Finney on the Wing Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 34 minutes ago, james o connor said: The only positive is that Wednesday will avoid the inevitable drubbing that was coming their way today Actually agree with you on this JO'C lad - personally (and I know mi old dad feels the same), I wasn't in the mood for today's game, trudging down in the cold and wet to see another weak performance. After last Saturday's disaster Monk would've needed an exceptional week's training from the players, or, some of this... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleo Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Assuming this season can’t be finished something they could do is call it finished now - all teams take whatever their current position gives them IF IT’S TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. In other words Liverpool win the Prem, Brummie and Lxxds get promoted and so on through the Leagues. Play off places cancelled. NO TEAM GETS RELEGATED. So really everyone’s a winner, no one loses. Next season, because the Numbers of teams in each Division are all to wee wee tail the number of relegation places are increased accordingly so by the end of it we’d be back on track. Imagine bottom 5 or 6 going down - sleepless nights or what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaOwl Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, doubleo said: Assuming this season can’t be finished something they could do is call it finished now - all teams take whatever their current position gives them IF IT’S TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. In other words Liverpool win the Prem, Brummie and Lxxds get promoted and so on through the Leagues. Play off places cancelled. NO TEAM GETS RELEGATED. So really everyone’s a winner, no one loses. Next season, because the Numbers of teams in each Division are all to wee wee tail the number of relegation places are increased accordingly so by the end of it we’d be back on track. Imagine bottom 5 or 6 going down - sleepless nights or what. Nah, just abandon this season and treat it like the season never happened. Unlucky if your team happens to be pushing for honours or promotion and lucky if your team happens to be struggling. A bit like being 4-0 up when a foodlight failure happens or fog comes down and a match is abandoned. Take it on the chin and get on with life. A pandemic killing millions is more important than a club's pride or ego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUMBELOWS91 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 36 minutes ago, Holmowl said: Independent says government think football won’t start until September earliest. Wouldn't be surprised, especially of the '10-14 weeks before the peak' theory is correct. Can you imagine if the season of wiped off? Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitcat Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Does every cloud have a silver lining? Is that scientific fact? Never fact checked this expression to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian gray Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 13 hours ago, Bolsterstone B Army said: Just a few thoughts to find some positives in this life without live sport and the seasons ended. ’If out of contract players are not going to be resigned and they clearly can’t be bothered to fight our corner why not give them the chance to leave now. No point in wasting our training time and facilities on them. They could be offered our medical facilities for the club to discharge its duty of care for its employees but don’ t see why they should mug us off any longer. They have eye watering salaries so can find their own personal trainer. Why have a bad apple about to ruin attitudes of other players?’ Yes, I know it’s not going to happen but beggars belief that players hold all the cards and can’t be bothered to play cos they’ve thrown their dolly out of the pram. ps. What date does an out of contract player finish? Is it at the end of the season and when will that be now? HUH! I never thought of this, IF we have some bad apples, some who do not care for the club, what are they going to do for the next few months? the playing squad will need to be kept fit, but observed and tested throughout, just in case. i'd have guessed the last day of may, but it's only a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian gray Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 2 hours ago, RUMBELOWS91 said: Point I made last week and its a genuinely intriguing one. Not just the maths of it but the ethics of it- will th EFL expect owners have been told to stop spending be allowed to start spending again to pay the wages of players? our lightening quick heros at the fl and fa will have all this covered, but it'll have to wait until they've sussed the var out first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian gray Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 49 minutes ago, ChinaOwl said: Nah, just abandon this season and treat it like the season never happened. Unlucky if your team happens to be pushing for honours or promotion and lucky if your team happens to be struggling. A bit like being 4-0 up when a foodlight failure happens or fog comes down and a match is abandoned. Take it on the chin and get on with life. A pandemic killing millions is more important than a club's pride or ego. i'd guess that the automatic places go up, the bottom two in the premier go down, but to cushion the blow the 2 relegated sides get parachute money, AND the equivalent of the american defence budget as compensation, whilst the authorities carry on not giving a **** over the rest of football. so as near to normality as you can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james o connor Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 2 hours ago, vulva said: You must get tired of being a thoroughly miserable and depressive turd. Are you familiar with the word irony ? Congrats on having the most apt username on here though ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls-Fan Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, doubleo said: Assuming this season can’t be finished something they could do is call it finished now - all teams take whatever their current position gives them IF IT’S TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. In other