How to complete the season

horseman · 16 Mar 2020

One newspaper reporting that the EPL are expected to give the titile to Liverpool have no relegation BUT allow West Brom and Leeds to be promoted and have a 22 club season with possible 5 relegation places the following season.

holdsteady · 16 Mar 2020

They are probably so scared of the constant whinging from the scouse victims if they have to do the sensible thing and null and void this season that they will do the above, seems nuts to me.

TailsWeWin · 16 Mar 2020

RyanioBirdio said:
Jamie Mackie will play every position.

And come on as sub with two minutes to go.

MJB · 16 Mar 2020

CheltenhamYellow said:
And come on as sub with two minutes to go.

Does that mean he gets two appearance fee payments?

TailsWeWin · 16 Mar 2020

MJB said:
Does that mean he gets two appearance fee payments?

Yup. And MOTM.

MJB · 16 Mar 2020

CheltenhamYellow said:
Yup. And MOTM.

Two separate bloodied headbands too I hope.

nige01ox · 16 Mar 2020

holdsteady said:
They are probably so scared of the constant whinging from the scouse victims if they have to do the sensible thing and null and void this season that they will do the above, seems nuts to me.

So if we were 25 points clear at the top of League One and the EFL decided to just scrap the season, you'd accept that with no protestations? Okay, then.

Obstructed view · 16 Mar 2020

Amazing how a few days shifts perspective right now I would just be happy if we are ok to start a new season in September regardless of league one or championship

Shropshire U · 16 Mar 2020

ZeroTheHero said:
Given that some teams have played less and that one game could well make a difference to who is in third (for example), there is no way the tables will just be taken as they are now.

Agreed.
Declaring the season null and void has to be the most likely scenario. It cuts through all the potential individual decisions, and from the governing bodies' point of view it has the legal merit of "act of God" protection. It is the course of action that the higher courts would most likely sanction in any test cases.
Not saying that I personally agree with it, but it is legally much more defendable than any other option.

Northernyellow · 16 Mar 2020

Shropshire U said:
Agreed.
Declaring the season null and void has to be the most likely scenario. It cuts through all the potential individual decisions, and from the governing bodies' point of view it has the legal merit of "act of God" protection. It is the course of action that the higher courts would most likely sanction in any test cases.
Not saying that I personally agree with it, but it is legally much more defendable than any other option.

I think by far the fairest approach would be to end the L1 season now. But....apply a complex mathematical algorithm that determines what would have happened over the next nine games had they been played. And the final L1 table, as determined by that algorithm, is used as the basis of promotion and relegation. And to make it totally transparent, recent form before the break over (say) the last five games should be applied. The same logic should also be applied to L2. But the block of five games should only be selected if they result in Swindon not being promoted. I think we can all agree this is a fair and reasonable approach.

Leysboy · 16 Mar 2020

ZeroTheHero said:
Given that some teams have played less and that one game could well make a difference to who is in third (for example), there is no way the tables will just be taken as they are now.

There’s nothing you can do about that ZTH. Unless the EFL come to some conclusion. I would quite happily let them play there games in hand. I can’t see Wycombe getting anything out of Coventry anyway. There table is the table mate.

ZeroTheHero · 16 Mar 2020

Leysboy said:
There’s nothing you can do about that ZTH. Unless the EFL come to some conclusion. I would quite happily let them play there games in hand. I can’t see Wycombe getting anything out of Coventry anyway. There table is the table mate.

Yes, the table is as it is - I agree. But (trying to NOT look at this through yellow-tinted glasses) letting teams go up who had an extra game over one who hadn't would simply not be fair. And they won't do it - I am not a betting man, but I could make an exception this time!

Malc · 16 Mar 2020

MJB said:
Fans XI. It’s happening people. Bagsy left-back.

And I'll play left-right-back behind the goal

tim lane · 16 Mar 2020

Shropshire U said:
Agreed.
Declaring the season null and void has to be the most likely scenario. It cuts through all the potential individual decisions, and from the governing bodies' point of view it has the legal merit of "act of God" protection. It is the course of action that the higher courts would most likely sanction in any test cases.
Not saying that I personally agree with it, but it is legally much more defendable than any other option.

As a matter of interest, is the current situation considered an 'Act of God' or 'man made' from a legal perspective? I, for one, don't know.

BigAlan · 16 Mar 2020

Just start playing again, we’re out in the fresh open air, if you have a cough don’t go. Simples.

amershamdave · 16 Mar 2020

Sarge said:
EFL board meeting later this week .....

EFL: This is no time for speculation on how coronavirus-hit season will end

THE EFL has called for calm heads as they look to come up with a plan to deal with the complications caused by coronavirus.

www.oxfordmail.co.uk

nige01ox said:
So if we were 25 points clear at the top of League One and the EFL decided to just scrap the season, you'd accept that with no protestations? Okay, then.

Not quite the same comparrison, but we beat Chester 4-0 and Beano got a hat-trick, didn't he? That, and Beano's record was wiped off when they went bust. We had to accept that.

Shropshire U · 16 Mar 2020

tim lane said:
As a matter of interest, is the current situation considered an 'Act of God' or 'man made' from a legal perspective? I, for one, don't know.

Legally both an epidemic and a pandemic (which this now officially is) come under "act of God" provisions.
The only legal situation where this would not apply is if it can be proven beyond doubt that an individual deliberately infected himself or herself for the purposes of some kind of criminal gain.

holdsteady · 16 Mar 2020

nige01ox said:
So if we were 25 points clear at the top of League One and the EFL decided to just scrap the season, you'd accept that with no protestations? Okay, then.

Whether I would like something is not really the point is it (happy if the world starts revolving round me though), it’s more that a football season is playing all the other teams home and away, not stoop short of that and randomly picking a half baked solution.

Mellowyellow · 16 Mar 2020

CheltenhamYellow said:
And come on as sub with two minutes to go.

….before he comes on twice, as the other two subs, with one minute to go.

Sarge · 16 Mar 2020

amershamdave said:
Not quite the same comparrison, but we beat Chester 4-0 and Beano got a hat-trick, didn't he? That, and Beano's record was wiped off when they went bust. We had to accept that.

He scored them in a (league) competitive match.....they should stand ....if his goals hadnt been expunged from that match the record books would say that Beano surpassed Graham Atkinson 's all time top scorer total....i still think that maybe @OxVox should lobby to have that hat-trick recognised officially

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