El Hombre Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 13 minutes ago, narduch said: Bermuda player(s) test positive for Covid after their Florida camp. Wonder if this will put the window in jeopardy. https://www.royalgazette.com/soccer/sport/article/20210312/bermuda-footballers-test-positive-after-florida-trip/ Shouldn't put the game in jeopardy but maybe put their ability to field a team in jeopardy. We're missing out on players (TFC) because of potential Covid results, but we'll still field a team. Bermuda should have to do the same. narduch, Obinna, gator and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 6 minutes ago, narduch said: They played 2 friendlies against the Bahamas there. Perhaps the Covid protocols for both nations made it easier that way? I believe Bermuda's league is shut down. So perhaps their health authority wouldn't allow for the friendlies to be played there? They are hosting Aruba on March 30 however. I know they played the friendlies vs Bahamas in Florida. I just mean why make 2 trips? Either don’t play a friendly at all or have enough awareness to play the games closer to the 25th to limit your travel so they can just stay in Florida. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Alex said: I know they played the friendlies vs Bahamas in Florida. I just mean why make 2 trips? Either don’t play a friendly at all or have enough awareness to play the games closer to the 25th to limit your travel so they can just stay in Florida. Sounds like CSA logic MtlMario, lamptern, narduch and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 32 minutes ago, El Hombre said: Shouldn't put the game in jeopardy but maybe put their ability to field a team in jeopardy. We're missing out on players (TFC) because of potential Covid results, but we'll still field a team. Bermuda should have to do the same. Absolutely this. We don’t have the luxury of postponing games in this window. We are making due with the players we have at our disposal - they should as well. gator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 I think the CONCACAF qualifiers will go ahead as planned. But I would not be shocked if they are postponed in the next few days (just gut feeling). What would be really stupid would be to postpone them once players had already travelled. Also, if the Bermuda players are now going to have to quarantine for 14 days before being released, what kind of a team are they going to be able to put out there against us? Not a good one. ghostknownunknown and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 17 hours ago, JamboAl said: I think the CONCACAF qualifiers will go ahead as planned. But I would not be shocked if they are postponed in the next few days (just gut feeling). What would be really stupid would be to postpone them once players had already travelled. Also, if the Bermuda players are now going to have to quarantine for 14 days before being released, what kind of a team are they going to be able to put out there against us? Not a good one. I think they will power through and try to make it work. A lot of nations are either already in camp or will be very soon. But there will end up being hiccups. I actually wonder what happens if a team starts getting a lot of positive covid tests right before a match. Will they have to forfeit or will it be postponed. Forfeit games may fuck teams over as goal difference may be crucial with this group format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Case in point. Bermuda may not be able to even field a squad. https://www.royalgazette.com/soccer/sport/article/20210312/bermuda-footballers-test-positive-after-florida-trip/ MtlMario 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 1 hour ago, narduch said: Case in point. Bermuda may not be able to even field a squad. https://www.royalgazette.com/soccer/sport/article/20210312/bermuda-footballers-test-positive-after-florida-trip/ Big if true. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 I’m sure they can pull together a squad. It mentioned a few guys didn’t travel (Reggie Lambe), so I guess they will just have to grab some lower level Bermuda league guys. As I mentioned before, I can’t believe they thought it was a good idea to book an overseas training camp 2 weeks before huge qualifiers. narduch, toontownman and gator 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 1 hour ago, narduch said: I think they will power through and try to make it work. A lot of nations are either already in camp or will be very soon. But there will end up being hiccups. I actually wonder what happens if a team starts getting a lot of positive covid tests right before a match. Will they have to forfeit or will it be postponed. Forfeit games may fuck teams over as goal difference may be crucial with this group format. I think in the worst case scenario most of us would take a 3-0 win if Bermuda was to forfeit, I want this match to be played though, we need a competetive match! Bison44, Floortom, JasonDias and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 If Bermuda get depleted I think they'd rather take the forfeit 3-0 than bring a severely depleted squad and then lose like 10 nothing. If this game is forfeited I hope to god Canada schedules a friendly to take its place. But lol they'll probably be ecstatic to save money. gator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 I don’t know if this is the case for Bermuda. But apparently most Caribbean teams brought