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How to reduce 92 games to 11 …
Let’s solve this in a week and get on with our lives.
Champions – Liverpool. Obviously. There is no need to play again.
2nd Place – City of Man. Obviously. No need to play again. You can focus on beating the hateful Real Madrid in the CL.
3rd place – Leicester. Far ahead enough. No need to play again.
The next 8 teams enter a knockout for the rest of the European positions.
4th plays 11th, 5th plays 10th, 6th plays 9th and 7th plays 8th. This would be played in a neutral location for a few days. Etihad would probably be a good option.
The winners advance to the semifinals and the losers finish at positions 8-11 based on their current points.
The semifinal winners enter the CL and play in the final to decide who is fourth and fifth. The losers of the semifinals play each other in sixth and seventh place and in the Europa League.
Positions 12-14 do not need to do anything. There are no games to play for them. Everton is a little tough, but they have 2 losses and 1 draw in their last 3 games, so it’s not like they are shooting in all cylinders.
Then, in the background, Villa and Norwich go down. No need to play again. Sorry guys That’s the way the cookie crumbles and let’s be honest, you were falling anyway
Then on 15-18 (Brighton, West-Ham, Bournemouth and Watford) they have another play in a neutral location. Emirates or Tottenham Hotspur Stadium would do it. What’s exciting about this is that the winners don’t need to play again. You win your semi and you are safe. The losers play in the “final”, with the loser taking the third place of relegation.
It is difficult for some teams, but everything would end quickly and there would be plenty of time for the FA Cup and the CL. Only 2 places used. Both mini-tournaments can be held in a one-week lockdown so you only leave the venue when your team is away. This means that minimal testing is needed to save resources for the NHS.
Only Villa and Norwich would likely vote against, so it would go by a PL vote.
It is not ideal, but there is no ideal solution, and this would at least be exciting. Can you imagine the tension of two teams playing to stay in the PL? Or the possibility that Arsenal vs Spurs decides who enters the CL? Come on, who wouldn’t want to see that?
Adonis (just a little ironic) Stevenson, AFC
No risk, no football
I’ve been reading the coverage and the opinion on Restarting the project with interest.
My opinion is that, like everyone else, they should comply with the orientation that corresponds to them and, if the conditions are such that they can return to work, they should do so.
Let’s not forget that people like builders have been working during this crisis, making the appropriate adjustments. Today, large sections of the workforce have been told to get on their bikes and go to work if they can’t do it from home. All of these people are forced to take additional calculated risks. I know it is rude to say that life should be a risk to restore economic activity, but that is the society in which we live: if we do not restore economic activity when and where we can at the right time, even if that involves calculated risks, so there could be a tipping point where the adverse consequences of that (which will include negative health outcomes, including death for many) could be worse than the risk we are currently facing. Note: I don’t know when / where that turning point would be, but there would be one, which is an important factor in judging when any activity, including professional sports, should be resumed.
Footballers obviously work in a contact sport that adds an additional layer of risk, but one that can be, and is apparently going to be, mitigated by rigorous testing procedures. They are also, as elite athletes, in one of the lowest risk sections of society, with access to elite personal medical services. Yes, they may have young families, but statistically they would also have a generally lower risk. Some may be living with people at risk, but like everyone else, they need to make appropriate arrangements or isolate themselves, just like everyone else. This can leave teams without certain players, but that’s no different than any other matter that takes players off their teams, like injury or paternity leave or any other matter.
I also know that apparently approx. Another 300 people are required to complete a given game. Well, these matches are held in stadiums with capacity for 20-70k people, they have a lot of space for social distance. Many people who often work in soccer games, such as the press, should be working remotely.
If the impression I am giving is that I think they should continue with the season today or early June, I must be clear that this is not what I am saying at all. I do not believe (though hands up, I am not qualified to judge) that the conditions are safe enough to warrant it. The position with the Dresden team in the Bundesliga, in a country that has its situation under much better control than we have, has hinted that the conditions are not yet ready. What I’m saying is that the point will come when they have to go back to work, and that point is not when they can be sure of zero risk.
Andy (MUFC)
Touching the void
I may have missed something at the first doors, but can anyone explain the need to cancel the season if it can’t end? I’m not talking about a full “project restart” debate, I mean, why do the results have to be erased if the season isn’t over? I understand that it seems increasingly unlikely that the season will complete and that someone should stop by at some point. Even if they don’t decide the final places, why do we have to cancel?
If we cancel the season, we will be in the completely strange situation of having to pretend that last season did not happen. All the stats on team x have not won on the team and since 1972 they will look a bit strange if team x crushed team y three months ago. Liverpool will be one of a streak of nine straight wins when everyone knows they lost two games ago (I would particularly expect Liverpool to go to Watford as commentators will have to say that Vicarage Road is not afraid the Klopp men will see they won 3-0 in your last visit). Records will show that Harry Kane has scored 125 Premier League goals when video evidence shows he crashed at 136.
I hope to see if Bruno Fernandes can cut him in the Premier League since he had never played in a big league before and poor Odion Ighalo would never have played for Manchester United. That is before reaching the weirdest situation of the Spurs firing their manager immediately after reaching the Champions League final and Watford firing their manager immediately after finishing eleventh and reaching the Cup final. FA.
