That's a really far comparison. What makes you think Sancho will join us if We get CL anyway? there's no guarantee of that. And at this point it's not just about Liverpool winning the league, it's also about to try and prevent the virus from affecting more people. Football players included. I will be content with United winning nothing and play in EL next season, pandemic isn't a joke. Football means nothing at this point. There's always next season, next world cup, next euro but We have a limited time when it comes into saving lives.
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I should have explained it better. When i said gradualy i didn't mean just football, things in general. For example school's will likely reopen at an earlier stage than pubs, you'll be allowed to hang out in groups of 3 well before you can in big groups etc we will get things back in a gradual way like we were slowly eased into the lockdown, unless the unthinkable happens.
Sport BCD won't be close to the very first thing on the agenda ofcourse not but it will be assessed at some point likely at the point the spread is down enough that it wouldn't be a strain on NHS services to have ambulance at the matches.
I've had an issue with the use of "fair" or "unfair" from the get go. As soon and this virus ramped up and all football was suspended indefinitely, nothing was going to be fair about it. Whatever happens, certain people and clubs are going to get screwed over. Whatever decision they make, a substantial amount of people will feel aggrieved and disagree with it. It's just impossible to please everyone. Initially, i said i would like the season to be played out if it could within a sensible timeframe. I don't want this season to impinge on next season, so i would have a cut off date. Although, saying that, you could cancel this season now and next season could still be affected if this virus is still causing problems, so there's no guarantees.
It's the moralising i have a problem with. Journalists pontificating about sporting integrity and how playing out the season no matter what is the only "honest" way to go about it. Absolute shite.
This is a major overlooked point. According to the laws of the game they need to have emergency ambulances (care ambulances are no good), paramedics and doctors at games, its a non starter to think otherwise, and there is practically no scenario where a minimum 10 sets of emergency equipment and personnel is going to be allowed to go and sit unused for the 4 hours required for a football match.
The SPFL is looking like it's going to end early.
It's delusional that the FA think they can ride this out and have some sort of Premier League Virus Village. I'm not sure half the players would remotely be up for it, the majority of games would be dead rubbers with zero interest and it's not worth the risk of public safety.
Fed up reading about it being unfair etc, we have people dying because of this f*cking virus, people losing jobs and being financially f*cked. That's what's unfair, not Liverpool not getting a league title.
It's delusional that the FA think they can ride this out and have some sort of Premier League Virus Village. I'm not sure half the players would remotely be up for it, the majority of games would be dead rubbers with zero interest and it's not worth the risk of public safety.
Fed up reading about it being unfair etc, we have people dying because of this f*cking virus, people losing jobs and being financially f*cked. That's what's unfair, not Liverpool not getting a league title.
With how things are going we would be doing well to even be in a position to start a 20/21 season. And if we do, which is probably a big if at this stage. Then i doubt European competition will be part of that due partly to possible travel restrictions and logistics of the amount of matches that could be played depending on when the new season starts.
what if asymptomatic players infect each other?
I'm not managing to avoid this yet. Liverpool fans seem to apoplectic on any kind of social media post about football, even when it doesn't concern Liverpool.
I saw a post on Instagram about Juve players taking a pay freeze for a few months, and the comments was all Liverpool fans losing their minds about the league being cancelled, moral champions etc. They are everywhere, angrier than ever and invading any discussion about football.
I should probably stop reading any football news where there is a comments section.
you only need to look as far as the last PSG match to see you will get a load of idiots congregating outside of the grounds.
you can’t televise the matches either, as you now have a load of people that can’t watch the match at home who would usually go to pubs and or friends houses - guess what, a lot of people will go working friends houses to watch the matches.
we all know a large proportion of football fans are idiots, il afraid we have to take them into account when planning to start football again. Clearly there are a lot of people who just cannot be trusted, and we have to cater for the lowest common denominator.
caveat being, clearly you can play matches at the Ethihad and there would be no issue in conforming to social distancing.
At first it seemed hilarious that liverpool could be denied their first league title in 30 years but now it doesn't really matter. This virus has put everything into perspective. Even if they are allowed to carry the league on and win it, it will lose its significance from the outer world. We aren't even allowed to leave our houses for anything that isnt essential. Watching 22 men kick a ball around is the last thing on peoples minds.
Just imagine Liverpool on their title winning match, the scouse will be out in droves near their training ground and in the streets of Liverpool.
exactly - and in this instance, idiot supports of any team will be doing the same.
What if Villa stay up by scoring in the last min of the last game? What about the championship, L1 and L2? It’s ridiculous, you would be diverting spreading the virus very quickly
Exactly. So many things can go wrong.
