Is this the same Serie A President that signed off on having Apes as the face of his leagues anti-rascism campaign?
This may happen, but equally this is the sort of noise heads of/presidents need to be making to appease sponsors/clubs/fans etc.
Cannavaro, who is currently managing and living in China, thinks it will be difficult for European leagues to finish this year based on what he has experienced, where the response to the pandemic has been more aggressive/planned.
Says people are fooling themselves. Posts an article that says it might finish in August.
Problem with starting a new season though is that given the information we have to hand there's a very strong possibility, that, over time, this virus will come back in waves. So regardless of the financial needs of football clubs everything hinges on how long this thing hangs around. Voiding the season will in itself bring a whole new set of problems, not to mention a lot of bad feeling from fans & clubs alike. They've put Euro 2020 back 12 months so that gives everyone a bit of breathing space this summer. It's how they use that 'breathing space' which is going to be interesting, especially considering there won't be any opportunity of a season extension in 2021. Therefore football's governing bodies really need to be 100% sure that if they start a new season at the expense of the previous one, then it's not going to be derailed by this virus. Now I'm no scientist, but I'm pretty sure there's no one in that field that could give any sort of guarantee that this thing won't return again to cause mayhem, death, & disruption. Pity the poor sods who have to make that call.
Certainly quite a strange time to call those leagues off. If the pro leagues do insist on waiting to play the rest of the season out, those divisions will be on a huge break.
Said the first sentence in an earlier post.
Maybe the PL will void now that the Gloucestershire County Women’s Football League Division One have led the way?
maybe Liverpool fans will start to comprehend the situation, instead of being selfish cnuts.
It means you can also roll out the 'next year is definitely our year' slogan.
I really don’t get this obsession with LFC regarding the league finishing. The bigger issues are promotion and relegation.
In terms of major trophies we had a good year last year. And when it’s safe to play again this year will hopefully bring another major trophy.
Last year as in the European cup?
Yes the European cup or champions league. The Super Cup is as you rightly point out a glorified European version of the Charity Shield. I’d be more than happy to see all those type of comps cancelled forever. There are too many games already and if nothing else, this tragic enforced break, might be beneficial in terms of players physical health.
Agreed. The league cup should be void for any team competing in Europe that season.
Yep that would make a big difference - a few more full week preparation for games. No more FA cup replays either.There are so many very logical steps which could be taken to improve the calendar, aid player recovery time and ultimately raise performance standard. Tradition and money are the barriers but money can be overcome. England is a stickler for tradition though.
This is a scare mongering. No way does Sky/BT pull the full seasons money. I say this because:
Never quite got this mindset, not just regarding opinions on Liverpool but it seems that anyone who expresses desire for football to return automatically want the sick and elderly to die.
You could argue too that the Champions League placings are more important for United fans, and this is a United forum, don't forget. But then again, you're a good poster here, so let's not be naive. Putting aside the horrors of the virus and everything else, but looking at this on purely football rivalry terms, can you really not see how almost implausibly funny it is that Liverpool were poised to win the one trophy that's eluded them for three decades and pull within one of our own total and are now in danger of being denied just two wins away from that dream? Prior to this, we thought the slip was the best cosmic joke, but this? I mean, there really are no words to describe how ludicrous this latest script has been.
Quentin Fortuntino
They are not mutually exclusive, you are right. 99.99% of people want the league to finish if it can.
You want the new testing kits to be given to footballers so we can get the season started again (so your club can try and win the league) whilst there's doctors and nurses without PPE, who can't get tested themselves and the UK is just entering a lock down.
