| Premier League - starting again soon 23:12 - Apr 27 with 3382 views | marchamjack |
By the looks of things. Seems the Govt are encouraging it, clubs now recalling their foreign players.
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| Premier League - starting again soon on 23:44 - Apr 27 with 3353 views | Garyjack |
If the government are encouraging this then they aim to continue lock down. Games played behind closed doors and televised every day. It's not ideal, but we ain't living in an ideal world atm. Bring it on. |  | | |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 20:06 - Apr 28 with 3157 views | blackpooljack |
French leagues 1 and 2 have all but scrapped the rest of the season and dont intend to play again til Sept. |  | | |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 22:03 - Apr 28 with 3098 views | jeza739 |
The only reason clubs want to play imo is because they don't want to be stripped of a chunk of TV money.. how anyone can consider live sport at the moment is beyond me. And is anyone seriously interested in watching games on TV played out in empty stadia? I'm certainly not.
The manner in which these clubs wanted to furlough ordinary staff a lot of whom are on min wage and ordinary people whilst paying these greedy players who can't follow simple lock down rules from their mansions (Keane walker, etc) is beyond me. Furlough the players (they can all afford it) and pay the ordinary staff...
At present the way I feel I hope PL goes bust.. when I renew my sky sports subs I won't be having PL channel..
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| Premier League - starting again soon on 22:10 - Apr 28 with 3093 views | jeza739 |
And furthermore.... How can all the players travelling to games across the country along with officials etc be classed as essential travel and essential work? It's a game of football FFS
plus all the wasted tests they'll need when there are far more important people that need testing first.
Imo for what's it worth they should cancel next season and finish this season next yr when people can go safely and take the promotion/relegation etc into 2021-22 season . But we all know why that won't happen because of the lost TV revenue... | | | |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 22:38 - Apr 28 with 3064 views | builthjack |
Cancel the season |  |
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| Premier League - starting again soon on 22:47 - Apr 28 with 3055 views | raynor94 |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 22:38 - Apr 28 by builthjack |
Cancel the season |
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| Premier League - starting again soon on 09:56 - Apr 29 with 2983 views | Swansea93 |
The Eredivise got cancelled the other day but apparently are considering a u turn because clubs are threatening legal action. | |
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| Premier League - starting again soon on 10:41 - Apr 29 with 2970 views | Whiterockin |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 22:38 - Apr 28 by builthjack |
Cancel the season |
Agree 100%.
Null and void the season and start again when it is safe to do so. There are far more important things than football at the moment. Anyone who says football is needed to lift morale is living in a bubble. Morale will be lifted with every step we take to get back to some sort of normality and football is way down the list of priorities. |  | | |
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| Premier League - starting again soon on 11:12 - Apr 29 with 2950 views | jacktar |
They are talking about regular testing of players and staff.
WTF for?
You won't stop players sweating and spitting all over the field as well as physical contact with others. A disaster waiting to happen, and as soon as the first players go down with a serious bout of Covid-19 and maybe someone dies then the sh!t would really hit the fan.
Time to close the season down and start afresh when it's safe to do so. |  |
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| Premier League - starting again soon on 13:39 - Apr 29 with 2892 views | Best_loser |
Players could get covid without playing, they will get tested every few days, the virus could be floating around for years
Time to start the premier league in May
There will be the same risks if it starts in May 2021 |  | | |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 14:06 - Apr 29 with 2876 views | jacktar |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 13:39 - Apr 29 by Best_loser |
Players could get covid without playing, they will get tested every few days, the virus could be floating around for years
Time to start the premier league in May
There will be the same risks if it starts in May 2021 |
I miss football too, but all well and good until a few players start going down with serious symptoms.
Who will be prepared to say we didn't make a mistake after the first deaths occur. | |
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| Premier League - starting again soon on 14:28 - Apr 29 with 2866 views | Highjack |
Also another knock on effect is would the good people of Liverpool and Leeds just sit nice and quietly and clap politely at the tv whilst in isolation staying two metres away from people at all times if they won a big match that got them the title/promotion?