And even if it does work out, it's pointless if other leagues do not follow suit. What's the use of relegation battle if lower leagues are cancelled and no teams are promoted? What's the point of European qualification if none of the other major leagues end up producing entrants?
MSK Žilina are apparently in liquidation, so there's your first football casualty. They were the Slovakian champions just a few years ago.
There isn't any point, but the only reason they (PL) will try to attempt it is so they can get their millions from Sky/BT. There is no other reason.
I'd say there's been a huge swing towards the season being cancelled now.
Who swung that?? Harry Kane? Or am I missing anything?
Noise coming from the SFA about their season being cancelled, comments from UEFA about the June deadline for completion, the FA cancelling lower league football..
Everything gradually moving away from finishing seasons off to simply ending them in my opinion
Yeah, it is now and matter of when not if.
Not just this season. I wouldn't be surprised if next season is put off because of this as well, at least until it's safe for players to compete again. I don't think we'll see any European competition for a while either.
Yeah, it's going to be an all or nothing situation I imagine, they can't pick and choose which positions to let stick, I mean we all know Liverpool have all but won the league but technically you can't operate like that as it then calls into question every other position in the league.
Good point, especially since the players haven't done any training for week which will be month by the time this ludicrous plan is proposed to come into action.
Yeah, on his facebook page there are lots of vids in this mold and he has a Youtube channel with some of them on as well.
It wouldn't, at the end of the day everything gets completed or nothing does is my guess, but I could see the PL giving Liverpool some kind of pity plaque just to shut their fans up from whining.
I don't think it would be right to use this as an opportunity just to laugh at Liverpool, we shouldn't forget to laugh at Leeds as well.
The situation isn't getting any better. The season definitely isn't going to be finished by the end of June.
Gonna give him a whirl. Hope they're all as funny as the one you put up.
Cheers.
It seems very likely and makes sense with this virus around.
Until a vaccine is produced it will be very difficult to come back to normality unfortunately.
I don't get why they can't just delay for as long as it takes. Either that or play the games behind closed doors when things have eased a bit.
The football league doesn't have to follow suit and the PL teams have TV contract money that will make up for the lost gate receipts.
Any other solution is a legal nightmare. Obviously it's way down the list of what's important at the moment, but at some point this will all ease off and they need a way to move forwards. Nulling the season or awarding things on current placing will just move things further backwards.
Everyone seems to be in a rush to sort things out but I don't see the pint when there's not even a guaranteed date one way or the other when they can start things up again. It's like sprinting to catch the train when you don't even know what time the train is
People keep saying this but it’s not true, if it’s the last thing on people minds why are so many people talking about it on social media, forums Instagram Twitter, I mean people played football literally in the midsts of war, even in times of sorrow and death people will always need some type of escapism, so no it’s not the last thing on peoples minds, in fact to a large number of people who actually have interest in football is near the top of things they miss.
I expect the authorities have seen the constant outrageous BS that’s coming from anyone associated with Liverpool and have decided enough is enough.
wouldn’t that be ironic!
I can't find anything about the SPL, anyone got a link?
It’s more a turn of phrase.
it’s clearly very low on everyone’s priority list (‘pool fans aside). Whereas millions of people would be looking forward to the weekend and football, the vast majority realise that it’s just not important anymore given the situation.
that doesn’t mean people aren’t thinking, or writing about it, or hoping football will return quickly when safe to do so - just that distancing, and feeding your family have suddenly become areas we need to concentrate our efforts on.
You might like to know that the League was:
| 1939–40 | League aborted due to World War II | |
– | 1940–46 | League suspended due to World War II |
Things just arent clearing anytime soon. I wish I could also watch the matches but its always better to be safe than sorry so its best to just cancel the games. Im going to spend more time watching football replays.
Some thing to guide thinking
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They're finally getting it
Agreed 100% The league should only be restarted when it is safe to do so. Even if it takes 3-6 months or more. In reality It should only be domestic games for the next 12/18 months. Maybe Euro 20/21 could be the restart of European players playing against each other again? For the 20/21 season they should scrap the League Cup and Community Shield. If they do think it's achievable to play Champions and Europa League games, start it in January? Play extra league games in the midweek slots and International break slots also
They could make them free to air? Would be a great way to keep people in and encourage them to stay at home. Would be a good time for non football fans to do their shopping etc also?
Don't think cl or el football will be played for sometime. Can't see players wanting or travelling abroad for a bit.
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You need to come to terms with the fact it's very unlikely the league will resume and it seems odds on it will be scrapped.
You provide information about a professor that turned out to be false. If you believe 99.9% of people want the league to continue on moral grounds.. prove it.. I’m questioning whether youre a wum