[michael21]

There keep having meetings yet nothing decided

Just that there want nurtal grounds how silly we the grounds have var

[Cherie]

They are now suggesting players could play in masks

[Cherie]

10 neutral stadiums could be used, teams at the bottom are saying it's not fair in terms of sporting integrity and Home advantage, and that the threat of relegation is removed so what is the point then?

[Brother Leon]

Originally Posted by Cherie

10 neutral stadiums could be used, teams at the bottom are saying it's not fair in terms of sporting integrity and Home advantage, and that the threat of relegation is removed so what is the point then?

Got to make sure Liverpool win their league.

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Brother Leon

Got to make sure Liverpool win their league.

Are the utd fans not expecting European football ahead of Sheffield Utd despite the Blades have a game in hand?

[The Slim Reaper]

Let's say we just null and void this season (which is a bizarre thing to even suggest), then what happens if the next 3 years all seasons get to 29 games before another flare up?

That's 120 pl games in 4 years with not one champion. Far better to take as long as needed to finish every season in turn, so we might end up with only 2 completed seasons but they take 3 years to complete.

[Brother Leon]

Originally Posted by WickedSkengMan

Are the utd fans not expecting European football ahead of Sheffield Utd despite the Blades have a game in hand?

There’s no proper european football anytime soon. Let’s be real.


And you realise if season was complete we most likely would have finished top 4 in CL, not Europa? Who really cares about this right now though. I’m fine with taking 5th or 6th instead if need be.

[Denver]

Wasnt it put that no team was allowed to play at their own stadium

[LukeB]

They should just announce Liverpool as the winners because they are miles ahead in points

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by LukeB

They should just announce Liverpool as the winners because they are miles ahead in points

+1

yes i mean it's Obvious Liverpool are champions this season anyway with that huge gap with second place


i think the teams who can more benefit from playing all remaining matches are those in relegation danger zone

and the borderline Europa league ticket position too i guess

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by LukeB

They should just announce Liverpool as the winners because they are miles ahead in points

I disagree because we need to take multiple seasons into account. What if city are 5 points ahead at the same stage next season, or united 8 points ahead? I know Liverpool are so far ahead it's not relevant this year, but it could be next year, so you can't just arbitrarily decide to hand out championships based on the lead the team in 1st place has. Competitions need integrity, and you only get that by completing them.

[bots]

a league competition continuing now after such a long break has no integrity. The greater integrity comes from positions as they were when the shutdown happened. That affects all teams equally. That to me is the only legitimate conclusion. Those in relegation zones cant complain because that reflected their performance for 3/4 of the season.

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

a league competition continuing now after such a long break has no integrity. The greater integrity comes from positions as they were when the shutdown happened. That affects all teams equally. That to me is the only legitimate conclusion. Those in relegation zones cant complain because that reflected their performance for 3/4 of the season.

A league competition finishing now (even based on current standings), yet starting up again in september doesn't have more credibility because they've started something new, it has less because it didn't finish the last one.

A really bizarre opinion (not you) that just cancelling and starting again without knowing the next one can be completed is a better way forward.

[Brother Leon]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

A league competition finishing now (even based on current standings), yet starting up again in september doesn't have more credibility because they've started something new, it has less because it didn't finish the last one.

A really bizarre opinion (not you) that just cancelling and starting again without knowing the next one can be completed is a better way forward.

I mean. We’ve had a 2 month break during the season. We are going to have home advantage for huge games down the stretch absolutely wiped away for certain teams. Players contracts will have legally expired during a season of play. Essentially any team not called Liverpool who can win their title or a team fighting for a european place will not give a crap about the final games(especially without relegation).

It’s far from a “normal” end to the season regardless. It’s abit of a joke of an end if anything.

[Crimson Dynamo]

They do are scrabbling about trying to appease their paymasters and it's pretty desperate.
I can't see crowds returning till 2021, after the vaccine.
Either null and void or award as stands, thwir is no other way

[Brother Leon]

Now there are talks that games will be 80mins and with 5 substitutes.


And yet some will still tell us that the season must end for the integrity of the league

[bots]

It's going to be impossible to please everyone so they should make a decision based on health and safety and then protection of income. People forget that the football league is basically ****ed without regular gate receipts so restarting behind closed doors is a non starter for them. I still maintain that a significant number of clubs will go out of business and then the competitions have lost integrity anyway.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Brother Leon

Now there are talks that games will be 80mins and with 5 substitutes.


And yet some will still tell us that the season must end for the integrity of the league

It gets more ridiculous at each suggestion tbh

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Brother Leon

Now there are talks that games will be 80mins and with 5 substitutes.


And yet some will still tell us that the season must end for the integrity of the league

And some will tell us scrapping the league then starting again, without any idea whether you can play half a season nevermind a whole one, makes more sense than playing 9 games of a season already 3/4's completed

[James]

Originally Posted by Brother Leon

Now there are talks that games will be 80mins and with 5 substitutes.


And yet some will still tell us that the season must end for the integrity of the league

I wonder if anyone has suggested added-on time multi-ball yet, haha.

[michael21]

Var will sort the mess out

[Brother Leon]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52635005

“Tackling will be banned, pitches disinfected and players restricted to groups of five when the Premier League starts a first phase of team training.”

Hey guys. It’s not safe for you to tackle each other(except for when you actually have to play official games. **** the risks then.

[Denver]

What I find funny is Broghton were dead against neutral grounds then when they was told it was happening they had a player test positive.

Their final games including 6 against the top 8 which is suspicious

[Brother Leon]

Just no comment...

[James]

They will be able to see how the Bundesliga goes, which is coming back this weekend, with safety precautions, and base the decision to restart based on that.

The sooner that closed-doors games come back, and is proven not too be a big risk, the earlier that clubs can sell tickets again - which lower-league clubs depend on more (than PL clubs) for their existence.