By Will Pickworth For Mailonline Published: 06:22 EST, 25 November 2023 | Updated: 09:24 EST, 25 November 2023 74View commentsSimon Thomas will be absent from Soccer Saturday this afternoon due to illness. Thomas - who replaced Jeff Stelling as host of Sky Sports' flagship football show at the start of this season - revealed on X, formerly Twitter, his family had been hit by Covid and that Caroline Barker would replace him.He posted: 'Sadly no #soccersaturday for me today - #Covid has hit the Thomas household. @CarolineBarker is in the hot seat...