1. Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

Premier League Suspended

Discussion in 'Leicester City' started by Foxy in Foyle, Mar 13, 2020.

  1. Foxy in Foyle

    Foxy in Foyle Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 13, 2011
    Messages:
    2,066
    Likes Received:
    558
    All Premier League, EFL, Champions League and Europa league games suspended with immediate effect.

    All suspended until 3rd April at the earliest.
     
    #1
  2. Barwellfox

    Barwellfox Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    2,746
    Likes Received:
    374
    Sensible thing to do. Lets hope we ALL see the season end.
     
    #2
    nzfoxfan likes this.
  3. Foxy in Foyle

    Foxy in Foyle Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 13, 2011
    Messages:
    2,066
    Likes Received:
    558
    Absolutely the right decision (although I've been away and not had access to watch any matches for 5 weeks so was really looking forward to getting my football fix this weekend and keeping occupied whilst in our isolation period)!

    The suggested permutations of how this season concludes are interesting to say the least!
     
    #3
  4. AstroFox

    AstroFox Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 30, 2011
    Messages:
    1,164
    Likes Received:
    210
    To decide the winner of the PL, they clearly need to freeze things as they are and the top 3 go to playoffs (90 min games, pens.) Sounds fair to me. :emoticon-0148-yes:
     
    #4
  5. nzfoxfan

    nzfoxfan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2011
    Messages:
    1,877
    Likes Received:
    447
    I guess there has to be a genuine fear some clubs may not survive this pandemic with income streams drying up but having continued costs. lets hope predictions of the virus not peaking for another few months are wrong and we get to finish tis amazing season. If we are denied Champions League by this that would be a hard pill to swallow.
     
    #5
  6. LeicesterWizard

    LeicesterWizard Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 21, 2011
    Messages:
    7,380
    Likes Received:
    600
    I can't see how we'd miss out on CL, they would still need teams for next years CL and surely the best way to do this is to take each league as it is.

    Seems as though 99.9% want it finished.

    I'd like matches to be played behind closed doors with minimum staff for the next few games and try to fall in line with crowds being allowed to their last home matches of the season (Game Weeks 37 and 38), though you'd probably need to know at least a month in advance when crowds would be allowed back at the stadium, unless you just play behind closed doors upto week 36 and then take another break until fans can come back in.
     
    #6
  7. Leo Billy

    Leo Billy Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 26, 2020
    Messages:
    1,753
    Likes Received:
    1,469
    Hope you lads manage to get CL regardless of what happens with the PL. Deserve it, been a pleasure watching an underdog going against the “top” teams.
     
    #7
    nzfoxfan likes this.
  8. nzfoxfan

    nzfoxfan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2011
    Messages:
    1,877
    Likes Received:
    447
    Just a thought. We know we have wealthy owners whose fortune has been made in duty free shops. With the world in lockdown and airports and tourist spots empty I would think King Power would be severely impacted. With no income coming in for the owners how long will they be able sustain the club bleeding money? Read an article where we still owe substantial amounts in transfer fees, we have the training ground costs plus salaries to pay, how long until they pull the pin?
     
    #8
  9. Foxy in Foyle

    Foxy in Foyle Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 13, 2011
    Messages:
    2,066
    Likes Received:
    558
    The club shouldn't be bleeding money as they had everything set up for the club to be self sufficient and the loans for the training ground were against tv money. In the current climate they should be easily renegotiated regarding the repayments. Although the duty free income will be hit it wouldn't surprise me if they had epidemic/pandemic insurance. Whilst this pandemic is more severe than anything previously known there have been serious outbreaks in Asia in recent years.

    Given today's announcement from the club I wouldn't expect our owners to be reconsidering their position.

    https://www.lcfc.com/news/1654826/lcfc-statement-players-committed-to-future-vision/press-release

    An excellent statement, I expected nothing less though. The continued message of community, family and values we're all proud of.
     
    #9
    Last edited: Apr 12, 2020
    nzfoxfan and Lcfcfox1 like this.
  10. Foxy in Foyle

    Foxy in Foyle Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 13, 2011
    Messages:
    2,066
    Likes Received:
    558
    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/...helping-the-nhs-over-wage-deferrals-tlsz9nxmm



    Leicester prioritise helping the NHS over wage deferrals
    Jonathan Northcroft, Football Correspondent
    Saturday April 11 2020, 6.00pm, The Sunday Times

    Leicester City have put wage deferrals on the backburner in order to focus on helping the community and the NHS.

    Serving vital causes emerged as the key priority in talks on Friday between the club’s hierarchy, led by chief executive Susan Whelan, and manager Brendan Rodgers plus senior first-team players.

    Leicester do not intend to join Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United, Bournemouth and Norwich City in furloughing staff — and have not sought to address their players’ pay, despite a Premier League recommendation that clubs ask players for a 30 per cent wage reduction over 12 months during the coronavirus pandemic.

    The 2016 champions instead committed to helping services deal with the health crisis and have come up with novel ways to help the Leicester NHS, which include making headbands for NHS staff to protect them from sores while wearing facemasks and helping deliver education via video to the children of key workers.