So in very simple terms if possible, if the season cannot be ended, why does it have to be canceled rather than abandoned?
Micki (canceling unsaved games in Champ Man since 1992) Attridge
Wake up call
It is Monday as I write, the day after the Prime Minister’s announcement of the blockade changes.
I hope everyone who advocates for Project Restart (aka “Project Let’s Move English Football to Malta” or “Project People Dies in car crashes all the time, so why am I not allowed to watch soccer on TV?” ) They have had a great dose of reality.
Restarting the project is not happening, because there is no point in considering it now. Boris Johnson did not mention it at all in his ad because he knows that is the case and does not want to associate with him. But he also doesn’t want to be the one to stop him publicly, because he doesn’t want to be unpopular with the small-minded membership of his core vote.
Now, the big gathering of Premier League Clubs scheduled for this morning, already postponed since last week, has become a farce. They have no idea what to do because they cannot reconcile their financial greed with the obvious public health requirements, and there is no government advice to guide them.
If we were in Germany, where they controlled the virus infinitely more effectively than Britain, restarting the talks could be plausible. Even there, plans are now in jeopardy after the entire Dynamo Dresden squad has been quarantined.
Please try to keep a simple fact in your head: you cannot distance yourself socially while playing professional soccer. For now, that is the end of the debate. This does not mean that all preparation, such as player training, must stop entirely; if it is safe, it can happen in a controlled way.
In a few months, when we have figured out the most important things in life (how to sustain it), all owners, managers, players, broadcasters, sponsors and unions can have a good session and find out what football resumption is going to look like. Until then, everyone in the game and everyone who follows should focus on how we’re going to keep clubs and careers alive in the meantime, with no thought of ways to spread death and disease.
Richard MCFC
Let’s just go
Soccer has to happen and the season is complete because it will collapse. However, I have an idea. One day, a stadium, penalties. The entire season is complete, although perhaps not in the way we would like. It can be controlled and that’s the end, with limited external support. No physical challenges, no heavy breathing, no saliva, and no blood. So we can end the season and move on, starting the next season sometime in the future.
Maybe someone has already thought about this, but just wanted to share.
Nick at Woking
It’s not just soccer
“Soccer as an industry is so in love with itself that it cannot believe that it is not the most important thing. Then, of course, it must return to action as soon as possible. It is so strange, so desired, so axiomatic for life. No to believe in the exceptionalism of football is not to believe in football itself. “
This would be a good point if it were not for the fact that football is far away and it is not the only sport that discusses how it can return. Formula 1, horse racing, rugby, GAA – every form of any sport (or business, effectively everyone and everything) is trying to find a way to get back.
Soccer is an important industry but it is far from the only one that tries, rightly or wrongly, to start again.
Dan
Pitiful england
I just watched those unfortunate 90 minutes against Switzerland and I can safely say that there is no chance of winning the tournament if we keep playing like this! Venables has no idea, once plan A went out the window, there was no plan B, wrong substitutions at the wrong time, now we MUST beat Scotland, we are definitely going to be defeated by the Netherlands and maybe we will go ahead. finalists, which will probably mean getting to know Germany and our journey ends there (you heard it here first).
Regardless, player ratings: –
Seaman – 8, did nothing wrong, had no chance with the penalty, and will never save one if he continues to dive in the wrong direction.
Neville – 7, hard to believe that he is only 21 years old, a good defender, but unfortunately he did not offer anything in the future, he is not an inspiration and he cannot see many young soccer players who want to emulate him.
Adams – 7, solid performance, but contributed to the conceded goal with a bad header.
Southgate – 8, calm and professional performance, is obviously a great reader of the game that could take you away once your legs give up.
Pearce – 7, trustworthy as always, I just hope we don’t get into a penalty shoot-out and he has to repeat Italy 90
Anderton – 4, do you have compromising photos of Venables, how the hell did he get 90 minutes, was he ineffective playing out of position and invisible when he was in his regular role.
Ince – 5, the “governor” was annulled, it only came to life once Switzerland called, but I’m sure it will have a logical explanation
Gascoigne – 5, flattered, but the Swiss closed it easily and produced nothing like it, it would rest him for the Scottish game as Hendry will eat it up.
McManaman – 8, MOM from England and a constant threat, but I can’t help but feel that his style would be more suitable abroad, where I am sure he could win great trophies
Sheringham – 6, constantly went too deep leaving his teammate isolated, I don’t think they work and he may need to be more of an impact player
Shearer – 6, with a separate goal, did very little, the first-class pairing of Vega and Henchoz, which could be an advantage for any Premier League team, kept him quiet, having only 5 goals in 23 previous appearances and international football may just be a bridge too far for him.
Overall poor screen and result Venables should look at young Beckham and Scholes at ManU to provide a brash and winning mindset, throwing a 30-year-old out and clearly beating him David Platt at the end of the game is a sad reflection of the squad depth.
Howard (as Czechoslovakia look) Jones
Family affair
With the “project restart” you need to align with the current government. Tip, does that mean the Premier League can go again but with teams made up only of players from the same household? If that’s the case then I’m changing my support to #TeamDeBoer
Daniel
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