Lenziejag Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 8 hours ago, gianlucatoni said: Sturgeon having emergency meeting tomorrow - EIS teachers union looking for longer school closures in Scotland with schools chaos down south - allied to calls from Keir Starmer and the Liverpool city council for a (proper) national lockdown - seems to be growing momentum towards another full on lockdown perhaps up to April to allow vaccines to be rolled out properly. People just not taking it seriously - was walking the dug in Rouken Glen park yesterday & today - play park at the pavilion was heaving parents grouped together no masks and their weans mingling on all the slides and chutes &it was jumping up at the pond. What that might mean for football is anyone’s guess but probably same as before as precedent was set last season - however as full control wasn’t handed to the spfl it would undoubtedly be another vote ... what could possibly go wrong?! Circumstances this time around are different, though. We now have a vaccine that supposedly will give us better protection(or at least the most vulnerable) by the spring. I think it is surprising that there haven’t been more covid postponements in the lower leagues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Lenziejag said: Circumstances this time around are different, though. We now have a vaccine that supposedly will give us better protection(or at least the most vulnerable) by the spring. I think it is surprising that there haven’t been more covid postponements in the lower leagues. Have to agree. I was expecting carnage when they started the season. Also different this time is the new strain which is far more infectious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Kent Jag II Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Lenziejag said: Circumstances this time around are different, though. We now have a vaccine that supposedly will give us better protection(or at least the most vulnerable) by the spring. I think it is surprising that there haven’t been more covid postponements in the lower leagues. I agree that the circumstances are different now. Hopefully the vaccinations programme means that things will eventually improve. Despite the European Championships, there is no reason for the shortened league programme not to be extended to all of May this season. Three times Doncaster has tried to take executive control, only to be rejected. He may wish to close down the lower leagues to concentrate on the moneyspinning SPFL, but he gets his enormous salary to run ALL of the leagues. Make him earn it, and do his full job properly. He can sit down to a slice of pizza and a glass of cheap vodka when it's all over in summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 Could merge this thread with another couple in terms of overlap. Postponed games rearranged for midweek and thus occurring additional cost of lighting could be too much for some clubs. Part time clubs can hardly be expected to play during daytime midweek. And on another topic all this uncertainty has to have a knock on effect re the transfer window. Perhaps things will be clearer after Holyrood today. One thing for certain is travel restrictions won't be easing. Repeating myself but the SPFL, by not regionalising the lower leagues when they had the opportunity, has not exactly helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: Could merge this thread with another couple in terms of overlap. Postponed games rearranged for midweek and thus occurring additional cost of lighting could be too much for some clubs. Part time clubs can hardly be expected to play during daytime midweek. And on another topic all this uncertainty has to have a knock on effect re the transfer window. Perhaps things will be clearer after Holyrood today. One thing for certain is travel restrictions won't be easing. Repeating myself but the SPFL, by not regionalising the lower leagues when they had the opportunity, has not exactly helped. Impossible. Which region would Brechin be in ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End 2 Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 47 minutes ago, Dick Dastardly said: Impossible. Which region would Brechin be in ? Chuck them in the North Sea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Dick Dastardly said: Impossible. Which region would Brechin be in ? I'm not thinking along SPFL lines. The solution is obvious ..... Brechin go in South/Central at the expense of Stranraer who get put in North Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 To quote Nicola .... The FM says anyone who is able to work from home must do so. It will only be a reasonable excuse to travel to work if it cannot be done from home. She asks that people and businesses take the new law as seriously as in March last year. She says the situation is "at least as serious now as it was then". She asks every business to look again at their operations, and to make sure that every single function that can be done by people working at home, is being done in that way. Does that mean we can play the Blue Brazil on FIFA ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 14 hours ago, Weebaw1 said: That would force Rangers to join the English premiership! Or......perhaps not. Would love to see the look on their faces because the bluenoses are getting very cocky! English premiership do not need either of the biggot brothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 No mention of sport in FM statement. So everything in sport just keeps going I take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 10 minutes ago, Auld Jag said: No mention of sport in FM statement. So everything in sport just keeps going I take it. Although I can't see how Celtic players will be allowed back in the country from Dubai - "No-one is allowed to travel into or out of Scotland unless it is for an essential purpose," Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifexile Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 45 minutes ago, Auld Jag said: No mention of sport in FM statement. So everything in sport just keeps going I take it. Elite sport being allowed to continue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camallain Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, fifexile said: Elite sport being allowed to continue Is that us pumped then 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redandyellowallover Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, fifexile said: Elite sport being allowed to continue So no clarification on us then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 League 1 & 2 likely to be suspended today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End 2 Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, Norgethistle said: League 1 & 2 likely to be suspended today If true, I'm not surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG1970 Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, Norgethistle said: League 1 & 2 likely to be suspended today Gives us time to sort out our forward line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End 2 Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 10 minutes ago, JAG1970 said: Gives us time to sort out our forward line Or. If we have no further games! No need for a manager. Punt McCall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redandyellowallover Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 18 minutes ago, Norgethistle said: League 1 & 2 likely to be suspended today Where are you hearing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 10 hours ago, Jaggernaut said: The following scenario is not impossible: The season gets stopped prematurely and the teams who are currently top/bottom of their respective leagues will get promoted/relegated. If this comes to pass in a couple of weeks, we could well see Thistle either behind Falkirk (at the top) by one or two points, but with a game in hand. Almost deja vu... in the other direction. We will again need to "take our medicine." Our average number of points per game is well above 1, but unlikely to get anywhere near 2, except with a substantial run of victories. So in the particular scenario you describe, assuming that all other teams have been left behind, if we are 2 points adrift of Falkirk, we stay in League 1, but if we are 1 point adrift, we win promotion based on average number of points per game. This is all on the understanding that the SPFL would follow the same principles as last season. They would, wouldn't they?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 13 minutes ago, partickthedog said: Our average number of points per game is well above 1, but unlikely to get anywhere near 2, except with a substantial run of victories. So in the particular scenario you describe, assuming that all other teams have been left behind, if we are 2 points adrift of Falkirk, we stay in League 1, but if we are 1 point adrift, we win promotion based on average number of points per game. This is all on the understanding that the SPFL would follow the same principles as last season. They would, wouldn't they?? Ha, I wouldn’t be sure of that. The rule abt pts per game, promotion/relegation and Brechin was only changed for season 19/20, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 SPFL rules are written in pencil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirdrieJag Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, partickthedog said: Our average number of points per game is well above 1, but unlikely to get anywhere near 2, except with a substantial run of victories. So in the particular scenario you describe, assuming that all other teams have been left behind, if we are 2 points adrift of Falkirk, we stay in League 1, but if we are 1 point adrift, we win promotion based on average number of points per game. This is all on the understanding that the SPFL would follow the same principles as last season. They would, wouldn't they?? You would think so but Lawell is on the spfl board this year and will die in a ditch to prevent Rangers being awarded the title on the basis of average points per game. Watch for his glove puppet Doncaster doing his master's bidding if the season is suspended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Dick Dastardly said: Although I can't see how Celtic players will be allowed back in the country from Dubai - "No-one is allowed to travel into or out of Scotland unless it is for an essential purpose," A throwaway comment on the end of STV News mentioned something about the Scottish Gov expecting the SFA to step in here. Wouldn't hold my breath. Could be more fun if they do get away but can't get back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-R Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 Found a comment from a "spokesperson" about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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