Premier League officially postponed until 17th of June

spursfan77 · Mar 16, 2020

Really good chat on radio 5 live tonight and broadcasters role in what might happen. Worth a listen.

Twizzle · Mar 16, 2020

GRspurs11 said:
Luckily, clinical trials can take anywhere from 12-18 months to be completed.

Its an existing medication used for something else and will apparently be available for use with Covid-19 next month

WiganSpur · Mar 16, 2020

L.S.U.Yiddo said:
Thinking about it I don't mind if the PL gives the league title to Liverpool. If they do then whenever Liverpool fans say they won the league everyone else gets to interrupt and say "actually you were given the league title. You didn't win it."

2019-20 Winners. Liverpool *

bubble07 · Mar 16, 2020

spursfan77 said:
Really good chat on radio 5 live tonight and broadcasters role in what might happen. Worth a listen.

Now?

Gspurs11 · Mar 16, 2020

Gb160 said:
Even when they're proposing using drugs that are already tested and available?

It was a joke about prolonging their title anguish rather than a factual comment.

spursfan77 · Mar 16, 2020

bubble07 said:
Now?

yeah. It’s available from the start on the bbc sounds app now. I’m listening to it on that, not live.

slartibartfast · Mar 16, 2020

coys200 said:
I don’t really get why PL are meeting this week. Situation be much clearer next week. It’s probably still to early to void the season.

Never miss the opportunity of a free lunch.

homer hotspur · Mar 16, 2020

George94 said:
They're not going to carry on this season if we get to August - it throws everything off completely timing wise for the following season and potentially seasons to come, especially if the Euros are moved to Summer 2021 like expected.

I think the Euros should be scrapped altogether , if necessary, giving 2 summers for clubs to potentially extend into.

Seafordian Spurs · Mar 16, 2020

kaz Hirai said:
Give pool the title and void the thing. Football isn't coming back anytime soon.

No. Just void the season. Why give Liverpool the title?

Fuck them. ??

King of Otters · Mar 16, 2020

Seafordian Spurs said:
No. Just void the season. Why give Liverpool the title?

Fuck them. ??

Void the season, but relegate West Ham to League Two just for the hell of it.

glacierSpurs · Mar 17, 2020

If the season is gonna get voided, there will be no champions, simple as that.

If we are the one in Liverpool position, you can bet no one in the world would say just give the title to us.

Shadydan · Mar 17, 2020

kaz Hirai said:
Give pool the title and void the thing. Football isn't coming back anytime soon.

Such a weird post.

SirHarryHotspur · Mar 17, 2020

When this is all finally sorted it's inevitable that football and especially PL clubs are going to see a some sort of loss in TV revenue, no footy on Sky etc means a drop in advertising revenue and will Sky and the others be able to get back what they have lost.
All the PL clubs rely heavily on TV revenue not just match day income , these are old figures https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...guide-2017-18-accounts-manchester-united-city
but the likes of Palace , Everton, Bournemouth have wage bills 78% ,77% & 76% of turnover wonder how it's all going to end up.

LeSoupeKitchen · Mar 17, 2020

SirHarryHotspur said:
When this is all finally sorted it's inevitable that football and especially PL clubs are going to see a some sort of loss in TV revenue, no footy on Sky etc means a drop in advertising revenue and will Sky and the others be able to get back what they have lost.
All the PL clubs rely heavily on TV revenue not just match day income , these are old figures https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...guide-2017-18-accounts-manchester-united-city
but the likes of Palace , Everton, Bournemouth have wage bills 78% ,77% & 76% of turnover wonder how it's all going to end up.

Isnt the wealth all relative though? Won't everyone just end up with the same players but much cheaper?

Having said that I guess it will probably affect us significantly with big debts to service.

vegassd · Mar 17, 2020

SirHarryHotspur said:
When this is all finally sorted it's inevitable that football and especially PL clubs are going to see a some sort of loss in TV revenue, no footy on Sky etc means a drop in advertising revenue and will Sky and the others be able to get back what they have lost.
All the PL clubs rely heavily on TV revenue not just match day income , these are old figures https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...guide-2017-18-accounts-manchester-united-city
but the likes of Palace , Everton, Bournemouth have wage bills 78% ,77% & 76% of turnover wonder how it's all going to end up.

There will be some clubs suffering for sure.

I imagine that the TV deals have a whole bunch of clauses written in to cover missed matches, and at the end of the day they will be the easiest thing to work out. If 80% of the TV slots have been completed then 80% of the money is paid... that sort of thing.

The more interesting one is definitely player contracts. I think that most contracts have stepped pay to account for when players are injured and aren't able to work so a lot of that has probably kicked in already. But for clubs who haven't planned for that sort of thing, and clubs like you mention who run very high wage bills as a percentage of turnover (based on a full TV season) might have a few sticky situations. It's why I think that football would benefit from a year of no transfer restrictions once things do get going again.

SirHarryHotspur · Mar 17, 2020

LeSoupeKitchen said:
Isnt the wealth all relative though? Won't everyone just end up with the same players but much cheaper?

Having said that I guess it will probably affect us significantly with big debts to service.

True, but assume Zaha is highest paid at Palace , could they be forced to sell to lower the wage bill if their income was adversely affected, come to that we might have to sell Harry.

coys200 · Mar 17, 2020

In some ways with the stadium we should recover quicker than other clubs. That’s assuming people even have funds to go to football after this. But tbh watching sky seeing them talk about football just feels wrong. Quite frankly right now who cares.

fletch82 · Mar 17, 2020

SirHarryHotspur said:
True, but assume Zaha is highest paid at Palace , could they be forced to sell to lower the wage bill if their income was adversely affected, come to that we might have to sell Harry.

Admit it you just want us to sell harry ?that's got to have been the second or third scenario that you have imagined that we will have to sell kane in :cautious:

SirHarryHotspur · Mar 17, 2020

fletch82 said:
Admit it you just want us to sell harry ?that's got to have been the second or third scenario that you have imagined that we will have to sell kane in

Only if we can get Håland but Dortmund will want a fortune for him now.
It was tongue in cheek about Harry but financial circumstances might force some clubs to cash in on their biggest assets.

TheChosenOne · Mar 17, 2020

Sky TV are stopping billing to pubs and clubs, BT also apparently.

.
The word over here in ROI is that the charge for Sky Sports to pubs was €2300 a month
with a strict 3 month termination clause. Phew.

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