Covid 19
#41
Posted 27 September 2020 - 09:14 AM
is anyone else having a hard time feeling sorry for Championship clubs who pay their players an average of 16k per week (last season’s figure)?
#42
Posted 27 September 2020 - 09:24 AM
Siberian Spireite, on 27 September 2020 - 09:14 AM, said:
is anyone else having a hard time feeling sorry for Championship clubs who pay their players an average of 16k per week (last season’s figure)?
What happens next week in the FA Cup with teams from the 'elite'? National League North and South being drawn against clubs who have been allowed spectators so far, ie Alfreton at Colville?
Yorkshire is Yorkshire
Never the twain shall meet.
Again
#44
Posted 27 September 2020 - 10:17 AM
Westbars Spireite, on 27 September 2020 - 09:29 AM, said:
They'd better get their fingers out with games starting friday.
With the draw pairing elite teams together will they conclude that spectators aren't allowed otherwise a precedent will be set for allowing spectators at elite level league games?.thus denying valuable income to clubs drawn together not falling into the 'elite' bracket?
Yorkshire is Yorkshire
Never the twain shall meet.
Again
#45
Posted 27 September 2020 - 10:22 AM
#46
Posted 27 September 2020 - 10:33 AM
SALTERGATE, on 27 September 2020 - 10:22 AM, said:
What’s it supposed to be, 1m plus away (if possible) from someone not in your household effectively? Not sure I could see evidence of anyone clearly breaching those rules.
#47
Posted 27 September 2020 - 12:27 PM
SALTERGATE, on 27 September 2020 - 10:22 AM, said:
The really bonkers thing was that drinks bought in clubhouse had to be consumed inside although you couldn’t get in without a mask - that is just about 100% opposite to pub rules. Last match they only allowed 6 queuing inside and forced people to queue outside which seemed quite sensible.
The only place where people paid attention to social distance was in the seating areas.
I’m not convinced the non league scene will continue with crowds if things get much worse
#48
Posted 27 September 2020 - 12:30 PM
azul, on 27 September 2020 - 12:27 PM, said:
The only place where people paid attention to social distance was in the seating areas.
I’m not convinced the non league scene will continue with crowds if things get much worse
They'd have been better selling cans outside surely.
This post has been edited by Westbars Spireite: 27 September 2020 - 12:30 PM
#49
Posted 27 September 2020 - 01:12 PM
Westbars Spireite, on 27 September 2020 - 12:30 PM, said:
Beer cans the pitch? Anyway not if you like your ale, they normally have a couple on. It is very civilised watching the game with a pint in your hand.
I suspect it will be back to normal next game
#50
Posted 27 September 2020 - 01:24 PM
azul, on 27 September 2020 - 01:12 PM, said:
I suspect it will be back to normal next game
I wouldn't be expecting a decent pint in a place like that but I've been surprised before.
#51
Posted 27 September 2020 - 01:25 PM
Westbars Spireite, on 27 September 2020 - 10:33 AM, said:
Yes, I understand that is it. Stay 2m distance from anyone not in your household, or 1m plus face covering if 2m is not possible. If it is possible to observe the 2m rule then that should apply.
#52
Posted 28 September 2020 - 04:53 PM
Westbars Spireite, on 27 September 2020 - 01:24 PM, said:
Be surprised then, two decently kept real ales plus the normal fizz and an expensive Czech lager, which is as good as lager gets. However if you are a Carling man, it is as bad as anywhere else. You have to remember it’s a social club and not just a match day bar. I have even taken a G&T (ice and lemon) pitch side (not for me!)
This post has been edited by azul: 28 September 2020 - 04:54 PM
#53
Posted 28 September 2020 - 05:14 PM
Clubs below National League level would probably be okay anyway, were a stricter lockdown to curtail crowds, as so few of their players are on contracts, and only get paid to play.
Premier League clubs were not shy of declaring how broadcasting revenue dwarfs gate revenue, even before Covid, and should be okay as long as people keep paying their Sky bills, though the game is killing itself with VAR.
Championship clubs have been run according to the economics of the madhouse for a long time, foreign backers chucking silly money at middling players in pursuit of the Premier League dollar. If those owners have to foot the bill for their largesse, so be it. I do feel for the Accrington and Burton type clubs who have ended up without gate revenue, though I’m really not sure the taxpayer should be bailing them out.
#54
Posted 28 September 2020 - 05:15 PM
azul, on 28 September 2020 - 04:53 PM, said:
I will drink Carling if absolutely nothing else (last time would have been at a home game I guess) but I’d take a G&T over it on most occasions.
#55
Posted 28 September 2020 - 05:26 PM
Westbars Spireite, on 28 September 2020 - 05:15 PM, said:
Too crowded to be bothered with it when CFC play there (unless Jeeves has driven me and I tip him to queue for me). I remember they tried to have a bar outside but it was 30 degrees and the beer didn’t like it. The cans in a barrel was the best idea but they stopped doing that - all hypothetical now of course
#56
Posted 28 September 2020 - 06:09 PM
Siberian Spireite, on 28 September 2020 - 05:14 PM, said:
Clubs below National League level would probably be okay anyway, were a stricter lockdown to curtail crowds, as so few of their players are on contracts, and only get paid to play.
Premier League clubs were not shy of declaring how broadcasting revenue dwarfs gate revenue, even before Covid, and should be okay as long as people keep paying their Sky bills, though the game is killing itself with VAR.
Championship clubs have been run according to the economics of the madhouse for a long time, foreign backers chucking silly money at middling players in pursuit of the Premier League dollar. If those owners have to foot the bill for their largesse, so be it. I do feel for the Accrington and Burton type clubs who have ended up without gate revenue, though I’m really not sure the taxpayer should be bailing them out.
A group administration was discussed on a football finance podcast and if all agrees the verdict was that it would be possible.
#57
Posted 28 September 2020 - 07:16 PM
Westbars Spireite, on 28 September 2020 - 06:09 PM, said:
Thanks- was that the Kevin Day/Kieran Maguire Price of Football podcast?
#58
Posted 28 September 2020 - 07:18 PM
Siberian Spireite, on 28 September 2020 - 07:16 PM, said:
That’s the one. The only podcast I listen to week in week out. It was in the context of the Championship, the expected stumbling block if there was any desire for it being a requirement for it being unanimous.
#59
Posted 28 September 2020 - 07:56 PM
Westbars Spireite, on 28 September 2020 - 07:18 PM, said:
Any employment lawyers on here may wish to comment, but presumably players would have to be paid in full in the administration period (and for a lot of clubs players wages is clearly their main cost) or they could walk away and talk to any club they liked.
I suppose the hope is all players would be happy to take a drop in wages and still honour the agreed length of their contracts.