Relegation Thread 2019/20 (sponsored by Steve Dale)

Who will be relegated? (you can change your vote as the season progresses)


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Semi-skimmed Silk

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We've received another charge from the EFL. Stevenage set to be the worst team to ever survive relegation?
 

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We've received another charge from the EFL. Stevenage set to be the worst team to ever survive relegation?

They don't seem in much of a rush to deal with it all so will probably be next season before punishments are applied?

Still waiting on Pope's tweet outcome after he challenged the charge a month ago and haven't you still not heard in regards to the last charge yet?
 

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They don't seem in much of a rush to deal with it all so will probably be next season before punishments are applied?

Still waiting on Pope's tweet outcome after he challenged the charge a month ago and haven't you still not heard in regards to the last charge yet?
We're still awaiting the result of the charge from back in December, plus our appeal from the one before that. No idea where we stand after all that, or when we'll even find out.
 

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We're still awaiting the result of the charge from back in December, plus our appeal from the one before that. No idea where we stand after all that, or when we'll even find out.

Let's all hope they let Stevenage go down and it's the end of the season before they punish Macclesfield (if in fact they do). Oldham too must be hoping they'll survive to the end of the season before their fate is settled.
 

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Since we lost a game at the weekend, I'm assuming that you've all placed large bets on us to go down... bookies are literally giving money away.
 

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Seems like the AGM cup is going to be even more fiercely contested than usual.
 

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Let's all hope they let Stevenage go down and it's the end of the season before they punish Macclesfield (if in fact they do). Oldham too must be hoping they'll survive to the end of the season before their fate is settled.
They could potentially deduct Macclesfield points after the end of the season, if the deduction is enough to relegate them. It could be they are waiting to see what the effect of any deduction would be before deciding on it.
 

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They could potentially deduct Macclesfield points after the end of the season, if the deduction is enough to relegate them. It could be they are waiting to see what the effect of any deduction would be before deciding on it.
Yes, I know, it's not easy running a football league, but it might help if they were more transparent and swifter in their dealings with problems no matter how small or large they are.

Bloody lawyers are to blame for some of it, blood suckers!
 

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Yes, I know, it's not easy running a football league, but it might help if they were more transparent and swifter in their dealings with problems no matter how small or large they are.

Bloody lawyers are to blame for some of it, blood suckers!

I guess the problem they're having, assuming this is to do with determining whether a points deduction is meaningful is knowing where to draw the line this close to the end of the season with Stevenage so far adrift.

Oldham are 19 points clear of Stevenage... if they were deducted 6 points, same as Macclesfield then they'd still be virtually safe. Is it only once they're mathematically safe that the deduction ceases to be meaningful or does that rule also apply in this situation.

It would be a lot better if they had fixed penalties for these things because it doesn't seem like they're treating everyone the same, and also if they had a rule that made it clear exactly what situations a deduction wouldn't be meaningful.
 

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HG would still spend the whole season telling everyone we're gonna go down with the lowest points total in footballing history.
It depends on the quality of squad and performances. If we still had Pressley and his team that was getting progressively worse by the week I think we’d be where Stevenage are or a few points above them.
 

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Mansfield should be safe now

Whoop!
 

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Keep it up barrow, be ace if you come up
 

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It's not implausible that Southend, Macclesfield, Bolton and Oldham could all start in League 2 next season with points deductions
Assuming they haven't gone under by then!
 

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I’m sure the Carlisle fans will still assume they’re going to be relegated haha
Even after tonight? I think they could declare now and be safe by 10 points.
 

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It’s all well and good saying we’re safe. I’d be surprised if 34 points has ever been enough to stay up. We need to get to 42/43 points before I declare us safe. Less than that may be enough but we can’t thhink like that, stranger things have happened than Stevenage stringing together a couple of wins.

Well done to Chris Beech. Considering the shit tip he walked into, his achievement in just 3 and a bit months shouldn’t be underestimated. The team he inherited was an unfit, unorganised, badly coached mess which was getting worse by the week and certainly heading the way of challenging Stevenage’s uselessness.

Work to do over the summer, but Chris Beech deserves to be backed by the club and fans as he’s proved very competent so far.
 

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Nottingham is a much better away day imo.

Never been to Harrogate but surely it's gotta be better then Barrow too? Not far from Leeds either which is a very decent night out.

And Yeovil is much more convenient to get to and not bad either if you go into town. Not much around the ground tbf.
 
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Nottingham is a much better away day imo.

Never been to Harrogate but surely it's gotta be better then Barrow too? Not far from Leeds either which is a very decent night out.

And Yeovil is much more convenient to get to and not bad either if you go into town. Not much around the ground tbf.

Well no Mansfield fan is going to want Notts county back up, they should endure a few more years down there yet.
Harrogate would be a great day
 

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Direct from Manchester? Why is that relev... oh wait... do you live in Manchester then?
:lol: Self absorbed mate.

I’m surprised trains have got as far as barrow but hey!
 

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:lol: Self absorbed mate.

I’m surprised trains have got as far as barrow but hey!

The line between Carlisle and Lancaster via the Cumbrian coast survived Beeching largely because of Sellafield and the Barrow submarine yards requiring nuclear materials to be transported by train. Stops in some right random places too, some stations are just a concrete platform in the middle of a field.
 

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Nottingham is a much better away day imo.

Never been to Harrogate but surely it's gotta be better then Barrow too? Not far from Leeds either which is a very decent night out.

And Yeovil is much more convenient to get to and not bad either if you go into town. Not much around the ground tbf.
Yeovil is a royal pain in the arse to get to by rail, even though it has 2 stations.
 

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Well no Mansfield fan is going to want Notts county back up, they should endure a few more years down there yet.
Harrogate would be a great day

See I get that to a point, but at the same time isn't it more fun having your rivals in the same league? I know a couple of Celtic fans that say although they enjoyed laughing at Rangers in the lower leagues they actually much prefer having proper Old Firm clashes in the SPL.
 

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