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

[Lsvilla]

Nurses, doctors and care workers can’t get the PPE they need and the PL want to start playing football. If this crackpot scheme doesn’t get fucked off by HM Government then we should all just pack up and go home. Not a muttering from the RFU or any of the other 6 nations governing bodies about restarting rugby or finishing the 2020 6N tournament & not a peep from the ECB. Finishing the season just to comply with a TV contract, no relegation, no fans, what exactly is the point? Ridiculous.

Not strictly true. Expect the ECB to announce the WI tests will be played in July BCD as they have the same need for sky money to survive.

[Jon Crofts]

Nurses, doctors and care workers can’t get the PPE they need and the PL want to start playing football. If this crackpot scheme doesn’t get fucked off by HM Government then we should all just pack up and go home. Not a muttering from the RFU or any of the other 6 nations governing bodies about restarting rugby or finishing the 2020 6N tournament & not a peep from the ECB. Finishing the season just to comply with a TV contract, no relegation, no fans, what exactly is the point? Ridiculous.

Not strictly true. Expect the ECB to announce the WI tests will be played in July BCD as they have the same need for sky money to survive.

Bit of a stretch, the ECB have said nothing of the sort only that all cricket is off until at least 1 July.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Nurses, doctors and care workers can’t get the PPE they need and the PL want to start playing football. If this crackpot scheme doesn’t get fucked off by HM Government then we should all just pack up and go home. Not a muttering from the RFU or any of the other 6 nations governing bodies about restarting rugby or finishing the 2020 6N tournament & not a peep from the ECB. Finishing the season just to comply with a TV contract, no relegation, no fans, what exactly is the point? Ridiculous.

I wonder if rugby or cricket would be asked to play at neutral venues or it only because somebody thinks football fans are morons?

[Steve67]

Erm, so Villa Park will be one of the neutral venues selected, but Villa can't play there?  What is the actual point? 

[Legion]

That's fantastic. You couldn't make this shit up!

[eric woolban woolban]

Probably see us playing at Old Trafford !

[Steve67]

Probably see us playing at Old Trafford !

I honestly don't know if they are planning to do this to dis-include fans and to try to stop them from travelling?  How many Villa fans do we have in that area?  Probably loads within a 25 miles radius and if they are determined enough, they will be at the venue.  Same if you ask Liverpool, Man United, Chelsea NOT to attend Villa Park. 

[Jon Crofts]

Nurses, doctors and care workers can’t get the PPE they need and the PL want to start playing football. If this crackpot scheme doesn’t get fucked off by HM Government then we should all just pack up and go home. Not a muttering from the RFU or any of the other 6 nations governing bodies about restarting rugby or finishing the 2020 6N tournament & not a peep from the ECB. Finishing the season just to comply with a TV contract, no relegation, no fans, what exactly is the point? Ridiculous.

I wonder if rugby or cricket would be asked to play at neutral venues or it only because somebody thinks football fans are morons?

The whole neutral venue thing is what bothers me, if the stadium is empty bar the required staff to cover the medical and TV requirements then what’s the need to play at a neutral venue?

[PaulWinch again]

Nurses, doctors and care workers can’t get the PPE they need and the PL want to start playing football. If this crackpot scheme doesn’t get fucked off by HM Government then we should all just pack up and go home. Not a muttering from the RFU or any of the other 6 nations governing bodies about restarting rugby or finishing the 2020 6N tournament & not a peep from the ECB. Finishing the season just to comply with a TV contract, no relegation, no fans, what exactly is the point? Ridiculous.

I wonder if rugby or cricket would be asked to play at neutral venues or it only because somebody thinks football fans are morons?

The whole neutral venue thing is what bothers me, if the stadium is empty bar the required staff to cover the medical and TV requirements then what’s the need to play at a neutral venue?

I think the theory is it stops fans gathering outside. Seems ridiculous to me.

[markeeeebeeee2005]

I don’t get the point of carrying the season on. It seems led by money and unnecessarily dangerous.

[Risso]

Nurses, doctors and care workers can’t get the PPE they need and the PL want to start playing football. If this crackpot scheme doesn’t get fucked off by HM Government then we should all just pack up and go home. Not a muttering from the RFU or any of the other 6 nations governing bodies about restarting rugby or finishing the 2020 6N tournament & not a peep from the ECB. Finishing the season just to comply with a TV contract, no relegation, no fans, what exactly is the point? Ridiculous.

I wonder if rugby or cricket would be asked to play at neutral venues or it only because somebody thinks football fans are morons?

Most football fans ARE morons.

[Ad@m]

Nurses, doctors and care workers can’t get the PPE they need and the PL want to start playing football. If this crackpot scheme doesn’t get fucked off by HM Government then we should all just pack up and go home. Not a muttering from the RFU or any of the other 6 nations governing bodies about restarting rugby or finishing the 2020 6N tournament & not a peep from the ECB. Finishing the season just to comply with a TV contract, no relegation, no fans, what exactly is the point? Ridiculous.

Look at the Bundesliga - they've had 3 players at Cologne diagnosed with C-19 in the past few days and they're cracking on regardless.  Money really is the be-all and end-all to the major leagues.

[DB]

Looks like some clubs saying scrap relegation if the games are played at neutral venues.

[john2710]

I can't see how club's can be relegated if the season doesn't end until mid July & restarts again in August. Relegated clubs normally get a minimum of 3 months to get player sales / purchases in place after relegation. It would place them at a huge disadvantage if this was crammed into a couple of weeks.

[stevo_st]

If they agree to scrap relegation and treat the closing out of the premier league this season as a trial for how next season could be managed safely, then I could see the logic
No advantage to be gained from closing out the EFL this season.

If it works....

Letting the top two up from the Championship, to make an enlarged premier league, would make sense if they were looking to scrap the cup competitions or European competitions for next season.

If it doesn’t...
Guess you’ll look at a Xmas start date - possibly with each league split into two mini leagues to make sure the season after next isn’t also affected - or playing each team once a season at a neutral ground