Rodgers bites back at critics over cancelled Everton game

Adrian Durham and Ally Pally

Where do we begin? As always, the major criticism towards the postponement has been on Twitter, specifically for two reasons. The first being a controversial visit to Alexandra Palace to see the darts.

After the game between Leicester and Norwich was called off due to a COVID outbreak in the Canaries’ squad, Harvey Barnes, James Maddison – an already divisive figure on social media – and Hamza Choudhury were pictured at the darts in London, an event which hosted a crowd of 3,000. Maddison himself was the one who shared a picture of him and Barnes, but of course it created a storm.

Many on social media criticised the players for being in such a crowded space during the Omicron outbreak, saying that the players should know better than to attend such a high-risk event. Blame was even targeted towards the players for the postponement of the Norwich fixture, even though that game had been called off by the request of the visitors, not the Foxes.

Someone who seemed to take their visit to the darts to heart was TalkSport’s Adrian Durham. This has led to a busy week on Twitter for Adrian, repeatedly criticised Leicester City’s every move. Most recently, Mr Durham has been left perplexed by the fact that the east Midlands side could play their third-round FA Cup tie against Watford – a competition with different rules as to squad sizes, senior players and is also used repeatedly by Premier League clubs to play weakened line ups – and yet couldn’t play the Everton game.