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kingantti1874
9 minutes ago, NANOJAMBO said:

There isn't going to be N&V. 


I don’t think so either.. the premier league is all over ver bar the shouting ! they won’t be able to push the huns aside as easily as we were pushed aside.. if they are denied their title.. there will be issues
 

 

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1 minute ago, kingantti1874 said:


I don’t think so either.. the premier league is all over ver bar the shouting ! they won’t be able to push the huns aside as easily as we were pushed aside.. if they are denied their title.. there will be issues
 

 

Agreed. But the legal/commercial issues that the SPFL board warned the clubs about last year are still relevant this year and that alone should ensure no N&V. That goes for the SFA and their precious cup comp too. 

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11 minutes ago, NANOJAMBO said:

There isn't going to be N&V. 

No, I don’t believe there will be either. 
A masochistic part of me would like to see it though, it would be the the end of the SFA/spfl. 

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2 minutes ago, Riccarton3 said:

Sorry but is it not possible to null and void lower leagues only?

Well, Brechin are still bottom... so, yeah a possibility as that would save them presumably? 🤷‍♂️ Again. 

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Just now, Riccarton3 said:

Sorry but is it not possible to null and void lower leagues only?

You could N&V the whole show - but the legal/commercial implications apply to all clubs at any level. Even the diddy clubs would face potential claims for ST refunds and sponsorship repayments - that is what the SPFL blackmailed the clubs with last year in their legal advice to get N&V off the table. 

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16 minutes ago, NANOJAMBO said:

Agreed. But the legal/commercial issues that the SPFL board warned the clubs about last year are still relevant this year and that alone should ensure no N&V. That goes for the SFA and their precious cup comp too. 


ae now know the cup can be played any time up to December 2021

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20 minutes ago, frankblack said:

If clubs think things through then "pausing" or abandoning the league will have far more severe negative consequences for them.

 

Firstly, furlough isn't a given as the government are allowing football to continue.

 

Secondly, the clubs will still be burning money on overheads.

 

Finally, they run the risk of losing projected income from TV and other finishing prize money.  Those in positions to win promotions would be cutting their own throats.

 

The only people I can see benefiting from this are Celtic, who could afford to write off money if it meant they were still technically champions and Sevco's guaranteed title was stolen from them.

 

Just to add, what happens to the £500k grants from the SG if the season gets chucked?  An absolutely nonsense idea to even consider it.

 

Agreed.

 

Not sure if all the other clubs have diverted season ticket sales to watching online, but how many requests for partial refunds are they going to get if they go for a null and void? 

 

If there's no refund on a null & void season ticket how many of their

fans are going to think more than twice next year?

 

(I think most Hearts fans are made of sterner stuff having gone through all the crap imposed on us in the recent past, & we also have the '18 match' at Tynie guarantee).

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Don't know if it's been mentioned but got a pop up on my tablet. Some Celtic page or other and they are claiming a group of Rangers fans calling themselves " stop the ten " are responsible for manufactured photos of the Dubai trip. They are always the victims and nothing is their fault.

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42 minutes ago, David Black said:

Don't worry, Dick Gordon will get to the bottom of this.


If you can pull him out of Doncaster's bottom for long enough to comment...

Seriously, if Maxwell has taken a manager's press interview comments which included discussion on the mental health impact of Covid-19 that they have suffered, out of context and as an excuse to push a "would you like to suspend the league" agenda - he should be taken to task for this. Robbo probably has suffered heat from his employers over this, possibly social media flak etc at a time when he needed support - all because Maxwell has taken press comments as an official club communication. 

Managers work under license from the SFA, do they not, therefor the SFA has a duty of care towards them. Maxwell has failed in this duty. No doubt the SFA's protectionist rules will protect him from any responsibility or disciplinary action but that should not stop us and other clubs kicking up a massive fuss in the press and highlighting the importance of protecting mental health of footballing staff, nevermind in wider society which is suffering from the effects of an ongoing pandemic.

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1 minute ago, sac said:

Dundee Ayr off, shenanigans by the sounds of it

 

Or is it? What a farce by the sound of it.

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1 minute ago, sac said:

Dundee Ayr off, shenanigans by the sounds of it

 

Seems bizzare, just get big Charlie Adam heavy breathing over the patch of pitch for 5 mins and will be as good as new

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52 minutes ago, upgotheheads said:

Maxwell wrote: "One SPFL championship club has publicly taken the position that all football should be suspended.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55684189

 

"The Highland club have told BBC Scotland they are not in favour of a temporary pause."

 

 

If the club isn't inverness, and no other club has said anything publicly, then what the hell is he talking about?

“Publicly”

So we should all be able to read on hear their words (club statement) on the subject. 

