Could they void the PL due to the Coronavirus? | No | Resuming June 17th

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No professional sport, even behind closed doors, will be staged in England until 1 June at the earliest, the UK government has announced.
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So there's 2 months to finish football, but we also need a pre-season and if they can't train prior to June 1 then we'd need 2 weeks to get everyone fit again. Then we'd have to play about 3 matches before the players are match fit. Not to mention this all requires everything going well with the virus.

The only option that should be on the table is scrapping the season and how best to manage the fallout from that.
 
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Phurry said:
I call it accurate.
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Sandikan said:
You seem to not be big on details.
There's loads to be sorted before any chance of a re start.
And your own word "if" is huge!
Only takes a few outbreaks amongst teams and the whole thing grinds to a halt.
"If" its even back on.
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Apologies, the article I was reading on the Independent omitted the finer details.

I'd like to note though that I don't wish the league to start at all at the moment until it's generally safe, not just football safe.
 
The chances of getting last season finished before the next one starts keep getting smaller.
 
Sandikan said:
Must have missed that in the speech. Is it in the detail?
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It's in this mass document they've released today.

Get the feeling after last night's fudge announcement that government want mass media events like football to be restarted a.s.a.p to take the heat and focus off them day to day.
 
FootballHQ said:
It's in this mass document they've released today.

Get the feeling after last night's fudge announcement that government want mass media events like football to be restarted a.s.a.p to take the heat and focus off them day to day.
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I certainly don’t read into it that football should be restarted ASAP - from what I see they are stating that there is no preferential treatment for pro sports, which is 100% right.

you can’t play before 1 June, it in no way means we will be playing football at that date.
 
Pagh Wraith said:
And everyone who thought the Bundesliga would continue in mid-May was a 'mug'.

Looking forward to following this thread over the coming weeks.
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I don’t understand the fascination with looking at what other countries do - the situations are totally different. I’ve never commented on the Bundasliga. When it restarts, or whether it’s cancelled has no bearing on what happens in the UK.
 
ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg said:
I certainly don’t read into it that football should be restarted ASAP - from what I see they are stating that there is no preferential treatment for pro sports, which is 100% right.

you can’t play before 1 June, it in no way means we will be playing football at that date.
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Well premier league plan remains June 12th so this gives them permission to start around that time (bar seemingly trivial things like infection rate increasing again).

I haven't checked yet but read last night that teams would be allowed this week to step up training (given half of the teams were back last week) so fits in with the Italy and Spain timelines that are also looking to restart in June.

Still don't see all clubs agreeing to the neutral venue plan so that could still easily stop the resumption.
 
ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg said:
I don’t understand the fascination with looking at what other countries do - the situations are totally different. I’ve never commented on the Bundasliga. When it restarts, or whether it’s cancelled has no bearing on what happens in the UK.
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The discussion on here was very much the same. Now we'll have the same again with a few weeks' delay. I don't know when exactly the Premier League continues but it's very naive at this point (and the Bundesliga continuing, as well as La Liga and Serie A preparing to the same does matter) to assume that it won't. Everything that's happening behind the scenes makes this pretty clear, just as it did in Germany.
 
Can they just anoint Liverpool champions so we don't have to deal with this farce?

Just give them the trophy and get it over with.
 
Leroy The Red said:
This is rubbish mostly.

Majority of Liverpool fans will obviously want the season to continue but the ones in here haven’t made a thing about doing so “at all costs” . This is a blatant untruth.
And as for everyone else, again it’s always been if/and when lockdown is lifted for everyone else too hence the June restart dates. The discussions are based on this premise. I don’t think I’ve seen one person suggest football should get the go ahead before everything else or as soon as possible. And then you’ve got at least half the thread who don’t believe football should restart at all. So you’re having a go at an imaginary group of people.

Seems like you’ve just strolled in this thread without having actually read most of it, made some assumptions, taken your position on top of your moral high horse and dropped a big load of verbal diarrhoea.
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It really is funny how you say my post is verbal diarrhoea while you "quote " something I didnt even say so that is the only blantant untruth.

Moral high horse and all that shite pal ? Haha
 
Pagh Wraith said:
The discussion on here was very much the same. Now we'll have the same again with a few weeks' delay. I don't know when exactly the Premier League continues but it's very naive at this point (and the Bundesliga continuing, as well as La Liga and Serie A preparing to the same does matter) to assume that it won't. Everything that's happening behind the scenes makes this pretty clear, just as it did in Germany.
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then the Dutch, Scottish and French league’s matter just as much. Pointless argument.

what I’m saying is taking a lead from one country where the situation is completely different is pointless, and what’s happening in Germany or France doesn’t affect whet we will do.

mite very clear each country will make a decision based on its own circumstances, hence why there are a variety of different ways in which leagues are restarting, in limbo or finished already.
 
Pagh Wraith said:
The discussion on here was very much the same. Now we'll have the same again with a few weeks' delay. I don't know when exactly the Premier League continues but it's very naive at this point (and the Bundesliga continuing, as well as La Liga and Serie A preparing to the same does matter) to assume that it won't. Everything that's happening behind the scenes makes this pretty clear, just as it did in Germany.
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German R figure is back above 1, so don't count those chickens just yet...
 
June 12 starting again? Feels like it is a bit late. Not going to be much pre season or break ahead of the next season. Or will they start that one later?
 
It’s farcical really to suggest that players should be able to play competitive football whilst social distancing requirements continue.

