Edit: I don't know Norwegian too well, but I believe that's still the message here. The English stuff probably follows some time soon.
2019 - 2020 Football Thread - Page 166
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Bacillus
Finland1825 Posts
Edit: I don't know Norwegian too well, but I believe that's still the message here. The English stuff probably follows some time soon. | ||
WombaT
Northern Ireland20722 Posts
Our TV are showing a lot of nostalgic compilations, and I’ve watched an absolutely incredible amount of YouTube content on my favourite 2000s period. My regular 4/5 podcasts on the subject of sport are all obviously dying so my routine is changing slightly, got to start tackling the books and audiobooks I have accumulated over the years! I’d recommend subscribing to the podcast ‘Between the Lines’ by BackPage, subtitled ‘the stories behind great sportswriting’. Insight into classics of the genre with a good interviewer and (bar occasions of death) the authors themselves. It’s interesting in and of itself, but especially with no contemporary stories emerging I’m finding it a great way to find books of interest to keep me going. Anything that deals with either the surrounding culture and history of football, or it’s tactical development is really my jam over autobiographies. To that affect in recent times I’ve consumed Sid Lowe’s Fear and Loathing in La Liga, Michael Cox’s Zonal Marking and am making progress on David Goldblatt’s The Age of Football. Many more to get through including Goldblatt’s other large tome The Ball is Round and Jonathon Wilson’s Inverting the Pyramid Anything you folks recommend in the book domain? | ||
Jockmcplop
United Kingdom8726 Posts
On March 17 2020 21:37 sharkie wrote: of course I know there is a difference but what does that change from my questions? I think everyone is resigned to just living with the virus until there's a cure/shot. Problem, is, you can't just let it happen naturally because no-one is prepared for the number of hospital admissions in such a short amount of time so trying to prevent the natural spread of the virus is essential to stop healthcare systems breaking. | ||
WillyWanker
France1915 Posts
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JarrettBen
4 Posts
I feel like I can't watch live football match this year. Too disappointed Picture Credit: Football | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51324 Posts
On March 17 2020 23:30 WillyWanker wrote: Euro postponed a year, but are they really hoping they can resume the season mid April? That should be peak time for the virus, and even if it's going away they shouldn't allow thousands of people in stadiums for at least a couple more months. Would that mean no spectators games again? Think the idea behind coming back in April is to play it behind closed doors but i can't see that as you say either. I think the earliest we will see sporting events will be May imo. | ||
Faruko
Chile34158 Posts
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Bacillus
Finland1825 Posts
On March 18 2020 22:42 Faruko wrote: Well we did play our Copa Libertadores match, we draw tho I blame the defensive tactics | ||
{CC}StealthBlue
United States41087 Posts
The coronavirus pandemic could move Major League Soccer to postpone its championship match until late December and play MLS Cup in a neutral, warm-weather city, a source with knowledge of the situation told Yahoo Sports. Sports leagues around the world are being forced to consider all options and scrambling to change plans on the fly in the wake of the global COVID-19 outbreak. MLS was the first after the NBA to suspend its season, initially announcing a 30-day pause beginning March 12. But after the United States Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, recommended Sunday that mass gatherings be reduced to 50 people for the next eight weeks, the U.S. and Canada’s top soccer league will likely have to extend its break into the middle of May at the earliest. The 2020 MLS campaign was less than two weeks old when it abruptly went on hiatus along with virtually every other sport last week. But while the health crisis has already forced the outright cancellation of the NCAA’s men’s and women’s basketball tournaments and other annual events, even a two-month shutdown wouldn’t necessarily force MLS to eliminate games from each of its 26 teams’ 34-match slate, the source said. Compared to the NBA and NHL in North America and the top soccer leagues in Europe, all of which are nearing the end of their 2019-20 seasons, MLS has significant flexibility — and a clear precedent — when it comes to tweaking its remaining schedule. This year’s MLS Cup is still slated for Nov. 7 at the home of the higher-seeded finalist. If the championship contest were to go ahead as planned, it would be the league’s earliest finale in almost 20 years. MLS staged its decisive contest in December from 2012-18 before moving it up by four weeks beginning last year. The switch was intended to avoid playing the league’s marquee event in freezing temperatures — as it did in Kansas City in 2013 and in Toronto in 2016 and ‘17 — and wrap the season before FIFA’s mid-November international break, which had wreaked havoc on its playoffs in years past. MLS officials would rather return to a December final than eliminate games — an understandable position since, unlike higher-profile leagues, ticket sales and not television rights fees are its main source of revenue. For the same reason, MLS owners would also prefer not to play matches without fans