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mazadona10
13-03-20, 22:07
Ok seeing as no football happening for a while. What would you do regarding planning for next few years.
1st scenario , starts again middle of April
Lost about 4 weeks of football so would play out rest of season. With no euros and start season slightly earlier, with euros taking place following year.
World cup 2022 is not until winter so would be slight break.
2nd scenario what have heard until mid august
Approximately 8-10 weeks of the season remaining
(No transfer window open until season completes. November)
Therefore current squad can either extend until end of the season or just go unpaid.
Complete season.
1/2 week break ..transfer window remains open now
Minimise cup.formats Europa cl etc
Get rid of the league 1 and 2 one.
Play until Jan/Feb 2 week break.play season straight into euros. Start season slightly later following year and then world.cup winter 2022.
Any other suggestions?
Cancel the season I would be happy with that as well,start again next year.
Leeds stay down
Liverpool don't win the league
Bluebirdman Of Alcathays
13-03-20, 22:50
The more I think about the more complicated it looks. We're at the mercy of infection supposedly calming down by a specific point or getting a vaccine - apparently in late 2020. I'm not sure how impatient people will get and we'll probably be back in April but you'll only be allowed in dressed as an astronaut. Euros will almost certainly be next year; there are lucrative pre-seasons to take into consideration too.
Bald Barry Bastad
13-03-20, 22:50
If this goes on till August then they'll have to scrap this season.. tough on Liverpool and Leeds etc but tough.
Scrap half of next season not this.
Restart this season when it can safely be done, which will give Liverpool the title they deserve. Theres still 3 rounds of this season's FA Cup to finish aswell which can be done in the autumn with the Final before next years 3rd round date. The earlier rounds can start as normal in August.
Play a half season starting Nov/Dec with only 1 promotion/relegation from each division.
Back to normal in 21/22
life on mars
13-03-20, 23:08
I think they should all stripped of their points , and hold a huge five a side tournament per league , in the Dubai desert in the summer .
life on mars
13-03-20, 23:10
If this goes on till August then they'll have to scrap this season.. tough on Liverpool and Leeds etc but tough.
Heartbreaking 🤣😂🍻
splott parker
13-03-20, 23:26
If this goes on till August then they'll have to scrap this season.. tough on Liverpool and Leeds etc but tough.
Why Leeds? Their season was about to fall apart again from Sunday on as per tradition started by us!!!
EastbourneBlue
14-03-20, 06:40
Ok seeing as no football happening for a while. What would you do regarding planning for next few years.
1st scenario , starts again middle of April
Lost about 4 weeks of football so would play out rest of season. With no euros and start season slightly earlier, with euros taking place following year.
World cup 2022 is not until winter so would be slight break.
2nd scenario what have heard until mid august
Approximately 8-10 weeks of the season remaining
(No transfer window open until season completes. November)
Therefore current squad can either extend until end of the season or just go unpaid.
Complete season.
1/2 week break ..transfer window remains open now
Minimise cup.formats Europa cl etc
Get rid of the league 1 and 2 one.
Play until Jan/Feb 2 week break.play season straight into euros. Start season slightly later following year and then world.cup winter 2022.
Any other suggestions?
Cancel the season I would be happy with that as well,start again next year.
Leeds stay down
Liverpool don't win the league
Hold a 5-a-side tournament. All the remaining fixtures played out as five minute games, no over head height.
Just get it over with it
JumpersforGoalposts
14-03-20, 08:17
Cancel the Nations League and move the Euros back to 2021.
This should give room to get games on and the season completed even if it has to be behind closed doors.
Optimistic Nick
14-03-20, 08:49
Cancel the Nations League and move the Euros back to 2021.
This should give room to get games on and the season completed even if it has to be behind closed doors.
There is no point in playing behind closed doors.
