Popular Post thunderball Posted April 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) Its shocking. This virus has really flagged the moral bankruptcy we have as a society, and perhaps no surprise Football is one of the worst culprits. I am afraid Grealish's indiscretion, and Levy's sentiment and thought process symbolises that most on the Football gravy train are detached from reality that the rest of society is living. The fact that that some premier league teams are exploiting the government support which all of tax paying society will end up re-paying, and others will suffer due to the inevitable post-event austerity which wont affect anyone in the Premier League just exemplifies how rotten it all is. If my club takes the same route without the management/playing staff taking a substantial cut I will never patronise it while the management remains. The fact that playing out the season is even being considered is crazy, this problem isn't going away and will take months and months to calm down and even then it wont be over. At a time when only last week I developed a slight cough and with knowledge that our local hospital is full and already making decisions on who gets the respirators, had a sleepless night worrying how my family would lose their home and cope without my income, and did I have time to write a will as I am unmarried and a father of three young kids - how can football consider playing behind closed doors when the Government and by proxy society it imploring social distancing as the example of how we are going to beat this - how will you play a sport and remain 2m's away from the next person. Madness, and in bad taste too. Edited April 2, 2020 by thunderball 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zatman Posted April 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2020 I like to think when this is over fans will see through the Premier League crap and start going back to community clubs and that Premier League is not the be all and end all as people think. Let Levy rot in his fancy new stadium 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 I really hope the shit sticks to those in the football world (and everywhere else) who stand out with their greed, hypocrisy and lack of compassion during all this. Sadly it probably won't for the most part but one can hope. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) Away from Spurs, I cannot believe the sheer hypocrisy of Bournemouth, Eddie Howe seems like a decent guy, and agreed to take a paycut, but the club is exploiting the government scheme as much as Spurs, Newcastle, and Norwich are. Shame on them. They p*ss into the winds of the moral abyss. Edited April 2, 2020 by The_Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Why is anyone surprised about Bournemouth, they pretty much cheated there way to the Premier League If they go down expect them to go bust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Tin pot club with a tin pot stadium. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 2 hours ago, sne said: I really hope the shit sticks to those in the football world (and everywhere else) who stand out with their greed, hypocrisy and lack of compassion during all this. Sadly it probably won't for the most part but one can hope. same as a lot of stuff that's going on, as soon as a ball is kicked again it will soon be business as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sne Posted April 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2020 Fingers crossed more follow suit. Quote Belgian competition stopped immediately, Club Brugge champion The football season is over in Belgium. The Board of Directors of the Pro League has decided that the competition should be stopped immediately. This means that Club Brugge is already a champion. The decision has yet to be ratified at a General Meeting, but that is a formality. So there will be no thirtieth and last match day in Belgium. The current ranking is final. Club Brugge is champion. AA Gent plays the preliminary round of the Champions League. Charleroi, Antwerp and Standard go to the preliminary rounds of the Europa League. Antwerp can still qualify directly for the group stage if it wins the cup final against Club. That match could take place before June 30. Because nobody is relegated, the league, which consists of 16 clubs this year, consists of 18 clubs next season. https://www.ad.nl/buitenlands-voetbal/belgische-competitie-per-direct-stopgezet-club-brugge-kampioen~a6ec97f8/ 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 3 hours ago, thunderball said: Its shocking. This virus has really flagged the moral bankruptcy we have as a society, and perhaps no surprise Football is one of the worst culprits. I am afraid Grealish's indiscretion, and Levy's sentiment and thought process symbolises that most on the Football gravy train are detached from reality that the rest of society is living. The fact that that some premier league teams are exploiting the government support which all of tax paying society will end up re-paying, and others will suffer due to the inevitable post-event austerity which wont affect anyone in the Premier League just exemplifies how rotten it all is. If my club takes the same route without the management/playing staff taking a substantial cut I will never patronise it while the management remains. The fact that playing out the season is even being considered is crazy, this problem isn't going away and will take months and months to calm down and even then it wont be over. At a time when only last week I developed a slight cough and with knowledge that our