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^Yes, my opinion is that the Premiership will continue behind closed doors in a month
Lets’s say, from 9th May 2020, and will play during the week and weekends too


It's probably out of the PL's hands though. I'm sure they would restart the games this weekend if they could, but it's what the government says that will effect the restart. At the moment you're not meant to go outside with more than two people and group gatherings are effectively banned so that would obviously effect football games as well. Maybe the gov will make exceptions for sport or maybe it will get worse and they will prohibit any sporting matches even behind closed doors. Them and even the PL have got to think about the health of the players and staff as well but I guess they could screen/test the players first. Personally, I'm very sceptical the games will be played any time soon even behind closed doors. I guess we'll have to see how the partial lock-down of the UK works but most people are still going to work everyday so I don't think it's going to do much.
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^Yes, my opinion is that the Premiership will continue behind closed doors in a month
Lets’s say, from 9th May 2020, and will play during the week and weekends too

We will see the effect of the total lockdown in Italy, they are a ~week in front of GB regarding the lockdown and they are still having new cases on a daily base
But I’m confident that the number will have a massive decrease in the next 2 weeks
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Premier League 'would have to pay £762m' if they don't finish 2019-20 season due to contract breaches in television agreements

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8132883/Premier-League-pay-762m-dont-finish-season-TV-contract-breaches.html

As for the pool, yeah, I'll pay out as the leaderboard currently is now if the tournament isn't completed but I'm sure it will unless this pandemic thing lasts years.

Good find, this practically means we are certain the season will continue on time. Some games will have to be played behind closed doors for sure, maybe even most of them.

Not the best for stadium-going fans and players, but the best thing that can be done looking from all angles. I'm afraid some of the smaller clubs will be hit hard without match-day revenues.
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Jokes aside, I do not think we will have no more matches for this season but unlikely if it happens then I will prefer the current leaderbaord as final since we can not do much.

They'll probably play them at some point, we just might be waiting a while. If they can start a new season when it should I imagine they will just play the remaining games first and push that back a bit. If they can get away with playing them behind closed doors and there's nothing legally stopping them from doing so then they'll likely play them asap. They're going to lose a shitload in TV revenue that they'll have to pay back and I'm sure fans would rather the games go ahead than not at all, especially when there's not much else going on right now.


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Premier League 'would have to pay £762m' if they don't finish 2019-20 season due to contract breaches in television agreements

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8132883/Premier-League-pay-762m-dont-finish-season-TV-contract-breaches.html

As for the pool, yeah, I'll pay out as the leaderboard currently is now if the tournament isn't completed but I'm sure it will unless this pandemic thing lasts years.


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The person with the most near guessing date get’s the pot ha? Smiley
Toke will be the one who will say against it and will call a war against it 🤪
Jokes aside, I do not think we will have no more matches for this season but unlikely if it happens then I will prefer the current leaderbaord as final since we can not do much.
Current situation is not good for starting again all as we have too many casualties and peoples too much afraid with this all few days back I was feeling we will back in May or June but currently its looking not good as its spreading very quickly in few countries and nothing good news about this all is more worst.
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The person with the most near guessing date get’s the pot ha? Smiley
Toke will be the one who will say against it and will call a war against it 🤪
Jokes aside, I do not think we will have no more matches for this season but unlikely if it happens then I will prefer the current leaderbaord as final since we can not do much.
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We could start a guessing contest on “when will the Premiership restart”
The person with the most near guessing date get’s the pot ha? Smiley

In the meantime, I’m playing a blockchain football manager https://footbattle.io/
It’s still in alpha stage of development, so, this is the right time to start building your team and be prepared to sell some players later
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there are lot of you here playing futsal or football with your friends or colleagues from work
this is how will look like the first match after the covid quarantine



All the five-a-side pitches have been shut down in the UK. Looking like the entire country might be in lock-down soon. Boris the Bloater is making an update at 8:30 where he's probably gonna announce more restrictions on what you can do. Really can't see the Premier League getting up and running again any time soon. Things just look to be getting started with the virus over here. The only way I can see the games happening is behind closed doors but they might not even want to risk that. I think the world could do with some fresh entertainment if we're all going to be locked at home. The trouble is this virus thing isn't going to go anywhere soon so it could last a very long time pushing back even the next seasons and other cups/tournaments.
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One of them could be me and you 🤪
I am staying home, watching movie, spending time with my little girl, doing some free hands to keep me fit. I tried poker yesterday but a massive fail LOL
But I have time to learn it now.

^  And try to stay away from the fridge!  Cheesy
There was a post about exposing the Arsehole in the sun, may be now is the right time 😜
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^  And try to stay away from the fridge!  Cheesy
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there are lot of you here playing futsal or football with your friends or colleagues from work
this is how will look like the first match after the covid quarantine



Keep distance, an stay safe
Good luck to all
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^  Ah that's good...  And fair esp. for Liverpool.  It would suck if they won't be able to celebrate their victory in front of their supporters after three decades.

I think for some LFC fans, it would feel just as huge as if it's their first EPL title.
They can enjoy as all will be ok or when new season will start if we all will be able to have some good time in near future.
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^  Ah that's good...  And fair esp. for Liverpool.  It would suck if they won't be able to celebrate their victory in front of their supporters after three decades.

I think for some LFC fans, it would feel just as huge as if it's their first EPL title.
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So, it appears that the Premier league has decided to do whatever is necessary to finish this season before starting the next one.

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1646728

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We are united in our commitment to finding ways of resuming the 2019/20 football season and ensuring all domestic and European club league and cup matches are played as soon as it is safe and possible to do so.

