[Football] French league 1 abandoned

[Live by the sea]

Now officially abandoned. No decision yet on any promotions or relegations.

Surely this makes it more likely the PL will follow suit ? What do the NSC folk think !

 

[portslade seagull]

Greed will win the day I expect

 

[jamie (not that one)]

If the general public are going to be allowed out to mingle shortly, why not play behind closed doors? At least clubs will still get some tv revenue and all matches can be streamed via club websites.

*edit - assuming it's safe to do so, which we will know when lockdown ends. If not, then obviously cancel.

 

[southstandandy]

PSG and Lyon out of the Champions League or will it be abandoned this season or played late in the year?

 

[Live by the sea]

What about social distancing, surely that’s not possible ?

 

[jamie (not that one)]

What about social distancing, surely that’s not possible ?

If strict social distancing rules are in place we won't see many things considered as entertainment taking place. Soaps, films etc will all have to go on hold as actors cant film close to each other or have makeup put on.

 

[Icy Gull]

Toulouse will be happy, they were 17 points adrift

 

[A1X]

And so another league sees sense. Somehow I expect we'll be one of the last to be dragged kicking and screaming into reality.

 

[Surf's Up]

And so another league sees sense. Somehow I expect we'll be one of the last to be dragged kicking and screaming into reality.

This, aided and abetted by a government too scared to face the truth

 

[Live by the sea]

Toulouse will be happy, they were 17 points adrift

Sorry I should have clarified, french season abandoned but not made null & void so promotion and relegation still has to be decided by a meeting by the french football authority .

 

[Icy Gull]

Sorry I should have clarified, french season abandoned but not made null & void so promotion and relegation still has to be decided by a meeting by the french football authority .

In that case Toulouse are fecked

On another note, If they did that in England imagine how pissed we’d be if they decided to relegate us

 

[nicko31]

Think I'm losing the desire for things to restart now, in the circumstances it just doesn't feel right

 

[Peteinblack]

I've said from the outset, stop the season now.

Award Liverklopp the title and promote all the teams in automatic promotion places in the other leagues, but don't relegate anyone.

Then relegate one extra team over the next two seasons to restore the Leagues to their current size.

 

[SeagullCrow]

I think that the financial implications may play quite a significant role in the decision of the Premier League to follow suit, or otherwise. The KPMG Football Benchmark wrote a report back in March which suggested that the cost of cancelling the French League would be approximately a quarter of that it would cost the Premier League:-

https://www.footballbenchmark.com/library/what_are_the_major_impacts_of_coronavirus_on_the_game

 

[8049]

Does the fact their government has explicitly banned sporting events until September make a difference to the potential contractual issues? Is it similar to force majeure? If that's the case, I assume PL and EFL won't make a decision unless the UK govt does the same thing.

 

[BluesRockDJ]

If only Liverpool hadn't dropped points at Watford and wherever else to sew up the title.........................................

 

[S'hampton Seagull]

As already mentioned this is a French government position and the UK government don't seem to share the view (well not yet at least)

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[Official Old Man]

Out of interest, if the PL was stopped now, how would Brighton stand? I've heard average points, which would keep us up. On the other hand teams may complain about having played the top 6 away more than others, again Brighton should stay up. Pools panel style decisions. Not too good as we have 6 bad games to play plus bound to give Norwich as H win.
So under what scenario would Brighton get relegated?

 

[Live by the sea]

In that case Toulouse are fecked

On another note, If they did that in England imagine how pissed we’d be if they decided to relegate us

I looked into that . I can’t see any scenario where we would be relegated. Points after 19 games or average points per game or current placing . We would stay up on all. Our biggest risk of relegation is playing the full 38 games !

 

[nwgull]

Out of interest, if the PL was stopped now, how would Brighton stand? I've heard average points, which would keep us up. On the other hand teams may complain about having played the top 6 away more than others, again Brighton should stay up. Pools panel style decisions. Not too good as we have 6 bad games to play plus bound to give Norwich as H win.
So under what scenario would Brighton get relegated?

After 29 out of 39 games played most teams have played enough of a fair share of strong and weak teams that points per game should provide a decent estimate. Both Villa and Bournemouth would struggle to justify that they've got an easier run-in than Watford and West Ham, and they certainly couldn't justify making up the respective 2 and 4 points on us as well as the +10 goal difference.