Cancelling this season's Premier League

[Wayno]

Imagine being a grown adult kopite and pretending to be an Everton fan online for 8 months... utter turbo-virgin.

I genuinely think that if I told my mates/family that I did something like that they’d actually batter me

 

[Kev The Rat]

in the spirit of fairness, all results from this season 19/20 must be erased from the record books. All teams to finish on 0 games played and 0 points won. We cannot indulge in idle speculation over what might have happened had all the games been played.

 

[PITA]

Kieran?

I bet he’s a blue (pretending to be a red, obv) who works in HR and does some parking warden work at weekends.

What a loser.

I know. It just made me laugh.

 

[Ring master]

I hope they dont use that word indefinitely after friday's meeting for the prem league the way they have for the non league, it will never end and anything pass the start of the "next season start date" should have end date soon

 

[peteblue]

Just had a letter from BUPA informing me that they have given all their doctors nurses and beds over to the NHS. This is the right thing to do, even though I am still paying for a service I can no longer use, it’s a national emergency after all. So why is it that all of these football clubs, with their doctors and medical facilities are allowed to keep them during this emergency ? Perhaps they too should all be handed over......

 

[boris]

I hope they dont use that word indefinitely after friday's meeting for the prem league the way they have for the non league, it will never end and anything pass the start of the "next season start date" should have end date soon

There just making it look like they’re doing their best. Like this talk of a festival which is that ludicrous I think it probably started as a bit of a joke yet freaks like Danny Murphy actually think it’s possible, “very easy” he said. There’s literally no chance and when this is over, him and the other clowns saying the same should be sacked for being so thick and out of touch. I’ve no doubt whatsoever that behind closed doors, the clubs and league know null and void is the only real option.

The key part of that statement was that they’re taking legal advice about “the best way to end the season”. Legally, null and void is by far the safest option and has already been enforced on lower league clubs, where some matters actually had been decided.

There’s literally no one in any of the major UK leagues who’ve achieved anything yet or had there fate confirmed. There’s only one way this is going and rumour has it UEFA are going to set another precedent tomorrow doing the same on there competitions. They aren’t fearing any prosecutions.

Null and void and the wheels of the industry will start turning again. Season ticket money will start coming in, new sponsorship deals will be triggered, transfers will start being discussed again, all in preparation for a much more realistic start date around September. It just needs this season out the way first which will be done sooner rather than later.

Not that it matters, covid19 hasn’t even kicked off here properly yet. Without wanting to depress everyone, it’s about to get considerably worst and when it does get voided, we’ll be losing 1 thousand per day and it’ll barely even make the back pages.

 

[Toast]

Just had a letter from BUPA informing me that they have given all their doctors nurses and beds over to the NHS. This is the right thing to do, even though I am still paying for a service I can no longer use, it’s a national emergency after all. So why is it that all of these football clubs, with their doctors and medical facilities are allowed to keep them during this emergency ? Perhaps they too should all be handed over......

Just the Liverpool medical team would do.
The over 70's would be banging out marathons by July.

 

[peteblue]

Just the Liverpool medical team would do.
The over 70's would be banging out marathons by July.

I hope you’re not suggesting........

 

[Alan0401]

I genuinely think that if I told my mates/family that I did something like that they’d actually batter me

"What are you up to this weekend lad? Having sex? Playing football? Watching football?"

"Logging on to grand old team to pretend to be an Everton fan"

What a life.

 

[dandydan]

Just had a letter from BUPA informing me that they have given all their doctors nurses and beds over to the NHS. This is the right thing to do, even though I am still paying for a service I can no longer use, it’s a national emergency after all. So why is it that all of these football clubs, with their doctors and medical facilities are allowed to keep them during this emergency ? Perhaps they too should all be handed over......

Boris should force them to, not like he'll lose many votes. Scousers don't vote Tory and norwegians are ineligible.

 

[The binman chronicles]

I've just read that them lot think we would be less keen to end the season if we were 4th or still in the cup. What say you guys?

Frankly I was done with this season in September, bar from we have Ancelotti. Putting aside a national crisis for one moment, a nice pre-season with all results expunged suits me just fine. Wouldn't care if we were in the semi final of the FA cup or fourth in the league. We still have to grow first.

 

[Shevin Keedy]

It basically boils down to: ‘we haven’t been able to pay players and agents their astronomical fees which is taking money out of the game, so instead we’re going to put players health at risk, and drag resources away from the emergency services in order to take money from the average fan so they have to pay their tv subs, so the tv companies will give us the money and then we can give it to players and agents.

