#1300

Gent, Genk, Standardly Age, Tennis Brussels. All the big clubs

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#1301

Can’t get behind this sort of logic at all.

Flies in the face of what makes sport great for me. Think about, say, Ben Stokes’ innings last summer, the Agüero title winner, Devon Loch jumping an imaginary fence, Carl Froch being several rounds down and winning a world title with seconds to spare, Dennis Taylor winning the World Championship after losing the first seven frames, the Ryder Cup turnaround of a few years back.

Extenuating circumstances or not, awarding things based on historical form doesn’t sit right with me, and i’d think that if City were 29 points clear with ten to play.

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#1302

Both threw away a gap twice as big in a month earlier this season

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#1303

Turkish football’s great. Loudest fans, disturbingly intense rivalries, plenty of corruption.

I quite like Portuguese football. It’s weirdly sort of…vacant and atmosphereless, then the games between Benfica and Porto or Sporting massive shitfests.

Scottish football’s fucking incredible. Something mental happens every game. You can be watching Ross County v St Johnstone on a Friday night and an old granny will get blasted in the face with the ball, or a mascot will trip over an advertising board, or someone will clothesline someone else. More people should embrace it, it’s terrific value.

When you think about it’s fucking mad they don’t show more Brazilian or Argentinian league football on telly here. See Scotland, but more steroids. Last time i watched a Boca v River game the fans invaded the pitch, someone got hit by a flare, and one of the managers unsuccesfully chased a dog at one point. This is what we want.

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#1304

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Last seasons table at the point we are at now vs the end of the season. 8 point change over 9 games. Don’t think you can just award promotion assuming the same thing wouldn’t happen this year.

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#1305

Still went up via the playoffs though so it all worked out

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#1306

Also the lovely bonus if most clubs having two oe three players you thought retired years ago

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#1307

Sure, I don’t disagree with any of that.

What do you suggest though?

#1308
  • Finish this season whenever football can safely come back
  • Bin it off. Void it all. New season when we’re back.
  • VAR Malcolms decide relegation and promotion on expected points

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#1309

Clichy, Demba Ba, Robinho and Skrtel in the same team. Best league in the world.

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#1310

Play-offs between any teams who can mathematically still win titles or promotion.

Only fair.

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#1311

Ridiculous game you might never have seen…

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#1312

funny how few complaints there were about that penalty and how quickly it was taken. that’s a solid 5 minutes of swarming the ref and general penalty buildup now.

#1313

Can’t tell if you’re doing that trolling Leeds and Liverpool thing everyone’s enjoying at the moment but in case you’re not I’ll answer in good faith - it wouldn’t be the slightest bit fair. In the Championship it would effectively put Leeds and Derby on level pegging despite 20 points difference. A Premier League play-off might be fair if Liverpool started with a nine-goal advantage or something.

#1314

Cameron Jerome and a lad called ‘Titi’ at Goztepe

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#1315

most to least fair, for me

void the lot > playoffs for promotion and relegation but no champions and european football is cancelled for a season > award trophies, promotions and relegations based on current standings

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#1316

Isn’t that already the situation a lot of the time with the play off places?

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#1317

Also should void every league except League 2 which should be kept as it stands imo.

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#1318

voiding the lot for me is the worst current option by a long way. makes redundant the last eight months, which is just such a catastrophically bad idea. wouldn’t blame any fans that have a horse in the race for just saying fuck it and not bothering or investing in the sport ever again. Not sure if I could.

Means Norwich gets hundreds of millions and another season in the Premier League while others miss out on what’s ultimately an everything-or-nothing situation.

I get the financial reasons they won’t do this but the only reasonable conclusion on sporting grounds is concluding the current seasons whenever it’s possible to do so and arranging the following seasons accordingly. If it means next season starts in March 2021 or whatever, do it, everything’s already fucked, we’re gonna have a winter World Cup in a couple of years anyway.

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#1319

Hope the 6 or 7 clubs keep scuppering plans of any restart. The prem has shown how grotesque and money driven it is through this whole thing. Hope it all comes tumbling down into financial oblivion and we can start something more pure of heart of humble. Mirror the tinpot nature of the SPL or something.

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