| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? 11:40 - Mar 13 with 9712 views | itfcjoe |
Personally I'd cancel all summer football this year, and move everything back 1 year going forwards forever
i.e. Euro 2020 goes to Euro 2021
Nations League and FIFA World Club Cup in 2021 go to 2022
World Cup in 2022 (admittedly in the winter) goes to 23 etc.
It's basically just international football that occurs then |  |
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| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 17:50 - Mar 13 with 2598 views | strikalite |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 13:28 - Mar 13 by Herbivore |
I disagree. Ending the season now without warning impacts the integrity of the competition massively. Sides have played different numbers of games, loads of teams have a shot at promotion or the play offs, or avoiding relegation, or getting into the Champions League. Some sides will have more favourable remaining fixtures than others and will be able to make a strong case that they've been unfairly treated. If you have a truncated 20/21 season at least everyone knows in advance and can plan accordingly. It's a much fairer way of handling it. |
Move Euros to 21 is a given, play remainder of the season in May&June, if need be then teams play three times a week, but maybe 60 minute matches or something... |  | | |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 17:57 - Mar 13 with 2584 views | portmanking |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 17:50 - Mar 13 by strikalite |
Move Euros to 21 is a given, play remainder of the season in May&June, if need be then teams play three times a week, but maybe 60 minute matches or something... |
Eh? May and June is meant to be when this virus is at its peak. We won't be seeing games until July/August at the earliest. End the campaign now. Reward those who have done well up to this point and move on, with a chance to start 2020/21 relatively on time with little disruption to European competitions either.
We abandoned leagues in wartime and this is probably as close as we're ever likely to get (fingers crossed) to such a shutdown in our generation. |  | | |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 18:11 - Mar 13 with 2568 views | Trequartista |
Next goal wins. |  |
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| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 18:15 - Mar 13 with 2561 views | positivity |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 18:11 - Mar 13 by Trequartista |
Next goal wins. |
penalty shoot out between managers?
ours has apparently played for big teams and never been fazed, so we'll walk it... | |
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| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 18:30 - Mar 13 with 2540 views | portmanroadblue |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 15:18 - Mar 13 by Herbivore |
You can't just cancel a season when it's over three quarters of the way through. |
why not? easier than trying to cock up the next couple of years comps trying to fit in a few remaining games. |  | | |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 18:56 - Mar 13 with 2529 views | Herbivore |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 18:30 - Mar 13 by portmanroadblue |
why not? easier than trying to cock up the next couple of years comps trying to fit in a few remaining games. |
You don't need to 'cock up' two years worth of games. There are ways of trimming down next season and completing this one. I bet if we were top you wouldn't be advocating for just cancelling this season. |  |
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| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 20:35 - Mar 13 with 2494 views | Ely_Blue |
There is of course always another way around it and I think that may be why games have only been cancelled for 3 weeks
If all teams are told to tell their players to self isolate now, then in 2 weeks they will be clear, therefore in 3 weeks time after a week training back with their team mates football could continue in empty stadiums, at least domestically? |  |
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| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 20:49 - Mar 13 with 2491 views | Mercian |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 12:12 - Mar 13 by tractorboy1978 |
That would be my preference but there would be lawsuits galore. As ever, I suspect the decision will be based around financial greed rather than any modicum of sense. |
Although there is a financial issue to end the season now and promote/relegate as it stands would be unfair. In the Prem Villa and Bournemouth would go down despite being on the same points as West Ham and Watford who may (I have not checked) have harder run ins. [Post edited 13 Mar 2020 20:50]
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| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 20:55 - Mar 13 with 2483 views | BathBlue |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 20:35 - Mar 13 by Ely_Blue |
There is of course always another way around it and I think that may be why games have only been cancelled for 3 weeks
If all teams are told to tell their players to self isolate now, then in 2 weeks they will be clear, therefore in 3 weeks time after a week training back with their team mates football could continue in empty stadiums, at least domestically? |
This is definitely not a way around it. Unless you are implying that all the teams will somehow get Coronavirus now and therefore be immune (which is still not proven due to the different strains) after their 2 week self isolation! |  | | |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 21:33 - Mar 13 with 2467 views | portmanroadblue |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 18:56 - Mar 13 by Herbivore |
You don't need to 'cock up' two years worth of games. There are ways of trimming down next season and completing this one. I bet if we were top you wouldn't be advocating for just cancelling this season. |
Ifs and buts, we are are not top, so my opinion is the same. No one knows how long the lock down will go on for, so you cannot guarantee we could "trim down next season to complete this one". | | | |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 21:48 - Mar 13 with 2457 views | The_Last_Baron |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 16:29 - Mar 13 by Radlett_blue |
I cancelled Sky sports today. I've had it since inception so I know they'll let me have it back at a much lower price once sporting fixtures re-start, which could be months away.
