Stag Nation Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, Grangemouth Bairn said: Good point mate. Netherlands have declared league void. Belgium have declared Brugge as champions. Wonder what France will do ?? PSG declared champions today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, MacGafraidh said: It should be 14-14-16 as it stinks that Kelty and Brora are denied the opportunity to progress! Kelty and Brora weren't even guaranteed promotion if the season had finished, and its 100% guaranteed that both weren't getting promoted. People seem to be forgetting that. 4 minutes ago, Grangemouth Bairn said: Good point mate. Netherlands have declared league void. Belgium have declared Brugge as champions. Wonder what France will do ?? Holland havent even settled on that, as clubs are kicking up shite after they voted against voiding the league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, Stag Nation said: PSG declared champions today. Where has this been confirmed ?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacGafraidh Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Just now, RandomGuy. said: Kelty and Brora weren't even guaranteed promotion if the season had finished, and its 100% guaranteed that both weren't getting promoted. People seem to be forgetting that. Holland havent even settled on that, as clubs are kicking up shite after they voted against voiding the league. One of them had a 50% chance, that’s been taken away 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 1 minute ago, RandomGuy. said: Kelty and Brora weren't even guaranteed promotion if the season had finished, and its 100% guaranteed that both weren't getting promoted. People seem to be forgetting that. Holland havent even settled on that, as clubs are kicking up shite after they voted against voiding the league. My understanding is that the Dutch league was voided but is now being reviewed ?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 My understanding is that the Dutch league was voided but is now being reviewed ??Yes, the clubs voted against it but they did it anyway. Now the clubs are quite reasonably kicking up a fuss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, MacGafraidh said: One of them had a 50% chance, that’s been taken away They both had a 33% chance of promotion, and considering Kelty were 6pts clear having played a game more I'm not even sure you could claim their chances are that high. Why is it fairer to promote Kelty in the top four tiers of the SPFL but not Bonnyrigg, who arguably had as much chance of getting promoted? One gets a huge boost, the other doesnt, based entirely on an incomplete season that apparently is unfair to use. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, Stag Nation said: For the record, I didn't suggest that. If the press is to be believed, the government are actually encouraging the EPL at least to investigate an early re-start "to lift the mood of the public". Boris is a classics scholar, and will be well aware that the Roman emperors gave the plebs "bread and circuses" to keep them quiet. Aye, but football in Scotland makes most people miserable. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TQM Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Stag Nation said: PSG declared champions today. They haven't. They announced that no more football will be played and the season is finished. No decision has been made regarding champions, European qualification, or relegation. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11800/11979994/coronavirus-ligue-1-season-over-no-sport-in-france-before-september Edited April 28, 2020 by TQM 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep77 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 15 minutes ago, MacGafraidh said: It should be 14-14-16 as it stinks that Kelty and Brora are denied the opportunity to progress! I agree these deserve to be play in the league 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, craigkillie said: Yes, the clubs voted against it but they did it anyway. Now the clubs are quite reasonably kicking up a fuss. Be interesting to see how it all pans out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, TQM said: They haven't. They announced that no more football will be played and the season is finished. No decision has been made regarding champions, European qualification, or relegation. I thought he had made that up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TQM Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Just now, Grangemouth Bairn said: I thought he had made that up. Edited my last post with the link. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11800/11979994/coronavirus-ligue-1-season-over-no-sport-in-france-before-september 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobby Dossar Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 21 minutes ago, Stag Nation said: For the record, I didn't suggest that. If the press is to be believed, the government are actually encouraging the EPL at least to investigate an early re-start "to lift the mood of the public". Boris is a classics scholar, and will be well aware that the Roman emperors gave the plebs "bread and circuses" to keep them quiet. Naw ……… Think you’ll find out that it’s SKY and BT that are doing the encouraging Both haemorrhaging serious number of subscriptions at the moment 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Bohemian said: Anyone who says "but the English Premiership are doing...... " should be banned for stupidity on the spot. France, Holland, Belgium, Ireland to name few have stated they wont be playing football anytime soon.. Yeah but they are run by stupid Johnny foreigners unlike good old Blighty with our Blitz spirit and Boris leading the way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spam_Valley Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 I'd support any reconstruction method that includes going back to using a white fitba' for matches. We need to chuck the use of that honking yellow Mitre Delta from the past few years. 16 team Premier w/ white football. Please, thanks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doonhamer1969 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 20 hours ago, BIG BEN said: On 19/04/2020 at 06:07, Doonhamer1969 said: 7/7 gives an even number of games and and even number home and away ,32. I take your point re extra games for the bottom 8 because of losing games vs the OF, but everybody in one league should play the same number of games IMHO. A different number of games is no worse than playing the same team away 3 times Not sure what you're getting at. In a 14 team league playing 32 games nobody would be playing anybody 3 times at home or away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 1 hour ago, MacGafraidh said: It should be 14-14-16 as it stinks that Kelty and Brora are denied the opportunity to progress! Kelty and Brora had qualified for a playoff semi final. Calm down 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Jeden Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 3 hours ago, RandomGuy. said: 1. No, they wouldnt. Some teams can afford to pay players endlessly until the new season begins, others cant. Some have most of their squads on contracts for next season, some dont. 2. I've made it clear I think punishing 3 clubs this Summer is better than punishing multiples of that next Summer. Theres no proposal that doesn't see clubs punished somewhere. 3. Dundee United and Cove are promoted as Champions, it is punishment to refuse to promote them. To me its preferable that clubs staring at relegation get relegated and teams staring at promotion get promoted. 4. I'm not sure the players opinion is overly relevant. Och, they're entitled to have their opinion heard - at least as much as anonymous randoms on an online forum. As to what is the lesser of evils, we don't really know what the clubs unfettered views were, because they were presented with (incorrect) ultimatum that the only way to release desperately needed monies was to call the season over. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, Pet Jeden said: Och, they're entitled to have their opinion heard - at least as much as anonymous randoms on an online forum. As to what is the lesser of evils, we don't really know what the clubs unfettered views were, because they were presented with (incorrect) ultimatum that the only way to release desperately needed monies was to call the season over. Theyd already recieved the majority of their payments by the time the vote came about, virtually the amount bottom of the league would get. All that was left was topping that up for the final position, which couldn't be handed out until final positions had been clarified. Top flight clubs still havent had their final payment. You've bought into this Rangers lie that lower league clubs were held hostage and the SPFL were refusing to pay them anything until they voted Yes, simple fact is most had recieved the vast majority of monies due before the league even stopped. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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