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Post by inee on Mar 25, 2020 14:00:32 GMT
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Post by Marshy on Mar 25, 2020 14:06:20 GMT
I feel sorry for Yeovile (not). But they would have a job on to do it anyway as they were what 6th or 7th? This maybe what happens to the EFL, if this social distancing goes on for another 3 months or more it will be the only alternative.
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Post by chewbacca on Mar 25, 2020 14:06:37 GMT
Can't start the next season until you finish the current in my opinion. This is what I would do;
- Finish the current season in the Autumn, complete the promotion, relegation, European places etc - After the Christmas period start a Spring Series from the 1st of December. Half a season playing each team either home or away with no promotion/relegation including teams that were promoted/relegated into that tier following the 19/20. Cups awarded at the end of the season. - Start a fresh from the 21/22 season.
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 25, 2020 14:08:34 GMT
"and to end the season as soon as possible for the purposes of player contracts."
What does that mean all the players are going to be effectively out of work two months earlier than usual?
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Post by gregsy on Mar 25, 2020 14:17:23 GMT
Can't start the next season until you finish the current in my opinion. This is what I would do; - Finish the current season in the Autumn, complete the promotion, relegation, European places etc - After the Christmas period start a Spring Series from the 1st of December. Half a season playing each team either home or away with no promotion/relegation including teams that were promoted/relegated into that tier following the 19/20. Cups awarded at the end of the season. - Start a fresh from the 21/22 season. I've been thinking exactly along those lines that half a season would be the only way to catch up.... They must be able to create some software that takes into account attendance and distance that could / should be a fair enough draw.... Only problem is that the very fabric or footy depends on a full home schedule.... Its complicated for sure....
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Post by axegas on Mar 25, 2020 14:18:05 GMT
If you’re a Stevenage fan, you must be over the moon. A Barrow fan? Less so.
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Post by Marshy on Mar 25, 2020 14:24:11 GMT
If you’re a Stevenage fan, you must be over the moon. A Barrow fan? Less so. I’ve never liked Barrow since that horrible twat broke Sean Riggs jaw.
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Post by gregsy on Mar 25, 2020 14:28:37 GMT
If you’re a Stevenage fan, you must be over the moon. A Barrow fan? Less so. I’ve never liked Barrow since that horrible twat broke Sean Riggs jaw. He pleaded guilty to gbh and got a few months in prison for that. I watched the game on match of day without knowing the result and remember watching the incident and feeling sick....
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Post by Marshy on Mar 25, 2020 14:33:05 GMT
I’ve never liked Barrow since that horrible twat broke Sean Riggs jaw. He pleaded guilty to gbh and got a few months in prison for that. I watched the game on match of day without knowing the result and remember watching the incident and feeling sick.... Yeah, it was a pretty sickening and cowardly thing to do, but at least the bastard got what he deserved. A nice little holiday at her majesty’s pleasure! 👍
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Post by Jomo on Mar 25, 2020 14:49:35 GMT
If you’re a Stevenage fan, you must be over the moon. A Barrow fan? Less so. I’ve never liked Barrow since that horrible twat broke Sean Riggs jaw. That was shocking, I remember they showed that match live on the BBC didn't they? Personally I hold nothing against Barrow as a club though...one dickhead does not make a nasty club IMO.
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Post by Jomo on Mar 25, 2020 14:54:54 GMT
I'm really not a fan of voiding the season when it's so close to the finish line. If it's not viable to complete the remaining fixtures, I'd rather they calculated the final positions based on a points-per-game or based on all results after each team played each other once, or even playing small playoff competitions once it's safe to do so, to decide promotion and relegation. Of course neither of the first two proposals are ideal and neither are fair, but I'd argue it's a lot more fair than automatically declaring every team's efforts since last summer as meaningless. Then the playoff option, would it really be much less fair than the existing playoffs where a team that finishes 3 places lower after 46 games can still go up instead?
You have teams at the top that have deservedly earned the right to promotion based on the majority of the fixtures that were scheduled, and teams at the bottom that don't really deserve to get off scot-free. I'm thinking mainly of the likes of Stevenage and Chorley who were effectively down and out already.
