FA's action certainly negates our recognition of football as a 'team' sport - Crawley Town opinion

The suggested date of not before April 30 remains unchanged but is probably pretty meaningless in itself. There will be a time when an acceptable date can be mooted but we haven’t got there yet.

For many supporters at our level of the game the response from some Premier League clubs seems somewhat unhelpful.

The suggestion that it might take them another three weeks or so from the resumption date to get their squads back to match fitness only reinforces their prima donna mantle. Too many people have already given a great deal in this present crisis to allow top players to adopt such a delicate and self-centred approach.

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Meanwhile back at Broadfield there has finally been a bit of news. We all welcome the confirmation from Technical Director Erdem Konyar that owner and chairman Ziya Eren remains “100% committed” to Crawley Town. He is as hamstrung as the rest of us and I imagine he will be feverishly keen to pick up the traces again.

What has been disappointing at Crawley Town is the lack of information.

The club is closed as a place of work but in these social media driven days it would be quite simple for the management to work from home. All we have seen is the posting of official statements on the club website.

We might have been appraised by members of the board of the club’s financial situation and plans. John Yems and Lee Bradbury could have kept us up to date with the progress of players who have been injured or told us how they intended to approach the resumption.

Maybe some of the players could have told us how they were keeping fit or coping with the requirement to stay isolated. It’s known as PR.

The matter of the FA’’s “null and void” season remains unsettled. 151 clubs playing in Step 3 to Step 7 are signatories to a legal letter to the FA protesting the inequity of their decision. I wonder if that number includes Crawley Wasps whose splendid results this season have been deemed totally irrelevant.

There has been no progress or even comment from the FA so far but their action certainly negates our recognition of football as a “team” sport.