If somebody was prepared to pay £50m for it, I suspect any takeover wouldn't be doing so great with such a numpty in charge
Getting more ridiculous just end it and no just Cos Liverpool are on to win the title they should be given it. The season is null void dead it’s a stiff etc Lower league clubs in cash crisis push to call off season 12hrs ago 'I hope it doesn't come to this but maybe it will get to the point where we are losing points because we have not fielded a team. Even if that gets us relegated, my job is to make sure Accrington Stanley stays afloat.' Another EFL club owner said: 'The walls are closing in because of the number of players who will be out of contract on June 30. Several club owners are saying they have no intention of paying those players beyond then [if the season were to run into August]. They haven't got the money. 'And if some of the players have agreed to join other clubs, they'll be reluctant to risk themselves for their current clubs. Whatever happens, the integrity of the competition will be compromised.' The Premier League clubs are discussing the possibility of putting players up in hotels to minimise the risk of them being infected and testing them every two days. If Government advice changes, they hope to start training in mid May and resume the season the week of June 8. Premier League medical advisor Mark Gillett is coordinating plans for a restart, but it is impossible to be clear as to how it could work. The Premier League have insisted that they would only authorise regular testing of squads when there was sufficient laboratory capacity to support the mass testing within the wider community. please log in to view this image Premier League clubs are still discussing the possibility of awarding Liverpool the title Several issues have been raised in recent days by clubs, including: There continues to be talk of awarding Liverpool the title and dispensing with relegation if the season cannot be finished. Brighton owner Tony Bloom said: 'I don't foresee a situation, if the season's not played out, that teams will get relegated on a points-per-game basis. I just don't think it's fathomable that a team which is not allowed to play out the season, may lose out on 0.2 of a point based on this system. please log in to view this image Brighton owner Tony Bloom cannot see how a team could be relegated on points per game 'Also it does not take into account the strength of the teams you have not played. 'You may get a title winner, obviously Liverpool deserve it, you may use that criteria for European qualification but I do not see how anyone can vote for that, certainly the (70) per cent needed, for teams to get relegated.' No detailed plans can be finalised until Government advice changes, with lockdown currently extended until May 7. There is an expectation that training will restart soon after, as long as the government projections about the pace of the pandemic are met. There is no prospect of fans being allowed in, with many experts saying that is likely to remain the case until a vaccine is in widespread circulation. One Premier League club has told players they are likely to be in a hotel quarantine for around 50 days to finish the season. But that raises mental health issues if players can only leave a hotel to train and are unable to see their families. West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady outlined some of the problems facing the Premier League in her newspaper column on Saturday. please log in to view this image West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady outlined some of the problems facing the division 'Everyone at the stadium - and even behind closed doors this is about 300-500 people - including security, staff, medical officers, players, referees and media, will have to have temperature checks, fill out health questionnaires and observe social distancing,' she wrote. 'Then there is the issue of injuries. All this is manageable but what if a player is injured, where do we send him? It can't be to an NHS hospital that is already under pressure and private hospitals are carrying out NHS procedures and not taking in injured footballers. So then what?' No one has come up with a clear plan if a player or member of staff contracts coronavirus during the restarted season. That could mean the entire squad having to go into another 14 days of isolation, holding up the season again. Dr Bharat Pankhania, a senior clinical lecturer at Exeter University Medical School, who specialises in infectious disease management, said: 'If Player A has now shed the virus I will only know for sure if player B, C, D and E have picked it up or not in 14 days' time.' please log in to view this image The Bundesliga is planning to restart in early May and clubs have already started training Additional testing might help, but Dr Pankhania said: 'You could test negative today but you could be incubating the virus and you could be infectious up to three days. You can test negative and you may not have signs and symptoms and then go to work and infect people. 'But if a team of say 40 players and staff are kept segregated and another team of 40 are kept segregated and no one is showing signs of infection and we have tested and checked and we've done a lot of due diligence, then play the game. But who is going to take those decisions?' The Bundesliga is planning to restart in early May and clubs are already training. Teams are likely to be tested every two days, but Germany is currently performing more than 100,000 tests a day. In the UK, the government said 21,389 tests were carried out on Friday.
Can you see Ehab paying any of our out of contract players after June 30th? and can you see him signing a few early to fill the gaps?
I am looking forward to seeing teams playing in masks in team colours. Umbro, Nike Adidas and New Balance will see that an other revenue stream, could even look to have mask sponsorship and logos. Ker-ching!
What with the membership scheme and the sale of Grosicki & Bowen, City are probably in a better financial position than most, though I don't see what happens with the membership scheme if games get played behind closed doors. I think the season should be void, as the complications of trying to finish it are immense. As a matter of interest, are any hotels actually open?
Burnley an excellently run club with no debt etc etc have said they can’t survive beyond August what makes you think we can or any other championship clubs
Burnley will have a substantially bigger wage bill than us Our wage bill is one of the lowest in the Championship After June 30th our squad will be one of the smallest in the Championship Burnley's income will fall substantially Our income shouldn't fall very much at all as membership still paying We have just had massive cash windfall from transfers Our "Debt" is merely a way for the owners to take a interest
Interesting financial report on them this morning, they've gone from being very prudent at the start of their time in the Premier League, to chasing the dream a bit more. Even as recently as 2015, their wage bill was still only just over a third of their income (37%), but it's jumped every year since and last season was almost two-thirds of their income.
A radical plan has emerged that would regionalise the Championship next season to cut down on travel and accommodation for clubs following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. With football’s finances being hit hard, the radical proposal would see each of the three divisions below the Premier League - the Championship, League One and League Two - divided into north and south sections. According to a report in the Sun on Sunday, the plans would entail a series of play-off matches between the top teams in the north and the top teams in the south to determine promotion to the divisions above. “A league revamp would involve the 12 teams in each sub-division clashing home and away before coming together for play-offs to decide promotion and perhaps relegation," the Sun on Sunday report. “This would, in theory, reduce the risk of the competition having to shut down in the wake of new Covid-19 outbreaks. It would also cut travel and accommodation costs.” These plans would see each team play only 11 home matches, compared to the 23 currently on the schedule, which would result in a huge decline in matchday revenue - although it’s also been suggested that it could be a year until fans will be allowed to be in attendance, so the match-day revenue argument would be redundant. Of course, this is just the latest of many suggestions pertaining to how the football landscape will be shaped when it eventually returns following the Covid-19 outbreak. CHAMPIONSHIP North: Barnsley, Blackburn, Derby, Huddersfield, Hull City, Leeds, Middlesbrough, Nottm Forest, Preston, Sheff Wed, Stoke, Wigan. South: Birmingham, Brentford, Bristol City, Cardiff, Charlton, Fulham, Luton, Millwall, QPR, Reading, Swansea, West Brom.
SSN reporting the Dutch have banned all professional sport until 1st of September. Difficult to see where UEFA go from here. Finish the season on XBox’s perhaps?
I worked with a top lad who was a big St Mirren fan. Nickname. The Buddies, which is sort of nice, I guess.
National league now cancelled ... only a matter time before the rest is imho, ridiculous to even consider restarting with all that's going on.
Several Premier League clubs have apparently told their players to be prepared for a return to training on May 9th. It looks increasingly likely that Leagues Two and One won't resume, possibly also the Championship, though there is talk of some sort of promotion/relegation play-offs still taking place in the Championship.
