Cancelling this season's Premier League

[radiostar]

Was it Arsenal that had cardboard cutouts of fans behind the goal ?
was it Highbury, or the the Emirates ?

Highbury when they were rebuilding the clock end wasn't it ? Early 90's.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

So what about this idea of a end of league at Wembley staging all the games that are left , some 4games a day behind closed doors.Is this feasible?

Pitch would look like the Somme by the end of that

 

[boris]

Teams fighting relegation having no home home advantage isnt lacking integrity?

The 6-7 relegation threatened teams should be refusing this empty stadium idea

I’m sure they will be.

This season’s done. 90% of this league have no intention of kicking another ball again and are very happy with the null and void scenario ensuring their fingers are in the till next season.

They’ll continue saying the right things in public, making sure it looks like they’ve done all they can but when it comes down to the decisive vote, it’ll get the axe.

These clubs you mention will make it impossible to play even if the people at the top wanted them to.

They’ll take there pro rata TV money from this season knowing there’s another load coming there way again shortly.

 

[SpongeBob brown shoes]

Guardian chief football writer giving his thoughts on all the rumours

Haha, I liked his other tweets aswell and the point he's making in his last tweet

 

[Khalekan]

It is like a moveable feast innit.

Keep setting a date for resumption and one day, maybe around January 16th next year, they will be right

 

[Jamiednm]

I just don't get the logic behind this 'playing behind closed doors' idea.

Either people can gather, or they can't. Footballers, support staff and TV crews aren't immune from Covid19. Or have they come up with some new version of football where they can guarantee footballers on the pitch can be kept 2 meters apart from each other at all times?

Whether we're locked down or not, social distancing is likely to be in place for the rest of the year. That applies to everyone.

 

[Billysgingham.]

Pitch would look like the Somme by the end of that

Never thought of that.

 

[Jamiednm]

Anyone with any kind of reality about them can see that this pandemic will not just miraculously disappear over the next month or two.

Even in the best case scenario, we're likely to have social distancing in place and varying levels of restrictions on our daily lives for the foreseeable future - certainly for the rest of this year. In the worst case scenario, even if we flatten the curve this Summer, the virus could be resurgent in the Autumn/Winter and cause serious havoc to the global economy with a second wave of mass lockdowns and of course, deaths.

The footballing powers that be are looking more and more ridiculous with each of these pie in the sky suggestions. It's equivalent to the FA in late 1939 looking to restart the football season in Spring 1940, whilst totally ignoring the global crisis that is wreaking havoc right in front of them.

 

[aazak]

Tottenham Hotspur has announced all non-playing staff, including those who had been furloughed, will get their full salary for April and May.

Only the board will take a salary cut during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Tottenham Hotspur has announced all non-playing staff, including those who had been furloughed, will get their full salary for April and May.

Only the board will take a salary cut during the COVID-19 pandemic.

I have to say, I was incredibly grateful to hear from my boss that him and the rest of the board of my employer will be taking a 20% pay cut in solidarity for the 100% cut most of us are taking. Really meant a lot.

 

[NeroCeasar]

Irish health minister has said this today, so if you presume that is the thinking across most countries, then we are a long long way from fans attending any sporting event. As social distancing can't be implemented by footballers it's hard to see how anything gets played until a vaccine is found

 

[Raymondo077]

I feel gutted for all the premiership players hairdressers and tattoo artists... "Damn this virus to hell".

 

[dandydan]

I feel gutted for all the premiership players hairdressers and tattoo artists... "Damn this virus to hell".

Do PED's have a shelf life? What if they do and the makers have shut down until further notice?

 

[4737carlin]

Gutted about this but can see it happening

Coronavirus: Healthcare expert predicts concerts and festivals will not return until autumn 2021

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, concerts will not return until Autumn 2021, according to a prediction by American bioethicist Zeke Emanuel.

www.nme.com

 

[Huyton Layne]

If they intend to do this that what happens to contracts already agreed to start or end before that? Can Niasse move and play against us? Think they just need to give it up.