jamsandwich Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11978351/ajax-denied-title-as-dutch-eredivisie-season-declared-void Scousers have got to be wetting themselves! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWEDFM Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Only a matter of time before it happens in England Too many complications extending the season with players out of contract, pre-contract agreements already in place, players not up to speed physically etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 (edited) Personally think it is the most sensible thing to do. Hope the English leagues do the same. Wouldn’t be bothered if they gave the title to Liverpool though, as much as people on here dislike them they deserve it this season. Edited April 24, 2020 by WalthamOwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helmut_rooster Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 11 minutes ago, WalthamOwl said: Personally think it is the most sensible thing to do. Hope the English leagues do the same. Wouldn’t be bothered if they gave the title to Liverpool though, as much as people on here dislike them they deserve it this season. But it will alway have this next to it * * = didnt really win it, just doing well at the time 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Owl Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 We need to do the same and thats irrelevant of where we are in the league. Most clubs will have many out of contract players before they would be able to restart and there's no guarantee when that could happen. Call it a day, no winners, no losers and start again whenever we can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 How do they decide who plays in next season’s European competitions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, The only way is S6 said: How do they decide who plays in next season’s European competitions? Essentially if the season is declared null and void then the same teams as last season? Or based on current league position but that opens many cans of worms. As if the season's results don't count...they don't count. There should not be a halfway house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31Dec1966 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 5 minutes ago, The only way is S6 said: How do they decide who plays in next season’s European competitions? This season is cancelled, null and void. Next season starts when it is safe to do so with all teams in exactly the same position as at the start of this season. Those that qualified for Europe this season still qualify next season. The fixture list can even be exactly the same. The only alternative is to play the remaining 9 or 10 games to complete this season when it is safe to do so, which could be 4-6 months away. Clubs will have gone to the wall and squads will be totally different, it's a non starter. When would next season begin ?? Football is nothing without fans so behind closed doors is farcical. The whole prevarication is farcical. End the season now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 It's over so nothing counts apparently. Must be same to qualify as previous year then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nut Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Based on the way the Dutch have done it, I think the pigs would be in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 With their league having far less money involved, and very few clubs having the resources to go down the legal route it’s probably easier for them to make that call. Even so, the top of their second tier are understandably not happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando_Trustful Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 8 hours ago, WalthamOwl said: Personally think it is the most sensible thing to do. Hope the English leagues do the same. Wouldn’t be bothered if they gave the title to Liverpool though, as much as people on here dislike them they deserve it this season. Fully agree. Let them be champions and void the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bulgaria Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 7 hours ago, 31Dec1966 said: Football is nothing without fans so behind closed doors is farcical. The whole prevarication is farcical. End the season now. Farcical maybe, but it's what's going to happen. Expect dummy crowds and music. Like I've mentioned before, if the owls were sitting where Leeds are in the table, the clamour on here to finish the season would be deafening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wor’Jackie Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 For all the posturing of the PL and other UEFA coefficient leagues, the reality has hit home and it stings: There isnt really any viable way of getting the 19/20 season done. Now that Eredivisie has been (rightly) voided, it follows that other leagues will follow suit. Huge chance for Wednesday now. We can wipe the slate clean and make ourselves a more sustainable club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Bulgaria said: Farcical maybe, but it's what's going to happen. Expect dummy crowds and music. Like I've mentioned before, if the owls were sitting where Leeds are in the table, the clamour on here to finish the season would be deafening. I'd want to try and finish the season, of course. Twenty years outside the top flight feels like an eternity. But at some point reality has to kick in and you have to accept that it's not possible. It's gutting for those who look odds on for promotion, but there's nothing that can be done which preserves the integrity of the competition, and far more importantly, the health and safety of all involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Wouldn't it be great to see English clubs adopt the same level-headed, mature response as Ajax should the same happen here? "As a player and as a club you naturally want to become champion", Ajax CEO Edwin van der Sar said. "You want to show it on the field and we have been at the top all year round. Then it is a pity that you are not declared champion, but in this situation that may be understandable. There are more important things at the moment than football." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bulgaria Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 1 hour ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: Wouldn't it be great to see English clubs adopt the same level-headed, mature response as Ajax should the same happen here? "As a player and as a club you naturally want to become champion", Ajax CEO Edwin van der Sar said. "You want to show it on the field and we have been at the top all year round. Then it is a pity that you are not declared champion, but in this situation that may be understandable. There are more important things at the moment than football." That level headed attitude is easy to have when you have won 34 league titles and 6 of them in the last 20 years. I doubt Cambuur, who are 11 points clear of 3rd place in their second division are quite as level headed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Owl Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 What about when we qualified for Europe with all the money that goes with it. The behaviour of English fans abroad had us banned even though our club were innocent. We had to take it on the chin and try and qualify again. These things are circumstances beyond our control and they'll just have to get on with it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 15 minutes ago, Bulgaria said: That level headed attitude is easy to have when you have won 34 league titles and 6 of them in the last 20 years. I doubt Cambuur, who are 11 points clear of 3rd place in their second division are quite as level headed. It's the only attitude anyone should be adopting, given the current circumstances. This season can't be finished; the only sensible option is to void it and start afresh once this situation is finally under control, whenever that may be. It's really, really unfortunate for those clubs who looked likely to win promotion, but in the grand scheme of things it's not that big a deal, as I'm sure we're all now painfully aware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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