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Post by Jomo on May 12, 2020 16:05:39 GMT
Sorry if someone has already posted this, but I couldn't find it, and thought this article on the Beeb was interesting. Alex Rodman comes across very well as always, and seems to talk with a lot of common sense. Represents the club well I reckon. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52635283
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Post by darkbluegas on May 12, 2020 17:58:04 GMT
Sorry if someone has already posted this, but I couldn't find it, and thought this article on the Beeb was interesting. Alex Rodman comes across very well as always, and seems to talk with a lot of common sense. Represents the club well I reckon. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52635283Good to see that the PL are paying £4,000,000 for testing players in a country that can’t even test the people that work in care homes properly
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Post by blueridge on May 12, 2020 18:12:07 GMT
I agree he comes across as being very articulate. However, prior to the EFL meeting tomorrow (where presumably he will be) and the nervousness of players returning , which I don’t think is going to happen any time soon - he said “In my eyes probably, with the revelations of the last day or two, I don’t see us coming back any time soon, possibly not at all”. Very worrying, but not surprising - I feel we have possibly seen the last of a number of players at the club.
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Post by Jomo on May 12, 2020 19:03:18 GMT
Sorry if someone has already posted this, but I couldn't find it, and thought this article on the Beeb was interesting. Alex Rodman comes across very well as always, and seems to talk with a lot of common sense. Represents the club well I reckon. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52635283Good to see that the PL are paying £4,000,000 for testing players in a country that can’t even test the people that work in care homes properly Ridiculous isn't it.
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Post by warehamgas on May 12, 2020 21:19:17 GMT
Sorry if someone has already posted this, but I couldn't find it, and thought this article on the Beeb was interesting. Alex Rodman comes across very well as always, and seems to talk with a lot of common sense. Represents the club well I reckon. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52635283Yes, I thought it was interesting and he came over, in the article, very well. We might not like his message but I expect many would agree with it. He appeared to be saying that the bigger picture of people's health was more important than football however much we love our club. He was talking about health and well-being being the most important thing to consider. The Swindon manager seemed to be saying the opposite and that Swindon having the opportunity to win the league was more important. I guess, depending on where you are in the league, may determine how you view it. I know what is important, and it’s not football, but perhaps that would be different if we were top and on the verge of a Championship-return. But I don’t think so. UTG!
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Post by William Wilson on May 13, 2020 5:41:02 GMT
Sorry if someone has already posted this, but I couldn't find it, and thought this article on the Beeb was interesting. Alex Rodman comes across very well as always, and seems to talk with a lot of common sense. Represents the club well I reckon. Good header of the ball too.
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Post by Jomo on May 13, 2020 6:40:10 GMT
Sorry if someone has already posted this, but I couldn't find it, and thought this article on the Beeb was interesting. Alex Rodman comes across very well as always, and seems to talk with a lot of common sense. Represents the club well I reckon. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52635283Yes, I thought it was interesting and he came over, in the article, very well. We might not like his message but I expect many would agree with it. He appeared to be saying that the bigger picture of people's health was more important than football however much we love our club. He was talking about health and well-being being the most important thing to consider. The Swindon manager seemed to be saying the opposite and that Swindon having the opportunity to win the league was more important. I guess, depending on where you are in the league, may determine how you view it. I know what is important, and it’s not football, but perhaps that would be different if we were top and on the verge of a Championship-return. But I don’t think so. UTG! To be honest I think Rodders is right, but Wellens needn't be denied what his team have obviously worked hard for. Points Per Game and every teams efforts over the first two thirds of the season can be suitably rewarded. If it was only a third of the way into the season I'd say null and void, but seeing as there were only 9 or 10 games left, I'd be happy to see those at the top go up, and those at the bottom go down. Not everyones cup of tea but it's a better solution than abandoning the season altogether, and it's a much better solution than continuing the season despite very real health concerns for the players and their families, and then indeed anyone that comes into contact with any of them too.
