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« Reply #2085 on: Thursday, December 24, 2020, 09:55:08 » |
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National lockdown looming, presumably football will be put on hold.
Don't see why a lockdown would force football to be put on hold, the last one didn't. A fixture pile-up caused by increasing amounts of postponements due to positive tests is more likely to cause the season to be scrapped. |
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« Reply #2086 on: Thursday, December 24, 2020, 10:01:06 » |
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I thought the leagues stopped playing in March. PL wasn’t restarted until the end of April. L1/2, obviously, were terminated.
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« Reply #2087 on: Thursday, December 24, 2020, 11:23:15 » |
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This is the breakdown of what Accy Stanley got from the bailout
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« Reply #2088 on: Thursday, December 24, 2020, 11:55:27 » |
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As Paul said there wasn’t a suspension of the game in Lockdown 2 and there haven’t been any mumours of it happening this time around.
Teams will obviously have a game or 2 called off here and there, the league tables will look a bit out of sync in terms of games played but no reason the season won’t finish as normal as the games will all be caught up in the end
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« Reply #2089 on: Thursday, December 24, 2020, 13:21:55 » |
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I thought the leagues stopped playing in March. PL wasn’t restarted until the end of April. L1/2, obviously, were terminated.
They did, but they didn't in November which was the last lockdown. There's a sensible argument to be made as to how much of a lockdown it actually was, but professional sport wasn't cancelled then. |
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« Reply #2090 on: Monday, December 28, 2020, 20:21:59 » |
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Doncaster’s next 3 games called off. We are their next opponents after those 3 games.
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« Reply #2091 on: Monday, December 28, 2020, 20:24:23 » |
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Less than half of L1 games are being played tomorrow.
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« Reply #2092 on: Monday, December 28, 2020, 20:33:09 » |
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Less than half of L1 games are being played tomorrow.
I can't see it being long before there is only one fixture playing or none at all. I wonder how long the EFL (and possibly PL) would wait for several sets of indeterminable "fallow" fixture match days before deciding to cancel/void the season?  Just thinking with the delayed Euro 2020 (and Olympics) set for the coming Summer and a World Cup the following. I would like to think they have all set a contingency for this, in knowing pretty much well when they would bin this weird season off?! Although this is Football governing bodies we're talking about so I won't hold me breath. |
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« Reply #2093 on: Monday, December 28, 2020, 20:46:31 » |
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What is the reason that league 1 seems to be worst hit? Is it just chance? Is it that there is more testing than in L2 - seek and you will find and all that? |
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« Reply #2094 on: Tuesday, December 29, 2020, 08:06:17 » |
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Doncaster’s next 3 games called off. We are their next opponents after those 3 games.
Karl Robinson is now spontaneously combusting |
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« Reply #2096 on: Saturday, January 2, 2021, 22:09:53 » |
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So twice weekly testings in the EFL across all clubs from Monday 4th.
This also means the likelihood of more positive tests, so potentially more matches called off than not.
Maybe not so much for the Championship and Premier League but should L1 & L2 be the ones pushing for a circuit breaker, so to speak? And if so, would this impact any monies due to come in? Possibly not but further, can clubs afford to stay "in business" if a CB is applied?
Should it be time to consider abandoning the season already before serious transfer activity is carried out?
So many questions that just one series of actions brings up.
Discuss if you wish.
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« Reply #2097 on: Saturday, January 2, 2021, 22:29:52 » |
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Should it be time to consider abandoning the season already before serious transfer activity is carried out?
The season shouldn't have started, but now it has, it has to finish as the financial implications are huge. Every season ticket would need to be refunded, sponsors and TV contracts would be breached. In addition, the clubs would not be able to get out of the player contracts so they would basically be fucked. |
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« Reply #2098 on: Saturday, January 2, 2021, 22:34:50 » |
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The season shouldn't have started, but now it has, it has to finish as the financial implications are huge. Every season ticket would need to be refunded, sponsors and TV contracts would be breached.
In addition, the clubs would not be able to get out of the player contracts so they would be basically be fucked.
Good assessment. But there's one flaw... what if it can't be completed? What if the likely number of positive tests make this impossible (considering time schedules and calendars) to do so? Everything you say is correct but practically it might not be possible. There is also the matter of the delayed Euros and Olympics this Summer. Lots of domino style scenarios then emerge. Hmmm. Teetering close to the edge this stuff isn't it? |
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« Reply #2099 on: Saturday, January 2, 2021, 23:27:00 » |
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There is a precedent from last year PPG.
They will make sure enough games say 30 will be played, which is only 10 or so in the next 5-6 months. It will be easily do-able
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