Saints player tests positive for COVID-19

[SuperSAINT]

 

[SaintsFan86]

I bet this was what LeG was referring to, about the fitness issue.

[SaintsFan86]

I bet this was what LeG was referring to, about the fitness issue.

[Convict Colony]

I bet this was what LeG was referring to, about the fitness issue.

[Convict Colony]

In my other post

[Turkish]

I think LeG might have been referring to this, about a fitness issue

[ErwinK1961]

This must have been the fitness issue LeG was talking about.

My money’s on Bednarek

[Sideways Jim]

LeG must have been referring to this in his post

[Nolan]

could this be what @LeG was referring to in his post?

[The Curse of St Mary's]

Bednarek was in Mykonos on hols which has seen a rise in covid cases. 2+2=?

[Marsdinho]

If there were any fitness issues, wouldn't LeG refer to it in a post?

[danjosaint]

Could well be Salisu I guess

[Give it to Ron]

Well it won’t be Forster he can’t catch fck all

[VectisSaint]

Seems like more than half of PL clubs have a similar problem. Shouldn't be too much of an issue as long as he didn't mix with other players before self isolating.

[Lighthouse]

LeG was hinting that we’d be forced back into the transfer window for a CB because of a fitness issue. Assuming he is being sincere and accurate, Covid wouldn’t necessitate signing another replace in the way that say a ruptured ACL might.

[Saint_clark]

My money's on Redmond.

[Katalinic]

LeG has covid?

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[Saint_clark]

All of a sudden, the club telling the players they aren't allowed to go abroad doesn't seem so unreasonable does it...

[CB Fry]

Something about this makes me think that this was the fitness issue that LeG was talking about.

[davefizzy14]

I wonder who it is though as LeG pointed out?

[Batman]

LeG has covid and has started shouting at cars

[Saint Garrett]

Redmond, Bednarek and Ings have all been away, though the latter was in the training pics today.

Doubt it’s Salisu, as he’s supposed to have been in quarantine for the last 2 weeks. 

[SKD]

Be surprised if it’s one of our defenders. They don’t usually get within 6 feet of anyone. 

[Toon Saint]

Hmmm, I wonder whether LeG had this in mind when he was referring to a player reporting back with ‘fitness issues’. 🧐

[SNSUN]

Better now than in 4 weeks time tbf. Let's hope the player LeG referred to in his earlier post takes it seriously and not only isolates, but keeps fit in that time.

[SKD]

Why would a player self isolating for 2 weeks force us into the transfer market though? 
 

not related is my guess. 

[SO16_Saint]

Im just disappointed that LeG didn’t refer to this in his post and also the fact that nobody else seems to have picked up on this is remarkable 

[Appy]

  On 19/08/2020 at 20:21, Saint_clark said:

My money's on Redmond.

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That's a weird thing to bet on

[djharvey]

  On 19/08/2020 at 20:23, Saint_clark said:

All of a sudden, the club telling the players they aren't allowed to go abroad doesn't seem so unreasonable does it...

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Totally unreasonable! They can advise, not insist!

I wouldn't accept it from my employer, vast majority wouldn't either! That's not to say i would be jumping on a plane to go abroad!

 

[saintwbu]

  On 19/08/2020 at 21:51, djharvey said:

Totally unreasonable! They can advise, not insist!

I wouldn't accept it from my employer, vast majority wouldn't either! That's not to say i would be jumping on a plane to go abroad!

 

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Presumably they didn’t insist given that many players did go and posted about it on social media, as did the club. However if my employer advised me not to, and I went, and then left myself unable to work for two weeks because of it then i’d expect them to be pretty pissed off - especially if I was a contracted, high value asset. 

[suewhistle]

They could certainly advise you and tell you that you won't be paid if your behaviour is unreasonable. They can't stop you murdering your wife, for example, but would be able to sack you for the consequences. 😉

You might be able to work from Wormwood Scrubs instead of from home, but they'd still get you for bringing the company into disrepute: it's in loads of contracts!

[djharvey]

  On 19/08/2020 at 21:54, saintwbu said:

Presumably they didn’t insist given that many players did go and posted about it on social media, as did the club. However if my employer advised me not to, and I went, and then left myself unable to work for two weeks because of it then i’d expect them to be pretty pissed off - especially if I was a contracted, high value asset. 

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Of course they didn't insist, they knew they couldn't!

The club can be pissed off as much as they like! You reckon the player is chuffed about it?

Really not such a big deal if no rules/laws/contractual obligations have been broken!

 

[djharvey]

  On 19/08/2020 at 22:01, suewhistle said:

They could certainly advise you and tell you that you won't be paid if your behaviour is unreasonable. They can't stop you murdering your wife, for example, but would be able to sack you for the consequences. 😉

You might be able to work from Wormwood Scrubs instead of from home, but they'd still get you for bringing the company into disrepute: it's in loads of contracts!

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Travelling abroad legally for a holiday wouldn't be unreasonable behaviour in my book!

