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Author Topic: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?  (Read 746645 times)

Offline j66acd

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #1170 on: March 20, 2020, 10:56:23 AM »
Not football related, but the RFU Has confirmed that the season has ended for all leagues other than the Premiership. I’m not sure why they haven’t ended the lot though.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #1171 on: March 20, 2020, 10:59:24 AM »
Could this be the moment the premiership gravy train stops and wages are cut ?

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #1172 on: March 20, 2020, 11:12:26 AM »
Could this be the moment the premiership gravy train stops and wages are cut ?

Hopefully.

However, it could mean that we are fast tracked back up the pecking order.  We ought to be financially stronger than teams like Bournemouth, Burnley, Southampton etc so this may give us a leg up.

Purslow recently stated that it would take 4 years of PL status to catch up with those teams.  This crisis could drag them back down.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #1173 on: March 20, 2020, 11:51:23 AM »
Could this be the moment the premiership gravy train stops and wages are cut ?

Gravy train is believed to have originally been a railroad term, referring to a train run that paid well with little effort on the part of the crew.
Though I understand that it's no one is on board a literal train of gravy. I find the term interesting when I heard it.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #1174 on: March 20, 2020, 11:53:11 AM »
A few reports that the PL TV contract has clauses that would mean a repayment of £760m to Sky if the season remains unfinished.

Anyone would think the decision is based upon money as opposed to the integrity of the season.

If there was any integrity, there wouldn't be such a mad panic to get games completed at all costs.
There isn't a mad panic - 'however long it takes' is the mantra.  I still don't think it's about money - they will lose more money by writing off next season.


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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #1175 on: March 20, 2020, 11:54:56 AM »
Could this be the moment the premiership gravy train stops and wages are cut ?

Hopefully.

However, it could mean that we are fast tracked back up the pecking order.  We ought to be financially stronger than teams like Bournemouth, Burnley, Southampton etc so this may give us a leg up.

Purslow recently stated that it would take 4 years of PL status to catch up with those teams.  This crisis could drag them back down.
How will we be Financially stronger ? Other than our owners.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #1176 on: March 20, 2020, 11:57:21 AM »
A few reports that the PL TV contract has clauses that would mean a repayment of £760m to Sky if the season remains unfinished.

Anyone would think the decision is based upon money as opposed to the integrity of the season.

If there was any integrity, there wouldn't be such a mad panic to get games completed at all costs.
There isn't a mad panic - 'however long it takes' is the mantra.  I still don't think it's about money - they will lose more money by writing off next season.

There is a mad panic for the reason you've just stated - They will lose more money next season.

And that is why I believe that if it's possible to start next season by September, that will take priority over finishing this one.

The only public statement has been that the games have been suspended indefinitely.  People are reading this to mean they've been suspended until they are safe to play.  This is of course incorrect and whilst it may well be "indefinitely" today, it won't always remain that way.  At some point, they will draw a line under it.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #1177 on: March 20, 2020, 12:01:32 PM »
Could this be the moment the premiership gravy train stops and wages are cut ?

Hopefully.

However, it could mean that we are fast tracked back up the pecking order.  We ought to be financially stronger than teams like Bournemouth, Burnley, Southampton etc so this may give us a leg up.

Purslow recently stated that it would take 4 years of PL status to catch up with those teams.  This crisis could drag them back down.
How will we be Financially stronger ? Other than our owners.

You've answered your own question.

Clubs are going to be in pretty dire straits.  FFP will be relaxed but how much will other owners be prepared to plough in?  They will more likely cash in on assets - Something they haven't had to do in recent seasons.

It's not necessarily about being financially stronger, more that those clubs will be sucked back down.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #1178 on: March 20, 2020, 12:09:24 PM »
Will there be any sort of insurance cover for loss of revenue?

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #1179 on: March 20, 2020, 12:14:06 PM »
Will there be any sort of insurance cover for loss of revenue?
act of god.

no chance of cover

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #1180 on: March 20, 2020, 12:17:08 PM »
I'm guessing various organizations like FIFA, UEFA and FA will help the clubs in trouble.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #1181 on: March 20, 2020, 12:24:36 PM »
Most informed people in the media are now saying that 12 weeks is the minimum time from now where the virus might start to be in retreat and possibly another 12 weeks before it has been substantially 'tamed'. So, sometime between the end of June and the end of September football might be in a position to resume.
The question will be: what will the appetite be for season 2019-20 completion vs. season 2020-21 commencement.
The TV Companies will have a view on that, as will EUFA (the latter's opinion will be governed by the progress of the virus elsewhere in Europe, and the balance of the Euros in 2021 vs. qualification for the 2022 World Cup).

Lots of variables.
I really meant in terms of the financial pros and cons of completing this season and not curtailing the next. Financially, I would imagine starting the new season and maximising the revenue during 2020-21 would be a better option than trying to complete this season and then going off half-cocked into the next.The issue - and this really is the issue, I think - is the management of all the TV companies and sponsors in respect of funds committed and responsibilities discharged.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #1182 on: March 20, 2020, 12:53:21 PM »
That class of '92 lot are annoyingly likeable.

I'd say only Neville is alright.

Odd that Giggs doesn't get half the stick Terry did for an extra-marital affair. Cheating with your brother's missus arguably a lot more despicable than with a team-mate's partner.

I didn't single out Giggs for abuse as wasn't sure if he was part of the 1992 team and couldn't be arsed to check, but agree entirely. An absolute ****** of a man.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #1183 on: March 20, 2020, 12:55:39 PM »
Will there be any sort of insurance cover for loss of revenue?

I think we only had Third Party, Fire and Theft cover

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villas season ?
« Reply #1184 on: March 20, 2020, 01:04:46 PM »
S.A.G.E reckon the social isolation policy will need to be in place for a yr (half of which would be under the stricter measures).


 


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