With nothing really moving in the world of football or sport in general some imagination is required to fill those pages and provide fans with their daily fix.
We are well into week two of debating how the current season will be decided, the Null and Void argument has almost been dismissed but there is no real indicator when the football will resume.
Esport simulations are growing ever closer to the real thing with analytics and statistics an essential part of the modern game. It’s much more now than Craig Brown claiming a victory on corner kicks.
Turning to the Euro Club Index BBC’s Football page came up with the following
Using the relative strengths of teams and 100,000 simulations, the Euro Club Index football ranking has provided BBC Sport with a scientific prediction of the remainder of the campaign, giving a final ranking and clubs’ percentage chances of finishing in certain positions.
Current leaders Bayern Munich have an 84.37% chance of winning the Bundesliga, Italy’s top-placed side Juventus (83.98%) are almost certain to claim a ninth successive Serie A title, Paris St-Germain (99.98%) have France’s Ligue 1 all but wrapped up, while Barcelona (74.22%) are firm favourites to beat Real Madrid to La Liga’s crown.
In Scotland, Celtic’s 13-point advantage over Rangers means they have a 98.87% chance of winning the Premiership, although the latter will cling to that 1.13% until the bitter end.
On Tuesday UEFA postponed Euro 2020 and announced their hope that domestic seasons would be completed by June 30.
With each passing day that looks a more forlorn wish with no sign of the death toll dipping or flattening out with most of Europe in or close to lock-down.