National League at risk

Quoted from It Bites

It was farcical to start the season . They must of known that fans wouldn't be allowed in en mass till at least sept 21 . If I knew it how come they didn't . I stated on here back in April that no fans would be in BP till September 21 at the earliest .

They did know that. The funding was to take them to the end of December. The problem arose when the second wave kicked in and the next lot of funding was in the form of loans and not grants as the NL bods led them to believe.

Poor governance.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55818377

Just released.......

The great escape is still on........

So basically the government have paid £10m for half a football season in three divisions which is then basically wiped from the record books. They'll then have to pay even more to furlough the players and staff who would have played out the rest of the season and at least contributed to the football timeline.

Would be poetic if we were saved by 'loans'.

Quoted from GrimRob

So basically the government have paid £10m for half a football season in three divisions which is then basically wiped from the record books. They'll then have to pay even more to furlough the players and staff who would have played out the rest of the season and at least contributed to the football timeline.

We know there is no compass of any kind in this government’s policy making. It seems they just follow whatever they were told last.

I still think someone from somewhere will find this cash and the season will finish in the NL. It's just too good to be true if we are saved by that.

The hypothetical scenarios thereon are interesting to speculate about. One, the season becomes irrelevant for about 1/3 of the league and they'll all just be preparing for next season, players playing for contracts, no real necessity for results. Secondly, there will be a shed load of NL players who could be plucked for cheap if cash is that tight down there. Hopefully, Hursty with his knowledge of that level could cherry-pick some of the best ones for us, provided the takeover has gone through and we have a bigger budget than we've reckoned to have of late.

We obviously need to avoid a repeat of the reprieve we got last time. At least Hurst isn't Newell and his signings won't be akin to Barry Conlon!

If miraculously this happens I won't feel great about it because we would effectively have robbed Torquay of their L2 place but that's a small price to pay and I suspect it's our only hope. This is the worst group of players ever. It's worse than the one that nearly got us relegated 3 years ago and that was worse than the one that did get us relegated.

Quoted from Mariner_09

I still think someone from somewhere will find this cash and the season will finish in the NL. It's just too good to be true if we are saved by that.

The hypothetical scenarios thereon are interesting to speculate about. One, the season becomes irrelevant for about 1/3 of the league and they'll all just be preparing for next season, players playing for contracts, no real necessity for results. Secondly, there will be a shed load of NL players who could be plucked for cheap if cash is that tight down there. Hopefully, Hursty with his knowledge of that level could cherry-pick some of the best ones for us, provided the takeover has gone through and we have a bigger budget than we've reckoned to have of late.

We obviously need to avoid a repeat of the reprieve we got last time. At least Hurst isn't Newell and his signings won't be akin to Barry Conlon!

If miraculously this happens I won't feel great about it because we would effectively have robbed Torquay of their L2 place but that's a small price to pay and I suspect it's our only hope. This is the worst group of players ever. It's worse than the one that nearly got us relegated 3 years ago and that was worse than the one that did get us relegated.

What's to say that the  N.L. won't curtail the season and have the clubs that finish at the top still allowed to be promoted or have they amended their rules after last season?

Quoted from arryarryarry

What's to say that the  N.L. won't curtail the season and have the clubs that finish at the top still allowed to be promoted or have they amended their rules after last season?

Doubt the EFL would allow them into the league. Some have only played 14 or 15 games.

Quoted from arryarryarry

What's to say that the  N.L. won't curtail the season and have the clubs that finish at the top still allowed to be promoted or have they amended their rules after last season?

Bit unrealistic, some have only played 14 games

We will see what the outcome is.  In the BBC report I like phases like “overwhelming majority” (of clubs) and “a well-place said that the league is a mess”.