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Post by raliverpool on Mar 12, 2020 19:37:05 GMT 1
The problem with suspending it, which is what my son prefers for the Championship, is when are the games going to get played with an impending Euros competition to come (if it goes ahead?) Well it looks like the Euro Championships maybe postponed to 2021:
There is also talk of getting this season completed even if it goes into the autumn of 2020 (not least as it increasingly looks like this COVID-19 virus wont be over and done in a couple of months). Then playing next season in a curtailed manner (due to a late start) with the Leagues playing a minimum of either Home or Away only (instead of both); reducing Cup competitions (possibly scrapping domestic League "B" cups for the season) & playing the one remaining national cup contest in a one leg KO format (with similar applying in European competitions); etc.
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Post by o on Mar 12, 2020 22:30:14 GMT 1
Sounds like the best solution.
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Post by Robbie on Mar 12, 2020 23:30:18 GMT 1
Breaking news: the BBC are reporting that Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for coronavirus.
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Post by o on Mar 13, 2020 9:22:12 GMT 1
This is the problem with sports people and celebrities, is that they meet so many more people in their jobs, and travel so much more, so I guess could be more likely to catch it as you come into contact with far more people from different parts of the world.
I'd still postpone their game, and allow others to go ahead.
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Post by Shireblogger on Mar 13, 2020 9:25:11 GMT 1
Fairness says you postpone matches where there are players / key support staff who are ill or quarantined. But, at this stage, everything else should go ahead.
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Post by Panda on Mar 13, 2020 10:14:46 GMT 1
Sky Sports News reporting this morning that the start of the F1 season could be delayed until June.
Chelsea's Callum Hudson-Odoi has tested positive for the virus.
This month's South American World Cup qualifiers have been postponed.
The PGA Tour has cancelled the rest of the Players Championship, which started yesterday, as well as all other tournaments until The Masters.
The Gibraltar Open snooker is going ahead as planned though a significant number of players have withdrawn.
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Post by Panda on Mar 13, 2020 11:21:23 GMT 1
England's cricket tour of Sri Lanka has been postponed. The 1st test was due to start next week.
The start of the IPL has been moved back by several weeks.
UEFA has called off next week's Champions League and Europa League matches.
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Post by Crazy Don on Mar 13, 2020 11:48:14 GMT 1
All American professional sports (basketball, hockey, preseason baseball, football (MLS) and football (XFL)) have been put on hold.
NASCAR will run its next two races without crowds.
In West Virginia, which hasn't reported its first case yet, the girls' high school basketball championship tournament, which had been going on, has been put on hold, and the boys' high school basketball championship tournament, which was to start next week, has been postponed indefinitely.
And the NCAA has canceled both its men's and women's basketball championship tournaments.
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Post by Tom on Mar 13, 2020 12:13:28 GMT 1
The problem with suspending it, which is what my son prefers for the Championship, is when are the games going to get played with an impending Euros competition to come (if it goes ahead?) I wondered that for all the leagues that are currently suspended, but there's been a suggestion that the Euros will be postponed until next year with the summer used for leagues and European competitions to catch up. The other suggestion is to shorten the European competitions and the Euros which I don't like. If they're going to be played let's not change the format that's already been scheduled. As disappointing as it would be for the Euros to be scrapped its the least worst case for me, CV isn't going anywhere anytime soon and I don't see how leagues are going to finish on time atm (and not finishing at all isn't going to work imo). Uefa are meeting Tuesday to discuss it. Was hoping to go to a Reading game in the next couple of months but already expecting that not to be the case sadly, though agree with Shireblogger that unless players or staff have got CV then matches should go ahead. I am surprised how much other leagues have been affected. |
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Post by Tom on Mar 13, 2020 12:21:48 GMT 1
And as I was typing that message, all pro football here now cancelled until at least April 3rd.
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Post by suedehead on Mar 13, 2020 12:27:20 GMT 1
The winter 2022 World Cup just adds to the scheduling problems. Leagues are going to have to accommodate that somehow. Postponing the Euros until next year will be a further complication.
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Post by o on Mar 13, 2020 14:17:56 GMT 1
The rugby isn't still going ahead is it?
I see the horse racing managed to survive as well.
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Post by Shireblogger on Mar 13, 2020 14:43:44 GMT 1
A precedent has now been set. Everything is cancelled when there are less than 600 confirmed cases in the UK.
Does that mean that nothing can re-start until we are back below 600 confirmed cases ? That might be never. It certainly won't be for many, many months.
And, if sport does re-start when there are still over 600 cases, doesn't that leave the administrators liable if anyone gets ill after attending an event ?
I still don't understand why it is more dangerous for me to go and see Macclesfield Town on a windy afternoon, along with about 1,300 other, well spread souls, than it is for me to go into a large, warm office block where the air is being recycled amongst, potentially, several thousand people.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 13, 2020 14:55:05 GMT 1
There's more of a danger in travelling on public transport, but I just feel it's impossible to lock ourselves away from a virus forever, just like flu and even regular colds.
There are medications for it and there will soon be a vaccination as they are developing it. Medical science is clever at dealing with viruses but we can't stop them spreading.
Some vulnerable people will die but they do with influenza too.
