Michigan Blue wrote:Just give the broadcasters what they want and play out the remaining Liverpool fixtures, with the Liverpool U21s in opposition kits, in front of a CGI Anfield. Dippers win the league with a records point haul and we all pretend that the soul of world football has been healed.
The most farcical outcome is the ideal outcome at this point. Just be as nakedly greedy and corrupt as possible, so that nobody can possibly pretend otherwise.
I reckon it should just be penalty shootouts. Each team gets 5 pens, win and you get 3 points, draw and it's 1 point each - no sudden death. It's something that's been used in football before, you get 15-20 minute advert breaks between each 'match' (maybe even a sneaky advert between each pen, to maximise revenue), Liverpool get their tainted trophy, and the PL can deal with the legal fallout in exactly the same way as they're planning to for any other rule changes that they would otherwise implement.
Each team only needs to take 8 or 9 players, coaching can happen beforehand and remotely, only 3 match officials needed per game, no water bottles needed, no VAR crew, minimum Sky Sports entourage, zero contact between players. 600-ish people in 1 stadium for 5 days, followed by testing, 3 days of isolation, and re-testing.
Job done.
"Ferguson. Žvaka kurac."
(Ferguson. Chewing-gum cock.)
Old man in a bar in rural Bosnia.