No not at all, just don't speak about it like fact. I want the season to be voided, and still think come June when we still can't do football the powers that be will have no choice but too, but that's just what I think. No facts hereSo void the discussion now about voiding the season now because it's too extreme?
I'm not saying it would be the only reason of course. I only said Ed could see it as a PR move to garner support. I think his mind may work in that manner.
Indeed, it would be just to sort out champion and relegation, the top 4/5 because useless with no CL next season.
We have at least 11 game days left which is among the highest number of games left in Europe.
Basic logic.
You just have to look at Villa and know that it'll something they won't even be considering imo.
Lots or rumours picking up that Serie A will resume training May 3 or so and continue the season in the last week of May. There are more games left in Serie A compared to EPL so far and I believe they are looking at playing every 3 days.
You're from Belgium right? So how many games would Brugge have had to play before being declared actual champions? Would this be a mini league, or QF/SF/F type knockout? Same for relegation places too? So why have clubs not raised a fuss about all this, legally or otherwise?
Keep in mind that it's only a recommendation by the board of directors - still has to be confirmed by the general meeting on April 15th although it's hard to see them vote against it, I think.
Certainly since UEFA seemed not amused with our solution, but don't know how much they'll let that influence them, if at all. According to the experts over here they cannot exclude us from European competitions based on this.The top 6 after 30 games (currently played 29) goes to "Group A" which contends for the title, after their points totals are halved. So, assuming every team in the current top 6 would've won their last game, the start of the playoff system would've looked like this:
Brugge would need 5 to 6 games to clinch the title??
So not really champions yet then. Man City, sorry I mean Genk, had more than a decent chance regardless of form.
Well being shite for 6 weeks didn't help but yes we would effectively be relegated for reaching the league cup final so our game with Sheffield United on Feb 29th couldn't take place. Likes of West Ham and Watford won that weekend and went above us which shows the minefield of making that decision.
What's the reaction in Italy to that optimistic plan out of interest?
At the very least. Imagine a scenario where Gent beats Brugge on the first day of play-offs and you're looking at a 5-point gap with 9 games to go.Brugge would need 5 to 6 games to clinch the title??
Not the story we've been sold on this thread by some intelligent posters earlier then.
Bloody hell as opposed to a near 20 point gap we have over City even if they beat us at home. Wowsers, the foolishness of some posters on here.
Thanks for the update. So wouldn't the clubs (similar to the EPL) have to vote for such a resolution?Keep in mind that it's only a recommendation by the board of directors - still has to be confirmed by the general meeting on April 15th although it's hard to see them vote against it, I think.
There will be no relegations from the first division. The playoff-final of the second division (one leg played, 1-0 to the home side) in principle won't be finished either and both teams will be promoted so we'd have an 18-team first division next season instead of 16 if everything goes through as proposed... To be continued, I'd say
I'm not really familiar with the structure of our FA. From what I've read, not every team is represented in the board of directors, so there's already a few teams who are quite displeased that they haven't even been consulted. The general meeting on April 15 does indeed have representatives of each professional football team (24 teams, the 16 of our first division and 8 of our second division) so I can imagine that there'll be a serious debate about the proposed solution. Not sure whether the vote has to be unanimous or by majority decision either...
You said it.Bloody hell as opposed to a near 20 point gap we have over City even if they beat us at home. Wowsers, the foolishness of some posters on here.
Nobody is really taking it seriously yet. It all depends how the wider country progresses over the next couple of weeks.
Thanks for the update man. It's easy to see that any proposed solution comes with a shit load of headaches
Bit different to the Belgium route crowning Liverpool champions. In Belgium Brugge were mathematically going to finish first after the maximum amount of games before the league splits. All they’ve done is just change the format really which is a lot fairer than declaring a team Champions who mathematically could have finished 2nd even if they were so far clear.
Easy solution to that, just don’t have away fans at European games. Which is what I suspect will happen.
Brugge could’ve finished 6th mathematically.
You'd get away fans sneaking into the home ends, unless you really clamp down on flights.
Mathematically, Liverpool have won nothing.
Good luck stopping loads of idiots travelling anyway and getting in, it makes no sense to be playing European football in the next year or so.
Which story was that then?Brugge would need 5 to 6 games to clinch the title??
Not the story we've been sold on this thread by some intelligent posters earlier then.
Like I know the opinion of people in general is at an all time low but come on. There’s been numerous European/domestic games with home/away fans banned across Europe for years, LITERALLY this season as well and there’s never been a huge influx of away supporters trying to get in a home end, certainly not enough to cause a big enough problem. The idea that there’ll be thousands of banned away fans trying to get into home ends for European competition group games is kind of absurd.
Well they sort of have if they're just going off the final standings from the first phase of the league before the play-offs.
