Coronavirus could prevent Liverpool from winning the Premier League title

[Ronnie Whelan]

A lot of people clinging to Dresden now. The team that are bottom of the German 2nd league. Funny how the teams at the bottom always test positive like this.

 

Simple solution: clubs have notice of games. If they can't submit a healthy squad that can play including reserves and youths, they lose 3-0 as they will have had plenty of notice about the return of the league. 

[Scott_M]

Brighton have 3 players test positive now.

 

[Scott_M]

Andy Dunn on Sunday Supplement. He’ll be promoting “null and void” before the first advertisement. 

[TheDrowningMan]

30 minutes ago, Ronnie Whelan said:

A lot of people clinging to Dresden now. The team that are bottom of the German 2nd league. Funny how the teams at the bottom always test positive like this.

 

Simple solution: clubs have notice of games. If they can't submit a healthy squad that can play including reserves and youths, they lose 3-0 as they will have had plenty of notice about the return of the league. 

I don’t see why that isn’t the case by default. If your entire club came down with the shits and you couldn’t field a team, you’d default on the result.

[Scott_M]

3 hours ago, Scott_M said:

Of the 23k hospital deaths, 163 (0.71%) have been between 20-39. I bet the majority of them had underlying health issues. 

Of the people for have died from COVID19, 95% had underlying health conditions. 
 

So, that’s 8 / 163.
 

0.035%. 

 

 

[TheDrowningMan]

Article from the Torygraph today, basically pouring scorn on the bottom six and their attempts to wriggle our of relegation.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/05/09/rebel-premier-league-clubs-must-accept-three-will-still-go/

 

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Now it is the broadcasters who are back in control again and who will be able to shape the market in this new world of football without supporters in neutral stadiums. The very least they will expect for their yet-to-be-honoured £762 million in broadcast contracts will be the jeopardy of a relegation battle at the conclusion of season 2019-2020, whenever that is played. The broadcasters are calling the tune now and the Premier League clubs who meet on Monday must accept that reality and find a way to deliver a simple task. Namely that three of them are going down.

Personally, I’m not sure whether or not the government essentially ending the lockdown with its ludicrous new slogan makes it more or less likely that we’ll see football played; I suspect it might lead to a spike followed by a prolonged, stricter stay at home order.

 

With that said, the truth that the broadcasters are calling the shots is something that resonates with me. Even if nothing else can happen on the pitch, are they going to accept an entirely inconsequential season followed by another that could go the same way? I suspect not; the Premier League brand is damaged long term if people know that the big match on Sunday at 4PM might turn out to be entirely meaningless.

 

[Chocoholic]

1 hour ago, Scott_M said:

If PPG is worked out for the remainder of the season purely on home form, Norwich, West Ham and Bournemouth would go down.

 

West Ham actually have the joint second worst home record in the league. They are joint with Norwich, only Southampton are worse. Makes Brady’s comments even more laughable. 
 

There is no possible PPG metric where Norwich or Bournemouth stay up. They have 2 options - either have null and void (which won’t happen)  or play the matches to conclusion whatever way they can. Farke has already said he wants to play and orchestrate a great escape & I reckon Eddie Howe would feel the same. 

 

When Watford and Brighton come out and say “at least 6 clubs are opposed to it”, maybe there is. But the fact is from Southampton up, clubs probably won’t feel strongly enough about it to vote against it and Norwich & Bournemouth will simply have to get on with it.

 

I notice more and more pundits are coming out now saying “What you lose at home you gain away” and that sides should just get on with it. 
 

Alan McInally was talking shite about Villa today. Just shouting and ranting. If he reasoned his argument properly, he’d be saying Villa have the strongest case for playing at home as they have the best home form of any of the bottom sides. They’d actually be 16th if it was finished just on home form. 

First it was West Ham and Brighton. They're trying to create a '12 Angry Men' situation whereby they convince other clubs one by one, but it simply won't happen, but the evidence is just not compelling enough.

[Chocoholic]

1 hour ago, Scott_M said:

When Watford and Brighton come out and say “at least 6 clubs are opposed to it”, maybe there is. But the fact is from Southampton up, clubs probably won’t feel strongly enough about it to vote against it and Norwich & Bournemouth will simply have to get on with it.

First it was West Ham and Brighton. They're trying to create a '12 Angry Men' situation whereby they convince other clubs one by one, but it simply won't happen, because the evidence is just not compelling enough.

[Scott_M]

Good point being made on Sunday Suppliment - the changes to allow 5 subs clearly favours the bigger sides.

