EFL to end season this week - City likely to be promoted (9 Viewers)

[Skybluefaz]

I like that idea, well I'd like any idea that saw up up so yea

Yeah that's fine by me

 

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[BornSlippySkyBlue]

David O'Day's had a beer...

There are certain similarities...

 

[ccfcmad1]

Listening to posh chairman, tone of voice to me sounds as if we will go down the league two route fighting a losing battle nothing said on relegation though.

 

[Malaka]

Imagine if LG1 ended up being null and void because of those wankers.

I don't think that will happen. If the season is null and void the teams below have no chance of promotion. Given a chance of promotion they will accept, they want to go up the same as us. I think (with my Sky Blue Goggles on) PPG and play offs is fair. However my mate who is a Charlton fan is pissed off as they have a home game against a team who they can overtake. So I kinda get his point to. Glad I don't have to decide.

 

[Evo1883]

Listening to posh chairman, tone of voice to me sounds as if we will go down the league two route fighting a losing battle nothing said on relegation though.

After everything we've been through, I don't feel an ounce of guilt either, best team in league 1 end of PUSB

 

[Skybluefaz]

Listening to posh chairman, tone of voice to me sounds as if we will go down the league two route fighting a losing battle nothing said on relegation though.

He didn't sound too perky did he?

 

[Malaka]

Shut it else I'll shag your mum till she bleeds

nice!

 

[cc84cov]

Not worried in the slightest they can do it anyway they like we are promoted as champions just a shame we won’t get to see the lads lift the trophy followed by a tour of the city promotion bus

 

[Halftime Orange]

Seems to me we are stuck in limbo still.
League 2 wanting to end the season now
Championship wanting to finish the season and league one with no final conclusion and a 'time of reflection for more creative options'

GIVE US THE FUCKING TITLE ALREADY FUCKNUTS!

 

[Grendel]

Seems to me we are stuck in limbo still.
League 2 wanting to end the season now
Championship wanting to finish the season and league one with no final conclusion and a 'time of reflection for more creative options'

GIVE US THE FUCKING TITLE ALREADY FUCKNUTS!

There is a vote Monday with a simple majority the requirement?

 

[Evo1883]

Besides that, if we are awarded the title and rightly so... What a fucking great 3 years its been supporting city

 

[Liquid Gold]

I wonder if we'll be the champions with the fewest ever points since 3 points for a win.

 

[Evo1883]

Coventry have the highest PPG total in the entire football league, how's that to wet your appetite on a sunny Friday evening lol

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Peterborough United chairman to fight on, but it’s looking bleak for Posh after crunch EFL clubs meeting

 

[oakey]

Just stepping back from this a bit, fans need to understand that sport always produces winners and losers. Without winners and losers it ceases to be sport.
Everyone, if they are capable of putting aside club loyalty, know the outcome should be fair. We know that luck plays a part too, but here's the clincher:
There's a difference between unlucky and unfair. If a bird shits on your head but not mine, that's unlucky but it's not unfair.
Some clubs will miss out, that's unlucky but it's not unfair - provided the formula chosen is carefully calibrated.
PUSB

 

[CanadianCCFC]

If league 1 clubs vote for what league 2 clubs did I’d be happy

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Okay I think we’re 90% there! Just slightly too early to celebrate but hopefully it will be confirmed Monday

 

[OffenhamSkyBlue]

Coventry have the highest PPG total in the entire football league, how's that to wet your appetite on a sunny Friday evening lol

Lost the fewest games (3) of ANY English league side apart from Liverpool. That is quite a stat!

The reason Pompey would want unweighted PPG is that their away PPG is abysmal!!!
Would the final points table be calculated on PPG (weighted or not) over 44 games?
Doubtful - but some great quiz questions for about 15 years' time!

 

[robbiethemole]

I see Joey Barton has chipped in, saying giving us the title instead of playing for it, it would be "meaningless"!! well it might be for you, Joeyboy, but for us?? absolutely PRICELESS and fuck who cares how we win it. No-mark club with the same for a manager

 

[Sick Boy]

So Gobshite MacAnthony jumps in with both feet before the meeting and screws the whole issue over? Sunderland fans are really unhappy that he appears to be acting on their behalf, and some of the other "united 6" teams fan's are also not happy with him being their mouthpiece. Does he realise if we miss out because of him, Sisu will tie him up in court for feckin years (as we already know) and he will end up totally fucked.
That would be the only court case I would want SISU to win!!! EFL need to show some leadership and tell these teams they run the show and this is how we will end the season(PPG) probably.

Gobshite is the right word for him, he comes across as being more interested in self promotion rather than doing what’s best for their club.

 

[RegTheDonk]

MacAnthony on talksport now. Seems pretty down in the dumps. He just touted an 8 team tournament, not including the top 2, straight knockout winner takes all.

I guess as the EFL favor unweighted PPG they would miss out, so any scenario where they are in the mix will do thank you very much. Play offs not good enough, so lets include us...oh and Sunderland please, Netflix will chip in for the tests.

 

[Frank Sidebottom]

MacAnthony on talksport now. Seems pretty down in the dumps. He just touted an 8 team tournament, not including the top 2, straight knockout winner takes all.

I think that would be the fairest method, only 1 leg ties all at neutral venues. Which is only 1 extra game.
3rd vs 10th
4th vs 9th
5th vs 8th
6th vs 7th
Plus it would be piss funny if Doncaster won it and got promoted.

 

[robbiethemole]

Gobshite is the right word for him, he comes across as being more interested in self promotion rather than doing what’s best for their club.