Shameful if it’s the words of Robbo that has been construed as the proof that no one is up for this at Inverness.

We should be the laughing stock of world football.

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14 minutes ago, Gizmo said:


If you can pull him out of Doncaster's bottom for long enough to comment...

Seriously, if Maxwell has taken a manager's press interview comments which included discussion on the mental health impact of Covid-19 that they have suffered, out of context and as an excuse to push a "would you like to suspend the league" agenda - he should be taken to task for this. Robbo probably has suffered heat from his employers over this, possibly social media flak etc at a time when he needed support - all because Maxwell has taken press comments as an official club communication. 

Managers work under license from the SFA, do they not, therefor the SFA has a duty of care towards them. Maxwell has failed in this duty. No doubt the SFA's protectionist rules will protect him from any responsibility or disciplinary action but that should not stop us and other clubs kicking up a massive fuss in the press and highlighting the importance of protecting mental health of footballing staff, nevermind in wider society which is suffering from the effects of an ongoing pandemic.

The mind boggles at the thought of a Gordon/Doncaster/Lawell threesome!

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25 minutes ago, sac said:

Dundee Ayr off, shenanigans by the sounds of it

John Nelms waiting on an email arriving from the SPFL if they can delay the game😂

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3 minutes ago, Geoff Kilpatrick said:

SFA using Robbo. Sleekit barstewards.

 

Just now, WageThief said:

ICT chief exec on BBC Scotland just now.  


I trust they are backing Robbo and making a real noise over this disgusting hijacking of someone's health issues and press views to further Maxwell's agenda. He should be sacked, frankly. 

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Said it when Maxwell was appointed - the man is a complete dolt. This letter just proves the point. Anywhere else after a mess like this he would be out the door.

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Just now, Gizmo said:

 


I trust they are backing Robbo and making a real noise over this disgusting hijacking of someone's health issues and press views to further Maxwell's agenda. He should be sacked, frankly. 

 

Yeah pretty much (not that Maxwell should be sacked).  He agrees with English who finds the whole thing "remarkable".  Also made a little remark about not being able to talk at the meeting, per the Stenhousemuir chairman.

 

Stewart is on as well (and seems bang on too).

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21 minutes ago, 1971fozzy said:

Maxwell should be sacked immediately. Listening to the ICT chairman he is livid and rightly so.

 

Get Maxwell sacked


Glad they are taking a firm stance - Maxwell's behaviour is a disgrace. Not only for the lack of duty of care towards Robbo, but also you wonder what - and who's - agenda he is pushing here. I doubt he has the wit to act unilaterally. 

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Honestly the more I think about how progressive employers try to center mental health, particularly during a pandemic, the more angry I get at the dinosaurs in the SFA. 

 

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21 minutes ago, milky_26 said:

Can someone summarise what ICT chief exec said on there radio?

 

He said Robbo didn't call for football to be stopped as Maxwell claimed. Even if he had he wasn't speaking for the club. When he first got the email he couldn't work out which club had called for a stoppage. He couldn't understand why Maxwell didn't pick up the phone to find out the clubs position. They don't want a suspension.

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19 minutes ago, Gizmo said:


Glad they are taking a firm stance - Maxwell's behaviour is a disgrace. Not only for the lack of duty of care towards Robbo, but also you wonder what - and who's - agenda he is pushing here. I doubt he has the wit to act unilaterally. 

Not listening, but read ICT’s comments.  
 

so Robbo speaks out about his own mental health, and his concern for others, and his words are twisted by the SPFL to get some sort of agenda in motion.  
 

Disgusting.  A total disgrace at any time.  Even more so, when mental health is such a big issue these days, and one of the biggest killers of young men. 

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8 minutes ago, Paolo said:

Not listening, but read ICT’s comments.  
 

so Robbo speaks out about his own mental health, and his concern for others, and his words are twisted by the SPFL to get some sort of agenda in motion.  
 

Disgusting.  A total disgrace at any time.  Even more so, when mental health is such a big issue these days, and one of the biggest killers of young men. 

 

Maxwell should 100% walk for that. If he knew what he was doing it was incredibly underhand and manipulative, and completely lacking in empathy. If he didn't, it was incredibly stupid. Either way, not what you expect from someone in his position.

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10 minutes ago, ToqueJambo said:

 

Maxwell should 100% walk for that. If he knew what he was doing it was incredibly underhand and manipulative, and completely lacking in empathy. If he didn't, it was incredibly stupid. Either way, not what you expect from someone in his position.

I think he knew what he was doing.  You are right though, it is major stupidity and incompetency if he did not.   I am not sure what is worse.  Probably the former   Either should be enough to have him removed.  

