AFCCOVENTRY
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Take Maddison on a free this summer as well.
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Take Maddison on a free this summer as well.
larry_david
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Whilst we don't have the financial muscle to take toney. We should be looking for younger loan talent. Clubs now know what we do. So for every Walsh, o hare, enobakhere if we are now championship bound we could get the real hot talents. The Liverpool hotshot youth, the next mason mount etc. For me that's how we maintain our championship status next season with some a couple of perm signings similar to mcfadz, dabo
Liquid Gold
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Good to know there are some adults in on the meeting.
Liquid Gold
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His increasingly desperate claims make me think he knows he’s done.
cc84cov
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Exactly how I see it,He should of took the Madison fee now he walks for free lol
skybluepm2
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Especially as he openly stated he would stand down if they weren’t promoted this season. He’s making himself look more of a wally with each day that passes.
AFCCOVENTRY
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Also the ‘quality’ of loans from Premiership clubs increase to Champ clubs. Most on the verge of breaking through or experienced players who need game time.
for me we continue the same kind of best young talent mixed with top quality loans.
we should also look at taking some of the best talent from L1.
Sick Boy
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Yeah it’s just weird, he’s just after self-publicity above anything else, he’d also quite happily shaft us and drag us into a mini tournament.
Sick Boy
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Then arguably neither have Rotherham as they’re only 2 points ahead of 3rd and then they’d be a valid point that we weren’t mathematically promoted, so it’s only fair that we’re included in all of this.
AFCCOVENTRY
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he would need 51% of the vote to do that and there isn’t half the league that would want that. To be honest the 4 clubs who will cement a playoff place with unweighted PPG will now vote against DM proposals.
why would those 4 clubs want more competition!
Sick Boy
Super Moderator
Let's hope so...
Brighton Sky Blue
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Imagine a football chairman trying to find a way for football to be played
Sick Boy
Super Moderator
After all that has been said and the current situation with the pandemic, I find it hard to believe you genuinely think that there there is a real chance of League 1 starting up again.
There could probably be play-offs or this type of mini-tournament, but if the mini-tournament goes ahead don't be surprised if all of a sudden if it ends in an outcome we aren't happy about.
jordan210
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You would think 1st to 6th would want PPG with traditional for play offs. same with about 11th to 20th.
Then 6-10 (depending how arsed Donny and Gillingham are about it) so maybe just 6-8 and relegation spots would want something else.
With a small margin of error depending on PPG weighted or not, Or if Ipswich want to throw toys out pram.
Cant see any of the top 6 voting to allow more clubs in to a play offs if they have the option not too.
Then 6-10 (depending how arsed Donny and Gillingham are about it) so maybe just 6-8 and relegation spots would want something else.
With a small margin of error depending on PPG weighted or not, Or if Ipswich want to throw toys out pram.
Cant see any of the top 6 voting to allow more clubs in to a play offs if they have the option not too.
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tisza
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By his logic then playoffs should go 11 pts down from Posh as well.
Gap between us and Posh if we win game in hand 11 pts so 11pts behind Posh are Burton in 12th.
He can't argue one thing then deny the other.
Tying himself up in knots.
kg82
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Maybe so. I’m not arguing, just see his point as there’s 1 point separating 3-8 places.
Sick Boy
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Sick Boy
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Yeah I agree, it’s starting to feel more about him than his club though.
kg82
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Yeah, but I imagine Rotherham are pretty safe from it all as weighted or not weighted PPG they’re still in 2nd place. The ones below move about quite a bit! So top 2 go up, then 3rd to 8th use the conference method of play off. However, I think they’ll just do the same as L2 and then keep it to a 4 team play off.Ohhh go on...
And only 2 from 2nd to 3rd.
Liquid Gold
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I hope we end up with agreement to finish the season in ppg with the top two going up. Then there can be a second vote on if the playoffs contain 4 6 or 8 teams.
watch the rebel alliance fall apart when the 4 in those playoff spots vote for a 4 team system.
watch the rebel alliance fall apart when the 4 in those playoff spots vote for a 4 team system.