We have collectively supported UEFA in postponing EURO 2020 to create space in the calendar to ensure domestic and European club league and cup matches have an increased opportunity to be played and, in doing so, maintain the integrity of each competition.

The FA’s Rules and Regulations state that "the season shall terminate not later than the 1 June" and "each competition shall, within the limit laid down by The FA, determine the length of its own playing season".

However, The FA’s Board has agreed for this limit to be extended indefinitely for the 2019/20 season in relation to Professional Football.

I agree with them, they will probably scrap the League cup or something like that if the next one needs to start later.
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@cryptofrka yeah I'm actually pretty ok with what's going on. I know it's a bummer we won't make the record of winning title so early (and make it impossible for anyone to beat) but in my mind we've won it no matter what and no one will ever make me feel bad about it for as long as I live. That said, if we never win the title after this, it will be some kind of pain to add to the mountain of pain we already have as Liverpool supporters. But we're better than that and we can fight again for the title. I think we will only get better.

@DeathAngel. I personally think contracts are easily taken care of with insurance and settlements. TV companies will be the least worried as they'll have all their profits booked in. The obligation for the leagues to finish is of course waived by force majeure so really, it's just for sporting reasons that we must find a way to finish the season.
I am also feeling good for Liverpool and their fans as they was doing very good job before this break but now we have no official statement about this all as what will happen and how they will manage few roumers are creating confusion as UEFA president want to void this season this could be really painful for many supports of leading clubs.
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@cryptofrka yeah I'm actually pretty ok with what's going on. I know it's a bummer we won't make the record of winning title so early (and make it impossible for anyone to beat) but in my mind we've won it no matter what and no one will ever make me feel bad about it for as long as I live. That said, if we never win the title after this, it will be some kind of pain to add to the mountain of pain we already have as Liverpool supporters. But we're better than that and we can fight again for the title. I think we will only get better.

@DeathAngel. I personally think contracts are easily taken care of with insurance and settlements. TV companies will be the least worried as they'll have all their profits booked in. The obligation for the leagues to finish is of course waived by force majeure so really, it's just for sporting reasons that we must find a way to finish the season.
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It would even be fairer to start from current positions in August than to cancel the season. And I'm not saying that as a Liverpool fan, for me the title is won and even if they don't award us one I'll forever boast with it and count it Grin
Nah! I do not need and unfinished season where we already had the title. We had only two more matches to go to confirm the title but suddenly this spread. It's sad but in the mean time this is the right thing for the sake of everyone to be safe.

I do not think this is going to last for very long. Soon we will see improvement and everything will gone back to normal. We will also see the matches are on the ground and will have a full season.
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Yeah. He'll probably leave if he doesn't get them up this season. Did you watch the documentary they did for the previous one? I hope they're doing a second season for this one.

No.  But I'm not really into sports documentaries.  I'll look for it and take a peek tho and see if I'll like it.  Smiley  What's the title?

Take Us Home: Leeds United. It's on Amazon if you have that:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07WLCN7DR/ref=dvm_uk_sl_tit|c_419893660034_m_ne4jgpng-dc_s_

It's well done and is worth watch, but I was Leeds fan as a kid (guess I still am by default). It covers the Spygate incident and the agony of just missing out on promotion. I really hope they filmed another season. They probably filmed that one as it was likely they were going to go up but there's an even better chance this season unless they blow it again or the season gets cancelled.

I get what you mean, it's just when I put a 'has to finish' and 'can be forfeit' list next to each other, the first one gives clear and concise answers to all questions/doubts while the other one comes down to pure speculation. If the league is cancelled, it is a lot more fair to a club like Aston Villa than it is to a club like Leicester for example. I can assume there would be lawsuits too.

It would even be fairer to start from current positions in August than to cancel the season. And I'm not saying that as a Liverpool fan, for me the title is won and even if they don't award us one I'll forever boast with it and count it Grin

The season WILL finish, I see so many LFC fans panicking at the moment. There is an obligation for all leagues to finish, there’s so much to decide plus TV companies have broadcasting contracts that need fulfilling.

There will probably be clauses for unexpected things like this. Can't imagine them playing football in the middle of a war or zombie apocalypse  Cheesy. I'm sure the games will get played at some point especially with the EUROs getting pushed back a year.
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I'm really hoping this whole coronabullshit blows over and the games just get rescheduled. Imagine if they null and void the entire leagues and Liverpool lose out on the title and teams like Leeds don't get promoted. What a pisstake.

That would really suck.  I'm looking forward to see Bielsa manage at the EPL.  And it would def suck for Liverpool, Klopp (who worked sooo hard) and esp. the fans if the season was scrapped.

Yeah. He'll probably leave if he doesn't get them up this season. Did you watch the documentary they did for the previous one? I hope they're doing a second season for this one.

No.  But I'm not really into sports documentaries.  I'll look for it and take a peek tho and see if I'll like it.  Smiley  What's the title?
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I get what you mean, it's just when I put a 'has to finish' and 'can be forfeit' list next to each other, the first one gives clear and concise answers to all questions/doubts while the other one comes down to pure speculation. If the league is cancelled, it is a lot more fair to a club like Aston Villa than it is to a club like Leicester for example. I can assume there would be lawsuits too.

It would even be fairer to start from current positions in August than to cancel the season. And I'm not saying that as a Liverpool fan, for me the title is won and even if they don't award us one I'll forever boast with it and count it Grin

The season WILL finish, I see so many LFC fans panicking at the moment. There is an obligation for all leagues to finish, there’s so much to decide plus TV companies have broadcasting contracts that need fulfilling.
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