Football league suspended until April 4th

[Billy Bests boot laces]

it would be far easier than in April/May/June which is where when according to all experts they expect most cases and therefore squads most likely to be worst hit?

Exactly, the situation will get worse before it ease's. Apparently (?) the low number of people ( compared to other European Country's ) tested positive, are only those who have been sent to Hospitals, no one else?.
Not that i give a damn about Portsmouth, but they have sold around 53,000 tickets ( FFS! ) for their 'whatever it's called today' Wembley game v Salford on Sun April 5th. Odd's on that happening??.

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

All kinds of theories being discussed on Sky Sports News. We got a mention, briefly, as being skint.

 

[Chairman Trigg]

Now saying that the FA have told the Premier league that they don't think this season will be completed,and that things won't be back to normal till September

 

[Ricey]

Little bit insensitive.

 

[Freedom for Tooting]

At least we get our country back in January. We can exclude all the foreigners spreading the death plague and everything will be fine. Trump has got it dead right.
I spoke to Crown Princess Dave of the Lizard People today and she said they had been through all this before, the answer is doing what they did namely dismantle years of complex socio-economic cooperation with other reptile nations, spread lots of lies then focus on worshipping the New Gods (in their case the Chuckle Brothers). I have already started this but am drawn more to the holy Krankees. But that is because apparently they are swingers and I am quite pervy. Every problem offers opportunity.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

I heard today on the radio that The Premier League have over £1.5 Billion sitting in the bank, just growing every day, due to their cut in Sky Sports money and sponsorships. etc, etc. The football expert rightly said that now would be the perfect time to throw a lifeline down to League One and Two clubs. He said them giving £10 Million or so would be small change for them, as they earn that in less than a month. But it would be a massive help to clubs in peril financially, to help them pay wages and expenses during the current crisis. The Premier League may be the cream, but they still need the Leagues below to make the Premier League relegation battles interesting and relevant. Most football pundits and fans have been saying for years that too much money stays at the top, and more should filter down. Now's the time.

 

[Barling Magna]

Now saying that the FA have told the Premier league that they don't think this season will be completed,and that things won't be back to normal till September

September? Just in time for the autumn resurgence of the virus....

 

[old leigh shrimper]

I can't see the season re-starting or finishing. It Will be declared a void race a la the 1993 grand national!.....and we will STILL be in div 1 whenever the new season starts. IMHO.

 

[CC51DAS]

I can't see the season re-starting or finishing. It Will be declared a void race a la the 1993 grand national!.....and we will STILL be in div 1 whenever the new season starts. IMHO.

With a -24 points 'head start' ?

 

[KiwiRob]

I heard today on the radio that The Premier League have over £1.5 Billion sitting in the bank, just growing every day, due to their cut in Sky Sports money and sponsorships. etc, etc. The football expert rightly said that now would be the perfect time to throw a lifeline down to League One and Two clubs. He said them giving £10 Million or so would be small change for them, as they earn that in less than a month. But it would be a massive help to clubs in peril financially, to help them pay wages and expenses during the current crisis. The Premier League may be the cream, but they still need the Leagues below to make the Premier League relegation battles interesting and relevant. Most football pundits and fans have been saying for years that too much money stays at the top, and more should filter down. Now's the time.

The trouble with a lot of Premier League clubs is that many of them - with one or two notable exceptions - forget that they climbed from the lower leagues in the past.

 

[Shrimpers are Magic]

Now saying that the FA have told the Premier league that they don't think this season will be completed,and that things won't be back to normal till September

That's my take on things as they stand. Expert opinion from PM's press conference Thursday was that the peak infection time wouldn't hit for many weeks yet and that large gatherings would be considered for cancellation then, not for public health reasons but for front line staff i.e. Police, Ambulance and Fire services to be available. Suspending the league and hoping to restart early April seems massively optimistic to me being that this is highly likely to be before the peak infection time. Basically, if the football authorities are calling off the league now then they can't restart only to suspend things again shortly after.
Think we need to accept that sport is pretty much done for foreseeable future and I'm thinking months not weeks.

 

[BriggBlue]

BBC Sport's Simon Stone has answered some of your questions about this season and the impact the suspension will have on the sport.

Will there be any financial assistance to lower league clubs who will have no income for the next month?
Stone: "I don't know if the EFL has enough money to start handing out bridging loans. Like most businesses, clubs will have to find a way round their present situation."

Coronavirus: How will the suspension affect football in Britain?

With elite football in Britain postponed for three weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic, what happens now?

www.bbc.co.uk

I asked that question!

if that is true then a lot of clubs will be in trouble, I'd even wager that some premiership and championship clubs will struggle if their sponsors stop payments or sky ask for a refund

 

[OldBlueLady]

If there was ever a time for Ron to come out with an honest and truthful statement of exactly what this now means for the club, it is now.

No lies, no bull****, tell it how it is.

I very much doubt he is in any position to do so - no-one knows what the heck this will mean for anyone yet.

 

[Ricey]

Wonder if Ron will now release the season card prices to gather up some money.

 

[Chairman Trigg]

That's my take on things as they stand. Expert opinion from PM's press conference Thursday was that the peak infection time wouldn't hit for many weeks yet and that large gatherings would be considered for cancellation then, not for public health reasons but for front line staff i.e. Police, Ambulance and Fire services to be available. Suspending the league and hoping to restart early April seems massively optimistic to me being that this is highly likely to be before the peak infection time. Basically, if the football authorities are calling off the league now then they can't restart only to suspend things again shortly after.
Think we need to accept that sport is pretty much done for foreseeable future and I'm thinking months not weeks.

Will the club survive this.....not only are we millions in debt and owing the hrmc and players,but now effectively have no income coming in .How and on what basis can season ticket renewals be sent?
Health is always no 1 but when this crisis is over.
Football as a whole has some big changes coming .Just hope the Premiership don't use this as an excuse to Tailor the game to their selfish needs.
Just hope when it returns we still have a club

 

[Callum]

Please null and void our season we are staying up

 

[onceknownasrab]

So why don't all the clubs elect a player, whilst they are self isolating, to play the remaining games on an X box, against the corresponding match counterpart. Humphrys has had a lot of time to practice of late. We might even avoid relegation.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

The trouble with a lot of Premier League clubs is that many of them - with one or two notable exceptions - forget that they climbed from the lower leagues in the past.

I'm not even talking about the Premier League clubs passing some money down(Although that would be nice). I was talking about The Premier League body that runs the show. They have the obscene amount of over £1.5 Billion, and growing. Apart from paying each other silly money each year, the people running the show could start spending some in the places that need it most. Even without the TV money, they get £Millions from sponsorships from Coca-Cola, Barclays, Carling, Cadbury, Nike, Tag Heuer and EA Sports. They could help to save a few clubs in crisis, and it wouldn't affect them one little bit.

 

[Jai]

Would be good PR for them, but I can't see it happening. All the Premier League care about is money and that has always been the case. I can't see that changing now.

 

[Green Wizard]

Now saying that the FA have told the Premier league that they don't think this season will be completed,and that things won't be back to normal till September

Do the Premier League actually take notice of what the FA say? I would have thought it would be the other way round.