Brighton Sky Blue
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I didn’t say that anywhere. What I did say was that it’s odd to see critical views of a football chairman attempting to do everything possible to get some games on. Particularly when the Germans will likely get their season done
Marty
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Why has this bellend got his initials on his jacket? Hes club chairman not a first team coach. Hes a desperate man and his actions show that.
Liquid Gold
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It’s strange seeing critical views of my mate Dave launching a rocket from his back garden when NASA manage it all the time.
Brighton Sky Blue
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What’s that supposed to mean? If the government thinks it’s fine to put me in a classroom with 15 kids and many more on site for a school day then we can have 22 men on a pitch for 90 minutes. Germany will finish the season in all likelihood. We will end it with legal threats and clubs still in big trouble for next season.
kg82
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Surely it would just be Dave talking about it for the analogy to fit?!
Sick Boy
Super Moderator
The point is that he knows there is very little chance of the League 1 season being finished and the situation between the two countries is very different.
For me he is more interested in getting himself in the media over wanting what’s best for his club.
Brighton Sky Blue
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In the respect that one country allows schools and football to restart and the other only allows schools?
SkyblueTexan
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I'm glad that League 2's fate is decided and applaud the magnanimity of teams who could have made the playoffs, but chose to err on the side of caution in terms of the health and well-being of their playing/non-playing staff as well as the sustainability of their respective teams/league.
However, I am so tired of this EFL deadlock on deciding the fate of League 1, especially after League 2 has set a precedent. Correct me if I'm wrong, but are these the only factors as causing the delay?:
1) The weighted PPG proposal vs the unweighted one produces a different outcome as to who the 3rd placed team to be promoted is (Wycombe or Oxford). Under either scenario Coventry and Rotherham get promoted.
2) These so-called big-teams and/or vocal chairmen/owners/managers of playoff-bound teams all feel their teams are entitled to a shot at being promoted (i.e. Peterborough, Sunderland and Fleetwood seem to be the ones making the most noise).
Looking at the League 1 table as it stands and taking the above factors into account, promoting the top 2 and holding a mini tournament/playoff between teams 3-8 should satisfy everyone I think. Similarly, at the bottom, relegating Bolton and Southend (who are far adrift from safety) and having a mini tournament/playoff between teams 18-21 should decide the 3 bottom spots (assuming the teams are willing to play on - although I'm not sure if teams at the bottom of any of the leagues would agree to this proposal, but would prefer having no relegations or voiding the season altogether).
However, I am so tired of this EFL deadlock on deciding the fate of League 1, especially after League 2 has set a precedent. Correct me if I'm wrong, but are these the only factors as causing the delay?:
1) The weighted PPG proposal vs the unweighted one produces a different outcome as to who the 3rd placed team to be promoted is (Wycombe or Oxford). Under either scenario Coventry and Rotherham get promoted.
2) These so-called big-teams and/or vocal chairmen/owners/managers of playoff-bound teams all feel their teams are entitled to a shot at being promoted (i.e. Peterborough, Sunderland and Fleetwood seem to be the ones making the most noise).
Looking at the League 1 table as it stands and taking the above factors into account, promoting the top 2 and holding a mini tournament/playoff between teams 3-8 should satisfy everyone I think. Similarly, at the bottom, relegating Bolton and Southend (who are far adrift from safety) and having a mini tournament/playoff between teams 18-21 should decide the 3 bottom spots (assuming the teams are willing to play on - although I'm not sure if teams at the bottom of any of the leagues would agree to this proposal, but would prefer having no relegations or voiding the season altogether).
Paxman II
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Almost agree with that. But as I said several post back, and I gave my reasoning - Rotherham are far from clear in second place, and should join the playoffs. Also Sunderland are out of it having played two games more than many. Peterborough and Wycombe both earn a place in the playoff's. Just look at the table to see how tight it is. Sporting integrity would seem satisfied if it was done like that. Sunderland can bleep all they like, but tbf not in contention for a place.
Once the playoffs got underway I would predict Rotherham and Portsmouth to make the other two promtion spots from that.
Sick Boy
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Hahaha if you take off the sky blue specs what you’re suggesting would also mean that we would get dragged into these play offs as well. It’s not like we’re mathematically promoted and if Rotherham are included then so should we.
tisza
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Germans have got a significant start on English leagues - probably at least 5 weeks - with roughly same number of games to complete.