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

[Drummond]

I have said many times, football restarting, in any guise, will not be footballs decision.

I agree. Which is a shame as it would be easy enough for them to do.

However, from a business perspective, potential insurance claims etc, waiting to be told by the government is the easiest thing to do.

Glad to see the Dutch have done it. Obviously they are all Villa fans.

[David_Nab]

I have said many times, football restarting, in any guise, will not be footballs decision.

I agree. Which is a shame as it would be easy enough for them to do.

However, from a business perspective, potential insurance claims etc, waiting to be told by the government is the easiest thing to do.

Glad to see the Dutch have done it. Obviously they are all Villa fans.

Easy for the Dutch to announce after Gov told them no football till Sept even behind closed doors and I imagine the TV money in the league isn't a massive amount.

[exiled on the wirral!]

And UEFA say decide final standings on "sporting merit" (vague huh?) and:

"Uefa has laid out two primary conditions under which it would accept the abandonment of a league. The first would involve being instructed to do so by a government, which is the case in the Netherlands; the second is “insurmountable economic problems”."

Accept the abandonment of a league? Who the fuck do they think they are?

I think that comment is directed more at how entries for next season's European competitions are determined. (They are clearly planning on staging next season's competitions).

My worry, is Sheff U and their game in hand.  If the league are forced to do something there, it will be either finish the league as it stands or average points for the game in hand.  It is very possible that they will do the same for all league placings.  This of course would see us down.   The league already have the power within the rules to allow a result to stand in a game which lasts for less than 90 minutes.  That is an indication that they might be able to vote for something similar regarding league placings.

This is exactly how I see it.  I prefer to take our chances playing our remaining games in closed stadiums rather than be relegated in a Premier League office. I just cannot see them just voiding the season despite what has happened in Holland.

[London Villan]

Could we just play our game in hand? Less logistical problems for one game? Then call it a day.

[Legion]

Could we just play our game in hand? Less logistical problems for one game? Then call it a day.

Can we play it against Stevenage Borough?

[Richard E]

Could we just play our game in hand? Less logistical problems for one game? Then call it a day.

Can we play it against Stevenage Borough?

Reserves

[brian green]

Ladies

[walsall villain]

Under 16’s

[garyellis]

Legion, Brian, WV so many things on this site make me smile and its you tonight thank you

[CT]

Right, so we're playing Stevenage Reserves Ladies U16s.

Then I'm thinking about our last game, and wondering if we'd win this one 😉

[Brassneck]

I don't see any mileage in rushing to end the season until we have certainty of when next season can start.

If (as many are claiming) it is unsafe to play contact sport for months, next season will be unplayable but there would still be time to finish this season after Christmas.

[aj2k77]

I don't know if I'm missing something here but a few people on various forums have advocated playing the remainder of this season during some part of when the 2020-21 season should have been played, scrap the 20-21 season and then start a proper 2021-22 season on time.

Wouldn't that send a huge amount of clubs to the wall as they would have no 20-21 season income? Sounds like an appalling plan unless I've missed something.

[Legion]

It's a terrible idea.

[David_Nab]

Right, so we're playing Stevenage Reserves Ladies U16s.

Then I'm thinking about our last game, and wondering if we'd win this one 😉

Bet we still concede from a corner

[Legion]

It's a Cornalty.