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Offline eamonn

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1575 on: April 02, 2020, 12:13:19 AM »
Always liked Eddie Howe, fair play to him. I had read earlier today that he has been getting a lot of piano practice in at home with his sheet music of A-Ha songs.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1576 on: April 02, 2020, 02:17:51 AM »
Just when you think the vulgarity of the Premier League couldn’t become further removed from the realities of the world around them, they somehow manage to surprise you.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1577 on: April 02, 2020, 06:35:52 AM »
Yes I did mean Bosman, sorry it was a typo.  Thanks for correcting me.   

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1578 on: April 02, 2020, 07:01:25 AM »
They wont lose a penny - they will tell us how they are giving up 50% so that the ground staff etc.. can keep their pay

The reality is that they will simply have the pay deferred and will receive the unpaid wages at a later date

Even my company the Directors etc.. are taking a 50% wage cut (and they wont get the money back)

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1579 on: April 02, 2020, 08:59:40 AM »
the game needs less money at the top but for it to be more evenly distributed. I hope the days of £80m plus transfer fees are over, ditto £300,00 per week contracts.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1580 on: April 02, 2020, 09:18:00 AM »
European wide salary caps for clubs?

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1581 on: April 02, 2020, 09:44:58 AM »
I’m sure your typo actually meant to say Bosman, Brian?

And if you do, I wholeheartedly agree.
His freedom of contract/movement stance put all the power into the hands of the players or more accurately, their (bastard) agents.

Which while imperfect, is far better than the situation as it was before.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1582 on: April 02, 2020, 10:34:29 AM »
Agree Dave but in my opinion the pendulum swung too far.  The days when Stanley Matthews would add ten thousand to gate but only earned £20 a week were a scandalous abuse of contractual power by the football clubs.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1583 on: April 02, 2020, 11:04:24 AM »
English RFU have I think decided to promote and relegate as the table stand (with an adjustment I think for games played).

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1584 on: April 02, 2020, 12:49:35 PM »
English RFU have I think decided to promote and relegate as the table stand (with an adjustment I think for games played).
Shit 😉

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1585 on: April 02, 2020, 12:57:11 PM »
English RFU have I think decided to promote and relegate as the table stand (with an adjustment I think for games played).

Saracens had already been relegated for cheating, so makes perfect sense there. They deserve to be punished. We don't deserve to be punished for making the League Cup Final.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1586 on: April 02, 2020, 01:13:22 PM »
According to the Guardian article that CyprusVillain linked earlier the PFA are representing the players and I've read elsewhere (can't remember the link) that they're refusing wage cuts for their members but considering wage deferrals.

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They (the players) did not create this problem but their union, the Professional Footballers’ Association, is wrangling with the Premier League over whether their wages should be subject to alteration in order to help clubs stay afloat.

The PFA does not trust the clubs and perhaps rightly so. On the other hand the PFA is an opaque organisation with questions that linger over what it does with its substantial revenues beyond paying its chief executive, Gordon Taylor, a salary comparable to that of a Premier League player.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/apr/01/premier-league-clubs-have-failed-the-smell-test-in-furloughing-their-staff

I think Gordon Taylor is a good candidate for the c*** list.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1587 on: April 02, 2020, 01:25:40 PM »
Fair play to Eddie Howe. It does emphasise that Bournemouth,  with a ground capacity of only 10,500, are wholly reliant on TV revenue. They've applied for the Government's furlough scheme.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1588 on: April 02, 2020, 01:53:58 PM »
Appears the Belgian league is over. Brugge are champions and no relegation but 2 promoted.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1589 on: April 02, 2020, 02:02:57 PM »
Appears the Belgian league is over. Brugge are champions and no relegation but 2 promoted.

Firmly expect the same decision in the EPL.

Any confirmation that all high earners at Villa Park are donating or sharing their wages with the rest of the workforce at the club? Would be a noble gesture from those who can well afford it.

 


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