Mic09 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 if PL players catch it (which looks likely) surely that's grounds for cancelling the season? I really hope that the virus spreads no more and everyone infected gets better, but I am so excited about the possibility of Liverpool not winning the league. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 45 minutes ago, Mic09 said: if PL players catch it (which looks likely) surely that's grounds for cancelling the season? I really hope that the virus spreads no more and everyone infected gets better, but I am so excited about the possibility of Liverpool not winning the league. They could win it this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Just now, PaulC said: They could win it this weekend Regardless, if it's called off it's called off, even if they technically would have won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 They can’t do that surely. Have the whole season made null and void. There would be a lot of High court cases if that was the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, PaulC said: They can’t do that surely. Have the whole season made null and void. There would be a lot of High court cases if that was the case Exactly, it would be major. But then again, let's say that Liverpool win next weekend and they somehow broke the rules a a week after - played with steroids, were involved in corruption, played ineligable players or something like that. Surely that would have consequence on their league status, meaning they might not be actually considered champions. Hence, the season can only be valid if played from start to finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 i think that’s different myself. I think what may happen is the football will be suspended for a month and will be played out may and June. Then the Euro’s would go ahead in July or August and the start of next season delayed until October. That’s what I believe will happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 I dont see how you declare 1st but then don't declare 4th or 17th, or any position given the prize money per position Postponing relies on the idea that by June / July everything will be sorted and OK again and games can be played and delays next season There's no answer to it and the bastion of fairness and justice Italy will no doubt end up setting a precedent You can't cancel or postpone games or even play behind closed doors and keep everyone happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 Serie A is on the verge of cancelling what is a scorching title race. More important things than football Be interesting how they will allocate European spots 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Zatman said: Serie A is on the verge of cancelling what is a scorching title race. More important things than football Be interesting how they will allocate European spots If the league is cancelled and the participating clubs don’t change (ie no relegation/promotion from/to the league) for Serie A next season then the European spots should remain the same as the cancelled season. Edited March 11, 2020 by theboyangel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 3 hours ago, villa4europe said: I dont see how you declare 1st but then don't declare 4th or 17th, or any position given the prize money per position Postponing relies on the idea that by June / July everything will be sorted and OK again and games can be played and delays next season There's no answer to it and the bastion of fairness and justice Italy will no doubt end up setting a precedent You can't cancel or postpone games or even play behind closed doors and keep everyone happy It's pretty straight forward in our league. Liverpool should be champions. Liverpool just need 5 points to be mathematically declared champions, and they still have to play us. This is also assuming City win every single one of their last 10 matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, Czechlad said: It's pretty straight forward in our league. Liverpool should be champions. Liverpool just need 5 points to be mathematically declared champions, and they still have to play us. This is also assuming City win every single one of their last 10 matches. Its not straight forward though You can't say Liverpool are champions but it's null and void for everyone else You either finish the entire season or you wipe the entire season out 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 27 minutes ago, villa4europe said: You can't say Liverpool are champions but it's null and void for everyone else I thought that's what happened every season? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Pretty confident they're going to biff the Euros to next year and try and mop everything up from this season before starting again in September or maybe late August. There's too many moving part to abandon an entire season. Leeds and West Brom just miss out on £140m? We get another pile of cash? Won't happen. Football would have peaked if we can have Liverpool not win the league. They absolutely wouldn't have it, you know what they're like. They'd probably refuse to start the next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 Roma won't be travelling to Sevilla either tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 4 hours ago, Zatman said: Serie A is on the verge of cancelling what is a scorching title race. More important things than football Be interesting how they will allocate European spots Could be a playoff system to determine places or let current positions stand. if the latter happens in England then Villa will be doomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okonokos Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Officially a pandemic now. Surely the Prem will be at least postponed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Is it classed as a pandemic in the uk now? about 460 cases so far and 6 deaths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Play-off system wouldn't be fair as there'd be no way of determining who does and doesn't deserve to be in those play-offs, same with the idea of cancelling relegation but promoting three teams from the championship and having a twenty-three team premier league next season with five relegation places, there's no fair way of deciding which three teams from the championship should be promoted as they've all played different teams and how the table looks now can look completely different to how it looks after 46 games when everyone has played all the same teams, this time last season after 37 games in the championship we were in eighth place for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Like I said I don't see Postponing works because they don't know when it will end 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 29 minutes ago, useless said: Play-off system wouldn't be fair as there'd be no way of determining who does and doesn't deserve to be in those play-offs, same with the idea of cancelling relegation but promoting three teams from the championship and having a twenty-three team premier league next season with five relegation places, there's no fair way of deciding which three teams from the championship should be promoted as they've all played different teams and how the table looks now can look completely different to how it looks after 46 games when everyone has played all the same teams, this time last season after 37 games in the championship we were in eighth place for example. There is no fair way but a decision has to be made which is the least unfair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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