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 25, 2020 15:10:52 GMT
If you’re a Stevenage fan, you must be over the moon. A Barrow fan? Less so. And that’s the dilemma in a nutshell. I still think they should finish this season and then move on but others will think different. The leaders making decisions will be criticised whatever they do. I suspect all fans will take a fairly partisan point of view and this season we are as middle of the table as you can get so it won’t affect us as much as most. But I would feel sorry for Barrow, Leeds, WBA, Swindon, Crewe and how on earth could Bolton and Southend avoid relegation. It does seem unfair. UTG!
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Mar 25, 2020 15:27:27 GMT
If you’re a Stevenage fan, you must be over the moon. A Barrow fan? Less so. And that’s the dilemma in a nutshell. I still think they should finish this season and then move on but others will think different. The leaders making decisions will be criticised whatever they do. I suspect all fans will take a fairly partisan point of view and this season we are as middle of the table as you can get so it won’t affect us as much as most. But I would feel sorry for Barrow, Leeds, WBA, Swindon, Crewe and how on earth could Bolton and Southend avoid relegation. It does seem unfair. UTG! I agreed, whatever the cost, however they do it. The season must be finished.
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Post by gregsy on Mar 25, 2020 15:33:45 GMT
And that’s the dilemma in a nutshell. I still think they should finish this season and then move on but others will think different. The leaders making decisions will be criticised whatever they do. I suspect all fans will take a fairly partisan point of view and this season we are as middle of the table as you can get so it won’t affect us as much as most. But I would feel sorry for Barrow, Leeds, WBA, Swindon, Crewe and how on earth could Bolton and Southend avoid relegation. It does seem unfair. UTG! I agreed, whatever the cost, however they do it. The season must be finished. We've all got different opinions, and no matter how things plan out and what is deemed correct I think its important that in a few months time we steer clear of the 'hindsight' bandwagon, and accept that these are truely difficult times to make decisions....
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Post by LJG on Mar 25, 2020 15:42:39 GMT
Can't start the next season until you finish the current in my opinion. This is what I would do; - Finish the current season in the Autumn, complete the promotion, relegation, European places etc - After the Christmas period start a Spring Series from the 1st of December. Half a season playing each team either home or away with no promotion/relegation including teams that were promoted/relegated into that tier following the 19/20. Cups awarded at the end of the season. - Start a fresh from the 21/22 season. Is this a riddle or some sort of nonsense poem? How do you start something after Christmas on the 1st of December? And since when was December spring?
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Post by peterhooper57 on Mar 25, 2020 15:46:00 GMT
From my reading this is not a done deal at the moment; only needs to have one aggrieved club who is relegated while having a chance to stay up, then it is see you in court. I do not understand why the leagues &/or cups cannot be completed at a later date.
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Post by clampdown on Mar 25, 2020 15:47:09 GMT
Feel most sorry for Bitton, FA Vase semi-finals, so close to Wembley.
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Post by SleepyGas on Mar 25, 2020 15:58:12 GMT
He pleaded guilty to gbh and got a few months in prison for that. I watched the game on match of day without knowing the result and remember watching the incident and feeling sick.... Yeah, it was a pretty sickening and cowardly thing to do, but at least the bastard got what he deserved. A nice little holiday at her majesty’s pleasure! 👍 It was lucky the game we being shown on telly.. a few extra cameras about to prove he did it and more focus on what he did to ensure he was actually prosecuted!
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Post by Marshy on Mar 25, 2020 15:59:59 GMT
Feel most sorry for Bitton, FA Vase semi-finals, so close to Wembley. The Bittonest Pill - The Jam. I know ban! 😁
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Mar 25, 2020 16:09:11 GMT
Can't start the next season until you finish the current in my opinion. This is what I would do; - Finish the current season in the Autumn, complete the promotion, relegation, European places etc - After the Christmas period start a Spring Series from the 1st of December. Half a season playing each team either home or away with no promotion/relegation including teams that were promoted/relegated into that tier following the 19/20. Cups awarded at the end of the season. - Start a fresh from the 21/22 season. Yep, something like that, or if this goes on even longer simply have a 2019-21 season.
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