bluearmyfaction Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Big advantage for us is that Jude Bellingham will be 17 by the time the season ends - which means he will become a full-time player rather than an Academy one. So that if anyone wants to buy him off us, they don't have to pay the derisory compensation sum the Premier League demanded as a quid pro quo policy for a few scraps of spare telly money. Not that he was planning to leave on a cheap deal anyway, he and his family are Blue through and through, and one reason for staying is to build up match experience, which he wouldn't get at Man U or Dortmund (his main suitors). The kid is a genuine phenomenon. If you saw him, and were told he was 22, you'd say, yeah, bright prospect, needs to fill out a bit more, could be a very good player some day. But he's sixteen. And he's bossing Championship midfields. Half the time this season I've just been watching him on the pitch. At a corner against Cardiff I lost him - and so did the Cardiff defence... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Would probably be better for Blues if he goes to Man U, as imagine they'd he happy to loan him back for a season or two. Dortmund might want him to go over straight away so he could learn the language. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Grimsby players take pay cut and agree not to play again until fans can return to games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Didn't realise it was in the power of some no-mark players at 'Grimsby' to determine how league football is going to return tbh. Have the League One clubs finally decided whether to fulfil their outstanding fixtures or do they need SPFL executives to come down and sort out their tinpot setup for them? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy groundhopper Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Hopefully the EFL meeting this week will bring this sorry saga to an end, how about some leadership from the FA clowns. No doubt PPG will upset some, a decision should have been made to cover all football. Maybe it's back to Div 3 North and South like the old days, if only for a few seasons to give all a chance to rebuild. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Peterborough fans might need a cuddle just now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest_Fifer Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Peterborough fans might need a cuddle just now And Macclesfield ones are bricking it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true_rover Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 And Macclesfield ones are bricking it.In (slight) fairness to Macclesfield, it seems a bit harsh to include their points penalty in the PPG calculation - it scales it up so that they're punished more, 13.67 points rather than the 11 they were deducted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) They would still be relegated even if you pro-rata the points deduction. They're only three points clear of bottom spot, and Stevenage had a game in hand. Edited June 10, 2020 by Bully Wee Villa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluearmyfaction Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Bully Wee Villa said: They would still be relegated even if you pro-rata the points deduction. They're only three points clear of bottom spot, and Stevenage had a game in hand. They're not relegated even with the points deduction as it stands. Their PPG is better than Stevenage's. As things stand, it looks like Barrow are going to replace Bury, and A N Other will replace Stevenage. But, if Macclesfield have a further 3 points deduction, which is on the cards, then they WOULD be relegated. Their PPG would be 0.59; Stevenage's would be 0.61. And then the pro-rata thing makes it a problem, because that's the PPG with a full 14 point deduction (taking into account the 11 already deducted). A 14 points deduction over a full season amounts to an 11.4 points deduction over 37 games. That would be a PPG of 0.67 instead. So, that's the one legal challenge, should it happen like that, that I can see having legs. With everyone else, a court would just say that the response is a reasonable one, whether you void the season, do it over PPG, or weighted PPG, is within the realms of what is reasonably possible. But applying a points deduction, that's meant to work over an entire season, and instead putting the whole lot in one fell swoop, may be outside what is possible. The easy way out for the EFL is not to put a points deduction in place, or put in a whopper, like another 10 points. Knowing the EFL they'll eff it up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) Ah, perhaps the table I looked at already had the points deduction applied. I wouldn't be surprised if the league just avoid the controversy by applying points deductions next season, not relegating anyone and only promoting Barrow (to make up for the odd number of teams in the league following Bury's removal). Edited June 10, 2020 by Bully Wee Villa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 The league 2 playoffs start today. That’s sneaked up unnoticed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Barrow promoted to League 2 last night as well 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Clyde Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 League 1 Playoffs in July 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 To say this game has been horrendous would be an understatement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DAVIDB69 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Who is the woman presenting this 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Even the officials are getting injured [emoji38] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluearmyfaction Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 14 hours ago, DAVIDB69 said: Who is the woman presenting this Caroline Barker, a non-league aficionado. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Countryman Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Macclesfield deducted 2 points for not paying their players on time meaning they just survive and Stevenage are relegated from League Two. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Brentford player tests positive for Covid apparently 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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