Dick Dastardly

Lets hope they come in and depose Lawwel and/or King

I do wonder if Blair Lyons will join the list through no fault of his own

The Scilly Isles have a football league of just 2 teams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isles_of_Scilly_Football_League

On the last sentence, I could no agree more. Until we know the exit strategy from this lockdown there is absolutely no point in making any decision on this or any future season. Many are now talking about this going on for anything upto 2 years, and if that was the case, how many of the current clubs would still be in existence ? Aberdeen's chairman was saying that they would struggle after 6 months and if the clubs survive. We may not have 2 Ugly Sisters to worry about when football resumes. Besides, how many of the grounds would pass safety inspections without any stadium maintenance. And then there are the legal consequences of any termination of the current season to consider. For example, The IOC and Tokyo organizing comity are at loggerheads about cancelling the Olympics. As there is no WHO diktat to cover that period, neither can pull the trigger or the other will sue them for billions due to breach of contract. The SFA/SPFL would have a similar issue with breach of contract litigation from TV companies and other suppliers if they were to cancel the rest of the current season without legal advice that it is impossible to continue. The current postponement is only until April, so it is therefore not yet impossible and therefore exposed to litigation. We must hold tight and concentrate on what is important. Bill Shankley was wrong. Life and death is more important than football. Football will survive in some form, but until we know what form that takes, lets not make any rash decisions now.

My dear lady. I think you omitted the best of them all .... Our very own Sir Dennis

Maybe that's why there has been no decision. Is that not what the SFA write their rules on ?

Dave The Ukrainian Jamie Langfield

FTFY

I think the club have more important things to worry about. The intent from all parties is clear.

As if they don't have enough problems, you want them to suffer here as well !

From BBC Posted at 12:5612:56 BREAKINGRestriction to continue ‘most of a year’ Policies to limit the spread of coronavirus would need to be in place for "at least most of a year" to prevent intensive care units being overwhelmed, according to official scientific advice to the government. The documents, prepared by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said alternating between more and less strict measures could "plausibly be effective at keeping the number of critical care cases within capacity". Looks as if I might be right in no football before 2021 which puts a new picture on what to do with this season

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 ?