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Sky sports have it as no teams relegated from league 2, surely this can't be right
It will be, because the National League play offs won't take place.

If the League Two play offs go ahead we are down and we would effectively be the only club in the EFL severely affected by the outcome.
 

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It will be, because the National League play offs won't take place.

If the League Two play offs go ahead we are down and we would effectively be the only club in the EFL severely affected by the outcome.
The national league have not yet made a decision on promotion of if any play offs will take place.
 
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The national league have not yet made a decision on promotion of if any play offs will take place.
I am pretty sure there was tacit agreement that Barrow will be promoted.

I think the League Two decision has been made on the assumption that only one team will come up from the NL.

It is all moot anyway because it has not been ratified.
 
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For what it is worth, Alan Nixon (journalist, generally quite well informed) reckons that three clubs will go down from League One because that is the outcome the EFL will insist on.
 
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Yes. They have said ending the season was the only sensible outcome but want to stage the play-offs although it has still not been decided how the league table will finish. PPG has been mentioned with a weighting to reflect home and away results.
That is just stupid. What is the point of getting the squad fit just to play two or three games in empty stadiums?
 

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I find it a bit galling that teams would be able to play for a place in the Championship yet we would not be given the opportunity to stay in the division. The more I think about it, the more annoying it becomes because I've now convinced myself we would have had a great chance of survival with our recent form and excellent acquisitions.
 

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I agree with RLC Alan Nixon is pretty switched on and that he is probably dead right in what he says.
That said for L2 to say that Stevenage do not relegated is ridiculous. To then say it is not safe to finish but it is safe to have play offs is even more ridiculous! It is clearly only a money issue then.
I tbh have no idea whether MP would prefer to pay to play on or not although he seems clear that the season will not be finished. Surely however he should call some bluffs and vote with the 6 clubs in L1 should play on. Any who do not agree should forfeit all games and we will see what happens then.
I expected until the last 3 games that we were down and as such whilst really disappointed was accepting of it. What I cannot accept however is us being cheated out of staying up by L2 deciding to play 3 play off games to suit them so we end up relegated...
 

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There is no fair solution - only the least unfair one! The fact that L2 have taken the decision they have leaves L1 with less room for manoeuvre. A messy situation could become a chaotic one. I cannot see that one League can do something different to the other. in my view, the season should have been voided and everyone would have started with a clean slate. I cannot see that happening now and all we will have is anger and disappointment from those who believe they have been hard done by. That might not go away quickly as people have long memories. I am sure, given the late upturn in our form, that many Rovers fans will feel that way if we are 'relegated'.
 
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Can L2 dictate to L1 what happens? Must L1 now decide to relegate three clubs? It shows how daft it was that L2, L1 and the Championship can all decide separately
 

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Can L2 dictate to L1 what happens? Must L1 now decide to relegate three clubs? It shows how daft it was that L2, L1 and the Championship can all decide separately
Efl and the fa will have to approve what the league 2 clubs have voted for and I am fairly sure that the efl will not allow no relegation from league 2.

As for play offs in league 2 to me that is a farce, if it is not safe to finish the season or not financially viable for teams to play then the play offs should be scrapped.
 
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Ok, if they finish the league on PPG will Tranmere be relegated. Maybe not so bad for the club, less to pay out in wages and we would potentially get to see more winning football.
But what about the 2021 season - if it starts , when would it start ? and if it is interrupted is that season to finish on PPG, after how many months ? Will they vote on PPG in 2021 ?
As for not having the same players, well in the modern 3rd Division players just don't stick around, if we had the same squad that we had started the season with we would be facing relegation anyway, so having the same players is not really an issue.
 
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Ok, if they finish the league on PPG will Tranmere be relegated. Maybe not so bad for the club, less to pay out in wages and we would potentially get to see more winning football.
But what about the 2021 season - if it starts , when would it start ? and if it is interrupted is that season to finish on PPG, after how many months ? Will they vote on PPG in 2021 ?
As for not having the same players, well in the modern 3rd Division players just don't stick around, if we had the same squad that we had started the season with we would be facing relegation anyway, so having the same players is not really an issue.
I am not sure how you can be so blase about our potential relegation. In 2018 we achieved our first promotion in 27 years and it could be a similar timespan before we go up again. Promotions don't happen often in football and should not be taken away illegitimately.

We can see 'winning football' in the Conference but I am sure most of us would have been glad of the opportunity (which we earned) to acclimatise at our 'natural' level of League One, with all the benefits that brings on and off the pitch.
 
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Can L2 dictate to L1 what happens? Must L1 now decide to relegate three clubs? It shows how daft it was that L2, L1 and the Championship can all decide separately
League Two can't dictate to League One what happens. A majority of all EFL clubs have to ratify any decisions that are made.
 
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The Accrington chairman is now suggesting promotion without relegations, with the odd numbers in certain divisions corrected in the years to come.

A sensible suggestion which I am sure MP would support.
 
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The Accrington chairman is now suggesting promotion without relegations, with the odd numbers in certain divisions corrected in the years to come.

A sensible suggestion which I am sure MP would support.
Glad to hear it from someone who would benefit from PPG. It's what I suggested last month.
 

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The Accrington chairman is now suggesting promotion without relegations, with the odd numbers in certain divisions corrected in the years to come.

A sensible suggestion which I am sure MP would support.
while I agree with this I think it is unlkeily.to happen thermal as no relegation from league 2. There is also talk of extended play offs in league 1 in other words more than four teams taking part.

From how it.lookd.to me,new arw.going to be the club who.will end hard done to the most throughout all of the leagues.
 
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while I agree with this I think it is unlkeily.to happen thermal as no relegation from league 2. There is also talk of extended play offs in league 1 in other words more than four teams taking part.

From how it.lookd.to me,new arw.going to be the club who.will end hard done to the most throughout all of the leagues.
Relegation from League Two can be cancelled if a majority vote for it. It depends whether the clubs who are unaffected have any conscience regarding the impact on relegated clubs.
 
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If L2 want extended playoffs then L1 should have the option of relegation playoffs. If the team in eighth spot in L2 can play for promotion, then why not allow the 21st in L1 to play to survive?

It all sounds ridiculous and a cheap trick to get as many teams on board as possible. The same applies to no relegation from L2.

The lack of leadership from the EFL and the total silence from the FA have resulted in this self-serving nonsense from L2 clubs, who in fairness have been put in a near impossible position.
 

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From how it.lookd.to me,new arw.going to be the club who.will end hard done to the most throughout all of the leagues.
Agree with this. In some ways it feels like a pretty good representation of being a long term TRFC supporter; we have never done highs and lows by half measure!
 
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