That small points advantage being 25 points? Wouldn't be a bad start.I dunno, if it doesn't count toward the official tally, why bother?
It just confuses things.
Maybe they could give them a small points advantage or something when the new season eventually starts up again?
No, it'll die out around May/June.We’ve already moved beyond, will this season be completed, it will not.
We’re now at will next season take place at all? This is going to run for the rest of the year, maybe into 2021.
Half a million people in the UK are probably going to die from this.
I hope he's in bubble wrap at the moment and nobody can get close to him or Bobby CharltonI'd love to be a fly on the wall in Alex Ferguson's house if the league is indeed cancelled. I can imagine him sitting by the fire with a glass of red chuckling to himself upon hearing the news.
Liverpool are 1/1000 to win the title.That small points advantage being 25 points? Wouldn't be a bad start.
NahThat small points advantage being 25 points? Wouldn't be a bad start.
I'll take that bet.No, it'll die out around May/June.
Haven't you got Michael Owen Twitter posts to be clicking 'like' on?That small points advantage being 25 points? Wouldn't be a bad start.
absolute shambles. No league should ever get voided in a situation like this. Postpone it, yes.It should be fair to everyone. Theres no logical reason to cancel 30 fecking games like it they meant nothing.I reckon by "certain clubs" he means 19 out of 20 clubs.
man I am a united fan, I can’t stand your shitty ass club. But I agree that even if season is voided, in my mind you’d have won the league title. But I want the season to be voided anyway for safety of the peopleLuckily Liverpool are so far ahead it will be impossible for anyone to ever suggest Liverpool haven't won the league this year. If it were closer then you could make another argument, but Liverpool have won the 19/20 Premier League, even if it gets postponed or voided. Nobody will ever be able to change the way the current table looks.
But what if this continues all summer/into next season? How will that work?absolute shambles. No league should ever get voided in a situation like this. Postpone it, yes.It should be fair to everyone. Theres no logical reason to cancel 30 fecking games like it they meant nothing.
No team has even played 30 games, all teams are still in the 20s in terms of games played.absolute shambles. No league should ever get voided in a situation like this. Postpone it, yes.It should be fair to everyone. Theres no logical reason to cancel 30 fecking games like it they meant nothing.
What if God forbid, this pandemic went on for say 5 years ? Carry on like nothing happened ?absolute shambles. No league should ever get voided in a situation like this. Postpone it, yes.It should be fair to everyone. Theres no logical reason to cancel 30 fecking games like it they meant nothing.
I wasn’t thinking that far ahead. We surely need to wait a few more days to understand the entire proportion of the current scenario. But, until then, just postpone it.But what if this continues all summer/into next season? How will that work?
Lives are more important than your team winning the league.absolute shambles. No league should ever get voided in a situation like this. Postpone it, yes.It should be fair to everyone. Theres no logical reason to cancel 30 fecking games like it they meant nothing.
Everything shifts forward. The summer break/window (maybe a shorter one due to this break). There's no hard and fast rule that the new season has to begin in August.Say we do 6 weeks before everything is back to normal. That will put us in May.
Do we just resume the league then and start the next season at the same time? No time off for players?
what if we stop till mid June?
I think it is possible to delay everything accordingly. But if it's a problem they'll probably come to a conclusion to this season which will attempt to satisfy most. I don't believe this season can be completed null and void. Also, for the people saying that it only affects Liverpool, we don't get CL football as well which could impact our transfer activity as well.That's just it.
I don't think THIS season can resume. Player contracts will end in June and squads will potentially change significantly. It could also take months for isolations to end, so the knock effects of playing the 9 remaining matches will mean delaying the following season by at least a couple of months on top. This then means we have to start delaying international tournaments and so on and so forth. Then everything goes to pot.
At best, I reckon the PL will give Liverpool an honourary league title with an asterisk beside it. But the next football we'll play will be a fresh start and a new season which the authorities will try to align to the regular football calendar.
I mean, most of us are still working in packed offices so I imagine going out for bowling is nothing major in comparison.Yes. Would have worked if teams weren't getting sick already. Sport is off completely then, happy holidays. Netflix it is and also I think I'm going to order those Man Utd season dvd's full boxset or something or I'll go mad. Can't even go to the bowling alley for some simple fun. This sucks.
