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

[Drummond]

David Moyes asking the emminently sensible question... why should we waste covid testing on footballers when NHS staff and vulnerable people are waiting for them?

Another thing that Gary Neville mentioned yesterday. If we had to test every player, member of staff etc, before every game, the PL would need to make 28,000 tests to complete the season.

This is at a time when people who really do need these tests, still aren't getting them.

I presume the Premier League would just pay inflated prices and ship them in from Germany or something.

[Nev]

Football is in a maze, every turn leads to a dead end, the same paths are negotiated time and time again and the same result keeps coming up. There is but one way out, it's been passed a number of times but ignored, the inevitable is getting closer and closer.

[eamonn]

However it's resolved, at least we'll never see Daniele de Drinkwater play for us again.

[chrisw1]

David Moyes asking the emminently sensible question... why should we waste covid testing on footballers when NHS staff and vulnerable people are waiting for them?

There's currently 10,000 available tests per day not being taken up - due mainly to logistics.  There'll be 100,000 available per day in a week or so.  It may be clubs will be able to buy in their own tests.  Absolutely the NHS comes first, but I don't think testing of players in 2 or 3 months time is unrealistic.   

[andyh]

Bundasliga still talking about resuming football in May according to the beeb.
How the feck is that happening?

[David_Nab]

Are they implying that the whole squad is kept together and away from wider society until all the games are completed, and players are only left out if their symptoms incapacitate them sufficiently to prevent them from being physically able to play, as if they had any other run-of-the-mill illness or injury?

Seems to be the idea. I think the point that if a player tests positive then the whole squad doesn't need quarantining but make sure you have a big squad before the season restarts is very dubious.

French football is attempting to buy 50k testing kits , I don't think Testing kit will be an issue if buying themselves its the amount the players will need and restrictions on their lives that seem pretty intense.

It will likely go ahead but in most games it will be a farce , it may help us as with something to play for we are going to be one of a few sides with any motivation to play. Uefa are meeting to discuss VAR and how they can implement it with social distancing ( 3 people in a control room ) if they can't agree then the option is to remove it for rest of the season.
If so you have at least 1) No fans 2)No Var which are huge changes from the previous games but thats ok but voiding the seasons is less legitimate.
 

[Lastfootstamper]

I look forward to the updated shielding support recipient guidance.

Solid organ transplant recipients.

People with specific cancers

People with severe respiratory conditions including all cystic fibrosis, severe asthma and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary (COPD).

People with rare diseases and inborn errors of metabolism that significantly increase the risk of infections

People on immunosuppression therapies sufficient to significantly increase risk of infection.

Women who are pregnant with significant heart disease

Professional footballers and their attendant entourage.

[mr underhill]

this is all total bullshit. Social distancing measures of some kind will be in place for months which will preclude close contact sport full stop. Just do the decent thing and void the season now. Football is going to eat itself unless it does. I'm never going to feel the same way about football now - watching these selfish fucknuts arguing about money whilst 700 odd people are losing their lives every day is obscene. Among the many things i hope change for the better as a result of this is the end of celebrity worship, chief amonst them prime donna actors, artists, footballers, reality tv bumholes etc.

[The Edge]

I look forward to the updated shielding support recipient guidance.

Solid organ transplant recipients.

People with specific cancers

People with severe respiratory conditions including all cystic fibrosis, severe asthma and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary (COPD).

People with rare diseases and inborn errors of metabolism that significantly increase the risk of infections

People on immunosuppression therapies sufficient to significantly increase risk of infection.

Women who are pregnant with significant heart disease

Professional footballers and their attendant entourage.

Ooff!! I think you've nailed it.

[Nev]

this is all total bullshit. Social distancing measures of some kind will be in place for months which will preclude close contact sport full stop. Just do the decent thing and void the season now. Football is going to eat itself unless it does. I'm never going to feel the same way about football now - watching these selfish fucknuts arguing about money whilst 700 odd people are losing their lives every day is obscene. Among the many things i hope change for the better as a result of this is the end of celebrity worship, chief amonst them prime donna actors, artists, footballers, reality tv bumholes etc.

I wouldn't tune into BBC1 tonight then....

[Hillbilly]

Write off the season, allocate the ‘prize’ money on current position and start again from 1 July 2019 whenever it’s feasible and safe. Open a window for uncontracted players to find clubs or re-sign but no transfers until January. Same for the European competitions. Nice and clean. There may be grumbling from those that fancied they’d win things or get promoted. But in the end cashflow is the important thing for the business side. And safety for everyone else.

[chrisw1]

this is all total bullshit. Social distancing measures of some kind will be in place for months which will preclude close contact sport full stop. Just do the decent thing and void the season now. Football is going to eat itself unless it does. I'm never going to feel the same way about football now - watching these selfish fucknuts arguing about money whilst 700 odd people are losing their lives every day is obscene. Among the many things i hope change for the better as a result of this is the end of celebrity worship, chief amonst them prime donna actors, artists, footballers, reality tv bumholes etc.

It's not just about finishing this season.  Next season will probably have to start behind closed doors too and the same issues will apply.  Do you think they should void that too or try to work out a way to play it even if behind closed doors?

[mr underhill]

We don't agree on this issue Chris as well you know; i love my football as much as the next person but it simply isn't important at the moment. Until it is safe for all concerned don't play - certainly not behind closed doors, which is a souless travesty of what the game should be.

[aev]

The Neviller speaks (again).

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11977461/gary-neville-how-coronavirus-could-reset-football-and-why-players-should-learn-other-skills

[Brassneck]

We don't agree on this issue Chris as well you know; i love my football as much as the next person but it simply isn't important at the moment. Until it is safe for all concerned don't play - certainly not behind closed doors, which is a souless travesty of what the game should be.

You say you love your football yet you don't want to give clubs the lifeline that is needed for many to survive.

You'd rather clubs go to the wall, destroying the English leagues as we've known them just because the way to survival is (in your opinion) "a souless travesty of what the game should be"?