Coronavirus and Football (Plus all Sport in General)

[baitman]

I know this is a lot more important than Liverpool winning the league, but we used to joke that if and when Liverpool were ever on the brink of winning the league again, a meteor would strike earth, or nuclear war would break out or some other mad ****. It's more or less happening. It defies belief.

Dbf has sacrificed his firstborn to Satan (wuhan biomedical facility) to make this happen.

[baitman]

Euro 2020 is spread all over europe so will 100% be binned.

https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/0256-0dd74d2cf7cc-56813840afe0-1000--euro-2020-host-cities/

[RoadEnd]

LFC and Barca Legends charity match on 28th March has been postponed

[vlahka]

del

[Roboklopp]

All Prem matches to go ahead this weekend

[Chazza]

Arsenals won't be.

[Roboklopp]

Arteta infected. Defo gonna be postponed at the least

[S-RED]

arse game off defo;
West ham too probably as they played them last weekend
Leicester will then get canned

so i cant see the remaining fixtures happening TBH; if they do what a fricking mess it will end up in.

One thing the prem league wont want is accusations of the brand is all that matters, so we carry on. With so many leagues being suspended they have to postpone or risk being accused of only interested in the £$£$£$£$£ (which thy are)

[dom9]

With the Qatar World Cup looming over the horizon, the football calendar looks set to be turned upside down for a few years.

[labourRed]

Surely will be suspended now.

I already thought they should be behind doors anyway, which is obviously **** but better than other outcomes.

[S-RED]

With the Qatar World Cup looming over the horizon, the football calendar looks set to be turned upside down for a few years.

Agreed & the best thing the leagues can do now; is take this opportunity to postpone & reschedule the leagues, tournaments to accommodate QATAR without what at present will be a cluster****.

We are loosing 6-7 weeks for qatar world cup, so a 4-6 week break now & rearrange this & the next few seasons accordingly

[S-RED]

They simply cannot void the leagues arbitrarily; top championship clubs would go under, let alone smaller clubs. The fallout would be of epic proportions

[Red_Polo]

This deep into the season there HAS to be a better solution than voiding the league. Even if that's picking up in August to finish this season before altering the format of the subsequent season to shorten it somehow. That would have to happen quick enough for transfers to occur after promotions / relegations decided. What a **** show.

[S-RED]

The Gunners have closed their training ground and club staff who had recent contact with Arteta will now self-isolate.

Arsenal expects a "significant number of people" will self-isolate, including the "full first-team squad".

[labourRed]

Yeah, postponing seems the best way out of this. But some experts are predicting 15 weeks if it all blows up ala Italy. Or significantly longer if there's a flat line.

Timescales are super hard to predict so I understand why voiding may well be on the cards. Clubs will fall under just like other business. It's impossible to predict any outcome with any level of certainty.