Behind Close Doors!

I know one thing for sure — behind closed doors is an absolutely dogsh*t idea that should be off the table right bloody now.

If anyone thinks that the point of football is to arrive at some statistically satisfying denouement then blow me down — maybe after the lockdown, you should stay inside, anyway.

Any sporting result is (in the grand scheme of things) pretty arbitrary. A won this year, B won it that year, etc.

The point HAS TO BE the spectacle, the pints, the pies, the electric banter with the away end, the atmosphere, the feeling when their flash false nine gets wallbottomed, the passion, the songs we sing about a man's genitals, the being able to say: "I was there, Sunshine!" — I was there when M'Voto ran the length of the pitch to Bambi it wide; I was there when Shez squared up to Incey, when Gary Neville was sent off for smashing Hammill, when Bergkamp pinged that curler into the top corner, or when Ricardo Fuller offered that kid in the West Stand out.

PICTURE THE SCENE:
"Were you there when Woodrow scored those 9 goals in one game, Grandad?"
"No, Lad, but I saw it on ifollow."

Gi'o'er withisen.

Watching on a laptop in absolute silence whilst being able to hear every painful and echoey ballslap — and nowt else — is a fundamentally bad idea.

I'll watch us go down if the season can be completed. And I'll accept defeat if/when it comes.

But not in empty stadiums. And not on ifollow.

 

But the clubs can't exist till August 2021 on the back of a 9 game mini-season and a bunch of meaningless friendlies. In terms of revenues, certainly outside the greed league, a full 2020-21 season is an absolute necessity.

 

You're probably right but if there is no time how on earth will they do it? If the current season is abandoned I could see many people demanding their money back, possibly taking legal action etc. If its played to completion and ends in October (not that unlikely) the new season would start the following week with the possibility of 3 games a week to get it finished by the time Euro 2021 starts. In that scenario, crowds will be low, players will be playing with injuries, the standard will be lower and the clubs would still be suffering financially. I don't think there is any easy solution to this.

 

I still maintain my oppinion that not another ball will be kicked this season.
The football authorities know this.