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Football behind closed doors just doesn't feel like football to me. Imagine watching an important PL fixture being played in a training ground in Birmingham. It doesn't get much more bleak than that.
@sistoney67: Juventus’ players have agreed to the club stopping their salaries for four months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Club estimate the move will save them €90m (£80.7m). Should games restart in club will look at the situation again ‘in good faith’.
Good on them. These sort of actions will prevent some clubs going to the wall.
Wouldn’t even take 8 players. Just one person which can include coaching staff toDoris the tea lady, if they’ve been around the team then technically the whole club would have to go in to isolation.
Not sure if this has been covered, but if the PL season is deemed void, does that mean all personal achievments are wiped out too? Like PL debuts, goals, assists etc?
Don’t think anyone knowsApologies if already covered but if it’s voided then presumably we are back in the Champions League next year?
If it's voided then most likely yes. The probability is that they'd use last season's standings, which would see us qualify. The outside chance is that they'd use the UEFA Coefficient, in which case we're 5th in England and would qualify so long as Man City remain banned.Apologies if already covered but if it’s voided then presumably we are back in the Champions League next year?
This is the correct answer.Don’t think anyone knows
I would, I’d pay £20 to watch Newport v Macclesfield at this pointI don't think I'd even bother watching games under that premise.
Utterly ridiculous
I would, I’d pay £20 to watch Newport v Macclesfield at this point
Lol. no they technically wouldn't.As if you take away goals and debuts as the season didn't happen, then all transfers and sackings would technically be reverted also, and that won't happen.
Lol. no they technically wouldn't.
Honestly, I'm not sure I do. I haven't missed it at all since it all stopped. I know for damn sure that I wouldn't be feeling so sanguine if books, films, TV, music and video games had been unavailable to me for the last few weeks, but honestly I haven't been jonesing for football (or any sport) even a little. This is making me consider whether I actually like the game, full stop.We all want football back
Sterilised conditions does not exist when dealing with human beings. Right now the appetite I have for football is zero %. But admittedly that could change. I don’t give a toss about the alleged integrity of football. It is the integrity of capitalism, and sod the sport itself. Human beings make sport, along with the fans. So how on earth do you defend that? Another one of my very close friends (61 years old) has been diagnosed with acute Covid-19. The father of my son’s best friend, and someone I have known for 35 years is in hospital for it. And he is a fanatical yanited fan, who used to travel from London to Old Trafford for 70-80% their games. He has 75% chance of beating this. His name is Wellington.The only real scenario that fits where there is precedent, would be where teams fold during a season and their record is expunged.
It that case all games are deemed not to happen, so individual appearances and goals would not count, similar also to any match that is abandoned.
However I still am of firm belief, and always have been that this season will finish, and in all likelihood being closed doors in sterilized conditions at training grounds, be that in June, July or even September (with transfer window adjusted accordingly)