Burnley’s residence match towards Watford on Tuesday evening has been postponed after the Premier League accepted that the Clarets do not need sufficient gamers obtainable to area a group.
Earlier on Monday the Burnley supervisor Sean Dyche revealed solely 10 first-team gamers had taken half in coaching, forcing the membership to use for a second successive postponement after Saturday’s match towards Leicester was additionally referred to as off.
“We’re at such a stretched second in time that it’s very troublesome all spherical,” Dyche mentioned. “At coaching at this time there have been 10 recognised first-team gamers. That’s the place we’re at.”
The Premier League stipulates golf equipment can apply for a match to be rescheduled if they don’t meet the factors of 13 obtainable outfield gamers and a goalkeeper. There have been some complaints that the system is being taken benefit of by some golf equipment with mounting accidents, somewhat than Covid circumstances, in addition to gamers on worldwide obligation.
Burnley have loads of accidents and their high goalscorer Maxwell Cornet is presently on the Africa Cup of Nations, however Dyche mentioned their request had been made in “good religion”.
“We all know over the previous few weeks how clear the Premier League has been on the whys and wherefores and the extent it must get to. We’ve put the applying in in good religion. It’s solely three days on from a recreation that was referred to as off. We’ve labored actually onerous to get video games on after we’ve been stretched nevertheless it’s simply too far under the brink.”
Requested whether or not there have been Covid circumstances in addition to accidents within the squad, Dyche mentioned: “There’s a mixture of all of that. There are some double bubbles as properly: Johann (Berg Gudmundsson) is injured and has Covid. Within the Premier League you want two clear days of coaching however gamers might need solely been again for at some point. That’s no use once you’ve had seven or 10 days in isolation doing little or no.”
The match was set to be a vital encounter on the backside of the desk, however as a substitute Burnley will now have to search out time to play their extra 5 video games which have been postponed – 4 as a result of pandemic and one as a consequence of dangerous whether or not – later within the season.
“Burnley FC’s rearranged fixture towards Watford FC at Turf Moor, as a consequence of be performed at 7:30pm on Tuesday 18 January, has regrettably been postponed,” the league mentioned in a press release.
“The Premier League Board accepted Burnley’s software with the membership having fewer than the required variety of gamers obtainable for the match (13 outfield gamers and one goalkeeper), as a consequence of ongoing Covid-19 circumstances, accidents and illustration on the Africa Cup of Nations.”
Kaynak: briturkish.com