PaulC Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, mattyvilla said: not sure it would be nothing without their money , division one was great before the sky money . Like you say players have had it too good for too long , i'd be more than happy to go back to no tv coverage and a fiver a ticket Yes all the money goes on players wages and transfer fees, nothing for the comfort of the fans. Yes it wouldn’t be the best league in the world but it would still be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, Zatman said: Sky is on the last legs, they have lost everything but Premier League. They would be stupid to start a fight Funny, I seem to recall watching Villa in a certain League Cup Final on Sky not too long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, Zatman said: How did it make it. English football won more European Cups without the Sky money, they have won 5 in 28 years. All Sky did was monopolise English football I know but we didn’t get the top foreign players then. It was primarily a British league. Scottish football has declined because of it. Used to be so many great Scottish players playing in England. Now we have Robertson and Mginn not much else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, briny_ear said: Funny, I seem to recall watching Villa in a certain League Cup Final on Sky not too long ago. Ah the league cup, up amongst great competitions like the Champions League, La Liga, Heineken Cup, The Ashes, US open and even ATP tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 9 minutes ago, Zatman said: Ah the league cup, up amongst great competitions like the Champions League, La Liga, Heineken Cup, The Ashes, US open and even ATP tour Well it will probably end up being the only major English competition to be completed his season so don’t knock it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, briny_ear said: Well it will probably end up being the only major English competition to be completed his season so don’t knock it Only if we won it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) The Premier League have conceded that the season won't return in May, and it's monitoring the situation closely with a constant review. Play will only resume with the full support of the government and when medical guidance allows. The league will advance £125m to clubs in the EFL and National League. Edited April 3, 2020 by The_Steve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 6 minutes ago, The_Steve said: The league will advance £125m to clubs in the EFL and National League. That sounds an awful lot like VOIDING!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The_Steve Posted April 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2020 They are shifting the decision to the government. Good bit of scapegoating when it's voided. Unhappy the season got voided? It was the government's decision, we are only following advice (the sensible decision), but this craven bunch are looking for an out whilst saving face. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted April 3, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, Jareth said: That sounds an awful lot like VOIDING!!!! My thoughts too... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Sky will push for a mass televised Fifa 20 tournament just so that the season can be finished. The alternative is to dress 22 dogs in the respective kits and let them play the games out. Oh, and no I don't mean this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Jareth said: That sounds an awful lot like VOIDING!!!! Not my reading of it. I think it’s the last thing they want to do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 As Kilroy would say, the premier league is shafted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Null and void the season... This was - and continues to be - the last resort. Across all four leagues, the domestic campaign has only nine matches left, which could, in theory, be completed in the space of four weeks. Given that backdrop, why would anyone - ulterior motives excepted - want to get rid of the work put in over the previous seven months and pretend it never happened? BBC . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 3, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 3, 2020 2 hours ago, briny_ear said: Funny, I seem to recall watching Villa in a certain League Cup Final on Sky not too long ago. I don't think all those thousands of fans wishing their team didn't even have to enter it are likely to hand over to Sky a monthly subscription for The League Cup if the Premier League doesn't accompany it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 3, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 3, 2020 The most unexpected thing today is the PL money to help out the EFL. I didn't think that would happen in a month of Sunday's. Mind you this current period feels exactly like a month of Sundays so maybe not such a suprise after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 3, 2020 Moderator Share Posted April 3, 2020 I'd love to know how much 30% is. If this is initially funding the £125m (already?) advanced to the EFL and then £20m for the NHS - who gets the money first and how long will players need to take a pay cut in order to cover that money - what will happen to any monies saved after that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 3, 2020 Moderator Share Posted April 3, 2020 It will be interesting to see the counter proposal that the players and unions were working on - the Premier league have got their idea out in the open first and put the players in a difficult position, but as things stand this is a proposal and the player are working on doing something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 I still cannot see the season being voided. I believe they will do whatever it takes to complete the season even if it’s in 6 months time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 50 minutes ago, useless said: Null and void the season... This was - and continues to be - the last resort. Across all four leagues, the domestic campaign has only nine matches left, which could, in theory, be completed in the space of four weeks. Given that backdrop, why would anyone - ulterior motives excepted - want to get rid of the work put in over the previous seven months and pretend it never happened? BBC . But lower leagues have playoffs as well so thats 12 games for them teams with smaller squads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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