Why we can’t predict the future of football right now
Posted on March 28th, 2020 | 87 Comments |
Not even eminent epidemiologists know for certain how long this current crisis will last, it may subside for a while, only to come back in waves like the so-called ‘Spanish’ Flu emergency of 1918-20. Any predictions of a return to football in the next few months may be completely wide of the mark, indeed, the effects of CoVid-19 may not just curtail the current season, it may also curtail the next one too; though if it does, by the time we are finished and counting the damage, football might not be so important in the grand scheme of things for a while any way, though it may be a little frustrating for Liverpool fans if they were denied their first league title in three decades.
As for Newcastle United, their path to potential FA Cup glory was more uncertain with a looming quarter final against favourites, Man City now postponed until further notice. Bobbing around the lower end of mid-table, they had nothing much to win, or lose in the League. With no sport on the horizon, there will be no sports betting either, though you can still find promotions codes for casino here.
There is one issue which which the current crisis might bring to a head though, the despicable, but, alas, all too predictable behaviour of owner, Mike Ashley. The treatment of his workers at Sports Direct is a whole story on its own, but more relevant to this piece, Newcastle United season ticket holders have seen their bank accounts debited in full for 2020-21 season tickets, even though there is no starting date to the season yet due to postponement, and it might be subject to the same kind of disruption as this season when / if it does eventually commence. It has often been speculated on just how far Ashley would have to go before enough of these long suffering season ticket holders withdraw their custom in sufficient amounts to make Ashley think again about the abusive way he treats them.
Shame really as I’m fairly sure we would have won the last 9 matches of the season, leaving us on 62 points. And they may as well just award to FA Cup to us on a statistical basis.