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Post by warehamgas on May 13, 2020 8:45:03 GMT
Yes, I thought it was interesting and he came over, in the article, very well. We might not like his message but I expect many would agree with it. He appeared to be saying that the bigger picture of people's health was more important than football however much we love our club. He was talking about health and well-being being the most important thing to consider. The Swindon manager seemed to be saying the opposite and that Swindon having the opportunity to win the league was more important. I guess, depending on where you are in the league, may determine how you view it. I know what is important, and it’s not football, but perhaps that would be different if we were top and on the verge of a Championship-return. But I don’t think so. UTG! To be honest I think Rodders is right, but Wellens needn't be denied what his team have obviously worked hard for. Points Per Game and every teams efforts over the first two thirds of the season can be suitably rewarded. If it was only a third of the way into the season I'd say null and void, but seeing as there were only 9 or 10 games left, I'd be happy to see those at the top go up, and those at the bottom go down. Not everyones cup of tea but it's a better solution than abandoning the season altogether, and it's a much better solution than continuing the season despite very real health concerns for the players and their families, and then indeed anyone that comes into contact with any of them too. Yes, I agree. Points per game although flawed seems the best option out of a number of bad options in a difficult situation. As with any difficult decision some will like it, some won’t. Always winners and losers. UTG!
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Post by Jomo on May 13, 2020 9:32:34 GMT
To be honest I think Rodders is right, but Wellens needn't be denied what his team have obviously worked hard for. Points Per Game and every teams efforts over the first two thirds of the season can be suitably rewarded. If it was only a third of the way into the season I'd say null and void, but seeing as there were only 9 or 10 games left, I'd be happy to see those at the top go up, and those at the bottom go down. Not everyones cup of tea but it's a better solution than abandoning the season altogether, and it's a much better solution than continuing the season despite very real health concerns for the players and their families, and then indeed anyone that comes into contact with any of them too. Yes, I agree. Points per game although flawed seems the best option out of a number of bad options in a difficult situation. As with any difficult decision some will like it, some won’t. Always winners and losers. UTG! I agree wareham. Some will not like it and it's not ideal, but frankly teams that have got themselves stuck in the relegation zone with 10 games left have found themselves where they deserve to be in my opinion. The table doesn't lie, especially on points per game basis. Of course some teams at the top would have imploded and some teams at the bottom will have been able to escape, but if any season played on one extra game after 46, you'd get even more twists and turns. I don't see how ending it here and now and rewarding teams for their efforts thus far, can possibly be seen as a less preferred option than going ahead against the concerns of players and their families.
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Post by gas2 on May 13, 2020 9:40:20 GMT
Bill shankly once said football is not a matter of life or death it's more important than that but at the moment it's life that is more important
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Post by scdave on May 13, 2020 13:15:18 GMT
If fans will not be able attend matches until February 2021, why not play the remaining games then. Ie make it the 2019-21 "season".
I know a lot of the players will not be at the same club, but as it stands any 2020/21 season (with full home and away fixtures and cup games) would be unlikely to be completed anyway.
Hopefully common sense and medical breakthroughs may make the world (and the football pitch/ stadiums) a safer place for us all by Feb.
Most of the opinions, I have read from the football world are blatantly biased to their own teams league position. At least the suspension idea till next year and then a safe completion, will see promotion and relegation sorted on the pitch, not by legal teams.
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Post by darkbluegas on May 13, 2020 13:41:22 GMT
I personally think the decision to abandon leagues 1&2 has been made but they’re just trying to work out how to resolve the positions. If the season was finished next year it would have very little integrity due to players getting older and some youngsters breaking into first teams. It would bear no relevance to the first part of the season. Some squads will also be physically and mentally badly affected by this. There would be so many pointless games.
I think it’s going to be hard enough to restart the PL, there’s many players now coming out to say they have no interest in playing whilst this crisis continues.
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