objections they received to this scheme and most of them are about noise. Imagine buying a house next to the largest stadium in the country and then complaining about crowd noise. Only one objection is about the building itself, and that's from the Water of Leith Conservation Trust who somehow regard that stretch as feeling like countryside. Aye, between the houses on one side and the massive concrete stadium on the other it's like farmland right enough... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Decision on the France game to be made on Wednesday apparently. Options are Sunday, or push to next weekend instead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Decision on the France game to be made on Wednesday apparently. Options are Sunday, or push to next weekend instead.Unbelievable, so we only get one weeks rest plus travel, plus possible covid exposure 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Unbelievable, so we only get one weeks rest plus travel, plus possible covid exposureThis is where a competent chief executive earning a huge salary would earn his money. So we are fucked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northsea80 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Apparently Scotland could be without all the English/french based players if the game is moved back a week. Players would be released back to their clubs as whatwould have been a bye week is out with the international window. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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peasy23 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Apparently Scotland could be without all the English/french based players if the game is moved back a week. Players would be released back to their clubs as whatwould have been a bye week is out with the international window. Which is why the only two options should be that it goes ahead this week with whatever team France can field, or the French forfeit the match and Scotland are awarded a 28-0 win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 It would be pretty hypocritical of the SRU to call for a forfeit after their insistence at the last World Cup that games must played regardless of the circumstances. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 It would be pretty hypocritical of the SRU to call for a forfeit after their insistence at the last World Cup that games must played regardless of the circumstances.They won't call for it... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 2 hours ago, craigkillie said: It would be pretty hypocritical of the SRU to call for a forfeit after their insistence at the last World Cup that games must played regardless of the circumstances. They haven't called for a forfeit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 The poster above was, and I was pointing out why the SRU would be wrong to do so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 The poster above was, and I was pointing out why the SRU would be wrong to do so.Where? If you are referring to me where did I say they had asked for one?They are rightly pushing for it to go ahead on Saturday. With France having won both games then it might be other nations who push for France to forfeit the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 The poster above was, and I was pointing out why the SRU would be wrong to do so.No they weren't 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Zander Fagerson's appeal was this afternoon, but the outcome seems to be taking a while. Fully expecting him to have it put back to the full 6 games rather than the 4 it was reduced to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Pro14 rearranged games Sat, March 6 Round 14: Ospreys v Dragons, 19:35 GMT, Brewery Field, Bridgend Sat, 27 March Round 11: Glasgow v Benetton 13:45 GMT, Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow Sun, 28 March Round seven: Dragons v Edinburgh, 14:00, Rodney Parade, Newport. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 50 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Zander Fagerson's appeal was this afternoon, but the outcome seems to be taking a while. Fully expecting him to have it put back to the full 6 games rather than the 4 it was reduced to. they will make the announcement hours before kickoff to get back at us 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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