Corona virus and football

It would be fair under normal circumstances, but rather dangerous at the moment and for the near future . . . .

 

Aye mate I meen when it’s safe to do so

 

Difficult situation isn't it.

Tranmere are currently in a relegation spot but could relegate Wimbledon by beating Rochdale 11-0.

Rochdale are near the bottom in poor form and their players haven't played for weeks. If they don't bother to train, turn up and are thrashed Wimbledon could be relegated.

That's obviously unfair and Wimbledon would be relegated by a 'fake' result. That's obviously an extreme example but there are, no doubt, others if I could be arsed to go through all the tables.

There's also the FA Cup to consider.

 

Or I think we have lots of away games to play, so even if the teams had played the same number of games, what about home and away being equal?

 

The only fair system would be to resume where we left off, after a full pre-season, when it is absoloutly safe to do so, and even that soloution would not be completely fair in league 1 due to the fiasco at the start involving Bolton and Bury..

 

I'd honestly piss myself laughing if Liverpool didn't win the league this year

30 years & what 20 points in front

 

I am a bit of a bindipper fan, Shankly and all that, but I would have to admit to a little schadenfreude if they were not crowned winners

 

Cruel man, Klopp's pitchside antics are worth the title imo, great entertainment.

 

Personally I think it's OTT remember when Terry Butcher used to dee it with us

 

Klopps reactions are pure gold, his glasses flying off was the highlight of last season for me. I'm easy pleased though.

 

Growing number of League One and League Two club owners believe 2019-2020 season should be cancelled.


"Senior officials at several League One and League Two clubs have warned that the EFL must take drastic action to prevent them going bust amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In conversations with Sky Sports News, the officials have warned that clubs are just "days" away from "going to the wall" and say that the EFL are allowing them to "sleepwalk" into trouble"


https://www.skysports.com/football/...s-days-away-from-going-bust-amid-wage-dispute

 

Going to be a fair few clubs going under if fans aren't going to be allowed to attend until next year like. No way can lower league clubs survive that long without any gate receipts.

 

I would be devastated if Coventry were to be denied promotion.

And suicidal were they to go bust.



Just joking

 

This is why the Belarus league still gan on

The Belarus FA's general secretary Sergei Zhardetski has told ESPN there are "currently no reasons" for suspending its domestic league amid the coronavirus outbreak across the globe.

With football at a standstill, the attention of fans has turned to the Belarusian Premier League where the league continues on while others were suspended indefinitely.

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As of April 3rd, there were 351 confirmed COVID-19 infections and four deaths in Belarus, according to the Johns Hopkins University, placing the East European country right above Albania and Vietnam but well below neighbouring countries Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland, Latvia and Russia.

On April 2nd, Belarus suspended all "cultural, sporting and scientific events with international participation until April 6th," but the national football league will persist, the Zhardetski confirmed to ESPN.

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"We review the situation on a daily basis," Zhardetski said. "We fully trust our health care system and there are currently no reasons for stopping the league.

"We understand that the situation in some countries is very serious but having consulted with the corresponding authorities in Belarus we have an understanding that our league can continue for the moment."

The league has been dubbed the "last league on earth." And while Zhardetski said he wasn't angry about the label, he said it's not something they were hoping for.

"It is what it is," he said. "We did not ask for this label, but the situation in Belarus is really not that critical to close the tournament."

The general secretary said with attendance figures averaging just over 1,000 fans, they "are also trying to seat the people at a certain distance from each other."

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The Vysheyshaya Liha, as the league is called locally

will resume this Friday, with Dinamo Minsk hosting Torpedo BelAZ Zhodino as fans across the globe follow the league now, but Zhardetski said that despite a string of new broadcasting deals in countries like Russia, Israel and India, it was never the league's plan to attract new followers.

"Additional popularization is good for Belarusian football. Obviously, there is an interest in terms of TV rights and a number of countries are broadcasting," he said. "but I think this is not the time to look at this from a commercial prospective."

Big European leagues like the German Bundesliga are poised to bring back football as soon as possible. They are hoping to restore some sort of normality amid coronavirus crisis,

And Zhardetski said that football can be "a way of relaxing" in the current flow of alarming epidemiological news.

 

I’ve watched practically every game. There’s no such thing as social distancing at the matches.

 

Another weekend undefeated for Sunderland btw

 

Silver lining and all that

 

I've enjoyed the games I've been able to watch 4 yesterday lol

 

Season over for the Dutch as the government have banned all sporting events until 1st September.

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ernment-extends-ban-on-events-ajax-az-alkmaar