WalthamOwl Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Just end the flippingseason! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowl Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 54 minutes ago, Baldrick said: Can’t see how all league fixtures and cup competitions can be completed without a summer extension How many players contracts finish 1st June? How about .....wait for it..............None. Contracts end 30/6 Not sure about loans though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Night-Owl Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 There's no chance of finishing the season before many players contracts end. We haven't even reached the peak of the virus yet and a vaccine could take up to 18 months or two years. They're deluded if they think there's any chance of finishing the rest of the season. It may as well be cancelled and made void, so clubs and players, can prepare for the resumption of football, help their families and communities or something, which could eventually be a year away or more until top level sport and football can safely return with spectators. At the end of the day football is nothing without fans, so most important is people lives and health. It could take a long time for things to recover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleo Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 China has just announced zero new cases in the last 24 hours. What's the betting, the Prem circus moves lock stock and barrel to China for a month in May/June to play infront of full stadiums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 20 minutes ago, doubleo said: China has just announced zero new cases in the last 24 hours. What's the betting, the Prem circus moves lock stock and barrel to China for a month in May/June to play infront of full stadiums. Don't trust ANY data coming out of China Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnsie Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 4 hours ago, pazowl55 said: Think it will be scrapped. They will have a time frame to complete the season by and we will go way past that. Listening to Rob Wilson on Footie heaven yesterday and he suggested it would be much more costly to void league than to complete it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnsie Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 47 minutes ago, The Night-Owl said: There's no chance of finishing the season before many players contracts end. We haven't even reached the peak of the virus yet and a vaccine could take up to 18 months or two years. They're deluded if they think there's any chance of finishing the rest of the season. It may as well be cancelled and made void, so clubs and players, can prepare for the resumption of football, help their families and communities or something, which could eventually be a year away or more until top level sport and football can safely return with spectators. At the end of the day football is nothing without fans, so most important is people lives and health. It could take a long time for things to recover. Again, voiding is more costly and harder than contract extensions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the third man Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 4 hours ago, oldtawnyowl said: So season to be extended indefinitely but no indication as to whether players contracts ending in June will be automatically extended. A reyt can 'o worms innit. Just scrap this season (sorry Liverpool and pigs) and start anew as and when the virus is under control. Players contracts cant be extended unless the players want them extended, and how much will they want for a very short term extension do teams want to pay players they don't need to after the end of June so agree, announce the end now and put everyone out of their misery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Night-Owl Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Burnsie said: Again, voiding is more costly and harder than contract extensions How is it harder and more complicated than extending hundreds or thousands of player contracts a further year or so? If the season can't be completed before the player contracts are up, then the season should be over and done with. Why extend and change rules; transfer windows, alter competitions and delay further seasons, just to honour TV deals and to honour a few clubs? Human life should be far more important than sport. I just don't see the sense in finishing the season, more than likely way past its completion date, and delaying future seasons and competitions. People keep saying it's for the integrity of sport but sport and football are nothing without fans, so where's the integrity towards others, ordinary people and human lives? Edited March 19, 2020 by The Night-Owl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnsie Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 1 minute ago, The Night-Owl said: How is it harder and more complicated than extending hundreds or thousands of player contracts a further year or so? If the season can't be completed before the player contracts are up, then the season should be over and done with. Why extend and change rules; transfer windows, alter competitions and delay further seasons, just to honour TV deals and to honour a few clubs? Human life should be far more important than sport. I just don't see the sense in finishing the season, more than likely way past its completion date, and delaying future seasons and competitions. People keep saying it's for the integrity of sport but sport and football are nothing without fans, so where's the integrity towards ordinary people and towards human lives? Firstly, cos a guy who knows loads about it said so (I'm easily led). For example, cancelling the season now and you have to work out the money from Sky, how will take work. What if a team has already spent such money and they can't pay it back (ala ITV digital). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Not happening. The date is just going to get pushed further back and further back until they just say it’s not possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horny owl Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Gutted for Liverpool, Blades and Leeds when this season gets called off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherlyegg Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 It's over the football authorites are more optimistic than Wednesdaites...thought that was impossible. Btw, the Chinese government are well known for telling porkies.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Night-Owl Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Burnsie said: Firstly, cos a guy who knows loads about it said so (I'm easily led). For example, cancelling the season now and you have to work out the money from Sky, how will take work. What if a team has already spent such money and they can't pay it back (ala ITV digital). It's complicated whatever they do but again, I see no way of finishing the season if it's to be extended past player contracts and if it means delaying future seasons and competitions further. Take the fans away from sport, finish the competitions behind closed doors, ignore the issues and troubles facing ordinary people, and sport and football will be showing they care more about TV money than human lives. I just don't see how it's possible to complete the season. If there's no way of finishing it, then it should simply be cancelled, so that people; clubs, owners, players, fans, and everyone can deal with the virus and economic issues, recover and then in time sport can eventually recover and resume too by starting afresh and by joining the real world. Edited March 19, 2020 by The Night-Owl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleo Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 39 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: Don't trust ANY data coming out of China I agree, but I don't think a little thing like truth would stand in the way of the Prem money machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetsheri Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 37 minutes ago, The Night-Owl said: It's complicated whatever they do but again, I see no way of finishing the season if it's to be extended past player contracts and if it means delaying future seasons and competitions further. Take the fans away from sport, finish the competitions behind closed doors, ignore the issues and troubles facing ordinary people, and sport and football will be showing they care more about TV money than human lives. I just don't see how it's possible to complete the season. If there's no way of finishing it, then it should simply be cancelled, so that people; clubs, owners, players, fans, and everyone can deal with the virus and economic issues, recover and then in time sport can eventually recover and resume too by starting afresh and by joining the real world. Football has shown that for years though mate. its a money business and ironically the vast majority of clubs are losing lots of it. So it ain’t working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Night-Owl Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, sweetsheri said: Football has shown that for years though mate. its a money business and ironically the vast majority of clubs are losing lots of it. So it ain’t working Aye, it virtually died when it sold out it's history and tradition to appease the greedy big clubs in re-branding the old top flight and the old European competitions. All they care about is money and they don't give a stuff to the fans, ordinary people or the old, less well off and smaller clubs, and grass roots of the game, that helped create the game in the first place. Football needs to re-set after the virus and it's economic fall out but it won't be long until the richest clubs, will want more slice of the pie and will once again threaten a break away for more money, just like they threatened before the Premier League was formed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handworth52 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 5 hours ago, cazzaswfc said: So Fulham away in July, nice sunny day can't wait! by then half of London will have the virus unless the summer heat kills it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 This prat on Talksport earlier said If PL starts early May it would take until end of June to complete 9 fixtures. Didn't even factor in them playing any midweek games! Scrap the FA cup, if anything. Champions League games over 1 leg. How hard can it be? Liverpool played Spurs in the CL final last year on 1st June. Make it Weds 1st July this year, after leagues finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 6 hours ago, bradowl said: So our unbeaten run goes on. By the time this is over, it will be nearly as long as Huddersfield 's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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