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Cancelling this season's Premier League

Should football be canceled until August and this season declared null and void?

  • Yes - it's clearly a public health issue

    Votes: 449 93.3%

  • No - the deposit on the open-top bus is non-refundable

    Votes: 32 6.7%
  • Total voters
    481
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Darth Toffeeman said:
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.
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I have been considering what would take its place. Any sport I think of would only go the same way in time. I'd like to go back to the pre-premier league era but that ain't gonna happen.
 

IF the Premier League were to resume, it would undoubtedly have to extend well in to the Autumn if you consider where we are and what the best case scenario for moving through Covid is. Why do that, and mess up the football calendar indefinitely, having a massive knock-on effect to next season and international competitions? Logistical nightmare.

And all the leagues in Europe would probably have to coorodinate - how would next season’s UCL work if England finished the season yet Spain and Italy didn’t?

The only thing to do is cancel this season and not start any new tournaments for next season until Europe as a whole is well and truly past the worst and pretty much back to normal (and that is a long time off). If that means postponing/cancelling 2020/2021 as well, then so be it.

The virus will dictate what happens, not the FA, UEFA, FIFA or governments. People who advocate resuming the season ASAP - or ridiculously - suggesting a behind closed doors tournament to finish the PL are absolutely moronic.

Such is the inter-connected nature of football, even if the UK were to get back to a reasonable level of normality within months, other parts of the world will still be dealing with it. If English football resumes, it may have to do so in a vacuum - domestic only, no European qualification, restrictions on foreign players who have been out of the country etc.

There will be winners and losers, but football isn’t life and death, no matter what some people think.
 
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Darth Toffeeman said:
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.
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Spot on.

I used to hate summers because there was no football.

I counted the Saturdays down all through June and July.

Now I enjoy summer because of the lack of football.

I used to hate international breaks with a passion.

Now I appreciate the respite.

And right now I am not missing the football one little bit.

The drug has indeed worn off for me.
 
peteblue said:
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......
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I don’t think it is a case of them just “handing them over”, Peter.

As far as I know the government are renting those beds at a very high price.
 
Khalekan said:
I don’t think it is a case of them just “handing them over”, Peter.

As far as I know the government are renting those beds at a very high price.
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and often private hospitals are on the same grounds as NHS ones, just different building on another part of the site. The med facilities at footy grounds aren't really suitable for putting into action sadly. Some of the equipment may be useful though IDK
 
In one of the papers tomorrow, there's a piece on why this barmy idea of all the Premier League teams playing each other in a couple of stadiums and everyone being isolated in a few hotels is completely unworkable:

You would have to quarantine the same hotel staff for three or four weeks, and if one team picked up an infection, whether it's a player or member of staff, that's the end of the tournament.
 
PaulPowersTash said:
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...
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excellent post. If I could have written how I feel about football recently (last 18 months or so) then this is it. A couple of things recently has make me realise how much I dislike it.

Bury - we’ve got a fantastic successful product in the premier league and an unrivalled 4 professional leagues. Yet clubs in the premier league are operating at a loss by trying to keep up at the top. If we never had insane transfer fees, and despicable wages for players and agent fees on top this would not be the case, and the huge sums of money could be used to prop up the whole league system in the UK - not just england. Bury going under was a truly sad day that made me realise what’s going on (I was aware anyway, but chose to ignore it). If the premier league have to pay TV revenue back to broadcasters, there could be a real big team going under and that shouldn’t be the case at all for any premier league team with the riches available.
Also VAR - this crap has tipped me over the edge. What an abomination.

I just don’t enjoy anymore as much as I used to. If I miss an everton game, it’s not the end of the world. I don’t even bother watching highlights.
I’ve certainly not missed football in the last 3 weeks at all. I’ve not really noticed it’s gone - but maybe that’s because I don’t watch a lot of it anymore and I’m not socialising for it to be a topic of conversation.
All the nonsense about finishing the season at all costs is an absolute joke as well, all in the interest of money and only money. Nothing else.

Pure greed within the premier league and the first division.
Put some red ribbons on a nice trophy and give it to LFC. NEA.
 

The problem I see even if we get to a point where football can restart Over summer is that there’s no room in the calendar whatsoever. The Qatar World Cup and the movement of the euros to next summer means that games have pretty much got to be done by end of July this summer or face major fixture congestion next term. If the prem deems it safe for football to restart then surely the FA cup and European competitions would need to restart too? Some teams left in all three like City could be looking at playing an unfeasible amount of games in a short window. Would be in humane on players who might be recovering from illness or certainly won’t have trained for that sort of intensity. There’d be injuries galore. Why would a player risk tearing a quad or hamstring when they know they need to be front and centre next season to make the euros squad.
 
Khalekan said:
Spot on.

I used to hate summers because there was no football.

I counted the Saturdays down all through June and July.

Now I enjoy summer because of the lack of football.

I used to hate international breaks with a passion.

Now I appreciate the respite.

And right now I am not missing the football one little bit.

The drug has indeed worn off for me.
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I agree, moving football to an 'interest' as opposed by main passion has made my life so much more enjoyable. It wasn't even that difficult.
 

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