Premier League gone surely...

Gordaleman · Post by **Gordaleman** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:06 am

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:05 am
Sky reporting that Premier League suspended until 3rd April but league not confirmed it yet

Both confirmed now.

claretburns · Post by **claretburns** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:06 am

Confirmed Premier League and EFL suspended till 3rd April at the earliest.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:07 am

According to the BBC Tony, its the other way round.
Waiting for confirmation from PL.

Confirmed.

Colburn_Claret · Post by **Colburn_Claret** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:07 am

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ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:08 am

Gordaleman wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:06 am
Both confirmed now.

As said, not confirmed as yet by the league, nothing on their social media or website - but Sky are reporting it.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:08 am

Premier League now confirmed it

Zlatan · Post by **Zlatan** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:09 am

Gives Jay Rod a few weeks to recover - might even have JBG back too - always a bright side

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:11 am

Zlatan wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:09 am
Gives Jay Rod a few weeks to recover - might even have JBG back too - always a bright side

And Barnesy

RalphCoatesComb · Post by **RalphCoatesComb** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:12 am

It's gone now !

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51867989

Chester Perry · Post by **Chester Perry** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:15 am

Zlatan wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:09 am
Gives Jay Rod a few weeks to recover - might even have JBG back too - always a bright side

yeah a fully fit Kevin de Bruyne

HieronymousBoschHobs · Post by **HieronymousBoschHobs** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:15 am

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:16 am

Spijed wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 10:32 am
I suspect all those events are no longer set in stone and when it comes to re-arrangements organisations will be more accommodating anyway.

Paul Waine wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 10:32 am
Yes, I get it, there are other events scheduled. Which ones of those do you see going ahead?

If these events aren't going ahead in June then the Premier league has no chance of finishing.

paulatky · Post by **paulatky** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:18 am

Or starting next season as scheduled

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:19 am

Bosscat wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:03 am
Expect a baby boom in 9 months time then ohhhh hang on a minute

Shlt happens!!

Stayingup · Post by **Stayingup** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:20 am

Yes cancelled now till April 3rd at the earliest.

SalisburyClaret · Post by **SalisburyClaret** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:25 am

With the peak being in April, May and June - there’s little chance of the PL picking up on early April. Could all be over

Sproggy · Post by **Sproggy** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:26 am

Should be interesting given we're supposed to be a month behind Italy. 590 UK cases (most of which seem to be politicians or footballers, or maybe just those that can afford to have a test done....). 12,000 in Italy.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:28 am

And surely the Euros are going to be affected, or even cancelled. Due to start 12th June.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:35 am

ElectroClaret wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:28 am
And surely the Euros are going to be affected, or even cancelled. Due to start 12th June.

There's no way the Euros will happen this year,for a start the play-offs have still to be concluded.

I'd expect a confirmation of the Euros moving to 2021,and hopefully this might(and i stress might) give domestic leagues and European competitions a window to finish their seasons during the summer.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:46 am

tiger76 wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:35 am
There's no way the Euros will happen this year,for a start the play-offs have still to be concluded.

I'd expect a confirmation of the Euros moving to 2021,and hopefully this might(and i stress might) give domestic leagues and European competitions a window to finish their seasons during the summer.

It does seem as though the football authorities are starting to make the right decisions. Football hardly matters right now but you can only hope they will be able to sensibly sort everything out when it is possible.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:47 am

All Scottish football suspended with immediate effect.

The remainder of the Scottish football season has been postponed indefinitely over fears about the coronavirus, the SPFL has confirmed.

Leagues and other sporting events have been suspended until further notice, with Scottish football the latest to respond to the spread of the virus.

The postponements begin with tonight's match between Motherwell and Aberdeen, and Queen of the South against Ayr United.

Zlatan · Post by **Zlatan** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:49 am

tiger76 wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:47 am
All Scottish football suspended with immediate effect.

I wouldn't have noticed

BleedingClaret · Post by **BleedingClaret** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:51 am

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:46 am
It does seem as though the football authorities are starting to make the right decisions. Football hardly matters right now but you can only hope they will be able to sensibly sort everything out when it is possible.

"Football hardly matters right now"
Just setting off to Yorkshire, I want to watch, when you tell Leeds fans that.........

Gordaleman · Post by **Gordaleman** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:52 am

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:46 am
It does seem as though the football authorities are starting to make the right decisions. Football hardly matters right now but you can only hope they will be able to sensibly sort everything out when it is possible.

I don't think that they had any choice to be honest. If you think of football clubs being places of work, then infected clubs should not be interacting with other places of work.

Add to that that players from different clubs, especially in the Manchester and London areas, often socialise together, it's no wonder it seems to be spreading amongst clubs.

