[Albion] Premier League plans for the remainder of the season *** ALL FIXTURES POSTPONED 3rd April

[Common as Mook]

No way should Watford be allowed to play Leicester this weekend if Leicester are weakened because of the virus. That would be an absolute disgrace.

 

[The Optimist]

Do we keep the 25 man squads intact even though players like Schelotto are out of contract in June ?

Should teams be allowed to sign players in June for games this season ? If so, how does that help the integrity of the competition ?

You’d have to allow a transfer window. I don’t think it’s a massive problem as we allow a January window and don’t consider it an issue.

 

[Mr Banana]

Would another year give Southgate time to see sense on Dunk?

If every professional English defender was quarantined, would Dunk get a call-up etc etc

 

[Nathan]

Do we keep the 25 man squads intact even though players like Schelotto are out of contract in June ?

Should teams be allowed to sign players in June for games this season ? If so, how does that help the integrity of the competition ?

It is going to be difficult to find a workable solution that everyone is happy with.

 

[doogie004]

I'm dying to go to the game.

Hang around you may get your wish


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[pb21]

No way should Watford be allowed to play Leicester this weekend if Leicester are weakened because of the virus. That would be an absolute disgrace.

That's a good point.

At this point I can't see how the season can continue.

 

[sparkie]

It is going to be difficult to find a workable solution that everyone is happy with.

Which is why the only solution is to void the league and start from scratch when safe.

People can talk about WBA and Leeds but they haven't won anything yet, maybe Fulham would be a bit upset if denied a shot at top 2 ?

If a team were mathematically promoted or relegated that would be a different situation. Sort it out before that minefield.

 

[Official Old Man]

Press conference re COBRA due very soon.

 

[Common as Mook]

Just end everything as it stands now.

Job done.

 

[Insel affe]

Now the Euro's

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51859548

 

[Goring-by-Seagull]

I'm due to go to Germany next Friday to watch Hamburg - just received an email from the club saying no events with 1000+ visitors are allowed to take place in APRIL 30TH!

 

[Easy 10]

I thought about this on another thread, and think it should, and could be postponed :

I assume the season will have to continue, even if that goes into September / October. There is absolutely nothing clean about cancelling it or ending it prematurely and court cases will be plentiful and will drag.

So it should be postponed until such time it can be continued. That might be all through the summer, so player registrations will have to be extended and transfer window pushed back. Then the 2020-21 season will be truncated, perhaps all domestic cups not held for a season, no winter break, European trophies become straight one-leg knockouts with no group stage, lots of midweek league games, fewer international breaks and Nations league cancelled - after all every European league will be in same boat - and we get back on track with a Euros in summer 2021 (as long as league season not required to go on to June) and a revised WC qualifying schedule.

Whatever is done I imagine it will be a UEFA-facilitated Europe-wide decision.

But we currently have no idea how long it would have to be postponed for - you have to reach a cut-off point for everyone (not just the PL). And you're creating further complications down the line in order to accommodate the remainder of this season, which would damage the integrity of the following seasons competitions, with many issues to resolve primarily around the schedule. We'd go into the next season with all kinds of complex truncations and unsatisfactory situations. It'd be a mess.

IMO we take the hit now and make a clean break. Season 19/20 finishes as though it never started, and we begin the next season (whenever that may be) with a clean slate, starting as we were last summer. 'Take it on the chin' as we've been told before. Yes there'll be some massive disappointments, but football really isn't all THAT important in the great scheme of things, it certainly isn't life and death. However they try to resolve this, there will be winners and losers, there's no perfect outcome to fix this. It may not be fixable, so take the simplest option and we all know where we stand.

Liverpool can be "moral champions". Everyone else will just have to get on with it. I lost a precious Excel spreadsheet once with all kinds of important numbers on it that I'd slaved over for months. Gone at the touch of a button. A right shitter, but I started again from scratch and carried on from there. The world continued to revolve. Thats just what football will have to do.

