AFCCOVENTRY
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Take Maddison on a free this summer as well.
Toney already said he wanted to move To the Championship so you know how that one will end - would be nice to have the GT force Godden and Toney !
Good to know there are some adults in on the meeting.An Update From Chief Executive David Bottomley I suspect this reflects the view of all the 'smaller' clubs in L1.
Was nice to read about the dignity shown by Port Vale and Bradford in their vote. Shame MacAnthony isn't showing any. Happy for other clubs to go under just so his can try and get an unlikely promotion.
Exactly how I see it,He should of took the Madison fee now he walks for free lolHis increasingly desperate claims make me think he knows he’s done.
His increasingly desperate claims make me think he knows he’s done.
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
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.What I find more cringeworthy and sad is the small number of our fans pretty much brown nosing him.
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.A lot of what he’s saying is just posturing, he’s trying to carve out a way for his club to have a chance at promotion. He hasn’t undermined our position, as far as I know. I don’t blame him, in fact I respect him more for the fight he’s putting up. He’s got a point as well in that it’s so close that if they decide it one way his team are in the play offs and if they decide it another they aren’t. And they’re pretty similar ways! The league was tight (below us), I’d say a fair way would be the 6 team play off, Doncaster haven’t done enough and neither have Ipswich.
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.
Let's hope so...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!
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.
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.Imagine a football chairman trying to find a way for football to be played
By his logic then playoffs should go 11 pts down from Posh as well.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.
Maybe so. I’m not arguing, just see his point as there’s 1 point separating 3-8 places.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.
Ohhh go on...Maybe so. I’m not arguing, just see his point as there’s 1 point separating 3-8 places.
Yeah I agree, it’s starting to feel more about him than his club though.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.
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.
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.
DM to take fellow clubs to court as well as EFL. Guys lost the plot. Business is about to fail so he’s lashing out.
Have Peterborough United missed out on a possible £25 million fee for Ivan Toney? Chairman admits failure to win promotion to the Championship would hit the club hard and he’s started legal discussions with fellow clubs and the EFL in his sights
It’s strange seeing critical views of my mate Dave launching a rocket from his back garden when NASA manage it all the time.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
It’s strange seeing critical views of my mate Dave launching a rocket from his back garden when NASA manage it all the time.
Surely it would just be Dave talking about it for the analogy to fit?!It’s strange seeing critical views of my mate Dave launching a rocket from his back garden when NASA manage it all the time.
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.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
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.
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).
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.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.
Germans have got a significant start on English leagues - probably at least 5 weeks - with roughly same number of games to complete.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
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