Barnsley’s Cauley Woodrow hoping to play end game of 2019-20 season

From a personal perspective, the campaign has been one of the best – if not the best – of his career thus far with the forward having an outside chance of reaching the 20-goal mark for the season if it continues to a natural conclusion.

In that regard, the news that the EFL have told clubs that the season can be completed in 56 days when it is safe to resume amid the coronavirus pandemic – with games to be played behind doors – is something that Woodrow is likely to embrace.

A letter sent to all 71 EFL clubs by chairman Rick Parry has stressed that no training should resume until at least May 16.

The EFL remain hopeful the campaign can finish in the summer, although there is still no indication as to when it might begin again.

Woodrow, who has scored 14 goals so far in an impressive campaign, said: “I love playing football and if the season can be finished, I’d like to finish the season. It has been a good season for me personally and I’d like to finish.

“If that is the decision they make, we will have to get on with it as players to get it finished.

“It is going to be tough, but at the same time, we are players and have got to be fit and ready for the games. If that is the case, we will have to stay fit as well and stay away from injuries to get through those games.

“Ultimately, it is our job and we will have to get on with it.”

Much talk is also centring on the subject of wage cuts for players or deferrals on the back of the comments of health secretary Matt Hancock that Premier League footballers should “take a pay cut and play their part” during the coronavirus pandemic.

While players at top-flight sides and leading Championship outfits could unquestionably cope with wages cuts, the situation for clubs at the bottom end of the second tier and the rest of the EFL is not as straightforward.

Barnsley, who are one of the lower payers in the Championship, are yet to implement cuts or deferrals, but players are pragmatic to the prospect of doing so.

Woodrow added: “Not in terms of our defence, but in terms of the Premier League, it is a lot different. The (Premier League) lads are on a lot bigger money and we are a quite young squad and it is totally different.

“But if it does keep going on and continuing, then I am sure it is something we will look at. If that is the case, that is something we’d be prepared to do.”