And yet you know Clancy would still give them one!imagine scum playing a closed door game, with all the social distancing they would have nobody to fall over to get a free kick or penalty
At the end of the day, the footballing authorities throughout the world have to act with dignity here. You cannot have celebratory situations, when all round people are dying..
Correct, each league is exactly the same . It's unfortunate for liverpool, but it's exactly the same situationthey are in a similar position imo, they are ahead in their league which hasnt been mathematically won or all the games complete. Liverpool should not be awarded the title as should be the case across all leagues.
if you award liverpool it then you must also the mentally challengeds.
Article on Leeds:
Marching on together: Bielsa and Leeds show team spirit as wait goes on
The manager, squad and coaching staff have accepted wage deferrals to help others as football takes a back seatwww.theguardian.com
The correct response, summed up:
Daniel Chapman, co-editor of the Square Ball fanzine, encapsulates a now almost unimaginably altered mood among the fans.
“Two weeks ago the idea of calling off the season had everyone saying ‘Typical Leeds’,” wrote Chapman in the Yorkshire Evening Post. “That’s gone. Any defiance the mirror now shows is mostly wide-eyed fear as I think less often of promotion. The death tolls from Italy are of a scale that can be mapped on to blocks of seating at Elland Road. The notion of the virus being ‘typically Leeds’ seems absurd now that we can appreciate its global impact on our increasingly local lives.”
I can understand fans being initially upset by the thought of losing their title or promotion. But now... football needs perspective.
Why?they are in a similar position imo, they are ahead in their league which hasnt been mathematically won or all the games complete. Liverpool should not be awarded the title as should be the case across all leagues.
if you award liverpool it then you must also the mentally challengeds.
No way as SPFL would use this as precedent and have a voteIn England the clubs should vote and award Liverpool the title . I think every club would vote for that. Then the logical thing to do would be to void the league and add two teams from the league below and no relegation . Not perfect but nothing will be
They can't void the season. If they have to pay sky back for doing that, the majority of clubs in the EPL would go burst. Bournemouth and teams like that are the size of hearts, about 15,000-20,000 home fans, yet because of sky the can offer £100,000 in wages to playersSeason 2019/20 must be called VOID, it's the only logical solution.
So when’s next season starting and the Europa and champions league qualifiers?There is absolutely no chance this will happen. Money talks, and there's too much at stake to null and void it.
Liverpool will be PL champions, in all likelihood behind closed doors, some time between July and the end of August.
No games will be played behind closed doors. The players union will not allow it.There is absolutely no chance this will happen. Money talks, and there's too much at stake to null and void it.
Liverpool will be PL champions, in all likelihood behind closed doors, some time between July and the end of August.
They can't void the season. If they have to pay sky back for doing that, the majority of clubs in the EPL would go burst. Bournemouth and teams like that are the size of hearts, about 15,000-20,000 home fans, yet because of sky the can offer £100,000 in wages to players
Why would SKY want their money back? Are they refunding all the subscriptions they have received over the season? All the advertisers who have paid to have prime spots during games?They can't void the season. If they have to pay sky back for doing that, the majority of clubs in the EPL would go burst. Bournemouth and teams like that are the size of hearts, about 15,000-20,000 home fans, yet because of sky the can offer £100,000 in wages to players
Why would SKY want their money back? Are they refunding all the subscriptions they have received over the season? All the advertisers who have paid to have prime spots during games?
Seeking to claw back wages on Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher etc along with commentators on games that will not go towards the deciding of a championship?
Declaring the season null and void will not suddenly have everyone demanding their money back.
They can't void the season. If they have to pay sky back for doing that, the majority of clubs in the EPL would go burst. Bournemouth and teams like that are the size of hearts, about 15,000-20,000 home fans, yet because of sky the can offer £100,000 in wages to players
This.
If the SPL season is null and void and we effectively start again next season, so be it.
If the SPL title gets awarded based on current status, so be it.
The first option is the correct one in my opinion but honestly, if the SPL get it wrong and go with option 2, it’ll be the most tainted of all tainted titles and everyone, including them, will know it. The record books will show 9 but history will also record the circumstances.
Whatever happens happens. More important things to worry about currently.
They can't void the season. If they have to pay sky back for doing that, the majority of clubs in the EPL would go burst. Bournemouth and teams like that are the size of hearts, about 15,000-20,000 home fans, yet because of sky the can offer £100,000 in wages to players
No games will be played behind closed doors. The players union will not allow it.
So when’s next season starting and the Europa and champions league qualifiers?
What’s happening with the out of contract players?
As it stand, because of player to player transmission.On what grounds? They're talking about a treatment being ready by July, and tests in the coming weeks will allow us all to know if we've had the illness. Come July, the picture will be so much clearer as to how things proceed. Based on the figures, most players will have been ill by then.
As it stand, because of player to player transmission.
If the season is not completed by the end of June then it won't be completed.
With Euro 2020 now being pushed back a year it will require an early finish to the campaign again next season meaning any delay to restart next season due to Covid-19 is going to cause issues. That's why this season will be null and void.
Award to the team in blue to honour the NHS.The honourable thing would be to award the title to the NHS.
Why would they pay full amount back to Sky?They can't void the season. If they have to pay sky back for doing that, the majority of clubs in the EPL would go burst. Bournemouth and teams like that are the size of hearts, about 15,000-20,000 home fans, yet because of sky the can offer £100,000 in wages to players
And give them the prize moneyThe honourable thing would be to award the title to the NHS.
Liverpool and the scums situations aren't evenly remotely close. Liverpool are completely out of sight in England, 25 points clear, 22 assuming City win game in hand., up here we are potentially and very realistically talking about a 4 point gap (given how we have performed against them in two out of three of our previous games this season). No Surrender !
No bother Peter.They can't void the season. If they have to pay sky back for doing that, the majority of clubs in the EPL would go burst. Bournemouth and teams like that are the size of hearts, about 15,000-20,000 home fans, yet because of sky the can offer £100,000 in wages to players
It's his first post. One of the dense ones.Why would they pay full amount back to Sky?
Surely based on number of unplayed games!
This nonsense has been touted by them to bolster their agenda
Football is not straying up again in April. That's wishful thinking and simply not viable.They won’t play behind closed doors that’s just lunacy - they need to call it off and void it so the general public don’t think the football season is starting again in 2/3 weeks or whenever - it’s off indefinitely they just have not announced it
Where has this 'Sky and BT will need paid back' come from? Genuine question.
They are still being paid monthly subscriptions (kudos to sky for pausing their subs) and will have made millions in advertising for ad breaks, etc for games that have been paid.
Granted they will be at a loss for the next few months with no live sport being played but I dont see how that equates to them being paid back for the games played so far.
Makes no sense. I'd like this season to be played to a conclusion but I cant see how that can happen, given that it looks like June at the earliest before a ball could be kicked.
Binning this season across the board looks like the only logical way of getting everything back to schedule across world football.
I think Liverpool should be awarded if all the other teams in the Epl agree to it , which i think they would , everyone agrees they are deserved winners and are too far ahead. Totally different story to up here though.I've had a celtic fan tell me that Liverpool should be awarded it, God knows what his motive for that was though