End the season now, call it void. No promotions, no relegations, just start over in August. The whole government strategy is to delay the peak so things arent going to be better in a few weeks. I would wait until after easter to announce the season is dead.
im also starting to fear that the reaction to this is going to be more damaging and deadly than the virus itself.
JumpersforGoalposts
14-03-20, 09:00
There is no point in playing behind closed doors.
End the season now, call it void. No promotions, no relegations, just start over in August. The whole government strategy is to delay the peak so things arent going to be better in a few weeks. I would wait until after easter to announce the season is dead.
im also starting to fear that the reaction to this is going to be more damaging and deadly than the virus itself.
The point is getting the season completed - which is the point of the thread.
splott parker
14-03-20, 09:01
There is no point in playing behind closed doors.
End the season now, call it void. No promotions, no relegations, just start over in August. The whole government strategy is to delay the peak so things arent going to be better in a few weeks. I would wait until after easter to announce the season is dead.
im also starting to fear that the reaction to this is going to be more damaging and deadly than the virus itself.
If the season is declared null & void there’s going to be some very disgruntled fans and, on the other hand, some very relieved fans but I s’pose it wouldn’t be right to decide Championships, promotions & relegation on current standings. In a two legged cup tie the second leg is still played even if one team are 10-0 down. Best just to wait it out and then resume in my opinion, after all FIFA have set a precedent in f*cking about with seasons’ calendars with the timing of the Qatar World Cup, so it can be done.
A Quiet Monkfish
14-03-20, 09:22
There is no point in playing behind closed doors.
End the season now, call it void. No promotions, no relegations, just start over in August. The whole government strategy is to delay the peak so things arent going to be better in a few weeks. I would wait until after easter to announce the season is dead.
im also starting to fear that the reaction to this is going to be more damaging and deadly than the virus itself.
Oh yes.
the other bob wilson
14-03-20, 09:22
Scrap half of next season not this.
Restart this season when it can safely be done, which will give Liverpool the title they deserve. Theres still 3 rounds of this season's FA Cup to finish aswell which can be done in the autumn with the Final before next years 3rd round date. The earlier rounds can start as normal in August.
Play a half season starting Nov/Dec with only 1 promotion/relegation from each division.
Back to normal in 21/22
This is the best idea I've seen so far - make 20/21 a season where sides only play each other once - I'd prefer to see promotion and relegation as normal, but wouldn't complain if it was restricted to one or two sides per division.
Neither of the alternatives being talked about most seem fair to me - Liverpool would be denied a title that it there's in all but name if the season was declared null and void. On the other hand though, as someone who believes promotion should be earned, not presented to you when it's still up for grabs, and thirty odd games of relegation form should leave you with a price to pay, it must be wrong that sides like Oxford, Portsmouth, Fleetwood, Peterborough, Sunderland and Wycombe in League One be denied the chance to make up the three point deficit, or less, they have on second placed Rotherham when there are thirty plus points still to be played for with some of them. The same applies to sides like Exeter and Cheltenham in League Two who are three and four points behind Plymouth in the last automatic promotion place (Cheltenham have a game in hand) respectively.
stevebrickman
14-03-20, 10:02
This is the best idea I've seen so far - make 20/21 a season where sides only play each other once - I'd prefer to see promotion and relegation as normal, but wouldn't complain if it was restricted to one or two sides per division.
Neither of the alternatives being talked about most seem fair to me - Liverpool would be denied a title that it there's in all but name if the season was declared null and void. On the other hand though, as someone who believes promotion should be earned, not presented to you when it's still up for grabs, and thirty odd games of relegation form should leave you with a price to pay, it must be wrong that sides like Oxford, Portsmouth, Fleetwood, Peterborough, Sunderland and Wycombe in League One be denied the chance to make up the three point deficit, or less, they have on second placed Rotherham when there are thirty plus points still to be played for with some of them. The same applies to sides like Exeter and Cheltenham in League Two who are three and four points behind Plymouth in the last automatic promotion place (Cheltenham have a game in hand) respectively.
