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They might even cancel Premiership and all other matches as l would not rule that out.

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They will leave us the cricket won't they ? The County Championship no one turns up to watch so that should be ok ;)

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As the old saying goes Mr K all bets are off.

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Well there will be no Tennis as they expect 10 weeks of tournament cancellations due to coronavirus.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...ns-coronavirus

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This is the government action plan being discussed.

https://www.the42.ie/behind-closed-d...43233-Mar2020/

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So only the Premiership, Championship and EFL games, which isn't 'all games in England' as the headline claims. I can see a massive influx of support into National League games and below. Football fans need their fix, (apart from Premiership fans who 99% just watch on TV anyway.).

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La Liga has just been suspended.

https://www.laliga.com/noticias/lali...la-competicion


UEFA considers Champions League and Europa League suspension.

https://www.skysports.com/football/n...gue-suspension

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Three Leicester City players self-isolating.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/51848720

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Odion Ighalo must be the best signing since..........Bruno Fernandes.:cool:

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Mikel Arteta tests positive for the virus.

We're done here,

That's Arsenal, Leicester and potentially Man City all out.

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Chelsea now under quarantine.

Getting really close to a full suspension of league games.

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The Premier League is convening a emergency club meeting this morning.

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All matches in UEFA competitions, including the Champions League and Europa League, will not take place next week.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...-a9399216.html

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Sky TV sources and now sky news sources are fairly beaten about the season resuming and think it's finished.

The flip side to that is that it's on both the Premier League and Government to sort this out and mainly the Premier League to decide what's what. Obviously Sky are probably the best placed to already know what the PL are discussing but there's still options available. The lack of International football and cancelling the Euros would open some gaps.

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Cancel Euros to 2021. Play remaining Champions League / Europa League ties as one off matches instead of two legs (in selected Euro 2020 stadiums?). Possibly even with quarters/semi/final played over 8 days or so in June/July. Frees up more time.

Shorter preseason (none of these overseas trips) and abandon cup competitions for next season.

Between all that you buy a couple of months worth of dates. Maybe three.

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Even more outlandish:

Start next season with the remaining games from this season - with the results valid in 19/20 and 20/21. Once those 19/20 fixtures are done promote / relegate as appropriate and play out the remaining games for 20/21 - for the promoted/relegated teams have the corresponding fixture in the second half of the season to the one they missed at the start worth double points to them. Yes I know this would mean they didn’t have the opportunity to play everyone home and away.

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Champions League money is worth a hefty amount to some, clubs will be keen to find a way to see that out. Reducing the amount of games by limiting them to a single leg, nullifying any advantage by having them hosted neutrally is fairly agreeable.

Europa League sticking point is basically the winner gets a CL spot, which is fairly important for the PL teams competing in it. Otherwise the money involved is fairly drab to most teams and cancellation of the whole tournament would be possible.

Also award the FA cup to the top scoring team. :erm:

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Premier League will meet again, possibly Thursday to decide on the appropriate action. Sources still remain defeated and say the league is finished. Suggestions range from everything at the minute though. From calling it and handing Liverpool the trophy or rendering the entire season void. Doubt anyone actually knows.