Quote Originally Posted by Geoff Parkstone View Post
As you know, my view is in favour of abandoning the season. Your solution is simplistic in the extreme and takes no account of relative strength of schedule. I guess its possible to factor this in too, but the more assumptions and "virtual results" that you factor in, the more it is open to criticism and legal challenge.

Abandoning the season creates far less losers. Liverpool, those in the automatic promotion places in the other three leagues + national League and maybe to a lesser extent those currently in the playoff positions. Maybe a dozen teams might have a grouse as opposed to perhaps 100 who are happy or neutral. Creating a hypothetical end to the season would leave nobody really happy.

The person of ill defined skintone in the woodpile is of course qualification for Europe. If indeed there are European competitions next year. It might be easier to, in effect, run the 19-20 European competitions again in 20-21 inviting the clubs that took place in 19-20 to go again. Unfortunate for a team like Leicester, lucky for a team like Spurs. Manchester City would have to be replaced.......

But this way Liverpool, Leicester, Manchester United, Leeds and Forest are losers, not that this is in any way influencing my thoughts.
Hang on, GP...nothing, but nothing is more ‘simplistic’ than just saying ‘abandon the season’.

Relative ‘strength of schedule’ counts for little either. Who could have predicted that just a month ago Watford would, not just beat, but completely outplay a previously unbeaten Liverpool or, in our own league, that lowly Wigan would beat Leeds?

It may be ‘simplistic’ and you may want to factor in such features as injury lists, potential suspensions, fair play bonus etc but imo that becomes too complex.

Ultimate it is about what is fairest and what could be fairer than basing the remaining home and away fixtures on the average home and away form on display through the first three quarters of this season?