Surely not !!! he is all about the "integrity" of the competition and no self interest at all, trying to get his tinpot club promoted

 

[cc84cov]

I see Joey Barton has chipped in, saying giving us the title instead of playing for it, it would be "meaningless"!! well it might be for you, Joeyboy, but for us?? absolutely PRICELESS and fuck who cares how we win it. No-mark club with the same for a manager

It does take the shine of it tho mate and will always be remembered as “that season” Shame we won’t get to see Liam Kelly lift it infront of the fans

 

[JimmyHillsbeard]

All I would say to darragh is, take your play off chance and run... As let's be honest your team are as consistent as curdled milk

Wait... They wouldn't make it as Wycombe have a game in hand lol

against us!! They’re being rewarded for us having to play Birmingham in a cup replay.

It’s a shite system tbf.

 

[OffenhamSkyBlue]

People only take any notice of Tranmere because they're "owned" by Mark Palios, former FA Chief Exec (and first muppet to fall for the "charms" of Faria Alam, who later went on to have an affair with Sven!).
Although, credit to him, he played in midfield for Tranmere for 9 years and 3 years at Crewe, in which he was top scorer. He's not JUST a businessman!

 

[Gibbo]

I can't really see how the EFL can justify allowing each division to potentially come up with a different solution to the issue. Surely the voting should be on an overall solution to all three divisions. How idiotic will they look if they have used a different formula in our league from L2 and it produces different outcomes. What a bunch of amateurs!

The EFL is not a dictatorship nor a bunch of amateurs. We have a genuine clash of interests here so not surprisingly feelings run deep. If I was a Posh fan I would be rooting for him.

I doubt if the delay is what they wanted, but the EFL's main goal is a generally accepted consensus in the form of a unanimous vote so they will wait. A couple of noisy outriders may be tolerated, but each outrider is a potential lawsuit so they would prefer, like a sheep dog, to get them all in the pen in the end. Reading between the lines - and the repetition of the word "creative" ahead of other euphemisms in the statement is a clue - PPG is on the table and Posh and others now have to coaxed into accepting it. The speed of the second meeting - Monday - indicates the EFL are pushing for a resolution, and will probably enforce it over the objectors heads next time.

Nobody knows, but I suspect a 17-6 vote would be deemed unsatisfactory. It would be better if Posh et al could be persuaded to see the writing on the wall - who knows, after a weekend for "reflection" they may. But the signs are good for CCFC

 

[robbiethemole]

It does take the shine of it tho mate and will always be remembered as “that season” Shame we won’t get to see Liam Kelly lift it infront of the fans

cc84, I've watched us since 1967/8 and this will be the only time I've seen us be Championes, so it will rank up there with '87 and the 2 Wembley games since. Who would say we're not the best team in the League? (ok,Sunderland) hahahha

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

MacAnthony on talksport now. Seems pretty down in the dumps. He just touted an 8 team tournament, not including the top 2, straight knockout winner takes all.

Otherwise know as the Play Offs but with 8x teams?

 

[Flying Fokker]

Please excuse the intrusion to your forum but would appreciate your comments. As a Rotherham United supporter of 54 years (and yes I know I could have been out of jail by now) I would appreciate your opinion.

Clearly every club is looking after itself but of the six teams Sunderland and Ipswich have nothing to gain at all. Fleetwood, Portsmouth, Oxford & Peterborough clearly have.

Whilst appreciating all the bluster given last night, the fact that league 2 have decided to finish puts more pressure on them.

It would be interesting to see if the party of 6 stay together on this, but with the carrot of a play off, I wonder what thoughts Fleetwood and Oxford have on this. The reason being, however ppg is decided be it weighted PPG or standard, they are in the play offs irrespective of which method is used. Potentially do they stick or twist? i.e accept play offs or risk a further 9 games and go for 2nd and run the risk of getting caught by Sunderland or others, not in the mix?
Weighted Ppg- ( favoured by League 2 this afternoon) means Portsmouth are out of the play offs
Standard ppg ( favoured by EFL) sees Posh miss out.

Wycombe would be guaranteed play offs either way.

Would appreciate your views but do you think some of the 6 will break ranks?


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I’d hope so. And there is a fair chance at least two will if they are kept guessing about how the league will finish.

 

[Grendel]

The EFL is not a dictatorship nor a bunch of amateurs. We have a genuine clash of interests here so not surprisingly feelings run deep. If I was a Posh fan I would be rooting for him.

I doubt if the delay is what they wanted, but the EFL's main goal is a generally accepted consensus in the form of a unanimous vote so they will wait. A couple of noisy outriders may be tolerated, but each outrider is a potential lawsuit so they would prefer, like a sheep dog, to get them all in the pen in the end. Reading between the lines - and the repetition of the word "creative" ahead of other euphemisms in the statement is a clue - PPG is on the table and Posh and others now have to coaxed into accepting it. The speed of the second meeting - Monday - indicates the EFL are pushing for a resolution, and will probably enforce it over the objectors heads next time.

Nobody knows, but I suspect a 17-6 vote would be deemed unsatisfactory. It would be better if Posh et al could be persuaded to see the writing on the wall - who knows, after a weekend for "reflection" they may. But the signs are good for CCFC

it needs 51% to pas the motion

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Tomorrow never comes.

Well I never, who'd have thought!

 

[Gibbo]

How the fuck did 12 clubs say no today wtf

I suspect it didn't go to a vote and I bet they absolutely don't want a 12-11 vote (which would be 51%). Every club now knows where all the others sit, so they now go away and think. And hopefully the losers realise they have lost and tow the line, even if they shout and moan about it. As a poster noted, two teams are in the play offs regardless of method and are more likely to break ranks.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Okay I think we’re 90% there! Just slightly too early to celebrate but hopefully it will be confirmed Monday

Really hope so. Can’t wait to get into town and celebrate with everyone

 

[Skybluefaz]

Otherwise know as the Play Offs but with 8x teams?

Sort of, normal play offs are over 2 legs though aren't they