Chelsea played last night’s game against Everton with 4 Covid absences, and if Sunday’s game with Wolves goes ahead, they will be without at least 3 of them again.
Premier League fixtures are being called off every day, but so far the Blues and their opponents haven’t been affected badly enough for a postponement.
But we still can’t rule out a league-wide pause to the season. The Evening Standard reports that the Premier League will meet on Monday to discuss the possibility of a short, sharp “circuit breaker” stop to the action for a week or so.
We can see why it’s tempting, with fixtures being called off every day at this point, but there are also doubts about how effective it would be. Coronavirus is moving freely through the population and keeping players off the pitch won’t stop them getting it.
In fact, it will just push games back to a time when there will be potentially even more cases and even more difficulty getting games played.
In any case, our game against Wolves will go ahead as it’s before the meeting is due to take place.