local hospital is full and already making decisions on who gets the respirators, had a sleepless night worrying how my family would lose their home and cope without my income, and did I have time to write a will as I am unmarried and a father of three young kids - how can football consider playing behind closed doors when the Government and by proxy society it imploring social distancing as the example of how we are going to beat this - how will you play a sport and remain 2m's away from the next person. Madness, and in bad taste too. I agree they treat fans like mugs anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted April 2, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 2, 2020 2 hours ago, The_Steve said: Away from Spurs, I cannot believe the sheer hypocrisy of Bournemouth, Eddie Howe seems like a decent guy, and agreed to take a paycut, but the club is exploiting the government scheme as much as Spurs, Newcastle, and Norwich are. Shame on them. They p*ss into the winds of the moral abyss. just seen this today and i'm equally as appalled, as i would be if villa did it. no prem club should take a penny off the state...callum wilson is on 100k a week ffs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 10 minutes ago, sne said: Fingers crossed more follow suit. https://www.ad.nl/buitenlands-voetbal/belgische-competitie-per-direct-stopgezet-club-brugge-kampioen~a6ec97f8/ Wow. Big call. Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The_Steve Posted April 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2020 Belgian league takes a sensible, pragmatic step. Good on them for not relegating but choosing rather to expand the league next season. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 1 minute ago, sparrow1988 said: Wow. Big call. Fingers crossed. If theres no more football then that is the fairest solution. Voiding the season completely is not. So Liverpool win the title, the top 4 remain the same. Nobody gets relegated and West Brom and Leeds come up. Theres an issue with Man City if the ban is upheld but if it is, instead of the charity shield have a playoff between Man U and Shef U. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, PaulC said: If theres no more football then that is the fairest solution. Voiding the season completely is not. So Liverpool win the title, the top 4 remain the same. Nobody gets relegated and West Brom and Leeds come up. Theres an issue with Man City if the ban is upheld but if it is, instead of the charity shield have a playoff between Man U and Shef U. And stick Villa in to the Europa League for reaching the Carabao Final. I know we're not next in line if City get suspeneded but why not? This is not a normal situation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Just now, sparrow1988 said: And stick Villa in to the Europa League for reaching the Carabao Final. I know we're not next in line if City get suspeneded but why not? This is not a normal situation. You're pushing your luck a little there. Actually we couldn't cope with combining the league Carabao cup and Premier League so god help us if we did play in the Europa league, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderball Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 8 minutes ago, The_Steve said: Belgian league takes a sensible, pragmatic step. Good on them for not relegating but choosing rather to expand the league next season. LOL. The PL would probably frown on this as it would mean 10% less money for the member clubs and to them its only about the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted April 2, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 2, 2020 30 minutes ago, sne said: Fingers crossed more follow suit. https://www.ad.nl/buitenlands-voetbal/belgische-competitie-per-direct-stopgezet-club-brugge-kampioen~a6ec97f8/ Great news, a precedent in European football. Will be easier for others to follow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 It won't be as easy for the English league to do as is being done in Belgium, if we were to just promote Leeds and Albion based on an incomplete season then the likes of Fulham would make a big deal about it, just deciding that they won't be promoted based on an incomplete season would be no better than relegating us based on an incomplete season. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 19 minutes ago, The_Steve said: Belgian league takes a sensible, pragmatic step. Good on them for not relegating but choosing rather to expand the league next season. But they’re 16 teams so much easier. Anyway I think it’s an ok solution, as long as they don’t relegate us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 1 minute ago, useless said: It won't be as easy for the English league to do as is being done in Belgium, if we were to just promote Leeds and Albion based on an incomplete season then the likes of Fulham would make a big deal about it, just deciding that they won't be promoted based on an incomplete season would be no better than relegating us based on an incomplete season. I don’t think EFL has the same power as PL, although I do agree with you, but how can they give Plop and then not promoting teams down there? I don’t care to be honest, I care about this matter to go safe then after that in the football matter I just want Villa to stay up. Wether Plop win it or WBA are up or even SHA. Actually them not achieving anything would be a bonus but that’s selfishly thought. It’s hard for Liverpool not to win the title tbh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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