09-01-2021, 06:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2021, 06:47 PM by suffolkpompey.)
(09-01-2021, 03:05 PM)Gerry Hatrick Wrote: Just seen the ridiculous spectacle of the Chorley v Derby "upset". What kind of a tournament is it when a team is forced to field a bunch of kids for the sake of fulfilling a fixture. Is that what football has become, an administrator's haven? This is not about Covid. If fixtures can't be played in the proper spirit of the game, they shouldn't be played, full stop. For Derby it represents a pointless afternoon while Chorley have been denied the credibility that a real upset would have brought. There's no romance just a box that's been dutifully ticked.
Why should Chorley be denied they place in R4. Derby are a Championship club with first class medical resources, and no shortage of squad players. Chorley on the other hand are a part time non league club run on limited resources. It is not their fault if a professional club who after supposedly following all protocols lose all their first team squad and back up staff because of Covid. By the FA rules Derby had sufficient available players to field a side with required number of subs, so it's right the game went ahead.