PSG played behind closed doors but there were 30,000 people outside having a massive party. |  |
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| Premier League - starting again soon on 14:37 - Apr 29 with 2862 views | sainthelens |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 14:28 - Apr 29 by Highjack |
Also another knock on effect is would the good people of Liverpool and Leeds just sit nice and quietly and clap politely at the tv whilst in isolation staying two metres away from people at all times if they won a big match that got them the title/promotion?
PSG played behind closed doors but there were 30,000 people outside having a massive party. |
Or even harder would be the rest of us not being able to celebrate at their expense that the league season has been cancelled. |  | | |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 18:24 - Apr 29 with 2795 views | Phil_S |
The very thought of trying to restart a football season in the middle of a global pandemic is just absolutely crazy IMO |  | | |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 08:46 - May 10 with 2559 views | Whiterockin |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 18:24 - Apr 29 by Phil_S |
The very thought of trying to restart a football season in the middle of a global pandemic is just absolutely crazy IMO |
Exactly.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52601471 | | | |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 09:14 - May 10 with 2529 views | karnataka |
In an article I read over the weekend, it seems there are players at all clubs who have no interest in resuming playing while there is even a small risk they may take something deadly home to their wives & children and who can blame them. Aguero has been quite outspoken about this but there are plenty of others. |  | | |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 09:21 - May 10 with 2523 views | Phil_S |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 09:14 - May 10 by karnataka |
In an article I read over the weekend, it seems there are players at all clubs who have no interest in resuming playing while there is even a small risk they may take something deadly home to their wives & children and who can blame them. Aguero has been quite outspoken about this but there are plenty of others. |
Which is of course perfectly understandable and correct,.
There is no logical reason or need to restart the football season or even try - if some clubs want to launch legal action as a result then let them, not sure launching legal action with over 30,000 dead in this country should gain much sympathy.
Season should have been declared over and null and void by this point already. But then again the PFA should have instructed its members to take pay cuts to ensure the game can survive and they haven't. | | | |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 09:22 - May 10 with 2521 views | Joe_bradshaw |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 09:14 - May 10 by karnataka |
In an article I read over the weekend, it seems there are players at all clubs who have no interest in resuming playing while there is even a small risk they may take something deadly home to their wives & children and who can blame them. Aguero has been quite outspoken about this but there are plenty of others. |
They can stay apart from their wives and children for a few weeks to finish the season. Maybe they prefer to pocket their quarter of a million a week for sitting on their arses? It wouldn't exactly be hardship compared to front line NHS staff risking their lives every shift. |  |
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| Premier League - starting again soon on 09:26 - May 10 with 2515 views | Phil_S |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 09:22 - May 10 by Joe_bradshaw |
They can stay apart from their wives and children for a few weeks to finish the season. Maybe they prefer to pocket their quarter of a million a week for sitting on their arses? It wouldn't exactly be hardship compared to front line NHS staff risking their lives every shift. |
In fairness why should they be forced to stay apart to finish a sporting season? Or is that essential work these days?
Likewise though you are right they shouldnt pocket the money but that is in their own power to actually change around. | | | |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 09:45 - May 10 with 2496 views | MrSwerve |
‘Ralf Minge’. Hell of a name. |  |
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| Premier League - starting again soon on 11:05 - May 10 with 2439 views | theloneranger |
A 3rd Brighton player tested positive for Coronavirus yesterday. |  |
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| Premier League - starting again soon on 12:07 - May 10 with 2400 views | Catullus |
| Premier League - starting again soon on 22:10 - Apr 28 by jeza739 |
And furthermore.... How can all the players travelling to games across the country along with officials etc be classed as essential travel and essential work? It's a game of football FFS
plus all the wasted tests they'll need when there are far more important people that need testing first.
Imo for what's it worth they should cancel next season and finish this season next yr when people can go safely and take the promotion/relegation etc into 2021-22 season . But we all know why that won't happen because of the lost TV revenue... |
That's what I backed, pause the season and resume it next year, just accept 2020 as a lost year in so many areas.
The EPL don't want it though, they want the money to keep coming in, these matches will be on tv and they'll probably charge for them, even if it's only a few quid.
In Germany the plan might have changed because a tier 2 team has had 2 positive Covid-19 tests. | |
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