This post has been merged from a topic called 'Parrish on TV' by bexleydave

He’s going to be on the Andrew Marr show on BBC1 this morning (not sure what time he’s appearing)

If the season does restart you only need one player at one club to test positive to bring the whole thing to a halt again as everybody at the club would have to go into quarantine for around 14 days and consequently wouldn't be able to meet their fixture commitments.

one problem mooted about neutral venues like st georges park is that there has to be VAR installed at the grounds games are being played at, or there will be issues is a side is relegated by a goal that would have been wiped off.

whatever the outcome, the games have to be played, 3 teams have to be relegated, 3 come up, liverpool crowned champions & european places confirmed or there is just going to be ongoing legal issues for years.

if we had only played 10 games cancelling the season could be a good shout, but not with 75% played.

‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway

I watched Steve Parish on the Marr programme today and thought he came over well, being measured and realistic. Effectively he said that the neutral ground proposal was at the behest of the Police and was the least worse option. Whether it gets accepted though is another matter.

I think the likes of Brighton and Watford are trying to get the season cancelled so they don't face any chance of relegation but with so many competing points of view it's going to be almost impossible to achieve a consensus.

Why don't they simply suspend the leagues until it is considered safe to resume as normal, with crowds, whenever that may be, if even a year from now. Then complete the fixtures and start the new season, modified if necessary to fit the then prevailing circumstances?

That's not to suggest that there cannot be any football. Alternative competitions could take place, at neutral grounds. Mini regional leagues and cups could run. It wouldn't be the same as the Premier league but could have special rules to ensure safety and some could be free to all on TV. It would be better than no football, or a long drawn out dispute.

It's what happen during WW2 and this is not a totally dissimilar circumstance.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Probably all encouraged to lick more door knobs.

COYP

Yes. I think I was just trying to emphasise that any restart would be a fairly fragile affair. Unless players are mothballed and put away between matches there will be a risk, albeit small (if they obey distancing measures), of a player becoming infected. You only need one individual to be bit careless or forgetful.