Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

Graeme Souness said:
Biggest joke going, not doing the pre match handshake and then playing a game of football. As you say, all that goes with it and helping up players off the floor etc. Complete contradiction to be digested by us who they think are stupid. Maybe we are.
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Even behind closed doors there will be will a significant number of players, coaches and all sorts of hangers-on plus the tv people. A ground is a big place but many will be concentrated through the tunnel the sort of location that stopped our match taking place last night.
 
TonyM said:
I think..
1. Announce Liverpool as winners and City as runners up
2. No relegation from PL
3. Promotion of top 2 from Championship (no playoffs)
4. Figure out CL spots later ... maybe playoff in the summer in Antartica.
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Not for me bud. If you start impacting clubs who would miss out from your proposals, they would have a legitimate beef. Either cancel the lot or play it out to determine all places
 
Absolutely anything so THAT club gets a trophy for their 'outstanding season' (as quoted outrageously elsewhere)
 
Graeme Souness said:
Biggest joke going, not doing the pre match handshake and then playing a game of football. As you say, all that goes with it and helping up players off the floor etc. Complete contradiction to be digested by us who they think are stupid. Maybe we are.
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I laughed last night at the "no handshake" routine, only to see players from each side hugging each other after the game
 
Rosler's Mullet said:
I do get you mate, there will be 3 teams at the bottom who wouldn't vote for it I'm sure (it'd be similar to the Bury FC situation I guess) and a few at the top around the champions league spots maybe, the problem as I see it is more the bottom 3, we know from past experience plenty of them have thrown up random wins and runs to escape relegation, so there's no set pattern, I just don't see a 'pools panel' style option as reliable, it'd be pure guesswork really, same with the European spots, teams would argue in the unfairness of all that, and I can see their point, where as a null and void season is the only option I see as being equally fair to everyone, just my opinion though mate.
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A null and void season would mean no promotion which would be very unfair on the championship clubs. Clearly there is no ideal solution. When it comes to identifying the least worst option it could be that the mid table teams, unaffected by relegation or European qualification, would end up as “honest brokers”
 
I have no idea , but have read somewhere that the rules state , if a season can't be finished the season is void. Don't know where to look for the rules but they must be out there somewhere.
 
Blue Llama said:
I cannot see the FA accepting "behind closed doors" for their semis and FA finals
at Wembley
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No. There would be no point playing a sf behind closed doors at Wembley. Might as well give home advantage, such as it would be, to whoever is drawn first. If the competition manages to get to a final, which I doubt, it would probably be played in august in place of the community shield.
 
cibaman said:
A null and void season would mean no promotion which would be very unfair on the championship clubs. Clearly there is no ideal solution. When it comes to identifying the least worst option it could be that the mid table teams, unaffected by relegation or European qualification, would end up as “honest brokers”
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Maybe mate, it's not fair to some, but it's the fairest for everyone, it's certainly not the only option although I don't like any of the 'I'm alright Jack' ones, start next season (hopefully) with everybody in the same position as they were at the start of this, but I think if we're serious about containing and working on the virus, it's certainly the most sensible in my eyes,
 
Corky said:
They may means they may not, so will be correct either way.

The EFL teams getting 1,500 will be a massive risk, absolute bollocks, more likely to shut motorway service stations than stop Macclesfield v Cheltenham.
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The cafe outside Moss Rose is more of a threat than the stadium - probably sees more trade over a 12 month period.
 
I think it’s inevitable it will be played behind closed doors unless one of the clubs is quarantined.

I’m in block 105 and at cl games there are often alway fans in the supposedly neutral sponsors seats. Often kicks off if they celebrate a goal. Could see that being a much bigger issue next week if their fans were present
 
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