How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?

[Clark W Griswold]

If they play football while people are dying, then they will be proving that they have no integrity at all, and that this is about pleasing sponsors and fecking Sky Television. 

If they do opt for this points earned per game crap, I hope that they differentiate between home and away games and take into consideration that we have six from ten games at home still left to play!  It's also flawed as there are always the odd surprising result in football.

What if factories are reopened, building sites reopened, office buildings reopened?  Would 22 blokes on a football pitch working in an industry that literally pays tens of thousands of peoples wages still be proving their lack of integrity?

There are a lot of factories and offices still open including the one i'm sitting in now and have been throughout. Probably will be all the way through it. One of my work colleagues has had it and recovered and is back in today. Life doesn't have to stop as long as people are sensible and guidelines are followed, and like you say, why should the football industry be any different?
Football's been postponed as is and quite understandably but if the situation permits training next month and football behind closed doors the month after they should do it. Playing behind closed doors isn't ideal but it's way better than cancelling what has gone before, as long as it's safe to do so.

[olaftab]

What if factories are reopened, building sites reopened, office buildings reopened?  Would 22 blokes on a football pitch working in an industry that literally pays tens of thousands of peoples wages still be proving their lack of integrity?

I think the distinction there is necessary and unnecessary activity.

[David_Nab]

2 articles today Times saying clubs been told Footballers /Athletes more heightened susceptibility to Viral respiratory tract infection.So they say will need longer rest periods so rules out the PL trying to play too many games in a short period of time.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/returning-to-action-puts-players-at-greater-risk-of-covid-19-experts-warn-jljm2gxqt

The other article is suggesting they may need to wear masks..

 

[chrisw1]

What if factories are reopened, building sites reopened, office buildings reopened?  Would 22 blokes on a football pitch working in an industry that literally pays tens of thousands of peoples wages still be proving their lack of integrity?

I think the distinction there is necessary and unnecessary activity.

How is one activity supporting thousands of jobs be any less necessary than a factory selling widgets?  As and when workplaces are generally open again it can't be beyond the wit of man to play some behind closed doors football games.

[David_Nab]

Dutch PM says no Football until September

[CT]

I have to admit, as a player, I bloody hated Gary Neville.

Right now, every time he talks, my respect for the bloke gets higher. He's coming out of this with a lot of credit.

[Villan82]

I have to admit, as a player, I bloody hated Gary Neville.

Right now, every time he talks, my respect for the bloke gets higher. He's coming out of this with a lot of credit.

Same here, Neville speaks a lot of sense.

[aev]

I have to admit, as a player, I bloody hated Gary Neville.

Right now, every time he talks, my respect for the bloke gets higher. He's coming out of this with a lot of credit.

He does indeed.

[Steve67]

What if factories are reopened, building sites reopened, office buildings reopened?  Would 22 blokes on a football pitch working in an industry that literally pays tens of thousands of peoples wages still be proving their lack of integrity?

I think the distinction there is necessary and unnecessary activity.

So, it's all about money then Chris?  Fuck the death's, there's money to be earned.  All of the other places can still socially distance.  You cannot do that with football, also, players spit all the time, cannot be good for one another either.

[chrisw1]

What if factories are reopened, building sites reopened, office buildings reopened?  Would 22 blokes on a football pitch working in an industry that literally pays tens of thousands of peoples wages still be proving their lack of integrity?

I think the distinction there is necessary and unnecessary activity.

So, it's all about money then Chris?  Fuck the death's, there's money to be earned.  All of the other places can still socially distance.  You cannot do that with football, also, players spit all the time, cannot be good for one another either.

You are essentially arguing that when society starts getting back to normal, people start going back to work schools probably start reopening that playing behind closed doors football is some heinous crime and shows a lack of integrity.  I disagree.  Not only is it the livlihoods of tens of thousands of people, it is part of society getting back to some sort of normality.

I accept you'll never agree.  You've created your dragon and nothing will stop you slaying it.  You've proved you're morally superior and the fact it should result in Villa staying up is just a bonus. 

[algy]

It's a difficult situation. Ideally you'd want the league finished, even if that was behind closed doors. There's only a relative handful of games left, I'm not sure voiding the league at this point is any better than playing the season out.

However, imagine if football started again and someone involved ended up catching covid19 and ending up in ICU. It's be a sad indictment of the game of any amount of money was considered more important than someone's life.

I think all they can do at this stage is to sit back, and wait to see how things pan out without being too committal to one thing or another. The date football resumes will really dictate what's possible - if restarting behind closed doors in June is possible you've a very different set of options to restarting in January next year (or later).

[Pete3206]

It's not as simple as 22 blokes kicking round a bag of wind. There's hundreds of people required to put on a professional football match. And that's without the amount of coppers needed to dissuade the many imbeciles that'll no doubt turn up at the ground. It's not currently worth the potential strain on the emergency services, if these events take place.

Void, then plan for next season. 

 

[usav]

What if factories are reopened

We'd be back in 1955 with Marty McFly

[Steve67]

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What if factories are reopened, building sites reopened, office buildings reopened?  Would 22 blokes on a football pitch working in an industry that literally pays tens of thousands of peoples wages still be proving their lack of integrity?

I think the distinction there is necessary and unnecessary activity.

So, it's all about money then Chris?  Fuck the death's, there's money to be earned.  All of the other places can still socially distance.  You cannot do that with football, also, players spit all the time, cannot be good for one another either.

You are essentially arguing that when society starts getting back to normal, people start going back to work schools probably start reopening that playing behind closed doors football is some heinous crime and shows a lack of integrity.  I disagree.  Not only is it the livlihoods of tens of thousands of people, it is part of society getting back to some sort of normality.

I accept you'll never agree.  You've created your dragon and nothing will stop you slaying it.  You've proved you're morally superior and the fact it should result in Villa staying up is just a bonus. 

Villa staying up has nothing to do with it. I also want this season to be completed but only when it is safe to do so.  Players should not be placed at risk just because they help pay the wages of others. As for Dragon slaying, wtf!

[sid1964]

So if players should not be put at risk - because they come into contact with each other (apart from Hourihane, who never gets near an opposition player), do we then not re-open any factories, construction sites etc.. because I am sure that people who work in these places will be in contact with each other and for a lot longer each day?, is a footballers life worth more than yours or mine?,

Eventually we will have to get back to work, when we do there will be spikes in people catching the virus, but we can't stay locked in our houses etc, forever!