I would scrap all cups- european included. Void 19-20 cups, scrap 20-21.
By playing two league games a week, a Premier league season can be done in just under 5 months.
This will give plenty of time this year for the virus to do its worst, and complete the final 10 games of 19-20. A short break in December- then 20-21 from Jan to May 21
Something will have to give- voiding this season I don’t see as an option.
The season should just be abandoned.
The Lone Gunman
14-03-20, 10:14
The season should just be abandoned.
An easy thing to say for a fan of a team that is going to win nothing and has only a tiny chance of promotion.
Surely no decision can be made until the virus is virtually burnt out.
Could be 9 months . If so we play the season out and then maybe have a cup competition for the final 3 months of the season and start again for 21-22
Who knows ?
Good time now to kick back and concentrate on what’s important.
Right now I’m more worried about the health of the vulnerable people around us.
Hopefully after all this maybe people will appreciate the way of life we have a bit more.
The Euros will be postponed for a year. Then it depends on how CV pans out. Longer but with less impact is the government's preferred way forward. I can see the season extended with matches (2 a week) played until July/August, possibly behind closed doors initially. A short summer break with next season resuming later, into early September. That way every team gets to avoid relegation/be promoted. Sky and fans are sort of happy. Back on track by Christmas. CV will all be over by then. Just lurking and mutating for 2021.
The Lone Gunman
14-03-20, 10:35
Could be 9 months . If so we play the season out and then maybe have a cup competition for the final 3 months of the season and start again for 21-22.
I wonder how many professional football clubs such a scenario would bankrupt? I won't even pretend to have any answers, but I'm pretty sure that no games for 9 months would have a devastating effect on the game in this country.
The game has previously been suspended for lengthy periods due to the outbreak of wars, but it was a completely different financial model in those days.
Surely no decision can be made until the virus is virtually burnt out.
Could be 9 months . If so we play the season out and then maybe have a cup competition for the final 3 months of the season and start again for 21-22
Who knows ?
Good time now to kick back and concentrate on what’s important.
Right now I’m more worried about the health of the vulnerable people around us.
Hopefully after all this maybe people will appreciate the way of life we have a bit more.
I very much doubt this virus will be burnt out in 9 months.
They need a vaccine and that seems to be a year away minimum.
tforturton
14-03-20, 10:56
Let's assume that the Euros will be cancelled. That frees up the summer for games, but it would mean there's going to be the problems with players' contracts expiring (end of June), loan deals running out, etc.
The sensible thing would be to allow clubs to play games behind closed doors IF THEY WANT TO, starting straight away. So if they can arrange a game with the opposition, and both sides are happy, then it goes ahead. Some big teams have played in empty stadium in the Champions League and Europa Cup this week, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem for 'smaller' clubs, and every game played that way removes a fixture from the backlog.
Then when (and if) the ban is lifted, the clubs have a month to play out their games. Two games a week should see it done. If they'd managed to play a few 'closed door' matches, then it shouldn't be too hard.
tell it like it is
14-03-20, 11:02
Settle it with hooligan dustups - each club has their "crew" fulfill the fixture by a meetup.
Most will either die from fighting or from coronavirus so it'll be a win-win.
Lots of teams seasons have realistically ended already. Knock-out play-off games to be held between the rest to decide champions league, promotion and relegation; postpone Euros til next year; and award Atletico Madrid Champions League as lineal champion.
An easy thing to say for a fan of a team that is going to win nothing and has only a tiny chance of promotion.
Exactly. Dispassionate and with clarity. It's for the greater good.
I wonder how many professional football clubs such a scenario would bankrupt? I won't even pretend to have any answers, but I'm pretty sure that no games for 9 months would have a devastating effect on the game in this country.
The game has previously been suspended for lengthy periods due to the outbreak of wars, but it was a completely different financial model in those days.
It could change the environment dramatically.
Football will bounce back in some form or other though I’m sure.
