Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread

[cryptofrka]

So, it appears that the Premier league has decided to do whatever is necessary to finish this season before starting the next one.

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1646728

We are united in our commitment to finding ways of resuming the 2019/20 football season and ensuring all domestic and European club league and cup matches are played as soon as it is safe and possible to do so.

We have collectively supported UEFA in postponing EURO 2020 to create space in the calendar to ensure domestic and European club league and cup matches have an increased opportunity to be played and, in doing so, maintain the integrity of each competition.

The FA’s Rules and Regulations state that "the season shall terminate not later than the 1 June" and "each competition shall, within the limit laid down by The FA, determine the length of its own playing season".

However, The FA’s Board has agreed for this limit to be extended indefinitely for the 2019/20 season in relation to Professional Football.

I agree with them, they will probably scrap the League cup or something like that if the next one needs to start later.

[tokeweed]

^  Ah that's good...  And fair esp. for Liverpool.  It would suck if they won't be able to celebrate their victory in front of their supporters after three decades.

I think for some LFC fans, it would feel just as huge as if it's their first EPL title.

[BitSat19]

^  Ah that's good...  And fair esp. for Liverpool.  It would suck if they won't be able to celebrate their victory in front of their supporters after three decades.

I think for some LFC fans, it would feel just as huge as if it's their first EPL title.

They can enjoy as all will be ok or when new season will start if we all will be able to have some good time in near future.

[big_daddy]

there are lot of you here playing futsal or football with your friends or colleagues from work
this is how will look like the first match after the covid quarantine



Keep distance, an stay safe
Good luck to all

[tokeweed]

^  And try to stay away from the fridge! 

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

One of them could be me and you 🤪
I am staying home, watching movie, spending time with my little girl, doing some free hands to keep me fit. I tried poker yesterday but a massive fail LOL
But I have time to learn it now.

^  And try to stay away from the fridge! 

There was a post about exposing the Arsehole in the sun, may be now is the right time 😜

[hilariousetc]

there are lot of you here playing futsal or football with your friends or colleagues from work
this is how will look like the first match after the covid quarantine

All the five-a-side pitches have been shut down in the UK. Looking like the entire country might be in lock-down soon. Boris the Bloater is making an update at 8:30 where he's probably gonna announce more restrictions on what you can do. Really can't see the Premier League getting up and running again any time soon. Things just look to be getting started with the virus over here. The only way I can see the games happening is behind closed doors but they might not even want to risk that. I think the world could do with some fresh entertainment if we're all going to be locked at home. The trouble is this virus thing isn't going to go anywhere soon so it could last a very long time pushing back even the next seasons and other cups/tournaments.

[big_daddy]

We could start a guessing contest on “when will the Premiership restart”
The person with the most near guessing date get’s the pot ha?

In the meantime, I’m playing a blockchain football manager https://footbattle.io/
It’s still in alpha stage of development, so, this is the right time to start building your team and be prepared to sell some players later

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

The person with the most near guessing date get’s the pot ha?

Toke will be the one who will say against it and will call a war against it 🤪
Jokes aside, I do not think we will have no more matches for this season but unlikely if it happens then I will prefer the current leaderbaord as final since we can not do much.

[BitSat19]

The person with the most near guessing date get’s the pot ha?

Toke will be the one who will say against it and will call a war against it 🤪
Jokes aside, I do not think we will have no more matches for this season but unlikely if it happens then I will prefer the current leaderbaord as final since we can not do much.

Current situation is not good for starting again all as we have too many casualties and peoples too much afraid with this all few days back I was feeling we will back in May or June but currently its looking not good as its spreading very quickly in few countries and nothing good news about this all is more worst.

[hilariousetc]

Jokes aside, I do not think we will have no more matches for this season but unlikely if it happens then I will prefer the current leaderbaord as final since we can not do much.

They'll probably play them at some point, we just might be waiting a while. If they can start a new season when it should I imagine they will just play the remaining games first and push that back a bit. If they can get away with playing them behind closed doors and there's nothing legally stopping them from doing so then they'll likely play them asap. They're going to lose a shitload in TV revenue that they'll have to pay back and I'm sure fans would rather the games go ahead than not at all, especially when there's not much else going on right now.

