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Premier League officially postponed until 17th of June

Hercules

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I was just about to post this. This is what we should be doing. Playing behind closed doors. Yeh right.
 

Lighty64

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with next season going to start a lot later than what's needed because of this virus, I just can't see how this season can be completed.

if a vaccine can be found it has to be distributed around the world, and Sport of any kind should be canceled until that's in place for every single human being, but 1st and foremost those working on the frontline in this crisis.

I have seen plenty of posts saying next season should be cut shorter without the domestic cups, well unless there is a way of feeding the league 1 and every league below money they could lose then that's going to make their seasons harder financially. they are already going to be hit if they can't finish this season, and in some terms they more than anyone will need to finish by the end of June as most of them have 4-5 loanees that end at the end of June. also, why should those clubs be punished a possible massive payday, and top teams still be allowed to play in European comps which will also take up valuable playing dates if we need to squeeze games in

there is no fair way to resolve this season, the only thing that has been won is the CoC by City, and the only thing that looks a definite is Liverpool winning the PL, but to crown them champions then surely you would have to punish the 3 teams at the bottom, so if they can't finish the season it needs to be voided. if they just cancel it and give Liverpool the title they are going to have financials going on from every team that might get promoted, and every club that has the chance of surviving relegation, and a possibility of those in a position of reaching the play-offs.

with the difficulties of qualifying matches to reach both Euro comps also going to be near on impossible and also the problems fitting in the groups and KO's I honestly believe next season all European comps are canceled and play the season in a way as if next season was the 1st time a structure was in place for qualifying for the comps. I honestly don't think it's fair if the season is voided that last seasons teams should be in it as if this season never happened. that way no clubs are punished for deserving to be in it on their performances this season, and no team benefits even if only in gate money.
 

ComfortablyNumb

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I think what clubs should do if they buy the tests for the club is also buy thousands of tests for the local public at the same time. They could score a massive PR goal by doing that and then offering the tests to vulnerable people in the local community.

Seems an obvious win if they can get hold of the tests.
If there are limited numbers of testing kits available, then the last thing we want is them going where the money is. And that would be a PR disaster for a club, anyway - Man U buy a load of tests for the Stretford community, then care homes in Salford go short and people die...
 

coys200

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Doesn’t seem to have been picked up by mainstream media. But republics have a blue tick and 3m followers are reporting WHO have told UEFA football shouldn’t return till end of 2021 ( presumably when they think vaccine will be widely available). What’s pretty scary is this has peaked in mid spring, I’d dread to think of a 2nd peak in conventional flu season November- February.
 

spursfan77

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If there are limited numbers of testing kits available, then the last thing we want is them going where the money is. And that would be a PR disaster for a club, anyway - Man U buy a load of tests for the Stretford community, then care homes in Salford go short and people die...

Basically nobody can win whatever they do. Great.
 

leray

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In Poland, football is scheduled to return at the beginning of June.

FA and Ekstraklasa (which is the highest tier of football in Poland) discussed it with the government. It's of course all done to preserve the last payment from the TV and 11 games will be played in 6 weeks.

Players will be in locked in their homes, they can only come to the training ground to train on the pitch or in the gym. Showers and laundry at home. One member of the non-playing staff will take care of players' groceries.

Tests will be conducted on 4th May and then in June, just before the first game (but it will only be an antibody test, which is 5x cheaper).

The FA also has a plan for referees - they will officiate in masks and use an alternative for a whistle, because a regular whistle spreads particles very far. But it's done only because nobody has a plan on how to isolate referees that have not yet turned pro and have a different job.

Three clubs are strongly advocating that the season should be completed, three want to know the exact details (what happens if somebody gets injured and needs an ultrasound or an MRI). The 'complete the season' teams have then started a media campaign that those who have questions want to chicken out.

Others probably don't understand the details so just nod along.
 

thebenjamin

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Jul 1, 2008
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Doesn’t seem to have been picked up by mainstream media. But republics have a blue tick and 3m followers are reporting WHO have told UEFA football shouldn’t return till end of 2021 ( presumably when they think vaccine will be widely available). What’s pretty scary is this has peaked in mid spring, I’d dread to think of a 2nd peak in conventional flu season November- February.

All the medical advice says peak this winter. That's what was driving the government's now risible herd immunity strategy.
 

Cochise

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Aug 8, 2019
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I don't understand the behind closed doors idea. Yes, we are preventing crowds from gathering, but all it takes is one player on the pitch to give it to the rest. 90 minutes of heavy breathing in close proximity to others is more than enough to facilitate transmission.
 

spursfan77

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In Poland, football is scheduled to return at the beginning of June.

FA and Ekstraklasa (which is the highest tier of football in Poland) discussed it with the government. It's of course all done to preserve the last payment from the TV and 11 games will be played in 6 weeks.

