Bristol City Captain (4 Viewers)

CCFC54321 · Apr 30, 2020

Anyone listened to the Bristol city captain recording going around on WhatsApp just now regarding the EFL meeting?

High level summary is...

- Season unlikely to finish
- Jan 21 start for next season
- Top three clubs promoted
- no relegation
- More teams relegated after next season to balance leagues out
- Vote on if players will play after June Without pay for out of contract players.

To be confirmed at another meeting but this is the proposal.

City would be promoted.

SlowerThanPlatt · Apr 30, 2020

I thought you said the season would be back in June?

Brylowes · Apr 30, 2020

CCFC54321 said:
Anyone listened to the Bristol city captain recording going around on WhatsApp just now regarding the EFL meeting?

High level summary is...

- Season unlikely to finish
- Jan 21 start for next season
- Top three clubs promoted
- no relegation
- More teams relegated after next season to balance leagues out
- Vote on if players will play after June Without pay for out of contract players.

To be confirmed at another meeting but this is the proposal.

City would be promoted.

I’ll take that ‘if it’s true,
Couldn’t care less when next season starts, so long as it starts with us in the Championship.

CCFC54321 · Apr 30, 2020

SlowerThanPlatt said:
I thought you said the season would be back in June?

This the highlights of the voice recording.

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Apr 30, 2020

So the season would start at a point when it would ordinarily be halfway through. And no-one can see a knock-on problem from this?

If we can't play until Jan then that'd be just under a year from when it was postponed. So just carry on from where we are now.

Alex1987 · Apr 30, 2020

Link?

Frostie · Apr 30, 2020

Korey Smith is Bristol City captain & it sounds nothing like him.

SlowerThanPlatt · Apr 30, 2020

Frostie said:
Korey Smith is Bristol City captain & it sounds nothing like him.

The OP has got the club wrong. It’s Bristol Rovers and Alex Rodman who’s their PFA rep

SlowerThanPlatt · Apr 30, 2020

CCFC54321 · Apr 30, 2020

SlowerThanPlatt said:
The OP has got the club wrong. It’s Bristol Rovers and Alex Rodman who’s their PFA rep

Just putting out what was sent to me.

SlowerThanPlatt · Apr 30, 2020

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MatthewWallis · Apr 30, 2020

Skybluefaz · Apr 30, 2020

CCFC54321 said:
Anyone listened to the Bristol city captain recording going around on WhatsApp just now regarding the EFL meeting?

High level summary is...

- Season unlikely to finish
- Jan 21 start for next season
- Top three clubs promoted
- no relegation
- More teams relegated after next season to balance leagues out
- Vote on if players will play after June Without pay for out of contract players.

To be confirmed at another meeting but this is the proposal.

City would be promoted.

WhatsApp voice recordings are always legit ennit

CCFC54321 · Apr 30, 2020

Skybluefaz said:
WhatsApp voice recordings are always legit ennit

This one is.

the rumpo kid · Apr 30, 2020

I heard that as no football with supporters until Jan 2021

clint van damme · Apr 30, 2020

The Bristol city captain - sounds like a bawdy rugby song

covcity4life · Apr 30, 2020

Brylowes said:
I’ll take that ‘if it’s true,
Couldn’t care less when next season starts, so long as it starts with us in the Championship.

Althoight 6 relegatipn spots will be tough!

But fuck it we are going for prem

Magwitch · Apr 30, 2020

CCFC54321 said:
To be confirmed at another meeting but this is the proposal

City would be promoted.

Good might mean we are able to keep Liam Walsh.

steve cooper · Apr 30, 2020

If football is not going to be played until Jan 21 then all kinds of problems will follow. Euro 2020 to be played next summer, existing player contracts ending in June next year, the Premier league possibly having extra teams. This will take some sorting out.

Liquid Gold · Apr 30, 2020

Just get us in the championship and set up a massive zoom party

CCFC54321 · Apr 30, 2020

steve cooper said:
If football is not going to be played until Jan 21 then all kinds of problems will follow. Euro 2020 to be played next summer, existing player contracts ending in June next year, the Premier league possibly having extra teams. This will take some sorting out.

I thought that as well. I think personally season will start late next season, no cup competitions so season finishes on time prior to euro 2020 (21)

Magwitch · Apr 30, 2020

CCFC54321 said:
I thought that as well. I think personally season will start late next season, no cup competitions so season finishes on time prior to euro 2020 (21)

I have my doubts Euros will happen unless there’s a significant improvement in vaccines and treatments, without that I just can’t see vast movement of spectators from all over Europe happening or even allowed.

