GB72
Money List Winner
Something I know very little about so have to ask, how is the decision reached about what happens next? Is it a vote by the premier League clubs and, if so, is it a simple majority etc. Only ask as none if the bottom clubs are going to vote for a system that sees them relegated. Opposition from a few clubs near the bottom to neutral venues may support that as, for some teams, actually playing the matches is the biggest risk to relegation whereas points per match, current position or abandonment sees them safe. None of the top end who could qualify for Europe are going to vote for anything that sees them not qualifying are going to vote for that system.
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Everything that is proposed will be voted for. The magic number for anything to get through is 14.
I think neutral venues might have to be a compromise to get the season finished.
Obviously clubs will vote what's best for them, not what's morally right.
Kellfire
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What’s morally right is clearly anything possible to stop Liverpool winning the league... 
clubchamp98
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Boris said people can go back to work if safe SD is in place.
Football is work for the players .
So I think nothing will happen until SD is over.
What happens then is anybody’s guess.
Football is work for the players .
So I think nothing will happen until SD is over.
What happens then is anybody’s guess.
Partly, do we not sit back and watch how it goes in Germany? They are the guinea pigs right now. I would be amazed if the PL are not in very close contact with the Bundesliga, the medical staff from clubs here and there talking with each other to look at the approaches.
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UK government confirms top level sport can resume behind closed doors from June 1st ????
Does this mean I can cancel my RP Leipzig scarf and replica shirt? No need to order BT Sports? Phew.
Dan2501
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Not exactly what they've said.
Which means it could easily be pushed back, and I think it likely will.
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That is exactly what sky sports was showing, I've just turned over to check and theyve changed it.
Nevertheless it's getting closer?
GB72
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That is interesting and so a few clubs need to be against the motion. Neutral grounds makes by far the most sense but if the alternatives to playing guaranteed you safety, would you vote for it. I suppose a clear alternative has to be on the table to help people in their voting decision. If it is points per game then I guess the 3 who would be relegated would rather play the matches as would those who missed out on champions league or europa league as a result. The only ones who would be in favour is those at risk of relegation who would be saved by the points per game method and those guaranteed european football. Think it is time for the Premier League to be clear on the options, take abandonment off the table so as to clear the heads of those voting so as clubs are clear on the alternatives otherwise you could get the bottom 6 or 7 teams holding out in the hope of an abandoned season keeping them in the premiership and, on the assumption that you would put the same teams as last year into europe, some at the other end doing likewise for guaranteed european football.
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Any proposal needs to be at least 14/6.
Neutral grounds is down to keeping cross contamination down to an absolute minimum. Grounds like goodison where the dressing rooms are very small and tight is nigh on impossible to keep 2mtrs apart.
I think neutral grounds is the compromise that's needed to see this season finished.
Nobody wants to settle a season on PPG, well at least not Villa or Sheffield united who both have a chance of staying up/champions league football respectively.
IMO you cannot hand places to any team whether its, winning the league/ champions league places/Europa or relegation.
Bunkermagnet
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There are other sports that will come to an outcome if at least a certain percentage of events/fixtures have taken place.
Seeing as the PL is 80% done, I don't see why they couldnt say it's finished and done now.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
are you actually just trying to wind people up or not able to think it through fully?
clubchamp98
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If that was the rule at the start yes.
But don’t think it was.
Ok for next year though.
larmen
Head Pro
The German guidelines are a joke. Not sure how much satire is in there and how much proper quotes but what I have read is that you can’t cheer with your team mates or do high 5s, yet you can track your opponent closely for 90 minutes or stand next to your team mates in a wall for a free kick, ...
Considering they all live in one household (hotel) I guess all SD is overkill within a team anyway.
Considering they all live in one household (hotel) I guess all SD is overkill within a team anyway.
Slime
Tour Winner
Erm ................................ because it isn't finished and done now!
I'd heard they are also trying to pick grounds that are not in built up residential areas in case fans try to congregate around them and they are squeezed. That rules out the like of Goodison and Anfield, puts forward newer grounds such as Brighton, Southampton and City. I don't know if that is still the case.
Your point about the likes of Goodison, Selhurst park as well, is right. Not just the dressing rooms but the internal corridors etc are just too tight and compact compared to the newer built stadiums.
Pin-seeker
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Do these journalists have brains?
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As it's being proposed, by the time it comes to the season finishing, its likely pubs,clubs and restaurants will be reopened aswell as other leisure facilities.
Fans gathering shouldn't be the main reason for neutral grounds.