most of their domestic players together for extra training also to get round quarantine rules. Their European players will join them later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I just want to watch Canada play. Why doesn't the universe want me to watch Canada play? johnyb, Club Linesman, Alex and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 On 3/12/2021 at 12:42 PM, JuicyHam said: I would love Davies to be there but I would also hate to see him potentially miss Champions league I think having Davies in 1 or 2 must win World Cup Qualifying matches is well worth the price of him potentially missing a Champions League 2nd leg match where his team is up 3 goals on aggregate, with 4 away goals. lamptern, gator, Shway and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xabuep2 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) Now more than ever Canada should score the most goals against a decimated Bermuda and have a better goal average. It will be very helpfuI in the event of a draw against Suriname in June . (Remember in the CNL the pyrrhic 1-0 victory against Cuba did not help much) Edited March 14, 2021 by xabuep2 CanadianSoccerFan, MtlMario, Addona and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 17 hours ago, Kent said: I think having Davies in 1 or 2 must win World Cup Qualifying matches is well worth the price of him potentially missing a Champions League 2nd leg match where his team is up 3 goals on aggregate, with 4 away goals. A bit confused on this talk about missing WC qualifiers vs Champions League. The schedules don't overlap. Bayern's second leg is this Wednesday. Quarter-finals are set for late April to early May. So even if Germany had quarantine rules for travelling to the US, there is plenty of leeway. David will have an issue as Lille plays PSG on April 3rd for likely the French title. With France's 7 day quarantine period for those coming outside of the EU, David will need to miss the Cayman match to play vs PSG. Ivan, narduch and Addona 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 On 3/13/2021 at 9:39 AM, gator said: I think in the worst case scenario most of us would take a 3-0 win if Bermuda was to forfeit, I want this match to be played though, we need a competetive match! I'd think a worst-case scenario for us would be us forfeiting because of Covid. Just shut it down, and delay it until June. Sneak in a couple of extra games around the Gold Cup to make up for it - most of these teams aren't even in the Gold Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 11 minutes ago, nfitz said: I'd think a worst-case scenario for us would be us forfeiting because of Covid. Just shut it down, and delay it until June. Sneak in a couple of extra games around the Gold Cup to make up for it - most of these teams aren't even in the Gold Cup. It’s would be an overkill of games. Players just finishing the run in of their competitions, and then to play a mini tournament/8 games in June right before the Gold Cup!. Suriname have qualified already for the GC, and Bermuda are favourites to qualify against Montserrat. Not possible. If it’s bring your best available players - then so be it. We will be alright, even if we’re hit by Covid. I’m confident we got the guys to handle Bermuda and USVI. Let’s play ball! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Does anyone actually know for sure whether players from Europe can enter the US without even a short quarantine? I thought some new restrictions on entry were put in by the new Biden administration this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Shway said: It’s would be an overkill of games. Then add an extra day to the November window. And an early June date, before the Confederation qualifier. Good grief, the current schedule has qualifying finished in March, which is 7 months before the World Cup. There's still room for another big delay without having to worry too much. I'm concerned about the number of players testing positive. With 10% of those testing positive, getting these long-haul symptoms ... how many are we going to lose for a year ... or more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 4 minutes ago, nfitz said: Then add an extra day to the November window. And an early June date, before the Confederation qualifier. Isn't the plan for those windows to include more dates to accommodate more games already? I thought it was confirmed that the Octo was going to be 3 match days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 20 hours ago, Kent said: I just want to watch Canada play. Why doesn't the universe want me to watch Canada play? Not the universe, people Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Roster should be out shortly. I do wonder who’s going to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Shway said: Isn't the plan for those windows to include more dates to accommodate more games already? I thought it was confirmed that the Octo was going to be 3 match days. Yes ... for some windows. But the November window is still only 2 games. Edited March 14, 2021 by nfitz Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 37 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: Roster should be out shortly. I do wonder who’s going to be there. Media reports last week were saying it may not be finalized until March 21 or 22. nfitz and An Observer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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