Coronavirus: Football Discussion Thread

[Rochdale Blue]

Sure we were favourites for the chumps league at the start of the season,so it should be given to us.

For a season and then adjust the next season or 2.

4 extra games per PL team. Maybe increase the squad size to allow for this. Start earlier, cancel the league cup, end later, force clubs to play x% youth players etc.

I know its Liverpool but I think so far into the season its unfair to void it and behind closed doors isnt fair on the players.

Unfair!!!....The club accused of hacking into the City scouting system and doing everything possible to see us excluded from European football. I'd say it would be nothing less than totally deserved karma.

 

[Boris Becker’s Backhand]

My solution.

1) Cancel the league
2) Award the dippers the title. Annoying but fair, really.
3) Nobody relegated
4) Euro slots is the difficult bit, clubs will moan one way or the other, it might have to be based on what the positions are based on every team having played each other once
5) Next season, plan on two regional leagues to reduce games because there's a chance this virus could re-appear in winter if there's no vaccine in the mean time.

God knows what the championship and leagues below do.

No man, nobody gets awarded anything, you win it or you don’t.

We didn’t stop playing when we were staring into the abyss 2-1 down in the 90th minute against QPR and award the title to united.

 

[Gazza]

My solution.

1) Cancel the league
2) Award the dippers the title. Annoying but fair, really.
3) Nobody relegated
4) Euro slots is the difficult bit, clubs will moan one way or the other, it might have to be based on what the positions are based on every team having played each other once
5) Next season, plan on two regional leagues to reduce games because there's a chance this virus could re-appear in winter if there's no vaccine in the mean time.

God knows what the championship and leagues below do.

Point 2) They haven't won it until they've won it mathematically - cue the PL to bring Liverpool's easiest two home games forward to next Saturday & Sunday.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

COVID-19
Liverpool-18

 

[franksinatra]

Are you being serious??

Of course not. Just a joke about City cancelling and arranging games at late notice. I have booked four days holiday to make the Burnley and Madrid matches so desperate they go ahead, particularly as last time I made the trip was for the cancelled West Ham match. If they cancel the Wilmslow half marathon on sunday that really would be the icing on the cake.

 

[blueinsa]

My solution.

1) Cancel the league
2) Award the dippers the title. Annoying but fair, really.
3) Nobody relegated
4) Euro slots is the difficult bit, clubs will moan one way or the other, it might have to be based on what the positions are based on every team having played each other once
5) Next season, plan on two regional leagues to reduce games because there's a chance this virus could re-appear in winter if there's no vaccine in the mean time.

God knows what the championship and leagues below do.

You cannot award the title nor relegate sides with games to play and nothing mathematically certain you just cant.

They either play behind closed doors and face the backlash from clubs and players or they halt the season and hope to restart it or they abandon and no one wins or goes down from any league in the country.

 

[bluwes]

Whatever decision is made by FA, for me it should be fully endorsed by the Government

its more likely to be the other way around

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

No man, nobody gets awarded anything, you win it or you don’t.

We didn’t stop playing when we were staring into the abyss 2-1 down in the 90th minute against QPR and award the title to united.

I know, I know. Just not sure I could cope with the high-pitched squeal we'll get for decades if the season is dumped. Another way would be to do as above but finish this season in August-October and then run the regional idea. The problem with that, I've mentioned this before, is some clubs could say that they will be disadvantaged due to players being out of contract etc, etc.

 

[skivitheblue9320]

Regarding this streaming nonsense when potentially playing games behind closed doors, anyone actually thought about those that don’t have wi-fi at home or limited internet access? How they going to watch, my good friend whom I bring to games is 84, hasn’t got any of the trappings we take for granted today as can’t afford them and doesn’t want them anyway. Where’s he going to watch the game, can’t come to mine, or watch with groups in a pub?

 

[Marvin]

Some politicians apparently think that if they cancel big sporting events it will free up resources for the emergency services

Look at these scenes outside PSG. They might as well have played the game