in attendance, an approach the UEFA Champions League took before it suspended play. Obviously those options would have to be reconsidered if governments extend social distancing measures into the summer or beyond. The 2020 MLS Cup could be played as late as Dec. 19, the source said. That’s nine days later than any of the league’s previous finals. Given the cold weather in its northern markets that time of year, a one-time return to a neutral site — think Florida, Southern California or Atlanta, which has drawn huge MLS crowds in a stadium that features a retractable roof — would probably be required. The first 16 MLS Cups were hosted by a predetermined market before the league started awarding the title favorite home-field advantage in 2012. No MLS player had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Tuesday evening. The NBA shut down on March 11 after Utah Jazz forward Rudy Gobert was diagnosed with the respiratory illness. Other athletes in the NBA, NHL, English Premier League, Italian Serie A and with Major League Baseball’s affiliates have since also tested positive. Source | ||
DropBear
Australia4191 Posts
We are united in our commitment to finding ways of resuming the 2019/20 football season and ensuring all domestic and European club league and cup matches are played as soon as it is safe and possible to do so. We have collectively supported UEFA in postponing EURO 2020 to create space in the calendar to ensure domestic and European club league and cup matches have an increased opportunity to be played and, in doing so, maintain the integrity of each competition. The FA’s Rules and Regulations state that "the season shall terminate not later than the 1 June" and "each competition shall, within the limit laid down by The FA, determine the length of its own playing season". However, The FA’s Board has agreed for this limit to be extended indefinitely for the 2019/20 season in relation to Professional Football. Additionally, we have collectively agreed that the professional game in England will be further postponed until no earlier than 30 April. The progress of COVID-19 remains unclear and we can reassure everyone the health and welfare of players, staff and supporters are our priority. We will continue to follow Government advice and work collaboratively to keep the situation under review and explore all options available to find ways of resuming the season when the conditions allow. We would all like to re-emphasise that our thoughts are with everyone affected by COVID-19. So Liverpool are still going to win the title, Norwich are still going to get relegated and both Manchester clubs will still miss Champions League | ||
gTank
Austria2259 Posts
On March 19 2020 23:44 DropBear wrote: The FA has extended the English Premier League season indefinitely. So Liverpool are still going to win the title, Norwich are still going to get relegated and both Manchester clubs will still miss Champions League Why both? ManCity because of the ban? | ||
DropBear
Australia4191 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51324 Posts
Will it be like last game of this current season say August 23rd then the first game of next season August 30th? Or will they give a one week break haha? Also coming back to football...if they are not playing until 1st May for example that is literally 6 weeks without kicking a ball lol, they can't go straight back in surely? They will have to have a mini pre season camp beforehand? Going to be very interesting how this works out to say the least but i am just glad they have committed to finishing the season no matter what. | ||
KobraKay
Portugal4010 Posts
Im sure you guys dont mind that that much being from huge clubs/leagues that are usually buyers :p, but for us smaller club folk there are players already sold and contracts ending on 30 June that must be addressed. And I dont see how can that be addressed to have an agreement between everyone. | ||
WillyWanker
France1915 Posts
I still don't believe they will allow spectators for a long long time. Here in China, life is slowly getting back to normal but there's no way they'd allow thousands of people in a stadium for at least a couple months. Europe is behind by a month, if not more. | ||
{CC}StealthBlue
United States41087 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51324 Posts
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Bacillus
Finland1825 Posts
On March 24 2020 03:14 Pandemona wrote: Just makes sense for all sporting events this year just to be pushed back to the following year, the major ones that can aka Euros, Olympics etc. Yeah. It's going to be really crowded schedule on the upcoming years though, but that's definitely the lesser evil here. It's interesting to see if more events will be organised as cooperate effort like Euro 2020 in the future, sharing the responsibility & risks seems like a tempting option when looking at the current world situation. Meanwhile Tokyo is going to have much tougher time with the Olympics. | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51324 Posts
Of course i understand that we could end up having a lot of stuff going on at once, but in events like Euros and Olympics they happen every 2-4 years so it easier to postpone them. A world championships though which happens every 12 months might just have to be cancelled. | ||
sneirac
Germany3463 Posts
That is also why neither the IOC nor Japan/Tokyo is taking the initiative, whoever blinks first will likely have to pay for all of it. | ||
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