Coronavirus could prevent Liverpool from winning the Premier League title

[Mathewbet1]

Looks like the Euros are cancelled, looks like the Spanish and Italians are determined to finish their domestic seasons. I think we should do the same it does not really matter when it is completed, but it should be, before any talk of the next season.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Yep. It's official now. Euro 2020 will be Euro 2021.

[Josef Svejk]

Best outcome for us. And international football.

[dockers_strike]

Just seen this titbit, if the season overuns 1 June, we'll be wearing a Nike kit when we officially get the trophy!

[Oh Buoy]

It's nice that there's a unanimous and collective effort to ensure that Liverpool play out the remaining games for their title. Who knew the footballing world loved us so much despite all the faux comments they spawn on a daily basis.

 

18* is becoming 19 lads.

[TheHowieLama]

There is no chance of making up any games in June or July -- many current players will be out of contract.

 

My guess is they will cancel the season in the next few weeks.

[TheDrowningMan]

I think the contracts are a non-issue. Either pay up for short-term extensions and if they’re rejected, play who you have, even if some spaces are filled by the under-23s. Player contracts are nothing compared to broadcasters coming at the leagues with pitchforks.

[TheHowieLama]

Not sure the PFA would see it as a non - issue.

[TheDrowningMan]

1 minute ago, TheHowieLama said:

Not sure the PFA would see it as a non - issue.

Affected players will either be willing to play or they won’t. No-one is going to take them hostage.

[TheHowieLama]

1 minute ago, TheDrowningMan said:

Infected players will either be willing to play or they won’t. No-one is going to take them hostage.

I see what you did there.

[Stickman]

23 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

 

 

My guess is they will cancel the season in the next few weeks.

Just when I was feeling slightly chirpy you go and pull a blanket of doom back over my head ....

[Stickman]

1 hour ago, LFC 6 Times said:

Would love Richard Keyes to die in a very painful slow manner.

Not a fan then ? 

[dockers_strike]

29 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

There is no chance of making up any games in June or July -- many current players will be out of contract.

 

My guess is they will cancel the season in the next few weeks.

Erm, and all those out of contract players will have zero income once they are.  So, would you like to have a short extension to your contract, still be paid by your club and have access to frankly superb medical facilities or, would you rather be out of contract, no income and having to share the same medical facility as the plebs? Hmmmm, tough choice.

[TheHowieLama]

1 minute ago, dockers_strike said:

Erm, and all those out of contract players will have zero income once they are.  So, would you like to have a short extension to your contract, still be paid by your club and have access to frankly superb medical facilities or, would you rather be out of contract, no income and having to share the same medical facility as the plebs? Hmmmm, tough choice.

If you are suggesting the league would try to prevent them from signing to another side then you are really treading into deep legal waters.

[dockers_strike]

5 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

If you are suggesting the league would try to prevent them from signing to another side then you are really treading into deep legal waters.

And what 'new' clubs do you think are going to be scrambling to sign these out of contract players when the season is suspended?

 

Just where you get the ludicrous idea anyone is suggesting the league would prevent anyone signing for another club though, I dont know.

[TheHowieLama]

" So, would you like to have a short extension to your contract, still be paid by your club and have access to frankly superb medical facilities or, would you rather be out of contract, no income "

 

 

Sounds like you are suggesting it.

 

 

Clubs will be sniffing around for deals, for next season - I would say most players who will be out of contract do not want to stay at their current clubs or the club has already told them to move on. Not going to be alot of magnanimity in those relationships.

 

My track record on presumptous declarations is matched only by @Paulie Dangerouslyefforts in the transfer bidness.

 

This last season will be canceled. 

[No2]

If anymore football is played before August I can see it been a couple of little mini league's involving the teams that are competing for the same things. A 6 team league of Chelsea, Utd, Sheff United, Wolves, Arsenal and Spurs to decide European places with the Chelsea starting with a 3 point lead and so on. Same from Brighton downwards. All teams play each other once, 2 at home, 2 away 1 neutral. 

 

Teams from Burnley down to Southampton divide up prize money evenly, same with City and Leicester and obviously we win the league.

[Oh Buoy]

Just now, TheHowieLama said:

" So, would you like to have a short extension to your contract, still be paid by your club and have access to frankly superb medical facilities or, would you rather be out of contract, no income "

 

Clubs will be sniffing around for deals - I would say most players who will be out of contract do not want to stay at their current clubs or the club has already told them to move on. Not going to be alot of magnanimity in those relationships.

 

My track record on presumptous declarations is matched only by @Paulie Dangerouslyefforts in the transfer bidness.

 

The season will be canceled. 

 

But do we get the title?

[TheHowieLama]

Just now, ``` said:

 

But do we get the title*?

yes

[dave u]

Pretty sure that players won't shit on their own clubs like that. They'd finish the season with their existing clubs I reckon, probably on week to week deals.

[TheHowieLama]

Just now, dave u said:

Pretty sure that players won't shit on their own clubs like that. They'd finish the season with their existing clubs I reckon, probably on week to week deals.

The insurance issues would be ridiculous. Imagine the outcome of some sap agreeing to a weekly deal then doing his knee.

[dockers_strike]

Just now, TheHowieLama said:

" So, would you like to have a short extension to your contract, still be paid by your club and have access to frankly superb medical facilities or, would you rather be out of contract, no income "

 

Clubs will be sniffing around for deals - I would say most players who will be out of contract do not want to stay at their current clubs or the club has already told them to move on. Not going to be alot of magnanimity in those relationships.

 

My track record on presumptous declarations is matched only by @Paulie Dangerouslyefforts in the transfer bidness.

 

The season will be canceled. 

 

Well if you want to believe the season will be cancelled knock yourself out.

 

And if you think clubs 'sniffing around' soon to be out of contract players and sign them in the current circumstances, knock yourself out again.

 

I merely posited the most likely scenario faced by out of contract players and that is being offered a new short term contract, keeping them paid and under the club's wing or, become out of contract. Unlike your good self, I dont believe clubs will be looking to snap up out of contract players until or unless the situation becomes clear.

 

You made the frankly ludicrous statement that I was suggesting the league may stop these players signing for other clubs. How you even came up with that from my post is beyond me but hey, knock yourself out. Again.

[No2]

4 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

The insurance issues would be ridiculous. Imagine the outcome of some sap agreeing to a weekly deal then doing his knee.

Will there still be insurance companies in 8 weeks?

[dockers_strike]

5 minutes ago, dave u said:

Pretty sure that players won't shit on their own clubs like that. They'd finish the season with their existing clubs I reckon, probably on week to week deals.

Agree. Although I suspect the short term contract will be written to the projected end of the league season whenever that may be.

4 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

The insurance issues would be ridiculous. Imagine the outcome of some sap agreeing to a weekly deal then doing his knee.

Disagree. Clubs have this issue with any player.

[TheHowieLama]

You suggested they would either be on a short term deal or out of contract - there is of course a third option there. The most likely one.

If the situation in June or July is still so unsure that clubs are not planning for next season then certainly they will not be playing games.