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Offline Des Little

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #4770 on: June 02, 2020, 04:49:27 PM »
Bloody hell some of them make ‘On the piss m’lord’ sound refined!

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #4771 on: June 02, 2020, 08:30:43 PM »
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The Premier League has given clubs permission to play friendly matches, with strict restrictions, before the restart on 17 June.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52896129

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #4772 on: June 03, 2020, 07:36:05 AM »
Bring on the Bostik

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #4773 on: June 03, 2020, 11:55:36 AM »
I didn't realise how tricky our remaining fixtures looked before the lockdown.

On our form at the time, I think we would have been dead and buried if the season had continued the way it was going. Grealish was running on empty, holes everywhere in the defense, keeper at sixes and sevens, crowd on the team's back, McGinn almost ready to come back but lacking match fitness, etc....

Sheffield Utd (H)
Chelsea (H)

Newcastle (A)
Wolves (H)
Liverpool (A)
Man Utd (H)
Crystal Palace (H)

Everton (A)
Arsenal (H)
West Ham (A)

I think this break will have done us the world of good. Players will have had time to gather themselves and recharge, management team will have had time to take stock of the situation (hopefully!), and hopefully we're in for the Jack and John Magic Show for the remaining 10 games!

UTV!

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #4774 on: June 03, 2020, 12:18:32 PM »
Still looks like a huge challenge when you look at those fixtures.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #4775 on: June 03, 2020, 12:20:00 PM »
I think Sheffield United will probably benefit from the break more than any other team. They hardly rotate their team, have been very lucky with injuries and have a style that relies on hard work and pressing the opposition for ninety minutes. They were always likely to fade in the latter section of the season, but the break will have negated that possibility.

I expect Norwich to go down and the two that join them will likely be the two strugglers that are worst affected by players being unavailable due to Covid. Which is what makes the desperate rush to restart all the more ridiculous.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #4776 on: June 03, 2020, 01:14:28 PM »
I finally got mine, and to be fair to the club, the actual refund arrived very shortly after.  To be less fair to them, they calculated it as if the first two cup games which my contract clearly states are "free" and "at no extra cost" as if they were paid for, which is a bit cheeky.
Was it just a straight refund or credit for the same amount?  No incentive to take the credit like enhanced value, future discount etc?

Straight refund.  I stated that it should be worked out as 6/19, but they've calculated it on 6/21.  Just debating whether to take it any further, as I've had a lawyer friend look over the contract and she reckons they haven't got a leg to stand on.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #4777 on: June 03, 2020, 01:30:44 PM »
I think Sheffield United will probably benefit from the break more than any other team. They hardly rotate their team, have been very lucky with injuries and have a style that relies on hard work and pressing the opposition for ninety minutes. They were always likely to fade in the latter section of the season, but the break will have negated that possibility.

I expect Norwich to go down and the two that join them will likely be the two strugglers that are worst affected by players being unavailable due to Covid. Which is what makes the desperate rush to restart all the more ridiculous.
The counterpoint is that Sheffield were in great form and the break may disrupt that.  With that said I expect Wilder to have them right back at it.

As for the strugglers, I don't think many teams will be effected by Covid cases.  I think it will just be down to which teams get up to speed the quickest both mentally and fitness wise.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #4778 on: June 03, 2020, 01:37:37 PM »
I think Sheffield United will probably benefit from the break more than any other team. They hardly rotate their team, have been very lucky with injuries and have a style that relies on hard work and pressing the opposition for ninety minutes. They were always likely to fade in the latter section of the season, but the break will have negated that possibility.

I expect Norwich to go down and the two that join them will likely be the two strugglers that are worst affected by players being unavailable due to Covid. Which is what makes the desperate rush to restart all the more ridiculous.
The counterpoint is that Sheffield were in great form and the break may disrupt that.  With that said I expect Wilder to have them right back at it.

As for the strugglers, I don't think many teams will be effected by Covid cases.  I think it will just be down to which teams get up to speed the quickest both mentally and fitness wise.

I don't think Deeney has started training with Watford has he? Them missing a player like him or at best, not being as fit as others, could be a big factor.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #4779 on: June 03, 2020, 01:58:37 PM »
Teams have had positive tests for Covid every week since training started, I think? Seems unlikely that will magically stop in three weeks. Talking of which, have any further fixtures been confirmed yet? Seems that we are getting a bit close now they may as well tell us who we are going to be playing and when.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #4780 on: June 03, 2020, 02:38:53 PM »
I think Sheffield United will probably benefit from the break more than any other team. They hardly rotate their team, have been very lucky with injuries and have a style that relies on hard work and pressing the opposition for ninety minutes. They were always likely to fade in the latter section of the season, but the break will have negated that possibility.

I expect Norwich to go down and the two that join them will likely be the two strugglers that are worst affected by players being unavailable due to Covid. Which is what makes the desperate rush to restart all the more ridiculous.
The counterpoint is that Sheffield were in great form and the break may disrupt that.  With that said I expect Wilder to have them right back at it.

As for the strugglers, I don't think many teams will be effected by Covid cases.  I think it will just be down to which teams get up to speed the quickest both mentally and fitness wise.

We've been pretty crap for most of the season, and I don't expect that to have magically changed.  We've still got not much up front and no pace in midfield, and the fairly underwhelming choice of El Ghazi and Trezeguet on the wings.  However, if McGinn can hit the ground running that may give us a fighting chance.  We need to beat Sheffield United then not be as crap as the likes of Bournemouth, Watford and West Ham for the rest of the games.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #4781 on: June 03, 2020, 02:43:02 PM »
We don't "need" to beat Sheffield United. Even if we lose we will be two points off seventeenth with nine games remaining, plenty of points to play for.

I'd take a draw in that game right now, would be a solid start and something to build on.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #4782 on: June 03, 2020, 03:06:12 PM »
 I’d like us to be out if the bottom 3 ASAP incase the shit hits the fan and it all gets stopped again

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #4783 on: June 03, 2020, 03:13:48 PM »
Aston Villa vs Sheffield United will kick off on June 17th at 6pm, and will be live on Sky Sports.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #4784 on: June 03, 2020, 03:24:18 PM »
Sky will put it on the free-to-air 'Pick' Channel and simulcast on Sky Sports. Pick is 159 on Sky and 144 on Freeview. 25 games on Sky will be free-to-air.

 


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