Lads, it's the Premier League thread - EPL 2019/20

also i know that my immune system is in bits for a few hours if not weeks after doing a marathon, really great time for catching a dose of something

FAW have just cancelled matches at all levels until 4th April which affects my daughter's U12 games and son's U11 ones. (https://www.faw.cymru/en/news/faw-statement-domestic-football/)

Rugby still on though smdh

Old Firm derby just cancelled

Now I know things are really serious.

Can't see things restarting for a long time. Possibly restart the season in a year's time, trying to pick up where we left off (though many clubs could have gone under by then).

gotta say i was really looking forward to the spurs v manu game this weekend, think mou's boys might've taken a bit of a mauling

Ive a ticket for the Liverpool v Villa game in April :(

I'd say flights are going to be cancelled soon too

If we can't restart in August or September as normal then things are really going to be very bad indeed.

IMO let's just create one super season. add this year's points into last year, like 60 match season. see if Liverpool can still win the Premiership with their current cushion.

also relegate Arsenal

If the government's right and other European nations are going to be in the middle of a second, worse spike around the summer, i can't see any major sporting competitions taking place, even if the UK isn't as badly hit.

Rugby now off but Cardiff already full of Scots

Posh Scots though, so there'll no' be any bother.

This is how the Black Death ended up in Scotland though, it was plague-free until some Scots decided to have a bit of a marauder over the border.

(maraud obv.)

Only sensible thing is to refuse re-entry to all rugger fans. Need to take no chances.

check people coming off flights and trains for first names like Farquhar and Findlay

West Ham and Tottenham want the Premier League season completely cancelled and rendered null and void. Is the right thing for the wrong reason still the right thing? #Covid19

— Ewan MacKenna (@EwanMacKenna) March 13, 2020

it's nonsensical this far into the season and with Liverpool so far at the top to just render the season null and void. if they need to why don't they just postpone the games until later in the year and then have a shorter championship next year.

so if they postpone the games until later in the year, when does next season start?

Blimey, that guy has some strong feelings about Cheltenham xps

he's right though

it's grotesque that it went ahead

London marathon just got postponed

so if they postpone the games until later in the year, when does next season start?

― Number None, Friday, March 13, 2020 10:00 AM (twenty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

honestly they could just do a short season, start it near the end of the year

As much as I dislike Liverpool, Klopp seems like such a class act

Jürgen Klopp has today issued the following message to supporters.https://t.co/nBeTrwILJs

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 13, 2020

what do you mean by a "short season"?

Guessing every team play each-other once instead of twice?

at neutral venues?

that's a whole other can of worms

Split the prem into two different leagues?

would be a possibility to do each team playing each other once. you would have each team play the same amount of home and away games and determine it randomly. you could also do every team plays each other once then do something similar to the split in Scottish football https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Premier_League#Split

Football is over forever. So is basketball. So is hockey. So is baseball. So is jailai.

Thanos did it man. He snapped. Game over, man.

there is absolutely no way to play a shorter season that wont raise more issues than it solves

there was no league winner, thats it. thats the post.

nonsense

if a race is called off halfway through, is there a winner?

no.

the race didnt finish.

basic imo.

it's the 1993 Grand National all over again, i'm sure Liverpudlians will be familiar with the situation

throw an asterisk on the shirt, sher

if you squint im sure itll look enough like a star

One interesting problem is how the hell you keep your squad match fit without any games at all

So glad I didn't get the 30-day pass when I got nowTV for the match last weekend. I was *that* close

NOW will you filthy non-hand-washers take this seriously? https://t.co/Fbkjm9EJbA

— Kelly Cates (@KellyCates) March 13, 2020

ooof

throw an asterisk on the shirt, sher

if you squint im sure itll look enough like a star

― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Friday, March 13, 2020 11:04 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

there's every chance the coming season won't be able to start on time. just cancel that too?

keep em peeled!

impossible to say in fairness.

As much as I dislike Liverpool, Klopp seems like such a class act

Yes, saying Atletico Madrid don't play proper football, that was classy.

“Our primary concern, as always, is to protect the financial stability of our 62 clubs. This means playing as many games as we can, so long as clubs wish to do so. This is not contrary to the League’s and clubs’ duty of care considerations to players, officials or supporters but, in a season where clubs have been severely impacted by weather-related postponements, the NPL board believes that pausing the season right now would prove disastrous for many clubs.

lol the fucking lower leagues still smarting from that game against Brodsworth Colliery that was called off because of a waterlogged pitch last month rather than looking at the fucking big picture here!

Yep. Top of the table clash for FC Utd at South Shields tomorrow is apparently still going ahead, but what the fuck for I have no idea. There seems zero chance of them finishing the season. The question is more how many clubs will go under over the next 6, 9, 12 or however many months it takes.

The only way to keep the clubs solvent is to suspend all rents & mortgages for the duration of the epidemic. In fact, abolish money for a while. I'm sure everyone'll be happy to go back to the old ways once we're covid-clear.

Wait if the season is nullified does that mean the whole Mourinho thing was just a bad dream?

No, he'll still be there waiting for you if/when we get through this

Liverpudlians have the bluest of balls

i'm guessing bookie wagers on Premiership winner are gonna be in limbo for a while.

So many of them must've paid out already

based on current standings?