Suárez
You talk of multiple options when in fact there are only three. The three are:
The only people who will get anything out of this are the lawyers. The “men in suits” will only be interested in one thing, which path leads to the lowest financial cost for them.
First off that’s not true - fans of Celtic, Leicester, Leeds and many others want it finished.
Ah the Heysel card - always a handy port of call when discussing anything football related with a Liverpool fan. Classy response.
This isn't about United Fans, we don't decide anything. Stop bleating, and crying it's unfair on Liverpool while pointing the finger of convenience . You guys haven't met the conditions to be champions.
Ah a Liverpool fan talking about classy responses. Coming from you that's hilarious. May want to get a t shirt printed about this whole episode.
United lose either way lets be clear, finishing as is or voiding is equally non beneficial to us. Yes we would think it was funny, but the fact is that more teams would suffer by calling it "finished" now than voiding it completely.
I agree with the bolded part.
I don’t think anyone’s first choice would be saying current positions are final. Ideally finish the season in front of fans or at worst BCD. That way there can be no legal issues. Any other solution leaves it wide open for lawsuits. When it can be finished will be driven by public health.
The season continuing does not guarantee us CL. It's still touch and go whether we'd qualify.
Of course but if it’s voided you are back in the EL next season (assuming this seasons EL is also voided).
Sorry but I don’t agree.
We may be in the Europa League next season even if the season continues. Now if we were in 4th with a 10 point cushion it might be a different story.
When they're talking about sections of our population having to self isolate for 3-4months as the impact of this virus is so huge, can you really see them re-starting football any time soon?
Yes but you’ll have 0% chance if it’s voided. Surely some chance is better? If I’m not mistaken you haven’t went two consecutive seasons without CL since the start of the PL.
Probably not but I’m not suggesting any football is started until it’s safe to do so. The issue is how it should restart - finish this season or start a new one.
I did. I was kidding haha. It was gripping viewingSurely you watch the video before reading on....
How could you not dive straight into watching it?
Thank goodness we don't have to decide eh.
Do we know that for sure or does this come from their official news agency?
Agreed but this is looking increasingly unlikely, it seems that the season could not restart until at best June/July. I just don't see them restarting now, honestly Liverpool deserve the title, but giving it to them would cause too many issues in the other spots and leagues.
This makes some sense and i would go for option one, but there are still problems with that option too:
The trouble is that many players will be out of contract or we start the season again with different players, ill players, players with ill/dead family, etc. You can't just extend contracts, etc, its horrific in terms of trying to resolve all issues, which is why I don't think they will. I expect the Liverpool media to kick up an all mighty fuss, but there is no good way to resolve it, I just don't see anyone wanting to restart after this.
This reads like a spoilt child throwing their toys out the pram and rather poorly as a result. Or am I being unfair?
It tells me United fans value human life above CL qualification, winning the EL and/or the FA Cup.
Not really. As long as its not a guarantee of CL qualification, chances mean nothing to me.
would that be the same Utd fans who already have songs made up about the fact a pandemic could stop Liverpool winning the league.
But you don’t have a guarantee at the start of a new season?
I wonder why those clubs want it finished? I expect, Hearts, Rangers, Man City, West Ham, Stoke City fans may see it differently & want the season null & void.
No. It really it makes no difference to our CL chances whether we restart this season or not. We were in good form up to the point it got suspended but form goes out of the window now with such a long break.
Of course I understand teams want to protect their own interests. But it’s about integrity and fairness. Every team signs up to a full season of home and away against all teams.
I wasn’t 'playing' a 'card'; that was a legitimate reference to the Heysel tragedy as a whole, as something that stands as a lesson of history (after all, there were two clubs involved, plus all the organisers and TV channels and whatnot who were in on or would've had an influence on the decision to kick-off. It would've almost certainly played out the way it did the regardless of the teams involved). Whatever else it represents, Heysel can serve as a sort of 'How Not To' guide. As I said, the specificities pertaining to that tragedy are distinctly different, but it still stands as an example of what can happen to the way an event can come to be viewed in retrospect, if you let sporting (and commercial) concerns cloud your decision-making too much.
