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

[andyh]

Here’s a question in relation to the behind closed doors argument.
Why cant Wimbledon be played behind closed doors? It would be easier then football to organise. Why cant cricket? Social distancing in cricket is easy.
Why not restart the rugby 6 nations behind closed doors? After all, we were a only part way through the championship before all this happened.

Maybe it’s because the governing bodies in charge of those of those sports are intelligent enough to recognise that they are spectator sports and are meaningless without the crowds.

Behind closed doors? Feck off !

[Richard E]

Suggestions that anyone entering the UK will have to quarantine for two weeks. That’s gonna bugger up European football for the foreseeable future if introduced.

[Pete3206]

The Dutch have cancelled their league.  No title winners, no relegation, no promotion from the division underneath.

And the clubs in the top two of the second division, namely De Graafschap and Cambuur have already approached lawyers to demand promotion or pay damages. A portent of things to come I fear if the English season is voided.

Different situation as both teams were already promoted. 

[Richard E]

And nobody hates de Graafschap and Cambuur Leeuwaarden like they do Leeds and West Brom.

[nick harper]

I’m still not clear what they are going to do if fans insist on congregating outside grounds, which they always do, and if someone directly involved in the games, players or staff, tests positive.

The whole thing quickly becomes very difficult. I suspect there may be an attempt to start the season again and they have to give up.

[mr underhill]

if the season ends with no further games played and we are relegated on average points/whatever, do we and the two other sides actually have a legal case to appeal and to whom?

[OzVilla]

I really can’t see that happening but I assume we’re in a strong legal position to appeal to the court of arbitration for Sport.  Although I should point out that I’m not a lawyer and my legal knowledge resides in watching a few episodes of Crown Court in the late 70’s while being off school sick.

[Risso]

In The Times yesterday they said that the Premier League was planning for behind-closed-doors games, where payers arrived individually and obeyed social distancing in the changing rooms....

What then you absolute set of twots?!  The players have to sit 2 metres apart in the changing room, but it's then OK to tackle other players and be in a wall or whatever?

Wankers.  Just fucking cancel it.

[LeeB]

In The Times yesterday they said that the Premier League was planning for behind-closed-doors games, where payers arrived individually and obeyed social distancing in the changing rooms....

What then you absolute set of twots?!  The players have to sit 2 metres apart in the changing room, but it's then OK to tackle other players and be in a wall or whatever?

Wankers.  Just fucking cancel it.

Why not wear those zorba balls like you can do on a stag do? Then there's no physical contact, so the most important thing in the world can be maintained, the undisputed integrity of the EPL.

[TopDeck113]

I’m still not clear what they are going to do if fans insist on congregating outside grounds...

As I've said previously, if after two or three games Liverpool's championship is confirmed, do they really think that half of the city aren't going to take to the streets? 

[andyh]

I’m still not clear what they are going to do if fans insist on congregating outside grounds...

As I've said previously, if after two or three games Liverpool's championship is confirmed, do they really think that half of the city aren't going to take to the streets? 

Yep, I have posted similar on here as well.

When they won the Champions league final last season there were between 750k and a million people on the streets for their parade.
They have been waiting 30 years to win the league.
Seriously, there won’t be thousands going to their next 2 games, wherever they are, and there won’t be 100’s of thousands out On the streets when they get the points they need?

[Somniloquism]

In The Times yesterday they said that the Premier League was planning for behind-closed-doors games, where payers arrived individually and obeyed social distancing in the changing rooms....

What then you absolute set of twots?!  The players have to sit 2 metres apart in the changing room, but it's then OK to tackle other players and be in a wall or whatever?

Wankers.  Just fucking cancel it.

it is not just that, how are they supposed to train even. Are they supposed to have pretend matches where they are always 2 meters away from the opposition (obviously sounds like our defenders already do). What about the after training massage and weight training. Will they have to go in one at a time and then the whole areas disinfected. With the tests, will they need to be daily and will they all need to wait for the results before they start? Who will be performing the tests and how fast and accurate will they be? What happens if someone tests positive? Do all players then need to isolate for 7 days?

All this can be planned for next August as more and more is known every day. However to rush job this through to get the season completed as fast as possible and totally screw over next season with shortening it or enforcing more matches a week is very short sighted. I mean what happens if this season is completed in September  /October. The relegated team would normally lose players, forced to sell them and / or buy cheaper ones to play. (plus all the non playing stuff that happens when a team is relegated.) There is also then 8 weeks of preseason and planning the travel etc when fixtures are released.

[charlatan]

The Dutch have cancelled their league.  No title winners, no relegation, no promotion from the division underneath.

And the clubs in the top two of the second division, namely De Graafschap and Cambuur have already approached lawyers to demand promotion or pay damages. A portent of things to come I fear if the English season is voided.

Different situation as both teams were already promoted. 

[Steve67]

To be fair, Villa's defenders have been socially distancing at corners all season.

[Mister E]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/apr/25/finishing-premier-league-season-pointless-football