Granny Danger Posted March 14, 2020 Author Share Posted March 14, 2020 The longer this goes on the more my ‘stone, paper, scissors’ proposal looks more attractive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftk Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Either scrap the league for this season or restart it whenever is possible. You cant shorten this season because it has already started but if needed shorten next season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 23 minutes ago, craigkillie said: 5 hours ago, Skyline Drifter said: And how are clubs meant to fulfill these fixtures in June with no players? We will have 3 or 4 players under contract in June potentially. Not saying it can't be done but it will need some creative thinking. I don't think it's a terribly likely approach. How do you fulfill fixtures in July? You sign more players. Do the same, but a month earlier. All those out of contract players are going to want to play football somewhere. Yes, but they will be different players, plus the chances are by then the clubs simply cant afford to sign players, certainly not of the same standard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DAVIDB69 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 With talk of pubs being closed now just don’t see any return of the season before May at least , which means we go till July. I suppose euros could happen in September, we will know more after Tuesday and uefa meeting as everything will be fitted into what they agree 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 9 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said: Yes, but they will be different players, plus the chances are by then the clubs simply cant afford to sign players, certainly not of the same standard. Surely the promise of getting some games on would provide a little bit of income to sign some players. If not, then surely the same problems will apply for the new season, whenever that is? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFC 1910 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 We need to all send our clubs best player, who will participate in a keepy-uppy competition. First to drop the ball, goes down. Last standing gets promoted. Prize money handed out in order of knock-out. It's the only fair way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 5 hours ago, rb123! said: Pretty bs that the teams in the play off positions won't have an opportunity to be promoted but do think that's probably what will happen. Dream on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb123! Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 (edited) https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/5387346/boris-johnson-scottish-premiership-over-celtic-hearts/ Ah well Hearts away should be a belter of a day out, not too bothered if we aren't given the opportunity to compete in the play offs cause i don't think we'd have any chance of actually winning them *will add it's the sun so best taken with a pinch of salt Edited March 15, 2020 by rb123! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, rb123! said: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/5387346/boris-johnson-scottish-premiership-over-celtic-hearts/ That URL makes for a cracking game of guess the missing words. "Boris Johnson supports Scottish Premiership fucking over Celtic and Hearts". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paisley Ton Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 11 minutes ago, rb123! said: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/5387346/boris-johnson-scottish-premiership-over-celtic-hearts/ Ah well Hearts away should be a belter of a day out, not too bothered if we aren't given the opportunity to compete in the play offs cause i don't think we'd have any chance of actually winning them *will add it's the sun so best taken with a pinch of salt Looks the easy way out of a mess but will anybody really count this season then. Had they played OF game could have closed or opened the argument even further. Is Borris through in some compensation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Litt Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 13 minutes ago, rb123! said: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/5387346/boris-johnson-scottish-premiership-over-celtic-hearts/ Ah well Hearts away should be a belter of a day out, not too bothered if we aren't given the opportunity to compete in the play offs cause i don't think we'd have any chance of actually winning them *will add it's the sun so best taken with a pinch of salt There's a lot of 'could' in that article. Hypothetical clickbait IMO. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 How is Boris declaring the leagues as suspended any different to the footballing authorities suspending them on Friday? It still doesn’t stop them from resuming with the current standings whenever they’re able to do so. Click-bait shite as usual from that rag. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ghost of B A R P Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Hearts, Thistle, Stranraer, and Brechin are down, barring a miracle. Deal with it. If the football resumes in time for play-offs to go ahead, all well and good; if not, a few other clubs will also have to accept their fate -- good or bad -- when the clock stopped, Deal wi that n'all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagyar 2nd Tier Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 I have no qualms about the season finishing as it stands, there is a bigger picture out there. Regards Thistle, we deserve to go down. We are utterly shit, both on and off the park. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Hearts, Thistle, Stranraer, and Brechin are down, barring a miracle. Deal with it. If the football resumes in time for play-offs to go ahead, all well and good; if not, a few other clubs will also have to accept their fate -- good or bad -- when the clock stopped, Deal wi that n'all.Three of the four, might just about accept this, but don't think Hearts will 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagsfan57 Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Companies take out business interruption and catastrophe cover for such extreme events. The major travel and transport companies are obliged by law to have catastrophe insurance. The Lloyds market specialises in providing such cover. Here's some examples from 2018 - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/21/lloyds-of-london-loss-hurricanes-earthquakes "Lloyd’s of London slumped to a £2bn loss last year, its first in six years, as the insurance market was hit by a series of major hurricanes and earthquakes. Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, along with an earthquake in Mexico, wildfires in California, monsoon flooding in Bangladesh and a mudslide in Colombia, cost the Lloyd’s market £4.5bn in claims, more than double the previous year when it paid out £2.1bn." "Last year’s 330 natural disasters are estimated to have caused a global economic loss of $353bn (£251bn), with Harvey, Irma and Maria accounting for 60% of the insured losses." The Coronavirus will cost the global insurance market a fortune. Lloyds insurers and "names" could find themselves facing financial ruin.I am not sure that insurance companies will be able to pay the compensation if every business is interrupted. Unless companies can see that their business is a going concern it needs to go into administration ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagsfan57 Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Yes, but they will be different players, plus the chances are by then the clubs simply cant afford to sign players, certainly not of the same standard.That used to be allowed anyway, before the transfer windows were introduced. It obviously favoured the bigger clubs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzGTI Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Who's first for administration then ? Speaking to a Dundee fan yesterday and he reckoned Dens Park has about 10 days before they have to call the receivers in and radio Scotland yesterday making thin references to ICT being in the shite without match day income. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbowrising Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 43 minutes ago, BuzzGTI said: Who's first for administration then ? Speaking to a Dundee fan yesterday and he reckoned Dens Park has about 10 days before they have to call the receivers in and radio Scotland yesterday making thin references to ICT being in the shite without match day income. Scottish football is littered with FlyBe style club operations. No cash coming in could accelerate financial emergencies very quickly. I wonder if the truely 'wee' clubs having operated on tiny crowds and barely any income might just get on with it and survive? The clubs trying to operate at full-time on thin margins are the ones to watch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Surely clubs should have enough to get by temporarily with the first couple of games(home) off? Otherwise we’d have clubs go bust every winter. Would think everyone should be able to pay March wages without issue. April’s will be more difficult and May especially hard given that’s a month clubs would normally be using the last of this season’s reserves and using early bird season tickets to top up the reminder. If we aren’t playing by then that’s when everything starts to crumble quickly as the reserves will be empty and selling season tickets will be nearly impossible given nobody would know what they were buying , a squeeze on wages etc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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