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

[Steve67]

I love the Mirror article on Newsnow.  The top six, not surprisingly want the season to finish.  The bottom six clubs, not surprisingly oppose that view.  The top six are referred to as bigger clubs, the bottom six referred to as smaller clubs.  Fecking cheek.  Sheffield United and Leicester barely fill our ground between them! (I exaggerate to make my point, but neither Leicester or Sheffield United are bigger than Villa)

[cdbearsfan]

People seem more confident about how this will affect Villa than I am. The Ligue Un decision is a warning. I can see seventeen clubs above the relegation zone voting for a system that fucks us over. Even if a few don't I can't see a majority voting to void the season entirely, nor can I see them voting to expand the league and therefore dilute their income.

I hope our solicitors are ready to go the second way decision which adversely affects us is made. I also hope the Premier League are well aware of that and it scares them enough to persuade them not to fuck us over.

[VinnieChase84]

So they need to play the 96 odd matches remaining in the prem at neutral venues cause of risk.
What the hell about the 400+ outstanding in the efl? They going to be neutral to restrict travel?
If the EFL cannot be completed for winners/relegation then what’s the point in forcing to complete the prem?

Same has to happen down the pyramid

[adrenachrome]

People seem more confident about how this will affect Villa than I am. The Ligue Un decision is a warning. I can see seventeen clubs above the relegation zone voting for a system that fucks us over. Even if a few don't I can't see a majority voting to void the season entirely, nor can I see them voting to expand the league and therefore dilute their income.

I hope our solicitors are ready to go the second way decision which adversely affects us is made. I also hope the Premier League are well aware of that and it scares them enough to persuade them not to fuck us over.

It seems that 10 clubs are threatening to vote against the restart proposal, and that 14 are needed to defeat it.  The meeting will be on Friday. The government exit strategy, which will be announced on Thursday, will be a key part of the decision.

There would be 3 neutral PL grounds.

The major argument of the "Big Six" is that voting to curtail the season could set a precedent which would lead to the 2020/21 campaign also being scrapped. 

[cdbearsfan]

Thanks. Has there been any clarification of potential proposals if the season isn't restarted?

[dave.woodhall]

Let me get this right. It would take 14 clubs to void the league but only seven to restart it with all the closed doors/training camps and assorted nonsense?

[old man villa fan]

Still kicking the can down the road and nothing being said officially about what happens about players' contracts that run out at the end of June.  It was reported that they needed 5 weeks to finish the season and 3 weeks training, so they need to be making a statement pretty soon.  Also, I haven't seen any statement about the transfer window not opening on 10th June.

[ChicagoLion]

Let me get this right. It would take 14 clubs to void the league but only seven to restart it with all the closed doors/training camps and assorted nonsense?

As you say, nonsense.

[ROBBO]

What a dogs bollocks they are making of this, if I was as wealthy as our owners I would scare the shit out of them by threatening legal action now, give them fair warning about disadvantaging Villas' premiership survival.

[aev]

It seems to me the government are very keen to get football going again and so I can’t imagine they will be doing anything to stop this happening. A few weeks ago they were having a go at the players over salaries, now they are coaxing them into a return.

The 5 tests to ease lockdown are subjective, and I reckon next week they will announce something with regards to elite sport.

The claim about integrity is silly really.The integrity of the league to finish by removing home advantage, removing crowds, potentially allowing more subs (that benefits the stronger squads), momentum lost, it is really a mini season that will have more in common with the next season than this one.

The PL have had plenty of opportunities to pour cold water on this but the noises coming out of each meeting in the media all seems to be of cautious optimism.

Madness.

[OzVilla]

What’s the situation with regards to votes on these proposals for Project Restart, Void, no relegation etc in the PL.

I know 14 is the magic number to pass something but what if no proposals get to the 14 votes, will it be like Brexit where you just keep going back and forth until something gets 14+ votes?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Maybe when UK daily deaths are down to 14 the government can replicate the decision of the Portuguese government and give permission for football to prepare to restart. Until then stop with this nonsense.

[Mister E]

Here's a solution.

• Let the self-styled 'Top 6' go off and join a new Euro League.

• Promote Leeds and the Bitters into a new English Premier League of 16.

• Start a new - slighter shorter - 2020-21 season in October.

• Promote top 2 of the new EPL into the Euro League at the end of each season, with the 2 lowest English teams in the Euro League dropping into the EPL.

[Richard E]

Here's a solution.

• Let the self-styled 'Top 6' go off and join a new Euro League.

• Promote Leeds and the Bitters into a new English Premier League of 16.

• Start a new - slighter shorter - 2020-21 season in October.

• Promote top 2 of the new EPL into the Euro League at the end of each season, with the 2 lowest English teams in the Euro League dropping into the EPL.

There’s no way participants in a European Super League are going to agree to the possibility of relegation.

[chrisw1]

Here's a solution.

• Let the self-styled 'Top 6' go off and join a new Euro League.

• Promote Leeds and the Bitters into a new English Premier League of 16.

• Start a new - slighter shorter - 2020-21 season in October.

• Promote top 2 of the new EPL into the Euro League at the end of each season, with the 2 lowest English teams in the Euro League dropping into the EPL.

It's a solution, but the shittest one I've heard yet.