There are also other factors such as the players will need time training to get back to something like match fitness. They’ve not played for longer than a usual summer break at this point.

There are also clubs (perhaps not in the PL but I’m not sure) who have had to furlough their playing staff as well as non playing staff, so they’re going to need very certain dates set for games to be restarting so they can work backwards and not incur the cost of bringing staff back too early, or bringing them back to then find things get postponed again because they’ve realised it’s too early.

Meanwhile we still can’t get acceptable levels of testing done throughout the country and with restrictions starting to be eased there will almost certainly be another spike in numbers of cases and deaths.
 
horsechoker said:
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So there's 2 months to finish football, but we also need a pre-season and if they can't train prior to June 1 then we'd need 2 weeks to get everyone fit again. Then we'd have to play about 3 matches before the players are match fit. Not to mention this all requires everything going well with the virus.

The only option that should be on the table is scrapping the season and how best to manage the fallout from that.
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No we don’t.
 
I'd still back it not starting.

Think they'll give Liverpool the league regardless, mind,
 
Paul_Scholes18 said:
I guess it reduce travel. Maybe they could all stay locally in training too.
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How would it reduce travel? The league is still a national league, so wherever you play Newcastle v Southampton there's still loads of travel involved.
 
Sandikan said:
They've supposedly picked the grounds with least housing near them. The most isolated grounds.
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That's interesting. I can't think of many Prem ground that currently applies to. Particularly in London.

Southampton? Chelsea (at a push!!).
 
Utd heap said:
That's interesting. I can't think of many Prem ground that currently applies to. Particularly in London.

Southampton? Chelsea (at a push!!).
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Certainly doesn't apply to Stamford Bridge, there's nothing but buildings for miles either side of the exits.
 
I can't see the season being played.

I think they have 3 options.

1. Null and void. Probably the easiest and the fairest. Take Liverpool winning the league out of the equation, the rest of it all is too messy to try and sort out.
2. Finish the league in current position and award promotion/relegation/european football that way.
3. Finish the league in current standings with no winners/relegation and european football is awarded.
 
Utd heap said:
That's interesting. I can't think of many Prem ground that currently applies to. Particularly in London.

Southampton? Chelsea (at a push!!).
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I can't recall the exact list, but West Ham's was on there. I've only been there once, for the Anniversary games, and can't really recall the area around there, but presumably less packed in residential than the others. Certainly like Arsenal that literally have lines of houses right outside.

Brighton was on there, that's remote.
No Liverpool, United, Everton, Arsenal, Tottenham for pretty clear stacked residential areas nearby reasons.
So I guess it's a bit of a guess from those remaining!
 
horsechoker said:
they've had 2 months off, they may have been training at home but I doubt they'll be ready to just jump back into Premier League football. Don't be surprised when football is a slow slugfest for about 3 weeks.
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I thought you were implying that a pre-season is needed before going into the next season, not before resuming this one.
 
Sandikan said:
How would it reduce travel? The league is still a national league, so wherever you play Newcastle v Southampton there's still loads of travel involved.
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Not if they move training closer to the stadiums. Not sure that is what will happen though.
 
DomesticTadpole said:
They probably do need a pre-season, but where are they going to get that? Who are they going to play in this pre-season?
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I mean, if you have been playing football for a couple of months, with a 14 day break for example, before the new season - I don’t see why they’d need a pre-season. Usually, these teams have been off for a couple of months so they need a pre-season before the new one, but I don’t think they’d need one before next season anymore. Unless this one is scrapped.

You are right though that even if there is any form of pre-season, it will operate differently as you will struggle to get anyone to play. Only suggestion would be to play domestic teams, perhaps from lower leagues. You wouldn’t have time for more than 2 or 3 games at most though.
 
Boris just said hoping to see sports behind closed doors televised in June
 
Sandikan said:
I can't recall the exact list, but West Ham's was on there. I've only been there once, for the Anniversary games, and can't really recall the area around there, but presumably less packed in residential than the others. Certainly like Arsenal that literally have lines of houses right outside.

Brighton was on there, that's remote.
No Liverpool, United, Everton, Arsenal, Tottenham for pretty clear stacked residential areas nearby reasons.
So I guess it's a bit of a guess from those remaining!
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That's the only place which comes to mind at the moment, it's the surrounded by parks and fields. I think there's plenty of accommodation close by as well to house the team as well.

Having all of the games there might be safest option, but I that would mean having games on throughout the week.
 
DomesticTadpole said:
They probably do need a pre-season, but where are they going to get that? Who are they going to play in this pre-season?
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Good point. I guess they will just do regular training rather than actually play games. Could have games against other Brittish sides though.

Still not sure the risk is worth it over friendly games.
 
Rozay said:
I mean, if you have been playing football for a couple of months, with a 14 day break for example, before the new season - I don’t see why they’d need a pre-season. Usually, these teams have been off for a couple of months so they need a pre-season before the new one, but I don’t think they’d need one before next season anymore. Unless this one is scrapped.

You are right though that even if there is any form of pre-season, it will operate differently as you will struggle to get anyone to play. Only suggestion would be to play domestic teams, perhaps from lower leagues. You wouldn’t have time for more than 2 or 3 games at most though.
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It would be a fitness builder for both teams, but if social distancing is still there, it will not be of much financial benefit to the lower league side which would be a shame.
 
Premier League are asking the Govt' to scrap the neutral ground idea and allow home/away.
 
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