Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL)

[logfiles]

My big question now though is, how will qualification for UEFA competitions happen? Who represents the cancelled leagues?

All leagues get cancelled perhaps, and we have a total reset like nothing happened this season?
This would be absolutely bad news for LFC fans of course.

We shall probably start thinking about the outcomes after seeing how the situation progresses in the next 2 months.

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[Globb0]

My big question now though is, how will qualification for UEFA competitions happen? Who represents the cancelled leagues?

All leagues get cancelled perhaps, and we have a total reset like nothing happened this season?
This would be absolutely bad news for LFC fans of course.

We shall probably start thinking about the outcomes after seeing how the situation progresses in the next 2 months.

Forgetting that its all about money.

There will be no chance of a year off CL etc. while we rerun it next year.


Money money money

[Harkorede]

My big question now though is, how will qualification for UEFA competitions happen? Who represents the cancelled leagues?

 I read a couple of days ago that UEFA would make use of the current standings in the leagues to decide the qualifier for next season.

There were some technical details to it, though, but the general idea seem good imho, I'll try to see if I can find the links.

1. https://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/sporting-merit-decide-qualifiers-champions-league-uefa/1byu5kd67x7yq14oj4k3msujqk
2. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8248635/Champions-League-qualification-decided-sporting-merit-season-finished.html

[Indymoney]

My big question now though is, how will qualification for UEFA competitions happen? Who represents the cancelled leagues?

All leagues get cancelled perhaps, and we have a total reset like nothing happened this season?
This would be absolutely bad news for LFC fans of course.

We shall probably start thinking about the outcomes after seeing how the situation progresses in the next 2 months.

Forgetting that its all about money.

There will be no chance of a year off CL etc. while we rerun it next year.


Money money money

Its not all about money its all about very big industry and thousands of peoples involve in this all and billions of Euro in running really tough situation for all stake holders.

[tomahawk9]

@tomahawk, yeah I saw that Boris Johnson is thinking about letting football restart in a couple of weeks. He thinks it’ll boost the moral of the country. It will certainly boost mine

And it'll certainly boost the bookies' morale...and their revenue lol

I'm not as hopeful as I was a couple weeks ago tho.  And I heard the Dutch league is gonna cancel their season.  Too much risk for them.

Gary Lineker fears the Premier League will have little choice but to follow the Dutch FA and VOID the 2019-20 season (...)

My big question now though is, how will qualification for UEFA competitions happen? Who represents the cancelled leagues?

UEFA had a meeting last Thursday. The TL;DR: if a domestic league decides to void/cancel the current season, it'll be up to the Football Federation (for example, the Dutch FA) to submit the list of teams [that will represent the league] to UEFA.

And the shitshow begins: https://www.goal.com/en/news/this-process-is-not-accepted-fc-utrecht-set-to-challenge/1pp3sybgb8x781fzwz2kbrwjez

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So many rumors about Premier...

Next week they mayeb start training



Source: https://twitter.com/indykaila/status/1254098925528719361

[Naida_BR]

Next week is going to be crucial in order to see where we are going.
Will the measures are going to be stopped? Otherwise, how will the Arsenal players are going to start training together?

[buwaytress]

@logfiles Never mind that LFC were 2 games away from winning the title (or one if City lost their game in hand), as Globb0 says, it's money money money, and yes, I believe it really is as simple as all that.

@Harko, toma others, thanks. So they will decide UEFA based on current standings? But current standings are null and void, so will next season's Champions League be a farce of non-champions and an invite-only tournament? Anyone who wins that cup can't possible put a star next to their name. But yeah, I can see the shitshow starting pretty soon with Dutch FA. AZ Alkmaar should be one of the loudest criers.

[leea-1334]

Yes but with respect, I am standing in a line of 100 people at supermarket every 3-4 days.

So how much different is that from a few physios staying spread out around an empty ground?

Much less risk I would posit.

I completely agree here. I think it is irresponsible that a lot of people in my neighborhood are ignoring the police and warnings and going for large weekend gatherings with their friends while I have to go out every day to wait for one hour with 100 people in a supermarket. All doing social distancing and mainly wearing masks.

If they can find a way for football to do the same thing, quarantining all players together for 1 entire month,,, until it is over,,, why not? If they all agree of course. They and their families all in the same hotel with doctors around.

[DeathAngel]

So many rumors about Premier...

Next week they mayeb start training



Source: https://twitter.com/indykaila/status/1254098925528719361

Yeah, there are rumours swirling around about players returning to training very soon. I am glad, it feels like an age since I watched a game of PL football. The Bundesliga will resume first so we will have to make do with that.

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So many rumors about Premier...

Next week they mayeb start training



Source: https://twitter.com/indykaila/status/1254098925528719361

So only Arsenal will do this training next week then what about other clubs?

Isn't the situation still unstable from covid-19? then what will be applied later, I think that there will be no obstacles whatsoever after they do.

[Globb0]

it feels like an age since I watched a game of PL football.

You are not the only one getting a bit desperate.

The TV companies are also running out of shit to show on TV all day and night.


Resorting to broadcast very old snooker matches and things just for some fake sport.

Every TV show is the presenter in their kitchen talking about Covid. FS  FO


PS last night it was Gary Linaker, Allan S  and Wrighty did you see that? all in their houses talking.

[Naida_BR]

So many rumors about Premier...

