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

[Risso]

Those sides normally have strength in depth though.

It's only for two weeks.  And if it's strength in depth you're after, well it is the transfer window!

[Risso]

Newcastle at home now Saturday 23rd January at 8pm.  Clashes with the Masked Singer.  When will they think of the fans for once!

Barkley might be fit by then!

Is he one of the singers do you think?

Perhaps somebody could arrange a mask for Bruce. Not for the singing nonsense or Covid, he's just an ugly bastard.

[paul_e]

It's wrong to say it's not because of postponed games though, the 1st in those 5 is the rescheduled match from the start of the season and the 2nd would've been a weekend off or a cup match.

Getting those 2 league games in is important though, for 2 reasons, first we're going to be 4 games behind schedule by Monday night, even with all the midweek slots that's getting towards being pretty difficult to manage. Secondly, and potentially more important, there was apparently an agreement that if at least half the season is completed it can be done on PPG if it needs to be suspended. As things stand now that means by the end of the month every club will be at that point, I think the league have been pushing on getting these games rearranged asap for that very reason. If they do decide to stop elite sport for a while I suspect it will be timed to coincide with that.

[aj2k77]

I'd worry more about the after effects from covid on the players than the schedule. How many games have they played in the last 5 months?

[ChicagoLion]

I'd worry more about the after effects from covid on the players than the schedule. How many games have they played in the last 5 months?

have any of them got or had Covid?

[Dave]

I'd worry more about the after effects from covid on the players than the schedule. How many games have they played in the last 5 months?

have any of them got or had Covid?

Trezeguet has.

[ChicagoLion]

I'd worry more about the after effects from covid on the players than the schedule. How many games have they played in the last 5 months?

have any of them got or had Covid?

Trezeguet has.

OK. But I keep seeing posts that confuse testing positive with being Ill.

[andyh]

Bardell on Twitter is saying we have 5 games in 12 days. Can't be right, can it ? Might be worth getting Mourinho on loan for a few days just so he can get our games spaced-out better.

It's actually 13 days, but it was nothing to do with matches being postponed as the calendar would have been like that anyway had we not lost to Liverpool in the cup. We have:

20/01 - Man C (a)
23/01 - Newcastle (h)
27/01 - Burnley (a)
30/01 - Southampton (a)
02/02 - West Ham (h)

That's really just the schedule of a team that's qualified for Europe, nothing too much to worry about.

12 points for us there 👍

[Risso]

Bardell on Twitter is saying we have 5 games in 12 days. Can't be right, can it ? Might be worth getting Mourinho on loan for a few days just so he can get our games spaced-out better.

It's actually 13 days, but it was nothing to do with matches being postponed as the calendar would have been like that anyway had we not lost to Liverpool in the cup. We have:

20/01 - Man C (a)
23/01 - Newcastle (h)
27/01 - Burnley (a)
30/01 - Southampton (a)
02/02 - West Ham (h)

That's really just the schedule of a team that's qualified for Europe, nothing too much to worry about.

12 points for us there 👍

5 times 3 is 15 andy!  Silly boy!

[olaftab]

That's really just the schedule of a team that's qualified for Europe, nothing too much to worry about.

And we will be fresh after the mid season winter break.

[eamonn]

Yeah, that warm weather training in Dubai will totes pay-off.

[Brazilian Villain]

It's actually 13 days, but it was nothing to do with matches being postponed as the calendar would have been like that anyway had we not lost to Liverpool in the cup. We have:

20/01 - Man C (a)
23/01 - Newcastle (h)
27/01 - Burnley (a)
30/01 - Southampton (a)
02/02 - West Ham (h)

That's really just the schedule of a team that's qualified for Europe, nothing too much to worry about.

12 points for us there 👍

5 times 3 is 15 andy!  Silly boy!

Think we'll lose to Citeh, draw with Burnley and Soton and beat Noocastle and West Ham. 6/7 or less would be disappointing, 8-10 good, 11+ excellent. Obviously hope andyh and even more so Risso have it right.   However until we know the Covid impact on the squad it's hard to judge.

[Ads]

I'd be disappointed with less than 10.

[Toronto Villa]

18 points because we are Villa. Bonus +3.

[Ads]

It doesn't sound like anybody has actually been ill with it. They've been training in their gardens and gyms, running drills.