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« Reply #330 on: Sunday, April 26, 2020, 11:34:03 » |
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‘‘Tis all bollocks.
Either play out all the fixtures or end it now. I listened to a podcast by that Paddy owner of Posh - he reckons it makes more financial sense to play out the season via iFollow than to just stop now.
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« Reply #331 on: Sunday, April 26, 2020, 12:36:29 » |
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if the season is voided hopefully supporters initiate a class action lawsuit against the EFL to get a refund on a season that ‘never happened’. I would be done with football at that point anyway so wouldn’t care about the consequences, but hopefully the threat alone of this will be enough to stop any thoughts of voiding.
Also any scenario that sees Southend and Bolton in league 1 next season will be beyond farcical and probably leave equally uninterested.
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« Reply #332 on: Sunday, April 26, 2020, 13:08:13 » |
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Voiding the Premier League season is not an option that we should even be entertaining. The same applies to all our leagues. Curtail them, perhaps, if the agonies of the coronavirus crisis mean either that the public really don’t care or it is no longer feasible to complete the matches. But do not void them, because that would be to bow to the politics of envy. It would be a victory for greed and fear. It would be a victory for vandalism.
Voiding plays to the lowest common denominator. It allows failure to wriggle off the hook. It allows failure to thwart success. It gets everything the wrong way round. Voiding is not about achieving something yourself; it is about stopping others achieving something. It is about a victory for vested interests. It is about denying players something they have worked for because you cannot bear to see them get their reward.
Voiding is about wiping something out, not creating it. It is about destroying something, not building it. It is about trying to bully your way into having another go because you have messed it up this time. It is about trying to avoid your fate if you are facing relegation or failure to qualify for the Champions League. It is about trying to dodge what you deserve.
A sane summing up by Oliver Holt
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« Reply #333 on: Sunday, April 26, 2020, 15:20:15 » |
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I didn't think that there was really anything more to say about the current season and the ultimate outcome. It's apparent that I was wrong on that.
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« Reply #334 on: Sunday, April 26, 2020, 15:24:22 » |
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Voiding the Premier League season is not an option that we should even be entertaining. The same applies to all our leagues. Curtail them, perhaps, if the agonies of the coronavirus crisis mean either that the public really don’t care or it is no longer feasible to complete the matches. But do not void them, because that would be to bow to the politics of envy. It would be a victory for greed and fear. It would be a victory for vandalism.
Voiding plays to the lowest common denominator. It allows failure to wriggle off the hook. It allows failure to thwart success. It gets everything the wrong way round. Voiding is not about achieving something yourself; it is about stopping others achieving something. It is about a victory for vested interests. It is about denying players something they have worked for because you cannot bear to see them get their reward.
Voiding is about wiping something out, not creating it. It is about destroying something, not building it. It is about trying to bully your way into having another go because you have messed it up this time. It is about trying to avoid your fate if you are facing relegation or failure to qualify for the Champions League. It is about trying to dodge what you deserve.
A sane summing up by Oliver Holt
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« Reply #335 on: Monday, April 27, 2020, 09:42:11 » |
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No idea why there is this haste to finish this season, its likely the case that next season will be equally buggered by restrictions to prevent further outbreaks so why not just wait as its unlikely a 'new' season will be necessary until Aug-Sept 2021.
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« Reply #336 on: Monday, April 27, 2020, 17:36:40 » |
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No idea why there is this haste to finish this season, its likely the case that next season will be equally buggered by restrictions to prevent further outbreaks so why not just wait as its unlikely a 'new' season will be necessary until Aug-Sept 2021.
Haven't UEFA put a beginning of August date to finish 19/20 season including the Champions League final? Assume that trickles down to the EFL if promotion and relegation is to happen. |
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« Reply #337 on: Monday, April 27, 2020, 17:59:22 » |
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Haven't UEFA put a beginning of August date to finish 19/20 season including the Champions League final? Assume that trickles down to the EFL if promotion and relegation is to happen.
Think it's end of July for domestic leagues so they can do remaining rounds of Champions League and Europa League in August |
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« Reply #338 on: Monday, April 27, 2020, 18:02:18 » |
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No idea why there is this haste to finish this season, its likely the case that next season will be equally buggered by restrictions to prevent further outbreaks so why not just wait as its unlikely a 'new' season will be necessary until Aug-Sept 2021. I think there will be a 20/21 season of sorts. without fans for a lot of it maybe. no idea how it's going to be financed though at our level (though I've paid 1/5 of next year's at money already) if you wait to finish the season, most lower League squads will be vastly different from June 30th. it would be a farce. |
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« Reply #339 on: Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 10:02:29 » |
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UEFA have given governing bodies a deadline of May 25 to inform them of their plan for resuming games.
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« Reply #340 on: Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 13:47:35 » |
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French football cancelled now too, meeting next month to decide on promotion/relegation/European places
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« Reply #341 on: Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 11:39:52 » |
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« Reply #342 on: Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 12:19:53 » |
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Doesn't make any difference to fans if it's behind closed doors though does it? Other than deterring people from wanting to go and stand outside anyway a la PSG fans. Makes it easier to staff too and with less staff. Seems a good idea, unless I'm missing something? |
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« Reply #343 on: Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 12:30:09 » |
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There is no perfect option, whatever is decided is going to split opinions across the whole football community.
I think a lot people are still clinging to the hope that the season can be resolved in the normal fashion in a few months. Therefore anything different to that will be shit, regardless of what the resolution is.
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« Reply #344 on: Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 12:35:50 » |
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There is no perfect option, whatever is decided is going to split opinions across the whole football community.
I think a lot people are still clinging to the hope that the season can be resolved in the normal fashion in a few months. Therefore anything different to that will be shit, regardless of what the resolution is.
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