Promotion and relegation 2019/20 season

[Chris Powell's mate]

Would we want the season cancelled if we were 15 points clear at the top?

Nope! But we're not, and as Basil Fawlty once put it we're: 'stating the bleedin obvious...'

 

[Chris Powell's mate]

Two points from above caught the eye, and both referred to the re-allocation of Premier League funds.
Over their cash-bloated corpses is more likely!

 

[Ricey]

Would we want the season cancelled if we were 15 points clear at the top?

I don’t think I’d care, Football is so irrelevant now. The safety and health of the country is far more important than anything else.

 

[Voice of Reason]

Darragh MacAnthony is another man who talks an awful lot of sense (see the attached article again from the Guardian). A man with his business acumen and knowledge of the finances associated with owning/running a lower league club needs to be listened to by those running the game. We all know that won't ever happen though. Instead we will continue to get rediculous ideas such as shortening a game of football to ensure we get the season finished before the end of July!

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...y-it-cant-die-darragh-macanthony-peterborough

Top article, that man talks a lot of sense

 

[camden shrimper]

Top article, that man talks a lot of sense

Yeah great article that - business and common sense, I fear our great overlords have neither though

 

[Ricey]

Bundesliga has been allowed to continue behind closed doors. Think this could influence any decision for the English leagues. They’ll see how things go for them before making a decision over here.

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

Bundesliga has been allowed to continue behind closed doors. Think this could influence any decision for the English leagues. They’ll see how things go for them before making a decision over here.

Interesting quote from the chief exec of the DFL...
"Games without spectators are not an ideal solution for anyone. In a crisis threatening the very existence of some clubs, however, it is the only way to keep the leagues in their current form."

The rest of Europe will be watching!

 

[Chris Powell's mate]

Interesting quote from the chief exec of the DFL...
"Games without spectators are not an ideal solution for anyone. In a crisis threatening the very existence of some clubs, however, it is the only way to keep the leagues in their current form."

The rest of Europe will be watching!

The key for the Bundesliga is playing games in order to keep the dough either from TV or sponsors.
It doesn't apply in the EFL for the most part - and surely not in Leagues One and Two.

 

[kentblues]

Bundesliga has been allowed to continue behind closed doors. Think this could influence any decision for the English leagues. They’ll see how things go for them before making a decision over here.

Look let’s be honest- no point looking at Germany, they have a tenth of the deaths, are on top of their situation and are in a different world. I don’t want to get into politics but borrowing Merkel on loan as PM 3 months ago would have been a great move. But all that is water under the bridge. move on.

 

[Ricey]

May 15 the Bundesliga restarts.

 

[Shrimpers are Magic]

IF we stay up this season and next season we actually have decent chance of being a L1 side with a brand new stadium that can have a crack at going up to the championship with a team containing a lot of academy graduates.

Bloody hell Ron, by jove you might have delivered after all.

this lock down has hit you hard hasn't it?

 

[Mick]

Look let’s be honest- no point looking at Germany, they have a tenth of the deaths, are on top of their situation and are in a different world. I don’t want to get into politics but borrowing Merkel on loan as PM 3 months ago would have been a great move. But all that is water under the bridge. move on.

It's not water under the bridge -the incompetants are still in charge.

 

[Shrimper]

Bundesliga has been allowed to continue behind closed doors. Think this could influence any decision for the English leagues. They’ll see how things go for them before making a decision over here.

They're weeks ahead of us. I remember seeing somewhere that UEFA wanted leagues to start by 25th I think. Ours won't

 

[tallboyblue]

Neither will theirs if they get a second spike.

 

[Suffolk Blue]

You can imagine the thousands of scousers congregating outside Anfield and/or the neutral venue where they clinch they title.
It kicked off big time when PSG tried to play a match behind closed doors.

 

[BriggBlue]

this lock down has hit you hard hasn't it?

Well someones got to be positive!

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

Dutch minister just announced that there will be no football matches in Holland taking place with fans until a vaccine is found.

That could be a long time.

 

[Ricey]

Dutch minister just announced that there will be no football matches in Holland taking place with fans until a vaccine is found.

That could be a long time.

I just saw that, a very bold statement to make and one I don’t think they will stick by.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

So the Bundasliga has been given the green light but is conditional on tests being all clear etc.
How about the lower German leagues? And aren't , other than the top two tiers, they part time?

 

[camden shrimper]

I just saw that, a very bold statement to make and one I don’t think they will stick by.

There is a difference between a vaccine being found and being rigorously tested. Not to come across as pedantic but the testing would normally take years and years so I think it's basically impossible to wait for such a thing and expect any of the creative and sporting industries to still be in existence.