    Other initiatives include putting staff at NHS disposal as drivers to distribute food parcels and vouchers in Leicester and Birmingham. The club have made a substantial donation to the NHS while giving King Power Stadium’s car parks over to nearby Leicester Royal Infirmary.

    The club has also created initiatives to help the homeless and connect with isolated and vulnerable supporters, while also supporting Age UK. Rodgers is said to have, personally, made “an extraordinary donation” to three British charities.

    Leicester are not the only Premier League club declining to press their players for wage cuts — Crystal Palace and Wolverhampton Wanderers are among the others — but some teams are in a different financial position and, on Friday, West Ham United joined Southampton in agreeing wage deferrals with players.

    Elsewhere in the competition it is understood talks between players and clubs are not going so well, however, amid continuing acrimony generated by the health secretary, Matt Hancock, who intervened on player wages, leading to the Premier League’s subsequent decision to recommend across-the-board cuts.
     
    #10

  11. nzfoxfan

    nzfoxfan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2011
    Messages:
    1,877
    Likes Received:
    447
    Bournemouth now reversed their furlough decision. Spurs showing everyone how not to run a business, what a shambles. Their main asset now making noises, or certainly not stopping them, of moving on. Oh dear..
     
    #11
  12. Foxy in Foyle

    Foxy in Foyle Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 13, 2011
    Messages:
    2,066
    Likes Received:
    558
    The Dutch have cancelled their league, the French government has banned any form of sport until September. The Germans are apparently heading for a return but that could be rescinded.

    Some EPL clubs are returning to training this week, with the PL due to meet again on Friday. UEFA require a decision on their plans by 25th may.
     
    #12
  13. nzfoxfan

    nzfoxfan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2011
    Messages:
    1,877
    Likes Received:
    447
    So how about an update. Are you in favour of a resumption? Finish the season by some formula or just Null and void? You have all been living under lock-down for some time, is football still important or are you more in Roses camp of sod it?
     
    #13
  14. leicesterlove

    leicesterlove Active Member

    Joined:
    Aug 2, 2014
    Messages:
    867
    Likes Received:
    186
    At the moment sod it. It’s too much a risk to return when people are still catching the virus. People’s health is much more important than light entertainment. When there are no new cases for a few weeks, then play behind closed doors, or when we have a vaccine then they can think about a resumption as it was before. It’s hard with no football, but common sense has to prevail.
     
    #14
    nzfoxfan likes this.
  15. leicesterlove

    leicesterlove Active Member

    Joined:
    Aug 2, 2014
    Messages:
    867
    Likes Received:
    186
    I should have added pick up where we left off before the lockdown. Too much effort from all clubs has gone into the season so far just to write it off.
     
    #15
  16. Barwellfox

    Barwellfox Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    2,746
    Likes Received:
    374
    Really torn over this. My wife and I are shielding for 12 weeks cos of underlying medical conditions. We only go outside to walk the dogs - once a day for both of us. Certainly, our mental health would be improved by being able to watch live football on TV - but I have to ask how I would feel if one of our players became seriously ill because of a resumption. It hurts to say it, but for safety reasons the season needs to be scrapped. Some of the people around here who are holding garden parties - a second wave seems inevitable. Would people turn up at a neutral venue to stand outside - I fear they will. Too dangerous.
     
    #16
  17. nzfoxfan

    nzfoxfan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2011
    Messages:
    1,877
    Likes Received:
    447
    You and your wife stay safe. How is everyone coping financially, is there a govt wage subsidy? I have read about a furlough but dont know how it works. I think there are still too many obstacles for a safe return as much as i want us to confirm a top three placing.
     
    #17
  18. JohnTheFox

    JohnTheFox Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 31, 2012
    Messages:
    5,588
    Likes Received:
    2,370
    I don’t think it should be null and void. That would benefit teams who have done badly and punish those who have done well. It also shouldn’t be rushed back. Some kind of weighted PPG would be ok if it can’t be played. I also think European football is unlikely to be played next season so the champions league spot is a bit meh now.
    I don’t like how the bottom 6 and their players are campaigning against a restart though as it stinks of self interest. If players are unwilling to start again because they are concerned about health, I don’t think they can justify keeping being paid as people are working on the front line for minimum wage, no testing and much less secure environments. Footballs are a low risk group, will be tested twice a week, won’t be in contact with the public. They are at more risk going food shopping. If they don’t want to play, I feel they should go onto furlough level wages with the cap everyone else gets (although still paid by the club not the government).
     
    #18
  19. BucksFox

    BucksFox Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 10, 2014
    Messages:
    1,269
    Likes Received:
    719
    I think the season should be completed. It seems like the only fair way. Matches should be played at the participating club's home ground behind closed doors and an exclusion zone established all the way round the stadiums to keep fans from congregating.

    The science tells us that players are in an age group that is not particularly at risk from serious effects from the virus. There will be exceptions, but we can't keep restricting 99.9% of people in favour of the 0.1%. Football clubs should be a pretty safe environment. Players and staff will be tested by their clubs and any player found to have the virus will have to isolate until fit again to participate. That would be no different to a player suffering an injury. If some players don't feel it is safe to play then their place in the squad will have to be taken by another player so each team should probably have to name a new squad for the remainder of the season before the campaign is re-started.
     
    #19

Share This Page