This virus is no one's fault and we just have to take it on the chin and get through it in whatever way we can.

A lot of little clubs are going to go bust. Will the super rich PL help them? I doubt it.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:55 am

BleedingClaret wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:51 am
"Football hardly matters right now"
Just setting off to Yorkshire, I want to watch, when you tell Leeds fans that.........

Football doesn't matter at all right now

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:57 am

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:46 am
It does seem as though the football authorities are starting to make the right decisions. Football hardly matters right now but you can only hope they will be able to sensibly sort everything out when it is possible.

It matters to me!

Travelodge booked already, for Watford. Write off.
What a shame.

No need to worry about international break now! No internationals. Pope remains England's most recent number 1!
Dwight won't get to play in front of a home audience.
Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor will all have to wait a little longer.
Steven Defour has a chance of full fitness...

BleedingClaret · Post by **BleedingClaret** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:57 am

It's that bad even the Mother in Law is commiserating with me...
"Oh Dave, what are you going to do without your football?" she said
Seemed genuine too

Zlatan · Post by **Zlatan** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:58 am

IanMcL wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:57 am
It matters to me!
Steven Defour has a chance of full fitness...

Now I know you're taking the p!ss

contact Travel Lodge - I know Holiday Inn are offering full refunds without cancellation fees for bookings between 9th March and 3rd April

thatdberight · Post by **thatdberight** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:01 pm

Football chiefs are making difficult decisions. They have no choice when the sporting integrity is threatened. But we now have the problem of the medical advice that we're supposed to be following being derailed by individual bodies making their own decisions.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:02 pm

Gordaleman wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:52 am

A lot of little clubs are going to go bust. Will the super rich PL help them? I doubt it.

Personally I think they have a moral obligation to.

The competition is nothing without all of its competition!

Darthlaw · Post by **Darthlaw** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:05 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:02 pm
Personally I think they have a moral obligation to.

The competition is nothing without all of its competition!

Morality and Premier League are two things that don't belong in the same postcode, let along in the same sentence.

Maybe Pogba et al will donate a weeks wages to keep come clubs in business for an extra month.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:05 pm

thatdberight wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:01 pm
Football chiefs are making difficult decisions. They have no choice when the sporting integrity is threatened. But we now have the problem of the medical advice that we're supposed to be following being derailed by individual bodies making their own decisions.

Sport is a little unique though in that there are very few other circumstances where thousands of people travel to and congregate in a relatively tiny space.

The amount of times ive come back from the MEN with a bit of something is unusually high. Thosuands of people all in an enclosed arena breatheing each others crap in!

Gordaleman · Post by **Gordaleman** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:05 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:02 pm
Personally I think they have a moral obligation to.

The competition is nothing without all of its competition!

You're right but there aren't many morals in big business. Look how Cardiff City and FC Nantes remain in dispute over the £15m transfer fee for Sala.

thatdberight · Post by **thatdberight** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:08 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:05 pm
Sport is a little unique though in that there are very few other circumstances where thousands of people travel to and congregate in a relatively tiny space.

The amount of times ive come back from the MEN with a bit of something is unusually high. Thosuands of people all in an enclosed arena breatheing each others crap in!

Agreed, but the current way of seeing this through is to let that happen (up to a point at which time I suspect we'll lock down significantly). I understand people making those decisions. I'm just not sure they're helpful to the national management strategy for this.

LS7 · Post by **LS7** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:08 pm

Could be the end of Oldham and more, even with forgiving treatment from banks, HMRC, local authority etc

Gordaleman · Post by **Gordaleman** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:12 pm

LS7 wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:08 pm
Could be the end of Oldham and more, even with forgiving treatment from banks, HMRC, local authority etc

When this is over and football resumes, I think that the lower leagues will look very different. Most clubs down there rely on gate money to survive week to week and I can see an awful lot of them disappearing altogether.

UnderSeige · Post by **UnderSeige** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:14 pm

Quickenthetempo said

If these events aren't going ahead in June then the Premier league has no chance of finishing.

There are various estimates regarding when the virus will peak. Most of them say around May-June. ITV are reporting that it could peak within two weeks. Sky are reporting that there could be a mini peak soon, a drop off in the summer and the main peak next winter. All of these agencies are referring to 'scientists'.

Given all this, it looks like there will be a lot more infected people with the virus in three weeks time. It is also likely that there will be a lot more infected people in two or three months time. If this is correct there will be no matches until late summer at the earliest.

If a new surge of the virus appears in the winter, next season will also be curtailed. There will hopefully be a vaccine at some stage in the winter. Once large numbers of people start to be vaccinated the medical authorities should be able to get things under control and achieve this 'Herd Immunity' thing.

Possibly one way ahead could be to suspend all matches for a full year and then resume the rest of this season this time next year. I'm not sure how feasible this would be though.

