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[Football] Premier League - Void or positions stand ?
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melias shoes
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- Oct 14, 2010
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You calling me simple?FFS, I'm just trying to humour someone who sees things in very simple terms and now you're picking on me for it
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I've just thought about it, and it's quite funny. Not the Liverpool thing, you having a pop at me. It was my own fault for being condescending
Are we all assuming that the 2020/21 season will neatly start at the beginning of August?
The pandemic may well still be on then, with the UK’s staged spread of the disease deliberately lengthening the duration. Overseas players may spend their summer in nations peaking later on.
The short time span in Wuhan is false, with everyone confined to their homes and closed borders, enforced by a colossal military presence. Also meaning that those in neighbouring provinces aren’t getting the chance to naturally build antibodies.
The pandemic may well still be on then, with the UK’s staged spread of the disease deliberately lengthening the duration. Overseas players may spend their summer in nations peaking later on.
The short time span in Wuhan is false, with everyone confined to their homes and closed borders, enforced by a colossal military presence. Also meaning that those in neighbouring provinces aren’t getting the chance to naturally build antibodies.
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This is a very good point. While there’s so much speculation about what to do with this season it is quite possible that both this and next season will be null and void. If there’s no opportunity to start football until, say, January 2021 then the following season is gone too.
So much speculation and little to be done aside from speculate. It’s tough.
East Staffs Gull
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Freeze the 2019/20 season now. Make the 2020/21 PL season a 19 game season, possibly starting late, plus the games outstanding from this season, with the table for 2020/21 starting in its current state. Ditto for the EFL, but 23 games. Liverpool, Leeds, WBA, etc. wouldn’t lose their current advantage, but admittedly teams would have more games to close the gap.
Raleigh Chopper
New member
Yes they may get them back but they will be far from match fit and you can't risk that with returning injured players.
In fact match fitness is a concern for all the players the longer it goes on unless they are continuing to train hard and play at least 1 full bloodied 90 minute match each week.
Give it to Liverpool, we stay up, Plymouth go up, it's a freak situation just put up with it and deal with it.
Start again in August.
Lincoln Imp
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- Feb 2, 2009
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FFS, I'm just trying to humour someone who sees things in very simple terms and now you're picking on me for it
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I've just thought about it, and it's quite funny. Not the Liverpool thing, you having a pop at me. It was my own fault for being condescending
Ah, your condescension was too subtle for me although I wasn't having a pop. Just asking a startled question.
Wouldn’t a lack of match fitness be equal across all squads after a few months off for all?
I’m not so sure that the pandemic and its effects will be clear by August, and when preseason training resumes.
Indeed - the likes of Jermaine Jeans suggesting that the league is finished in June/July are WAY off the mark.
This is a nightmare for Chris Waddle who think’s we’re shit for the PL and “lack something about us, unlike Bmuff, Villa and Norwich”.
Looks like we may be PL 2020/21, come what may.
Looks like we may be PL 2020/21, come what may.
Hampster Gull
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- Dec 22, 2010
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This season is done, I am pretty certain about that.
How they navigate around the consequences I don’t know but I am good with Liverpool getting the title, they are so far ahead.
How they navigate around the consequences I don’t know but I am good with Liverpool getting the title, they are so far ahead.
Not Andy Naylor
Well-known member
Fulham have lost at home to Reading and Barnsley this calendar year. The fact that they still have to play away to Leeds and West Brom doesn't make a compelling case for re-starting the season in the distant future in the circumstances.
Miami Seagull
Grandad
Current positions stand with games in hand only to he played, probably behind closed doors.
Seems about right. I think the Premier League would want to finish the season behind closed doors if possible. Even a couple of days ago that may have looked viable.
However, given the latest forecasts of what’s to come, I’m not sure whether any of this will seem remotely important in a few weeks time and there’ll be an acceptance that the whole thing should be binned.
Trouble with that one is that Villa have a game in hand.
That's fine, let the positions stand, but with no relegation this year.
No team should be relegated without playing 38 games, and the integrity of the competition must be maintained over those 38 games.
On 30th of June, the integrity goes with some players out of contract and walking away.
Superphil
Dismember
If the fixtures can’t be completed. Then this seasons PL should be void. They could award Liverpool with a trophy as recognition for their brilliant effort this season maybe a shield or something. They could call it the Victory And Recognition shield or the VAR shield for short.