Premier League suspended until April (or whenever?)

[Lako42]

The PL are living in a fantasy land.

In a way they are being exposed for the unsustainable shitfest that it is. Why the **** should football get a pass just because it's big bucks? You cannot run football matches and maintain social distancing, it is impossible.

Everybody with a genuine interest in football needs to use this as a catalyst for real change. The greed is unsustainable, the clubs are unsustainable, if it all goes down the shitter then so be it.

 

[Orifice]

I can't wait for the football season to start.

 

[H T B]

I can't wait for the football season to start.

I think you're going to have to

 

[Brown Nose]

I coming round to the view that the right answer is to suspend all football for one year and then pick up where we left off next March.

Club finances will dictate though. We'll end up with a shambolic mess of a schedule in a desperate attempt to cover costs and everything anyone 'achieves' over that period will be meaningless and unsatisfactory.

I hate the idea of matches going on behind closed doors. I can't imagine being interested in them. It's not football as I know it. I'm also convinced that it won't work.

I'm resigned to the fact that I won't be taking up my seat at the KP for about a year. For now, football is a memory to be cherished and nothing more. Football should only be more important than that if it's your livelihood.

I lost the first person I know to Covid-19 the other day. For me, the next few months are about nothing much more than minimising tragedy. **** football.

 

[Volpone]

I can't wait for the football season to start.

I can't wait for it to finish.

 

[pork pie fox]

UEFA: Leagues to have power to interpret 'sporting merit' if seasons do not finish

UEFA also confirmed the delayed European Championships, which will be held in the summer of 2021, will still be called Euro 2020

www.skysports.com

 

[FOX Franks]

UEFA: Leagues to have power to interpret 'sporting merit' if seasons do not finish

UEFA also confirmed the delayed European Championships, which will be held in the summer of 2021, will still be called Euro 2020

www.skysports.com

Ah, sporting merit. United rather than us in the next UCL then as they’ve got more “sporting merit”?

 

[Lako42]

Ah, sporting merit. United rather than us in the next UCL then as they’ve got more “sporting merit”?

I don't see that happening personally

 

[Blue Maniac]

Ah, sporting merit. United rather than us in the next UCL then as they’ve got more “sporting merit”?

Nonsense. Rotherham United are well outside the area covered by the United Counties League. Even the FA aren’t that daft.

 

[Graz]

No football for a year?! I know I said the money grabbing stance of clubs a few weeks back was putting me off the game, but I can't go without football for a year!

No way will that happen; I'm sure by August/September they will at least be able to play behind closed doors. They won't keep football cancelled just because they can't have a crowd, TV (or TV money) is king.

As soon as more workers are allowed back out, for example the government says anyone who can't work from home can return to work, then I'm sure football will be back on, just with no live attendance.

 

[Jeff]

As soon as more workers are allowed back out, for example the government says anyone who can't work from home can return to work, then I'm sure football will be back on, just with no live attendance.

People who can't work from home can go to work at the moment, even if they're not key workers.

 

[Skitzo]

Ah, sporting merit. United rather than us in the next UCL then as they’ve got more “sporting merit”?

I don't see that happening personally

no if UEFA try and implement that they will get his with loads of legal challenges from clubs in our position all over Europe

 

[Blaarev]

 

[Blaarev]

Ajax gets the automatic CL spot while AZ will need to go through the qualifiers (If there will be any......). Ajax lead the League on goal difference, but AZ would have been ahead on internal meetings.

 

[tedfoxxx]

internal meetings.

Woof.

 

[Blaarev]

Woof.

Or something like that.

 

[Volpone]

'Bitter day' as Dutch league cancelled

The top tier of football in the Netherlands is cancelled because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

www.bbc.co.uk

The top two Dutch leagues were abandoned yesterday with no promotion or relegation and no champions.

Italy, Spain and France will soon follow suit. Inevitably the Premier League will have to do the same in due course.

Playing behind closed doors isn't going to happen and it isn't what fans want.

The Netherlands has made the best possible decision. Forget this season. No promotion or relegation and European places are decided on how things currently stand. Get ready to start the next season in August as planned.

 

[pork pie fox]

Meeting on sport restart planned

Medical directors are due to meet in the coming week to discuss how sport could restart, even if only behind closed doors.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Feriol]

Ultimately there is so much money involved in the Premier League that there will have to be negotiation with the TV companies.

Hopefully they can agree to spread the lost revenue over several seasons otherwise I can see several clubs going bust.

 

[pork pie fox]

Meeting on sport restart planned

Medical directors are due to meet in the coming week to discuss how sport could restart, even if only behind closed doors.

www.bbc.co.uk