2:44 First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned of the postponements before official confirmation came
Eight players at Aberdeen had Covid-19 issues and no one thought it was wise to postpone this fixture? Government intervention quickly ensured the game was off.
Despite Bolingoli’s act of selfishness, the SPFL were still reluctant to cancel Celtic’s game in Paisley and Hamilton were encouraged to travel to the city of Aberdeen where a huge spike in cases has been highlighted over the last 10 days or so.
I totally accept it’s going to be a tight season to cram all the fixtures in but the safety of everyone surrounding a football match has to be the priority.
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I listened to the National Clinical Director Jason Leitch saying on Tuesday that he still had concerns about the attitudes of players towards the guidelines. He could easily have highlighted some clubs’ dubious approach too.
Before the issues with Bolingoli and the Aberdeen players, Rangers played a pre-season friendly against Dundee Utd and there was a question mark about the validity of some of the Rangers players’ test results.
The friendly against Motherwell later the same day was delayed by a couple of hours because of a hold up with lab test results before it eventually went ahead.
St Mirren’s friendly with St Johnstone was cancelled at short notice when seven of the Paisley staff returned inconclusive tests.
1:29 The Scottish Government’s national clinical director Professor Jason Leitch says the players who have broken the rules have risked the health of the public
Ross County were furious when they had arranged a pre-season game with Hibs in Edinburgh but the game couldn’t go ahead after Hibs didn’t get their test results back in time.
The Scottish Premiership was given special dispensation to resume on the condition that strict testing protocols were followed.
Granted, our game is not awash with money but you got the feeling too many clubs were not taking events seriously enough and there was certainly not enough leadership from a higher authority.
Over the last few months we’ve watched Scottish football tear itself apart with relationships between certain clubs shattered beyond repair.
Right now, too many of them have given the impression that they’re not taking their privilege of being able to return to work as seriously as they should be. Fans are investing in their thousands with no live football on show. They deserve so much more.
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