 

So why haven’t the bottom 6 bitched about that?

[JohnnyH]

3 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

Good point being made on Sunday Suppliment - the changes to allow 5 subs clearly favours the bigger sides.

 

So why haven’t the bottom 6 bitched about that?

Coz they’re cunts m’lud 

[dockers_strike]

46 minutes ago, TheDrowningMan said:

I don’t see why that isn’t the case by default. If your entire club came down with the shits and you couldn’t field a team, you’d default on the result.

Middlesbrough did this once in the PL, 1996 - 97 season. They were down near the bottom of the league and had a couple of injuries but claimed they couldnt raise a team due to flu or something so didnt play. They were docked 3 points and told they had to play the game which they eventually lost.

 

So the game cost them 6 points and was instrumental in them being relegated

[Guest Alex_K]

55 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

Of the people for have died from COVID19, 95% had underlying health conditions. 
 

So, that’s 8 / 163.
 

0.035%. 

 

 

More chance getting ran over on the way to the ground 

[Anubis]

Is anyone going to ask how three players in lockdown contracted the virus. Either a) they’re lying (just throwing that out there, make of it what you will), or b) they’ve been ignoring lockdown and should be fined and drummed out of the squad for the rest of the season.

[an tha]

Amazing how a Brighton player has it now too...how exactly has he caught it in a lockdown?

 

I very much doubt his wife is a key worker or works in a care home? 

 

Is anyone independently verifying these tests?

[dockers_strike]

14 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Is anyone going to ask how three players in lockdown contracted the virus. Either a) they’re lying (just throwing that out there, make of it what you will), or b) they’ve been ignoring lockdown and should be fined and drummed out of the squad for the rest of the season.

It's all part of Barber's agenda,isnt it? First there's him, then Murray and now, not one or two playing staff tested positive, but three! Exactly as you say, what are Brighton players doing? Or more importantly, why? oh, wait.......

 

[Chocoholic]

They're all Kyle Walker's cousins, it's in the blood.

[Ronnie Whelan]

1 hour ago, TheDrowningMan said:

I don’t see why that isn’t the case by default. If your entire club came down with the shits and you couldn’t field a team, you’d default on the result.

Think that clubs will be told this in no uncertain terms. If there are issues with fielding a team, including reserves and youths, that's fine but the opposition are given a 3-0 walkover.

 

The Brighton guy has been banging the no relegation drum for a while but nicely had us winning the league and the top 2 in the Championship coming up. A much smarter version of Karen.

[Bobby Hundreds]

I'm at the point just PPG this season. Fuck trying to bring it back. 

[The Guest]

The thing I don’t get about Dresden is why are they all going into isolation?  Why don’t they just test everyone again in the next day or so?  Just go from there.

[Harry Squatter]

[Captain Howdy]

4 hours ago, Stickman said:

That’s a surprise as they’re so well placed in the table.

This sort of shit is just going to get pulled over here and when it does the media is going to go into meltdown over it.

If we are going to rightly get the title then a decision needs to be made sooner rather than later as regards finishing the league .

This is exactly why it won’t finish, somebody will test positive and the whole thing will be called off, probably a player from one of the clubs trying to cheat their way out of relegation. Just end it now, apply an average of points won goals for and against both for home and away fixtures for all remaining games and call it a day.

[Captain Howdy]

16 hours ago, Rushies tash said:

They also seem to have a major hatred of us, which surprised me a bit.

Who doesn’t? 

[KMD7]

5 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

This is exactly why it won’t finish, somebody will test positive and the whole thing will be called off, probably a player from one of the clubs trying to cheat their way out of relegation. Just end it now, apply an average of points won goals for and against both for home and away fixtures for all remaining games and call it a day.

I think this is the only way for me too. 

[dockers_strike]

8 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

This is exactly why it won’t finish, somebody will test positive and the whole thing will be called off, probably a player from one of the clubs trying to cheat their way out of relegation. Just end it now, apply an average of points won goals for and against both for home and away fixtures for all remaining games and call it a day.

The one objection I have is you know Barber and the rest will say 'right, let's crack on with pre season training starting in July and season 2020 / 21 starts 8 August."

[an tha]

8 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

This is exactly why it won’t finish, somebody will test positive and the whole thing will be called off, probably a player from one of the clubs trying to cheat their way out of relegation. Just end it now, apply an average of points won goals for and against both for home and away fixtures for all remaining games and call it a day.

It will be funny to see all the things causing this season to be ended miraculously disappear to enable the next one to start