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Yoda
January 4, 2021, 6:17pm
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Looks like we are all going into lockdown again i don’t know what it means for football.

What a mess.
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My expectation is that they will allow elite-level sport to continue. The government will want to retain as many positives from these dire circumstances as possible which don't have a great overall impact on Covid transmission. I imagine top sport and television programming will fall into that bracket.

Whether it is ultimately viable will depend on whether clubs van keep enough players free of the virus to consistently stage games, something I think is increasingly in doubt. That mess will be left for the Premier League and EFL to sort out, no doubt.

I'd be surprised if Boris puts the kybosh on the season tonight, but much less so if it is forced to fizzle out all by itself.


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January 4, 2021, 6:26pm
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Are we elite level?
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If it means the season is abandoned with no promotion or relegation then I'd take it!


I've wasted my life in black and white, a pathetic act for a worthless cause
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Quoted from Mariner_09
If it means the season is abandoned with no promotion or relegation then I'd take it!


It is much more likely to be based on points per game as last year, very bad news for us
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Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles
Are we elite level?


haven't you watched any of this season's games?


btw - as i said in another post, just as important is what happens to the National League. Not elite , and the majority of clubs haven't even played a third of the season.
fingers crossed for the season to be null and voided in all non league footie
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It is much more likely to be based on points per game as last year, very bad news for us


There’s over 20 games left. It would be harsh for any team to be relegated just yet. I’m not just saying that because we would get the hook, I’m saying even if Scunthorpe were bottom it would be unfair.

Plus Lincoln would be promoted. (Shudder)
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January 4, 2021, 6:40pm

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It is much more likely to be based on points per game as last year, very bad news for us


Surely they won't do that this season, with less than half the games played.

I would think that if the football season is stopped then this season will just be declared null and void.


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There’s over 20 games left. It would be harsh for any team to be relegated just yet. I’m not just saying that because we would get the hook, I’m saying even if Scunthorpe were bottom it would be unfair.

Plus Lincoln would be promoted. (Shudder)


Unfortunately Lincoln are going up mate, it’s the new normal. Let’s just worry about ourselves (and I do worry about it, intensely).
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Surely they won't do that this season, with less than half the games played.

I would think that if the football season is stopped then this season will just be declared null and void.


Yes, on another thread someone pointed out that at lest two thirds of games have to be played for PPG to apply.

That means another eight or nine games for us.  
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I would take season voided now and no relegation or promotion.

I think a lot of teams would vote for that
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Think we need to stop worrying about Lincoln and Scunthorpe and get our own house in order soon.

I am confident that we can get an organised unit capable of finishing well clear of relegation unless the COVID situation prevents that.

If anyone cares and I am wrong come May, I have no doubt someone will remind me.

Glass half full, or is it quarter full. Either way well be ok.
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I thought they said elite  


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There’s no way the season will end now. Too much time remaining, even if they suspend match’s tonight. There’s months  to go to the end of the season, vaccinations coming, slowly at the moment I know.
So for me, we have time left yet.

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Yes, on another thread someone pointed out that at lest two thirds of games have to be played for PPG to apply.

That means another eight or nine games for us.  


That makes the next few games really important, especially against teams in the lower half
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It is much more likely to be based on points per game as last year, very bad news for us


Not with so much of the season left.


All Town aren’t we

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Full lockdown, that means no football then
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January 4, 2021, 8:19pm
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Sky News are saying elite sport will be suspended.


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Does this mean no football then.??
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Elite sport IS exempt.
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No football for a least a month.
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Hanson, Wright etc to get medically fit, but not match fit or match time.
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No football for a least a month.


Incorrect. Football continues
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Elite sport can continue. Misunderstanding by Sky
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Rochdale chairman said most league 1 chairman want a months suspension
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Incorrect. Football continues


But Sky just said it wouldn't?
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But Sky just said it wouldn't?


Sky misunderstood or misspoke. Everyone else reporting the opposite
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Someone should start a petition to end the football season  


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Independent Newspaper says football will continue.
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Sky misunderstood or misspoke. Everyone else reporting the opposite


Blimey.

Bring back Beth Rigby.
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National League stops?
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Surely and especially with new management and impetus we can at least get out of the bottom two rather than crying for null and void.


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We got to get a few points from the next five games so we are safe if things get worse.


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National League stops?


This is what I am wondering as if that stops no one can come up so no one will go down. Christ it’s come to this.
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We got to get a few points from the next five games so we are safe if things get worse.


That’s it in a nutshell, but hard to see how they could get any worse!
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It’s just said on sky sports coverage of the Liverpool game that the national league will continue as well!!
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We have hope and the chance to win some six-pointers.  Every other piece of news seems bleak. 😟
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Perhaps we could ask Donald Trump to ring the EFL and ask them to 'recalculate'...
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By the time we get to the end of January some teams will have at least 6 - 7 games in hand. Looking at the National League Dover have only played 10 league games compared to Torquay who have played 17. This situation across the leagues is only to get worse.
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Regardless of league positions, the EFL should be shut down. Football is just not important at this time.
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Regardless of league positions, the EFL should be shut down. Football is just not important at this time.


They do have the option of taking a break of a couple of months from L1 and below. Only the Prem and Championship are really constrained by the Euros. No reason why the season couldn't run to June or July if necessary. Plus fans would be back potentially for the last games.


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They do have the option of taking a break of a couple of months from L1 and below. Only the Prem and Championship are really constrained by the Euros. No reason why the season couldn't run to June or July if necessary. Plus fans would be back potentially for the last games.


I agree in principle with this but in practice doesn't UEFA demand all football finish by date of champions league final? And I am sure that would go double for the euros.

I think due to the extreme nature of the situation they should show flexibility but I am not sure they would.

Question - how is the national league being funded without fans? They don't get football league solidarity payments and they will have far fewer ifollow equivalent sales. Did they get a grant from premiership or govt to help?
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It might end up being the case that the National League decide to call it a day for the season during the next month or two if infection levels get too bad. If this were to occur, it could be a good thing for us given the current run of results! I can't imagine that there could be any promotion or relegation with such a large chunk of the season still to be played.

I suspect it will all be a lot clearer by the end of the month, one way or probably the other.
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If it means the season is abandoned with no promotion or relegation then I'd take it!


The covid equivalent of a rival team having a 30 point deduction.
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Blimey.

Bring back Beth Rigby.


Makes a change from bring back LJL, not sure who I would prefer?
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The covid equivalent of a rival team having a 30 point deduction.


So if this happens are we contractually obliged to head down to BP and carry JSF on our shoulders again?
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