Personally I’m just going to concentrate my efforts into doing what I am for the people who work for me and my family.
In truth, I’m worried.
Will suppliers and customers survive ?
What if we have to close for weeks or months ?
How will the staff cope ?
How long will we survive as a business without being able to produce.
People can’t run machines from home.
Small problems like our teams league position now seem insignificant as this puts it all into perspective .
Certainly spoilt my 50th birthday weekend and has blown our ‘Honeymoon’ week in Sorrento in3 weeks time 😂 ( 28 years we’ve been married and it was to be our first week away without our kids).. and I’m not that bothered we can do it later.
Seems so unimportant when thousands are fearing for their lives and livelihoods
TERRY BLUE
14-03-20, 12:23
Can't realistically see the remaining games being completed so fairest thing to do is declare this season null and void with no promotions or relegations, each team remains in it's current division and starts next season with the points gained this season. In theory Man City could still win the title this season and the current bottom three could all escape so it would be unfair to those clubs if they are relegated now. Hard luck on Liverpool.
On Football Focus someone said that there is a recent precedent from Chile where the league season had to end about 6-8 games before the end. The leading team at the point the season was suspended was awarded the title but there were no promotions or relegations.
That would be good news for Liverpool and bad news for Leeds.
Lord Worcester
14-03-20, 13:49
Please let the season be declared null and void!! They are 25 points clear, with only 10 games left and have not won the league for 30 years and have never won the premier league. Please cancel the league without champions. Please!!
Clubs playing behind closed doors would be ok as long as all players are tested first
Lord Dargavel
14-03-20, 22:08
To me it seems quite simple. This season is declared null and void and they plan to start again in August, virus permitting. If there is a fairer way of doing things I’m yet to hear it. We can’t decide what the future may have held yet we can ignore what the past has determined.
Bluebirdman Of Alcathays
14-03-20, 22:15
To me it seems quite simple. This season is declared null and void and they plan to start again in August, virus permitting. If there is a fairer way of doing things I’m yet to hear it. We can’t decide what the future may have held yet we can ignore what the past has determined.
Fairer than postponing the season? Everything over the past 8 months would count for nothing. Some L1 have 12 games left, L2 teams 10; that's a lot of revenue to lose and would leave some clubs on the brink.
A Quiet Monkfish
14-03-20, 22:16
Subbuteo. Each team's manager is the 'player'. All fixtures can be completed within a couple of days. Can also be televised providing players or referee doesn't get in the way..
An easy thing to say for a fan of a team that is going to win nothing and has only a tiny chance of promotion.
Does he support Leeds?
Eric The Blue
15-03-20, 08:25
To my mind we've got to complete this season at some point, probably in the autumn. I like the idea a few people have mentioned of playing a shortened season next year with teams playing each other once. Fairest way to do it imo.
Bluebirdman Of Alcathays
15-03-20, 13:34
To my mind we've got to complete this season at some point, probably in the autumn. I like the idea a few people have mentioned of playing a shortened season next year with teams playing each other once. Fairest way to do it imo.
Clubs budget for a full season; a curtailed one would reduce income and probably result in job losses. I'm not sure why the next few seasons can't just budge up a little, even if it takes a few years to get things straight again.
some folks calling for 2 clubs to go up making prem and bigger league..
im split on this, as we all know folks in the top sections could drop in or out of there positions during the remaining games...
so i dont think top 2 in champ should should go up and so on... everything should stop where it has...
buit... and this is a big but and 1 that has me split... and no im no liverpool fan by any stretch, could go as far as hate them in fact lol... but they should either be awarded the title for the season that never was, if that makes them happy then fine...
or they should start the new season when ever that may be and at this rate who knows... but they could start the new season with the points difference they have now... i know i dont even know why but just how i feel
all we do know is this is all getting a bit crazy... global recession on its way no doubt and we are talking about this
like im dreaming all this
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