How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?

[Damo70]

Scrap this season and start afresh in August.

[Damo70]

Here's a solution.

• Let the self-styled 'Top 6' go off and join a new Euro League.

• Promote Leeds and the Bitters into a new English Premier League of 16.

• Start a new - slighter shorter - 2020-21 season in October.

• Promote top 2 of the new EPL into the Euro League at the end of each season, with the 2 lowest English teams in the Euro League dropping into the EPL.

It's a solution, but the shittest one I've heard yet.

It makes 'Numberwang' seem logical and sensible.

[Lastfootstamper]

That euro league would be enormous. 6 English, so you'd think 6 Spanish, German and Italian too. That's 24 before anyone else gets a look in.

[olaftab]

It seems to me the government are very keen to get football going again and so I can’t imagine they will be doing anything to stop this happening. A few weeks ago they were having a go at the players over salaries, now they are coaxing them into a return.
Madness.

In times of doom and gloom the establishment has always encouraged ways and means to keep peasants occupied.

[BoVillan esq]

It seems to me the government are very keen to get football going again and so I can’t imagine they will be doing anything to stop this happening. A few weeks ago they were having a go at the players over salaries, now they are coaxing them into a return.

The 5 tests to ease lockdown are subjective, and I reckon next week they will announce something with regards to elite sport.

The claim about integrity is silly really.The integrity of the league to finish by removing home advantage, removing crowds, potentially allowing more subs (that benefits the stronger squads), momentum lost, it is really a mini season that will have more in common with the next season than this one.

The PL have had plenty of opportunities to pour cold water on this but the noises coming out of each meeting in the media all seems to be of cautious optimism.

Madness.

There is a very definite picture building here, today the news seeping through is that the Tories want the lockdown finished by late May, just after the last bank holiday, apparently the PM is under massive pressure by the big beasts of the Tories, the so called donors to the party to get this lockdown finished at any cost, this is now the defining moment, this is the time when life takes a backwards step to money, this is what separates us from most other countries, those at the top will have there way the rest of us are just cannon fodder, expect to see the daily death rate figure fiddled.

Of course this will then fall in line with the start of football in June, how convenient, have to say the Tories came to power on the vote of the Midland and Northern working class who for some reason rejected Labour, Boris is playing with fire here, if he gets this wrong regardless of his massive majority he will be gone.

[olaftab]

   

• Promote top 2 of the new EPL into the Euro League at the end of each season, with the 2 lowest English teams in the Euro League dropping into the EPL.

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No they can fuck off and go and form another lower league. They must not be allowed back into English football structure. Any League if formed must be denied the feeder mechanism to keep it credible.
By the way, with respect,  it is an overall crap proposal from you. [/list]

[The Edge]

Scrap this season and start afresh in August.

I would agree but only if covid19 has been beaten. My own idea is to restart 20/21, when safe to do so and all points carried over from  the 19/20 season. Outstanding games from 19/20 to be played first to even up the fixtures. Nobody gains or loses then.

[dave.woodhall]

   

• Promote top 2 of the new EPL into the Euro League at the end of each season, with the 2 lowest English teams in the Euro League dropping into the EPL.

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No they can fuck off and go and form another lower league. They must not be allowed back into English football structure. Any League if formed must be denied the feeder mechanism to keep it credible.
By the way, with respect,  it is an overall crap proposal from you. [/list]

You mean like the Premier League did?

[BoVillan esq]

Interesting point, so what happens if as a result of the restart of the football season, a player, a member of the ground staff or anybody else in connection with these games and football directly gets Covid 19, possibly even dies, I would put the same point to the government, what happens if they start easing the lockdown when the death rate is still to high and it spikes, surely there must be a case to be answered through the courts and boy what a case that would be, is there such a thing as state murder.

[TopDeck113]

Well if in the interests of "integrity" we end up playing out this mockery of the very definition of the word,  the name of each and every club that votes for it needs to be public knowledge.  We can then forever make our own judgments as to what they were actually voting for.   

[BoVillan esq]

Well if in the interests of "integrity" we end up playing out this mockery of the very definition of the word,  the name of each and every club that votes for it needs to be public knowledge.  We can then forever make our own judgments as to what they were actually voting for.   

Indeed and hypothetically let say if after the first game Jack got Covid symptoms and was unable to complete the remaining fixtures, which would be the case, Villa gets relegated without its best player and Captain, we know just who to point the finger at. 

[Billy Walker]

Here's a solution.

• Let the self-styled 'Top 6' go off and join a new Euro League.

• Promote Leeds and the Bitters into a new English Premier League of 16.

• Start a new - slighter shorter - 2020-21 season in October.

• Promote top 2 of the new EPL into the Euro League at the end of each season, with the 2 lowest English teams in the Euro League dropping into the EPL.

In that scenario, what's stopping billionaires setting up a whole new international league system to rival that self-declared "Super League"?  If a group of people attempt to close up shop, you simply open up a new shop next door and offer a better product.  Plastic fans and TV audiences will follow the money.

[Pete3206]

No satire would ever do this omnishambles justice. Mind boggling stupidity by organisations, desperate to protect their wealth and power.

[old man villa fan]

Interesting point, so what happens if as a result of the restart of the football season, a player, a member of the ground staff or anybody else in connection with these games and football directly gets Covid 19, possibly even dies, I would put the same point to the government, what happens if they start easing the lockdown when the death rate is still to high and it spikes, surely there must be a case to be answered through the courts and boy what a case that would be, is there such a thing as state murder.

The Government will set the ground rules under which football can restart in relation to measures being imposed on businesses and the public.  The Government will not be saying you must restart football.  The decision on restarting the leagues is down to those that control those leagues.  It appears that the PL cannot force clubs to start playing again and it is down to the clubs to vote.  Players are employed by the clubs and as an employee, like any other worker elsewhere, they are covered by health and safety at work regulations.  If the clubs forced players to play, it would be the club that could be liable.  Simon Jordan mentioned corporate manslaughter in an interview the other day.  It is nothing to do with the Government, however much people want to pin things on them.

It was interesting that players have started to mention their fears of safety and ultimately, I think it will be down to them as to whether football restarts.  Nobody has mentioned about footballers going on strike, which could be the thing that finishes the season.

All people with a stake in making the decisions are keeping their powder dry regarding where they stand but I believe in the next 2 weeks there will be a growing drip-feeding of negative comments coming out about restarting football.

[Steve67]

No satire would ever do this omnishambles justice. Mind boggling stupidity by organisations, desperate to protect their wealth and power.

There will be a film made about this one day.  It won't be a comedy.