I won't be purchasing a season ticket yet.

martin_p · Post by **martin_p** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:16 pm

I’d imagine that’s the season over and done with. Things are only going to get worse over the next weeks and months and I can’t see there being time to fit the rest of the season in before August. Wonder what will happen if the season doesn’t restart? The whole season struck from the records (tragic for Liverpool, hilarious for Leeds) or today’s positions being taken as the season end and promotion, relegation, etc based on that?

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:17 pm

martin_p wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:16 pm
I’d imagine that’s the season over and done with. Things are only going to get worse over the next weeks and months and I can’t see there being time to fit the rest of the season in before August. Wonder what will happen if the season doesn’t restart? The whole season struck from the records (tragic for Liverpool, hilarious for Leeds) or today’s positions being taken as the season end and promotion, relegation, etc based on that?

If it gets worse then most people probably won't care.

Granny WeatherWax · Post by **Granny WeatherWax** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:18 pm

i wonder if BFC suspend all ticket sales until further notice, thinking about Palace tomorrow. Looks like the Palace weekend will just be a day on the lash given trains tickets already paid for.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:18 pm

LS7 wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:08 pm
Could be the end of Oldham and more, even with forgiving treatment from banks, HMRC, local authority etc

The TV giants and the like could more than help out.

Without the oldhams. The promotion and relegation. The rags to riches stories. Their ‘product’ is nothing.

Well done Morrison’s for keeping their small business suppliers and customers from facing an uncertain future.

thatdberight · Post by **thatdberight** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:19 pm

martin_p wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:16 pm
I’d imagine that’s the season over and done with. Things are only going to get worse over the next weeks and months and I can’t see there being time to fit the rest of the season in before August. Wonder what will happen if the season doesn’t restart? The whole season struck from the records (tragic for Liverpool, hilarious for Leeds) or today’s positions being taken as the season end and promotion, relegation, etc based on that?

Hard decisions. Hybrid suggestion would be to freeze the tables but not have relegation and promotion.

This has a number of advantages from a sporting and financial point of view. None of which matter in comparison to shafting Leeds which is the single most important benefit.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:20 pm

Granny WeatherWax wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:18 pm
i wonder if BFC suspend all ticket sales until further notice, thinking about Palace tomorrow. Looks like the Palace weekend will just be a day on the lash given trains tickets already paid for.

Surely you should just buy your tickets the moment they’re released. A la. City.

Granny WeatherWax · Post by **Granny WeatherWax** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:21 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:20 pm
Surely you should just buy your tickets the moment they’re released. A la. City.

I will do, i'm sensible, the question is will they be released.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:23 pm

Day one of self isolation for me and the old girl,this is going to cost me a fortune in online shopping,is it safe for the Amazon delivery guy to visit us daily?

Gordaleman · Post by **Gordaleman** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:31 pm

Here is the EPL statement as shown on the BFC web site.

The Premier League has issued the following statement:

Following a meeting of Shareholders today, it was unanimously decided to suspend the Premier League with the intention of returning on 4 April, subject to medical advice and conditions at the time.

Premier League Chief Executive Richard Masters said: “Above all, we wish Mikel Arteta and Callum Hudson-Odoi speedy recoveries, and everyone else affected by COVID-19.

“In this unprecedented situation, we are working closely with our clubs, Government, The FA and EFL and can reassure everyone the health and welfare of players, staff and supporters are our priority.”

Despite the challenges, it is the Premier League’s aim to reschedule the displaced fixtures, including those played by Academy sides, when it is safe to do so.

In this fast-moving environment, further updates will be provided when appropriate.

Gordaleman · Post by **Gordaleman** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:32 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:23 pm
Day one of self isolation for me and the old girl,this is going to cost me a fortune in online shopping,is it safe for the Amazon delivery guy to visit us daily?

Why? Are you going to read a lot of books?

Mattster · Post by **Mattster** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:33 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:23 pm
Day one of self isolation for me and the old girl,this is going to cost me a fortune in online shopping,is it safe for the Amazon delivery guy to visit us daily?

Make this your first order and you'll be fine
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dupont-TYCHEM- ... lp_pl_dp_1

2 Bee Holed · Post by **2 Bee Holed** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:34 pm

I wouldn't get quite so cocky.
Premier League clubs might not get what they were expecting this season either.

mdd2 · Post by **mdd2** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:48 pm

Given that this thing is here for at least another 3 months and if the Medics are successful in spreading the case load it could be 6months isn't the most likely scenario completion of this season's games towards the end of the year and scrapping next season's competitions with 2020-21 blank apart from some one off competitions like league and FA cup matches and perhaps another dreamt up competition or a host of friendlies, depending when this season can be completed?