Not sure the positions of the current league will matter if it canceled. If it does, they will probably count the top 4 of the last completed season, which is the last one. Doesn't make sense to cancel it about 10 games before its end and count the current top 4 for the next season's Uefa competitions, especially with such a narrow gab between 4th and beyond.Ok what needs to happen is some games go ahead this weekend and we beat Spurs. If we do, then we'll be ahead of them albeit with them having a game in hand. If they then decide to postpone and inevitably cancel the rest of the season we will technically be fourth. They can't just award Chelsea the win, because Villa are also a club who need that win.
There are infected people among teams themselves now, Arsenal manager and a Chelsea player. Not sure having games behind closed doors will be a good control option at this point.My bet is that the Euros get moved to 2021 and things will settle down by the summer and the league will resume (maybe behind closed doors still) then.
I don’t think anything would resume until vaccine is available. You risk causing another outbreak without an vaccine. No point in stop start things, especially with sport being all about form, momentum. It would feel empty trying to drag a dead horse.My bet is that the Euros get moved to 2021 and things will settle down by the summer and the league will resume (maybe behind closed doors still) then.
Do you need a hug mate.Voiding is a complete bullshit response that would only be driven by those with an agenda like Norwich, Bournemouth, Man Utd, Everton etc. A perfect excuse for teams who've been shit for the past 7-8 months while punishing teams who've actually been quality like Liverpool and Sheffield United.
I mean I fully expect that if it were cancelled it would have to be made null and void HOWEVER, if as some people were saying it ends and we take the last known league position as gospel then we have to do our best to try and make sure we're in fourth. No one knows what's going to happen and I especially, drunk at 3 in the morning, have no answers.Not sure the positions of the current league will matter if it canceled. If it does, they will probably count the top 4 of the last completed season, which is the last one. Doesn't make sense to cancel it about 10 games before its end and count the current top 4 for the next season's Uefa competitions, especially with such a narrow gab between 4th and beyond.
The world won't shutdown until there's a vaccine available, if it does, we'll have bigger problems than Football. China's going back to work already, Japan was able to stop the exponential growth and has come down to vaguely linear growth now, Korea is flattening out as well. I think given a week or two, cases in Europe will stop growing exponentially as well.I don’t think anything would resume until vaccine is available. You risk causing another outbreak without an vaccine. No point in stop start things, especially with sport being all about form, momentum. It would feel empty trying to drag a dead horse.
It’s a pandemic. Thing that takes priority over the health of the whole world.Voiding is a complete bullshit response that would only be driven by those with an agenda like Norwich, Bournemouth, Man Utd, Everton etc. A perfect excuse for teams who've been shit for the past 7-8 months while punishing teams who've actually been quality like Liverpool and Sheffield United.
If I was genuinely good at college I would ace it again. Wouldn’t bother me except for losing a semester.Think of it like you’re in college. You have done well in your semester until now and you need low grades to complete it. Corona virus breaks out. Its Resident Evil levels of shit. They decide to void your semester. Youll have to do it all over and also your collegues whom all have been AWFUL. How would you feel?
Biggest problem is this virus may cause not only death but damage the infected's lungs as well. Most of the patients who had recovered are now with damaged lungs, sometime very seriously. In such case they won't be able to do heavy works anymore.I Think everyone can agree this virus isn’t going anywhere, say for example the football league takes a month off, every player/staff is virus free and returns to playing.
These footballers are still going to be in the outside world mingling, say somebody catches it again. Do you then suspend the football league again?
The scientists seem unsure as to whether getting this virus makes you immune or less susceptible to it once you’ve recovered and are exposed to it again.
In every other job or working environment (certainly mine) if I caught the virus, isolated myself and healed I would immediately be expected to return to work regardless of others still potentially carrying it.
I think you’re being a bit ridiculous here to be fair. “Most” of the patients are now with damaged lungs? I think you maybe need to get a hold of that grip there.Biggest problem is this virus may cause not only death but damage the infected's lungs as well. Most of the patients who had recovered are now with damaged lungs, sometime very seriously. In such case they won't be able to do heavy works anymore.
For the footballers or any athlete that basically means the end of their career. If I was them no way I'd accept to play or even train once there's a positive case within the squad.
Can we please not have ridiculous fake news like this? Ignorance is damaging in critical situations like a pandemic.Most of the patients who had recovered are now with damaged lungs, sometime very seriously. In such case they won't be able to do heavy works anymore.
For the footballers or any athlete that basically means the end of their career.
not according to the latest government projections. October at earliestNo, it'll die out around May/June.
