MOTHERWELL manager Stephen Robinson insists it is time for the SPFL to ‘call’ the Premiership and concentrate all efforts on planning for next season.
The Fir Park boss is adamant the health and safety of the nation is the priority and believes options for finishing the current campaign in the top-flight are unrealistic.
The Northern Irishman, who has been linked with the vacant international job in his homeland, has not heard any viable solution put forward for the Scottish game and reckons all clubs must now ‘accept the inevitable’.
He said: “There’s so much tragedy and pain that people are going through at the moment, so football really is in the back seat.
“But in terms of trying to get back out onto the pitch, we’re obviously all desperate to. I’m not sure if there’s any feasible way at this moment in time but hopefully sooner rather than later we’ll find a way through this.
“I do [think it’s time to call the league]. I’ve not heard one feasible argument for it yet in Scotland. We don’t have the money that England do - the testing regime, putting players in hotels, maybe using St George’s Park, that’s not feasible for Scotland.
“I hear people complaining about things but nobody has come up with the ideas or the solutions yet.
“So, for me, we have to get our heads round that it will be very difficult to finish this season, So, make a decision and then try to concentrate on how we get out of this situation in terms of next season.
“The football brains and football people, of which there are many good people in Scotland, now maybe need to accept the inevitable and make the future the best we can and a little bit brighter.”
Government-led talks with sports’ governing bodies kicked off yesterday in a bid to find a route back to games resuming.
However, Robinson fears that could mean matches without supporters, with some already suggesting crowds will be banned until 2021.
He added to PLZ Soccer: “It’s getting more and more like that. You’re hoping as this goes on and the experts find out more about the virus that there’s a wee bit of a quicker solution than that. We hope that’s the worst-case scenario.
“But I think we have to prepare for that and plan for that, and that’s why I think decisions have to be taken now.
“It could be a scenario where there are no fans maybe until the end of the year, which could be massive for people and really hurt the game in Scotland.”
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