BT Sport have already stated that they aren't going to offer customers any discounts, but will fill their schedules with old content & hope that real sport starts again soon. [Post edited 13 Mar 2020 17:12]
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Good man. Time we hit BT and Sky on the pockets, they've ruined football, particularly Sky.
I'm actually not bothered about football been cancelled for a bit, I'm bored with it. Too many televised games, chat, analysis./ It has become tedious and humourless.
As for football restarted, there's no chance. It'll be the end of June at the earliest before this calms down with the warm weather sorting the virus out. The UK will go into lockdown around the middle to end of May for three weeks. BT and Sky will be desperate to get it on, even behind closed doors, but it isn't going to happen anytime soon.
Maybe they should finish this season when things relatively back to normal and start next season much later - maybe have a 19 game Premier League and a 23 game EFL season. |  |
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| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 21:56 - Mar 13 with 2447 views | Mercian |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 21:48 - Mar 13 by The_Last_Baron |
Good man. Time we hit BT and Sky on the pockets, they've ruined football, particularly Sky.
I'm actually not bothered about football been cancelled for a bit, I'm bored with it. Too many televised games, chat, analysis./ It has become tedious and humourless.
As for football restarted, there's no chance. It'll be the end of June at the earliest before this calms down with the warm weather sorting the virus out. The UK will go into lockdown around the middle to end of May for three weeks. BT and Sky will be desperate to get it on, even behind closed doors, but it isn't going to happen anytime soon.
Maybe they should finish this season when things relatively back to normal and start next season much later - maybe have a 19 game Premier League and a 23 game EFL season. |
They could use something similar the Scottish model. Play each team once then split the leagues. It would give a little excitement to the mid-season dullness with teams fighting to stay in the top half. [Post edited 13 Mar 2020 21:59]
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| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 23:37 - Mar 13 with 2429 views | Melford |
Make all the managers play the games on Football Manager. They could stream the matches, give BT and Sky Sports something to show and Talksport to talk about. The managers can do this on their own if they have to self-isolate. Appoint a panel of football experts to work out proper ratings for all the players then let them play it out though that. It's still manager against manager, there's a contest going on. |  |
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| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 08:38 - Mar 14 with 2344 views | Chrisd |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 23:37 - Mar 13 by Melford |
Make all the managers play the games on Football Manager. They could stream the matches, give BT and Sky Sports something to show and Talksport to talk about. The managers can do this on their own if they have to self-isolate. Appoint a panel of football experts to work out proper ratings for all the players then let them play it out though that. It's still manager against manager, there's a contest going on. |
Could also use the highlights package on BBC as a replacement for Match of the Day and Quest for the Football league?  | |
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| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 09:46 - Mar 14 with 2327 views | Radlett_blue |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 08:38 - Mar 14 by Chrisd |
Could also use the highlights package on BBC as a replacement for Match of the Day and Quest for the Football league? |
The BBC have decided that showing "Mrs Brown's boys" is a better replacement for football fans. |  |
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| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 13:22 - Mar 14 with 2288 views | The_Last_Baron |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 17:50 - Mar 13 by strikalite |
Move Euros to 21 is a given, play remainder of the season in May&June, if need be then teams play three times a week, but maybe 60 minute matches or something... |
What a load of nonsense. 60 min games? Listen laddie, football is finished for the next 5 months. There'll be no 2019-20 season, it's over. | |
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| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 14:52 - Mar 14 with 2266 views | strikalite |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 13:22 - Mar 14 by The_Last_Baron |
What a load of nonsense. 60 min games? Listen laddie, football is finished for the next 5 months. There'll be no 2019-20 season, it's over. |
Yeah two halves of half an hour, ok start it up in June, the season MUST finish, even if the season goes on until November it must finish..
They're now talking about just stripping next season down to 18 games(Prem playing each other once only), no Carabao Cup, maybe no FA Cup...
Give it a couple of months and you see.... | | | |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 15:00 - Mar 14 with 2264 views | portmanking |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 14:52 - Mar 14 by strikalite |
Yeah two halves of half an hour, ok start it up in June, the season MUST finish, even if the season goes on until November it must finish..
They're now talking about just stripping next season down to 18 games(Prem playing each other once only), no Carabao Cup, maybe no FA Cup...
Give it a couple of months and you see.... |
But who wants to see a rubbish, stripped down 2020/21 season too?
By abandoning it now and rewarding those in their current spots they can celebrate the 3/4 of the season we've had to date and still get a full schedule in from August/Sept (hopefully). | | | |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 15:07 - Mar 14 with 2259 views | strikalite |
| How would you solve the upcoming fixture scheduling crisis? on 15:00 - Mar 14 by portmanking |
But who wants to see a rubbish, stripped down 2020/21 season too?
By abandoning it now and rewarding those in their current spots they can celebrate the 3/4 of the season we've had to date and still get a full schedule in from August/Sept (hopefully). |
I understand that yeah, it was mentioned that give every team one point right now.. | | | |
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