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

[Rudy Can't Fail]

German Federal Gov't have postponed decision on reopening schools and restarting football games.

The Portuguese league is going to restart behind closed doors on the 1st of June.

[Lastfootstamper]

German Federal Gov't have postponed decision on reopening schools and restarting football games.

The Portuguese league is going to restart behind closed doors on the 1st of June.

Is this definite? I can see a piece in the Resident that says they were expecting an announcement today, but I can't find one. https://www.portugalresident.com/football-to-restart-in-june/

That also says, "English Premier League clubs expect to start training in a couple of weeks’ time, with matches scheduled to recommence on June 8"

[McGraths Dry Cleaning]

PSG awarded the title in France - Amiens and Toulouse relegated

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52484926

[SashasGrandad]

Just seen a report that if they go ahead behind closed doors they will have to wear masks and have their balls disinfected.

That will sting a bit.

I thought grabbing the crotch was only done in rugby these days - not seen it done on a football field since Vinnie did Gazza.

[mr underhill]

what a load of old bollocks

[charlatan]

woudn't faze savlon milosevic

[walsall villain]

PSG awarded the title in France - Amiens and Toulouse relegated

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52484926

Not contentious though, bottom 2 well adrift. Not like that with regards to PL relegation.

[Mister E]

I posted a few weeks back that if play cannot go ahead then the outcome would be
Top 3 promoted
No relegation
Larger prem

The EFL players were briefed on this exact outcome yesterday! They have been told it’s beyond unlikely that any play in June would be possible

Top 3 or top 2?

Efl players have been told top 3

Promoting teams from a fairy tight and notoriously fickle league seems illogical.

[VinnieChase84]

Trying to relegate us on PPG would be a legal nightmare for the premier league. Given Boris’s speech tonight it doesn’t seem unrealistic that measures in part could be lifted soon (June) so guess this is why prem pressing ahead with BCD.

If games are at a neutral venue that I’d be arguing that integrity of competition is already flawed and no relegation

[RamboandBruno]

Major of Liverpool has come out and said re-starting the league should be a non starter, and that fans would turn up at Anfield even if they won the league at a neutral ground, which he’s right they will as would we if it was villa. Liverpool FC have inevitably disagreed with him.

Liverpool aside this just how messy this is and there’s a whole range of conflicting interests. Money hasn’t spoken as per usual during this crisis so far, but it’s obviously God in the premier league, so would expect the PL to embarrassingly ignore all the health advice and strive as they would of done if Arteta didn’t get ill.

As a child of the 80s I don’t like Liverpool, but they’ve won the league ffs, just give it to them to shut them up. Relegation though, even Norwich aren’t adrift, that should not morally happen to any of the three at the bottom.

[paul_e]

Relegation though, even Norwich aren’t adrift, that should not morally happen to any of the three at the bottom.

Bournemouth would be a real kick in the bollocks, down on, effectively, goal difference of -1 with 9 games left to play, that would be a travesty.

[devilla]

I posted a few weeks back that if play cannot go ahead then the outcome would be
Top 3 promoted
No relegation
Larger prem

The EFL players were briefed on this exact outcome yesterday! They have been told it’s beyond unlikely that any play in June would be possible

Top 3 or top 2?

Efl players have been told top 3

Promoting teams from a fairy tight and notoriously fickle league seems illogical.

Surely if the EFL are saying their leagues are over, it would be very difficult for the premier league not to do the same? How on earth could they justify resuming the league if that happens? Makes it even mare farcical if they do. Integrity my arse.

[curiousorange]

Seen a thing on Twitter which worked out the points per game. We would be relegated on 0.04 of a point.

[devilla]

Seen a thing on Twitter which worked out the points per game. We would be relegated on 0.04 of a point.

  That would be just our luck.

[VinnieChase84]

Seen a thing on Twitter which worked out the points per game. We would be relegated on 0.04 of a point.

I was trying to explain to someone on twitter that PPG couldn’t be used. The teams we are being marked against have had one more game week played - obviously this has an effect on their average PPG.
We are on 0.89 from 28 games, two above us on 0.93 from 29 games.
Interestingly the game week we missed was the one that Watford/West Ham both won and Bournemouth drew.
Take that gameweek  off them and they would have PPG of 0.85