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*** Tottenham Hotspur v Rennes *** *POSTPONED*
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RunTMC
John Scales
Also from what I hear, if we forfeit we lose all the prize money we’ve gained from all the games thus far. Might only be a few million but it’s still funds for transfer fees and wages potentially
Seems to be a mute point as there wasn’t an issue, if the 3 parties could agree a date, for it being played before 31st December.
milo
Jack L. Jones
There's a big difference because if us and Vitesse both won, it goes down to goal difference. If they won 4-0 and we won 1-0, we would've gone out. Now we know that any win would see us through. That's a big advantage.
It's not a case of what I want, and I think that it is clear that the club has been fighting our corner, but I think that it would be the fairest outcome under the circumstances.
milo
Jack L. Jones
Vitesse had a request for their game to be postponed turned down. I think that they would challenge any decision that saw us go through at their expense
I’m sure there’s a few precedents in the past of the last game in a group stage being called off due to bad weather and being played another day. In the CL this season Atalanta - Villarreal for one.
Legohamster
Cecil Poynton
Legohamster
Cecil Poynton
I don’t want us to forfeit the game, but if we have to I’m not sure we have much of a leg to stand in, the rules are pretty clear on it.
Nigeyman
Chris Armstrong
unprecedented times, powers at be should be understanding of the current climate and be flexible.
And what of the competitions reputation after just being pushed out of the flaps of uefa’s mush?
the fixture should be played to honour the tournament and spirit of the game.
and bloody ell yeah we need to fight our corner on this one!
allowing uefa , Rennes, vitesse to finger our bung holes while we ‘take it on the chin’ up the ol kiber…whatever, sets a very dangerous precedent for the future.
a future where uefa/premier league among many others will feel they can insert an index into our crevice at will
no!
Rennes are being complete diacks on this one they could play this fixture easily but are being utter clams.
yes we messed up at mura, but we should have the chance to fulfill this fixture.
third rate competition or not we cannot and should not allow third rate teams to poop all over us.
Yes but Milos point was we would have an unfair advantage if we now get to play it. As we know the Vitesse result. The point I was trying to make is their is precedent of games being played after they are meant to and 1 day or 30 days the same ‘advantage’ would still be the case.
Legohamster
Cecil Poynton
The difference is UEFA have set rules - 13 players and a Keeper and it goes ahead, something the PL should have in place
If we had that amount of players what is our defence?
Didn’t we tell Rennes the game was on then as soon as they landed it was off? I can see why they wouldn’t be happy with us.
Glenda's Legs
Les Ferdinand
Because by that time we’d had one further player test positive and we’d been told to shut down first team training facilities for at least 3 days? (Not totally sure on the timings but I think both those things happened later in the day).
greatwhitenorf
Vedran Corluka
Sois serieux, mon chum.
Does anyone think Vitesse weren't going to be trying to pound the pi55 out of Mura when they played their final game to boost their goal difference?
They were up 3-0 in the first half alone. Being pegged back a goal probably put a bit of caution into them. Even if we were playing at the same time, we'd have been fully aware of the scoreline from the off and fully cognizant of what we needed to do.
There's time to fit in a make-up game in the first week or two of January - Wed. Jan 5 would be ideal for both clubs. Nice little gaps in their domestic schedules and Rennes will be coming off a two-week or more winter break.
If our game with Rennes is fully scrapped this is really about UEFA seeing an opportunity to pick on a big English club and please all the Euro minnows they're trying to boost with this competition. If this situation had been different, say with Rennes needing to win to qualify and we'd finished first, you bet your sweet bippy this game would have been absolutely imposed on us - yeww Eengleesh 'ave zuch beeg zquads - at a less convenient time.
thfcsteff
Terry Dyson
Stupid tournament, stupid team, stupid situation, stupid fudging UEFA, let us keep the pennies we got thus far, let us exit without further financial punishment, allow us to concentrate on 4th spot which is there for us to take. If UEFA really cared, perhaps their fudging VAR system could've worked properly on June 1st 2019!!!! Of course now they need us for their tinpot brick-heap, they'll likely make us play/send us through and make us pariahs of the European tier B. Marvelous. p.s. whoever the spanner was the called it the Proletariat Champions League, fudge him too!!!!!
trumper!
trumper!
The Fatman
Espen Baardsen
when do ufea make there decision?
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
When their pockets have been filled to a sufficient level
braineclipse
Willie Hall
Who knows? May have to be brought up be the indue delays, red tape and slowness committee.
Does the delay make it more or less likely that we'll just be booted out? Anyone?
90sSpursBook
Erik Edman
Unbelievable that UEFA's 'Ethics' committee has taken this long to meet and come to a decision.
Kandi1977
Terry Dyson
They will probably have there first meeting in the new year, after the deadline of 31st December.
UEFA's 'Ethics' - amusing. Contradiction in terms