As things currently stand, no one seems to know the criteria for the postponement of top flight fixtures really, the rules appear to be made up on the fly because the 'interpretation' of them is left up to individual clubs who, may or may not, have other agenda's influencing their decisions.
There also seems to be a widely different application of the rules, for example West Ham were unable to play the home game against Norwich this weekend because the visitors were unable to field a 'complete' team, fair enough. With no disrespect intended to Norwich, the fixture represented a very bankable 3 points for David Moyes, as the club looked to get back on track following a very poor run of results.
Yesterday evening, the grinning hyaena and his Olympic divers travelled to Elland Road to face a Leeds side that could barely string a youth team together, and yet that game went ahead, providing the Gooners with a nice easy 3 points at a venue that is normally very difficult to earn points at.
Where is the balance? To a neutral observer it would seem that the club who has the 'loudest mouthpiece', is the one that gets the rub of the green. Smiling Jurgen is adamant that Liverpool's game against Tottingham should go ahead later today, why? Because he is destined to lose two of his key players to the AFCON tournament shortly and is very keen to ensure as many games as possible can be played before they disappear for up to SIX weeks!
IF the Tottingham v Liverpool game goes ahead as planned, it will leave the 'Cont in the Font' just three days to prepare for his team's 1/4 final against West Ham in the Elk Cup. On the one hand it can be argued that The Cont's side will have had extra time to recharge their batteries as a result of their games in the Conference Cup and the League being postponed, on the flip side they might suffer from a similar malaise that Hammers did after the International break, momentum, momentum, momentum!
Will the 1/4 final take place as scheduled? That rather depends on who shouts loudest doesn't it? - LN
