Football (Soccer) Thread

[Sheilbh]

Uefa should stop every competition.
Now that Juventus is quarantined, how can they think the virus will not spread, if it hasn't already during the match against Lyon.

L.

Yeah I can't see how UEFA competitions can go ahead.

There's talk that we move fully into "delay" today. Apparently all football would be behind closed doors, season ticket holders and other ticket holders would be given a way to stream the games and they'd liberalise some of the rules on broadcast (so Sky etc would show more games).

I hope there's some consideration of the lower leagues because there are multiple clubs in the Football League who still rely on their gates and kind of live home game to home game. Still I'm sure the Premier League will show solidarity and support the....

[The Larch]

A couple of games between Spanish and Italian clubs have already been postponed due to the travel restrictions in place.

[Josquius]

Man. Liberalising broadcast rules could really open a Pandoras box of awesome.

[Syt]

I wonder how Football Manager will model pandemics in its next couple of releases.

[Sheilbh]

Man. Liberalising broadcast rules could really open a Pandoras box of awesome.

I think they're keeping the 3pm ban though, for some reason.

[Josquius]

I wonder how Football Manager will model pandemics in its next couple of releases.

Woops
Your 100 mil striker is dead.

[The Larch]

I wonder how Football Manager will model pandemics in its next couple of releases.

Woops
Your 100 mil striker is dead.

The Emiliano Sala event? 

Apparently it is coded that a regen could suddenly drop dead, but not a real player. There are plenty of regen-only events out there.

[Josephus]

I wonder how Football Manager will model pandemics in its next couple of releases.

I was thinking that last night

[Sheilbh]

Premier League club is testing all their players after three displayed symptoms 

Can't see leagues continuing once players are affected, even behind closed doors.

[celedhring]

Premier League club is testing all their players after three displayed symptoms 

Can't see leagues continuing once players are affected, even behind closed doors.

La Liga has been suspended after Real Madrid had to go into quarantine.

[Sheilbh]

Premier League club is testing all their players after three displayed symptoms 

Can't see leagues continuing once players are affected, even behind closed doors.

La Liga has been suspended after Real Madrid had to go into quarantine.

I feel at this point no-one really wants the league suspended.

We should probably just cancel it for this season and acknowledge, collectively, that the 2019/20 season never happened and there were no champions. It was just a write-off.

Edit: Apparently Leicester are the Premier League club with three players self-isolating and all players being tested.

[Josquius]

Premier League club is testing all their players after three displayed symptoms 

Can't see leagues continuing once players are affected, even behind closed doors.

La Liga has been suspended after Real Madrid had to go into quarantine.

I feel at this point no-one really wants the league suspended.

We should probably just cancel it for this season and acknowledge, collectively, that the 2019/20 season never happened and there were no champions. It was just a write-off.

Edit: Apparently Leicester are the Premier League club with three players self-isolating and all players being tested.

I think your bias may be hanging out a little bit there :p

As a neutral to cancel the season now with no champions would be madness considering Liverpools victory is a fait accompli.
More concerning is the relegation and promotion places in other leagues. What of play offs etc...

[Grey Fox]

Suspend for now & resume in the summer. Euro 2020 can be delayed to 2021.

[Sheilbh]

I think your bias may be hanging out a little bit there :p

That is possibly a risk

As a neutral to cancel the season now with no champions would be madness considering Liverpools victory is a fait accompli.
More concerning is the relegation and promotion places in other leagues. What of play offs etc...

Fair - I mean Leeds and West Brom are probably basing a huge chunk of their current business on promotion and an extra £100 million a year. It'll be similar in the rest of the league. Plus, as I say, there are definitely clubs that rely on their gates and even a suspension would hugely damage them.

[The Larch]

Suspend for now & resume in the summer. Euro 2020 can be delayed to 2021.

UEFA will decide on European competitions next week. I read that it can be taken for granted that the Euro will be pushed back to 2021.