Brett Ormerod column: Football's big questions have no right or wrong answers

Well, we can look forward to football starting again shortly in the Premier League and Championship, though maybe not in Blackpool’s league.
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It was my feeling from a football point of view that the leagues should be completed but there are no rights and wrongs in these uncharted waters.

Everyone wants this whole business resolved in the best and fairest way but there are so many shades of grey.

It's only a matter of time until Liverpool are celebrating the title, even if all the supporters remain outside the groundIt's only a matter of time until Liverpool are celebrating the title, even if all the supporters remain outside the ground
It's only a matter of time until Liverpool are celebrating the title, even if all the supporters remain outside the ground
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A lot of players and a lot of teams stand to win or lose, so some people are going to cry that it isn’t fair whatever the final decisions. It’s very difficult for everyone.

All the players can do is sit back and wait. I’m sure all the players, like myself, hoped at first that this whole situation would blow over quite quickly. But we all realise now that it isn’t going away anytime soon.

Points-per-game is a can of worms but so is every scenario which does not involve playing all the matches.

As I say, there are no right answers. We can just hope the most sensible conclusions can be reached.

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Hopefully, next week, the Premier League action will begin again and a few days later, the Championship.

That’s the biggest one for me because there’s so much to be decided, with money to be won which can change the course of history for the clubs concerned.

We’ll have some matches on neutral grounds in the Premier League, which is probably the right way to go in the circumstances, and of course all the games will be behind closed doors.

I never played in an important match behind closed doors but I have played in friendlies with no supporters and in matches with the youth lads when you were having a run-out after injury.

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It will be an unusual experience for the players because crowds are what football is all about.

But once the game kicks off and you are completely in your match zone, you don’t really pay too much attention to the crowd.

Of course in a home game you are aware the fans are behind you and the crowd can be your 12th man.

They give you an extra lift when you need one, and if you are starting to feel tired there’s nothing like a home crowd to give you that extra energy boost.

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But players do have to try to block out the crowd noise, particularly in the biggest games. You have to concentrate on doing your job.

I suppose strikers may feel the absence of supporters more than most because when you score you feed off the cheers and instinctively run towards your supporters.

I suppose now they will have to make do with running to their team-mates and I’m sure some will seek out the cameramen.

Extra substitutions will be allowed as the Premier League: teams will be able to bring on five of their nine subs, rather than the usual three from seven.

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I’ve always thought more substitutes was a good idea anyway.

If you have virtually a full team on the bench you can make a like-for-like change in pretty much any position, which I think is fair if you lose a player to injury.

I expect Liverpool to clinch the title very quickly once the action resumes.

They have been phenomenal, Jurgen Klopp has gone about his business really well and the sooner they get it done and dusted the better.

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But I do think the Championship is the most interesting because there is so much to be decided at both ends of the table.

You have big clubs hoping to reignite themselves with a return to the top-level, like Leeds and Nottingham Forest.

At the other end relegation from the Championship is a really big thing because the drop in money going into League One is considerable.

There are still a lot of clubs involved because even those who look to be out of contention can transform their season with a run of wins, and with games coming thick and fast a team can gather momentum.

Any team that thinks it can’t be done needs only to look at Blackpool in 2007 and that run of 10 wins on the spin.