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44 minutes ago, fancy a brew said:

 

He said Robbo didn't call for football to be stopped as Maxwell claimed. Even if he had he wasn't speaking for the club. When he first got the email he couldn't work out which club had called for a stoppage. He couldn't understand why Maxwell didn't pick up the phone to find out the clubs position. They don't want a suspension.

Cheers just what I imagined he would say

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6 minutes ago, jonnothejambo said:

 

Maxwell unavailable to talk on the radio today. 

 

On the naughty step.

 

Feckin trumpet.

Maxwell kind of blows up the theory that ex players will make better officials for the SFA or SPFL. He’s an idiot. When you listen to most pundits, it becomes obvious that there’s not too many ex players out there with much of a brain.

If I was a Patrick Thistle fan, I would question why he did nothing to try to save his old club from the shenanigans of the summer. He just sat back and watched Celtic’s cabal use them as collateral damage.

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All robbo said was he worried for his and his players mental well-being. How maxwell Has spun that to get the championship clubs to consider ending the season is ****ing incredible (in the bad word). Using someone’s mental health like that is wrong. 

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Maxwell should be sacked immediately. 

Doncaster and the ****s at the SPFL should walk for allowing the SFA to bypass them with a view to stopping the Championship. 

 

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1 hour ago, Paolo said:

Not listening, but read ICT’s comments.  
 

so Robbo speaks out about his own mental health, and his concern for others, and his words are twisted by the SPFL to get some sort of agenda in motion.  
 

Disgusting.  A total disgrace at any time.  Even more so, when mental health is such a big issue these days, and one of the biggest killers of young men. 

 

1. This latest fiasco (and I totally agree with the points being made about failing to respond to someone simply talking about duty of care to employees/ people)

 

2. Continuing to make decisions eg stopping lower leagues without consultation 

 

3. Which continues last season's decisions which were written by 2 people without bringing clubs with them. And using threats and bribery to get what they wanted.

 

It doesn't add up to 'we represent the clubs and just follow their wishes'.

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This is the same guy who was hardly in the door in 2018 when he made comments about abuse victims in youth football and possibly should have been sacked then.How many gaffes do you have to make before you are shown the door.Tom English took up the case then and may well do with this one also.

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39 minutes ago, The Mighty Thor said:

Maxwell should be sacked immediately. 

Doncaster and the ****s at the SPFL should walk for allowing the SFA to bypass them with a view to stopping the Championship. 

 

 

Doncaster is on the sfa board so would have known about this. Chances are he knew when he agreed to answer the DR's questions, and 'couldn't' rule out n&v. In fact I think that's why he did the Record interview to give the idea some airtime.

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1 minute ago, Rick Sanchez said:

Operation null and void will be underway you'd imagine.

It's been underway since Celtic lost the last Glasgow derby.

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They will likely have to drop it now, awful stuff again from the sfa/SPL, claiming people would back it when nobody seems to be doing that

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55 minutes ago, kila said:

Bet Maxwell was in Dubai staying in the tourist resort

 

Put your house on it.

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4 hours ago, Gizmo said:


If you can pull him out of Doncaster's bottom for long enough to comment...

Seriously, if Maxwell has taken a manager's press interview comments which included discussion on the mental health impact of Covid-19 that they have suffered, out of context and as an excuse to push a "would you like to suspend the league" agenda - he should be taken to task for this. Robbo probably has suffered heat from his employers over this, possibly social media flak etc at a time when he needed support - all because Maxwell has taken press comments as an official club communication. 

Managers work under license from the SFA, do they not, therefor the SFA has a duty of care towards them. Maxwell has failed in this duty. No doubt the SFA's protectionist rules will protect him from any responsibility or disciplinary action but that should not stop us and other clubs kicking up a massive fuss in the press and highlighting the importance of protecting mental health of footballing staff, nevermind in wider society which is suffering from the effects of an ongoing pandemic.

 

Totally agree. Neither Doncaster or Maxwell are qualified for the positions they hold. Its a completely ridiculous situation. 

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7 minutes ago, OTT said:

 

Totally agree. Neither Doncaster or Maxwell are qualified for the positions they hold. Its a completely ridiculous situation. 

Doncaster comes across as quite a shrewd manipulator. Maxwell, every time I hear him, sounds like an utter dolt....

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6 minutes ago, Spellczech said:

Doncaster comes across as quite a shrewd manipulator. Maxwell, every time I hear him, sounds like an utter dolt....

 

Doncaster's definitely a pro at the sleekit stuff. Maybe why he's getting the big bucks. Maxwell seems out of his depth.

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7 minutes ago, Spellczech said:

Doncaster comes across as quite a shrewd manipulator. Maxwell, every time I hear him, sounds like an utter dolt....

 

 

Very,very polite way of putting it.  

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