[Football] Premier League - Void or positions stand ?

WATFORD zero

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What do you think the Premier League will do ?

Declare the season null and void and start again next season

or

Current positions stand (with some sort of fudge for games in hand - 1-1 draws ?)

or

Something else entirely ?

(It's really which is funnier, Villa getting relegated or Leeds not getting promoted)

 

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darkwolf666

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Void...

If there was outbreak of war there would be no hesitation but to cancel all games. This, potentially, is no different...

 

BadFish

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• #3

WATFORD zero said:

What do you think the Premier League will do ?

Declare the season null and void and start again next season

or

Current positions stand (with some sort of fudge for games in hand - 1-1 draws ?)

or

Something else entirely ?

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I was listening to a podcast discussing the situation in Italy and came to the conclusion that the most viable and sensible option would be to write of the season and start fresh next year.

Any other system will be way too unfair.

 

Icy Gull

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Jul 5, 2003

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Void has to be the easiest solution. No other solution is going to be any more workable. Harsh on Liverpool and teams in promotion positions but relegating teams in the current bottom three is equally as harsh.

Anything else will be a huge fudge, imo

Just hope whoever has the final decision isn’t a Leeds fan

As an Albion fans forum I am 100% certain that the void option will win by a landslide. I wonder if Leeds have a similar poll because you can guarantee that they will not be voting for void!

 

Seasider78

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• #5

- suspend season until further notice
- move Euros to next summer
- use time where Euros would be to clear backlog
- set a date where if the situation is prolonged and the season cannot be completed in the extension then null and void season no promotions or relegations

 

Tom Hark Preston Park

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Jul 6, 2003

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Suspend the current season then complete it when conditions permit. Seems little point in setting in stone a new season without finishing this one first. Wasn't there something about European leagues having to realign to fit in with the timing of the Qatar World Cup anyway? If so, then this might actually be helpful, albeit for all the wrong reasons

 

JJ McClure

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• #7

Expect that it'll probably be;
Suspend it now
Suspend it again it a few weeks
Be all ready to start again and someone else tests positive so suspend it again
Finally void the whole season off
Start 20/21 Season with all teams in same leagues they were

 

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darkwolf666

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JJ McClure said:

Expect that it'll probably be;
Suspend it now
Suspend it again it a few weeks
Be all ready to start again and someone else tests positive so suspend it again
Finally void the whole season off
Start 20/21 Season with all teams in same leagues they were

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Think this is probably the most likely scenario...!

 

¡Cereal Killer!

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3 balls in a hat, home/draw/away, one ball picked for each remaining game, job done.

 

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darkwolf666

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¡Cereal Killer! said:

3 balls in a hat, home/draw/away, one ball picked for each remaining game, job done.

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Bring back the pools panel...!

Balls in a hat isn’t so stupid an idea. The toss of a coin is still on the statutes if two teams league positions can’t be separated...

 

Is it PotG?

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• #11

Managers play 10 mins e/w table football against relevant opposing manager in a contained, cleansed environment.

NO SPINNING.

Go GP.

 

pasty

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• #12

Rock Paper Scissors

 

beorhthelm

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• #13

payments are made based on league position, so i dont think they can simply void. just hold the league as it is, no relegation or promotion. teams aggrieved would be those on 28 games, only really for Sheffield United is a meaningful impact (5th place), so maybe balls out of hat for those games?

 

dazzer6666

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End season now, give Liverpool the title
No relegation
Promote Leeds and WBA
Next season, 3 relegated and team in 17th goes into playoffs with 3,4 & 5th in the Championship, same again the following season to get back to 20

Alternative is to suspend the season, but problem with that is no-one has any idea when it’ll be able to start up again

 

John Byrnes Mullet

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Oct 4, 2004

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• Mar 13, 2020

• #15

Scousers might have to wait another 30 years if nulled.

 

Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker

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• #16

I think they'll put it all on hold and reassess week by week.

 

rrruss

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• Mar 13, 2020

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In Spain, La Liga has a proper constitution which allows for "force majeure". If an accord cannot be reached with the clubs, the league committee can dictate what happens next. They are apparently looking at four scenarios.

1. If Euro 2020 is postponed, continue the league in the summer. It's going to be a hot one!
2. Finish the league after game 27, the last game that everyone has played. Barcelona champions.
3. Finish the league after game 19, the halfway point, when everyone has played each other once. Barcelona champions.
4. Scrap it and start again next season.

There seem to be growing calls that option 3 is preferred as everyone would have played everyone once. In our case that means that Spurs away would be voided and the points against Bournemouth would count!

 

southstandandy

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Jul 9, 2003

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I can't see any point of saying we'll pause the season for 2 or even 4 weeks - what good will that do? The virus will still be around in a month, 2 months, 6 months. Suspect the season will just have to be stopped and this season sadly be written off for everybody. Can't see what a delay will achieve. In a month's time some other player or players will pick it up so do we then delay again?

 

The Oldman

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Bring back the pools panel?

 

WATFORD zero

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There is talk of the peak being 14 weeks away, ie mid/late June.

If that is only the peak of the virus, I can see it still being a problem at the start of next season, so any talk of postponing and restarting this season is, I think, completely pointless