Players will be in locked in their homes, they can only come to the training ground to train on the pitch or in the gym. Showers and laundry at home. One member of the non-playing staff will take care of players' groceries.

Tests will be conducted on 4th May and then in June, just before the first game (but it will only be an antibody test, which is 5x cheaper).

The FA also has a plan for referees - they will officiate in masks and use an alternative for a whistle, because a regular whistle spreads particles very far. But it's done only because nobody has a plan on how to isolate referees that have not yet turned pro and have a different job.

Three clubs are strongly advocating that the season should be completed, three want to know the exact details (what happens if somebody gets injured and needs an ultrasound or an MRI). The 'complete the season' teams have then started a media campaign that those who have questions want to chicken out.

Others probably don't understand the details so just nod along.

sounds like a right shit show to me.
 

riggi

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Jun 24, 2008
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The National League is gone as well now


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yankspurs

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Aug 22, 2013
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UEFA have apparently denied WHO told them the above.
They’ll get it through their heads eventually. There can be no international competition without a vaccine. The amount of unknown variables is too great. Clubs bring delegations of like 30-40 people and at least and an extra 5-10k fans. It’s in everyones best interests to cancel. They’ll be lucky if the Euros can go ahead. More likely it’ll be scrapped altogether and UEFA restarts with the CL/EL in 16 months.
 

Shadydan

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Jul 7, 2012
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In Poland, football is scheduled to return at the beginning of June.

FA and Ekstraklasa (which is the highest tier of football in Poland) discussed it with the government. It's of course all done to preserve the last payment from the TV and 11 games will be played in 6 weeks.

Players will be in locked in their homes, they can only come to the training ground to train on the pitch or in the gym. Showers and laundry at home. One member of the non-playing staff will take care of players' groceries.

Tests will be conducted on 4th May and then in June, just before the first game (but it will only be an antibody test, which is 5x cheaper).

The FA also has a plan for referees - they will officiate in masks and use an alternative for a whistle, because a regular whistle spreads particles very far. But it's done only because nobody has a plan on how to isolate referees that have not yet turned pro and have a different job.

Three clubs are strongly advocating that the season should be completed, three want to know the exact details (what happens if somebody gets injured and needs an ultrasound or an MRI). The 'complete the season' teams have then started a media campaign that those who have questions want to chicken out.

Others probably don't understand the details so just nod along.

lol @ locked in their homes, sound typically Polish to me.
 

Hotspur33

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As somebody else pointed out earlier (sorry can't remember who)

But would it not be better to write off the 20/21 season. Restart this current season when it is safe to do so.
If that happens to be September time then fixtures could be spaced out, so Champions league etc could be on weekends. ???
 

slartibartfast

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Oct 21, 2012
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As somebody else pointed out earlier (sorry can't remember who)

But would it not be better to write off the 20/21 season. Restart this current season when it is safe to do so.
If that happens to be September time then fixtures could be spaced out, so Champions league etc could be on weekends. ???
Comes down to loss of revenue. There are 38 games in a season. There are only 10 games left. Clubs arent going to write off 38 games so they can play 10.
 

Yid-ol

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As somebody else pointed out earlier (sorry can't remember who)

But would it not be better to write off the 20/21 season. Restart this current season when it is safe to do so.
If that happens to be September time then fixtures could be spaced out, so Champions league etc could be on weekends. ???

Club's would miss out on a full season of TV money, sponsorship, gate reception, loan deal payments and revenue from match days also.

This would put a lot if not most club's in danger of folding as there would be less income for them to live off! Even if club's need to pay back TV money for this year, it will be a fraction of what is paid for the year as a good amount has been played.
 
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brasil_spur

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As somebody else pointed out earlier (sorry can't remember who)

But would it not be better to write off the 20/21 season. Restart this current season when it is safe to do so.
If that happens to be September time then fixtures could be spaced out, so Champions league etc could be on weekends. ???

Depends on what you mean by better?

Better financially for the clubs, no. The clubs are desperate for cash right now, TV money is essentially what keeps every club afloat, without that clubs face the real danger of going under.

In terms of "better for public health". This is pretty grey, there's a lot that can be done to minimise the spread of the virus between players and staff and if the UK is easing up restrictions anyway on working staff then it's hard to make an argument that Joe Blogs the builder or Dave Smith the business analyst is allowed to go back to work (with precautions in place no doubt) but that footballers aren't.

Additionally to all of this is the benefit a lot of football would have to the morale of some people in the country, and also the hopefully positive effect it might have on helping people stay in doors more once the restrictions are lifted.

So whilst personally i'm an advocate for voiding the season, I can see why there's a growing interest in trying to finish it, in a short window behind closed doors.

Ultimately life needs to return to "normal" at some point, and at the moment it seems the PL is exploring whether this could coincide with the desire to finish the PL season.

I also think if this approach is taken that the coefficient calculation will be used for CL/EL.
 
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