Quote: Saddened! "There is no doubt omicron has had an impact and is slightly more infectious than delta, but the Premier League situation is predominantly due to politics within football. The players are spoiled rotten and feel left out over lockdowns. They wanted their furlough opportunity like the rest of us and they feel like they've been overworked as a result. A lot of the top managers do not like the number of games we play in the PL and particularly the Christmas/NY schedule. They have done nothing but moan about it for weeks and are always keen to point out that the players are exhausted and that there is an enormous welfare issue going on. The players hear this and believe it. They all conveniently ignore the fact they have 25-30 man squads and a vast assortment of academy players and could rotate their squads if player welfare was a genuine concern. But none of them ever do.
So clubs have been cancelling games once they've had 2 or 3 covid positives. The PL is arguably weaker than the RFL and will bow to any pressure from the big clubs particularly. They changed the rule so clubs can now include 'covid and injured' players, so they will always get to the limit if they want to.
Super League will have the same problem. You can bet which clubs it'll be too. It wouldn't surprise me if come August, Cas, Hull KR and Leeds are 4+ games behind everyone else.'"
Hull KR not being able to fulfill the fixture list to that extentwas largely down to 3 successive opposition in May/June I think it was pulling out. We hadn't played a game for about 6 weeks at one point, before succumbing to covid problems ourselves. We also played an away fixture at Catalans which in the end didn't have to be played, so wheres the angst against Rovers come from here? Or did you just look at last year's table and assume?!! Are you forgetting your beloved Saints conveniently pulled out the fixture a week after the Challenge Cup?
Cas I get as your point but I don't particularly get why you've highlighted Leeds either.