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Sweeneytoad said:
Juventus player Dybala has tested positive for the virus for the fourth time in six weeks. Link

When is the penny going to drop that Football isn't going to happen any time soon. I bet the players don't want to put their families at risk.
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Poor lad. 4 times in 6 weeks is mind blowing to me. I wish him and everyone with this virus a speedy recovery.
 
Connor said:
If the leagues going to lose a billion quid because we can't play the final two and a bit months of the season, well then the league needs to get their books in order because that's a joke.
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It’s the sensationalist language around if ‘PL will lose a billion if season doesn’t finish’. What’s probably closer to the truth is ‘PL won’t earn extra billion quid that it wouldn’t need if every club wasn’t spending right on its limit and had actually put aside even a minuscule % of its earnings for a rainy day at any point over the last two decades of uninterrupted huge growth’
 

Saint Domingo said:
Neville savaging the plans this morning, and the Dybala story showing this is not a joke. Nothing short of corporate manslaughter if football goes ahead in these conditions.
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That's the phrase Simon Jordan used and I couldn't agree more. Don't usually find myself agreeing with him a whole lot, but I respected him when he refused to bend over and allow Tim Cahill's agent to take advantage of him, and I respect him for coming out with such a powerful statement like that.
 
Saint Domingo said:
It’s the sensationalist language around if ‘PL will lose a billion if season doesn’t finish’. What’s probably closer to the truth is ‘PL won’t earn extra billion quid that it wouldn’t need if every club wasn’t spending right on its limit and had actually put aside even a minuscule % of its earnings for a rainy day at any point over the last two decades of uninterrupted huge growth’
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Nail hit very firmly on the head here - there's plenty of money still in football if they all cut their cloth accordingly and distribute fairly amongst all the leagues. Love EFC but if the whole house of cards falls down I wouldn't bat an eyelid. Hopefully a better fairer game would emerge from the ashes. Don't hold your breath though as greed normally wins throughout.
 
jaycee said:
In all the articles getting printed/broadcast by the media theres never a mention of Man City,who have won silverware already and are still on course to win two more,all the replies about how unfair it is,the only ones posting are rs,you never see a Sheff United,Leicester,Villa Bournemouth or any others crying just them lot
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City will get to keep the league cup I would guess, it was played to completion.

Saint Domingo said:
Neville savaging the plans this morning, and the Dybala story showing this is not a joke. Nothing short of corporate manslaughter if football goes ahead in these conditions.
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This is why FIFA have basically released a statement as per Tim's post:

ToffeeTim said:
Leagues need to effectively go against the advice of FIFAs medical chief if they want to finish. What an utter farce
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Project cover thy arse. Soon as UEFA wakes up and realises they could be held culpable if it's seen they have been pushing to get a restart they'll follow suit and that will be that.
 

http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6879144-LOI-DraftWorkingDocument2020-COVID-19-Return-to.html

Here is the document the FAI have prepared for a return to behind closed doors football. LOI is completely reliant on matchday income and has no tv deal to speak of. 219 people at each game including 20 ballboys/girls, what parents are going to allow their kids do that? Players showering one at a time post game, no showering allowed at training until they get home and have one there. No GPS equipment allowed to be used. Players must wash their own kit. Minimum of 2 team coachs per away trip to enforce social distancing yet no social distancing on the pitch. Deep clean of whole stadium on morning of a match etc etc
Who pays for all this? The club's live hand to mouth and the fai haven't a penny after Delaney so the thought is FIFA or uefa will have to pick up the cost.
Fai heart in the right place but it is absolute hogwash in that document.
It's worth a glance over (its PowerPoint so easy to read) then try extrapolate that out for PL and you see how it is non doable.
The big one being no insurance as no underwriter will do so against a case covid19
 
NeroCeasar said:
http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6879144-LOI-DraftWorkingDocument2020-COVID-19-Return-to.html

Here is the document the FAI have prepared for a return to behind closed doors football. LOI is completely reliant on matchday income and has no tv deal to speak of. 219 people at each game including 20 ballboys/girls, what parents are going to allow their kids do that? Players showering one at a time post game, no showering allowed at training until they get home and have one there. No GPS equipment allowed to be used. Players must wash their own kit. Minimum of 2 team coachs per away trip to enforce social distancing yet no social distancing on the pitch. Deep clean of whole stadium on morning of a match etc etc
Who pays for all this? The club's live hand to mouth and the fai haven't a penny after Delaney so the thought is FIFA or uefa will have to pick up the cost.
Fai heart in the right place but it is absolute hogwash in that document.
It's worth a glance over (its PowerPoint so easy to read) then try extrapolate that out for PL and you see how it is non doable.
The big one being no insurance as no underwriter will do so against a case covid19
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How on earth is as many 20 ball boys or girls seen as essential. Could run a game with 2 up each sideline and one behind each goal.

The NI league is in big trouble too financially. All they have in TV money is for a handful of games on BBC NI and a couple on sky.

Most players have been furloughed so if they came back behind closed doors the players would have to be taken off furlough because they had returned to work. Wages would need to be paid and zero matchday revenue would be coming in. I think there's next to zero chance of the league returning.
 
PhilM said:
I suspect it will mean clubs in the league rather than the league as an entity in itself because they'll be losing tickets, hospitality and probably merchandise revenue.

If it is in fact the league losing the money, well I really wonder where this haemorrhaging of money is coming from because the TV deals said they'd honour it.
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Even so in that case, the league needs to start setting up financial constraints then - salary cap, spending limits

Top level clubs can’t be crying about being on the verge of going out of business because we’ve essentially had an extended summer break
 
ToffeeTim said:
Wonder what random date they will come up with at Friday's meeting.

I'll go for a vague "the premier league remain wholly united in seeking to finish the current season at the earliest opportunity, in accordance with government guidance."
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Yup, passing the buck and essentially waiting for the government to intervene and either ban public events and thus end the season or tell them they are good to go. Disgusting organisation the FA, have really been shown up for what they really are. Unfortunately it won't have turned many fans off, but I wish it does. Fancy taking covid-19 tests away from essential workers to hoard for professional football players.
 

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