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

[andyh]

Listening to 5 Live with the chap proposing the Premiership should be finished in Perth [the Western Australian variety not the cold, damp midge-ridden Scottish type]. Take 75 staff from each club, quarantine them on arrival following a non-stop trip from the UK to Perth.
 
Seemed a bit daft to me but would stop the accumulation at grounds when games going on and from what he was saying there's no/very few COVID cases there. So perhaps some sense. in it.

By the way other sports are thinking how to move forward. ECB, for example are looking at the West Indies team coming over, being quarantined and playing some cricket, be that Test or ODI.   

What a fucking ridiculous idea.
75 from each club is 1500 people carted off to the side of the world, in total isolation before during and after the event.
What about the football authorities, match officials, TV engineers and acilliary staff who need to be there?
Would all those people be happy to be totally isolated from their families etc for at least 2 months, for starters?
Oh, and I’m sure those nice Australians would be happy to import all those people into their ‘nearly covid free’  country.

Not shooting the messenger by the way...just the idea.

[simboy]

Listening to 5 Live with the chap proposing the Premiership should be finished in Perth [the Western Australian variety not the cold, damp midge-ridden Scottish type]. Take 75 staff from each club, quarantine them on arrival following a non-stop trip from the UK to Perth.
 
Seemed a bit daft to me but would stop the accumulation at grounds when games going on and from what he was saying there's no/very few COVID cases there. So perhaps some sense. in it.

By the way other sports are thinking how to move forward. ECB, for example are looking at the West Indies team coming over, being quarantined and playing some cricket, be that Test or ODI.   

What a fucking ridiculous idea.
75 from each club is 1500 people carted off to the side of the world, in total isolation before during and after the event.
What about the football authorities, match officials, TV engineers and acilliary staff who need to be there?
Would all those people be happy to be totally isolated from their families etc for at least 2 months, for starters?
Oh, and I’m sure those nice Australians would be happy to import all those people into their ‘nearly covid free’  country.

Not shooting the messenger by the way...just the idea.

Not a problem but

It would be for about 6 weeks I think.

Not total isolation for the whole time, just the the 14 days as recommended by the Aussie Government and the State authorities and then tested. If there is no virus in the city then no need for isolation once confirmed you are free from virus. So only 14 days in isolation the rest free from any restriction. I suspect they would relish the opportunities to be restriction free. Jack could drive his car with one slipper on, Spurs could hire a few hookers ... all good.

Match officials. - About the same as a World Cup or European Championship really isn't it?

TV crews etc. Don't they have TV crews in Australia? I think they were the big innovators in covering sports. Murdoch and, before him, Packer were all Diggers weren't they? 

Perth is the most isolated city in the World. If they confirm that the footballers [and others] don't have the disease after the 14 days how are they going to import it? I suspect the Aussies would love it. Real economic boost with the chance to see top line football. Not playing behind closed doors etc.

I don't mind being shot at. I'm playing devil's apricot ... a sweeter version of my usual job. 

[PeterWithe]

Perth. Fucking Perth?

I know a lot of people are having weird dreams but where do they get these ideas from?

[mr underhill]

what a load of old kumquats. Every potential solution is nonsensical because it  fundamentally changes the rules of the competition.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

How much is each league placing worth in prize money? I think it’s quite significant. So whilst I think this whole thing is still a farce, you could argue that there is something to play for, even with relegation taken out of the equation.

I’d also still want to finish outside the bottom 3, not just psychologically but to prevent the accusations of us only staying up because... etc.

[Risso]

Perth. Fucking Perth?

I know a lot of people are having weird dreams but where do they get these ideas from?

It was just some random agent moron (from Birmingham, sadly) in Australia, who the BBC gave far more time than was necessary to.  I might give them a ring and suggest playing the game in a newly constructed lunar stadium on the moon,

[Des Little]

Any meeting that the PL have is purely a can kicking exercise.  They’ll never finish the season, they know it but are waiting for the Government to make the decision for them.

[WarszaVillan]

Any meeting that the PL have is purely a can kicking exercise.  They’ll never finish the season, they know it but are waiting for the Government to make the decision for them.

You're probably right. This may seem overly pesimistic but I think we'll miss around full 3 seasons (especially a season with crowds present). Perhaps a season will be started, but it will be suspended as new waves of the virus hit. How the game will look and what clubs will survive is anyone's guess. Being relegated and playing games with spectators in the Championship seems like a wonderful utopia at the moment.

[aev]

Any meeting that the PL have is purely a can kicking exercise.  They’ll never finish the season, they know it but are waiting for the Government to make the decision for them.

"Reduced hot-desking and alternatives to social distancing where it is not possible are among measures being considered to let workplaces reopen.

A draft government plan to ease anti-coronavirus restrictions, seen by the BBC, also urges employers to minimise numbers using equipment, stagger shift times and maximise home-working."

This would enable football to restart, no?

[LeeB]

Perth. Fucking Perth?

I know a lot of people are having weird dreams but where do they get these ideas from?

It was just some random agent moron (from Birmingham, sadly) in Australia, who the BBC gave far more time than was necessary to.  I might give them a ring and suggest playing the game in a newly constructed lunar stadium on the moon,

"We'll build a great stadium, the best, and we'll get the Chinese to pay for it"

[paul_e]

Perth. Fucking Perth?

I know a lot of people are having weird dreams but where do they get these ideas from?

It was just some random agent moron (from Birmingham, sadly) in Australia, who the BBC gave far more time than was necessary to.  I might give them a ring and suggest playing the game in a newly constructed lunar stadium on the moon,

The Mash Report already did that.

[Clampy]

Has Belarus been suggested yet?

[David_Nab]

You go overseas now then don't be surprised when things are back to normal the idea to play games abroad like the NFL comes back up again .That's why its a no from me

Take relegation out and no interest in the games , well once Liverpool get 2 wins will be fuck all interest in the title either but there still going to be expected to play right ? Also the bottom 6 are bad guys where as the top 2 in Championship are the hero's for wanting to play , jog on switch the positions and they would be doing the same

No one wants to go down , but going down this season and no fans next year is a disaster for any team going down in terms of turnover

[Ads]

I guess it depends when next season starts regarding fans.

There's 2 months worth of fixtures left of this one and we're not going to see a re-start until July you wouldn't have thought (on the premise that there is a re-start).

With a normal length of time for pre-season, you'd be looking at November/December and who knows what might have happened by then.

A second wave?
No second wave and the virus remains suppressed?
One of the 80 teams globally working on a vaccine has a one that passes human trials in the September/October? Some roll out to vulnerable?

If they want to finish the season without relegation that's less of a concern, as we're left with 10 friendlies we don't care about a great deal.

I would like my £120 quid back for Liverpool and Newcastle mind.

[Hale]

Having retired to Cornwall 7 years ago I am now an armchair sports fan. During this period I have seen some great sport on TV, Murray's wins at Wimbledon, Stokes' heroics, the Ryder Cup and of course Villa at Wembley. My experience would have been significantly enhanced by being there but the tv was a good second best. Not only was it sport played at the highest level but in front of a full house and the atmosphere they generated. I recently followed the winter sport Biathlon on Eurosport and they almost completed the season before travel restrictions were enforced. Two venues then held races without crowds. I watched a couple of races but devoid of atmosphere the tv experience was significantly diminished and I gave up. So all those sports particularly premier league thinking behind closed doors at neutral venues will get millions watching is in my opinion misguided (although if people watch sport as a computer game then what do I know).