Saddlebrains
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Anyone else starting to think we might be on the verge of at least a forced break? 7 postponements in league 1 alone tomorrow.
Racking up at pace in all leagues
Racking up at pace in all leagues
Season Curtailment (4 Viewers)
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Terry Gibson's perm
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I think they will try to keep football at the top levels going as long as possible.
Cov kid 55
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Just thinking the same myself. 40,000+ cases in the past 24 hours, another national lockdown (perhaps by another name) in the New Year. Football paused? Wouldn’t bet against it.
It wont be paused. Season will just end as it stands.
SeaSeeEffCee
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Feels inevitable to me. Only 5/12 League One games going ahead tomorrow due to postponements.
cov donkey kick
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Hoping it will be better in 21,work wise furloughed again to start year. Sport to go next I hope not as city only just getting up to speed match fitness wise.
Otis
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I can't see that. Last time we were over 75% through the season and the positions in the leagues were a lot clearer. We are now not even half way through the season yet. It can't be as it stands I don't think.
Think it would have to be paused.
better days
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Can't see a pause as things stand
The Oxford vaccine is due to be approved today or tomorrow and rapid rollout is planned
Things look pretty bleak today but at least there is some hope now
The Oxford vaccine is due to be approved today or tomorrow and rapid rollout is planned
Things look pretty bleak today but at least there is some hope now
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Skyblueweeman
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Can also see it not being postponed. Think they'll carry on now this second vaccine is around the corner.
Sky Blue Pete
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Looks suspiciously like the start of the other thread
If Man City or Liverpool had two players with covid complications out as Newcastle have the premier league would all be paused as happened in March.
Absolutely no doubt in my mind that the appropriate thing to do is suspend the season through January and think again at the end of the month
Rochdale doctor on saying it’s not really giving the right message to keep forcing footballers into work when it’s not necessary
If Man City or Liverpool had two players with covid complications out as Newcastle have the premier league would all be paused as happened in March.
Absolutely no doubt in my mind that the appropriate thing to do is suspend the season through January and think again at the end of the month
Rochdale doctor on saying it’s not really giving the right message to keep forcing footballers into work when it’s not necessary
chiefdave
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Surprisingly enough despite Orient having to forfeit against Spurs in the same competition Man City won't have to forfeit if they can't play against Man Utd, the game will be rescheduled.
Sky Blue Pete
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That’s so outrageous they should be compensated
Cov kid 55
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The problem is what happens between now ant significant roll out of the vaccine. Two/three months when the virus could run amok.
woody11462
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I'm assuming we will be named as league champions if the season ends now?
Skybluefaz
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Disgusting double standards really
Irish Sky Blue
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How have they tried to justify that? Surely Orient will hve raised the matter?
steve cooper
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Last season the Championship got finished. There is time at the moment to complete the season even if we pause it for a month. Would mean continuing with the 2 games per week for some time though.
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BackRoomRummermill
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This time it will continue for now, who else here remembers the good old days of bad weather, orange balls and the lines for the box dug out of the snow and all the postponement of football , it will continue
South West Sky Blue
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Once all teams have played each other once, I suppose curtailing the season is a technical possibility. I personally think it's highly unlikely, but it adds all the more importance to picking up points now, rather than hoping we can get some wins in April time.
Money dictates football now. The television companies will ensure the whole season is finished. The only way to stop this will be player power. As soon as they regularly talk about pausing the league, it'll be an inevitability.
The difference between L1 & L2 to the Championship is the proximity to the Premiership. With the bountiful riches of the Premiership awaiting and the colossal impact it can have, the Championship season is more important to be finished than L1 & L2 (due to promotion). That's obviously why our season ended early last season, but above us didn't.
I can personally see a pause coming into our season. I just hope that if that does happen - it'll be worth it and infections drop. There's not much point pausing it, only to restart it a month later if infections are at the same or higher rate.
Money dictates football now. The television companies will ensure the whole season is finished. The only way to stop this will be player power. As soon as they regularly talk about pausing the league, it'll be an inevitability.
The difference between L1 & L2 to the Championship is the proximity to the Premiership. With the bountiful riches of the Premiership awaiting and the colossal impact it can have, the Championship season is more important to be finished than L1 & L2 (due to promotion). That's obviously why our season ended early last season, but above us didn't.
I can personally see a pause coming into our season. I just hope that if that does happen - it'll be worth it and infections drop. There's not much point pausing it, only to restart it a month later if infections are at the same or higher rate.
Somerset Sky Blue
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I don't know what was decided, but I'm pretty sure the different leagues met after the lockdown in March and discussed what would happen if future seasons were impacted again by covid (or similar).
Apart from the build up of cancelled fixtures it’s the travelling. There’s talk of a tier five happening so who knows what might happen. The experts seem to be agreeing February is crunch month when the virus will peak. Atleast any pause should it happen is the same time we have the snow and ice so cramming in fixtures at the back end of seasons isnt new.
Saddlebrains
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I think integrity of competition comes into it too. Some teams backing out last minute some being told to carry on with depleted squads
Sky Blue Pete
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Absolutely if there are rules how come Sunderland had to play and yet 7 of 11 games are off today it’s crazy
jimmyhillsfanclub
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Let's just fuck the euros off completely, postpone domestic leagues till late spring, then play through the summer.....we may actually get to enjoy a live game by then.....instead of this soulless dull fest of football via laptop
Irish Sky Blue
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The rules discriminate between PL clubs and those in the EFL? Seems to be a really unfair situation.
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Irish Sky Blue
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It was suggested that this method be used to sort out our league last season. Of all of the suggestions made to sort out final league positions, this seemed to be the unfairest as it had Bristol Rovers and Ipswich as the two teams to be automatically promoted even though at the time the season stopped, both were well down the league. I'm not sure if with this method, we would have even made the play offs.
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Nick
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The rules will be made up as and when as per usual.
Either teams should be forced to play kids or call the game off with X or Y number of cases.
Then enforce it from the start. It will get messy if some clubs were forced to play weakened teams but others can call the game off.
Either teams should be forced to play kids or call the game off with X or Y number of cases.
Then enforce it from the start. It will get messy if some clubs were forced to play weakened teams but others can call the game off.
chiefdave
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Wasn't the vote they had to amend the regulations last season a permanent rule change to cover something similar happening in the future?
Sure from now on it needs 51% of clubs to vote to end the season and then its decided on unweighted PPG. Don't recall anything in there about a minimum number of games being required but that could well be an additional requirement.
Which leads to the question of how does a vote get called, does it just need a proposing clubs with a certain number of clubs seconding it?
Sure from now on it needs 51% of clubs to vote to end the season and then its decided on unweighted PPG. Don't recall anything in there about a minimum number of games being required but that could well be an additional requirement.
Which leads to the question of how does a vote get called, does it just need a proposing clubs with a certain number of clubs seconding it?