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simply timing - its a moving situation, what was right yesterday is clearly very wrong with hindsight
simply timing - its a moving situation, what was right yesterday is clearly very wrong with hindsight
Someone in authority thought the RS would win. That's why.
The same 5/6 teams from last seasons end. City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal, Man U, Wolves.
Nobody from current PL (Championship, League 1 etc) goes down. Nobody from the same leagues go up.
Some will benefit, some will miss out but its the only way to make it fair. Doubt a pandemic could be challenged in the courts.
Toast
Player Valuation: £80m
We should be in the Brexit Cup.
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
I sense this too. Bear in mind if players are isolating they will not be able to re-start immediately. Football has a 4-6 week break at the end of seasons and then a 6-7 week preseason to begin. We wont have those numbers, but there will need to be a lead in time.
The assumption as well, that UEFA will just happily abandon the CL and Europa league to help the PL is nonsense. While I can see Euro 20 being moved, the CL/EL are direct rivals to the PL. If football re starts they will want them being re-scheduled too. They will face similar threats of litigation and loss of revenue if they are not. So expect very little help, and very little joined up thinking between governing bodies if there is a suspension.
I think they will suspend first, and as time goes by then look to void, once that has set in.
There will be lots of anger, but they can stand behind the exceptional circumstances line, and legimtiately say they tried to do everything possible to keep the competition running. It would fall under exceptional circumstances legally too.
I think theyve lost a massive moral high ground tonight. Going against what the rest of the world was doing, only to then have a manager contract the virus and have to review the decision within an hour looks pathetic. It will shock them to the core and probably lead them to be cautious as to restarting the competition.
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
But the only clubs that matter in the league will be for carrying on because United might make 4th and Liverpool will win it. The other 18 don’t matter a jot.
So start the season later means the players cant have a break otherwise it will head into the re-arranged Euro's.
There is already moaning about the pile up and a winter break. You only have to add 2 weeks onto the beginning of the season and there goes the winter break.
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
I sense a deep anger in how this has been handled. Politicians are savvy, particularly the Tories who will change direction and start urging real caution.
If games are cancelled now, it would have to be proven the situation is much better than it is now. We have hundreds of cases, but unofficially could be 10k. Even without the disease getting worse that number will rocket over the coming weeks, and I cant see it getting back down to the level it is at now for a substantial period of time (well beyond May) and that's with effective decisive action (which we are not getting currently).
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
Brendan’s dopers would be In favour of carrying on too, as would Chelsea
Catfish Blues
Player Valuation: £15m
I'd hazard a guess that neither the Champions League or the Europa League will finish this season, nor will most of the domestic leagues. If that happens then they'll just start again next time with the same qualifiers as started this season.
There's unlikely to be time for anything else.
Darth Toffeeman
Player Valuation: £40m
United would void the season in a heartbeat.
Only Liverpool will kick up a fuss.
Crazy when you think what is at stake. We have allowed sport to become more important than life and death, and that is appauling and disturbing.
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