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Author Topic: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?  (Read 746782 times)

Offline PaulWinch again

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #405 on: March 13, 2020, 06:18:08 AM »
It needs to be pulled. It’s utterly irresponsible to continue and exacerbate risk of exposure. I’m not convinced you can suspend it either, although that’d be the first step. It’ll have to be voiding. We’ve no idea how long this will be a major issue.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #406 on: March 13, 2020, 06:22:21 AM »
I have just watched a CNN special where they interviewed a passenger off one of the cruise ships who has gone into isolation, he has been contagious for twenty eight days and still positive.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #407 on: March 13, 2020, 06:24:17 AM »
Hope the interview was remote!

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #408 on: March 13, 2020, 06:33:10 AM »
Arsenal, Chelsea and Leicester all affected, so far. Given that they've all played games since their staff contracted it, you can bet other teams will too. Including us.

Suspension for at least this weekend will happen. Then UEFA meet on Tuesday and they will decide a larger suspension of leagues and Euro 20.

We will then see further suspension until this has gone. I do wonder if anything will happen for quite some time. We may not even see next season either.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #409 on: March 13, 2020, 06:44:01 AM »
Yes just heard on 5 live that Celsea's entire fist team squad are now self isolating as Callum Hudson-Odoi has tested +ve.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #410 on: March 13, 2020, 06:45:33 AM »
Reading the comments on here, it feels as though the end of the world is coming! - if it does then I would just like to say that I have had a great life!

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #411 on: March 13, 2020, 06:49:49 AM »
On a purely footballing side, is it wrong to feel slightly relieved by all this?

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #412 on: March 13, 2020, 06:59:57 AM »
Depends whether this time next year you can look at full house at Villa Park and know that as many as five per cent of that number had died since March 2020.  Us old and ailing buggers are Villa fans too.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #413 on: March 13, 2020, 07:01:11 AM »
Not really, there’s more important stuff than football.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #414 on: March 13, 2020, 07:05:46 AM »
Looking at the graph on BBC News last night, if the season's suspended (which is becoming the only viable option), I can't seeing anything restarting before January 2021, maybe later.

I'd be inclined to think:
- it won't be feasible to hold the Champs League etc next season as few, if any, leagues will complete
- promotion/relegation will be almost impossible for the same reason
- there's no danger of a full season before 2021/22

I'm reckoning they'll suspend this season, not to be resumed.

Possibly a sensible option, given 2020/21 season will be short, is to have one season only "playoff" divisions of 10/12/14, based on current League positions, everyone starting at 0pts. Individual size decided by who's in the running this season, e.g. you'd probably want one containing everyone from maybe 14th in the PL to 6th in the Championship.

Absolutely no way the Olympics are happening. If they *have* to be on a 4 yearly cycle, they'll be cancelled and Tokyo given the next available one (2028?)
« Last Edit: March 13, 2020, 07:09:28 AM by algy »

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #415 on: March 13, 2020, 07:08:53 AM »
It depends what the models for immunity suggest. The difference in September, where we're likely to be numbers wise as we are now, is that the risk diminishes as the majority of people will have had it and be immune.


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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #416 on: March 13, 2020, 07:10:22 AM »
If clubs are not allowed to play until January 2021 then - most clubs will be bankrupt and all the players will be on the dole - there is no way a club can keep giving a footballer £100k a week and not get any income.
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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #417 on: March 13, 2020, 07:25:30 AM »
At least Klopp can stop moaning now about a congested fixture list. 

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #418 on: March 13, 2020, 07:26:21 AM »
Depends whether this time next year you can look at full house at Villa Park and know that as many as five per cent of that number had died since March 2020.  Us old and ailing buggers are Villa fans too.

As I said, on a purely footballing side.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #419 on: March 13, 2020, 07:26:38 AM »
At least Klopp can stop moaning now about a congested fixture list.

Bet he wishes they'd squeezed a couple more in over Xmas now.

 


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