[Albion] Arsenal Postponed

[227 BHA]

It's threads like this where NSC really misses Ben's Grandad....

I think we’ve got some good stand-ins already

 

[dazzer6666]

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.

 

[Giraffe]

Suspend the season and then whenever it is the right time to re-start then start with the outstanding fixtures, then two weeks break, then start the new season. Cancel the league cup, and catch up. It might take two seasons to get back to the normal schedule but at least the integrity of the competitions will have been maintained.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Suspend the season and then whenever it is the right time to re-start then start with the outstanding fixtures, then two weeks break, then start the new season. Cancel the league cup, and catch up. It might take two seasons to get back to the normal schedule but at least the integrity of the competitions will have been maintained.

Absolutely, delay the transfer window, extend player registrations, no league cup, no fa cup replays, no champions league group stage or two-legged games, no winter break,no nations league, its all easy enough if the will is there

And if it goes on so long then void the 20/21 season. Don't know why everybody is keen to void a season in which 30 games have been played but not one in which 0 games have been played?

 

[Notters]

Exactly - end the season; make it void - no promotion or relegation. The teams at the top of their leagues can be given the title of champions.

My Leeds season ticket holding brother-in-law would actually self combust.

Suspend the season and then whenever it is the right time to re-start then start with the outstanding fixtures, then two weeks break, then start the new season. Cancel the league cup, and catch up. It might take two seasons to get back to the normal schedule but at least the integrity of the competitions will have been maintained.

Don't forget Qatar.

 

[The Camel]

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.

Fulham and Brentford might not be very happy with your solution.

 

[withdeanwombat]

I’ve mentioned it before......the season in the PL to be decided by Lawro’s predictions. He’s virtually infallible after all. Football league could be decided by expert pundits on each league.

 

[pb21]

Suspend the season and then whenever it is the right time to re-start then start with the outstanding fixtures, then two weeks break, then start the new season. Cancel the league cup, and catch up. It might take two seasons to get back to the normal schedule but at least the integrity of the competitions will have been maintained.

The problem with indefinitely suspending the season is the indefinitely part.

Everything will be put on hold, with no idea of when it will restart. Clubs/players/support would all have to be ready at the drop of a hat to restart. Players would have to keep match fit for who knows how long etc.

 

[Hugo Rune]

It's threads like this where NSC really misses Ben's Grandad....

Exactly. There would have been some legendary posts along the lines of ‘If players were to wear masks during the game, could it still go ahead?’

 

[Tooting Gull]

Looks like the govt's, err, 'esteemed medical and scientific advice' is likely to be binned and superseded within 24 hours by sporting organisations who can see what is going on worldwide.

Terrible leadership in UK, and those two 'experts' will never fully recover from doing Johnson's bidding and seeing their reputations take such a public battering.

 

[dazzer6666]

So how many months will it be into 2020 before we get a win?

We might not get one at all.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

The rest of the games should be played behind closed doors with crowd effect noise from loud speakers and should be televised on free to air TV after the sky broadcast.
The FA and FIFA should then compensate the clubs for a percentage of loss of earnings.

With a bit of scheduling flexibility if, for example, a team has five or more squad players out with the virus at any one time, this, for me

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Looks like the govt's, err, 'esteemed medical and scientific advice' is likely to be binned and superseded within 24 hours by sporting organisations who can see what is going on worldwide.

This. Good to see sporting organisations taking the initiative

 

[Farehamseagull]

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.

There is no obvious solution that is going to make everyone happy but yours is by far the best and most logical one I’ve seem that will make the least amount of teams unhappy.

For that reason you can guarantee the football authorities won’t choose that option.

I would also scrap the league cup for at least those next two seaons.

 

[amexer]

Seems a good idea to play behind closed doors until players at clubs are infected. Then all club goes into isolation. No club will want to play big games without several of first team

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

This. Good to see sporting organisations taking the initiative

I find it ironic that when the government seeks impartial scientific advice they should speak to Patric Vallance. Ironically, Vallance, the apparent chief scientific adviser, was regarded during his academic days (he worked on blood vessels) as a rather modest scientist, albeit a consumate politician.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Looks like the govt's, err, 'esteemed medical and scientific advice' is likely to be binned and superseded within 24 hours by sporting organisations who can see what is going on worldwide.

Terrible leadership in UK, and those two 'experts' will never fully recover from doing Johnson's bidding and seeing their reputations take such a public battering.

See my post about Vallance above. Doesn't surprise me in the slightest, but it is good to see him get some sort of come-uppance.

 

[Stinky Kat]

The PL will suspend games for 3 weeks and then in three weeks time void the season is my guess as things look like they will get a lot worse before they get better

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Liverpool winning the league is such a trivial consideration.

Give them the title ( with an asterisk and explanation ).

Void the season.

Tut, give yourself a black mark, far too sensible a suggestion.

 

[OzMike]

How would the crowd effect noise idea work ? Would it be just a continual background noise or would someone be inserting appropriate crowd response to eg goals ? I suppose the delay wouldn’t matter because all goals have to go to VAR anyway so the decision and the rising cheers could be released together

They do it with televised games here all the time, the bloke with the big poxy drum is prevalent at every game.