Is it in yours?

 

[Gordon Mockles]

  On 19/08/2020 at 21:37, SNSUN said:

Better now than in 4 weeks time tbf. Let's hope the player LeG referred to in his earlier post takes it seriously and not only isolates, but keeps fit in that time.

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If you’ve got Covid, you’re not gonna feckin remain fit. Depending on the reaction, he’ll be lucky if he can do his boots up by day 9.

Please continue with your hilarious jokes... 😉

 

[suewhistle]

  On 19/08/2020 at 22:30, djharvey said:

Travelling abroad legally for a holiday wouldn't be unreasonable behaviour in my book!

Is it in yours?

 

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It's not the effing travelling, it's the consequences for goodness sake. Like those Aberdeen players who went out to a crowded Saturday night bar in the centre: not illegal but stupid. Besides, it's not what you (or I) think, it's what your employers think and your contract says. There's lot's of things you might not think unreasonable behaviour, hence my slightly over-he-top comparison, but best not to test the point.

[djharvey]

  On 20/08/2020 at 07:21, suewhistle said:

It's not the effing travelling, it's the consequences for goodness sake. Like those Aberdeen players who went out to a crowded Saturday night bar in the centre: not illegal but stupid. Besides, it's not what you (or I) think, it's what your employers think and your contract says. There's lot's of things you might not think unreasonable behaviour, hence my slightly over-he-top comparison, but best not to test the point.

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Those consequences are only there if you catch covid-19!

 

 

[wild-saint]

  On 19/08/2020 at 23:54, Gordon Mockles said:

If you’ve got Covid, you’re not gonna feckin remain fit. Depending on the reaction, he’ll be lucky if he can do his boots up by day 9.

Please continue with your hilarious jokes... 😉

 

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[beatlesaint]

Redmond, Bednerek or Obafemi as Romeu and Ings have been photographed.

It won’t be Salisu haven he’s spent two weeks isolating in the U.K. before being announced. Why anyone even suggested him given that is weird.

[John Boy Saint]

Has KWP been seen? As Saints posted photos of him last week training somewhere hot looking.

[saint77]

Kwp was on holiday with Grealish,Maddison,dele Ali etc so would guess it’s him 

[Toon Saint]

Redmond, Salisu, Djenepo and Obafemi all absent from latest training video...

[beatlesaint]

  On 21/08/2020 at 19:52, Toon Saint said:

Redmond, Salisu, Djenepo and Obafemi all absent from latest training video...

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I reckon it’s Redmond or Obafemi, if it’s Salisu he wasn’t very well isolated for two weeks

[Saint Garrett]

KWP visible in the training vids. 
Redmond not so.... 

[positivepete]

  On 19/08/2020 at 23:54, Gordon Mockles said:

If you’ve got Covid, you’re not gonna feckin remain fit. Depending on the reaction, he’ll be lucky if he can do his boots up by day 9.

Please continue with your hilarious jokes... 😉

 

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Get a grip.  Firstly, the article says the player is asymptomatic.  Secondly, a fit athlete of the age range of the current footballing squad at Southampton is highly unlikely to suffer any serious reaction to COVID-19.   The overwhelming majority of people suffering bad symptoms either have underlying health conditions or are severely obese.  

Edited 22 August, 2020 by positivepete

[Batman]

  On 19/08/2020 at 23:54, Gordon Mockles said:

If you’ve got Covid, you’re not gonna feckin remain fit. Depending on the reaction, he’ll be lucky if he can do his boots up by day 9.

Please continue with your hilarious jokes... 😉

 

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[Pamplemousse]

Come on detectives, which players have been seen in the training photos and which players haven't

 

[Pamplemousse]

In the video the club tweeted yesterday were:

Armstrong, Bednarek, Ings, Boufal, Romeu, Stephens, KWP, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Long, Valery, Smallbone, Adams, Ward-Prowse, Vokins

 

So it's none of them

[Ivan Katalinic's 'tache]

  On 22/08/2020 at 13:25, Pamplemousse said:

In the video the club tweeted yesterday were:

Armstrong, Bednarek, Ings, Boufal, Romeu, Stephens, KWP, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Long, Valery, Smallbone, Adams, Ward-Prowse, Vokins

 

So it's none of them

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So, Redders, Obafemi or a goalie?

[stevy777_x]

  On 22/08/2020 at 13:28, Ivan Katalinic's 'tache said:

So, Redders, Obafemi or a goalie?

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I m aiming for Obafemi, Redders was with Bertrand last week, so if Redmond was infected, Bertrand would be in isolation too.

 

[Dark Munster]

  On 22/08/2020 at 08:59, positivepete said:

Get a grip.  Firstly, the article says the player is asymptomatic.  Secondly, a fit athlete of the age range of the current footballing squad at Southampton is highly unlikely to suffer any serious reaction to COVID-19.   The overwhelming majority of people suffering bad symptoms either have underlying health conditions or are severely obese.  

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So let's hope it's not Obafemi.