Edinburgh Play Offs

[Endeavour]

8 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Two broken fingers and has had an operation on them. Hoping to give it a go Monday. Yes, I think R/R, means game over.

Sad to hear that. Best wishes MPT.

[crescent girl]

With Armadale (and others) possibly be facing a log-jam of fixtures in October, we should remember that -- while the rule-book states a season should end on October 31st, it also offers the caveat of meetings being held after that date with specific written permission of the SCB.

Given the unprecedented circumstances governing 2021, it is surely the case that permission would be granted to allow final fixtures to run into the first week of November.

[topaz325]

1 minute ago, crescent girl said:

With Armadale (and others) possibly be facing a log-jam of fixtures in October, we should remember that -- while the rule-book states a season should end on October 31st, it also offers the caveat of meetings being held after that date with specific written permission of the SCB.

Given the unprecedented circumstances governing 2021, it is surely the case that permission would be granted to allow final fixtures to run into the first week of November.

Agree about fixture congestion going into October but running in November no way , it’s bad enough in October standing around in the cold and rain.

Next season needs to run between April and September .

 

[Endeavour]

29 minutes ago, crescent girl said:

With Armadale (and others) possibly be facing a log-jam of fixtures in October, we should remember that -- while the rule-book states a season should end on October 31st, it also offers the caveat of meetings being held after that date with specific written permission of the SCB.

Given the unprecedented circumstances governing 2021, it is surely the case that permission would be granted to allow final fixtures to run into the first week of November.

If needs must agree. We are riding tonight in a Q/F that was originally ditched at a few days notice by the home promotion  a couple of months ago.Not Edinburgh’s fault. Glasgow have been patiently waiting for their S/F opponents. 2 clubs who have had their fixtures hindered by another club.

[IronScorpion]

37 minutes ago, Endeavour said:

If needs must agree. We are riding tonight in a Q/F that was originally ditched at a few days notice by the home promotion  a couple of months ago.Not Edinburgh’s fault. Glasgow have been patiently waiting for their S/F opponents. 2 clubs who have had their fixtures hindered by another club.

..... and Scunthorpe have been (now guaranteed) patiently waiting 3 weeks for their play off opponents as the original cut off date for the play offs(16th Sept) was extended by 10 days to the 26th.

[Endeavour]

51 minutes ago, IronScorpion said:

..... and Scunthorpe have been (now guaranteed) patiently waiting 3 weeks for their play off opponents as the original cut off date for the play offs(16th Sept) was extended by 10 days to the 26th.

Exactly.

[cyclone]

There's a simple way to avoid Play-Off congestion, namely scrap 'em and recognise the team that finishes top of the league table as Champions.

When Play-Offs were introduced in the 2nd Tier, there was talk that this would attract tv interest. Well we're still waiting!

Add in the weather deteriorates in late Autumn and also there's a scramble by some clubs to strengthen up at the last minute & jettison existing team members like bits of flotsam.