jagfox Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 Good to see the Norwegian crew rocking covid-19 proof shirts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, jagfox said: Good to see the Norwegian crew rocking covid-19 proof shirts... I’ve seen your shirts in Wintersgills James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 10 hours ago, Lenziejag said: I think you are making too much of the U.K. being a bit behind some other countries in relaxing the lockdown. There already has been some relaxation. Next week there is likely to be more. I think you are right about the economy - the U.K. has probably been way more generous than most other countries and the impact of that is yet to be seen. Dunno if this is of interest. Here in Japan every household is receiving two high-quality, washable face masks (mine arrived yesterday, admittedly only when it's now looking like social distancing guidelines etc. are about to be relaxed), and 100,000 yen (over 750 pounds). Thank you, Mr Abe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag36 Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 The only way scottish football is going to survive just like most industries is to adapt. Clubs live streaming games with quality productions as a subsitute for actually going to games seems to be a good option. I'd pay my £20 to watch a Thistle behind closed doors home game on TV streamed for a season if it waa going to help the club survive and scottish football. Its time to adapt for now because the options are limited. Might not be ideal but survival of the club and the game is the most important thing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QXBoy Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 15 hours ago, Norgethistle said: Enjoy your evening I’m having a beer in a pub with friends Aye, but is the glass half full or half empty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 15 hours ago, Norgethistle said: Bureaucracy. Oil fund can’t be touched for that. Takes months to release cash from it. It has though lost 30% of its value since oil crisis and COVID Confused a bit. I had thought that a portion of oil sales was put into this fund. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Lenziejag said: Confused a bit. I had thought that a portion of oil sales was put into this fund. It’s allocated to buy stock and shares to fund pensions etc and a certain amount per year is drawn down based on the planned outgoing. Dole or NAV money is normally funded directly from income tax and normal tax, but due to us going from 0.3% to roughly 14% unemployment at its peek, there was a shortfall, especially as tax from businesses, alcohol and flights basically dried up. They made it tricky and slow to pull down from to prevent a rouge government squandering it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 According to the daily record at least 3 clubs in the championship cannot afford to play games behind closed doors. They are looking to either mothball their clubs for a season or only play an 18 game season. It says that Thistle could afford to start the season behind closed doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, Auld Jag said: According to the daily record at least 3 clubs in the championship cannot afford to play games behind closed doors. They are looking to either mothball their clubs for a season or only play an 18 game season. It says that Thistle could afford to start the season behind closed doors. If 3 out of 10 cannot afford it and plan to mothball for the season then that should not hinder those who can play, send them to the lowland/highland leagues to work their way back up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muscat Jag Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 Not sure it matters if we could afford to start the season behind closed doors when every team we'll be up against, with the possible exception of Falkirk, can't. Frankly I think it's a non-starter in the Championship, Div 1 no chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 If only 10 clubs or so from the 3 leagues below the premier league can afford to play without fans, they might need to have only 2 leagues next season. If that did happen i don't know if they would still have promotion and relegation between the 2 leagues that did play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One t in Scotland Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 54 minutes ago, Auld Jag said: According to the daily record at least 3 clubs in the championship cannot afford to play games behind closed doors. They are looking to either mothball their clubs for a season or only play an 18 game season. It says that Thistle could afford to start the season behind closed doors. Nobody in the Championship can afford to play behind closed doors. What income stream is there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Pinhead said: If 3 out of 10 cannot afford it and plan to mothball for the season then that should not hinder those who can play, send them to the lowland/highland leagues to work their way back up Agree with the first part. But that's from the same person who suggested that the premier couldn't start if the leagues below couldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 9 minutes ago, One t in Scotland said: Nobody in the Championship can afford to play behind closed doors. What income stream is there? Agree with you. I was just quoting what the record article said. It mentioned Morton were looking at streaming options. On off the ball Jason Leitch has just spoke about fans going to grounds even though games are behind closed doors, and he mentioned fans sitting on the hill at Firhill could be a problem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 16 minutes ago, allyo said: Agree with the first part. But that's from the same person who suggested that the premier couldn't start if the leagues below couldn't. I actually suggested it would make no sense for the premier league to start as normal and the lower league starting in january because they would be out of sync. This has now been resolved because if this does happen then the lower leagues would then play a half season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Pinhead said: I actually suggested it would make no sense for the premier league to start as normal and the lower league starting in january because they would be out of sync. This has now been resolved because if this does happen then the lower leagues would then play a half season. Think the clubs in the Premier League would be quite happy to play out of sync if it meant no relegation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One t in Scotland Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 26 minutes ago, Auld Jag said: Agree with you. I was just quoting what the record article said. It mentioned Morton were looking at streaming options. On off the ball Jason Leitch has just spoke about fans going to grounds even though games are behind closed doors, and he mentioned fans sitting on the hill at Firhill could be a problem. Hopefully some thought can be given to whether paying a Chief Executive 'who only acts on behalf of the clubs' £400k / year can be justified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: Think the clubs in the Premier League would be quite happy to play out of sync if it meant no relegation. Very cynical of you my lady. But very true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 25 minutes ago, One t in Scotland said: Hopefully some thought can be given to whether paying a Chief Executive 'who only acts on behalf of the clubs' £400k / year can be justified. Maybe Doncaster could forgo 50% of his salary this year and donate it to the lower league clubs instead? That would be community-minded of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, sandy said: Maybe Doncaster could forgo 50% of his salary this year and donate it to the lower league clubs instead? That would be community-minded of him. Maybe he could just resign, that would be community minded of him. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 La Liga can restart from 8 June says Spain’s PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotterJag Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Auld Jag said: Agree with you. I was just quoting what the record article said. It mentioned Morton were looking at streaming options. On off the ball Jason Leitch has just spoke about fans going to grounds even though games are behind closed doors, and he mentioned fans sitting on the hill at Firhill could be a problem. Misers Hill, my Dad used to call it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotterJag Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 The onset of this terrible situation, regarding Covid-19, will impact many people, football clubs, businesses etc. in different ways. I will shed no tears for the football clubs that gambled to gain an unfair advantage, by speculating and (over) leveraging against tangible and non-tangible assets. I'm sure in many cases, they were leveraging against thin air and the banks were only too happy to oblige. If the outcome is one where Thistle can survive and others cannot, it will not have been done at the expense of those others. They will have been masters of their own destiny. We should be very proud and take our place at the top table with whoever's left, while others get what they deserve. Let's not forget how clubs like Dundee and others, literally stole our players some years back, by paying wages they could not afford, after we had advised the footballing world of our wage cap (£500 I think at the time). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAGSMAN1968 Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 52 minutes ago, sandy said: Maybe Doncaster could forgo 50% of his salary this year and donate it to the lower league clubs instead? That would be community-minded of him. how about 90%??!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 innovative approach in Denmark https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52782033 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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