Essexyellows
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Local rags in "could" epidemic.......
or the FA/ EFL decide to cram in Saturday and midweek games over 3 (hectic) weeks, followed by playoffs reduced to 1 leg 'semi finals' midweek with the finals over the weekend.... all done n dusted (just) before June?No point playing games behind closed doors, if really, really necessary postpone games for 4 weeks, cancel the Euros and move the league fixtures on exactly one month. Normal season finishes end of May with play offs during June.
.... many local newspapers ( & other publications/journals/ magazines) 'use' a programme called Grammarly for their proofreading..... the basic programme defaults to American English.... loads of American spellings ( 'z' instead of 's' is some words being one of many - example- sanitize, instead of the English spelling, sanitise ) and Americanisation (Americanization !!) of grammatical presentation. Which, as @Fourthstand points out, doesnt get picked up on- or manually reset to UK English , the view seemingly being its been through (thru !) Grammarly all must be good?Never let facts get in the way of a good headline...
Second rule of local press: proof-reading is for wimps and apprentices
I like your thinking. I work at a university that has suffered for years for lost income due to keeping a cap on overseas (read Chinese) enrolments. Now that the s**t has hit the fan we are suffering much less than the competition.*Perhaps we are better off that Kassam keeps all the food and drink, and the club doesn't run the bars and restaurants in the Ozone.
I would love to think that a central fund could be created which paid clubs in L1 and below an amount per home game behind closed doors in line with expected/average attendance - perhaps funded by the PL and FA.Just wondering about the financial effect if games are behind closed doors.
So we have five games left at home but are out of all the cups. So what the club would miss out on financially is in order: match day ticket sales; perhaps a bit of sponsorship, and programme sales. My estimate is perhaps £200k to £250K, assuming season ticket holders don't start demanding / getting refunds.
Perhaps we are better off that Kassam keeps all the food and drink, and the club doesn't run the bars and restaurants in the Ozone.
...ooh I dunno, I hear there's a mask ( home half) & toilet roll (away half) shortage ?Half and half scarf sales could also suffer, sad times...
I suspect he will be largely right with his thoughts...KR speculates on Covid 19 and its effect on EFL ....
Coronavirus disruption to EFL season 'inevitable' - Oxford United boss
OXFORD United boss Karl Robinson believes there will be some level of disruption to the EFL season in response to the coronavirus outbreak.www.oxfordmail.co.uk
Take a step ladder to look at the view from the west standSimple, end the season after Saturdays game when we could go second. We go up into the championship. Will people still turn up on Saturday I wonder to see the behind closed doors game??
Are you being serious?Behind closed doors? Minor point but would the club print any programmes? I pay at the beginning of the season to have all home and away programmes held for me. What happens then? Money back? hard luck?
if we have to play behind closed doors why play at the Kassam save the money and play on the training ground or at Oxford City FCTake a step ladder to look at the view from the west stand