ricardo 7,239 Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, ron obvious said: An effective vaccine would also help promote the certainty bit. This is still somewhere over the rainbow and likely to remain so for another year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ron obvious 1,473 Posted March 14, 2020 1 minute ago, ricardo said: This is still somewhere over the rainbow and likely to remain so for another year. According to the link I saw they're due to start testing next month. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,239 Posted March 14, 2020 12 minutes ago, sgncfc said: I believe it's a two-thirds majority required for Rule changes, so 14 clubs would do it. Conspiracy theorists, step forward now! Only Liverpool and Leicester would have any real axe to grind. A vote for nul and void looks favourite IMO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cornish sam 922 Posted March 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Ramrod said: In the event this season is cancelled it could boil down to this: Liverpool cannot prove they are champions any more than other sides can prove their finishing places, so the Premier League and Championship cannot be held to ransom by their members. Norwich City cannot prove they would not be in the bottom three after the last match and if that is an opinion agreed by other Clubs about us then the rule would have to apply to all. No Club is able to demand its final place. The area where this is likely to be most difficult is next season's Champions League. But relegation is different. To relegate Clubs the Premier League and Championship would be required to prove certain Clubs are relegated. The onus shifts. As much as Norwich City cannot prove survival the Premier League cannot prove relegation. We would be expelled without proof and that carries the greater predjudicial weight. In addition, they would have to relegate three Clubs as contracted and not just one whether they are adrift at the bottom or not. Minor point, I believe there is no contractural obligation for relegation and promotion between PL and EFL, separate organisations, separate competitions. Similarly there is no contract between the EFL and national League. The only contractural promotion relegation is within a single organisation, I.e. within the EFL between champs and L1 for example... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JF 694 Posted March 14, 2020 Just now, cornish sam said: Minor point, I believe there is no contractural obligation for relegation and promotion between PL and EFL, separate organisations, separate competitions. Similarly there is no contract between the EFL and national League. The only contractural promotion relegation is within a single organisation, I.e. within the EFL between champs and L1 for example... I think that is correct and will ultimately mean that there will be no promotion form the championship Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
......and Smith must score. 1,310 Posted March 14, 2020 To be fair we’ve been standing on the Premier League trapdoor for months. If we stay up by default Harry Houdini will have nothing on us 😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 4,092 Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, ron obvious said: According to the link I saw they're due to start testing next month. They are testing it on animals. It's 12 to 18 months away. Meanwhile the UK death toll has increased by 10. That's a massive increase. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy 107 Posted March 14, 2020 It was a two part post. It would appear that a null and void decision has strong support. But what about the lessons learnt? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cornish sam 922 Posted March 15, 2020 10 hours ago, Capt. Pants said: They are testing it on animals. It's 12 to 18 months away. Meanwhile the UK death toll has increased by 10. That's a massive increase. There is actually a team in Bulgaria who had been working on a generic coronavirus vaccine that reckon they will be starting human trials on a covid19 specific one by the end of summer... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites