Season Ended.

[Notts78]

I see Slater mentioned the Jan 2021 start date I posted earlier looks like guesswork to me.

The interesting part I took notice of is Ardley saying August start with fans is unlikely but maybe October.

As I keep my eyes on the music world I have noticed that a few big acts L.Gallagher & Fatboy Slim have announced free NHS gigs in October and they are at big venues makes me wonder if they have been given a hopeful start date ?

Looking at the BBC update Re. Bundasliga football it was mentioned in that report that mass gatherings would be allowed from October at the earliest.

[nw6pie]

Looking at the BBC update Re. Bundasliga football it was mentioned in that report that mass gatherings would be allowed from October at the earliest.

The one thing everyone seems to agree on is that we’ll get a second Covid-19 wave in the winter months. If that happens, I can’t see football coming back until March-April time - when they could have finished this season if they hadn’t been in such a rush/blind panic to cancel everything.

[Notts78]

The one thing everyone seems to agree on is that we’ll get a second Covid-19 wave in the winter months. If that happens, I can’t see football coming back until March-April time - when they could have finished this season if they hadn’t been in such a rush/blind panic to cancel everything.

I know what you are saying but I simply can’t agree. The integrity of the League would be shot. The players in squads now wouldn’t be the the same players in squads in a year. As much as it pains me ending the regular season was the only viable option. Maybe they could have waited a month or so but let’s be honest all the signs are that it’s not looking likely that things will change.
Can you imagine the fury on here if a side say in 9th at the moment we’re taken over and had a huge windfall that they could chuck at a squad to play the final 9/10 games and then won the playoffs.

[the_anticlough]

I know what you are saying but I simply can’t agree. The integrity of the League would be shot. The players in squads now wouldn’t be the the same players in squads in a year. As much as it pains me ending the regular season was the only viable option. Maybe they could have waited a month or so but let’s be honest all the signs are that it’s not looking likely that things will change.
Can you imagine the fury on here if a side say in 9th at the moment we’re taken over and had a huge windfall that they could chuck at a squad to play the final 9/10 games and then won the playoffs.

That's a very unlikely scenario.

There's nothing more damaging to 'the integrity of the league' than scrubbing a season that is 80% complete.
I agree with those that say the NL is going to look very foolish when play with fans resumes well beyond August 2020.
It looks like the Bundesliga will restart this season's play behind closed doors in May, and the Premiership could very well follow suit. What will the EFL do then?

It's not inconceivable that the weak and fickle NL will have to reverse its hasty decision.

[Notts78]

That's a very unlikely scenario.

There's nothing more damaging to 'the integrity of the league' than scrubbing a season that is 80% complete.
I agree with those that say the NL is going to look very foolish when play with fans resumes well beyond August 2020.
It looks like the Bundesliga will restart this season's play behind closed doors in May, and the Premiership could very well follow suit. What will the EFL do then?

It's not inconceivable that the weak and fickle NL will have to reverse its hasty decision.

Which bit was unlikely? Teams losing there squads and having new squads to finish the season next year? Or that an owner chucked money at it and financed promotion?

[Elite_Pie]

Which bit was unlikely? Teams losing there squads and having new squads to finish the season next year? Or that an owner chucked money at it and financed promotion?

I don't see an issue. Both are likely to happen, but both can happen at any time in a normal season anyway.

[the_anticlough]

I'll admit that I'm pissed off about the season being cancelled and that it's not entirely the clubs' or league's fault.

They're in a permanent state of being financially strapped. It seems that the driving force behind the cancellation is the timing of end of contract dates and the costs of extending them without any income.

What support have the National League had from the FA or the Government? I don't know, I haven't been following it enough. It would have taken some form of insurance to extend contracts and set up a general transfer embargo...to preserve the clubs in aspic for 3-4 months...

There are problems with what they've done though. Nobody knows what the Premiership or EFL are going to do. And outcomes by votes will inevitably result in some clubs being short-changed in the process (votes are skewed by the vested interests of clubs according to position) and that will stink whether Notts are the beneficiaries or the victims...

But I guess there are bigger concerns in the world right now, so it's almost a 'whatever'