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Post by zenfootball2 on Mar 14, 2020 12:21:53 GMT 1
Thank goodness for Chief Exec Prudent and Chairman "Careful". very true
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Post by Northwest Shrew on Mar 15, 2020 16:37:22 GMT 1
How many clubs could stomach a 250k loss and have little potential income untill August at the earliest.
Could be reduced leagues next season if Macclesfield, Oldham, Bolton, Coventry, Stevenage, Southend are missing
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Post by andygroundo on Mar 15, 2020 17:18:01 GMT 1
Thank goodness for Chief Exec Prudent and Chairman "Careful". If those two are prudent and careful the club will have “business interruption” insurance to cover them for the loss of matchday revenues.
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Post by LetchworthShrew on Mar 19, 2020 14:29:27 GMT 1
Now 30th April "at the earliest".
Source : via reliable email list I'm on not links online yet
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Post by davycrockett on Mar 19, 2020 14:43:36 GMT 1
Now 30th April "at the earliest".
Source : via reliable email list I'm on not links online yet
Or the radio news 👍
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Post by cheggersdrinkspop on Mar 19, 2020 14:51:28 GMT 1
If they decide to press on after the 30th of April the new pre season will be the end if this season. I wonder if they would then delay the start if the new season to September or October? But with the Euros on next year it would mean cramming alot of games in, but there again there may be less clubs in the league given the current and ongoing impact on finances. Lots to ponder with time on our hands.
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Post by Northwest Shrew on Mar 19, 2020 15:08:46 GMT 1
Are the players training at the moment?
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Post by scooter on Mar 19, 2020 15:39:04 GMT 1
Are the players training at the moment? Drove past the training ground this morning and no sign of any activity, although maybe a few cars parked there
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Post by MetaShrew on Mar 19, 2020 15:48:55 GMT 1
If they decide to press on after the 30th of April the new pre season will be the end if this season. I wonder if they would then delay the start if the new season to September or October? But with the Euros on next year it would mean cramming alot of games in, but there again there may be less clubs in the league given the current and ongoing impact on finances. Lots to ponder with time on our hands. As I've posted elsewhere – and all conjecture at this point – one interesting idea is that if league play can resume in, say, September 2020, you would complete the current season, say, September to November 2020; and then have a league or competition of some description that covers December 2020 to May 2021. Said competition could even be a one-off format and completely separate. Euro 2021 would occupy the summer of 2021, and the normal order of things resumes in August 2021 based on the final league standings from December 2020. The one-off competition could even feature Premier League and Championship under-21 teams, and be sponsored by an online marketplace for car leasing deals...
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Post by staffordshrew on Mar 19, 2020 19:54:32 GMT 1
Are the players training at the moment? Drove past the training ground this morning and no sign of any activity, although maybe a few cars parked there Were there cars there or not? Should have gone to Specsavers. I assume the players are mowing the lawn and watching paint dry just like the rest of us, wonder if more of them are having a sneaky peak on here? Hopefully they will have more sense.
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Post by ssshrew on Mar 19, 2020 20:13:26 GMT 1
Weren’t they given some time off?
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Post by Dale on Mar 19, 2020 20:35:36 GMT 1
Weren’t they given some time off? I thought they were given this week off at least.
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Post by Dale on Mar 19, 2020 20:40:28 GMT 1
Depending on when this season finishes, (could even be as late as September/October if the virus doesn’t shake off as quickly as we would like)... I wonder if next season the league could be fixed to playing teams once instead of twice if it does start extremely late? Guess FA Cup replays would certainly be scrapped and maybe the League Cup would be scrapped altogether? And maybe the Champions/Europa leagues could be straight knockout tournaments. Certainly a interesting (and unusual) year ahead.
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Mar 19, 2020 23:37:54 GMT 1
Depending on when this season finishes, (could even be as late as September/October if the virus doesn’t shake off as quickly as we would like)... I wonder if next season the league could be fixed to playing teams once instead of twice if it does start extremely late? Guess FA Cup replays would certainly be scr@pped and maybe the League Cup would be scr@pped altogether? And maybe the Champions/Europa leagues could be straight knockout tournaments. Certainly a interesting (and unusual) year ahead. All sensible ideas. But maybe the League Cup can get back to being for FL clubs, not PL and played the same midweeks as European games. Maybe the Champions League could get back to being just that - for champions of each country only, just think of the uproar from that 🤣 Final nail in the Checatrade im sure.
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Post by cheggersdrinkspop on Mar 19, 2020 23:52:37 GMT 1
It makes you wonder whether football will ever be the same again?
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Post by Pilch on Mar 20, 2020 1:22:27 GMT 1
Imagine had we bought Greg docherty and loaned will grigg
That would have hurt
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Post by shrewinjapan on Mar 20, 2020 2:57:50 GMT 1
Lots of talk of finishing the season in the summer or even autumn, but how can they do that when many players are out of contract in June? All seems like wishful thinking to me, people just want to be able to tie it off with a nice little ribbon and say everything was fair, when in actuality however they get it finished, the long suspension means the competition wasn't natural. I think they should just void the whole season and start from scratch when they can as if it never happened. Yes, this will be unfair on some clubs. News flash, life isn't fair and sometimes s**t happens.
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Post by Pilch on Mar 20, 2020 9:57:56 GMT 1
Lots of talk of finishing the season in the summer or even autumn, but how can they do that when many players are out of contract in June? All seems like wishful thinking to me, people just want to be able to tie it off with a nice little ribbon and say everything was fair, when in actuality however they get it finished, the long suspension means the competition wasn't natural. I think they should just void the whole season and start from scratch when they can as if it never happened. Yes, this will be unfair on some clubs. News flash, life isn't fair and sometimes s**t happens. ironically if we hadn't had a winter break, one league might already have been decided
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Post by Northwest Shrew on Mar 20, 2020 10:18:59 GMT 1
Another option could be treat this as preseason now, get back playing in 12 weeks time (boris’ plan) finish this season, could finish league 1 in 5 weeks by playing 2 games a week. Couple of weeks off then start next season, and have a week off in February when the weathers rubbish.
