Dick Dastardly

But players have a legal contract which expires at the end of May. After that they are free agents, nothing to do with football, this is basic employment law and we can't force them to extend those contracts. Come 1st June, I think we have 7 first team players. In addition, we won't want to be paying wages if there is no prospect of football restarting, so I suspect that we will let them all go. Besides, I think we are looking at football being off the agenda for some considerable time. I'd be surprised if there is anything before September, and possibly nothing until 2021. What the authorities need to do is wait until we know when it is going to restart before deciding on what to do.

Not sure if I'm allowed to say this on here, but looks like a great piece of PR by the club. I'd be proud to wear a t-shirt

I would have thought that around 50% of the authorities would be looking to ensure that Celtic are not crowned champions

I like the idea that someone came up with of finishing the season on FIFA 20. A representative for each team (fan or player) to play the remaining fixtures. Get the Xbox out lads and get practicing !

I'd rather play the remaining rounds behind closed doors to maintain the sporting integrity. Will the Euro 2020 pop-up be postponed to 2021 ?

Need to decide where this competition goes ... I vote for the season being declared void and that way we are all winners (it's my best chance)

Are you talking about the suspended season in particular, or this forum in general ?

Whatever decision they come to, the current season has to have a line drawn under it by 31st May (at a push mid June). Players from many clubs will be out of contract at the end of May (I think we will be down to 7 players) and while it is possible to have short term contracts and loan extensions for a couple of weeks, that is not sustainable once we get into the second half of June. Come first July, players will be free agents and can sign permanent deals for whoever they like and it will be impossible to sign player if you don't know what league you will be in and what wages you will be able to offer. Also, there are rules about how many clubs a player can turn out for in a season, which would presumably still apply unless there is a rule change. And then there are clubs going into administration (there will be some) do they get points deductions ? If they don't, what happens to clubs who have already been penalised this season. Finally we don't need a knee jerk reaction now. There are a few weeks grace period to come to a proper well reasoned decision, however they do need to decide what happens next before the end of the current suspension so that every one knows the rules and there are no retrospective decisions where the fate of a team is decided after the event.

So ... somewhere below The Sun in the reliability league table

What percentage of them were Celtic supporting pundits who asked enough Hearts fans until they found one who said they should be relegated ?

Most clubs are asking players to stay at home and giving them personal fitness plans.

A champions playoff between the top 2 in the league would solve that (it works in rugby league) and also keep interest until the final day

hear hear

What are we going to talk about now ?

How do they plan to extend the season when many players contracts expire in May ? It's a great idea for big clubs with squads on 5 year contracts, but for the little guys that just does not work.

How many MSPs, advisers and flunkies work at Hollyrood ? Slightly less than 500 ?

I'm not sure how they can extend the season into the summer. What happens about out of contract players, or ones returning from loans

Solution ..... League reconstruction with a minimum 16 teams in each of the top 2 divisions and regional leagues below that Takes away any of the relegation/ promotion arguments. If there is a shut down, bet it is after QotS win on Friday and before our game on Saturday

And our defenders never get within 3 foot of an attacker (although some of our team look as if they play with 3 feet (mostly left)

Can they also keep the result behind closed doors ?

Never started one of these before, but I feel duty bound to set the thread off in the right perspective This is a so called must win game. We know what happens. We are at home. We know what happens. We are against a part-time side. We know what happens. We are on a run of 3 games unbeaten. We know what happens. Only one possible outcome and we are going to rely on a favour from Ayr on Friday.

Technically half a ground. See other threads if you are struggling to sleep tonight

As soon as the thread goes into pessimism overdrive we score an unlikely goal. Let this be a lesson

Seen this so often. Optimism here = poor performance. Add that we are at home then it has to be 1-3

Thought that was my title. Can’t even win that one