Elton 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. As Homer once said about speed limits, they might save a few lives but millions will be late. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 6 hours ago, Farlz said: There's surely no way this league season carries on, even behind closed doors Agreed, I suspect the PL will be up for playing on though, as they would be likely to be asked to refund the proportion of television income that relates to the cancelled games, that would not be available to be televised, should the season be abandoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Thing is they can't postpone the season for too long as they'd be a massive backlog of fixtures to get through before the International games in the summer. A few weeks postponement won't work as this virus is supposed to spike in a month's time.... Maybe there's an element of subjectivity (wearing Villa glasses) coming into play but abandonment seems the most logical decision. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 9 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Thing is they can't postpone the season for too long as they'd be a massive backlog of fixtures to get through before the International games in the summer. A few weeks postponement won't work as this virus is supposed to spike in a month's time.... Maybe there's an element of subjectivity (wearing Villa glasses) coming into play but abandonment seems the most logical decision. No international games in the summer, so there's a free month there to hypothetically play, but I agree it should be postponed. How do you interpret our game in hand for example? It's a home game. We win that, we're not in the bottom 3 anymore. Guess it all depends on when we pause the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Rolta said: 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. They might be 25 points clear but will always have an asterisk next to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 7 hours ago, Rodders said: leicester have 3 players with a virus and two players out injured after we **** play them, and right before they play watford. cocking typical Injuries and suspensions, are part of the game, but missing games due to self isolation due to this virus are not. Playing a team that has been weakened due to necessary precautions taken to avoid passing on the virus to others, gives opponents, an unfair advantage. Relegation and other issues may well be determined on the result of one game and missing 3 players, is likely to influence a result.This is a clear reason why the season should be suspended and then probably abandoned. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 12, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 (edited) We might have to award player of the season to COVID-19. Edited March 13, 2020 by Wainy316 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichiBoi11 Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 56 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: We might have to award player of the season to COVID-19. Hasn't put a foot wrong for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Games cancelled until 4th april Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 1 hour ago, RichiBoi11 said: Hasn't put a foot wrong for us. He has an impact everywhere he goes in fairness. His track record is indisputable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 On 12/03/2020 at 10:32, sne said: All it takes is 1 player getting the virus and all games will be cancelled. This has probably already happened considering the Arsenal Olympiacos meeting. Arsenal have their players on a 14 day isolation apparently, can't see them playing games anytime soon. OK so it wasn't a player but their manager but still. Partial credit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 18 hours ago, Keyblade said: No international games in the summer, so there's a free month there to hypothetically play, but I agree it should be postponed. How do you interpret our game in hand for example? It's a home game. We win that, we're not in the bottom 3 anymore. Guess it all depends on when we pause the games. So it screws over the transfer window as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 6 hours ago, Wainy316 said: We might have to award player of the season to COVID-19. apparently it's going viral 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 6 hours ago, Wainy316 said: We might have to award player of the season to COVID-19. Most effective January signing since Darren Bent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 (edited) If they do cancel the season with no promotions or relegations, surely they would need to suspend FFP for a period of time?, some clubs may have gambled on promotion, would have gained promotion if not for the season cancellation. Surely they cant punish those teams in that scenario?, that must lead to some sort of relaxation of FFP at least for a season or something? Edited March 13, 2020 by MaVilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 20 hours ago, TRO said: Or delay games 'til the team gels. Half the squad will have retired by then. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 What happens with loans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 (edited) What about players contracts which expire end of June ? What about FFP ? This is such a complex issue to resolve. Me thinks lawyers will be getting their bonuses this year ! I’d cancel the season now ... Liverpool Titles winners but with a * ... No teams relegated ... Top 2 of championship promoted ... then need to work out how to rebalance the league the following season back down to 20 teams .. Parachute payments to be distributed to struggling clubs in the EFL Edited March 13, 2020 by thabucks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 (edited) Relegation is unlikely to be determined by us playing all 10 of our outstanding league games I suspect, given the likely long term impact of this virus on the period available to play these games. I guess the biggest current risk, is the PL coming to some sort of mathematical calculation of each club club's likely points total from their remaining games. The season surely just needs to be abandoned, when the suspension period ends. I would guess that the delay was only arranged to look at possible ways to avoid demands from the television companies at home and abroad, for hefty financial compensation from the PL, due to their not supplying them with the contracted number of games this season. Hopefully we go again, whenever season 20/21 can begin and between now and then, we can concentrate on winning the fight against this virus, with a minimum loss of life. Edited March 13, 2020 by John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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