Dolman_Stand

I agree and think the season should be scrapped but in response to your point re Burnley / Watford my understanding is that everyone was being tested in the PL before anybody attended training and whilst it must be scary for the individuals and their families they won't have spread it within their squads. The fact that each team isn't going into a quarantine period to finish the season though will surely mean that at some point a player or staff member will test positive and by then it will have been too late.

Agreed and everybody still has a reponsibility to adhere to the social distancing requirements which employers would definately lean on and try to prove that the individual has breached should it ever get that far.

AT present companies are having to introduce changes to the workplace to allow social distancing to be adhered to so a warehouse worker should in theory be in no more danger at work than they are when exercising, going to the supermarket etc, the difference with football is that it is a contact sport (allegedly) and therefore impossible to socially distance whilst playing.

Or similarly say a player with no underlying health problems plays and contracts the illness even if they make a full recovery in the short term who know what the long term implications could be i.e. reduced lung capacity, leduction in immunity which could directly shorten their life expectancy (similar to asbestos exposure) how would this beviewed from an insurance / legal aspect? Or even worse if they contract the illness and either die or they pass it onto a family member and they die? What happens then, lawsuts flying left, right and centre I suspect. For the players its a moral and financial dilemna particularly those in the last year or 18months of a contract as if they refuse to play they effectively will effectively be making themselves redundant and missing out on £m's over the next few years.

Agreed although this then becomes a contentious issue for the clubs paying their wages especially if some do and some don't

I agree with the sentiment of your post that football shouldn't be returning at present but as the clubs are hellbent on it I think they will have to accept some compromises i.e. with regards away games they would have to accept that hotel stays are not feasible and the journey would have to be coached in and straight back out after the game no matter the mileage between the teams. All non-essential matchday staff would need to stay away from the games other than the manager, assistant and physio / doctor who else needs to be in attendance? You could even argue the manager should go it alone i.e. no Macca / Deano for us in attendance (although the counter-argument is that they would presumably be spending trainin sessions with the players so why not attend I suppose) As for activities outside the ground I don't think this is for the clubs to solve, if people choose to ignore social distancing methods then that is their responsibility, for example if football does return and City put together a run of results that takes us into the playoffs and we end up getting promoted I wouldn't even contemplate heading straight into town to celebrate. Anyone who did would be extremely selfish to do so and would be liable for fines in accordance with current police measures.

So City looking at a loss of 1.7m currently plus loss of matchday revenue from the remaining home games? Call it £2-2.25m? A lot of money to the man on the street but in relation to SL's weath it's not going to see us out of business thankfully

At the moment the clubs are carrying all the risk at the moment as presumably TV companies dont pay up front for the full season. So the clubs are looking at lost TV revenue for as long as this lasts as well as having to reimburse season ticket holders for the remainder of this season as a minimum and probably a period of next season without matchday income, not to mention that even when the gates do open there wont be as many supporters anyway due to deaths, nervousness over mass gatherings, lack of disposable income etc all of which will mean ticket prices being driven down if anything. No wonder so many are worried about going to the wall

No idea but it would be my guess as games have still been broadcast up to mid march therefore tv companies have had months worth of their product to sell to subscribers, anyone with Sky isn't going to now be receiving a refund on the last 7 months of their bills just because the season hasn't finished. One for the lawyers I suppose but if Sky want a full seasons broadcasting rights back then presumably this would have to be passed down to the consumer?

The main issue with behind closed doors games will be if a player tests positive after a couple of weeks of the restart by which time the infection could have spread to another 6 or 7 clubs all of which would then have to isolate and mean further delay and make a nonsense of the whole process as it still couldn't be finished.

Who knows, but the counter argument to your point is that Fulham in 3rd place could conceivably catch both WBA and Leeds as it stands so why should they miss out? If you apply the top two rule in our league then it would also presumably be applied to League 1 where Rotherham are currently only 2 points clear of 8th place so how is that fair? In L2 Exeter and CHeltenham are within reach of 3rd with plenty of games left to catch the automatic places so same goes for them. Finish the season or null and void it are the only options for me personally (others disagree and I do see why) and the first option is fast running out of time. Its an absolute shitstorm waiting to happen whichever way it goes but I do think the longer this all goes on for without a decision the worse it will get for all involved with player contracts on the horizon, impact on next season etc

No easy way out of this but if litigation is the concern relegating teams before it is mathematically confirmed is about as bad as it could get I imagine

It's impossible to be fair in a scenario where you simulate the games left to be played, a PPG basis doesnt take into account the standard of opposition left to play, form of both teams at the point of lockdown etc. In my opinion the best way forward would be to null and void the season and start again from fresh whenever safe to do so.

Think it is becoming more and more apparent with each day that this season is going to be null and void, the planning effort from the sporting authorities should really be going into making sure that next season is achievable by which time you would hope lockdown measures, testing and vaccines will be much more advanced than they are at this point in time. The financial aspect of this is going to be grim but from where we sit at present it is almost inevitable.

I actually hopethey don't go to the wall, what will make us feel beetter about ourselves?

With their perilous financial postion surely its a possibility the Gas don't come back at all after the Virus outbreak?

Doubt it

Bad enough to think it but to go into print on it is unbelievable.

Denly Sibley Crawley Root Stokes Pope Buttler Curran Bess Broad Anderson

Buttler must be pissed off with this, finally comes in with a decent platform and plenty of wickets in hand and within a few overs its back to clinging on with Leach and Broad

It'll be on sky on demand I imagine

Hope Derby draw Leicester in the cup

On the face of it that is remarkably close, would be good to know if we had more in the way of long distance journeys than them though I.e. Sunderland, Boro, Hull etc

Take the word "smoking" out and that sign is spot on

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