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Author Topic: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?  (Read 744711 times)

Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1530 on: March 31, 2020, 03:36:46 PM »
Think euro competitions will be dropped for a year unless they go for these one off ties in one location that was talked about last week.

Ultimately whatever happens the football calender will have to be rewritten over next 18 months to how it's been generally over last 20 years. Interested what happens.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1531 on: March 31, 2020, 04:06:11 PM »
Think euro competitions will be dropped for a year unless they go for these one off ties in one location that was talked about last week.

Ultimately whatever happens the football calender will have to be rewritten over next 18 months to how it's been generally over last 20 years. Interested what happens.

That would be sensible but with the money that the CL generates it will be challenged.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1532 on: April 01, 2020, 12:28:20 AM »
When is Quatar 2022 due to take place, the month of December? Plan the next couple of seasons to go by calendar years.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1533 on: April 01, 2020, 01:21:31 AM »
21st November - 18th December.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1534 on: April 01, 2020, 07:44:08 AM »
Listening to John Murray this morning and the behind closed door option is still being talked about.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1535 on: April 01, 2020, 07:47:32 AM »
these fucknuts are going to ensure the game dies if they persist in finding excuses not to respond to the circumstances surrounding them.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1536 on: April 01, 2020, 10:24:37 AM »
Not sure if this has been posted before but this is an extract from a letter sent to the FA from Maidenhead United Chairman. Full article is on Birmingham Live site.A really sensible proposal:
"So, the Premier League - use PPG (and then goal difference, greater goals scored etc) to produce final table. Liverpool will be champions and the remaining Champions League and Europa League spots will be allocated in the normal way. Off pitch issues i.e. FFP sanctions of course still stand. No relegation.

Championship – PPG determines the table and top 3 promoted i.e. no play off to determine 3rd promotion spot. No relegation.

League 1 – as per Championship

League 2 – as per Championship but 4 promoted as Bury liquidation has created an additional vacancy.

National League – PPG determines the table and top 4 promoted. No relegation.


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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1538 on: April 01, 2020, 10:29:21 AM »
Seems a sensible proposal.
I suppose the number of teams relegated would increase next season to reduce the leagues back to their number.

Of course the biggest issue is how do you stop 10’s of thousands of scousers from taking to the streets to celebrate ?

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1539 on: April 01, 2020, 10:32:06 AM »
Do it whist lockdown is fully operational to stop scousers from celebrating.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1540 on: April 01, 2020, 11:22:18 AM »
A decision on Wimbledon taking place will be made today with the expectation it will be cancelled.

If tennis scheduled for end of June in mid July is already being called off, how the feck do the footballing authorities even start to justify that football ‘might’ continue from April/May/June or whatever.

The football authorities need to grow some balls (😉) void everything and put this to bed once and for all.

Infact, I’m getting more and more angry about this situation.
Every prestigious sporting event has taken a hit already. The olympics (the most expensive event in the sporting world), F1, The Grand National, The Boat Race, The Six Nations, The Euros plus countless others I haven’t listed

And yet domestic football still thinks there were be some miraculous solution where the game, the players, the support staff, the tv companies, the technicians, the emergency services are all immune to what’s going on so that they can protect ‘the integrity of the game’.

Just call it now you gutless bunch of money grabbing buffoons.
« Last Edit: April 01, 2020, 11:34:35 AM by andyh »

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1541 on: April 01, 2020, 01:06:20 PM »
There's 750 million reasons why they want to finish the season if the reports of the Sky deal penalties are correct.  Although I'd be happy to see it cancelled for obvious reasons I'm expecting them to find a way to finish it.  Would it be plausible to start next season late and play the cups etc. in full but only play each other once in the league rather than home and away?

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1542 on: April 01, 2020, 01:11:12 PM »
There's 750 million reasons why they want to finish the season if the reports of the Sky deal penalties are correct.  Although I'd be happy to see it cancelled for obvious reasons I'm expecting them to find a way to finish it.  Would it be plausible to start next season late and play the cups etc. in full but only play each other once in the league rather than home and away?

To me that would be worse than cancelling this season now. How could you have a fair and competitive season of 19 games with no home and away games?

They're clutching at straws now just to keep Sky happy


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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1543 on: April 01, 2020, 01:18:38 PM »
And this is where it all makes no sense.

The PL needs Sky.
Sky needs the PL.

Under the circumstances, it should be the easiest thing for them to come together and mutually agree the void this season and neither party will be financially punished.



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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1544 on: April 01, 2020, 01:23:55 PM »
And this is where it all makes no sense.

The PL needs Sky.
Sky needs the PL.

Under the circumstances, it should be the easiest thing for them to come together and mutually agree the void this season and neither party will be financially punished.

Sky already are by having lost a lot of subscriptions from homes and pubs etc. They've paid for a product they aren't getting.

 


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