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

[VinnieChase84]

If play resumes and it’s neutral venues that may keep us up and no relegation.
Many clubs in the league kicking off that the integrity is already messed up and clubs will have had unfair advantages from home matches so far.

[aev]

You'd imagine Christian Purslow would be all over this.

[Lastfootstamper]

Who pays PL clubs, and when? I have no idea myself.
Is future financing modelled on Sky and whoever continuing to pay the same as they do now for whatever 'product' is dished up?

[VinnieChase84]

You'd imagine Christian Purslow would be all over this.

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Allegedly it would only take one club to not agree to neutral venues, but in this case it’s a a”whole group”

[aev]

You'd imagine Christian Purslow would be all over this.

100%
Allegedly it would only take one club to not agree to neutral venues, but in this case it’s a a”whole group”

What do you think will come out of the meeting today - anything significant or will it simply kick the can down the road until we know the government's plan next week?

[in exile]

Next week

[The Edge]

Neutral venues or behind closed door games are a non starter as some clubs will have already had home advantage.It's poppycock. It's potentially lethal. And i would think all clubs with a vested interest i.e any club that can potentially get relegated will resist these options and i think legal challenges would be forthcoming. This clamour to finish the season is money motivated. If it has to be finished then so be it but with fans present and not until we have eradicated the virus or found a vaccine which would need to be readily available for all. Then how on earth would you fit in season 20/21? It's a pickle alright.

[cdward]

Just reading about Sky apparently planning to use CGI fans at behind closed door fixtures. You have to laugh at this pointless circus.

The Sty will finally get a full house every week

[sid1964]

as with every business it is all about the money!

[chrisw1]

I think there will definitely be behind closed doors games, but it seems more likley that that will be the start of next season and not the end of this.

[andyh]

From the Guardain

"Premier League clubs have invested in coronavirus testing machines that can turn around results in two and a half hours as they gear up towards finding a way to complete the season. The league is overseeing the initiative and it is understood that some clubs in the Championship have also purchased the machines, which cost £36,000 and are readily available.

The machines can test only one person every two and a half hours, meaning that clubs could realistically test seven employees each day with them. That, along with the cost, is probably why there is little demand for them from the NHS – whose test results take longer to return."

What a load of old shit, on many levels - not you aev, the story.
We have already established that as many as 300 people are involved in putting on a match. If each club does half that would leave over 100 tests per team, with 7 or 8 a day, it would take an age to test everyone. And it has to be done multiple times.
It also stinks to high heaven if these are available and football is the only set of fuckers who are able to afford them, when there are care homes who would kill for one of them.
And finally, if these magic machines are available, and are expensive, I seem to recall the fuckers in government saying ‘whatever it takes’....so,why arent these being rolled out to areas where they would literally be lifesavers?

So much cuntishness in this story it needs to be in the c*** thread.

[aev]

Ha feel free to move.

I actually think the mad fkrs are going to play the games.

[olaftab]

I think there will definitely be behind closed doors games, but it seems more likley that that will be the start of next season and not the end of this.

Yes agree. Let's forget about restart bollocks and concentrate on next season. Football owes this to what's happening around us. Deaths by the thousands, redundancies all around with possible one million additional jobless from all sectors combined by mid summer and  foodbanks running short not being able to feed thousands and thousands of vulnerable people. Football is not really that important. End the season now so that uncertainty is not prolonged and Clubs can deal with all that it brings. Find a way to resolve the League positions and promotions and relegations etc and if that means the Villa get relegated I am ok with that as it's really not that big an issue when people are dying.

[VinnieChase84]

You'd imagine Christian Purslow would be all over this.

100%
Allegedly it would only take one club to not agree to neutral venues, but in this case it’s a a”whole group”

What do you think will come out of the meeting today - anything significant or will it simply kick the can down the road until we know the government's plan next week?

Be the same hyper bs that comes out. Sure it will be along the lines of the clubs reiterated their full aim is to complete the season. We will do so with guidance from the government blah blah blah

[paul_e]

I think there will definitely be behind closed doors games, but it seems more likley that that will be the start of next season and not the end of this.

Yes agree. Let's forget about restart bollocks and concentrate on next season. Football owes this to what's happening around us. Deaths by the thousands, redundancies all around with possible one million additional jobless from all sectors combined by mid summer and  foodbanks running short not being able to feed thousands and thousands of vulnerable people. Football is not really that important. End the season now so that uncertainty is not prolonged and Clubs can deal with all that it brings. Find a way to resolve the League positions and promotions and relegations etc and if that means the Villa get relegated I am ok with that as it's really not that big an issue when people are dying.

Yep, that's been my stance all, I don't like games behind closed dors but it's a better alternative than completely cancelling all games for 18 months. My issue has always been that the rules for all games need to be consistent throughout the season. Closed games next season, for the entire season, I can accept, changing the rules to allow them to finish this season I can't.