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Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1965 on: April 10, 2020, 02:42:18 PM »
German Bundesliga warning that all games could be behind closed doors until 2021! 

It's more likely than not I'm afraid.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1966 on: April 10, 2020, 02:58:41 PM »
CGI crowds and 'canned' noise, anyone?

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1967 on: April 10, 2020, 03:03:47 PM »
A lot of supporters will walk away from it if they force it back with behind closed doors, shitshows.

It'll prove, as if it wasn't already known, that the game is for the armchair Sky fan and not the supporters.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1968 on: April 10, 2020, 03:06:09 PM »
They have to have medical staff at every game, since Muamba collapsed on the pitch. Anyone think the best use for medical staff at the moment is keeping an eye on football?

They're not talking about "at the moment", they're talking about some point in the future when the virus is under control.
A “virus under control” is an oxy-moron. Only control is a vaccine.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1969 on: April 10, 2020, 03:26:06 PM »
HIV?

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1970 on: April 10, 2020, 03:30:07 PM »
But that took about 10 years.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1971 on: April 10, 2020, 03:34:24 PM »
Without wishing to appear crass at this difficult time but has any thing been said as to how season ticket holders at all clubs, not just ours,will be handled. If the season is just ended, ST holders and those who have bought match tickets would need to be reimbursed. If a discount is given on next seasons ST purchase, this would obviously have an effect on clubs revenue.

Please don't take this as being insensitive and I fully understand there are many more important things to worry about at present.

It's not insensitive, and for a lot of people I'm sure the money would be very useful about now.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1972 on: April 10, 2020, 05:15:23 PM »
£120 plus postage outstanding on Newcastle and Liverpool away twisting in the breeze too.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1973 on: April 10, 2020, 06:06:58 PM »
CGI crowds and 'canned' noise, anyone?

SKY have been using "canned" crowd noise for a while now.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1974 on: April 10, 2020, 06:16:19 PM »
They will play out the season in June / July behind closed doors. That's 8-10 weeks away. Players will train in camps where they are locked in.

I can't see mass gatherings being permitted next season, unless they find some viral treatment that significantly minimises the symptoms.

Many won't have money for season tickets, many more won't take the risk. If we're waiting for a vaccine it's 2021-2022 season before it will be safe to go to matches again.

How many overseas will pay to watch football without an atmosphere? The whole model doesn't work if there's no crowd.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1975 on: April 10, 2020, 07:05:26 PM »
They will play out the season in June / July behind closed doors. That's 8-10 weeks away. Players will train in camps where they are locked in.

I can't see mass gatherings being permitted next season, unless they find some viral treatment that significantly minimises the symptoms.

Many won't have money for season tickets, many more won't take the risk. If we're waiting for a vaccine it's 2021-2022 season before it will be safe to go to matches again.

How many overseas will pay to watch football without an atmosphere? The whole model doesn't work if there's no crowd.

It's making the best out of a bad job - There is no other alternative.

At least if we get relegated, there's a chance of us being back up by the time crowds re-appear.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1976 on: April 10, 2020, 07:56:01 PM »
I wouldn't jump the gun with predictions like that.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1977 on: April 10, 2020, 08:22:44 PM »
The point here isn't a debate about keeping people alive which I think you'll find every authority is actually trying their best to do . Germany , UK or other nations. It's important lives are saved of course.

The point to the post  is the health care 'allows' the chance for sport in Germany to take place.

That can't be said for the England and the football had to take a back step.

I don't think the German Government will put people's lives at risk or strain their services just to play sports .
However if any big league in Europe  can put on football then it's the German nation.

England at this time aren't equipped and in comparison Germany are.

Germany and its approach to its people are a very different mentality, example, they know for a fact that these testing kits are vital to preventing deaths and stopping infection, as much as possible, the Germans have been stockpiling them for years in the eventuality and reality that a crisis such as a Pandemic will hit the planet at some point, the UK have done nothing, Germany in comparison to the UK are a very Socialist  Democratic country, people come first, I worked there for a while and was amazed at the difference and the pride in that difference.     

You can’t stockpile an unknown virus test kit. They are market leaders with many companies setup to produce this sort of thing and that’s why they have more than us. They have not stockpiled or been any more prepared, they have however reacted quicker.

I'm guessing the kit mostly consists of sterilised swabs and containers. Those could be stockpiled. It would be the testing after the samples are taken that would be unique to the situations.

Apparently the nasal swab is very invasive going right up into the cavity at the back and causes nosebleeds etc.

When the source of the quote comes from somebody called Jens Spahn, saying they had been stockpiling test for the Sars-Cov-2 Virus, pretty sure he means Coronavirus then you can only take it as said, on the other hand he could also mean they have been stockpiling in some way a bare bones kit to be converted as and when necessary, just as you say, point is they haven't been sitting around on there big ends, knowing at some point this was coming down the road because its been predicted now for years, in terms of the likelihood of a Pandemic, they prepared, we did nothing, as of today we have the highest death rate in Europe higher than Spain and Italy for one day, its still climbing, we still haven't got a proper set up for mass testing capability, scandalous.   

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1978 on: April 10, 2020, 09:21:58 PM »
Scotland now looking at 2 up and no relegation according to the Giardoan.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #1979 on: April 10, 2020, 09:39:19 PM »
I wouldn't jump the gun with predictions like that.

If being the operative word.  However, if pushed, I'd struggle to find 2 teams (in addition to Norwich) who will finish below us.

Personally, I think we have a chance but less of a chance than the other teams around us given our recent form, appalling defensive frailties and the 3 point (allowing for goal difference) deficit.

 


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