Onge Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Just give it up already. End the season now and start planning for the next one (which may well not be able to kick off on August or have any cup/European fixtures to bring the number of matches down). The longer they try and drag this out and keep coming up with desperate ways to get up and running the more cynical it feels. Disillusioning fans right now isn't going to do them any favours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 1 hour ago, andytrig said: The average corner looks something like this, but as long as you make the subs sit apart and stop the players celebrating everything will be fine. Sheffield Wednesday have announced that Joey Pelupessy will take all corners once football is resumed. Defenders will be able to socially distance by taking up their normal positions in readiness for the resulting goal-kick. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe P. Coltrane Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, Holmowl said: Sheffield Wednesday have announced that Joey Pelupessy will take all corners once football is resumed. Defenders will be able to socially distance by taking up their normal positions in readiness for the resulting goal-kick. Most plausible post ever on here mate... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Turpin Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 1 hour ago, billyblack said: I understood it all you ***. Did they ask them if they wanted to play their games out? Do you understand that? It seems they can’t afford to and there’s no appetite to either. They want to get their hands on end of season prize money. Each club will be thinking of their own best interests. Captain Oates isn’t on the agenda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, Roscoe P. Coltrane said: Most plausible post ever on here mate... Cheeky scamp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Turpin Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 9 hours ago, TINKERBELL said: Money, simple as that I'd like the season nullified Have you told the other leagues too. The English League is far from alone - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/may/08/from-australia-to-the-us-when-will-football-start-again-around-the-world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy bunny Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 15 minutes ago, rickygoo said: It seems they can’t afford to and there’s no appetite to either. They want to get their hands on end of season prize money. Each club will be thinking of their own best interests. Captain Oates isn’t on the agenda. So the only teams worthy of fighting for promotion are the big fish, what a load of codswallop The emperors clothes have finally fallen off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Turpin Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, happy bunny said: So the only teams worthy of fighting for promotion are the big fish, what a load of codswallop The emperors clothes have finally fallen off Eh? Where have they said that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 11 minutes ago, happy bunny said: So the only teams worthy of fighting for promotion are the big fish, what a load of codswallop The emperors clothes have finally fallen off 100%. It stinks. Some clubs suddenly more important than others. Should be fed from bottom up, not top down. Pathetic and immorale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, rickygoo said: Eh? Where have they said that? Why are league 1 and league 2 clubs not allowed to fight for their promotion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FroggattOwls Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 I feel for the bottom six PL clubs. Home advantage if your fighting a relegation battle against a mid table side for example is immense and could make all the difference. It’s not fair for clubs at the top to try and bully them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Turpin Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, billyblack said: Why are league 1 and league 2 clubs not allowed to fight for their promotion? Because it seems most teams want to call the season off in Leagues One and Two. Financial innit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Turpin Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 The Championship voted unanimously to finish the season. If the clubs in leagues One and Two don’t want to it’s difficult to see how they could be forced to. Some clubs - like Peterborough are threatening legal action though. There is no one size fits all solution. It’s clearly a nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 13 minutes ago, rickygoo said: Because it seems most teams want to call the season off in Leagues One and Two. Financial innit? The teams do or the EFL do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, rickygoo said: The Championship voted unanimously to finish the season. If the clubs in leagues One and Two don’t want to it’s difficult to see how they could be forced to. Some clubs - like Peterborough are threatening legal action though. There is no one size fits all solution. It’s clearly a nightmare. Sorry if i have missed it but wheres the article saying the clubs in league 1 anf 2 want to end the season now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan™ Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 The only objectively fair resolution is for the season to be pulled from the history books and started again. I haven't heard any other solution which isn't unfair to at least one other club. I do understand the need for the EFL/PL to be seen as trying everything possible to get the season restarted or completed in some other way though, thanks to the lawsuits which will inevitably follow regardless of what happens next. Hopefully that is all they're doing and they don't genuinely have any desire to restart or end the season with some of these ridiculous adjustments they've dreamt up anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Neg Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 38 minutes ago, Dan™ said: The only objectively fair resolution is for the season to be pulled from the history books and started again. I haven't heard any other solution which isn't unfair to at least one other club. I do understand the need for the EFL/PL to be seen as trying everything possible to get the season restarted or completed in some other way though, thanks to the lawsuits which will inevitably follow regardless of what happens next. Hopefully that is all they're doing and they don't genuinely have any desire to restart or end the season with some of these ridiculous adjustments they've dreamt up anyway. The problem with pulling it though is that it does remain unfair but only on the teams doing well and it rewards teams who were up the creek without a paddle which is the wrong way round. The whole point here is that there is no perfect solution, so when you chose a solution it needs be seen as benefiting teams who have performed the best despite the season not being completed. You're not in the top 3 or bottom 3 due to good or poor fortune at this stage of the season. 75/80% of the season completed is enough in my mind to justify a decision on promotion / relegation when faced with a crisis like this and it should be the poor performing clubs that have to suck it up. It's pretty clear leagues one and two recognise that hence them only voting on how to decide promotion and relegation from the table as it stands, voiding is not on the table and quite rightly so in my mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy bunny Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 1 hour ago, rickygoo said: It seems they can’t afford to and there’s no appetite to either. They want to get their hands on end of season prize money. Each club will be thinking of their own best interests. Captain Oates isn’t on the agenda. Rubbish, you're dismissing the clubs that are fighting for promotion Are you seriously telling me Rotherham and co have no appetite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Turpin Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 37 minutes ago, happy bunny said: Rubbish, you're dismissing the clubs that are fighting for promotion Are you seriously telling me Rotherham and co have no appetite Rotherham would be happy with PPG I’m pretty sure. In terms of what to do self interest will dictate a lot of it. Rotherham,Coventry, Leeds etc - teams in promotion places - will want to finish the season or have it decided on some form of PPG. Teams in playoffs and pushing for it will want to play on. Teams in relegation zone will want to play on or null and void. Teams just above relegation Zone might prefer PPG or null and void and for teams in between it doesn’t matter. But that’s all set against what’s possible and the financial implications of playing on with contracts running out etc and the cost of testing. It’s a legal and financial minefield. The players, managers and lawyers will no doubt have their say and then the clubs will have to vote on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazowl55 Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Lots of league one teams fighting for promotion will want the season to continue. Probably the most desperate of all. Sunderland. Any one see the latest news story about them and the missing 20m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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