Premier League 'would have to pay £762m' if they don't finish 2019-20 season due to contract breaches in television agreements

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8132883/Premier-League-pay-762m-dont-finish-season-TV-contract-breaches.html

As for the pool, yeah, I'll pay out as the leaderboard currently is now if the tournament isn't completed but I'm sure it will unless this pandemic thing lasts years.

[cryptofrka]

Premier League 'would have to pay £762m' if they don't finish 2019-20 season due to contract breaches in television agreements

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8132883/Premier-League-pay-762m-dont-finish-season-TV-contract-breaches.html

As for the pool, yeah, I'll pay out as the leaderboard currently is now if the tournament isn't completed but I'm sure it will unless this pandemic thing lasts years.

Good find, this practically means we are certain the season will continue on time. Some games will have to be played behind closed doors for sure, maybe even most of them.

Not the best for stadium-going fans and players, but the best thing that can be done looking from all angles. I'm afraid some of the smaller clubs will be hit hard without match-day revenues.

[big_daddy]

^Yes, my opinion is that the Premiership will continue behind closed doors in a month
Lets’s say, from 9th May 2020, and will play during the week and weekends too

We will see the effect of the total lockdown in Italy, they are a ~week in front of GB regarding the lockdown and they are still having new cases on a daily base
But I’m confident that the number will have a massive decrease in the next 2 weeks

[hilariousetc]

^Yes, my opinion is that the Premiership will continue behind closed doors in a month
Lets’s say, from 9th May 2020, and will play during the week and weekends too

It's probably out of the PL's hands though. I'm sure they would restart the games this weekend if they could, but it's what the government says that will effect the restart. At the moment you're not meant to go outside with more than two people and group gatherings are effectively banned so that would obviously effect football games as well. Maybe the gov will make exceptions for sport or maybe it will get worse and they will prohibit any sporting matches even behind closed doors. Them and even the PL have got to think about the health of the players and staff as well but I guess they could screen/test the players first. Personally, I'm very sceptical the games will be played any time soon even behind closed doors. I guess we'll have to see how the partial lock-down of the UK works but most people are still going to work everyday so I don't think it's going to do much.

[big_daddy]

I’m afraid of the copy/paste scenario from Italy and Spain...

Please, keep you all safe on the Island, wear masks and gloves when you go outside
This virus is violent.

[tokeweed]

The person with the most near guessing date get’s the pot ha?

Toke will be the one who will say against it and will call a war against it 🤪
Jokes aside, I do not think we will have no more matches for this season but unlikely if it happens then I will prefer the current leaderbaord as final since we can not do much.

Lol.  It's unfair.  And I'm not saying that cos I'm leading the pool.  But again...  I'd accept for the season's pool to be scratched if the EPL scratches the season and there's no winner.  Pretty sure LFC would call a war against it too.

Me and Klopp will fight it together.  Lolol. 

[DeathAngel]

If the season ends then our pool table should be paid out as it is imo. Crown tokeweed the winner & pay out the prizes.

To be honest though I think European leagues will finish, we just need to be patient.

[hilariousetc]

But again...  I'd accept for the season's pool to be scratched if the EPL scratches the season and there's no winner.  Pretty sure LFC would call a war against it too.

If the current top five agrees to scrapping this tournament (assuming it doesn't get going any time soon) we could put all the prize money into the pot for next season. I would probably only do this though if all the top 5 were okay with it. If this season doesn't get finished though I dread to think when the new league would start. Could be a long time before that happens if things get worse which I'm sure it will before it gets better. I'm not expecting anything catastrophic but enough to scare the gov into not allowing things to go ahead until the coast is well and truly clear but there's no end in sight for that.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

April 30th is supposed to be when we could resume but I think it’ll be longer than that. Obviously as a big Liverpool fan I’m desperate for the season to restart. I think possibly late May we could restart.

[LTU_btc]

April 30th is supposed to be when we could resume but I think it’ll be longer than that. Obviously as a big Liverpool fan I’m desperate for the season to restart. I think possibly late May we could restart.

There is no way how season can resume om April 30th. Just look at things in China. They had to start in February, but now they are planning to start on April 18th. It's 2.5 month. So, end of May or start of June is most optimistic scenario IMO. But cosidering how pandemy spreads in Europe when Italy and Spain already surpassed China by number of deaths. So, things doesn't looks good now..