 

[southstandandy]

If the season were to be put on hold (which I have a feeling after this weekend it might), how long could they postpone it for. Chances are this virus will be around for months if not into next year so unless the season can be finished by playing games without crowds, then I can see a situation where the season just gets stopped after 30 games. Apparently the break in Italy is likely to now be extended until the end of April - could you imagine that here too? Absolute chaos.

I know everyones health is paramount but I have a gut feeling this weekends fixtures could be the last we see this season with the speed of developments on an hourly and daily basis.

 

[Nathan]

Which is why the only solution is to void the league and start from scratch when safe.

People can talk about WBA and Leeds but they haven't won anything yet, maybe Fulham would be a bit upset if denied a shot at top 2 ?

If a team were mathematically promoted or relegated that would be a different situation. Sort it out before that minefield.

I don't disagree with you, but it does have knock on effects for champions league games, who qualifies from England? Same as last years final time? Leicester and Chelsea wouldn't be happy at all with this situation.

 

[Wozza]

Now the Euro's

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51859548

The Euros are nailed on to be moved. And the Olympics. And Glastonbury etc etc.

Sounds like hyperbole, but I doubt there will be any major events this summer anywhere in the world.

 

[Ludensian Gull]

But we currently have no idea how long it would have to be postponed for - you have to reach a cut-off point for everyone (not just the PL). And you're creating further complications down the line in order to accommodate the remainder of this season, which would damage the integrity of the following seasons competitions, with many issues to resolve primarily around the schedule. We'd go into the next season with all kinds of complex truncations and unsatisfactory situations. It'd be a mess.

IMO we take the hit now and make a clean break. Season 19/20 finishes as though it never started, and we begin the next season (whenever that may be) with a clean slate, starting as we were last summer. 'Take it on the chin' as we've been told before. Yes there'll be some massive disappointments, but football really isn't all THAT important in the great scheme of things, it certainly isn't life and death. However they try to resolve this, there will be winners and losers, there's no perfect outcome to fix this. It may not be fixable, so take the simplest option and we all know where we stand.

Liverpool can be "moral champions". Everyone else will just have to get on with it. I lost a precious Excel spreadsheet once with all kinds of important numbers on it that I'd slaved over for months. Gone at the touch of a button. A right shitter, but I started again from scratch and carried on from there. The world continued to revolve. Thats just what football will have to do.

Agree 100%, that's the only way this is going to play out . Lucky for some , unlucky for others , shit happens get on with it next season .Far more important things than football etc .

 

[SAC]

No way should Watford be allowed to play Leicester this weekend if Leicester are weakened because of the virus. That would be an absolute disgrace.

Why? B'fluff have 10 players either injured or unwell, no one is suggesting they shouldn't play on Saturday. If the whole team had to be isolated then I would agree but 3 players isn't a massive problem.

 

[Swansman]

I'm due to go to Germany next Friday to watch Hamburg - just received an email from the club saying no events with 1000+ visitors are allowed to take place in APRIL 30TH!

This thing is not going to blow away quickly...

 

[Gwylan]

I guess there are two options regarding the PL.

Declare this season null and void.

Declare each remaining game a draw.

Or postpone till the summer (possible now that Euros have been cancelled)

 

[Easy 10]

I don't disagree with you, but it does have knock on effects for champions league games, who qualifies from England? Same as last years final time? Leicester and Chelsea wouldn't be happy at all with this situation.

Nobody is happy with the Corona virus situation, but in the great scheme of things, who plays in what competition next season is really of minimal importance. The world does not revolve around football, the Champions League or the PL. Sometimes life isn't fair and we just have to get on with it. Have another go next season at qualifying / getting promoted, its what we all do at the start of every season anyway.

Waiting for this crisis to pass and then picking up from where we were, simply may not be a viable option - this could and likely will drag on for months and months. Then instead of 1 ruined season, we'll end up with 2 ruined seasons as we try to shoe-horn in the end of this one somewhere, somehow.

If, as seems inevitable, games are suspended then I think the PL along with the rest of Europe should set a cut-off point, a date where we say "if we can't resume this current season by xx xx xx date, then 2019/20 is null and void, and we start again when we can as per the standings at the start of 2019/20".

A shitter for some, a reprieve for others. Thats life though innit.