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Author Topic: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?  (Read 747221 times)

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #435 on: March 13, 2020, 09:02:10 AM »
Although slightly easier for them as they only have eighteen teams to start with. But yeah, I'm down with something like that.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #436 on: March 13, 2020, 09:02:27 AM »
Apparently the bundesliga plan is to end the season now.

Top four as it stands into Europe, no relegation, top two in their championship come up, next season two more clubs than usual get relegated.

Sounds good to me.

I like that plan

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #437 on: March 13, 2020, 09:07:12 AM »
Can see it being announced later today that the season will be postponed indefinitely.  Heard someone on the radio earlier saying that the football authorities are hinting that they are favouring the idea of postponements rather than playing behind closed doors or cancelling.

Given the news about the Chelsea player, can't see any way our game will go ahead tomorrow now.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #438 on: March 13, 2020, 09:20:05 AM »
Yeah, and if Portsmouth are off because they played Arsenal then surely team the other team that played Arsenal recently and those that played against Leicester, Chelsea and Real Madrid should be off too, as a minimum. So that's Villa, West Ham, Liverpool, Bournemouth, Man City, Blose
Watford and Norwich off for starters. Just call the whole thing off.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #439 on: March 13, 2020, 09:23:40 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.

Brian we are of the same vintage, I have two Grandkids living next door and two more round the corner all of whom we have pick up and looking after responsibilities, I told my son next door I hope you have a plan b, they won't know what's hit them.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #440 on: March 13, 2020, 09:26:07 AM »
Apparently the bundesliga plan is to end the season now.

Top four as it stands into Europe, no relegation, top two in their championship come up, next season two more clubs than usual get relegated.

Sounds good to me.

That sounds reasonable, although I would probably simplify things a bit by not allowing the Albion to come up. On grounds I haven't yet thought about too deeply yet.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #441 on: March 13, 2020, 09:26:47 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.

Brian we are of the same vintage, I have two Grandkids living next door and two more round the corner all of whom we have pick up and looking after responsibilities, I told my son next door I hope you have a plan b, they won't know what's hit them.
You lose count of the illnesses you pick up from your grandchildren. That’s the route of the virus I fear most.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #442 on: March 13, 2020, 09:34:48 AM »
Apparently the bundesliga plan is to end the season now.

Top four as it stands into Europe, no relegation, top two in their championship come up, next season two more clubs than usual get relegated.

Sounds good to me.

That sounds reasonable, although I would probably simplify things a bit by not allowing the Albion to come up. On grounds I haven't yet thought about too deeply yet.

Cleanliness.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #443 on: March 13, 2020, 09:37:52 AM »
Everton first team squad now in self isolation.

Offline Big Ming

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #444 on: March 13, 2020, 09:40:39 AM »
A few days ago, I came on here and said that the problem will be if the virus gets into the playing squads.

 I had no idea how quickly that would happen.

The only issue now is how the season will be would up. And even that is trivial in the face of senior citizens dying in large numbers.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #445 on: March 13, 2020, 09:42:10 AM »
If the Euro's get postponed until 2021 (which is heavily mooted), then they could extend the domestic season into the summer.
Shutdown football from now until May and then resume when things settle down.

That gives us plenty of time to replace Smith and for his replacement to sort out our squad for those remaining games.
Job done !     
Medical experts saying 3-4 months before peak.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #446 on: March 13, 2020, 09:43:56 AM »
It is now almost certain that all UK football leagues will be halted and that promotion and relegation will be scrapped for this season.
It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good and Villa are likely to be one of the main beneficiaries of the Covid-19 outbreak.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #447 on: March 13, 2020, 09:51:22 AM »
On a purely footballing side, is it wrong to feel slightly relieved by all this?

NO! The last 24 hours has been quite a relief as a villa fan!

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #448 on: March 13, 2020, 09:54:37 AM »
How many times is the word spwany going to be used on Small Heath Alliance in the next few weeks?

>1000 I wager.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #449 on: March 13, 2020, 09:56:54 AM »
How many times is the word spwany going to be used on Small Heath Alliance in the next few weeks?

>1000 I wager.
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