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Post by scooter on Mar 20, 2020 10:19:12 GMT 1
Lots of talk of finishing the season in the summer or even autumn, but how can they do that when many players are out of contract in June? All seems like wishful thinking to me, people just want to be able to tie it off with a nice little ribbon and say everything was fair, when in actuality however they get it finished, the long suspension means the competition wasn't natural. I think they should just void the whole season and start from scratch when they can as if it never happened. Yes, this will be unfair on some clubs. News flash, life isn't fair and sometimes s**t happens. We play in August and January when the transfer window is open There will be a choice of doing that, or moving the transfer window. It is a much simpler scenario that attempting to end the season early and face court cases from teams who lose out and tv companies who lose games to show
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Post by El Huracán!!!! on Mar 20, 2020 10:29:11 GMT 1
Like Gary Nevilles idea of a "festival of football" - Put some smiles back on faces (not sure that works with Rickettsball ) When we get back teams play a game a day until its all done... he thinks players would be up for it Then finish cups in a week then (domestic and European) The sheer amount of football then would be ludicrous but also massive fun!
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Post by Pilch on Mar 20, 2020 10:30:52 GMT 1
depending on time scale obviously
I would suggest finishing the season,
and perhaps next season could be a case of playing every side just once, this would give us a full half a season catch up time
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Post by El Huracán!!!! on Mar 20, 2020 10:34:51 GMT 1
PILCH, like the idea about next season mainly because there is no guarantee we dont get to Christmas again and have another flu outbreak and get back in the same situation.
Next season place each other once, only play FA cup, Slimmed down European comp of some kind if any at all depending on how bad other country's are. For international football find a week for a home nations tournament. That would be enough.
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Post by Pilch on Mar 20, 2020 10:46:56 GMT 1
PILCH, like the idea about next season mainly because there is no guarantee we dont get to Christmas again and have another flu outbreak and get back in the same situation. Next season place each other once, only play FA cup, Slimmed down European comp of some kind if any at all depending on how bad other country's are. For international football find a week for a home nations tournament. That would be enough. they could also split the league into north and south for 1 season league 1 eg winners promoted 2nd & 3rd from both league play off 2 go down from each league
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Post by staffordshrew on Mar 20, 2020 10:57:35 GMT 1
Can someone change the thread title please? It's 30th April now. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51964886As for deciding this season, it's obvious, to ensure the league system works, you need to make sure clubs will be able to fulfil commitments, so financially sound clubs should make up the higher leagues and Shrewsbury Town should be promoted to the Championship.
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Post by ssshrew on Mar 20, 2020 11:00:13 GMT 1
Lots of talk of finishing the season in the summer or even autumn, but how can they do that when many players are out of contract in June? All seems like wishful thinking to me, people just want to be able to tie it off with a nice little ribbon and say everything was fair, when in actuality however they get it finished, the long suspension means the competition wasn't natural. I think they should just void the whole season and start from scratch when they can as if it never happened. Yes, this will be unfair on some clubs. News flash, life isn't fair and sometimes s**t happens. ironically if we hadn't had a winter break, one league might already have been decided Karma strikes again.
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Post by frankwellshrews on Mar 20, 2020 11:21:59 GMT 1
Playing each team once is a non starter. How many clubs will be able to stand up to half gate receipts off the back of none at all for several months?
Only way this can work is if there's a subsidy of some kind.
Looking increasingly likely to me that the only way out is to rerun the season. Total let off for certain teams though (which is annoying) and gutting for others.
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Post by staffordshrew on Mar 20, 2020 11:33:58 GMT 1
Why can't next season just start where this season stopped? Treat the pre-second part of season as a "January" transfer period to sort out contracts.
We could complete this season, then run the cup competitions in the latter part of what would have been next season to keep the gate receipts rolling in. Make them a separate part of the season next year and keep replays so as to have something interesting up tp the Euros next year. That would save having to have too congested a season and clubs might be prepared to take more interest in cup runs.
Whatever, it has to be borne in mind that fans might not have so much disposable income next season.
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Post by Pilch on Mar 20, 2020 11:56:17 GMT 1
Playing each team once is a non starter. How many clubs will be able to stand up to half gate receipts off the back of none at all for several months? Only way this can work is if there's a subsidy of some kind. Looking increasingly likely to me that the only way out is to rerun the season. Total let off for certain teams though (which is annoying) and gutting for others. playing each other once was based on the idea we start next season already halfway through when it should be started the damage of no games for half a season will already have happened I think town should come out of this quite well in comparison to other clubs with us quietly saving money for a rainy day and not wasting it on the likes of greg docherty, well its about to rain so lets hope its all been worth it
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Post by El Huracán!!!! on Mar 20, 2020 12:05:13 GMT 1
Playing each team once is a non starter. How many clubs will be able to stand up to half gate receipts off the back of none at all for several months? Only way this can work is if there's a subsidy of some kind. Looking increasingly likely to me that the only way out is to rerun the season. Total let off for certain teams though (which is annoying) and gutting for others. playing each other once was based on the idea we start next season already halfway through when it should be started the damage of no games for half a season will already have happened I think town should come out of this quite well in comparison to other clubs with us quietly saving money for a rainy day and not wasting it on the likes of greg docherty, well its about to rain so lets hope its all been worth it The last two seasons of cup rusn money cannot be sniffed at how. But for Liverpool shafting us we would be even stronger!
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