Next week they mayeb start training



Source: https://twitter.com/indykaila/status/1254098925528719361

So only Arsenal will do this training next week then what about other clubs?

Isn't the situation still unstable from covid-19? then what will be applied later, I think that there will be no obstacles whatsoever after they do.

I haven't found any announcement that teams are going to be let to start training.
I wonder how Arsenal got this decision when there is still not any stability in the treatment of COVID-19 in the UK.
Maybe those are just rumors in order to give hope to the spectators that EPL is going to start soon.

[Daniel91]

It seems that after this crisis nothing will be the same, even for the English league.
Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward says speculation about transfers for "hundreds of millions of pounds this summer" is ignoring the "realities that face the sport" because of the coronavirus pandemic.  Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52418826
There has been speculation that Manchester is interested in Tottenham striker Harry Kane but they seem to have given up.
Obviously we won't be able to return to normality until spectators finally return to the stadiums.

[Harkorede]

@Harko, toma others, thanks. So they will decide UEFA based on current standings? But current standings are null and void, so will next season's Champions League be a farce of non-champions and an invite-only tournament? Anyone who wins that cup can't possible put a star next to their name.

I wouldn't consider it as such, the dutch itself forwarded the teams for the European places, and I really can be against it for some reasons, because that means they country wouldn't be under any pressure to resume the league despite the on going pandemic as the new league isn't due until September. If you look at other European countries already preparing to resume even without having the virus under a firm control, and this is because of the pressure from the sponsors and bodies with organizers thinking solely of the bottom line.

I'm also of the support that the premier league should get completed no matter how long, even if it has to resume next year but the pressure from the outside is rather too much.

The Eredivisie has put Ajax forward to go directly to the play-offs of the Champions League, with AZ playing in the second qualifying round. Third-placed Feyenoord go straight into the group stage of the Europa League with PSV and Willem II qualifying for the second qualifying round for the competition

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AZ Alkmaar should be one of the loudest criers.

I think they should be glad though, of course they have a shot at the title, but I really don't think they would have beat Ajax to it. However, would they have preferred Ajax declared as winners despite being on the same points ? Or were they hoping for the possibilities of being declared as Co-winners

[DeathAngel]

It seems that after this crisis nothing will be the same, even for the English league.
Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward says speculation about transfers for "hundreds of millions of pounds this summer" is ignoring the "realities that face the sport" because of the coronavirus pandemic.  Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52418826
There has been speculation that Manchester is interested in Tottenham striker Harry Kane but they seem to have given up.
Obviously we won't be able to return to normality until spectators finally return to the stadiums.

Yeah there might be very few transfers this summer due to the pandemic & restrictions on travel. Maybe the transfer window could run for from September to November or something to give clubs a chance to bring in players. Even then though due to the financial hit of covid19 there might not be the same volume of deals as usual.

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I haven't found any announcement that teams are going to be let to start training.
I wonder how Arsenal got this decision when there is still not any stability in the treatment of COVID-19 in the UK.
Maybe those are just rumors in order to give hope to the spectators that EPL is going to start soon.

I see on the official Twitter there is no such statement maybe it's just a rumor from some people so there is no training next week for Arsenal.
England's situation is still not stable so it would not be possible to exercise it in the title because if that happens it will be threatened with covid-19 infection.

I will not believe it before Arsenal officially announces it.

[AakZaki]

I see on the official Twitter there is no such statement maybe it's just a rumor from some people so there is no training next week for Arsenal.
England's situation is still not stable so it would not be possible to exercise it in the title because if that happens it will be threatened with covid-19 infection.

I will not believe it before Arsenal officially announces it.

ESPN^[1] reportedly, Arsenal will issue strict rules during training sessions later.

They will also practice by following the social distancing rules issued by the British Government. The players will also do training individually and practice in turns, so there are no first-team players training at the same time.

It is not yet known exactly when they will return to training, which is clearly the club plans to do so next week. While the English Premier League is also not certain when it will resume since the postponement was announced on March 13.

Reference^[1]: https://www.espn.com/soccer/arsenal/story/4089033/arsenal-to-return-to-training-despite-uks-coronavirus-lockdown-sources

[bitgolden]

Training is definitely something but it is totally different from a game. Training could be done personally without any other teammate, or you could do it with few teammates, you could still have self isolation, you could simply just stay 5 feet from each other and just simply pass to each other, you could run together and pass each other at the same time, you could do ball dribbling, you could shoot, all of these can be done without getting close. Yet when we are talking about matches, everyone is literally touching each other.

So, when playing a game there is a lot more risk involved in a game so that is why that will still be a big difference and it will take time. Starting a training period and starting game period is a whole lot of difference.

[Avirunes]

ESPN^[1] reportedly, Arsenal will issue strict rules during training sessions later.

They will also practice by following the social distancing rules issued by the British Government. The players will also do training individually and practice in turns, so there are no first-team players training at the same time.

It is not yet known exactly when they will return to training, which is clearly the club plans to do so next week. While the English Premier League is also not certain when it will resume since the postponement was announced on March 13.

Reference^[1]: https://www.espn.com/soccer/arsenal/story/4089033/arsenal-to-return-to-training-despite-uks-coronavirus-lockdown-sources

Arsenal were pretty strict about their player's fitness when this pandemic started getting some serious attention. I recall a news hovering that Arteta keeping tabs on his players fitness during the lockdown. Good that they are first PL team to start some activity in their training grounds but will it be allowed with things so worse out there with the pandemic?