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Author Topic: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?  (Read 747202 times)

Offline DB

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5040 on: August 18, 2020, 01:24:44 PM »
Bundesliga clubs will be allowed to have fans back in the grounds this September

I was speaking to a German colleague last week who supports Werder Bremmen who ironically had a similar season to ourselves. He told me about the possibility of 50% of fans returning to games in September. The consensus amongst most supporters there is 'All or nothing'.

Small Heath hoping for 30% then they can say they have sold out a match.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5041 on: August 18, 2020, 03:39:47 PM »
Bundesliga clubs will be allowed to have fans back in the grounds this September

I was speaking to a German colleague last week who supports Werder Bremmen who ironically had a similar season to ourselves. He told me about the possibility of 50% of fans returning to games in September. The consensus amongst most supporters there is 'All or nothing'.

They trialled it out a week or two ago here with a Feyenoord training session. Up front they made it clear that any fan entering the De Kuip had to take distance and refrain from chanting and shouting. Quelle surprise, within minutes of fans entering the stadium all of the aforementioned rules went out of the window. Having been to numerous Bundesliga games, with the best will in the world, I simply cannot see a scenario where fans will behave in a manner that will allow crowds to return. I fear that, as it currently stands and with fans of the elite clubs now being used to only seeing them on tv, the return to football as we know it is far off.
No surprise, Neil, as you say.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5042 on: August 18, 2020, 03:42:25 PM »
With 50% capacity attendances everywhere it will be like the 1980s again.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5043 on: September 06, 2020, 02:31:48 PM »
Covid really showing the contempt for fans in the game.

Spurs opting to let the highest paying fans in.

How about the most loyal ones?

https://twitter.com/Matt_Law_DT/status/1302504378675462144?s=19

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5044 on: September 06, 2020, 02:33:53 PM »
Spurs being very Arsenal there, the post code lottery wankers.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5045 on: September 06, 2020, 02:36:47 PM »
N17 isn't a postcode I'd like to win in a lottery!

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5046 on: September 22, 2020, 11:35:42 AM »
I think it's important to recognise that covid-19 is still a major impact and that UK prime minister Boris Johnson will be addressing issues this evening in a broadcast including the likelihood of include a further 'delay' of spectators returning to Premier League because the situation to Covid in the country  is severe

Stay safe everyone

The delay of supporters being allowed back has already been announced this morning Footy.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5047 on: September 22, 2020, 11:41:31 AM »
I wonder how bad things have got to get to (again) for sporting events to be stopped?

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5048 on: September 22, 2020, 11:46:27 AM »
They are getting pretty bad.
I have a horrible feeling we could be in national lockdown again in November.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5049 on: September 22, 2020, 11:49:25 AM »
I reckon we are weeks away from another stop in football being played

There just seems no end with cov-id not just in the uk but also in Europe


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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5050 on: September 22, 2020, 11:58:35 AM »
I don't think we'll go into total lockdown as last time.

Have to remember, we were totally unprepared socially and psychologically for that. Compare things like mask usage nowadays versus back then, as well as social distancing measures in public places. Plus I don't think the will would be there to do quite that much damage to the economy again.

What I do think is piss poor is how ramshackle the approach to all this is. Two or three weeks ago begging people to start going to the office and buying their lunch at Pret, to now suggesting working at home for a bit longer is a sensible idea after all.

Anyway, back to the oriiginal point, they won't stop football this time, I don't think.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5051 on: September 22, 2020, 12:05:19 PM »
The Whitty and Vallance show yesterday suggested we’ve got a further 6 months of restrictions coming up. If so then I think there’s a strong possibility that the whole of this season will be spectator free.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5052 on: September 22, 2020, 12:09:09 PM »
The Whitty and Vallance show yesterday suggested we’ve got a further 6 months of restrictions coming up. If so then I think there’s a strong possibility that the whole of this season will be spectator free.

I reckon there are going to be quite a few clubs outside the Premier League who go under as a result.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5053 on: September 22, 2020, 12:10:58 PM »
The Whitty and Vallance show yesterday suggested we’ve got a further 6 months of restrictions coming up. If so then I think there’s a strong possibility that the whole of this season will be spectator free.

I reckon there are going to be quite a few clubs outside the Premier League who go under as a result.
Agreed. Many down the pyramid too.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5054 on: September 22, 2020, 12:14:40 PM »
Yep, I don't think football will stop either. Everyone involved in football, at least at Premier League level, seem to have convinced themselves and the government that they can operate in their own little bubble. Covid cases will just get treated like any other injury and the games will keep rolling.

I also don't think club casualties will be limited to below the Premier League - wasn't it Burnley who said that before things started up again they were two months away from running out of cash?

Player contracts were signed on the assumption of a certain degree of gate and merchandise revenue - if we don't see crowds back in grounds this season there could be some Premier League casualties.

 


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