MaVilla Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Need to start a gov petition to get the season cancelled...... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MapleVilla Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I think they'll suspend or postpone for the time being. I can imagine Liverpool and the likes taking the premier league to court over ending the season early. Leeds/West Brom taking the EFL/Premier League to court over not being promoted etc. There'll be a lot of pissed of clubs up and down the leagues. It's a tricky call to make, and money talks in our league. At the end of the day it's what's best for the country/global efforts to fight this thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, MaVilla said: Need to start a gov petition to get the season cancelled...… Postponed right now I would say. Too much risk of lives at stake, particularly the elderly and sick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepal_villan Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 If it gets to that stage, Liverpool and ManUtd (UCL possibility) would be the only two teams that would not want the league cancelled. Pretty sure the clubs would agree to award the title to Liverpool. So the vote will be 19-1. The plight of Championship clubs is not a consideration for the PL. Tough luck to Leeds and WBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rob182 Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 Some journalist (Roman Murphy) has said this on twitter: The DFL and DFB are considering ending the Bundesliga season after this weekend, according to the Express. No trophy would be awarded and no relegation would take place. Instead, the Bundesliga would be expanded to 22 teams for 2020-21 with the top four teams from the second tier Something like that would work in England Give Liverpool the title, because of their lead, let Leeds and Baggies get promoted, but no-one gets relegated and have 22 teams next season with 5 teams relegated. That would be exciting. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted March 12, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 minute ago, Rob182 said: Some journalist (Roman Murphy) has said this on twitter: The DFL and DFB are considering ending the Bundesliga season after this weekend, according to the Express. No trophy would be awarded and no relegation would take place. Instead, the Bundesliga would be expanded to 22 teams for 2020-21 with the top four teams from the second tier Something like that would work in England Give Liverpool the title, because of their lead, let Leeds and Baggies get promoted, but no-one gets relegated and have 22 teams next season with 5 teams relegated. That would be exciting. That would be quite good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolta Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 That would be so good. It would be a massive anticlimax for Liverpool though. Imagine if they had another dry spell and that was their only recent league title for the foreseeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted March 12, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 hour ago, nepal_villan said: If it gets to that stage, Liverpool and ManUtd (UCL possibility) would be the only two teams that would not want the league cancelled. Pretty sure the clubs would agree to award the title to Liverpool. So the vote will be 19-1. The plight of Championship clubs is not a consideration for the PL. Tough luck to Leeds and WBA. If they award the title though then that means the bottom 3 must go down too right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 On 09/03/2020 at 20:56, sne said: Pretty much at acceptance now when it comes to relegation Brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, PieFacE said: That would be quite good If the season was cancelled and we stayed up. The holte end would Roar " My Corona" to the tune of " My Sharona" by the Knack. Edited March 13, 2020 by TRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 4 hours ago, MaVilla said: Need to start a gov petition to get the season cancelled...... Or delay games 'til the team gels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 42 minutes ago, Rob182 said: Some journalist (Roman Murphy) has said this on twitter: The DFL and DFB are considering ending the Bundesliga season after this weekend, according to the Express. No trophy would be awarded and no relegation would take place. Instead, the Bundesliga would be expanded to 22 teams for 2020-21 with the top four teams from the second tier Something like that would work in England Give Liverpool the title, because of their lead, let Leeds and Baggies get promoted, but no-one gets relegated and have 22 teams next season with 5 teams relegated. That would be exciting. **** me its hard enough with 3....i'd call it depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newry_Villan Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 If the season gets suspended do we stay up and start again in August? Talk about a get out of jail free card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 48 minutes ago, romavillan said: If they award the title though then that means the bottom 3 must go down too right? The title isn't really in any doubt, unlike the relegation and promotion issues. If awarding them the title would prove a problem, I wouldn't be overly concerned if they didn't. Same goes for automatic promotion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I had a look on a Leeds forum to see if they're panicking and a lot of them are, but some seem to have convinced themselves that according to the rules a season isn't defined by the amount of games or whether everyone has played each other twice, it's defined by where a team is in the league after a certain date, regardless of who they have or haven't played, don't know if that's right, hopefully not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 They'll postpone the season as soon as United get in the top four through some dodge var decisions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Surely it would be possible to start the season fro scratch but add or deduct any points for teams in the promotion or relegation places? To make it fair? For example Villa would have at this point a game in hand which would potentially put them 1 point ahead of the relegation line at this moment so would start level on zero along with most teams. Norwich however who are 6 points behind the safety line as we speak would start the season on -6 points. West brom & Leeds would start the season on + however any points it is they are clear of 3rd place..that way no team in those positions loses out the advantage they have gained over the season thus far nor gets any advantage if they are currently behind in relegation places. Then we simply restart the season from scratch with a few teams having extra points & a few with an effective points deficit. Not ideal but this is a life & death situation and needs must I agree a petition should be started as such Any season ticket holders should get an automatic discount reflective of how many home games that team has left too off next seasons ticket. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, danceoftheshamen said: Surely it would be possible to start the season fro scratch but add or deduct any points for teams in the promotion or relegation places? To make it fair? For example Villa would have at this point a game in hand which would potentially put them 1 point ahead of the relegation line at this moment so would start level on zero along with most teams. Norwich however who are 6 points behind the safety line as we speak would start the season on -6 points. West brom & Leeds would start the season on + however any points it is they are clear of 3rd place..that way no team in those positions loses out the advantage they have gained over the season thus far nor gets any advantage if they are currently behind in relegation places. Then we simply restart the season from scratch with a few teams having extra points & a few with an effective points deficit. Not ideal but this is a life & death situation and needs must I agree a petition should be started as such Any season ticket holders should get an automatic discount reflective of how many home games that team has left too off next seasons ticket. Yup, sounds like the best idea. Basically gives us a clean slate too and allows us to continue building our team. Might mean no football for a while and that would hurt but at least I won't have to worry about the heartache of getting relegated in May and losing Jack, for a while at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 5 hours ago, R.Bear said: I'll be honest, I dont care about the thousands that will die (as long as I dont know them). What I do care about is this shitshow of a club getting relegated. If the PL is cancelled, they won't have died in vain. That's really not funny, I will give you the benefit of any doubt, as you can't really be serious. Football isn't really more important than life or death, as I'm sure Bill Shankly would agree, if he was still alive, to be asked that question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elton Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 According to a journalist a couple of weeks ago (can’t remember who) PL can decide to end the season early and effectively freeze the positions, so relegate the bottom 3 at the time. However, it would take a majority vote to agree that kind of action. So may depend how the middle of table clubs vote as I guess a lot of clubs would be happy with their position. Even finishing the season behind closed doors could be very difficult especially as the virus peak gets closer after the international break, when no games will probably happen anyway.. Games in hand will scupper an early freeze of positions too as well as general inequality of opportunity with more home games/favourable fixtures etc. I’ve always thought/hoped the best solution is no relegation and allow maybe the 2 automatic promotion places to go up, as play offs not possible if season ends early. Obviously no promotion for Leeds and WBA would be even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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