words Liverpool win the Prem, Brummie and Lxxds get promoted and so on through the Leagues. Play off places cancelled. NO TEAM GETS RELEGATED. So really everyone’s a winner, no one loses. Next season, because the Numbers of teams in each Division are all to wee wee tail the number of relegation places are increased accordingly so by the end of it we’d be back on track. Imagine bottom 5 or 6 going down - sleepless nights or what. Trouble with that is when you look at league 1 and see Wycombe have a game in hand on teams above them, which if they win they’d go joint points with the team in second. What makes it extra messy is they’d have to win their game in hand about 20-0 to be second on goal difference, which wouldn’t happen but you can’t just say “well Wycombe wouldn’t win their game in hand 20-0 so they don’t get to be promoted”. Maybe we finish this season when we can (say September to November) and then spend the remaining time between then and next May playing friendlies or other temporary tournaments. Basically write off next season 20/21 as this season has already started and needs to be completed Edited March 14, 2020 by Owls-Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Farrell Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 To be fair, this will be our longest unbeaten run of the season. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulva Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, james o connor said: Are you familiar with the word irony ? Congrats on having the most apt username on here though ... You’re very boring. Extremely boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUMBELOWS91 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 3 hours ago, doubleo said: Assuming this season can’t be finished something they could do is call it finished now - all teams take whatever their current position gives them IF IT’S TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. In other words Liverpool win the Prem, Brummie and Lxxds get promoted and so on through the Leagues. Play off places cancelled. NO TEAM GETS RELEGATED. So really everyone’s a winner, no one loses. Next season, because the Numbers of teams in each Division are all to wee wee tail the number of relegation places are increased accordingly so by the end of it we’d be back on track. Imagine bottom 5 or 6 going down - sleepless nights or what. Pretty sure teams chasing promotion spots but not currently in them would have something to say. Just a hunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUMBELOWS91 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Owls-Fan said: Trouble with that is when you look at league 1 and see Wycombe have a game in hand on teams above them, which if they win they’d go joint points with the team in second. What makes it extra messy is they’d have to win their game in hand about 20-0 to be second on goal difference, which wouldn’t happen but you can’t just say “well Wycombe wouldn’t win their game in hand 20-0 so they don’t get to be promoted”. Maybe we finish this season when we can (say September to November) and then spend the remaining time between then and next May playing friendlies or other temporary tournaments. Basically write off next season 20/21 as this season has already started and needs to be completed You also have to factor in remaining fixtures, ie will Wycombe feel they've played the hardest fixtures already? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls-Fan Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Just now, RUMBELOWS91 said: You also have to factor in remaining fixtures, ie will Wycombe feel they've played the hardest fixtures already? Indeed. It’s a total mess if this season doesn’t get completed and totally unfair on a few teams. Best to complete this season and write off the next is the fairest way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handworth52 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 the season could easily be finished in 6 weeks from when it restarts , id say cut off point will be 16th may wkd with season finishing june 27th-28th . it wont make any difference whether its behind closed doors or not ,as players have been contacting the virus ,staff,families and than you would get people in pubs at if not more risk than football grounds. ive been saying for weeks this cant be stopped so why has the world gone to such extremes? is there some kind of plan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handworth52 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 12 minutes ago, RUMBELOWS91 said: You also have to factor in remaining fixtures, ie will Wycombe feel they've played the hardest fixtures already? exactly , also pigs in prem have a game in hand win that there could end up 5th . if season stopped and couldn't restart there is no way that anything could happen other than start again in august . only thing what could save everything is a heatwave in spain and Italy later in april and suddenly the virus rates dropped massively , but we might be waiting till june for that to happen here at earliest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Night-Owl Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 52 minutes ago, Mr Farrell said: To be fair, this will be our longest unbeaten run of the season. If it goes on as long as predicted, instead of Monk, DC and the players breaking or testing our worst ever form records. They may now be on course for one of our longest ever unbeaten runs in our entire history. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss Toni Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 15 hours ago, ozzieowl said: Players are still under contract so they can’t leave yet. Be strange if season had to run past players contract end dates. How would that work then. We might have to play our last few fixtures with 4 goalkeepers and 7 outfield players at this rate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Farrell Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 27 minutes ago, The Night-Owl said: If it goes on as long as predicted, instead of Monk, DC and the players breaking or testing our worst ever form records. They may now be on course for one of our longest ever unbeaten runs in our entire history. Dawsons most minutes without conceding ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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