David O'Day · Apr 30, 2020

Snider than wellesbourne market 4 stripe Adidas.

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chiefdave · Apr 30, 2020

CCFC54321 said:
Season unlikely to finish
- Jan 21 start for next season
- Top three clubs promoted
- no relegation
- More teams relegated after next season to balance leagues out
- Vote on if players will play after June Without pay for out of contract players.

Not sure that all adds up. Can't complete this season because we've lost 8 weeks but can lose 24 weeks next season and play a complete season with more teams?

And if this season is being called why does it matter about player contracts past June? You either sign players for next season or you don't - same as every other year.

Nonleagueherewecome · Apr 30, 2020

Seems daft starting a new season in January when we haven't finished this one. More worrying, how many relegation places would that be next season and how on earth do they fit in the extra games that an inflated (27 team?) division would bring? How many relegation places? If we have to finish 7th from bottom rather than 4th from bottom to stay up next season, I don't think that being promoted is worth it.

Sky Blue Harry H · Apr 30, 2020

Very eloquent speaker for a (stereotypical) footballer

RegTheDonk · Apr 30, 2020

Just listened and he say no fans until Jan 2021...so presumably behind closed doors if they sort out the testing/safety?

Sky Blue Harry H · Apr 30, 2020

Nonleagueherewecome said:
If we have to finish 7th from bottom rather than 4th from bottom to stay up next season, I don't think that being promoted is worth it.

If we stay in League 1 we will be financially worse off as The Championship would produce more TV money. Players wages are likely to be more realistic/subdued, due to the coronavirus effect on clubs overall, so even if we were relegated i would expect us to be in a stronger position as a club by the end of 20/21 season than if we stayed in L1 for that season.

Sick Boy · Apr 30, 2020

I think it’s safe to say no more football this season.

Sick Boy · Apr 30, 2020

Nonleagueherewecome said:
Seems daft starting a new season in January when we haven't finished this one. More worrying, how many relegation places would that be next season and how on earth do they fit in the extra games that an inflated (27 team?) division would bring? How many relegation places? If we have to finish 7th from bottom rather than 4th from bottom to stay up next season, I don't think that being promoted is worth it.

Yeah, it’d be much better to stay in League 1 and lose our best players and then be reliant on the reduced income from St Andrews.
Even if we were relegated from the Championship we would be in a much healthier position compared to another season in League 1 and facing a rebuilding job.

Liquid Gold · Apr 30, 2020

I think it’s actually a great opportunity. Go up to a championship that contains Barnsley, Wigan, Luton, Charlton etc but no Leeds or West Brom. Still only 24 games if they bring 3 from league 1 and send 3 to PL so it gives us a fighting chance to stay up.

Whoever is running the ricoh will be desperate for us back when the crowds are allowed in. Get us up. I’ll accept missing out on that promotion game and party if it gives the club a fighting chance of a decent future.

Sick Boy · Apr 30, 2020

Liquid Gold said:
I think it’s actually a great opportunity. Go up to a championship that contains Barnsley, Wigan, Luton, Charlton etc but no Leeds or West Brom. Still only 24 games if they bring 3 from league 1 and send 3 to PL so it gives us a fighting chance to stay up.

Whoever is running the ricoh will be desperate for us back when the crowds are allowed in. Get us up. I’ll accept missing out on that promotion game and party if it gives the club a fighting chance of a decent future.

I think it’s a key moment for us, not to be dramatic but I genuinely think we’d face a relegation battle should we have to stay in League 1 again. Not wanting to go up because there are more relegation places is crazy.

Nonleagueherewecome · Apr 30, 2020

Sick Boy said:
Yeah, it’d be much better to stay in League 1 and lose our best players and then be reliant on the reduced income from St Andrews.
Even if we were relegated from the Championship we would be in a much healthier position compared to another season in League 1 and facing a rebuilding job.

I suppose financially, yeah. Just a real pisser to finally get back to The Championship with a massively reduced chance of survival (which was always gonna be really tough anyway).

Frostie · Apr 30, 2020

RegTheDonk said:
Just listened and he say no fans until Jan 2021...so presumably behind closed doors if they sort out the testing/safety?

They'd already said all that anyway.

Not really much new in the recording I don't believe apart from the non relegation but it's all "this might happen etc." nothing definitive.

Sick Boy · Apr 30, 2020

Nonleagueherewecome said:
I suppose financially, yeah. Just a real pisser to finally get back to The Championship with a massively reduced chance of survival (which was always gonna be really tough anyway).

If we can yo yo and establish ourselves it’d be much better. This is the reality as there’s now a lot more money in the Championship too.

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