That’s effectively what it is, please can we be allowed to dredge more money from the public during this time of crisis so we can give it to millionaire players and agents.

I agree with most of what you have written regards this subject in all of these threads, but I have to say, here you are making it sound a little as though the punters are forced to pay. They do have a choice not to.

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

The lengths the Premier League are going to, in an attempt to finish this season are both obscene and immoral.
They have effectively admitted that it is about money and only money. The health of anyone, be it the players, fans,
staff, medics etc is of no concern to them whatsoever. It is truly disgraceful. I have been a season ticket holder at City
since 1983 and went to my first game in 1968 and I am sickened by what is happening or what is being tried to make things
happen. Like a lot of football fans I have become more and more disillusioned in recent years with football and in particular
the Premier League. However, for me, things have now reached the limit. Like others on here, I haven't actually missed football
anywhere near as much as I thought it would. Maybe my disillusionment was far more acute than I thought? The biased media
coverage, the ridiculous kick off times, the way VAR has been used to corrupt the game and now these latest antics...
For me enough is enough. I currently have a 'Gold' season ticket at the Etihad which costs me £299 a season. Absolutely
fantastic value to watch the players I watch and the football that Guardiola plays - that is with doubt. However, I am very,
very seriously considering not renewing it. I can watch all of the games on my streaming box (I have refused to subscribe
to SKY Sports for many years and never will) and not have the hassle that comes with these silly kick off times. That is
what football has become to me nowadays - a hassle. I'm tired of changing and altering my plans in an attempt to accomodate
a 90 minute game of football which has effectively been ruined by VAR before it even starts. Earlier this season Aguero
scored a superb goal at the Etihad and he didn't even bother to celebrate and none of the other City players did either.
They and we all knew we would have to wait for the VAR ruling. The ball was placed back on the centre spot, the teams lined
up for the kick off and we all waited 3 minutes for the ruling. Thats a long time for the players and fans inside a stadium
to wait in silence. The goal was eventually awarded and the game kicked off again. That was it for me and I know for a lot
of other people in the stadium the game of football we once knew is dead. You now having the people who run the game
behaving absolutely disgracefully with numerous half baked plans to resume the season regardless of any of the potential
consequences. They are scared to death that they will have to refund the broadcasters £762m. That sounds a lot of money.
However, against the cost to the economy that the Coronavirus has wreaked it is absolutely peanuts. It is small change and it
is being done without any real regard for human life. Award the title to Livarpool - who actually cares one jot anymore?
It is meaningless. It is hollow it really is not important when hundreds of people are dying an agonising death each day in
hospital without even having their loved ones with them to console them. But hey, its all about the money.
The game stinks from top to bottom. Enough is enough. Football is the game that got so greedy it actually did eat itself...

That'd be a fitting epitaph for the game.

The game has been progressively losing itself for a time now. It's full if inequality that is systemic. The "innovations" serve those at the top and let the others pay the price. It's been refined to suck cash from customers.

The football world needs to tread carefully now and on its return.

This is what they are affraid of.

Not the wrath of the across the park cult as such (and that is a certainty from some of their mental supporters).

It is the realisation of many subscribers and season ticket holders that it isn't a worthwhile product. It's the Emperor's New Clothes, and has been for over 20 years now.

An overpriced drug, that the longer we go without, the more we realise we do not need. This cold turkey period is a nightmare for the money men in the game.

The product has gotten steadily worse and inflated in cost to the point of farce.

I thought VAR could be the death of the game, but combining that with an actual life and death global crisis really has kicked the financial hornets nest, so to speak.

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

I've just read that them lot think we would be less keen to end the season if we were 4th or still in the cup. What say you guys?

Frankly I was done with this season in September, bar from we have Ancelotti. Putting aside a national crisis for one moment, a nice pre-season with all results expunged suits me just fine. Wouldn't care if we were in the semi final of the FA cup or fourth in the league. We still have to grow first.

People are losing their lives in alarming numbers.
We are confined to our homes for as an yet unknown amount of time.
This is globally too.

But I should be more bothered about what a sports and recreational team are doing.

If they hand the title to them, so what.
Where is the celebration in a time period that is the worst health crisis in 100 years.

I hope this pandemic wakes people up to the money ball of top level sports.

Our NHS, teachers and front line workers are the real heroes.

 

[daza_1973]

Just the Liverpool medical team would do.
The over 70's would be banging out marathons by July.

It would be like a remake of Cocoon