Don't shoot the messenger and can't guarantee the accuracy of this, but rumour going around that our eight players will tomorrow be hit with a retrospective ban of anything up to four games

Guess we'll soon find out.

 

Reading between the lines here, looks like it was McKenna and Anderson who actually caught COVID as Hayes, Kennedy, McGeouch and Bryson all available for tomorrow night, with Cosgrove and Devlin injured anyway.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53839625

Apologies if this isn't news and I'm repeating something posted elsewhere.

1 hour ago, wee toon red said:

Reading between the lines here, looks like it was McKenna and Anderson who actually caught COVID as Hayes, Kennedy, McGeouch and Bryson all available for tomorrow night, with Cosgrove and Devlin injured anyway.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53839625

Apologies if this isn't news and I'm repeating something posted elsewhere.

That wouldn't necessarily be the case. If the two had zero symptoms, then ten days would be the isolation period I think. Those who were in contact would be longer I think, 14 days.

13 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

That wouldn't necessarily be the case. If the two had zero symptoms, then ten days would be the isolation period I think. Those who were in contact would be longer I think, 14 days.

Aye, true. Just seems odd that two of them would be out for longer than the others, unless they had contact with whoever was infected beyond the Saturday night.

On 20/08/2020 at 09:15, wee toon red said:

Aye, true. Just seems odd that two of them would be out for longer than the others, unless they had contact with whoever was infected beyond the Saturday night.

McKenna didn't start the second half due to illness. Covid after effects?

16 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

McKenna didn't start the second half due to illness. Covid after effects?

Vomited at HT apparently. Likely not related to covid.

32 minutes ago, Ten Caat said:

Vomited at HT apparently. Likely not related to covid.

Without being there and without having medical expertise and background, I would find it unlikely that anyone could speculate on the likely reason or non-reasons for vomiting. The one reason for vomiting that would have been even less likely than any effects of a virus was if he had contracted the same syndrome as the nurse in the excellent film Knives Out. She spewed on the occasion of her relating anything untrue, a condition that may well be entirely fictional but which added much to a memorable scene in a memorable fictional movie. 

Anyone know what time the player's fate is to be disclosed ?

3 hours ago, BigAl said:

Anyone know what time the player's fate is to be disclosed ?

Two minutes before the Hibs game kicks off I'm guessing.

Surely punishment will begin next week? Announcing on a Friday would seem bizarre, and could totally fuck up preparations for Sunday. I'm assuming they wouldn't do that?

16 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Two minutes before the Hibs game kicks off I'm guessing.

Surely punishment will begin next week? Announcing on a Friday would seem bizarre, and could totally fuck up preparations for Sunday. I'm assuming they wouldn't do that?

This is Scottish fitba we're talking about though Rico.

From the word go, today has been the date for the announcement so the fact it's a Friday is irrelevant I guess.

Think best we can hope for is suspended bans in my opinion.

51 minutes ago, BigAl said:

This is Scottish fitba we're talking about though Rico.

From the word go, today has been the date for the announcement so the fact it's a Friday is irrelevant I guess.

Think best we can hope for is suspended bans in my opinion.

Cannot see it being a suspended sentence. They will be looking to make examples of players. I expect at least two game bans to be handed out. Whatever punishment is handed out Boli should get a more severe one. Bet he doesn’t though.

Given JRGs comments about clubs procedures being above SFA guidelines there is no way the club should be getting punished for players breeching clubs rules.

1 hour ago, Jute said:

Cannot see it being a suspended sentence. They will be looking to make examples of players. I expect at least two game bans to be handed out. Whatever punishment is handed out Boli should get a more severe one. Bet he doesn’t though.

Given JRGs comments about clubs procedures being above SFA guidelines there is no way the club should be getting punished for players breeching clubs rules.

I'd have thought a three or four match ban would be about right. They'd have missed 3 games if the government hadn't cancelled the fixtures, so that would seem reasonable. Four if they're trying to standardise the punishment, as that would be the maximum number of games in a two week period. I think the point about suspension, is that it should be suspended until Monday, as it would be ludicrous to hand out a punishment this close to a game.

6 hours ago, BigAl said:

Anyone know what time the player's fate is to be disclosed ?

4pm is the hearing. 

7 minutes ago, Panda said:

4pm is the hearing. 

Cheers Panda

Why so late on in the day though ?

17 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Cheers Panda

Why so late on in the day though ?

Thats about the time pricks like to send emails that will stress your out and ruin your weekend. Anywhere between 4pm and 445pm, click send then leg it out of the office to avoid the angry phone call

5 minutes ago, tom_widdows said:

Thats about the time pricks like to send emails that will stress your out and ruin your weekend. Anywhere between 4pm and 445pm, click send then leg it out of the office to avoid the angry phone call

Just to let you know your entire extended family has been kidnapped. Let me know if you need anything, I'm off now until October, and won't be checking my email. Have a great weekend.

34 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Cheers Panda

Why so late on in the day though ?

I'd say it's to give the panel time to get blazing first if I was guessing.

3 game suspended ban all round (suspended till February 28th)

Edited August 28, 20205 yr by tom_widdows

3 hours ago, tup1 said:

I'd say it's to give the panel time to get blazing first if I was guessing.

3 match ban for all, suspended until Feb '21 and only comes into effect if they re-offend. https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-fa/football-governance/disciplinary/disciplinary-updates/   SFA in sensible shocker!

Result in my opinion 

Now let's get on with playing catch up starting on Sunday.

 

Bolingoli gets an actual 3 game ban with an additional 2 games suspended till February 28th

Have to say I'm pretty astonished at how sensible an approach this is from the SFA. Was expecting them to throw the book at us. They even took into account the more serious nature of Bolingoli's offence and punished accordingly.

Yep, really well done. Right decision.

Wow. Blown away that common sense seems to have raised its unusual head at the SFA.....

Highly unusual indeed. But let's not go around sucking each other's dicks quite yet, as someone said, I forget who, probably the Wolf.

This is like praising the man who didn't rob a bank. As someone said. Fuck knows who. 

30 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

This is like praising the man who didn't rob a bank. As someone said. Fuck knows who. 

Nah, it's more like praising a man with five convictions for armed robbery for walking past an open vault full of money. As someone likely never said.