Anyone got a link to this but with the Coronavirus instead of Crystanbul?
Could they void the PL due to the Coronavirus? | No | Resuming June 17th
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Anyone got a link to this but with the Coronavirus instead of Crystanbul?
I honestly don't see the difference, and i'm not saying that from a Uniteds fans point of view hoping Liverpool don't win the league. I genuinely hope this season can be completed if it can be done safely even if that means the scousers winning the league.
But as i said i don't see the difference once the league has been started whether its 7% or 77% completed if it has to be voided then it has to be voided, whats the difference?
If it can't be completed, it can't be completed, the amount of games that have been played should be irrelevant. The national FA's would still face all the same dilemma's they are facing now. Who gets promoted/relegated the following season, who qualifies for European competition, who wins the league. etc. etc.
No necessarily no, i imagine theres a domino effect of clubs>Premier League>sponsors>broadcasters, etc that don't want to or won't be able to take the financial hit if the season can't be completed.
Even if it is null and voided at this point, it doesn't eradicate the issue. What if Covid-19 is still a problem in August, September, October. What if it goes away then comes back mid way through another season? Do we null and void again?
Does make you wonder if we'll see Premier League football again in 2020. We probably will but it'll be completely different to any other season.
Does make you wonder if we'll see Premier League football again in 2020. We probably will but it'll be completely different to any other season.
Yep it seems like the only consistent approach that could be applied to any season affected in the way this season has been affected.
Yeah i personally doubt that Euro football will be possible next season, not just from a virus/travel point of view. But the sheer logistics of it, they are talking about finishing this seasons competitions in August, but by that stage the qualifiers for next seasons CL& EL will have been scheduled to be played for around 6 weeks before that. And a lot of or most of the teams that are supposed to be participating in those qualifiers won't have even been decided yet and/or are still competing in this seasons competitions.
It's just probabilities I guess. Perhaps they see it as lower probability to have a problem later down the line compared to today.
It was in this thread, somewhere near the beginning.
Could work out if there's a downward trend. I mean eventually the economy of everywhere needs to start up again.
If anyone asks I liked this post in error, honest.
Here is the real rub, say we halt the league and give Liverpool the title. Next season we start up and close down by December with half the games played and United are top by one point. Are you ok with us being awarded the league, what if its 17 games, or 10? What would the cutoff need to be? Thats why they will not announce the league won this way imo, and it will be done as a vote if anything.
Why should the cup competitions be shelved!?
I suspect monsieur Gill and monsieur Ferguson are behind this.
Strange for a PM to be involved in sporting decisions of other countries. 
Strange for a PM to be involved in sporting decisions of other countries.
Whiskey nose running the France
I don't think we should be awarded it if it's halted where it's at now. It's not mathematically done so wouldn't be an actual title 'win'.
Important day for German football tomorrow when the Chancellor meets with the Minister Presidents of the 16 states to discuss the proposed restart of Bundesliga 1 and 2. The Ministry of Labour as well as the Ministers for Sport of all federal states have already approved the league's plan to continue in May. Also tomorrow, comprehensive testing of all players in the two top divisions will begin. More than 400,000 available Corona tests went unused in German labs last week which helps the league's case as only 22,500 are needed for players and staff on each matchday. They will also have been boosted by the news that the virus reproduction rate has fallen to 0.75. Controversy remains around how to proceed in case a player tests positive.
The rate has gone back up to 1 with the lifting of restrictions.
On Tuesday, the German government’s disease control agency, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), announced the reproduction number for Monday 27 April had risen to 1, after having put it as low as 0.7 in mid-April.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...-stay-home-amid-covid-19-infection-rate-fears
They are actually considering tightening the lockdown again as it has started to rise again.
Rates gone back up. That's old news. Today they are considered tightening the lock down again.
I don't know where you got this from but a tightening of the lock down is not being discussed. Quite the opposite. And the reproduction rate is 0.75 as of tonight.
On Tuesday, the German government’s disease control agency, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), announced the reproduction number for Monday 27 April had risen to 1, after having put it as low as 0.7 in mid-April.
Most of those above will be coming back in June anyway (not saying football should btw).
Ultimately it's how you adapt. More carriages on trains, more work from home, more staggered start times if you have to go into the office or workplace every day still will help ease the load on public transport at peak times so social distancing can be given a chance to work.
Contary to popular belief not every single bar or restuarant in a town/city centre is rammed to capacity for 12 hours a day. Many times I've gone into a pub in Birmingham/Nottingham at lunchtime and been in a seating area of about sixty with only 5-6 other people in the pub (2-3pm). I was in a pub in Nottingham that was actually doing table service 12 months ago for some reason so that will have to be commonplace next 12 months for those that can do it.
So again going to have to be different times and also a change of culture/restrictions around binge drinking and bar hopping on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings which are the main congested nights in bars.
Schools with reduced class sizes probably back sometime in June just to give some structure back although the report yesterday of young children getting ill of course needs to be monitored.
Only things football can really do is BCD and isolate/test the players but of course that can only happen when it's safe and also socially acceptable to do so. That point could well be when it's past a practical point to restart the season and all other euro leagues have already voided and planning for 20/21.
If we assume international/CL football will be off the table longer than domestic football, there is probably an argument to say that you don’t really need to care about deciding on the CL/Europa spots this year.
Almost ironically, that could help the clubs that have been missing out on CL spots to attract their transfer targets
Almost ironically, that could help the clubs that have been missing out on CL spots to attract their transfer targets
You could well be right.
It's still three and a bit months to middle of August so four months wouldn't really cost too much of next season. 5 + months is an issue though.
Interested in people's thoughts in how 20/21 season should proceed if it's a six month delay. Get rid of the cups? Europe? Slightly smaller league season?
Little chance we're fitting in even a 50 game season if league dosen't start up until mid October.
Today is Wednesday and the reproduction rate is 0.75.
And this is old news. They've corrected it to 0.75.
Well, lets hope that it will come back but looking at numbers I don’t know if we can expect that without risking lifes. Without risking new wave of infections.
You are right that we will have to adapt. But there will always be a question of how. It is easy saying this and that but that is only words.
When it comes to football I believe the best options is to stop the season. The quicker the better so the clubs can plan for future. Now we are just walking in desert without a compass. So. You stop the league and try to figure out what to do with this season and standings. At least you have taken first step.
Links?
I was hoping for a better title, you know, something more along the lines of "League resumed".
When it is I'll be on it (if someone reminds me).
Oooo friend, thumbs up friend, football friend, French government friend.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/english...ourse-with-players-over-restart-plans-sources
Can't really blame the players, health risk isn't worth it for them.
Can't really blame the players, health risk isn't worth it for them.
Well, it shouldn't be up to the players. It should be up to experts on the subject. I guess they are also looking on losing their vacations ..
I suspected that was the thinking! Let's scrap the league to allow the cups to be completed!because Liverpool aren’t in the FA Cup.
Doubt anyone will be taking a vacation abroad anytime soon without going through quarantine both ends of the trip.
Unless they want to go to Blackpool of course!
They've got enough money, why take the risk to your health to be rushed back playing too soon, getting sick and potentially ruining their career if lungs effected or worst case scenario ending in the morgue! I think it's perfectly understandable, they're not slaves and perfectly entitled to say they don't want to play in current conditions.
It seems you are correct. It did rise to 1 but has since dropped back to 0.75.
According to Imperial College, the UK number is currently 0.7. However, it seems it doesn't take much to send it higher.
To keep it below 1 will probably mean more weeks of what we are doing now.