Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL)

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I saw some suggestions to play in June and Jully, short closed for public, only on TV. They have a big loss because of TV rights and this is the only way to mitigate the damage.

I do not think they make much from the ground, I mean from selling tickets. It's a very small percentage of the income they had. The main income source is from TV broadcasting and sponsors. The advertisers are their main source of income.

But close door matches are not always exciting. The heart of any sports is it's audience. However it's something better than having nothing though.

[tomahawk9]

You know El Salvador already ended their stuff early and declared the champions with only 11 games played! And everyone seemed to be happy with them.

Nah, the Premier League won't take the same approach as a low-tier semi professional football league.

This is today's cover of the Daily Express. It's pretty clear that the FA have no intention of voiding or cancelling the 2019/2020 season:

Well...  El Salvador's clubs prolly don't have as much financial incentive as the EPL clubs to finish higher in the league and get those CL and Europa slots and staying up.

I mean, they do have the CONCACAF Champions League, you know? 

[Coyster]

But close door matches are not always exciting. The heart of any sports is it's audience. However it's something better than having nothing though.

The beauty of football is the atmosphere the fans create in the stadium, In Arnfield, camp nou and the other stadiums you can see how "diligently" the fans sing all through out the game, that's what makes the game interesting, that's what makes the players give their all to win, for the fans, for bragging rights, no football fan at all likes to see the stadium in lock down while the players play in quiet.

If the league would start up with empty stadiums while we wait for things to improve, then it is not bad, as things get better then we can get the fans back in and return to the normal way we all enjoy football.

[hd49728]

The beauty of football is the atmosphere the fans create in the stadium, In Arnfield, camp nou and the other stadiums you can see how "diligently" the fans sing all through out the game, that's what makes the game interesting, that's what makes the players give their all to win, for the fans, for bragging rights, no football fan at all likes to see the stadium in lock down while the players play in quiet.

If the league would start up with empty stadiums while we wait for things to improve, then it is not bad, as things get better then we can get the fans back in and return to the normal way we all enjoy football.

Matches inside closed doors will only be run if the pandemic changes in better conditions, not only in England but also around the Europe. It is truly always better for the Premier League and other leagues as well as the UEFA to finish their leagues this year, even with a little delay.

At least, they will help the next season nearly begins on time. Ultimately, the most important thing is healthy lives for all of us, that must be the first priority now. What happened in Italy is a serious lesson for all. A little hesitation and delay of serious orders (strick lockdowns) caused a very bad situation in that nation. England has to learn from it, and avoid the same thing.

[Upgrade00]

...to finish their leagues this year, even with a little delay.

At least, they will help the next season nearly begins on time.

The priority now should be restarting the league in the best conditions to prevent the spread of the the virus. Restarting next season early enough should no be a major factor in that decision.
Football is great but the survival of humanity is far greater. Restricting matches to be played behind closed doors would reduce a major spread of the virus but would endanger the players who can not work from self-isolation conditions. Until the pandemic has been effectively defeated, there should be no discussion of restarting the league.

[snipie]

Continue the actual season (+Champions & Europa Leagues) between [August-November] then a month for recuperation in December then start an exceptional EPL League in 2021 with just 19 games for each team instead of 38 + same rules for CL/EL. We will have nice schedule and time to watch Euro 2021 (and Olympics 2021?) calmly. That's my opinion!

[hd49728]

Continue the actual season (+Champions & Europa Leagues) between [August-November] then a month for recuperation in December then start an exceptional EPL League in 2021 with just 19 games for each team instead of 38 + same rules for CL/EL. We will have nice schedule and time to watch Euro 2021 (and Olympics 2021?) calmly. That's my opinion!

All of these are based on the hope that the pandemic will been contained well next months. We all don't know what will happen next months and will be another waves of outbreaks after the next massive containments globally. If you look backwards at the SARS-2003 chart, there was another peak after the all time high, just around 2 months after the all time high.

I don't expect the same thing for the terrible pandemic, this time, but it is what we have to keep in mind. In the meantime, let's contribute to stop the pandemic by washing your hands, stay indoors (if unnecessary to go outdoors) and stay safe.

[AakZaki]

English Premier League became one of the competitions that received high attention related to the current situation.  The FA (English Football Association) has taken the decision to extend the postponement of all competitions in the country until April 30.  The delay can be extended depending on conditions in the UK along with the increasing number of reported cases and fatalities related to the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

[$crypto$]

English Premier League became one of the competitions that received high attention related to the current situation.  The FA (English Football Association) has taken the decision to extend the postponement of all competitions in the country until April 30.  The delay can be extended depending on conditions in the UK along with the increasing number of reported cases and fatalities related to the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

It will be longer if England's condition is still unstable especially if there are many victims because of Covid-19, football throughout the world is now extinguished because the plague cannot believe if this will continue for long there may be a lot of bankruptcy that will be experienced by the club itself.

But Covid-19 in Britain is not as severe as in Italy in reports from the news that in Italy one day could reach 700 deaths a day due to Covid-19.

[Captain Corporate]

 Honestly if the virus is beating my june, we could still somehow get the league next year as well as squeze in the last one this year as well. I am not still convinced that we will beat it, it looks like we haven't even reached peak in many places, so I assume it will probably continue for a long time. However lets assume that may is the last month we have all this trouble and in june we can go back. We can realistically ahve 3 games a week, that means we can finish it in july at latest and just focus on next year that way while having august and september open as well if teams want to.

