Football ‘may be stopped’ warns EFL
behaviour we’re showing, but at the same time we need to continue improving on certain points.
“Now is a good moment to make an evaluation on different points and look at the minutes the players have played and what they’ve produced in that time they’ve played.
“It’s important to evaluate every single performance we’ve had from the players and make an evaluation of the quality points of the team.
“I think in some ways we performed well but we need to continue growing and developing - for example from the defensive point of view, because we don’t want to continue
F A Pts 31 20 47 27 13 43 37 18 41 36 21 41 34 28 40 25 17 37 28 18 36 26 22 35 27 29 34 23 24 33 38 27 32 30 31 32
Luton 22 8 6 8 20 24 30 Cardiff 22 8 5 9 29 25 29 Coventry 23 6 8 9 22 31 26 Millwall 21 5 10 6 18 20 25 Birmingham 23 5 8 10 17 29 23 Nottm Forest 23 5 7 11 16 26 22 QPR 22 4 9 9 20 30 21 Sheff Wed 23 6 7 10 15 23 19 Derby 22 4 7 11 14 24 19 Rotherham 20 4 4 12 19 29 16 Wycombe 23 3 6 14 16 35 15 Before last night’s Luton v QPR and Bournemouth v Millwall games
FOOTBALL will come under extreme Government pressure to stop if clubs ‘continue to flout the rules’ on limiting the spread of coronavirus, EFL chief executive Trevor Birch has warned.
Elite sport has been allowed to continue despite the country being placed in a new national lockdown conceding the number of goals we’ve been conceding in the league.
“So our focus is always going to be on continuing to improve. It’s never going to be enough, you can always prefer better.
“Even knowing that we’ve played a lot of games in a row with the same players, we’re never going to look for excuses.
“We need to put our level we demand the highest we can because it’s going us make us stronger and put us at a higher level.
“From the defensive point of view we’re going to keep developing the idea of the team because I think we can compete better.” designed to slow down the rate of Covid infections.
However, a number of on and off-field incidents, along with an increase in positive test rates among players, means the professional game is under greater scrutiny.
Birch says all EFL clubs and their staff must bear this in mind.
“Throughout the pandemic, football has provided a glimmer of hope for many millions of people affected by restrictions but we all understand the scrutiny the game remains under and we will come under extreme governmental pressure if we continue to flout the rules,” he said in a letter to clubs.
There were high-profile instances of Covid protocols being breached by EFL clubs over the FA Cup third round weekend. QPR admitted they should not have allowed former player Eberechi Eze to attend their tie against Fulham, while Crawley’s exuberant celebrations of their upset win over Leeds also went against rules around social distancing.
“While football is permitted to continue the actions of all participants will be clearly under the microscope, whether this be in technical areas, dugouts, or in relation to general behaviour and interaction between players on the pitch and staff off it,” Birch added.