Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

[cibaman]

Funny how it's only utd, Liverpool* and sky sports shouting to get the league finished.

Uncanny that.

And South Shields

 

[denislawsbackheel]

And Jersey
Played 27 won 27.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Reminds me of a five a side tournament when I played for Wilbraham Junior School at City’s old Platt Lane training ground. Got my medal from Kenny Clements. Lost it behind the gas fire.

Mick “Relic” Heal as coach!

 

[denislawsbackheel]

I’m not entirely unsympathetic to your point of view, but presumably you think the Wartime League was a bad idea as well?

Regional leagues, half of which folded and loaned players.
Crystal Palace used over 150 players!

 

[chesterbells]

Regional leagues, half of which folded and loaned players.
Crystal Palace used over 150 players!

Yes, been reading up on it. Very inclusive of Palace to do that!

 

[its grim up north]

Premier League footballers are likely to accept wage deferrals as clubs look to ward off financial problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Clubs are expected to adopt the measures as a collective instead of taking unilateral action

@guardian_sport

TV companies could show ALL Saturday 3pm fixtures as part of an emergency coronavirus plan. Sky and BT Sport could put games "behind the red button" for existing subscribers, if the Premier League is forced into weeks of playing fixtures

Broadcasters could do it to help prevent supporters turning up en masse at stadiums to try and watch games, even if they are locked out. Discussions are still at an exploratory stage and it remains to be seen whether it could work and get approval

@MirrorFootball

The mirror have bee really pushing this

"If the Premier League is forced to into playing weeks of fixtures" Forced? I despair !

 

[King KdB of Belgium]

All leagues below the 3 national leagues have had their leagues made null and void. So the only leagues that are left are the top 4 divisions in England and the top 2 of the women's league that are left. The EFL has just come out and stated that they will not be starting up again on the 30th April as they had hope due to the coronavirus rapidly increasing. They will not give a date as to when they hope to resume once again.

The Premier League will look rather foolish if they did start again on the 30th April, only to be told by the government that they will not be allowed to start. The Health Service needs all the ambulances to be available to ferry people to hospital who become ill, and not being parked up at some football ground waiting in case some footballer needs to be ferried to hospital.

It is time to call the season null an void. Hopefully by doing this we will allow more time for the all those working in the hospitals to cure those suffering from this virus. What these hospitals don't need is for the Premier League to be sending football players to hospital suffering from this virus, when it would have been better to call a halt to the whole thing.

 

[Gray]

Simply solution if they play behind closed doors, don't watch on the TV and show them our contempt.

 

[kaz7]

Completing the 2019/20 season behind closed doors is still the “majority view” within both the Premier League and EFL. It is also seen as the most viable current solution to the effect the COVID-19 crisis has had on football

There has even been a shift among the PFA for this, especially as basic boredom sets in, and many players go from being concerned about their health to just wanting to play

Some clubs are again pushing to have the current Premier League season expunged

@IndyFootball

I cannot believe the players would put their families at risk to play a contact sport

 

[johnnytapia]

Simply solution if they play behind closed doors, don't watch on the TV and show them our contempt.

How would they know?