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Toast said:
We are in May now.
The FA Cup final is usually soon and that was always the end of the season for me until the CL jumped in.
We're miles away from sorting anything out and it could become an utter joke.
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It's just that simple. If only the powers that be would wake up to the reality of the situation.
 

catcherintherye said:
Yes they are. And the sides at the bottom know it, hence why they've made their demand. Sit in for a couple more weeks and it's cancelled. We are still no closer to any league going back.

As for the 2nd part, yes I'm seeing a lot of Liverpool fans threaten this. If you don't restart this season, then next season won't re-start. That simply won't happen. Fresh season, fresh rules. More importantly though, teams will be desperate to play and football goes bankrupt. I saw a PL chairman say if next season is cancelled 95% of PL clubs go bankrupt. Probably seems a bit much but in the right ballpark. United perhaps won't due to cash reserves, maybe ourselves, City, Wolves owners bail them out (wolves questionable). Everyone else though goes bust (as we do if Moshiri doesn't just keep us affloat). In that context compromises get made, and their silly arguments about precedent don't hold any truck.
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For me the biggest time bomb surely has to be the behind closed doors season.

I think Spurs and Arsenal in particular will now be thinking "if we finish this season and we have a 2nd wave, we are looking at no fans for a year" that will crucify them.

Loss of earnings for the entire league is £800m+ (Everton is roughly £15m) according to the Telegraph plus club will have their TV already sown up so they can't get any additional revenue through television rights.

Would you risk all that for 10 games not to mention the health risk to your players, staff, fans etc plus the drop in transfer outgoings to recover any losses?

If I was Levy, I would think top 4 is out of reach, take the hit with European competition and sit tight in hope the Wave dies down and attendance at my shine new stadium can come back in August/September.
 
mccole said:
For me the biggest time bomb surely has to be the behind closed doors season.

I think Spurs and Arsenal in particular will now be thinking "if we finish this season and we have a 2nd wave, we are looking at no fans for a year" that will crucify them.

Loss of earnings for the entire league is £800m+ (Everton is roughly £15m) according to the Telegraph plus club will have their TV already sown up so they can't get any additional revenue through television rights.

Would you risk all that for 10 games not to mention the health risk to your players, staff, fans etc plus the drop in transfer outgoings to recover any losses?

If I was Levy, I would think top 4 is out of reach, take the hit with European competition and sit tight in hope the Wave dies down and attendance at my shine new stadium can come back in August/September.
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I have said from day 1, the nightmare scenario is losing next season, even when Kopites were flippantly suggesting it. Football will be damaged from writing this season off. We may need to implement 30% wage cuts and pay it back debts over 5 years as a game, but it's salvageable. Losing next season and the game goes bust. Something will certainly re-emerge but youd be doing so from a base of no players, no sponsors (initially) a much lower TV deal etc. Who knows the damage that would be done. I mean, whether football collectively would just be allowed to wipe away debts, who knows?

The playing behind closed doors next season will be brutal too. Tottenham, Liverpool, Arsenal are in huge trouble. United too (but they do at least have cash reserves to burn through) and Chelsea are exposed but not enough. People are skirting around the edges of this, but we are looking at a lot of danger for clubs.
 
"All tests would be carried out by health professionals at a drive-through NHS testing facility that each club would have access to."

From the Premier league doctors article on BBC.

If true then the league should pay through the absolute nose for this.

Seriously cannot be drawing so much on public services at this time.
 
mccole said:
For me the biggest time bomb surely has to be the behind closed doors season.

I think Spurs and Arsenal in particular will now be thinking "if we finish this season and we have a 2nd wave, we are looking at no fans for a year" that will crucify them.

Loss of earnings for the entire league is £800m+ (Everton is roughly £15m) according to the Telegraph plus club will have their TV already sown up so they can't get any additional revenue through television rights.

Would you risk all that for 10 games not to mention the health risk to your players, staff, fans etc plus the drop in transfer outgoings to recover any losses?

If I was Levy, I would think top 4 is out of reach, take the hit with European competition and sit tight in hope the Wave dies down and attendance at my shine new stadium can come back in August/September.
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I don’t think there will be European football next season.
 

toffee82 said:
"All tests would be carried out by health professionals at a drive-through NHS testing facility that each club would have access to."

From the Premier league doctors article on BBC.

If true then the league should pay through the absolute nose for this.

Seriously cannot be drawing so much on public services at this time.
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I just think they shouldn't have access. They are preventing NHS staff getting them. No price is worth it.
 
Khalekan said:
I don’t think there will be European football next season.
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For us, this would be a big big advantage. Such a step would seriously shake up the PL.

In all seriousness, if UEFA had any sense, they would just say they will finish this years. If they don't, they risk have 2 incomplete years and probably next to no money paid for either. Better to gain the money for 1.
 
catcherintherye said:
I have said from day 1, the nightmare scenario is losing next season, even when Kopites were flippantly suggesting it. Football will be damaged from writing this season off. We may need to implement 30% wage cuts and pay it back debts over 5 years as a game, but it's salvageable. Losing next season and the game goes bust. Something will certainly re-emerge but youd be doing so from a base of no players, no sponsors (initially) a much lower TV deal etc. Who knows the damage that would be done. I mean, whether football collectively would just be allowed to wipe away debts, who knows?

The playing behind closed doors next season will be brutal too. Tottenham, Liverpool, Arsenal are in huge trouble. United too (but they do at least have cash reserves to burn through) and Chelsea are exposed but not enough. People are skirting around the edges of this, but we are looking at a lot of danger for clubs.
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I think they have to Null and Void this season and I honestly can see them blowing off the EFL for Parachute Payments.

I wouldn't out it past the Government trying to get a part of the Premiership pie by offering a loan to counter discontinuing the league. Clubs will jump at the chance and with future TV negotiations, they could easily pay back provided they get their house in order

I would like to see:
Clubs have to discuss a paycut
Agent Fees Capped
Removal of the January Window
 
mccole said:
I think they have to Null and Void this season and I honestly can see them blowing off the EFL for Parachute Payments.

I wouldn't out it past the Government trying to get a part of the Premiership pie by offering a loan to counter discontinuing the league. Clubs will jump at the chance and with future TV negotiations, they could easily pay back provided they get their house in order

I would like to see:
Clubs have to discuss a paycut
Agent Fees Capped
Removal of the January Window
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How do you think the government bail out could look?

Do you mean no January window as in no transfers, or like the old system of transfers up until March?
 


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