 I still think cancelling the whole league will happen, but as long as we can come back in any time this summer or early spring, we could just squeeze in games with 3 games a week and still get back to regular schedule eventually.

[Avirunes]

I still think cancelling the whole league will happen, but as long as we can come back in any time this summer or early spring, we could just squeeze in games with 3 games a week and still get back to regular schedule eventually.

Nobody is wanting this season to get cancelled especially Liverpool . Also there is lot of crucial matches yet to play for the CL spots and we have close gaps in those slots as well so as long as there is any hope -even if it is slim I think it's worth more rather than taking decision which displeases most of the fans and players.

[swogerino]

English Premier League became one of the competitions that received high attention related to the current situation.  The FA (English Football Association) has taken the decision to extend the postponement of all competitions in the country until April 30.  The delay can be extended depending on conditions in the UK along with the increasing number of reported cases and fatalities related to the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

It will be longer if England's condition is still unstable especially if there are many victims because of Covid-19, football throughout the world is now extinguished because the plague cannot believe if this will continue for long there may be a lot of bankruptcy that will be experienced by the club itself.

But Covid-19 in Britain is not as severe as in Italy in reports from the news that in Italy one day could reach 700 deaths a day due to Covid-19.

This is just for now.In Italy started out as a little isolated case with a bunch of people being infected in a small city in the north of Italy and because of Italy not caring much and taking things not too seriously the covid expanded greatly to even make the full country as a red zone.If England does not take measures it will most probably end up like Italy.

[Strongkored]

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 I still think cancelling the whole league will happen, but as long as we can come back in any time this summer or early spring, we could just squeeze in games with 3 games a week and still get back to regular schedule eventually.

I actually think otherwise, because some major events have announced that they will be postponed until next year so that the entire league can finish the rest of their matches, but we need wait until April or May what will happen next to this pandemic.

[Nadziratel]

According to some reports from China, a drug was good for regressing the disease. This may be a glimmer of hope. If this drug is successful, life may return to normal in a short time. This means that leagues can be completed even if it hangs in the summer months.

The championship in the English premier league is almost certain now. But there was great competition in some other leagues. Therefore, it would not be good to suspend the leagues completely.

[hd49728]

According to some reports from China, a drug was good for regressing the disease. This may be a glimmer of hope. If this drug is successful, life may return to normal in a short time. This means that leagues can be completed even if it hangs in the summer months.

We need to have more solid proof of efficacy from RCT researches (Randomized controlled trials) before we can apply any drug or vaccines on massive scales. Without medical solid proofs (from RCT), any likely good results from observations and reports from observational researches have to be taken into consideration very very carefully.

The championship in the English premier league is almost certain now. But there was great competition in some other leagues. Therefore, it would not be good to suspend the leagues completely.

Now, the whole England has been under half-lockdown, for the first serious condition since the World War II. It is a necessary step towards the better future, not only for the Premier League but also for the whole people and communities in England, and generally in Europe.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Nobody is wanting this season to get cancelled especially Liverpool . Also there is lot of crucial matches yet to play for the CL spots and we have close gaps in those slots as well so as long as there is any hope -even if it is slim I think it's worth more rather than taking decision which displeases most of the fans and players.

The next scheduled match is on 3rd or 4th April and the way the things are moving in the world I do not think we will see any match in the next two weeks. No one knows yet if we will see the remaining matches of this season but Liverpool really had a chance to earn 100+ point from one season.

[tokeweed]

^  Last info I heard was the FA saying the EPL would be back prolly around end of April.  And some guy from Southampton saying that it could be before that even.  I'm hopeful for either one...  I miss football. 

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

^  Last info I heard was the FA saying the EPL would be back prolly around end of April.  And some guy from Southampton saying that it could be before that even.  I'm hopeful for either one...  I miss football. 

My weekends were always exciting coz I know I am going to watch my team is playing but last weekend was boring, no football - nothing. Yes, I did watch some movies even last evening too but that does not give the excitements you get from a live match.

I hope by the end of April we see every thing back to normal.

[Avirunes]

^  Last info I heard was the FA saying the EPL would be back prolly around end of April.  And some guy from Southampton saying that it could be before that even.  I'm hopeful for either one...  I miss football.  

My weekends were always exciting coz I know I am going to watch my team is playing but last weekend was boring, no football - nothing. Yes, I did watch some movies even last evening too but that does not give the excitements you get from a live match.

I hope by the end of April we see every thing back to normal.

Atleast I am little bit crazy about esports so kinda spending day watching the league going on. So am still ok. Wonder how worst would have been if I didn't had any interest in esports.

Still feel a little boring watching the same kind of sports but atleast there is something entertaining still going on in world for me.


I also feel that situation will be much better in 2nd-3rd week of April. Hope we recover quickly and we can resume with the season again soon.

[Naida_BR]

^  Last info I heard was the FA saying the EPL would be back prolly around end of April.  And some guy from Southampton saying that it could be before that even.  I'm hopeful for either one...  I miss football. 

I don't think so...
We need at least 2 months in order to see if the condition would be stabilized. And the UK is still on its early stages of the virus. We are going to wait some time in order to see if the condition is stabilized.