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Post by vastar iner on Mar 13, 2020 15:19:31 GMT 1
Liverpool will have bruised egos and a sense of injustice if the season is avoided now But teams at the bottom will lose hundreds of millions and could go bust if the season is unfairly ended after 28 games for the reasons mentioned above so there is only one solution if it comes to that And you'd have teams in the lower divisions who would lose out on even more (as a proportion) if the season ends now and they stay where they are.
There should be time to get 2 games per week in during May/June, if they postpone the Euros. And start next season in September.
Alternatively, if they are going to "freeze" this season, then double the promotion/relegation for next season. Six down from the PL and six up from the Championship. Only fair.
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Post by Panda on Mar 13, 2020 15:30:56 GMT 1
Masters golf now off too.
Bahrain and Vietnamese GPs off.
In addition to all professional football in England and Scotland, all non-league and grassroots football in Scotland has been suspended. The FA has said it is up to individual leagues in England to decide on a course of action.
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Post by frag on Mar 13, 2020 16:52:21 GMT 1
I still don't understand why it is more dangerous for me to go and see Macclesfield Town on a windy afternoon, along with about 1,300 other, well spread souls, than it is for me to go into a large, warm office block where the air is being recycled amongst, potentially, several thousand people. Your office block doesn't require the same level of police/emergency services coverage, and in most cases, you don't get a few hundred people from rival offices across the country travelling to your office (and if you did, I would think that this would have been suspended already). |
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Post by frag on Mar 13, 2020 16:59:01 GMT 1
Liverpool will have bruised egos and a sense of injustice if the season is avoided now But teams at the bottom will lose hundreds of millions and could go bust if the season is unfairly ended after 28 games for the reasons mentioned above so there is only one solution if it comes to that And you'd have teams in the lower divisions who would lose out on even more (as a proportion) if the season ends now and they stay where they are.
There should be time to get 2 games per week in during May/June, if they postpone the Euros. And start next season in September.
Alternatively, if they are going to "freeze" this season, then double the promotion/relegation for next season. Six down from the PL and six up from the Championship. Only fair.
They should finish the season eventually, whenever we restart. The Euros will surely be postponed. As you say, they can get two games per week in, which would mean it takes around 6-7 weeks to finish the season. Then a turnaround of around 6-8 weeks before the next season starts, which would mean that even if we start in mid-May, we could start the next season pretty much on time. If it's later than that, e.g. the next season wouldn't start until after the September internationals, then you'd probably see measures to allow a shorter season like: a) scrapping cup replays from an even earlier level b) single-leg league cup semi finals c) teams qualifying for Europe not playing in the League Cup, to allow for League Cup matches on CL nights |
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Post by Shireblogger on Mar 13, 2020 17:05:24 GMT 1
I still don't understand why it is more dangerous for me to go and see Macclesfield Town on a windy afternoon, along with about 1,300 other, well spread souls, than it is for me to go into a large, warm office block where the air is being recycled amongst, potentially, several thousand people. Your office block doesn't require the same level of police/emergency services coverage, and in most cases, you don't get a few hundred people from rival offices across the country travelling to your office (and if you did, I would think that this would have been suspended already). Macclesfield Town aren't a drain on the emergency services. Which part of the country is so badly affected that it would be irresponsible for its local club's supporters to visit Cheshire ? This panic-mode cancellation of outdoor sporting events is premature, and will actually cause bigger problems at a later date, as people get fed up with being told all they are allowed to do is go to work and sit at home doing nothing. We are about two weeks away from the banning of large gatherings being appropriate. And anyone who thinks this will all be over by May is delusional. In fact, the kneejerk over-reaction now is simply going to prolong the crisis. |
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Post by raliverpool on Mar 13, 2020 18:55:07 GMT 1
Jürgen Klopp has today issued the following message to supporters following the Premier League's decision to postpone all football activity until April 3 at the earliest. www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/390397-jurgen-klopp-message-to-supportersI don’t think this is a moment where the thoughts of a football manager should be important, but I understand for our supporters they will want to hear from the team and I will front that. First and foremost, all of us have to do whatever we can to protect one another. In society I mean. This should be the case all the time in life, but in this moment I think it matters more than ever. I’ve said before that football always seems the most important of the least important things. Today, football and football matches really aren’t important at all. Of course, we don’t want to play in front of an empty stadium and we don’t want games or competitions suspended, but if doing so helps one individual stay healthy - just one - we do it no questions asked. If it’s a choice between football and the good of the wider society, it’s no contest. Really, it isn’t. Today’s decision and announcement is being implemented with the motive of keeping people safe. Because of that we support it completely. We have seen members of teams we compete against become ill. This virus has shown that being involved in football offers no immunity. To our rival clubs and individuals who are affected and to those who later will become so, you are in our thoughts and prayers. None of us know in this moment what the final outcome will be, but as a team we have to have belief that the authorities make decisions based on sound judgement and morality. Yes, I am the manager of this team and club and therefore carry a leadership responsibility with regards to our future on the pitch. But I think in the present moment, with so many people around our city, the region, the country and the world facing anxiety and uncertainty, it would be entirely wrong to speak about anything other than advising people to follow expert advice and look after themselves and each other. The message from the team to our supporters is only about your well-being. Put your health first. Don’t take any risk. Think about the vulnerable in our society and act where possible with compassion for them. Please look after yourselves and look out for each other. You’ll Never Walk Alone, Jürgen |
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